Conversation by adam gopnik. My name is bo mendez, manager of program progressive communications. Brooklyn Historical Society. While we walk in the tort physical location i am still honored and have opposed to welcome you all to our virtual programs. We look forward to hopefully having you join us for more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of two Nights Program i want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to more virtual programs. We will be hosting next week will be hosting former new York State Attorney general kenneth philby shared her new book in the conversation with they will explore the connection between big money and impact on our democracy. That would be on august 11. Following week will be hosting Rick Perlstein in a conversation with Jeffrey Toobin discussing his new book which continues in the expiration we been doing with the recent history of the Republican Party in modern american conservatism. That will be aug
Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Again question whether he actually committed. The popularity of making a murderer and the recent podcast series serial highlight questions about the accuracy of criminal convictions. Brianfarrell both of those have been so important in helping people see the complexities of the criminal Justice System. University of iowa law professor rian farrell is the head of the Innocence Project of iowa, a group of about 20 volunteers from around iowa examines cases of prisoners who claim they are innocent. Brian farrell i think that awareness of these issues is probably going to lead to an increase in people seeking assistance. To date the Innocence Project lf iowa hasnt exonerateteanyone. In fact, over the past 25 years there have only been 12 exonerations in iowa for crimes committed in these 7 counties. But state public defender adam gregg says exonerations could soon increase in iowa partly because of the fascination around documentarie s like making a murderer. And perhaps more importrttly,
Iow 36tonight mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 18 dbq 20 iow 234omorrow mostly cloudy high 2935 winds n 510 alo 31 dbq 31 iow 34tomorrow night partly cloudy low 206 the Cedar Rapids Community School District says people wont see much change following the firing its equity consultant last week. There were allegations the consultant. Edwin javius , misrepresente d his credentials to other districts in the past. Javius is the ceof a Consulting Company called, ed equity, out of san jose, california. The district says he worked alongside a Diversity Committee to create the equity action plan. It went into effect in 2015. Some events like thisisommunity forum i i january are part it. The program monitors the progress of targeted student groups including african american, latino and special education students. Despite the recent termination, the district says plans are in motion to continue making progress. 15 33 53 from the onset of kind of a gradual release to coach our manager of st
The warmer air by thursday , with even warmer temperatures still likely for friday and saturday. At this time, widespread 50s are likely both friday and saturday. Snow w ck will be gone. Fire up the grill today chance of snow, mainly early high 3238 winds nw 515 alo 35 dbq 34 iow 36tonight mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 18 dbq 20 iow 23tomorrow mostly cloudy high 2935 winds n 510 alo 31 dbq 31 iow 34tomorrow night partly cloudy low 2026 winds se 510 alo 24 dbq 22 iow 24 firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firefighters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resid