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ORLANDO, Fla. — TheFBI is investigating re-ports that Orlando gun-man Omar Mateen hadbeen a regular at the gaynightclub he attacked andhad used gay dating apps,a U.S. official briefed on

the casesaid Tues-day.

A num-ber of pos-sible expla-nationsand mo-tives for

the bloodbath that left 49victims dead haveemerged, with Mateen

professing allegiance tothe Islamic State group,his ex-wife saying he wasmentally ill, and his fa-ther suggesting he wasdriven by hatred of gays.

The picture grew morecomplex as patrons of thePulse came forward tosay that they had seen the29-year-old American-born Muslim there a

number of times or thathe had been using gaydating apps. Mateen hada wife and 3-year-old son.

Jim Van Horn, 71, saidMateen was a regular atthe club. “He was tryingto pick up people. Men,”Van Horn told The Asso-ciated Press. While ac-knowledging he didn’t

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTINGIN MODERN U.S. HISTORY

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A woman holds a candle in front of a rainbow flag during a rally on June 14 in Athens to pay tribute for thevictims of the Orlando shooting in Florida. Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others wounded.

Weslaco man was among 49 victimsBy Jason Dearen andTerrance HarrisASSOCIATED PRE SS

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The $4 million set asidefor the construction ofthe stalled Catholic Stu-dent Center project ad-jacent to TAMIU stillremains in the hands ofthe Brothers of St. John.

The money was set tobe held in a quasi-endow-ment.

Ray Keck, then-presi-dent of Texas A&M In-ternational University,said in May the endow-ment has not been creat-ed, but the Brothers of St.John, which leads thediocese’s Catholic Cam-pus Ministry, is welcometo establish one at theuniversity.

A proposal has beendrafted to establish theendowment. Keck said heexpected a response fromthe Brothers of St. Johnon the proposal soon. It’sunclear what, if any, re-sponse TAMIU has re-ceived.

“This is a means toinvest the money safelyuntil such time in thefuture when they areallowed to build the cen-ter,” Keck said in a state-ment to Laredo MorningTimes.

Dioceseof LaredoBishopJames A.Tamayohalted thefully fund-ed projecton the eveof con-struction,saying hewas underduresswhen hesigned anagreementwith theBrothers ofSt. John toallow forthe Catho-lic StudentCenter’sformation,accordingto project

donors and communityleaders.

One benefit to holdingthe money in a quasi-endowment is the moneymay be dissolved at anytime, Keck said.

The endowment canonly be created by theBrothers of St. John asthey were the ones re-sponsible for raising over$4 million to build the

CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER

In thebrothers’handsFate of $4 million still in the air

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Daniel Castillon hasresigned as executivedirector of the BorderRegion Behavioral HealthCenter.

Castillon's resignationwas effective Friday. Heresigned to pursue otherinterests, according to ajoint statement releasedby the center and Castil-lon.

Castillon was employedwith the center for 26years. He served in thecapacity of executive di-rector for the past 10years.

"On behalf of borderregion, the board of trust-

ees expresses its apprecia-tion to Mr. Castillon forhis efforts while servingas executive director inoverseeing border regionand the mental health andintellectual developmentdisabilities services itprovides to the citizens ofWebb, Zapata, Jim Hoggand Starr counties," thestatement says.

It adds: "Mr. Castillonthanks the present andpast board of trustees forproviding him with theopportunity to serve bor-der region. Mr. Castillonwould like to express hisheartfelt appreciation tothe staff of border regionand the communitiesserved by border region

for their supports of (thecenter's) program andservices during his termas executive director."

The center's board oftrustees will soon begin asearch for a new executivedirector.

The center employs 270people to serve nearly3,600 clients with a bud-get of $13.9 million.

Castillon said he willmiss the employees andthe individuals the centerserves.

“The employees alwaysgave so much of theirdedication,” he said.

Philip Balli may be reachedat 728-2528 orpballi@lmtonline.com

ZAPATA, WEBB, JIM HOGG, STARR COUNTIES

Border Regiondirector resignsBy Philip BalliTHE ZAPATA TIME S

Texas students ingrades five and eight willnot be forced to passstandardized reading andmath assessments for the2015-16 school year inorder to be promoted, theTexas Education Agencyannounced Friday.

Educational Commis-sioner Mike Morath saidreporting issues from thestate’s testing vendor,Educational Testing Ser-vices, were at the heart ofthe waiver of the State ofTexas Assessments ofAcademic Readiness(STAAR) testing for thestudents.

Morath also canceled

the June 21-22 retest pro-gram for fifth- andeighth-grade students.

“I apologize for thecontinuing problems ourstudents and staff arebeing forced to deal withbecause of ongoing re-porting issues with ourtesting vendor. Kids inthe classroom shouldnever suffer from mis-takes made by adults. Weintend to hold the ven-dor, Educational TestingService, accountable,”Morath said in a state-ment.

A message for com-ment left with the NewJersey-based testing com-pany late Friday was notreturned.

In Texas and else-where, attempts to in-

crease accountability inpublic schools are meet-ing resistance from par-ents pushing backagainst standardizedtesting. The Texas Educa-tion Agency and theSTAAR tests came underfire last month from agroup of parents suingthe department for alleg-edly ignoring state law inadministering this year’send-of-year exams

In most cases, fifth-and eighth-graders mustpass the reading andmath assessment tests inorder to be advanced. Ifthat doesn’t happen afterthree tries, a committeemade up of a principal,teacher and parents ofthe student must agree to

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STAAR results won’t countagainst 5th- and 8th-gradersBy Will Axford andMike GlennHOUSTON CHRONICLE

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Zin briefA2 | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 | THE ZAPATA TIMES

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Today is Wednesday, June 15, the167th day of 2016. There are 199 daysleft in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became

the 25th state.

On this date:In 1215, England’s King John put his

seal to Magna Carta (”the GreatCharter”) at Runnymede.

In 1775, the Second ContinentalCongress voted unanimously to ap-point George Washington head of theContinental Army.

In 1849, James Polk, the 11th presi-dent of the United States, died inNashville, Tennessee.

In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M.Stanton signed an order establishing amilitary burial ground which becameArlington National Cemetery in Virgin-ia.

In 1904, more than 1,000 peopledied when fire erupted aboard thesteamboat General Slocum in NewYork’s East River.

In 1934, President Franklin D. Roose-velt signed an act making the NationalGuard part of the U.S. Army in theevent of war or national emergency.

In 1944, American forces began theirsuccessful invasion of Saipan duringWorld War II. B-29 Superfortressescarried out their first raids on Japan.

In 1955, the United States andBritain signed a cooperation agree-ment concerning atomic informationfor “mutual defence purposes.”

In 1966, the surfing documentary“The Endless Summer” opened inwide release.

In 1978, King Hussein of Jordanmarried 26-year-old American LisaHalaby, who became Queen Noor.

In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in thenorthern Philippines exploded in oneof the biggest volcanic eruptions ofthe 20th century, killing about 800people.

In 1996, Ella Fitzgerald, the “firstlady of song,” died in Beverly Hills,California, at age 79.

Ten years ago: The death toll of U.S.servicemen and women in the Iraqwar reached 2,500. A divided Su-preme Court made it easier for policeto barge into homes and seize evi-dence without knocking or waiting.

Five years ago: Pushing back againstcongressional criticism, the WhiteHouse said that President BarackObama had the authority to continueU.S. military action in Libya evenwithout authorization from lawmakerson Capitol Hill. Arizona Rep. GabrielleGiffords was released from a Houstonhospital, five months after being shotin the head during a Tucson politicalevent.

