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"Mr. Floyd died in our hands and so I see that as being complicit," Chief Medaria Arradondo told CNN's Sara Sidner. "Silence and inaction, you're complicit. If there was one solitary voice that would have intervened ... that's what I would have hoped for."

But no one intervened Monday evening as 46-year-old Floyd begged for his life while ex-Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin remained kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd's death sparked protests across the country, with thousands echoing some of the man's final words, "I can't breathe." Some of those demonstrations were peaceful, while others ended in flames, widespread looting, damages and hundreds of arrests as well as injuries.

The four police officers involved in his death were fired from the department Tuesday. Chauvin was charged Friday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Arradondo's response Sunday came after Floyd's brother asked the chief if he would work to get justice for Floyd. As the chief answered, Floyd's brother wept.

Arradondo called the killing a "violation of humanity," and said he didn't need any more time than what he had to remove the officers from their duties.

"There are absolute truths in life; we need air to breathe," the chief said. "The killing of Mr. Floyd was an absolute truth that it was wrong."

"I did not need days or weeks or months or processes or bureaucracies to tell me what occurred out here last Monday was wrong," he added.

Houston police chief wants to provide escort for Floyd's body

In a separate interview Sunday night, another police chief, this time from Floyd's hometown, stood in solidarity.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told CNN he wants his department to provide escort services when George Floyd's body returns to the city for his burial.

"It's going to be a big deal for our city to bring him back home," Acevedo told CNN's Don Lemon Sunday night. "We want to make sure that the family is safe, that the movement is safe and most importantly, we want to make sure that the family knows that we are here for them to support at this time."

This is the first time, Acevedo said, that he's seen police union leaders speak out like this, and he says that gives him hope for change.

"I am just hopeful that we have reached a watershed moment here and we will see some meaningful reform in terms of the way that we deal with bad police officers and the way we deal with police officers involved in criminal conduct that completely undermines the good work of the vast majority of police officers," he said.

CNN's Andy Rose contributed to this report.

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases seen in Wyoming since the illness was first diagnosed in the state in mid-March reached 693 on Sunday with new cases in four counties.

The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus update, reported that new cases were discovered in Big Horn, Fremont, Natrona and Sweetwater counties.

As of Sunday afternoon, Fremont County had 248 cases; Laramie County had 122; Teton County had 69; Natrona had 63; Washakie had 31; Albany had 23; Sweetwater had 22; Campbell had 18; Converse and Johnson had 14; Sheridan had 12; Lincoln had 11; Carbon and Uinta had nine; Hot Springs had eight, Big Horn and Crook had five; Goshen had four, and Park had two. Niobrara, Platte, Sublette and Weston counties had one case each.

Recoveries remained steady on Sunday at 658, including 502 people with laboratory confirmed cases and 156 among those with probable cases.

A probable case is defined as one where the patient has coronavirus symptoms and has been in contact with someone with a confirmed case, but has not been tested for the illness.

The department said the state has seen 210 probable cases since the pandemic began.

The number of active cases on Sunday was 231, including 177 with laboratory confirmed cases of coronavirus and 54 with probable cases.

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Four people, including three teens, shot in Wilmington Saturday night - The News Journal

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At least four people were shot Saturday night in Wilmington as violent demonstrators raged, damaging portions of the city's downtown. 

The shootings took place in just over an hour and three of the victims were shot in West Center City, blocks from where the protests were taking place. 

Investigators did not believe Sunday afternoon that the shootings were related to the violent protests, a police spokesman told Delaware Online/The News Journal.

In the first shooting, police said a 46-year-old man was injured by gunfire about 9:50 p.m. in the 400 block of W. 31st St. Investigators found the man in a hospital, where police said he was reported to be stable. 

Wilmington unrest: 

Wilmington assesses damage inflicted by George Floyd protests Saturday night

Wilmington protest for Floyd turns violent; police order people off the streets

The next shooting took place about 10:25 p.m. in West Center City.

There, police said, an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were shot while in the 600 block of W. Seventh St. Other than police reporting the victims to be stable, no other details were provided. 

About 40 minutes later and two blocks away, police said an 18-year-old man was shot. 

That incident took place about 11:05 p.m. in the 600 block of W. Fifth St.

Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.

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Closing the urban/rural digital divide and expanding broadband access has been a federal policy goal for decades, and there are multiple new and existing programs underway that attempt to address disparities in broadband access across the United States.

The United States is a country of more than 3.5 million square miles, and 97% of that land mass is considered rural. One in five Americans (slightly less than 20% of the population) lives in an area considered rural, and another 10% live in areas classified by the U.S. Census as “urban clusters” with at least 2,500 but fewer than 50,000 people. Across the varied landscapes of the country, mountain ranges, canyons, forested hills and the sheer number of miles between towns and houses across the Great Plains and Southwestern desert complicate network planning, deployment and maintenance, driving up costs. How does a network operator shoulder the costs of rural broadband expansion in sparsely populated areas and maintain success, or at least viability, as a business? The answer is often that government has to step into the breach with funding, in the interest of ensuring that all Americans have access to the economic, educational, telehealth and communal benefits of the digital age. But even with that help, many areas still remain unserved.

