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The USDA had floated banning flavored milk options from some school lunches.

A priest who oversaw a memorial for late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been suspended by the head of the country’s Orthodox Church.

The postseason is on: We found the easiest (and cheapest) ways to catch the NBA Playoffs this year.

Two runaway military horses bolted through central London, leaving at least 4 people and the animals injured, officials said.

“Although to some, the noise is annoying, they pose no danger to humans or pets,” the sheriff wrote. “Unfortunately, it is the sounds of nature.”

Lawmakers argue the Chinese government can use the widely popular video-sharing app as a spy tool and to covertly influence the U.S. public.

RED BLUFF — Tehama County Sheriff Dave Kain held the first in a series of town hall meetings to discuss his department’s successes, challenges and future. The sheriff’s patrol radius on any given day or shift is approximately 3,000 square miles for the around 67,000 Tehama County residents. A few years ago, the sheriff’s office had to pause some of its dispatch services due to staff shortages. Since February 2023, staffing has increased, and the county has 24-hour service, seven days a week. Since Kain took office, the department has hired three lateral officers from Portland, two from Red Bluff, one from Redding, one from Siskiyou County, one from Modoc County, and one from Trinity County. “It is unheard of for us to bring these level of people that already have street experience as deputy sheriffs to work in our community,” Kain said. “They have been cops for a long time in other jurisdictions, and they have come to our agency and that is great for us.” He promised to keep fighting to get the sheriff’s office fully staffed. As the staffing issue continues, the

Four beef cubed steaks, 1/4 inch thick (about 1- 1/2 pounds) 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided One teaspoon of seasoning salt One teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/4 scant teaspoon of cayenne pepper 3/4 cup whole milk One egg 1/2  cup butter cracker crumbs Classic Gravy: Two tablespoons butter 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 3 cups whole milk 1 to 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper 1/4 teaspoon seasoning salt Serving suggestion: Mashed potatoes, optional Cooking:  Classic Gravy 1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Stir in flour;  cook and stir 4 minutes.  Stir in milk;  bring to a boil, whisking constantly.  Reduce heat; simmer 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly, stirring occasionally.  Add black pepper and seasoning salt, as desired.  Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, whisking constantly until gravy is smooth and thick.  Keep warm. You may need additional milk if the gravy is too thick. Cooking:   Country-Fried Steaks: Combine flour, salt, black pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper in shallow dish.  Remove 1 /2 cup seasoned flour;  set aside.  Beat milk and egg in separate

If your group or agency has changed or canceled an event, write to rsilva@redbluffdailynews.com or leave a message at 737-5042. Events Tehama County Transportation Commission, alongside GreenDOT Transportation, will be hosting a public outreach meeting on April 30, 2024, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Red Bluff Community Center. This meeting will provide information regarding the Safety, Secondary Access Community Planning & Evacuation Routing Project. Tehama County Food Share needs shelf-stable milk (powder or boxed; bovine, soy, or nut) to supplement their food pantries this fall. Donations can be brought to Tehama County Together, 345 Hickory St., Suite 2, Monday through Friday from 11:30 AM to 3 PM, for more information, call 530-527-2223. Tip a Cop Fundraiser for Special Olympics, May 4, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at M&M Ranch House 645 Antelope Blvd. Wednesday Red Bluff The Tehama County Mosquito and Vector Control District meetings are on at noon on the second Wednesday of the month at 11861 Hwy 99W in Red Bluff. Red Bluff Kiwanis: noon, Elks Lodge Resource Conservation District of Tehama County: First Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. at 724 Main

Police log for April 22nd as taken from the Red Bluff Police Department and the Tehama County Sheriff’s office. Vandalism Trainor St: Men’s urinal broken at Frey Field Franzel Rd:  The back window of her car was broken out. Threats On Grant St: Man reports he has been threatened. Animal Control On Chestnut Av: Large white sheepdog running loose in the roadway. Rawson Rd/Simpson Rd, in Corning: Puppies were found on the side of Rawson Road. Olivewood Rd, Corning:  A dog is in her barn and has had puppies. Traffic Complaint On S Main St: A Male was laying in the center turn lane long shaggy dark hair, dark colored shirt, light-colored baggy pants, at Givens Rd/Metzger St: Reports a black go-cart is riding on the roadway. Theft Harbor Freight Tools on S Main St: A man in a pickup took $500 in merchandise and left. Walmart Supercenter on Luther Rd: A Man with a small dog and a tent bag, stole hammock equipment and left, walking toward Raleys on foot. Cedar Ridge Rd, Manton: Items taken from a residence. Trespassing Ross Dress For Less

