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The drugs are mailed women and girls during his two-plus counsel Robert Mueller, who is tigation’s credibility and Trump from China, and the U.S. Postal by “labs” in China to individuals decade tenure with the national team. investigating Russian meddling himself has hedged on whether Service must step up the use of who consume them or to middle- His sentencing on Wednesday was the in the 2016 U.S. election. “I’m he would answer questions. More high-tech detection methods to men who dilute them for resale. conclusion of an emotional seven-day looking forward to it, actually,” recently, Trump’s attorneys have fi ght the problem, according to a According to the report, the Postal hearing that included 168 impact Trump, speaking to reporters been talking to Mueller’s team congressional report unveiled on Service has failed to widely deploy statements from his victims. For more, at the White House, said of an about an interview, according to Wednesday. A yearlong probe by a system to capture “advanced turn to page 4 and also visit metro.us. interview with Mueller. “I would sources with knowledge of the a Senate Homeland Security and electronic data” about packages, 5 do it under oath.” Although Trump investigation. “I would like to do it Government Aff airs investigation which would help identify suspi- has pledged cooperation with as soon as possible,” Trump said. subcommittee found there is cious mail. THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW FRENCH PRISON OFFICERS’ PROTEST ENTERS SECOND WEEK 3 Wooden palettes burn as prison guards block access to Fresnes prison in Fresnes, France. Three prison guards were injured in a blade attack by a German Al-Qaeda militant in Vendin- le-Vieil prison. Prison guards have entered the second week of a social movement to protest poor and unsecure working conditions in the country’s overcrowded jails. Prison staff are demanding improved working conditions after a series of attacks by detainees. GETTY IMAGES TRUMP NOW SUPPORTS AFTER CRITICISM, APPLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DREAMER CITIZENSHIP UPDATES IPHONES Who do you think is MOST to blame for the recent shutdown of the federal goverment? 4 5 President Donald Trump on of citizenship perhaps in 10 to Apple Inc. announced could slow down the phone’s 17% Wednesday previewed his 12 years. Trump’s impromptu changes on Wednesday performance. The company is outline for an immigration comments signaled a major that make good on its facing lawsuits over the issue bill that he will promote next breakthrough, said Republican promise to allow users to turn and Chief Executive Tim Cook Not sure week, saying he wants $25 billion Sen. Lindsey Graham. “President off a controversial feature that said last week that Apple would 37% to build a border wall and is open Trump’s support for a pathway to slows down iPhones when release a software update to to granting citizenship to Dreamer citizenship will help us get strong batteries are running low, allow users to turn off the 33% immigrants brought to the U.S. as border security measures as we although it signaled it might feature. The company said on Democrats in Congress children. Trump said he wanted work to modernize a broken im- take months more to deliver. Wednesday a beta version of to off er the Dreamers, protected migration system,” Graham said. 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GETTY IMAGES Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar in the Lansing, pleasure and your con- “The media convinced Michigan, courtroom. trol," she told to Nassar. them that everything I did The disgraced former "I would not send my The music, sights, and words that doctor was already sen- dogs to you, sir. … You was wrong and bad. They tenced to 60 years in pris- can't give them back invigorated a nation, stirred protests, on in December on child their innocence, their feel I broke their trust. Hell and eff ected change in the 1960s are pornography charges. youth. … It was my hath no fury like a woman celebrated. Folk songs and R&B classics "Your words these past honor and privilege to several days have had sentence you. You do not scorned.” like Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna a significant emotional have the right or privi- Come” and Marvin Gaye’s “What’s effect on myself and lege to walk outside a Larry Nassar Going On,” Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple shaken me to my core," prison ever again." Nassar said in a final The seven days of tes- However, in a letter many survivors felt was Haze” and “We Shall Overcome”—the statement. "I will carry