Here are some of the current sources of funding for rural telecommunications network infrastructure.

–Federal programs which subsidize broadband deployment. According to an update in April from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, there are 57 federal broadband programs, spread across 14 federal agencies, which encompass billions of dollars in grants, loans and other resources. Though the largest and most well-known programs reside with the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Agriculture (ReConnect), federal broadband programs cover everything from millions of dollars in grants for fiber or cellular networks, to allowing broadband expenses to be a covered category for disaster recovery or economic development; to funding broadband under rural utilities programs or telehealth expansion. In at least one case, even the U.S. Forest Service had funded broadband: in Franklin, North Carolina, where in 2018 it pitched in on a local broadband deployment that covered both the local community and a Jobs Corps site managed by the Forest Service.

–Federal “rip and replace” funding. Over the years, the need for less costly mobile network equipment led a significant number of rural telecom providers to make purchases from Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE – and amid ongoing trade tensions with China, the Trump administration has spent the past two years cracking down on and banning the use of that equipment, citing national security concerns. The FCC has banned the use of Huawei and ZTE equipment in projects funded by USF monies, which many of the same carriers rely on. As part of the Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Networks Act passed in February, Congress allocated $1 billion in funding to help defray the so-called “rip-and-replace” costs of removing Chinese equipment for carriers with fewer than 2 million customers. A list of acceptable vendors is currently being developed by the FCC. But rip-and-replace is complex, and costs such as a trials of equipment from the new vendors, so that a carrier can determine which one to select, are not currently covered and could represent a significant cost, as could any inspections to ensure that banned equipment has indeed been removed and disposed of properly.

As Congress debated the contents of the multiple COVID-19 relief bills that have been passed, FCC Chairman Pai sent a letter asking that the funds for rip-and-replace of Chinese telecom equipment be doubled from $1 billion to $2 billion, plus another $5 million in administrative costs. That request was not granted in the first series of bills, but that’s not to say Congress won’t include it at some point.

–State programs for broadband deployment. All 50 states have created a broadband-related authority, state office or task force, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, although fewer than half have put them in place via legislation. California, for instance, operates its California Advanced Services Fund, which has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars for broadband projects to date, through the California Public Utility Commission. Other states, such as Colorado’s Broadband Office (which is part of the governor’s Office of Information Technology) focus on organizing and coordinating broadband-related efforts across state agencies, encouraging public-private partnerships and providing information on technologies and funding sources.

–Coronavirus relief bills may provide additional funding. In addition to the funds available to help small businesses survive the pandemic, there was $200 million allocated specifically for telehealth programs, and the FCC has already gone through multiple waves of approvals. Those funds are likely to benefit some rural providers, because connected devices and services are one of the eligible expenses as part of supporting telehealth expansion. For instance, the most recent approvals included $18.22 million in funding for purchases including laptops, tablets, network upgrades, mobile hotspots and other equipment, as well as internet service for telehealth purposes. In the case of the Northlakes Community Clinic in Iron River, Wisconsin (which has a population of about 1,100 people), the FCC approved more than $286,000 for a telehealth kiosk and connected devices to provide virtual primary care services during the ongoing pandemic, to rural residents throughout a 20,000 square mile service area in northern Wisconsin.

Additional coronavirus relief packages, or economic stimulus spending as the country tries to move toward normalcy, may present a major opportunity for rural broadband expansion. On April 30^th, a group of a dozen House Democrats announced a plan they dubbed “Connect All Americans to Affordable Broadband Internet” and compared to the landmark Rural Electrification Act. The scale of investment proposed in the plan dwarfs the investments to date and compresses the timeframe: $80 billion over five years, for “unserved and underserved rural, suburban, and urban areas across the country while prioritizing persistent poverty communities”; $5 billion in low-interest loans over five years; $1 billion to establish an annual grant program for states focused on digital equity; plus funding for connecting school buses with Wi-Fi and lending mobile hot spots to students who have no internet access. In addition, the plan would establish an Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within NTIA to coordinate and streamline various federal broadband funding vehicles, and track all federal spending related to broadband deployment.

Whether or not a broadband funding package even close to that size ever becomes a reality is an open question, but perhaps not out of the question. China, South Korea and other countries around the world have made major, government-funded network investments in broadband (and 5G in particular) part of their strategy for economic recovery from the pandemic. And the U.S. has used the strategy before: the $787 billion 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan in response to the Great Recession, provided $4.7 billion for broadband projects to serve rural and underserved communities as well as public safety.

Looking for more information on the state of rural broadband? Download RCR’s free editorial special report. 

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A man was killed and four people wounded — including two children — as gunfire erupted at a large block party in south Houston, police said.

