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The 20-degree wind chill isn¡¯t stopping Herb Bardavid from walking the streets. He's hoping for his next meaningful interaction. With a camera in his hand, Bardavid is hoping to meet a stranger and tell their stories. But it¡¯s not just any stranger. Bardavid interviews New York¡¯s seniors, people over the age of 70, because he believes they all have something to say and a story to tell. ¡°I look at people walking in the street and I want to photograph them and be able to tell their story,¡± he says. With their permissions, Bardavid puts their stories, along with the photos he takes, on his blog called "Getting Old and Getting Out in New York City."¡°The elderly in New York tend to be invisible,¡± he explains. ¡°People look past them.¡°And I think it¡¯s important to recognize the elderly and their individuality and their importance and their need to be part of society.¡± Bardavid himself is 75 years old. Despite the calm voice of the semi-retired therapist, people don't always stop when he approaches. ¡°I would say 60 percent of the people I stop are willing to talk to me,¡± Bardavid says. Or they'll stop and chat, but they don¡¯t want their photo taken, he says.On this cold day, Bardavid is getting even less interviews. "I think we hit the 40 percent today," he says. But just as his walk was nearing an end, he got one more individual to tell their story. ¡°My feeling is everyone's got a story,¡± Bardavid says. 1433

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Brown by commuting her life sentence.The governor's office announced the decision Monday morning. She will be released to parole supervision on August 7, 2019, after serving 15 years in prison.¡°This decision comes after careful consideration of what is a tragic and complex case,¡± Haslam said. ¡°Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16. Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life. Transformation should be accompanied by hope. So, I am commuting Ms. Brown¡¯s sentence, subject to certain conditions.¡±As part of her parole, she cannot violate any state or federal laws and will be subject to a release plan approved by the Tennessee Department of Correction and special supervision conditions, including employment, education, counseling and community engagement requirements.Brown's parole supervision will continue until August 7, 2029, at which point her sentence will expire.In 2006, she was convicted of first-degree murder, felony murder and aggravated robbery in the killing of Antioch realtor Johnny Allen.She was sentenced to life in prison. At the time of the crime, she was 16-years-old. Advocates have said that Brown, now 30, was a victim of sex trafficking and shot the 43-year-old in self-defense. The man she killed 1590

The European Union has hit Google with another big antitrust fine, the third in a series of billion-dollar penalties the US tech giant has faced for hindering competition.The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Google to pay €1.5 billion (.7 billion) for abusing its dominant position in online search advertising."Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anti-competitive contractual restrictions on third-party websites," Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.The tech company has now been fined €8.2 billion (.3 billion) in total by Europe over the past three years.EU regulators have taken a much more robust approach to Big Tech companies than their US counterparts, especially when it comes to competition, data protection and tax issues.Google has already been fined in two previous EU antitrust cases.The Commission ordered the company to pay €4.34 billion (.9 billion) in July 2018 for unfairly pushing its apps on smartphone users and thwarting competitors.In 2017, it imposed a €2.4 billion (.7 billion) fine on Google for using its search engine to steer consumers to its own shopping platform.The company said in a blog post Tuesday that it was making further changes to its service based on "feedback" from the European Commission.It has started testing a new format that provides users with direct links to comparison shopping sites. It will also ask new and existing Android users in Europe which browser they'd like to use. 1555