One year ago: Former Florida Gov.Jeb Bush entered the 2016 presi-dential campaign with a rally andspeech at Miami Dade College, joining10 other Republicans already in therace for the party’s nomination. Ra-chel Dolezal resigned as president ofthe NAACP’s Spokane chapter justdays after her parents said she was awhite woman posing as black woman— a dizzyingly swift fall for an activistcredited with injecting remarkablenew energy into the civil rights organi-zation. Burlesque icon Blaze Starr, 83,died in in Wilsondale, West Virginia.

Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Ruby Nash Garnett (Rubyand the Romantics) is 82. Rock sing-er-actor Johnny Hallyday is 73. Funkmusician Leo Nocentelli (The Meters)is 70. Actor Simon Callow is 67. SingerRussell Hitchcock (Air Supply) is 67.Rock singer Steve Walsh is 65. Come-dian-actor Jim Belushi is 62. Countrysinger Terri Gibbs is 62. Actress JulieHagerty is 61. Actress Polly Draper is61. Rock musician Brad Gillis (NightRanger) is 59. Baseball Hall-of-FamerWade Boggs is 58. Actress EileenDavidson is 57. Bluegrass musicianTerry Smith is 56. Actress Helen Huntis 53. Rock musician Scott Rockenfield(Queensryche) is 53. Actress Courte-ney Cox is 52. Country musician TonyArdoin is 52. Country musician Mi-chael Britt (Lonestar) is 50. Contem-porary Christian musician Rob Mitch-ell is 50. Rock musician Jimmy McD is48. Actor-rapper Ice Cube is 47. Ac-tress Leah Remini is 46. Actor JakeBusey is 45. Bluegrass singer-mu-sician Jamie Johnson is 44. Rockmusician T-Bone Willy (Save Ferris) is44. Actor Neil Patrick Harris is 43.Actor Greg Vaughan is 43. ActressElizabeth Reaser is 41. Rock singerDryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm) is40. Rock musician Billy Martin (GoodCharlotte) is 35. Rock musician WayneSermon (Imagine Dragons) is 32.Actor Denzel Whitaker is 26.

Thought for Today: “Education is aprivate matter between the personand the world of knowledge andexperience, and has little to do withschool or college.” — Lillian Smith,American author (1897-1966).

TODAY INHISTORY

THURSDAY, JUNE 16

1 Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetari-um shows. TAMIU. “Zula Patrol:Under the Weather” at 3 p.m., “CosmicAdventure” at 4 p.m. and “A StarryTale” at 5 p.m. General admission is$3. For more information, call 326-3663.1 Cancer Friends Meet. 6 p.m. Everythird Thursday of the month. LaredoMedical Center, A.R. Sanchez CancerCenter, Tower A, 1st Floor. Havingcancer is often one of the moststressful experiences in a person’s life.However, support groups help manypeople cope with the emotionalaspects of cancer by providing a safeplace to share their feelings andchallenges and learn from others whoare facing similar situations. For moreinformation, call Nancy Santos at956-285-5410.

SATURDAY, JUNE 181 El Centro de Laredo FarmersMarket. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Jarvis Plaza.Free and open to the public. Freecooking demo; fresh, local, seasonalproduce available for purchase; break-fast and lunch; live music and muchmore.1 Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetari-um shows. The Little Star That Couldat 2 p.m., Origins of Life at 3 p.m., AStarry Tale at 4 p.m. and Space Nextat 5 p.m. General Admission is $4 forchildren, TAMIU students, faculty andstaff, and $5 for adults. For moreinformation, call 326-DOME (3663).1 Elysian Social Club Father’s DayScholarship Dance. 9 p.m.–1 p.m.Laredo Civic Center Ballroom. Formore information, contact LauraRodriguez at 220-0485 or Sonia Merlaat 235-4811.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

1 Take the challenge and climb theRock Wall. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Inner CityBranch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Funexercise for all ages and it's free. Mustsign release form. For more informa-tion call 956-795-2400 x2520.

THURSDAY, JUNE 231 Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetari-um shows. TAMIU. “Zula Patrol:Under the Weather” at 3 p.m., “CosmicAdventure” at 4 p.m. and “A StarryTale” at 5 p.m. General admission is$3. For more information, call 326-3663.

SATURDAY, JUNE 251 Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetari-um shows. The Little Star That Couldat 2 p.m., Origins of Life at 3 p.m., AStarry Tale at 4 p.m. and Space Nextat 5 p.m. General Admission is $4 forchildren, TAMIU students, faculty andstaff, and $5 for adults. For moreinformation, call 326-DOME (3663).

MONDAY, JUNE 27

1 Laredo Parkinson’s DiseaseSupport Group. 6:30 p.m. LaredoMedical Center, 1st Floor, Tower B inthe Community Center. The meeting isopen to anyone with Parkinson’sdisease, a friend or family member ofa PD patient, and primary care giversof patients with PD who are interestedin learning more about the disease.Pamphlets with more information inboth English and Spanish are avail-able at all support group meetings.For more information, call RichardRenner at 645-8649 or 237-0666.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

1 Take the challenge and climb theRock Wall. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Inner CityBranch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Funexercise for all ages and it's free. Mustsign release form. For more informa-tion call 956-795-2400 x2520.

THURSDAY, JUNE 301 Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetari-um shows. TAMIU. “Zula Patrol:Under the Weather” at 3 p.m., “CosmicAdventure” at 4 p.m. and “A StarryTale” at 5 p.m. General admission is$3. For more information, call 326-3663.1 Spanish Book Club. 6–8 p.m.Laredo Public Library – Calton. Formore information, contact SylviaReash at 763-1810.

SATURDAY, JULY 2

1 Book sale. 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Wid-ener Book Room, First United Method-ist Church. No admission charge.Everyone is invited.

MONDAY, JULY 41 Cancer Friends Meet. 6 p.m. Everyfirst Monday of the month. DoctorsHospital at the Community Center.Having cancer is often one of themost stressful experiences in a per-son’s life. However, support groupshelp many people cope with theemotional aspects of cancer by pro-viding a safe place to share theirfeelings and challenges and learnfrom others who are facing similarsituations. For more information, callNancy Santos at 956-285-5410.

TUESDAY, JULY 5

1 Alzheimer’s Disease SupportGroup. 7 p.m. Laredo Medical Center,1st Floor, Tower B in the CommunityCenter. Meetings are open to individu-als who have been diagnosed withAlzheimer’s disease, as well as family,friends and caregivers of Alzheimer’sdisease patients.

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AMARILLO — Officers fatally shot anarmed man inside a Wal-Mart store inAmarillo, Texas, on Tuesday after he tooktwo people hostage, including a managerwith whom he had a work-related dispute,according to police.

Amarillo police identified the suspect as54-year-old store employee MohammadMoghaddam and said neither hostage wasinjured. Police said the incident beganover a dispute related to a promotion andcalled the incident a “workplace violenceevent.”

“This individual had an ongoing differ-ence, dispute or feud with a manager atWalmart,” said Amarillo Police Sgt. BrentBarbee. “There is absolutely no informa-tion or reason to believe that this is a ter-rorist event.”

Officers responded to an active shootercall at the store around 11 a.m., amid re-ports that an armed person was insideand may have had hostages. According toinvestigators, Moghaddam entered thestore and fired at least one shot towardthe ceiling. Police don’t believe the suspectfired any other shots.

AROUND TEXAS

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Heavily armed Amarillo police and Randall County sheriff's deputies close a perimeter aroundthe scene as SWAT teams and negotiations continued inside a Wal-Mart store on Tuesday.

ARMED WORKERTOOK HOSTAGES

Tour bus overturnsnear Mount Vernonestate; 1 killed

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — Atour bus overturned nearGeorge Washington’s MountVernon estate after collidingwith a passenger car Tuesdayafternoon, leaving one persondead and 15 injured, authoritiessaid.