The shooting happened around 9:11 p.m. in the 9600 block of Scott Street, where about 500 people were gathered. In a neighboring empty field, bouncy castles were pitched for kids to play in.

After reviewing surveillance footage of the shooting, investigators believe there were at least five different gunmen who opened fire.

Police arrived within minutes of the shooting but the bulk of party-goers then scattered, said Ron Borza, a Houston police commander.

Two children, a toddler and 12-year-old girl, were found with gunshots to the leg. The toddler’s mother, 20, was likely shot in the arms while holding her child, Borza said. Another 20-year-old woman was shot in the leg.

A 22-year-old man who was also shot and taken to Ben Taub hospital later died, the police commander continued.

Authorities do not know what prompted the gunfire. Investigators were interviewing a man, with plans to take him to HPD headquarters to talk to him further, in hopes of learning who the gunmen were.

Borza said presumed family members of some shooting victims arrived at the scene and were taken into custody after getting into an altercation with police. He did not elaborate on the extent of the fight but said he believed that the relatives did not realize that their loved ones had already been taken to the hospital.

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After four long nights without assistance from first responders in the wake of riots and looting after the death of George Floyd, Longfellow residents decided to take matters into their own hands. Many coordinated efforts to block off side streets along this stretch of East Lake Street, using caution tape, saw horses and makeshift barricades to protect residential areas from rioters.

Although police and the National Guard greatly outnumbered peaceful protesters on Saturday, that wasn’t always the case, and in neighborhoods across the Twin Cities, residents did everything they could to protect their own.

In Longfellow, Hillary Oppmann watched vandals loot the corner Walgreens for three straight nights without interference before arsonists finally lit it on fire last night. Firefighters didn’t make it to the scene for more than 7 hours.

“We can’t lose anymore community assets, like our libraries, pharmacies and post office,” said Oppmann, who lives three doors down from Lake Street. “They were simply left to burn.”

At the corner of Franklin Avenue and 15th Ave S. near downtown, Native American community members gathered at the 8 p.m. curfew to protect the businesses and housing in their neighborhood.

Michael Goze, CEO of the American Indian Community Development Corporation, said his group owns 14 properties in the area, including supportive housing, a trader’s market and a coffee shop.

Community members planned to fan out in small groups throughout the night to guard the various businesses in the area. The only damage the neighborhood had suffered as of Saturday night was a broken window at one of the properties the group owns.

“We just didn’t want to leave them to be vandalized,” Goze said. An immigrant business owner in the neighborhood had recently spent “all her money” to renovate her cafe, Goze said.

“She was worried that it would be all lost, and so I decided that this is what we’ve got to do,” he said.

In north Minneapolis, residents have banded together to protect the area from bad actors after several businesses along W. Broadway burned down the other night under mysterious circumstances. They sat in chairs every few hundred feet on Broadway, the area’s main commercial drag.

Eli Darris of the ACLU said the effort came about out of a need to take care of critical infrastructures while standing up for justice.

“At the end of us making sure that we’re standing up against the senseless, reckless and inhumane taking of our brother’s life, we still want to make sure that our grandmas, our aunties, our uncles, our nephews are gonna have banks to go to, grocery stores to go inside of and shop, and we’ve noticed is a very well orchestrated, well coordinated intentional attack against black businesses and we made a determination that we will no longer allow these insidious rubes to come into our community.” he said.

Longfellow Market, now boarded with plywood, is one of the few remaining grocery stores — after Target, Aldi and Cub Foods fell — thanks to dozens of neighbors who guard the store each night, along with Peppers & Fries sports grill across the street.

The residents, many donning bright yellow safety vests, communicate over handheld radios to alert each other about incoming danger. Some are armed with bats.

A group of community members on 29th Street and 18th Ave S. created a barricade on their street with construction signs and metal fences and wielded bats and some were wearing protective gear. Tim Springer went to a community meeting earlier today and it was suggested that people should protect their neighborhood because the police might not be able to.

“I’m totally disgusted that there are provocateurs that are turning this into something it shouldn’t be,” he said. “We should be focusing really hard on not only justice for George Floyd but also systems change.”

 

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Taking lots of phone and video calls lately? WSJ’s Nicole Nguyen talks to Jon Bailey, a work-at-home professional voice actor behind characters like Transformers’ Optimus Prime, about getting clear, crisp audio from wherever your office is. Photo Illustration: Dom Amatore for The Wall Street Journal

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“Can you hear me?” is the new “Hello.” Whether you’re remotely job interviewing or just catching up with friends, one of the most frustrating aspects of our new reality is chatting with people you can’t hear properly. Worse is when you don’t realize how bad you sound to them.

We get a lot of questions about the call quality of specific phones. Quality is usually not dependent on the phone, but on the elements around the phone (or computer, if you’re Zooming). To improve your sound, start with a microphone upgrade. Your headphones might sound great, but that doesn’t mean the mic that’s capturing your voice is any good. On top of that, an acoustically pleasing environment and a reliable connection are equally critical. So here’s a guide to all three.