The 13-year-old suspect in a crime that's shocked a close-knit college community is not all that much younger than the teenage victim.The boy was arrested in New York in connection with the death of 18-year-old Barnard College freshman Tessa Rane Majors, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.He was found with a knife and admitted being involved in the attempted robbery and stabbing, the source said Friday. The teen also mentioned two other possible suspects, and police were investigating that lead, the source said."We lost a very special, very talented and very well-loved young woman," Majors' family said Friday in a statement. "Tess shone brightly in this world and our hearts will never be the same."The killing has unsettled students and staff from the Charlottesville, Virginia, boarding school where Majors graduated this year to those at the sprawling, urban Manhattan campus that Barnard shares with Columbia University."Tess was a shining light in our community, a good friend, respected classmate, trusted teammate, and creative and passionate musician," said David Lourie, head of St. Anne's-Belfield School, where counselors were provided for students and alumni."Her death is an immeasurable loss, and we mourn alongside the Majors family and all who knew and loved Tess."Police recommend charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon against the suspect, the source said. Prosecutors will decide the charges and whether the suspect will be prosecuted as an adult.The suspect was observed by police Thursday in the lobby of a building near the Manhattan neighborhood where the stabbing occurred one day earlier, according to the source. He was wearing clothes matching the description given for the suspect in the Barnard student's killing. He was picked up on suspicion of criminal trespass.Majors, 18, had been walking Wednesday evening through Morningside Park -- at 116th Street and Morningside Drive, just blocks from Barnard's campus -- when police believe she was confronted by between one and three assailants, New York Police Department Chief of Patrol Services Rodney Harrison said.A witness who spoke with the NYPD said Majors was confronted by four or five males in the park, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation.After the attack, she stumbled up a flight of stairs to street level before collapsing at a security booth near campus, the official said. A school security officer called 911."The public safety officer assigned to the guard booth ... was at his post last night when Tessa Majors emerged from the park, and he came to her aid immediately upon recognizing that she was injured," said a statement from Columbia University.Majors' cell phone was found not far from where she fell, and she did not have a purse or wallet with her, the official said. She died at a hospital soon after, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.Majors is believed to have been a victim in one of two robbery patterns in the area, according to the source.A pattern of crimes and the police responsePolice officials and de Blasio faced questions Thursday about crimes in and around the park. The NYPD had identified issues and implemented strategies to combat the problem, Harrison said. The department also increased patrols in and around the park and the nearby schools, including Barnard."The idea that a college freshman at Barnard was murdered in cold blood is absolutely not only painful to me as a parent, it's terrifying to think that that could happen anywhere," de Blasio said at the news conference."It's unbelievable to me that that could happen here, next to one of our great college campuses," he added. "It's an unacceptable reality."The city has offered Barnard College any help it needs, and it's sending mental health professionals to help students deal with the news, de Blasio said."This is an unthinkable tragedy that has shaken us to our core. Please know that we are all grieving together and I am thinking of you as we process this awful news as a community," Barnard College President Sian Leah Beilock said, adding that Barnard's public safety department provides 24/7 escort service for students.'A personality no one could ever copy'Majors' family is en route to New York City, Beilock said."Tessa was just beginning her journey at Barnard and in life. We mourn this devastating murder of an extraordinary young woman and member of our community," she added.People who commented on Majors' Instagram page and spoke to CNN described her as a kind young woman and devoted musician."She was one of the sweetest people I know. She had a kind heart," Lydia Pickering told CNN. As kids, she and Majors lived two houses away from one another in Waynesboro, Virginia, Pickering said. Majors was like an older sister, she told CNN."I can't even begin to explain the impact she had on me," Pickering said. "She brought joy wherever she went. She had a personality no one could ever copy, she was really just special."Lexi Phelan, who met Majors this year at Barnard, shared two classes with her."Anyone who was lucky enough to meet her would agree that she was a good, kind person," Phelan said. "Her personality put others at ease and she lit up any room she was in with her passion."Barnard College is an all-women's school in Manhattan with more than 2,600 students. The school's campus stretches from west 116th Street to west 120th Street off Broadway in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City."The close-knit community at Barnard College is in shock right now," de Blasio said in a tweet. "We've lost a young woman full of potential in a senseless act of violence. I want every student and every member of faculty to know your city will be with you in the days ahead." 5844

The National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday that it plans on sending a US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft on Wednesday as a storm system spins in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday that the storm has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm by Thursday, and an 80 percent chance of becoming a depression or storm by the weekend. The center of the storm was located just off the Florida Gulf Coast. Regardless of the disturbance's status, it is still likely to bring heavy rain from the upper Texas coast to the Florida panhandle. The National Hurricane Center warns that the northern Gulf of Mexico has favorable conditions to form a tropical system. The next tropical storm in the Atlantic basin will be named Barry. The unnamed system is spinning in the same general area where Hurricane Michael gained strength last October. Hurricane Michael became a Category 5 hurricane just two days after becoming a hurricane. Hurricane Michael struck Florida, with the center coming on shore 20 miles east of Panama City. 1101

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