timonies were highlight- he wrote to the court exorcised from them anthem of the era—defi ne a time when your words with me for ed by Olympic gold med- last week, Nassar again and put where it be- voices were raised and arms were the rest of my days." alist Aly Raisman, who defended his actions and longs, right on him," Po- The 54-year-old had delivered an emotional put blame on the vic- vilaitis said. interlocked in a movement seeking pleaded guilty to seven 13-minute statement. tims. Judge Aquilina read In 2016, Rachael Den- justice and social change. counts of criminal sex- "You do realize now aloud parts of that letter hollander was the first ual misconduct before the women you so heart- Wednesday. to come forward to file Monday, February 5 at 8 PM the sentencing hearing, lessly abused over such a "I was a good doctor a criminal complaint which saw 168 impact long period of time are because my treatments accusing Nassar of abus- Sounds of Change statements given by his now a force? And you are worked, and those pa- ing her in 2000. Denhol- accusers as a part of his nothing?" she asked Nas- tients that are now speak- lander's heroics opened Anthony Hamilton | Naturally 7 plea deal set by Judge sar. "I will not rest until ing out are the same ones the floodgates for more Otis Redding III | Vernon Reid Aquilina. every last trace of your that praised and came than 140 women to step Sonia Sanchez | Valerie Simpson "You are no longer vic- influence on this sport back over and over," Nas- forward to accuse Nassar, tims. You are survivors. has been destroyed like sar wrote in the letter. including Simone Biles, Dionne Warwick | Ray Chew, Music Director You are very strong," the cancer it is." "The media convinced Gabby Douglas and McK- Additional artists to be announced Judge Aquilina said to Nassar began working them that everything I ayla Maroney. Support for The ’60s: The Years that Changed America is provided by those who testified. with United States Gym- did was wrong and bad. Biles, who captivated the Howard Gilman Foundation. "You did this for your nastics in 1986 while They feel I broke their the nation during the completing his osteo- trust. Hell hath no fury 2016 Summer Games 168 pathic medical degree at like a woman scorned." while winning four gold Michigan State Universi- Michigan assistant at- medals, was one of the ty. Ten years later, he was torney general Angela last to step forward, re- appointed as national Povilaitis said in her final vealing on her Twitter carnegiehall.org/60s | 212-247-7800 medical coordinator of remarks that the sen- page on Jan. 15 that she NASSAR’S HEARING U.S. Gymnastics. tencing hearing would too was abused by Nas- Box Offi ce at 57th and Seventh SAW 168 IMPACT For over two decades, be viewed as "a turning sar at U.S. Gymnastics' STATEMENTS GIVEN Artists, programs, dates, and prices subject to change. © 2018 CHC. BY HIS ACCUSERS AS Nassar sexually abused point in how our com- long-time training cen- countless gymnasts, munity, our state, our na- ter at the Karolyi Ranch PART OF HIS PLEA most of them minors, as tion, our culture looks at in Texas. 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All offers expire 60 days after receipt. Ne 5 6 NEWS METRO.US THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 2018 New, large animal shelter coming to the Bronx An Animal Care ing to the Bronx. told QNS. KRISTIN TOUSSAINT Centers of NYC A 47,000-square-foot The most common [email protected] Animal Care Centers understanding of the full-service shelter (ACC) of NYC facility is “no-kill” label, accord- is coming to the Homeless animals in projected to open in the ing to the Washington Bronx, city offi cials New York City will have East Bronx in 2024, city Post, is a shelter “with a An Animal Care Center’s shelter will open in the Bronx in 2024, part of the a new resource with a officials announced this 90 percent ‘live release mayor’s goal to have an animal shelter in all fi ve boroughs. MAYOR’S OFFICE announced. city animal shelter com- week. rate’ — meaning that The full-service shel- nine of every 10 animals ter is expected to cost admitted leaves alive.” $60 million and will In 2017, more than Painful Varicose Veins and Swollen Legs? have space for 70 dogs, 93 percent of all dogs 140 cats, 30 rabbits and and cats at city-operated 20 animals from other shelters were placed ei- species. The shelter will ther through adoptions provide adoption and to the public or through 162-03 Jamaica Ave, Ste 200, Jamaica NY Now Open! veterinary services. the adoption partner The ACC location in program, officials said. Brooklyn will also un- In 2003, ACC shelters dergo renovations, the