Your Microphone

I tested the quality of 17 different microphones, headsets and earbuds in both a quiet environment and a noisy environment (simulated using virtual office sounds—remember offices?), and over Zoom. These three stood out: the Yeti ($130) and Snowball Ice ($50), both USB desktop microphones by Blue Designs, and the Zone Wired ($130), a USB headset by Logitech. Their downside? They’re designed for Mac or PC, and don’t work with calling apps on smartphones.

Blue's Yeti ($130), a USB desktop microphone, produced the most detailed, accurate sound of all the hardware we tested.

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The Yeti has a simple set up: Just plug it in and set your computer’s audio input to the Yeti. The audio sounds clear and detailed, almost like listening to the radio. There’s a built-in headphone port, so you can listen to your own audio and adjust the microphone’s volume gain if your input volume is too loud or too soft. The Yeti can record in different modes—for voice, choose “cardioid,” represented by a heart-shaped icon, which picks up sound directly in front of the mic.

Blue sells seven microphones, the least expensive being the Snowball Ice. It’s as easy to set up as the Yeti, but it lacks a headphone jack and gain control. Helpfully, its only recording mode is the call-friendly cardioid one. You might need to dig into your computer’s settings to bump up the audio input volume and do some additional testing. After making the necessary adjustments, the sound is very similar to the Yeti’s.

The Logitech Zone Wired ($130) is our top pick for noisy conditions. The USB headset isolated speaking audio from bustling background noises better than the others.

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Logitech’s Zone Wired didn’t sound as crisp as those desktop mics. But the headset, which has a noise-canceling microphone embedded in an extended arm, came in a close second. Defeating background noise is where the Zone Wired shined—it drowned out nearly all sounds from my fake office pals. If you don’t mind the call-center-style design, it works for capturing good audio without worrying about input levels or body positioning. The Zone connects to Mac or PC computers via USB-C (or traditional USB, via an adapter).

Confusingly, the pricier Bluetooth version of this, the Zone Wireless ($229), isn’t nearly as good. (It lacks the noise-canceling microphone.) The Wireless can, however, accept calls on desktop and mobile devices.

A warning to wearers of glasses and earrings: I found both Logitech headsets to be uncomfortable after an hour.

The Bose 700 over-ear headphones ($400) offer the phone-and-computer versatility of a Bluetooth device and are comfortable enough for all-day wear.

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While the Bose 700 noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones ($400) cost a lot more, they are comfortable enough for all-day wear. They’re also a good option if you frequently switch between calls on your phone and computer. In tests, the Bose’s audio didn’t have the clarity of the USB-connected mics, but did minimize reverb from my echo-y kitchen and isolate my voice relatively well under noisy conditions. The 700 outperformed the mics on two other noise-canceling over-ear sets: Bose’s QC35 II (too echo-y) and Sony’s WH-1000XM3 (too muted).

Wireless earbuds are incredibly convenient—but when it comes to microphone quality, that portability comes at a cost.

All of the models I tested (Google’s Pixel Buds, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds, Amazon’s Echo Buds, Apple’s AirPods and Jabra’s Elite 75t) sounded compressed. Video-chat software will compress that audio even more, especially when compensating for a bad connection. But of those five, Apple’s iOS- and Mac-friendly AirPods ($159) and AirPods Pro ($249)—which sounded the same—were the most passable. Jabra’s Elite 75t ($180), compatible with Apple and Android devices, were close behind.

Don’t feel like buying anything? Newer smartphones have much improved built-in microphones over older models, now that the phones are designed to be 4K-video-recording beasts. Just hold the phone up to your ear, rather than putting the call on speaker. You can also try the wired earbuds they come with, but only if the mics don’t rub against your clothes. Also, you’ll want a quiet environment, because these mics pick up a lot of background noise, aka “room tone.” (More on this below.)

Wireless earbuds are convenient, but the microphones on all the models we tested sounded digitally compressed. The most decent? Apple’s AirPods ($159; not pictured) and AirPods Pro ($249), left, along with JabraOs Elite 75t ($180), right.

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Your Connection

Your microphone quality doesn’t matter if you have a shoddy connection. Video-chat software tends to favor continuity over quality. That’s why your audio sounds compressed over internet calls—and worse when your connection is unstable.

Before joining a meeting, test, test, test. For Zoom, join a test meeting to hear what you sound like over your internet connection. In Skype, go to the audio tab in Preferences and click “Make a free test call.”

Jon Bailey, a professional voice actor and the narrator of Honest Trailers on YouTube, knows a thing or two about getting good audio from home. “Always use a wired connection if you can,” he said.

Video calls take up a lot of bandwidth. To get the most of your internet, plug one end of an Ethernet cable into your router and the other into your computer. (You’ll probably need an adapter to do that.)

If that’s not an option, heed my colleague Joanna Stern’s tips on improving your home Wi-Fi speeds. The short of it: Move close to your router for better signal and consider upgrading that router if it’s more than five years old.