U.S. Park Police spokeswom-an Sgt. Anna Rose said that 15people were taken to hospitals

following the crash Tuesdayafternoon; three of those suf-fered critical injuries. The per-son who died was a bus pas-senger, she said.

In an email, Rose said themid-sized shuttle bus was car-rying 18 foreign tourists and thedriver, who was not injured.The car had two occupants.

At a news conference, Rosesaid the collision occurredshortly before 5 p.m. The shut-tle bus was traveling north-bound on the George Washing-ton Memorial Parkway, and the

car was traveling south, Rosesaid.

When the two vehicles col-lided, the bus fell onto the driv-er’s side and skidded, Rosesaid, adding that passers-byhelped right the bus so pas-sengers could escape.

Police closed sections of theparkway, which runs along thePotomac River between thenation’s capital and MountVernon.

Fairfax County Police saidthey were assisting Park Police.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Ex-official arrestedover cash bags atmonastery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina— An official in the formergovernment of President Cristi-na Fernandez was arrested onTuesday as he allegedly tried tohide millions in dollars andother currencies at an Argen-tine monastery.

A neighbor of the monasterycalled authorities after seeing aman throwing bags onto theproperty near Buenos Airesearly Tuesday. Officers arrivedand arrested a man who turnedout to be former Public WorksSecretary Jose Lopez. Policeinitially detained him for pos-session of a .22 caliber rifle.

They then discovered wadsof cash as well as the watchesin more than 160 packagesinside the bags. Other moneyhad been taken to the monas-tery kitchen and some wasfound in the trunk of a car.

Security Minister Cristian

Ritondo told a news conferencethat Lopez was “in a state ofshock” when he was arrestedand alleged that he tried tobribe police.

“He later told the nuns thatpolice had tried to steal themoney that he was trying todonate,” Ritondo said. “Thereare dollars, yen, euros and acurrency from Qatar ... It’s a lot

of money.” He did not give anexact amount because the mon-ey was still being counted.

Dario Kubar, the area’s may-or, told reporters earlier Tues-day that authorities had foundmore than $7 million at themonastery that is home to nunsdevoted to Our Lady of theRosary of Fatima.

— Compiled from AP reports

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Natacha Pisarenko / AP

Former Public Works Secretary Jose Lopez, center, is escortedby police outside in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Work continues for$1M reef off Texas

PORT O’CONNOR — A381-acre artificial reef plannedfor the Gulf of Mexico off Texaswill include pyramid-styleconcrete structures friendly tofish. The Victoria Advocatereported Tuesday that the site 6miles from the Port O’Connorjetties will be home to the larg-est artificial reef ever placed inTexas waters.

The “Keeping It Wild Reef”is a $1 million project of the

Texas Parks & Wildlife Depart-ment, an affiliated foundationand Coastal Conservation As-sociation Texas. It’s expected tobe in place in 2017.

Chris Ledford, who’s anartificial reef program special-ist with the department, saysthe concrete pyramids will be10 feet wide on each side and 8feet high. About 500 pyramidswill be included in the reef.

Round holes on the sides willmake the interiors accessible tosmall fish and a large triangleopening will allow turtles toescape the structures. The

artificial reef will also providehard surfaces for barnacles andclams to latch onto and grow.

The reef will be the largestever placed in Texas watersbecause decks from two dere-lict petroleum platforms in thearea will be removed, leavingthe bare metal legs of the struc-ture. The platforms will beplaced on their sides or theirtop parts will be cut off. If thetop parts of the structure arecut off, they can be placed inthe water to create more reefmaterial.

— Compiled from AP reports

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SAN ANTONIO — EddieGutierrez knew about the BlueHole growing up and heard itreferenced in classes at theUniversity of the IncarnateWord.

The San Antonio Express-News reports it was only whilevisiting the spring on the cam-pus Monday that he saw first-hand how the clear, cold waterrises from the depths of theEarth and pours itself across aonce-dry streambed.

The Blue Hole “was justsome San Antonio lore thatyou’d hear,” he said. “You don’tunderstand the story of what itwas.”

Since it began flowing againthis spring, the Blue Hole hasdrawn a small but steadystream of visitors. From aparking lot, they cross a bridgeover the San Antonio Riverand follow the path that runsbetween a gazebo and a sandvolleyball pit. They standaround a circular rock wall,roughly 8 feet across, and peerinto the depths. Minnows dartin the upper reaches, but thedeeper levels fade into dark-

ness.Once known as part of the

San Antonio Springs, the mainspring and its confluence withOlmos Creek are consideredthe headwaters of the SanAntonio River, called Yanagua-na by the Native Americanspresent at the time of the Span-ish conquest. The Spanishchristened the river “San Anto-nio” 325 years ago Monday.

The springs are flowingagain thanks to the heavy rainsthat recharged the EdwardsAquifer over April and May.The level of the aquifer in theSan Antonio Pool reached 686feet above mean sea level June

6, the highest since 2007. As ofMonday, it had dropped 2 feet.

These measurements comefrom another gateway to theunderground water world alittle more than 2 miles fromthe Blue Hole: the J-17 well,which the Edwards AquiferAuthority uses to monitor thepool below San Antonio.

On Monday, EAA hydroge-ologist Rob Esquilin openedthe metal doors on a smallcinder-block shed near JointBase San Antonio-Fort SamHouston. Inside was a table, aset of instruments and a metalpipe sticking out of the floor.

The instruments measure

the aquifer’s level every 15minutes, he explained, thoughthe EAA backs this up withmanual readings during drytimes when pumping by mostusers has to be restricted. Thefederal government once man-aged the J-17 well, whose re-cords go back to the 1930s, hesaid.

This week marks the anni-versary of the highest 10-dayaverage level ever recorded:703 feet in 1992.

Thanks to human devel-opment and pumping of theaquifer, much of what the BlueHole used to be has been lost.Early visitors often remarkedon its clear water burstingforth from the earth like afountain and the surroundingtapestry of plant and animallife. When landscape architectFrederick Law Olmsted visitedthe spring in 1857, he called itthe “first water among thegems of the natural world.”

“The whole river gushes upin one sparkling burst fromthe earth,” Olmsted wrote. “Ithas all the beautiful accompa-niments of a smaller spring,moss, pebbles, seclusion, spar-kling sunbeams, and denseoverhanging luxuriant foliage.

Heavy rains help flow to Blue Hole, South Texas springsBy Brendan GibbonsSAN ANTONIO EXPRE SS-NEWS

Courtesy photo / Blue Hole Regional Park

The Blue Hole in Wimberly is a popular Texas swimming spot.

HOUSTON — A mis-demeanor charge accus-ing an anti-abortion activ-ist of trying to buy humanorgans while making anundercover video lookinginto Planned Parenthoodpractices has been dis-missed, and his attorneyssaid Tuesday they areworking to have a felonycount the activist facesthrown out as well.

David Daleiden, 27, andfellow activist SandraMerritt, 63, were eachindicted in January on afelony charge of tamper-ing with a governmentalrecord for allegedly usingfake driver’s licenses toconceal their identitieswhile dealing withPlanned Parenthood at aHouston clinic.

Daleiden was also in-dicted on the misdemean-or count related to pur-chasing human organs.Video footage from thetwo activists showed themposing as representativesof a company called Bio-Max, which purportedlyprocured fetal tissue forresearch. Planned Par-enthood has said the fakecompany offered to paythe “astronomicalamount” of $1,600 fororgans from a fetus. Theclinic said it never agreedto the offer.

But Harris CountyCriminal Court at LawJudge Diane Bull on Mon-day dismissed the misde-meanor count Daleidenfaced, ruling the indict-ment was flawed becauseprosecutors had failed tomake reference within theindictment to any excep-tions to the law prohib-iting the purchase or saleof human organs. Underthe law, there are several

exceptions including iffees were being paid to adoctor or hospital fortheir services.