did kill more than 60 city announced, and will percent of the dogs and receive about $27.3 mil- the cats they took in, ac- Are you or a loved one suffering lion in funds to expand cording to The New York the facility and increase Times. from the following symptoms? its adoption capacity. But those euthanasia Those renovations are rates have plummeted Varicose Veins Swollen Legs expected to be complet- and adoption rates rose ed by 2022. as the ACC received new Spider Veins Skin Discoloration Animal Care Centers funding (its budget from of NYC is a nonprofit the city has more than contracted by the city to doubled from $7 mil- Itching and Burning Leg Ulcers run the city’s shelters. lion to $13 million since Mayor Bill de Blasio aims 2007, the Times reports) Leg Pain Blood Clots to have a fully operation- and with the plans to al animal shelter in all build new shelters that Leg Cramps Difficulty Standing five boroughs. can ease the strain on “Our animal shelters existing facilities. deliver services to up- “We are a completely wards of 30,000 animals. different organization These two new facilities than we were even five in the Bronx and Brook- years ago. We have be- lyn will build upon the come the go-to resource City’s record 93 percent for NYC animal-related placement rate to ensure issues – from pet adop- We specialize in a wide range of treatment that all missing, home- tion to rescue to help less and abandoned with keeping pets and options including care of Peripheral Artery animals within the city families together,” ACC receive the care they President and CEO Risa Disease (PAD) and wound care. need,” de Blasio said in Weinstock said in a a statement. “These shel- statement. “We are ex- ters also will offer direct cited to bring that level Covered by Medicare and Most Insurance Plans adoption because we of service to the Bronx, know how much New with the addition of a Ja nuary Only Don’t suffer another day! Call us now! 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INITIATIVE LED TO A is due, but what about a pearances, and the alerts to appear in court, ac- Over 16 months, be- 21 PERCENT DROP IN tween March and June THE RATE OF THOSE of 2017, those who pro- WHO FAILED TO vided their phone num- APPEAR IN COURT. NOW is the time to take bers on summons forms were randomly selected to receive texts encour- aging their appearance of Court Administration care of YOUR BODY! in court. will send text remind- The program tested ers to everyone who out different kind of mes- gives their cell phone sages. 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What make a big difference, time should you leave to and these text messages Restlessness Cramping get there by 9:30 a.m.?”) will help people avoid a and others emphasized missed court appearance that missing court would — and a warrant that Frustrated with previous treatments, fall out of step with most could eventually lead to people’s behaviors. spending a night in jail,” services and poor results? The most effective Mayor Bill de Blasio said messages combined de- in a statement. “We’ve Trust the doctor that tails on the consequenc- found that these gentle es and information on nudges help New York- cares about you! how to make a plan to ers remember when and appear. 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ROB ELLIOTT, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY KRISTIN TOUSSAINT trampled by pedestrians, [email protected] which affects how quickly it can absorb water. Guarded trees absorbed Guards protecting water an average of six the soil around trees times faster than trees without guards. along city streets are But why does it mat- important to help- ter how well a tree on ing cut back pollu- the street can absorb water? During heavy tion from the sewer storms, the city’s aging system, Columbia sewing system can’t han- University research- dle all the water flowing from the streets as well ers found. as homes. That means some City life isn’t easy, even water flows into nearby for trees. rivers, “raw sewage and Their soil gets all,” according to Colum- stepped on by passersby bia. and their trunks serve as If trees on the street bathrooms for the city’s could absorb water more pets. That’s why some of quickly, sewers would New York City’s street overflow less. trees have guards or New York City’s Parks fences that give the trees Department lists about some space and keep 680,000 trees on city them safe. streets and already touts Those tree guards af- their environmental ben- fect more than just how efits. The city’s stormwa- healthy your street’s sap- ter runoff is a “major lings look, though. Trees source of pollution en- on