Sitting close might cause interference with a Bluetooth headset in certain circumstances, however. Opt instead for a headphone jack or USB cable if you don’t want to go deep in the weeds on router settings.

For clearer phone calls, try enabling Wi-Fi calling if you’re in an area (or room) with weak cell signal. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint all support it on most phone models released in 2015 or after. You’ll find it under your phone’s settings—Cellular for iPhones, Connection for Android devices.

Your phone’s HD Voice setting makes calls over a 4G network sound clearer—but only if you meet your carrier’s requirements. Both caller and recipient must have a recent-model compatible phone, be in a 4G LTE coverage area for the duration of the call and use HD-Voice-compatible headphones such as Jabra’s or Poly’s to benefit. Regardless, it’s a good idea to turn it on. (In cellular settings, enable “VoLTE” if you see it.)

Another trick to try, if you’re an iPhone user calling another iPhone user, is FaceTime Audio. You can also make calls within WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype, which could benefit from a clear internet connection.

Your Environment

Why does everything sound echo-y in your bathroom? Hard, flat surfaces make soundwaves bounce around. That’s not good for calls.

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To make your home office sound better, Mr. Bailey recommends closing any doors and padding your space, especially the area in front of you, so sound doesn’t reflect back at your mic. For recording, he says, “a lot of people use walk-in closets, because they’re already padded.”

Pick a room with soft, sound-absorbing stuff, such as couches, rugs and blankets. If you want to take it up a level, you can install affordable acoustic foam ($30 for 12 tiles) or panels ($21 each). Mounting padded moving blankets to the walls can also do the trick, Mr. Bailey says.

My take? “Sound quality” is a great excuse to put up an adult-size pillow fort.

I want to hear all of your audio quality questions and gripes: Email me at nicole.nguyen@wsj.com. For more WSJ Technology analysis, reviews, advice and headlines, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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Georgia landed another big commitment on Saturday -- literally. Dylan Fairchild, a 6-foot-5, 298-pound offensive guard from West Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, pledged to the Bulldogs over offers from several top-tier teams including Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee and others. 

"In my opinion, they have recruited me like no other school has, they have made me feel like a priority," Fairchild said, according to 247Sports. "All the pieces are at Georgia right now, if there is one school that heading to win a national championship it is Georgia. I want to be part of that, I don't want to miss something special."

Fairchild is ranked No. 135 overall and seventh-ranked offensive guard in the country in the 247Sports composite rankings. He told 247Sports that earning a degree from Georgia also played a big role in his decision.

"Outside of football, the degree is one of the best ones you can get in the SEC and that really important to me and my family, this was not just a football decision," he said."I think they were all on board, my whole circle is with me in this decision. This is where my family saw me, I will be honest, I didn't see Georgia as much at first as some other schools, but over time , that grew with coach [Kirby] Smart and [offensive line] coach [Matt] Luke especially, it was special with them."

Fairchild has already impressed analysts on the recruiting trail. Charles Power, national writer for 247Sports, compared him to current Detroit Lions offensive lineman Frank Ragnow. Power provided this scouting report on the newest members of Georgia's 2021 recruiting class.

"Has a well-proportioned build with the frame to easily hold over 300 pounds," he wrote. "Leans out during the winter during wrestling season. Strong in the weight room in addition to being an excellent wrestler. Transfers that strength and functional athleticism over to the football field. Works at left tackle and defensive tackle for his high school team. Plays with natural flexibility and bend with the ability to sink his hips and play with a low, centered base. Has high-level reactive quickness in pass protection as he's able to mirror and redirect with ease. Also effective to getting to the second level as a run blocker. Showcases some athleticism as a defensive tackle, particularly via a strong first step that helps him make plays behind the line of scrimmage. Likely projects inside at the next level. Will need to continue improving his upper body play strength and finishing ability, particularly as a drive blocker. Projects as a multi-year Power Five starter along the offensive line with the upside to develop into a NFL Draft pick."

Georgia has moved up to No. 12 in the Class of 2021 team recruiting rankings after Fairchild's pledge. He is the ninth player to commit to the Bulldogs -- eight of whom have four or five stars, according to the 247Sports composite.

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The Pentagon on Saturday announced that it was electing to put select military personnel on a four-hour recall status in case officials in Minnesota need assistance in containing expected protests over the killing of George Floyd.

“The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman have personally spoken with Governor [Tim] Walz (D) twice in the last 24-hours and expressed the department’s readiness to provide support to local and state authorities as requested," Department of Defense spokesperson Jonathan Rath Hoffman said in a statement.

Hoffman added: "Currently, the Governor is fully activating the Minnesota National Guard and is working with neighboring states for more potential support.  At this time there is no request by the Governor of Minnesota for Title 10 forces to support the Minnesota National Guard or state law enforcement."

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The recall was directed to U.S. Northern Command, which oversees the domestic protection of the country. 