Daleiden’s attorneyscalled the dismissal avictory for the anti-abor-tion movement.

“This is one of two(charges). One down, oneto go. Both of these casesare flawed. They’ve gotmore holes than two piec-es of Swiss cheese,” TerryYates, one of Daleiden’sattorneys, said at a newsconference.

Daleiden, who is thefounder of a group calledthe Center for MedicalProgress, was not at

Tuesday’s news confer-ence. But in a statement,the center said the dis-missal “is the latest con-firmation that the in-dictments from a run-away grand jury in Hous-ton were a politicallymotivated sham allalong.”

A court hearing on amotion by Daleiden’sattorneys to dismiss thefelony count against himis set for July 26. Thetampering with a govern-mental record charge ispunishable by up to 20years in prison.

In a statement, HarrisCounty District Attorney

Devon Anderson said heroffice will not appeal thejudge’s decision.

“Our office remainsfocused on the felonycharge pending” before adifferent judge, she said.

Jeff McShan, a spokes-man for the Harris Coun-ty District Attorney’sOffice, added that prose-cutors won’t refile themisdemeanor count.

A spokeswoman forPlanned Parenthood didnot immediately return aphone call or email seek-ing comment.

Grant Scheiner, aHouston criminal defenseattorney not connected to

fornia, have previouslyrejected plea deals of-fering them probation.Both remain free on bond.

Texas authorities ini-tially began a grand juryinvestigation of PlannedParenthood after theundercover videos werereleased in August. Dalei-den has said he wasworking undercover as ajournalist to expose ille-galities related to thehandling of fetal tissue

But the grand jurycleared Planned Par-enthood of misusing fetaltissue and instead in-dicted Daleiden and Mer-ritt.

the case, said the misde-meanor count was dis-missed on a technicalityand prosecutors couldeasily refile the chargeunder a different causenumber.

He called the decisionto not refile the charge“very odd.”

“Unless the prosecutorfelt there was somethingwrong with the case, forexample if one of thestatutory exceptions didapply, then it would bevery peculiar for the pros-ecutor not to refile,”Scheiner said.

Daleiden and Merritt,who are both from Cali-

Anti-abortion activist’s human organ purchase charge droppedBy Juan A. LozanoASSOCIATED PRE SS

ALICE, Texas — The plug hasbeen pulled on a proposal to turna former South Texas nursinghome into a family detentioncenter for people entering theU.S. illegally.

Jim Wells County commission-ers have voted to halt furthernegotiations with federal au-thorities and proposed operatorSerco Inc. County Judge Pedro“Pete” Trevino Jr. said the 3-0vote came because county offi-cials were uncertain about beingable to afford its share of the costbecause of a slump in the coun-ty’s oil-based tax base.

The project was expected toprovide about 200 jobs at theproposed site astride the JimWells-Duval county line in SanDiego, 125 miles south of SanAntonio.

The proposal drew oppositionfrom critics of the two privatelyoperated South Texas familydetention centers opened in 2014.

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Sometimes it seemsthat we are, to use a goodTexas term, “snakebitten.”

Perhaps the handfulremaining of my highschool graduating classfeels the same way. Trage-dy enveloped us and putus to some severe testsearly in life.

Dealing with death ofsomeone close to you — arelative or good friend —is hard enough when itoccurs at an age whenmaturity has come withlots of years of living. Tohave it happen in yourteen years is extremelydifficult.

Decades ago when Ihad to deal with this,neither I nor any of myclassmates knew how norwere we prepared to facelosing a classmate orrelative, much less severalin a short period of time.

Not that it is any easierwhen you’re older, butmaturity and the witness-ing of the effects of deathon people in small townshas given you a bit morepreparation and insight tosuch a shocking event.

During my senior year,and in a few short weeksimmediately following, wehad losses that shook ouryoung bones through andthrough.

Less than three monthsbefore graduation, the boyclass favorite and one ofthe most personable peo-ple you’d ever expect tomeet, had his life end dueto a freakish house fire.His parents worked andhe came home afterschool to a house that hadbeen closed up all day.Undetected by him, anatural gas leak filled thehouse. When he flippedthe light switch, a sparkignited the gas and hewas burned badly.

He lived for almost aweek but with every inchof skin burned from hisbody, he succumbed.

For most of our class of39, it was our first expo-sure to the death of afriend. The lingeringdeath made it doublytough to take.

There came the occa-sion then to do whatfriends and family dowith the loss of a lovedone — some sit in thefuneral home in shiftswith the body.

Let me tell you, 17- and18-year-old boys don’tknow how to respond.Most attempted to behavein a manner they deemedappropriate, but sittingwith a casket containing afriend for hours presentsmost youngsters with afirst-time experience thatis scary, sad and sobering.

To “cover up,” some ofthe boys on the “nightshifts” took to first ex-ploring the funeral home.It was a first-time experi-ence for just about everyone of us. Some roamedaround. Others crawledin empty caskets to showthey weren’t afraid.Frankly, I’m sure that ofthe few of us left in thisworld 60 years later, arestill a bit embarrassed bythe shenanigans thatoccurred that night.

Within a few weeks ofthat sad loss, our classwas dealt yet anothertough blow — one class-mate’s father, a man saidto be given to heavydrinking and who somesaid had been “sick” along time, took a hammerand as his wife slept,hammered her foreheadrepeatedly, killing her.

Shortly after gradua-tion, two young men fromthat year’s junior classwere killed in a car wreckon the infamous S curveon Old U.S. Highway 75between Buffalo andCenterville.

For a small high school,with about 210 students inthe four grades, this was adevastating loss and rat-tled most of us to the tipsof our toes.

Five years later, one ofour top students from ourclass, had passed througha college Air Force mil-itary program, gone toflight school and got hiswings. He was flying abomber in Arkansas andthe plane never gainedenough altitude. Withengines failing, the planecrashed through the roofof a barn, killing the crewas well as some childrenin the structure.

It took a great manyyears for some of us to getpast the feeling of beingjinxed and doomed.

Willis Webb is a retiredcommunity newspapereditor-publisher of morethan 50 years experience. Hecan be reached by email atwwebb1937@att.net.

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Some lessons inhigh school werejust too difficultBy Willis WebbSPECIAL THE THE TIME S

These locations arenever random. Thesetargets aren’t accidental.They’re the very vocabu-lary in which assailantslike the Orlando gunmanspeak, and he chose aplace where there’sdrinking. And dancing.And where LGBT peoplecongregate, feeling asense of welcome, ofbelonging.

That last detail is inthe foreground of thedeadliest mass shootingin American history —and rightly so.

But let’s be clear: Thiswas no more an attackjust on LGBT peoplethan the bloodshed at theoffices of Charlie Hebdoin Paris was an attacksolely on satirists.

Both were attacks onfreedom itself. Both tookaim at societies that, attheir best, integrate andcelebrate diverse pointsof view, diverse systemsof belief, diverse ways tolove. And to speak ofeither massacre morenarrowly than that is tomiss the greater message,the more pervasive dan-ger and the truest stakes.

We don’t yet know allthat much about OmarMateen, who pulled thetrigger, again and again,in a nightclub whosename connotes life, notdeath: Pulse. We’ll belearning more in thehours and days to come,

including just how po-tently homophobia inparticular factored intohis actions, how muchideological influence theIslamic State or otherextremists had, howextensive his planningwas, how far back hebegan plotting this, andhow much he knewabout Pulse itself and thespecific composition ofits crowd on differentnights of the week.

But we can assume —no, we can be sure — thathe was lashing out at anAmerica at odds with hisdarker, smaller, moreoppressive mindset. Thepeople inside Pulse werecitizens of it. More to thepoint, they were em-blems of it. In Pulse theyfound a refuge. In Pulsethey found joy. To himthey deserved neither.And he communicatedthat with an assault rifleand bullets.