a protected patch of tering wetlands, streams, soil can absorb stormwa- lakes and oceans,” ac- ter more quickly, which cording to the depart- eases the burden on the ment, and “healthy trees city’s sewer system, ac- can reduce the amount cording to a new study of runoff and pollutants out of Columbia Univer- in receiving water.” sity recently published Each year, more in the journal Ecological than 1 billion gallons Engineering. of stormwater are inter- Researchers from cepted by the city’s trees, Columbia Engineering a benefit that NYC Parks and the school’s Earth values at more than $10 Institute looked at how million. fast water infiltrates into And yet, “only 14 the soil of trees with percent of New York and without guards. The City trees have protec- study focused on trees tive guards,” said Robert lining the streets of Elliot, the study’s lead Morningside Heights in author, in a statement. Manhattan. “Our results suggest The soil around trees street trees could man- without guards gets age six times as much storm water if every tree 1B pit were enclosed.” You can request a guard for your street’s trees, according to NYC Parks, by reaching out EACH YEAR, MORE to your local elected of- THAN 1 BILLION ficials, donating to the GALLONS OF New York Tree Trust or STORMWATER ARE by applying for a tree INTERCEPTED BY THE work permit and hiring CITY’S TREES. a private contractor to build one. fitting - .. And even better - if this treatment New York City - Nothing is more true. A life works Why Treatment Can Fail with constant pain is not a life worth living. And if you can’t stay active and do all the and the results a This is why viscosupplmentation can fail for things you love - like walking, playing golf, ten- often better some people. It is also why many knee nis, vacationing etc. It’s not really a life at all. arthritis sufferers come to NYC Pain MD s ore rison key to this treatment being successful after failed treatments elsewhere... and are And for generations, knee arthritis has is actually getting the special lubricating gel given good, hard working people a life sentence directly into the joint where it can go to for patients to travel hours for these advanced of pain and suffering. To make things worse, work. That’s why the doctors at NYC Pain slick marketers only add to the pain by promising wonder cures. ate night televi MD use very advanced digital imaging that an allows them to see directly into the joint and arthritis cures” that make wild claims and sound make too good to be true . . . Because They Are If you have already had this procedure the treatment has the best odds for without this advanced imaging... Or if it was Nothing is worse than getting your hopes success. Studies show that doctors doing not used there is a up - spending your hard earned money - only to these types of procedures without this special good chance you did not get the be let down time after time. imaging actually miss the joint space up to results you It is easy to give up one third of the time! - der cures,” real doctors and researchers were retrospective study of nearly 1000 cases of hard at work trying to discover a real medical ld solution. Modern medicine eradicated small pox and polio. Through laser eye surgery, doctors can give almost blind people perfect 20/20 vision. The potential cures on the horizon with breakthroughs like stem cell ti program of image- therap are endless. Solve The Riddle Of ad not need surgery...regardless of age or For the past 3 years, that’s exactly what a medical clinic in New York City has been doing. The NYC Pain MD doctors have been rewent this type of treatment. Follow up 2 years later revealed 82% had not able to help thousands of knee arthritis suffer- required surgery. ers with cutting-edge treatments and technol- ogy older generations could only dream about. Massive Cost Saving For Patients, Insurance Companies & Medicare? One of these treatments in particular has help thousands of patents ease or eliminate pain and go ba to doing their favorite some... activities like: walking, playing gol, tennis and many more. The treatment is called I’m a golfer and want to play golf but I less invasive viscosupplementation. But wait. This is NOT couldn’t. I made the call and went and it’s the the typical viscosupplementation. So if you best thing I ever did. It’s just – now I can play are one of the many knee arthritis sufferers golf, I can walk, I can climb stairs, I can do a things I did many years ago”. who already had viscosupplementation and did potential s if not get great results - what you are about to discover be very important. 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