Hoffman added that the units were usually on 48-hour recall status, signaling a heightened level of readiness by the country's military.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpMichael Flynn transcripts reveal plenty except crime or collusion 50 people arrested in Minneapolis as hundreds more National Guard troops deployed Missouri state lawmaker sparks backlash by tweeting 'looters deserve to be shot' MORE told Walz in a controversial tweet Friday that "the Military is with him all the way."

The Twin Cities have dealt with increasing levels of unrest since Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man, was killed by Minneapolis police on Monday.

On Thursday night, protestors burned down the precinct building in the neighborhood where Floyd was killed, prompting Walz to mobilize Minnesota's National Guard.

The governor on Friday issued a curfew for the cities that is in effect for Saturday night as well.

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The Minneapolis Police Department tweeted Saturday afternoon that its law enforcement presence would triple Saturday night "to address a sophisticated network of urban warfare."

The situation on the ground in Minneapolis & St. Paul has shifted & the response tonight will be different as a result. The coordinated @MNNationalGuard, @MnDPS_MSP, & law enforcement presence will triple in size to address a sophisticated network of urban warfare. #MACCMN

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DURHAM, N.C.— The Duke women's golf program has won seven NCAA Championships since 1999 under the direction of head coach Dan Brooks. The seven NCAA titles over the last 21 years are the most by any program in NCAA history.  Recently, Duke has been looking back at each NCAA Championship along with the four NCAA individual titles.

In 2001, Candy Hannemann won Duke's first NCAA Individual title and then Virada Nirapathpongporn won the title in 2002 for back-to-back.  Anna Grzebien won the individual crown in 2005 and then Virginia Elena Carta turned in a record breaking performance in 2016 for another individual title.  

Recently, all four winners along with head coach Dan Brooks got together to reflect on their individual championships.  

2001
Candy Hannemann

Duke junior Candy Hannemann defeated Arizona's Lorena Ochoa in a playoff to capture the 2001 NCAA Individual title at the El Campeon course in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

"This is so exciting," said Hannemann. I cannot express how good this title feels."

The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil native, notched a par on the first playoff hole to capture the title as Ochoa had a bogey on hole number one. The NCAA title for Hannemann is her second overall tournament victory this season and her first NCAA title. This title is extra special for Hannemann as she finished second overall at the 1999 NCAA Championships to Grace Park of Arizona State.

"I was thinking even if she misses her putt I knew I could make mine," said Hannemann.  "I was very relieved, relaxed and happy. It was a good feeling. I think both of us were nervous as we had to wait around for so long. It gave us time to think. It is a hard situation to deal with.  I was focused on winning the individual title."

Each golfer had to wait around four and a half hours before the playoff began at around 7:00 p.m.  After errant tee shots by both golfers, each made it on the par five green in three. Ochoa had about a 25-foot put and went about 10 feet long and then Hannemann went about six feet past the cup. Ochoa missed her par putt and then Hannemann nailed her put for the victory.

"I couldn't be happier for Candy," commented Duke head coach Dan Brooks.  "She led by example and has worked so hard this year. She deserves this title."

2002
Virada Nirapathpongporn

Duke sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn won the individual crown and led her team to the overall title on the final day of the 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships at Washington National Golf Club.

Nirapathpongporn, who opened the day with a three-stroke lead and widened it to five by the end of the round, carding an even-par 72 to finish at nine-under and equal the NCAA's all-time championships scoring record of 279 established by Jennifer Rosales in 1998.

Three athletes tied for second at 4-under 284, including 2001 NCAA Player of the Year Lorena Ochoa of Arizona. Georgia's Summer Sirmons, the closest competitor to Nirapathpongporn through 56 holes, fired a 1-over 73 to join Ochoa at 4-under for the tournament, while Auburn's Danielle Downey carded an even-par 72 to round out the list of second-place finishers.

"I just kept telling myself, you've got to keep playing hard, because it might come down to a shot or two," Nirapathpongporn said. "We worked hard all year and I was happy to finish this off."

Nirapathpongporn is the second Duke player to win the national title in as many years, marking just the third time in history that teammates have performed the feat back-to-back. Candy Hannemann won the 2001 title for the Blue Devils, Emilee Klein and Kristel Mourgue d'Algue won titles for Arizona State in 1994 and 1995, respectively, and Susan Slaughter and Annika Sorenstam did the double for Arizona in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

2005
Anna Grzebien

As a sophomore Anna Grzebien won the 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Individual Championship, while also leading Duke to the team title at Sunriver Resort's Meadows Course in Sunriver, Ore. Grzebien entered the round with a four-shot lead and held on for a one-stroke victory with a 2-over-par 73.

Grzebien (+2, 73-75-65-73=286) was even-par through three rounds and had a four-shot lead to start the day. Virginia sophomore Leah Wigger (+3, 73-72-73-69=287) put some pressure on by shooting a 2-under-par 69 during the morning rounds, giving her a four-round total of 3-over-par as the afternoon groups teed off.