The Islamic State andits ilk are brutal to gaypeople, whom they treatin unthinkable ways.They throw gay peoplefrom rooftops. The foot-age is posted online. It’sbloodcurdling, but it’snot unique. In countriesthroughout the world, tobe gay is to be in mortaldanger. To embrace loveis to court death.

That’s crucial contextfor what happened inOrlando, and Orlando isan understandableprompt for questionsabout our own degrees of

inclusion and fairnessand whether we do allthat we should to keepLGBT people safe. Wedon’t.

As Florida Gov. RickScott spoke publicly ofhis heartache Sunday, Isaw complaints on socialmedia about his own lackof support for issuesimportant to LGBT peo-ple. Those complaintshave merit.

But this isn’t a momentfor identity politics,which could muddle thesignificance of the carna-ge.Yes, that carnage ex-posed the special vul-nerability of LGBTAmericans to violentextremists, recommend-ing special levels of secu-rity. And there was afrightening coda to it onthe opposite coast, in theLos Angeles area, wherea man with an arsenal ofweapons was arrested enroute to gay pride festiv-ities.

But the threat isn’tonly to LGBT Amer-icans, as past acts ofterror have shown and aseveryone today mustrecognize. All Americansare under attack, and notexclusively because ofwhom we drink, danceor sleep with, but be-cause of our bedrockbelief that we should notbe subservient to any oneideology or any one reli-gion. That offends andinflames the zealots ofthe world.

Often our politicians

can’t find their voices.Sometimes their wordsare poignantly right.

President Barack Oba-ma, speaking about thevictims Sunday after-noon, said: “The placewhere they were attackedis more than a nightclub.It is a place of solidarityand empowerment wherepeople have come togeth-er to raise awareness, tospeak their minds and toadvocate for their civilrights. So this is a so-bering reminder thatattacks on any American,regardless of race, eth-nicity, religion or sexualorientation, is an attackon all of us and on thefundamental values ofequality and dignity thatdefine us as a country.”

And this was EricGarcetti, the Los Angelesmayor, at a news confer-ence: “Today we knowthat we are targeted asAmericans, because thisis a society where welove broadly and openly,because we have Jewsand Christians and Mus-lims and atheists andBuddhists marchingtogether, because we arewhite, black, brown,Asian, Native American.The whole spectrum andevery hue and everyculture is here.”

It was a perfect de-scription of the country Ilove.

And it was an equallyperfect description ofwhat the Orlando gun-man couldn’t bear.

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The scope of the Orlando carnageBy Frank BruniNEW YORK TIME S

The ancient Greekshad different words fordifferent kinds of love —like Ludus (playful love),Pragma (long-standinglove) and Agape (univer-sal love). Sixteen hun-dred years ago, Augus-tine argued that the es-sence of a good life ischoosing the right thingsto love and loving themwell.

But over the past sev-eral centuries our modelsof human behavior haveamputated love. Hobbesand other philosophersargued that society is amachine driven by self-ishness. Enlightenmentphilosophers emphasizedreason over emotion.Contemporary socialscience was built on theidea that we’re self-in-

terested, calculatingcreatures.

This philosophicalshift has caused unimag-inable harm, especiallyin the sphere of educa-tion.

Education is one ofthose spheres where theheart is inseparable fromthe head. If students aregoing to succeed, theyprobably need to comefrom a home where theyfeel safe and secure, sothey aren’t paralyzed byanxiety and fear. Theyprobably need to haveexperienced strong at-tachments so they knowhow to bond with teach-ers and parents. Theyprobably need to havebeen bathed in love sothey have some sense ofidentity, some confidenceabout their own worthand some sense of agencyabout their own future.

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The buildingblocks of learningBy David BrooksNEW YORK TIME S

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ENTERTAINMENT

MEDFORD, N.J. —Funeral services for “TheVoice” star ChristinaGrimmie will be heldlater this week near herNew Jersey hometown.

The 22-year-old singerwas shot to death lastweek as she signed au-tographs after a show inOrlando. Authorities sayshe apparently had nopersonal connection tothe man who shot herand then fatally shothimself after being tack-

led by her brother.A viewing will be held

Friday at FellowshipAlliance Chapel in Med-ford. A memorial servicewill be held there Fridaynight.

Grimmie was a You-Tube star who was wide-ly known from her ap-pearances on NBC’s “TheVoice” two years ago. Shelived in Evesham Town-ship, a small communityabout 20 miles fromPhiladelphia, beforemoving to Los Angeles in2012.

Tom Gralish / AP

A photo of Christina Grimmie, 22, is displayed asparticipants hold a vigil to honor the singer killedFriday night in Orlando, Fla., on Monday, June 13,2016, in Evesham Township, N.J.

Slain ‘Voice’singer’s funeral tobe held in NewJerseyASSOCIATED PRE SS

LOS ANGELES —Anderson Cooper facedthe camera, his voicefreighted with emotion,and took a stand on cov-ering the worst massshooting in U.S. history.

“We will not say thegunman’s name or showhis photograph,” Coopertold CNN viewers on atelecast Monday. “It’sbeen shown far too muchalready.”

The withholding ofsuch information is anunusual but not unprec-edented move by a re-porter or news organiza-tion, one that some me-dia experts say can bejustified.

Cooper said on-airthat his intention was tokeep the focus where itbelonged, on the 49 peo-ple who died in lastweekend’s nightclubshooting in Orlando,Florida, and not on thekiller. He went on toidentify and describeeach of the known vic-tims.

That approach is bothjournalistically soundand potentially valuable,given findings that peo-ple who commit suchhigh-profile crimes havea “sick desire to becomefamous and known forwhat they did,” said PaulLevinson, professor ofcommunication andmedia studies at Ford-ham University.

Reporting an attacker’sname could encourageother people who mightseek to gain their ownviolent measure of darkfame, Levinson said.

“The purpose of jour-nalism is to keep thepublic informed but notwhen that could entail aloss of life,” he said.

With any high-profile

gunman’s identity andphoto widely availablethrough multiple newsand social media outlets,is there value in onereporter’s black-out?

Yes, said Kathleen HallJamieson, director of theAnnenberg Public PolicyCenter at the Universityof Pennsylvania.

Given the U.S. rate ofmass shootings, a report-er who disrupts the stan-dard narrative by keep-ing a killer in the shad-ows “is inviting us tostep back and experiencethis as not just one more(attack) but in its ownright,” Jamieson said.

Through a CNNspokesman, Cooper de-clined comment Tuesdayon his decision regardingOmar Mateen, who wasshot to death after killingand injuring some 100people in the Pulse

nightclub in Orlando.While Cooper’s ap-

proach to the Floridagunman appears to beunique among major TVnetwork and cable re-porters and their outlets,it’s a path taken by oth-ers in reporting on previ-ous mass killings.

After an Oregon com-munity college was at-tacked last fall, Fox NewsChannel’s Megyn Kellydidn’t refer to the gun-man by name. But shedid identify Mateen, adecision explained byTom Lowell, Kelly’s exec-utive producer.

“When we encounteran event where it be-comes apparent that theshooter was driven bythe desire for infamy, wedecline to help,” Lowellsaid in a statement.

But when it’s clearthere is some other pri-

mary motive such asterrorism or ideology,then the killer typicallywill be identified, Lowellsaid. He cited as exam-ples Orlando and a 2015attack on Planned Par-enthood in Colorado.

During his prolongedassault on the gay night-club, Mateen made a 911call in which he pro-fessed allegiance to theIslamic State group.

In this visual age, aphoto carries as much ifnot more weight thanwords, and Cooper’srefusal to air the manyselfie images available ofMateen is a tacit ac-knowledgement of that.

