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By WEIHUA LI, BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill.
Instead of serving a jail sentence, he stayed at home, his case deferred more than a year, as courts closed and jails nationwide dramatically reduced their populations to stop the spread of COVID-19.
But the numbers have begun creeping up again as courts are back in session and the world begins returning to a modified version of normal. It’s worrying criminal justice reformers who argue that the past year proved there is no need to keep so many people locked up in the U.S.
Fort Worth s use of sewage sludge on farmland is still causing a stink in rural areas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5 days ago Haley Samsel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
May 10 Before she ever heard the word biosolids, Katherine Smith knew that the smell wafting across her 160-acre property in Bosque County was abnormal. Starting in early March, she tracked the days where she could barely peek her head outside without feeling nauseous. Out of 49 days, she marked 28 as STINK. It s impossible to say just how much it stinks, Smith said in late April. I got home from the store on Thursday, opened my car door and started gagging because it smells so bad. I barely could get my car unloaded and my groceries inside without throwing up.
Sarah Latham, Rains County Agrilife Extension Agent, says spring cleanin g should include reducing clutter in and around your home, which tends to attract