"I didn't look at the scoreboard once," said Grzebien.  "So I didn't know. It was exciting. It's really special. I just put my head down and walked past the scoreboards. I didn't want to look at the numbers. I've played well, but I'm just starting to get where everything is coming together and I'm shooting better numbers."

Grzebien had two bogies and no birdies on the front nine, putting her at two-over-par for the tournament and giving her a precarious one-stroke lead over Wigger. Grzebien found some breathing room when she birdied the par-14 12th hole. But after three straight pars, she bogied the par-3 16th hole, again giving her a one-stroke lead.

Grzebien missed a short birdie putt on the 17th hole and settled for par. On the par-4 18th, she found the green in two, but was about 25 feet from the cup. She got her first putt to within about four feet, and later calmly sank her second and final putt for the title.

Wigger finished in second place, while UCLA freshman Amie Cochran (71-79-70-68) and Duke's Brittany Lang (74-75-68-71) tied for third place at a 4-over-par 288.

"I didn't see a lot of it," commented Brooks on Grzebien's final round.  "I whispered something to her before we started, that I think you know what you can accomplish here. Obviously, she had the same thing in mind that I did. She was fantastic."

2016
Virginia Elena Carta

Duke freshman Virginia Elena Carta capped off a very impressive four days at the 6,331-yard, par 72 Eugene Country Club by becoming the fourth Blue Devil to win a NCAA title with a NCAA-record 72-hole ledger of 16-under-par, 272.  

Carta, who hails from Udine, Italy, carded rounds of 69, 68, 66 and 69 over the 72 holes to win her first collegiate event and became only the eighth freshman in NCAA history to win the NCAA title.  She won the championship by a NCAA-record eight shots and closed play with only one bogey over her final 53 holes. Her 16-under-par score along with the 72-hole total of 272 were both new NCAA records.  

"I mean, of course this experience was just awesome and great," said Carta.  "My long game was really, really good the first three days. Today I struggled a little bit because I was really nervous, but my putter has always been with me and made the difference. I scored really well because I was making a lot of putts. I'm really excited. I still can't believe I won. I'm so proud of also the team, and I want to say also thanks to the team and the coaches. They are just great, both Coach [Dan Brooks] and John [Whithaus]. They are awesome."

"It is great and especially her," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks.  "Virginia is a fantastic team member.  It is great to have somebody like her play that well."

After totaling a NCAA-record 54-hole score of 203 through Sunday's play, Carta held a six-stroke lead heading into the final day.  She concluded the action with an eight-shot victory over Dewi Weber of Miami and Haley Moore of Arizona, who finished with an eight-under, 280.  

With cameras following her every move the last two days, Carta didn't let it bother her and jumped out to quick start Monday with four birdies on the front nine.  She drained a 40-foot putt on the third hole and then holed out from the fourth hole for birdies.  Carta added an eight-foot birdie on No. 7 and then sank a 25-foot birdie on No. 9 to make the turn at four-under, 33.  

Carta headed into the 152-yard, par three 11th with 46 straight holes without a birdie, but the rookie suffered a three-putt to fall back to three-under.  She went on to grind her way through the final seven holes with all pars.  Carta had a key up-and-down for par on No. 16 from the rough.  

"It means a lot," commented Carta on winning the NCAA title as a freshman.  "As I said, I would have never thought to win this tournament, especially as a freshman. Now my expectations are going to be high. But I mean, it has been a great year. I've been working really hard also with the team, and we've been working so much, so I'm just excited that the work paid off and that my putter finally worked, too."

Looking back at Monday's national championship for @virgipaper #GoDuke #NCAAGolf @BlueDevil_NTWRK pic.twitter.com/Qer6lebB1s

— Duke Women's Golf (@DukeWGOLF) May 24, 2016

She became the first freshman to earn her first collegiate win at NCAAs since 1998.  Carta played the front nine at 12-under-par for the week and led the field with 20 birdies.  She closed her season with her fifth straight top 10 placement.  

"She is strong, she hits it straight and she is flying it high onto these greens," commented Brooks on what led to Carta's success this week.  "They actually firmed up a little bit today so that probably helped her. She's got the whole game.  She has a lot of passion.  All we do is just kind of calm her down."

Notes:
•    Virginia Elena Carta broke the lowest score to par record by four strokes.  The previous mark was Caroline Hedwall of Oklahoma State  (2010) and Penny Hammel of Miami (1983) at 12-under.
•    Carta held the largest margin of victory at the Women's NCAA Championship dating back to 2000.  It broke Annie Park's record of six from 2013.  Duke holds two of the top three on the list as Virada Nirapathpongporn won by five in 2002.  
•    Carta joined the likes of Annie Park (USC, 2013), Austin Ernst (LSU, 2011), Jennifer Rosales (USC, 1998), Marissa Baena (Arizona, 1996), Charlotta Sorenstam (Texas, 1993), Vicki Goetze (Arizona, 1992) and Annika Sorenstam (Arizona, 1991) as freshman to win the NCAA title.
•    Three of the four Duke NCAA individual champions have come on the West Coast as Nirapathpongporn won in Auburn, Wash., and Grzebien won in Sunriver, Ore.  