On MSNBC’s “Morn-ing Joe” Monday, host JoeScarborough brought upthe photos in question-ing the media’s attentionto such killers, amongthem the Boston mara-thon bomber, who Scar-borough said was “glori-fied” with a RollingStone cover image.

“At what point do westop putting their pic-tures up? At what pointdo we stop putting theirnames?” he said.

That is unlikely tohappen, according to oneexpert, and for goodreason.

“What Cooper is doingis basically feel-good forhim, and that’s fine. Ifsomehow all journalistsand websites and lawenforcement all con-spired to keep a namesecret, which is impos-sible, then I would objectto that,” said David Ru-bin, professor and re-tired dean of Syracuse’sNewhouse School ofPublic Communications.

“It is the job of themedia to report informa-tion and not withholdinformation,” he said.

Gunman’s face, name becomejournalism challengeBy Lynn ElberASSOCIATED PRE SS

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Anderson Cooper appears on stage during TurnerUpfront 2016 show at The Theater at Madison SquareGarden on May 18, 2016 in New York City.

ZfronteraA6 | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 | THE ZAPATA TIMES

Pruebas para ZHSColor Guard1 Estudiantes del grado7 al 12 están invitados alas prácticas para perte-necer al ZHS ColorGuard. Última prácticaes hoy 15 de junio de 1p.m. a 4 p.m. en ZapataHigh School. La pruebaserá el jueves 16 de junioa las 4:30 p.m. Habráuna reunión obligatoriapara padres/tutores elmiércoles después de lapráctica, donde seentregarán las formasde registro y manual dela banda, la cual deberáestar firmada por pa-dres y participantes.Informes con CindyMartinez y/o Dalia Gar-cía en ZHS.

Becas API1 Estudiantes Seniorsinteresados en la becadel Laredo BorderChapter API puedenentregar sus solicitudesa los Consejeros delZapata High School amás tardar el jueves 16de junio. Igualmente laforma se puede entre-gar en la oficina del BlueStone Natural Resourc-es en 1010 Hwy 83, conChristine P. Martínez enel 918-392-9237. Lasolicitud de beca puedeser encontrada en elsitio de Internet de lapreparatoria ZapataHigh School bajo lapestaña ‘student’ (estu-diante). El plazo para laentrega de solicitudes ala oficina del Blue Stonees el viernes 17 de junio.Los consejeros no labor-ararán el viernes.

Encuesta parapadres1 Zapata County In-dependent SchoolDistrict está solicitandoa los padres de familiacon hijos que ingresaránal grado de “pre-k 4”que respondan unaencuesta. La encuestapuede ser accesadavisitandohttp://tinyurl.com/

zkcrahr

Torneo de Fútbol deBandera1 Se invita al primertorneo de fútbol debandera por el Día delPadre, el 18 de junio y eldía 19 de junio, en casode ser necesario a partirde las 8 a.m. en el Zapa-ta Boys & Girls Club, E6th Ave y calle Lincolnen Zapata. Habrá doscategorías. Informes conChristopher Dávila al956-251-9986 o escri-biendo a chris_davi-la_2014@yahoo.com

Academia Roma FCSoccer1 Se invita a participaren la escuela infantilAcademia Roma FCSoccer para niños de 3años a 10 años de edad.Cuota de 40 dólaresque incluye uniforme.Registro es martes yjueves de 6 p.m. a 8p.m. en el Roma ParkSoccer Field. Participanen juegos de fin desemana y torneos.Informes en el 956-437-2700 o 956-437-9112.

LaboratorioComputacional1 La Ciudad de Romapone a disposición de lacomunidad el Lab-oratorio Computacionalque abre de lunes aviernes en horario de 1p.m. a 5 p.m. en Histor-ical Plaza, a un lado delCity Hall. Informes en el956-849-1411.

Presentación de libro1 Se invita a la pres-entación del libro “Lamúsica y el vértigo” deDaniel Baruc Espinal, elsábado 18 de junio a las5 p.m. en Estación Pa-labra de Nuevo Laredo,México. Presentación acargo de Baruc y de losescritores Jorge SantaAnna y Juan MiguelPérez.

RIBEREÑAEN BREVE

El Centro de SaludComunitario Gatewayrecibió el viernes uncheque por 8.400 dólaresdel Club de Mujeres deLaredo como reembolsopor la compra de tresmáquinas ECG/EKG.

Las máquinas han sidocolocadas en ubicacionesdiferentes, la clínica delSur de Texas, la Clínicade Zapata y la Clínica deHebbronville, de acuerdoa Elmo López Jr., oficialen jefe ejecutivo.

“Estamos complacidoscon el donativo del Clubde Mujeres de Laredo.Trabajamos de la manocon ellas y fueron lossuficientemente genero-sas para darnos el dineronecesario para comprarestas tres máquinas”, dijoLópez.

Las máquinas ECG/

EKG diagnostican condi-ciones del corazón y de-tectan ritmos cardiacosanormales.

López estima que lasmáquinas son utilizadashasta 10 veces al día conpacientes de las clínicas.

“Esto es una indicaciónde la importancia de estasmáquinas. Hay una grannecesidad de este tipo dediagnósticos”, agregóLópez. “Estas máquinasson invaluables paranosotros”.

Gateway ordenó lacompra de las máquinasEKG el 1 de enero y lasrecibió el 5 de febrero.

Nancy De Anda delClub de Mujeres de Lare-do dijo que el cub se aso-ció con la fundación Fer-nando A. Salinas Charita-ble Trust para el reem-bolso a Gateway de lasmáquinas.

En el 2015, el club re-caudó más de 200.000

dólares. Diversas organ-izaciones locales sonseleccionadas cada añopor el club para recibir undonativo.

En lugar de simple-mente dar el dinero a lasorganizaciones, el clubprefiere pagar facturaspor productos o serviciosque las agencias adquie-ren.

“De esta manera sabe-mos exactamente a dóndese va el dinero”, dijo DeAnda.

Gateway fue una de las50 agencias que el clubseleccionó para dar suapoyo este año, de acuer-do a De Anda.

De Anda dijo que estáorgullosa que el Club deMujeres de Laredo pudoapoyar a Gateway en lacompra de las máquinasEKG.

(Localice a Philip Ballien el 728-2528 o en pbal-li@lmtonline.com)

SALUD

Otorgan donativoa clínica GatewayBeneficiará diagnóstico cardíacoPor Philip BalliTIEMP O DE ZAPATA

El distrito escolar Zapata County Independent SchoolDistrict puso en marcha el programa de servicios ali-menticios de verano para niños de la comunidad.

El programa, abierto a niños de 1 a 18 años de edad,provee desayuno y/o comida, de forma gratuita, en var-ias ubicaciones. El servicio se proporcionará de lunes aviernes, en todos los lugares, pero los horarios variarán.

Desyaunos de 7:30 a.m. a 8:30 a.m. y, comida, de 11:30a.m. a 12:30 p.m. en:1 Zapata High School, 2009 State Hwy 161 Zapata Middle School 17th & Carla Street1 Fidel & Andrea Villarreal Elementary, 805 Mira Flo-res Avenue1 Zapata North Elementary,17th & Carla Street1 Zapata South Elementary, 500 Delmar

Otros puntos en Zapata que ofrecerán la comida de11:30 a.m. a 12:30 p.m.:1 Boys and Girls Club of Zapata, 302 W 6th Avenue1 Siesta Shores Park Monterrey Lane

En San Ygnacio será en:1 A.L. Benavides Elementary, 307 Lincoln Avenue, 7:30a.m. a 8:30 a.m. y de 11:30 a.m. a 12:00 p.m.1 Boys and Girls Club of San Ignacio, Washington Ave.Comida de 12:20 p.m. a12:45 p.m.