No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature. The measure gives Beijing-based parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the company, with a possible additional three months if a sale is in progress. If it doesn’t, TikTok will be banned. So what does this mean for you, a TikTok user, or perhaps the parent of a TikTok user? Here are some key questions and answers. WHEN DOES THE BAN GO INTO EFFECT? The original proposal gave ByteDance just six months to divest from its U.S. subsidiary, negotiations lengthened it to nine. Then, if the sale is already in progress, the company will get another three months to complete it. So it would be at least a year before a ban goes into effect – but with likely court challenges, this could

“We’re making important progress with representatives of the student encampment” By Jon Haworth Wednesday, April 24, 2024 10:22AM Lindsay Tuchman reports on the protests from Morningside Heights. NEW YORK — Columbia University has said they are making “important progress” with representatives of the student encampment on campus as protests calling for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on campuses across the country. The student protests — some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments and have led to hundreds of arrests — have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student removals at Columbia University in New York City. “We are making important progress with representatives of the student encampment on the West lawn,” Columbia University said in a statement released early Wednesday, adding that student protesters have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents and that protesters will ensure that those not affiliated with Columbia will leave. Columbia University also said that student protesters in the encampment have agreed to comply with all requirements of the New York City Fire Department and

For the first time in five months, NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 after crafting a creative solution to fix a communication problem aboard humanity’s most distant spacecraft in the cosmos. Voyager 1 is currently about 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away, and at 46 years old, the probe has shown multiple quirks and signs of aging in recent years. The latest issue experienced by Voyager 1 first cropped up in November 2023, when the flight data system’s telemetry modulation unit began sending an indecipherable repeating pattern of code. Voyager 1’s flight data system collects information from the spacecraft’s science instruments and bundles it with engineering data that reflects its current health status. Mission control on Earth receives that data in binary code, or a series of ones and zeroes. But since November, Voyager 1’s flight data system had been stuck in a loop. While the probe has continued to relay a steady radio signal to its mission control team on Earth over the past few months, the signal did not carry any usable data. The mission team received the first

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted to ban for-profit US employers from making employees sign agreements with noncompete clauses. Such a ban could affect tens of millions of workers. President Joe Biden soon after the announcement said, “The FTC is cracking down on ‘non-compete agreements,’ contracts that employers use to prevent their workers from changing jobs even if that job will pay a few dollars more, or provide better working conditions. Workers ought to have the right to choose who they want to work for.” The FTC’s decision was the result of a 3-to-2 vote among its five commissioners Tuesday afternoon. The two commissioners who dissented from the majority said they believed the rule to be “unlawful” and “won’t survive legal challenge.” The US Chamber of Commerce has already said it will sue the FTC as early as this week for what it views as the agency exceeding its administrative authority. What the final rule will do The FTC estimates that 30 million people – one in five US workers – are bound by a noncompete clause in their current jobs. And for most

Millions of salaried workers will soon qualify for overtime pay under a final rule released by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday. The new rule raises the salary threshold under which salaried employees are eligible for overtime in two stages. The threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888, or $844 a week, starting July 1, and then to $58,656, or $1,128 a week, on January 1, 2025. About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully implemented in January, the agency estimates. In its first year, the rule is expected to result in an income transfer of about $1.5 billion from employers to workers, mainly from new overtime premiums or from pay raises to maintain the exempt status of some affected employees. “This rule will restore the promise to workers that if you work more than 40 hours in a week, you should be paid more for that time,” acting Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a statement. “Too often, lower-paid salaried workers are doing the same job as their hourly counterparts but are

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that pits Idaho’s near-total abortion ban against a federal law that the Biden administration says requires hospitals to offer emergency abortion care in certain situations.

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A 2-year-old Denair boy died Monday night after he was found unresponsive in a canal, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office reported.

How popular was the game of golf in 1924? So much so, the annual United States Open — one of the most well-known and prestigious golf majors in the sport’s history — had to introduce sectional qualifying for that year’s tournament to reduce the 319 entrants to a starting field of 85. The Turlock region was no exception to the frenzy.

It’s not often that elementary school students get their work published. Thanks to the Salvation Turlock Corp. in collaboration with StudenTreasures Publishing, 16 local students were afforded that opportunity.

MODESTO — In honor of Earth Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom was in rural Stanislaus County on Monday to dedicate California’s first new state park in nearly a decade.