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President Donald Trump announced Saturday he is postponing the G-7 summit until the fall and plans to invite four additional non-member nations — including Russia.

The president, speaking to reporters aboard an Air Force One flight back to Washington from Kennedy Space Center, said he hopes to expand the annual meeting of the world's most economically advanced countries to include Australia, India, Russia and South Korea, according to a pool report.

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"I don’t feel that as a G-7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world,” Trump explained. “It’s a very outdated group of countries.”

“We want Australia, we want India, we want South Korea. And what do we have? That’s a nice group of countries right there,” he said.

Trump described the newly expanded gathering as the “G-10 or G-11,” and said he had “roughly” discussed the concept with the leaders of the additional countries.

But the president seemed unsure of the timing of the proposed, musing aloud about when to hold it.

“Maybe I’ll do it after the election," he said at one point, before reversing himself.

"I think a good time would be before the election,” he then said, suggesting the weekend either before or after the U.N. General Assembly, which is slated to begin on Sept. 15

The Group of Seven countries, previously the G-8, included Russia until its membership was suspended in 2014 over its annexation of Crimea in Ukraine.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday declined Trump’s invitation to attend a Washington summit rescheduled for June, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, POLITICO reported.

The meeting was supposed to take place via videoconference after Trump in March scrapped a planned in-person summit at Camp David due to the pandemic.

Trump, however, had indicated he wanted to hold portions of the June gathering in person at the White House and Camp David.

Earlier Saturday, Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss progress on convening the group, according to a White House readout that provided few additional details.

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The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday reported four deaths and 56 additional cases of the novel coronavirus, a rise in fatalities on the weekend before a planned reopening of much of the state’s economy.

The report brings totals around Maine to 2,282 cases and 89 deaths. Of the total case number, 2,025 have been confirmed by testing and another 257 are considered “probable” cases.

Hospitalizations, a key measure of Maine’s readiness to reopen, dipped on Saturday, to 46. The state had recently seen a rise in people admitted to hospitals with COVID-19, as high as 60 during the past week.

The people reported to have died are a woman in her 50s from York County, and a woman in her 90s, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 70s, all from Cumberland County.

Subtracting numbers of people who have recovered — 1,505 — and died, there were 688 active cases on Saturday.

On Monday, Maine plans to reopen retail stores, campgrounds and state parks. The maximum size of public gatherings will also increase from 10 to 50. In three counties, restaurants will be able to offer outdoor seating.

Still, Mills postponed indoor dining in Cumberland, York and Androscoggin counties, which were scheduled to offer that service Monday.

The decision angered some restaurant owners who said they had already made preparations to open for indoor dining. On Saturday, the Maine Department of Corrections announced that Mills had directed the state’s prisons to offer to purchase food that restaurants have prepared and now can’t serve.

Restaurants interested in selling their food to the Maine DOC may email Associate Commissioner Karen Yeaton at [email protected] by Friday, June 5, including information about what kind of food is available, in what quantity, and for what price.

The governor is still defending in court a 14-day quarantine rule for out-of-state visitors; the owners of two restaurants and two campgrounds last month sued to have it lifted, saying it was unnecessarily restrictive and harmful to their business. On Friday, a federal judge denied a preliminary motion for an injunction against the rule, just hours after the U.S. Justice Department threw its weight behind the plaintiffs.

County by county on Saturday, there were 287 cases in Androscoggin, 10 in Aroostook, 1,146 in Cumberland, 36 in Franklin, 11 in Hancock, 128 in Kennebec, 20 each in Knox and Lincoln, 33 in Oxford, 100 in Penobscot, one in Piscataquis, 30 in Sagadahoc, 22 in Somerset, 51 in Waldo, two in Washington, and 381 in York.

By age, 4.7 percent of patients were under 20, while 13.2 percent were in their 20s, 13.7 percent were in their 30s, 15.7 percent were in their 40s, 18.2 percent were in their 50s, 13.5 percent were in their 60s, 10.2 percent were in their 70s, and 10.7 percent were 80 or over.

Women are still the majority of cases, at 51.7 percent.

Maine’s hospitals had 46 patients with COVID-19, 18 of whom were in intensive care and 11 on ventilators. The state had 238 ventilators available of a total 319, and 139 intensive care beds available of 394. Maine also had 441 alternative ventilators that breathe for patients with aggressive cases.

Around the world on Saturday, there were more than 6 million cases of COVID-19, and 367,000 deaths. The United States had 1.8 million cases and 104,000 deaths.

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Boston police said Saturday morning that 10 people were arrested and four Boston police officers were injured during a South End protest Friday that drew hundreds in support of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis police custody.

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