Otras áreas aledañas:1 Lopeño Learning Center, 105 4th Street, en Lopeño.Comida 11:30 a.m. a 12:10 p.m.1 Falcon Nutrition Center, 3 rd & Ramireño Street, enFalcon. Comida 12:20 p.m. a 12:40 p.m. 1 Zapata Community Center , 605 N. US Hwy 83, Zapa-ta. Desayuno y comida 8:00 a 8:30 a.m. y 12:50 a 1:20p.m.

EDUCACIÓN

Anuncianprogramaalimenticiopara veranoTIEMP O DE ZAPATA

El fin de semana, Fran-cisco Javier García Cabezade Vaca, recibió la con-stancia de mayoría para elcargo de Gobernador deTamaulipas para el peri-odo 2016-2022, de acuerdocon el resultado de laelección celebrada el do-mingo 5 de junio.

García Cabeza de Vacafue el candidato del Parti-do Acción Nacional (PAN)y recibió un total de721.049 votos. Datos of-iciales marcan que hubouna participación de masdel 56 por ciento de loselectores. El Partido Revo-lucionario Institucional(PRI) había gobernado laentidad por casi nueve

décadas.“Agradezco al Instituto

la conducción de la elec-ción, que sin temor a equi-vocarme quedará plasma-da en la historia de la enti-dad”, expresó Cabeza deVaca. “Mi reconocimientoal trabajo realizado, sobretodo por la conducción deldía de la elección”.

La votación final dada aconocer por el IETAM es:1 Partido Acción Nacional(PAN) 721.049 votos1 Partido RevolucionarioInstitucional (PRI) 486.124votos1 Partido de la RevoluciónDemocrática (PRD) 17.3241 Partido Verde Ecologista(PVEM) 8.8591 Partido del Trabajo (PT)8.2811 Partido Movimiento

Ciudadano (PMC) 84.7361 Partido Nueva Alianza11.5671 Partido MORENA 32.1831 Partido Encuentro Social(PES) 19.458.1 Coalicion PRI-Verde-Nueva Alianza, 4.068 votos1 Coalición PRI-Verde,4.9081 Coalición PRI-NuevaAlianza 1.698 votos1 Coalición Verde-NuevaAlianza, 3951 Candidato Independiente,9.151 votos.

Además, fueron 1.134sufragios para candidatosno registrados y 27.079votos nulos.

García Cabeza de Vacasustituirá en el puesto alactual Gobernador, EgidioTorre Cantú, a partir del 1de octubre del 2016.

TAMAULIPAS

Recibe constancia de mayoríaTIEMP O DE ZAPATA

Foto de cortesía | IETAM

Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca recibió laconstancia de mayoría que lo convierte en candidatoelecto a Gobernador de Tamaulipas para el periodo2016-2022, en Ciudad Victoria, México, el fin desemana. Junto a él su esposa, Mariana Gómez deGarcía Cabeza de Vaca.

Se encuentra abierta laconvocatoria para partici-par en el Festival ArribaTamaulipas por parte delGobierno del Estado, através del Instituto Ta-maulipeco para la Culturay las Artes. El objetivo es“difundir, impulsar eincrementar la participa-

ción de artistas tamauli-pecos”. El evento se lleva-rá a cabo en agosto. Laspropuestas que se espe-ran son en todas lasáreas, géneros y discipli-nas artísticas.

Vea itca.gob.mx/convocatorias para más

información.

CULTURA

PREPARAN FESTIVAL

Fotos por Pablo Casacuevas | Gobierno de Tamaulipas

Sports&OutdoorsTHE ZAPATA TIMES | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 | A7

IRVING — Darren McFad-den fractured his right elbowtrying to keep his new iPhonefrom hitting the ground andcracking.

The Dallas running back islikely to miss the start of train-ing camp as a result, andfourth overall pick EzekielElliott is that much closer tostarting.

McFadden’s injury hap-pened at home over MemorialDay weekend, and he missedthe next voluntary practicethat was open to reporters. Buthe returned to workouts lastweek, eventually telling train-ers that the elbow was stillbothering him.

The fracture showed up onX-rays as part of the physicalbefore mandatory minicampthat started Tuesday, the sameday of surgery for the Cow-boys’ leading rusher in 2015.

Coach Jason Garrett saidMcFadden would miss “atleast a couple of months,” andtraining camp in Californiastarts in late July. The Cow-boys hope to have him readyfor the season opener.

“He’s real tough,” said run-

ning backs coach Gary Brown,who said McFadden fell andsaved his phone while break-ing his elbow.

“He didn’t want to miss anytime. He understands what’sgoing on and how this busi-ness works and you really gotto appreciate that about himbecause I know I do.”

McFadden finished fourth inthe NFL last season with 1,089yards rushing despite nottaking over as the lead backuntil the seventh game duringa 4-12 season. But the Cowboysstill decided to take Elliott, theformer Ohio State star, withtheir highest draft pick in 25years.

“It just means more repswith the first team, but youhate seeing one of your guys godown,” said Elliott, who hadbeen splitting time on the firstteam with McFadden. “Youhate to see one of your war-riors wounded. But he’s goingto be around a lot.”

Dallas also signed free agentAlfred Morris, who went tothe Pro Bowl twice in Wash-ington. And versatile backLance Dunbar is expected tobe fully recovered from lastyear’s major knee injury atsome point in 2016.

“You want to be deep at allpositions,” Garrett said. “It’shard to do that in the NFL inthis day and age with the sala-ry caps and the like, but it’sgood to have quality footballplayers at that spot with thisinjury.”

McFadden gave the runninggame stability last season afterthe Cowboys let 2014 NFLrushing champion DeMarcoMurray get away in free agen-cy while also thinking backupJoseph Randle could take overas the starter.

Coming off seven mostlydisappointing and injury-filledseasons in Oakland after theRaiders drafted him fourthoverall in 2008, McFaddenrushed for 152 yards after Ran-dle got hurt early in a game atthe New York Giants. Randlewas waived two weeks later.

The ninth-year player is alsoseen as a mentor for Elliott, inpart because he faced the sameexpectations as a high pick inOakland.

“It’s our leader in the room,”Brown said. “It’s going to behard for these young guys.We’ve got to figure out whatwe need to get done becausethat’s the way he’d want us todo. We can’t wallow in it.”

NOTES: LB RolandoMcClain and G Ron Learyreported for the first mandato-ry practice of the offseasonafter skipping all the voluntaryworkouts. Owner Jerry Joneshas said McClain was spend-ing time with his two youngsons in Alabama, and Leary

wants a trade after losing hisstarting job to second-yearplayer La’el Collins. ... DEBenson Mayowa was sched-uled for arthroscopic surgeryon his left knee Tuesday. Gar-rett said he should be ready by“close to the start of trainingcamp.”

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: DALLAS COWBOYS

McFadden breakselbow, out 2 months

Tony Gutierrez / AP

Dallas running back Darren McFadden will miss the next twomonths with a broken elbow.

Dallas RB injured trying to save phoneBy Schuyler DixonASSOCIATED PRE SS

The NHL is ready toroll the dice on Las Vegas.

A person with directknowledge of the NHL’sdecision says the leaguehas settled on Las Vegasas the home for its nextexpansion franchise, pro-vided organizers cancome up with a $500 mil-lion fee.

The person spoke Tues-day on condition of ano-nymity because details ofthe plans have not beenreleased by the leagueahead of its Board of Gov-ernors meeting on June 22in Las Vegas. Quebec Citywas also strongly consid-ered for expansion.

A second person whohad been briefed on thedecision said Las Vegaswas a “done deal” follow-ing the recommendationof the NHL’s executivecommittee.

The Vegas franchise isexpected to begin play inthe 2017-18 season, whichis the earliest the leaguecould expand, accordingto a third person who hasbeen briefed on the deci-sion.

