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Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president born in a hospital. Today, he marks a new milestone as the oldest living former president ever.At 94 years and 172 days old, Carter has passed the previous record held by the late 234

It appears in the coming hours or days, Congress will approve and the president will sign legislation designed to keep the American economy from collapse as businesses close to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The two parties came to an agreement early Wednesday morning. It appears some finer details of the bill are still being hammered out, but the two sides have agreed on a number of items. Both the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee have released summaries of what the final bill will likely include.Here is what the bill means for Americans:Checks for Americans: Regardless of employment status, most Americans will see a check from the federal government. The checks will either be ,200 for individuals earning less than ,000 a year, or ,400 for couples earning less than 0,000 a year. An additional 0 will be added for each child. Those figures will be pro rated for individuals making between ,000 and ,000 a year, and for couples making 0,000 to 8,000 a year. It's unknown exactly when individuals would receive these checks, but several members of Congress said they would come early in April. Low income families:The Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is set to receive .51 billion from this legislation, is anticipating increases in participation as a result of coronavirus. Also, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program program, which is designed to provide energy assistance for low-income families, is set to have 0 million in funding. Food supply:Nearly .5 billion is set for food producers and agriculture. Costs for healthcare:A total of 2.1 billion will be spent on the front lines to combat COVID-19. 0 billion of the funds will go toward a new program to provide grants to hospitals, public entities, not-forprofit entities, and Medicare and Medicaid enrolled suppliers. Another billion will go toward research on how to prevent and cure COVID-19.Nearly .3 billion is expected to go toward local, state and federal health organizations. This money will be used to help purchase coronavirus test kits, and pay for equipment. Funds for education:The Department of Education will distribute more than billion to help stabilize schools and universities that have had to alter operations and rely on remote learning in recent weeks. Nearly half of the money set aside for the Department of Education will be used on higher education to help them combat the virus on campus, provide distance learning and offer grants to students in need. .5 billion is available for formula-grants to States, which will then distribute 90 percent of funds to local educational agencies.In additional 0 million will go toward Head Start to help with emergency staffing needs. For veterans:The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will have .85 billion in funding to provide healthcare for veterans. This covers treatment of veterans nationwide for coronavirus within VA hospitals in addition to healthcare facilities in the community. In additional .1 billion will go toward supporting telehealth services for veterans. This story will be updated as more details of the bill are released. 3225

KENOSHA, Wis. — A typical cold turned out to be much more serious for one Wisconsin family, but a mother's intuition might have saved her child's life.Michaela Nieman said the last couple months have been a whirlwind. "No one still really knows for sure what happened," said Michaela Nieman.Seven-year-old Tori Nieman got sick right after Christmas. 362

In a town on the Puget Sound of Washington, Mario Rivera makes his way down to the secluded beach in his backyard. "We have to walk a little bit to get to it," he says.Rivera walks along the beach to an adult male gray whale decomposing on his property."40 feet long… we named it Gunther," Rivera says, pointing to the rotting whale.Gunther is one of 30 gray whales that have washed up dead on the shores of Washington so far this year. If you include Alaska, Oregon and California, that number jumps to 81 and counting.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling the phenomenon an unusual mortality event, and there's simply not enough storage space for these massive decomposing animals."This whale got stranded about three or four miles down there," Rivera explains.Homeowners in the area weren't too happy about where Gunther landed naturally, so the Marine Mammal Stranding Network had to find somewhere else to designate as his final resting place."My wife and I just looked at each other and said 'Hey, let's take it to our property,'" Rivera says.With permission from their one neighbor, Rivera and his wife were the first to volunteer their property as a place for the whale to decompose.They were the start of a movement as NOAA says 15 more have volunteered since. It's an unexpected response considering the scent of a decomposing whale is far from pleasant."It smells like a rotting whale," Rivera explains.He says the stench comes and goes with the hot temps and wind, but he's been covering it in lime to help, and he says the pungent smell will likely go away after a month. What's more important, is that Gunther has given Rivera and scientists an opportunity to study why so many whales may be dying."When we opened him up, we found nothing but eel grass. And eel grass isn't part of their diet. This whale was what we call desperation feeding," Rivera says.John Calambokidis has been studying whales along the West Coast for 35 years. He's a research biologist with Cascadia Research. Calambokidis says the malnourished state of Gunther was very similar to what they've been seeing with other dying whales."Most of these whales have shown up very thin and emaciated--very little oil or fat in their blubber layer, which suggests they didn't get enough to feed last year," Calambokidis says.Gray whales spend the summers feeding in the Arctic and then migrate south near Mexico for the winter. All the whale strandings show some aren't making it through their normal seasonal fasting as they migrate back north along the West Coast in the spring. Calambokidis says it still isn't 100 percent clear why so many whales are dying, but he thinks its at least due in part to food supply not being able to meet the demand of the West Coast's growing whale population."Most recent estimate was 27,000 gray whales in this population," Calambokidis says.Research biologists have seen this trend once before back in 1999 and 2000. The theories were the same, and gray whales have made a comeback in the following decades. But now, scientists are questioning whether warming waters is also playing a role."We're not yet alarmed about this in the sense that we've seen something like this before and they've recovered from it. But we really do want to understand what's going on," Calambokidis says. "Particularly since there have been such dramatic changes in the arctic ecosystem. Making sure there isn't also a climate change element to this that could suggest a longer-term pattern we need to be more concerned about."According to Calambokidis, waters are warmer, and ice cover has dramatically been reduced, changing the dynamics of the ecosystem and how whales reach their prey.Part of their job as research biologists is to learn if there's more to the story. Calambokidis says they study each carcass searching the tissues for disease or contaminants. But for now, the main issue is dealing with the abundance of dead whales. And Rivera is happy he's been a part of the solution."This one couple volunteering this has prompted NOAA to think well maybe there are other people that would be interested in this, and [they can] kind of explore this as a new direction," Calambokidis says.*********************If you'd like to reach out to the journalist of this story, email elizabeth.ruiz@scripps.com 4342

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bill passed by the Missouri House would allow school districts to offer Bible study as an elective class.The bill, HB 267, would allow schools to teach the Bible from a historic perspective. The Bible history class could then be offered as an elective class at public high schools.The bill passed the House and is now in the state Senate. The lawmaker who proposed the law, Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho), is from southwest Missouri and works for a religious-affiliated college.If approved by the Senate and governor, a social studies teacher would teach the course. It would be up to individual school districts to offer the class as an elective.The current law allows for books like the Bible to be used as a reference in the classroom. This proposal would make the class solely about the Bible.“I think it is a really bad idea,” said Chase Peeples, the pastor at Kansas City United Church of Christ. “If it is my kid, who is teaching about the Bible and what perspective are they coming from? Why aren’t other sacred texts like the Quran or the Hindu text, Buddhist text? Which type of Christian is going to teach what interpretation of the Bible?”“If it is a subject matter that is offering education about an important piece of literature, it should not be prohibited,” Stephen Shields said.“Public schools should not be focused on religious education, I think there are basics a student should be learning in public school and religion is not one of them,” Bill Carriger said. 1510

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