The franchise would bethe NHL’s 31st team andthe first major profession-al sports franchise in LasVegas, the rapidly grow-ing gambling center of theAmerican West.

The NHL hasn’t ex-panded since 2000, whenMinnesota and Columbuspaid $80 million each tojoin the league. Prospec-tive Vegas owner BillFoley is a wealthy busi-nessman who isn’t likelyto blink at the elevatedprice tag previously pro-posed by NHL Commis-sioner Gary Bettman asan expansion fee.

The Las Vegas bid saysit has secured more than14,000 season-ticket de-posits for the new team,which will play in T-Mo-

bile Arena, the sparklingnew multipurpose build-ing on the south end ofthe Las Vegas Strip. Thearena, which seats 17,500for hockey, was built en-tirely with private moneyby MGM Resorts Interna-tional and Anschutz En-tertainment Group, theowners of the Los AngelesKings.

The Las Vegas area hadnearly 2.2 million peoplein the 2010 census, mak-ing it the largest pop-ulation center in the U.S.without a major prosports franchise. Publicsupport for Foley’s bid hasbeen robust, and the NHLhas noticed the appeal ofbeing the only majorsports show in a town thatloves a big event.

“This could be a water-shed moment for ourcommunity and sports inSouthern Nevada,” said

Jonas Peterson, presidentand CEO of the Las VegasGlobal Economic Alliance.“Having a professionalhockey team will not onlyboost our economy, butalso our sense of commu-nity pride.”

Mayor Carolyn Good-man said she couldn’tconfirm the expansion,but said she senses a“great probability” for thedecision because of a shiftin the conversation in thelast two weeks.

“H-E double-hockey-sticks yes!” said ClarkCounty CommissionChairman Steve Sisolak,the first person to make adeposit on season tickets.“I’m excited, but I’m wait-ing for the official an-nouncement from theNHL. Las Vegas has beenwaiting for this for de-cades. We’re a majorleague city. We deserve

major league sports. Ican’t wait to see that firstchampionship paradedown the Las VegasStrip!”

The days when sportsleagues were wary of thepotential corruption inVegas’ massive sportsbetting scene are appar-ently finished, making thegrowing, multiculturalcity an attractive candi-date for sports looking toget in on the market.

The Oakland Raidershave held serious dis-cussions with Vegas lead-ers in recent monthsabout a move to Nevada,with owner Mark Davissuggesting that he and hispartners, including casinomagnate Sheldon Adel-son, could build a $1.4billion domed stadiumnear the Strip with sub-stantial public money.David Beckham met with

the group in April, andthe English soccer su-perstar suggested Vegaswould be a candidate foran MLS team with thatnew field.

But Foley and the NHLhave been working muchlonger to bring hockey tothe city — with the enor-mous advantage of anNHL-ready buildingfreshly opened in town.T-Mobile Arena had itsgrand opening April 6with a concert featuringWayne Newton and theKillers, and Canelo Alva-rez knocked out AmirKhan in a middleweighttitle bout on May 7 in itsfirst competitive sportingevent.

The NHL has debatedexpansion for a few years,with Seattle and the To-ronto suburbs also gener-ating interest for anotherteam. Foley has always

been the leader, with theleague accepting a $2million deposit and thor-oughly vetting his finan-cial plans last year.

Quebec City still has astrong bid for expansion,but owners have ex-pressed concerns aboutthe strength of the Cana-dian dollar and a geo-graphical imbalance ifthey add another team tothe Eastern Conference,which currently has 16teams to the West’s 14.

Bettman has said hedoesn’t worry about theleague’s product sufferingfrom dilution.

Even with the seriousfinancial woes of the Ari-zona Coyotes, who wereowned by the league forfour years while losingmoney and struggling tofind permanent owner-ship, the NHL remainsopposed to relocation ofany franchise, and confi-dent in its belief that hock-ey can thrive in a non-traditional Southwestmarket.

Vegas is in the middleof the Mojave Desert, butit has grown as a hockeytown over the past 20years since local young-sters like Jason Zucker,now with the MinnesotaWild, had to practice onone of the three rinks intown.

The IHL’s Las VegasThunder attracted largecrowds in the 1990s whenthey played at the Thomasand Mack Center, and theECHL’s Las Vegas Wran-glers took the Thunder’splace until 2014 whileplaying at the OrleansArena.

Foley hasn’t said whathe will call his new team,but the bid is run by acompany named BlackKnight Sports and Enter-tainment, the same nameas his financial servicescompany. Foley graduatedfrom the U.S. MilitaryAcademy at West Point.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

NHL SETTLES ON LAS VEGAS FOR EXPANSION

L.E. Baskow / AP file

An AP source says commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and the NHL have settled on Las Vegas as their choicefor expansion.

By Greg BeachamASSOCIATED PRE SS

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NATIONAL

BOISE, Idaho — U.S. EnergySecretary Ernest Moniz hasannounced $82 million for nu-clear energy projects in 28 statesas part of the government’s planto reduce carbon emissions.

Moniz said Tuesday that the93 research projects will helpscientists innovate with nucleartechnologies that can eventuallyenter the commercial market.He made the announcementwhile visiting the Department ofEnergy’s Idaho National Lab-oratory in eastern Idaho.

“Nuclear energy remains veryimportant,” he said. “It remainsby far the biggest source of car-bon-free electricity.”

Moniz’s announcement fits inwith President Barack Obama’splan to reduce emissions bygenerating carbon-free electric-ity. Nuclear energy currentlyproduces about 19 percent of thenation’s energy, and officials saythat represents about 60 percentof the nation’s carbon-free ener-gy.

Much of the money an-nounced Tuesday is heading foruniversities, about $36 millionfor 49 university-led projects.Fifteen universities also willreceive nearly $6 million forresearch reactor and infrastruc-ture improvements.

“Frankly, there’s been prob-ably not enough of that in recentyears,” Moniz said. “These arevery important teaching tools.”

Two innovations Moniz citedspecifically he’d like to see areadvances in small modular re-actors and work on what hecalled advanced fuels, includingwhat he called accident-tolerantfuels.

Such fuels, he said, could leadto reactors that are “funda-mentally different in their de-signs.”

He said small modular re-actors are cheaper to build and,being modular, can be added toas power demands in a regiongrow. That could be attractive to

utilities, he noted, that wouldn’tinitially have to come up withbillions of dollars to build aconventional nuclear powerplant.

The first small modular re-actor could be built in Idaho asa Utah energy cooperative isnarrowing down its selectionsfor a site at the 890-square-mileIdaho National Laboratory.Moniz said that decision couldbe made in about a month.

“We are very much hopingIdaho is going to be the placewhere this happens, presum-ably first,” Moniz said.

He said the ability of suchreactors to provide competitive-ly priced energy to the marketwill be a critical component, butit likely won’t be until the mid-dle of the next decade until thataspect and others about thesmall reactors are well under-stood.

Moniz also said Tuesday thatthe Energy Department has to“make progress in terms ofmanaging spent fuel.”

The funding includes $21million for joint projects in-volving the Office of NuclearEnergy and the Office of Envi-ronmental Management fornuclear waste immobilization.Collaboration between thosetwo entities is part of Moniz’splan to combine the Energy

Department’s advanced nuclearresearch and remediation ef-forts.

Some environmental groupsoppose nuclear energy, but oth-ers say it can reduce the green-house gases that cause globalwarming.

The Idaho-based Snake RiverAlliance describes itself as Ida-ho’s nuclear watchdog and cleanenergy advocate.

“Nuclear waste is certainly aplace where we want as muchresearch as possible,” said Wen-dy Wilson, the group’s interimexecutive director, about Tues-day’s announcement. “If theyput that much money into re-newables that are here today, wecould have really safe and cleanenergy.”

In Idaho, nuclear waste is atouchy subject involving federalcourt battles between the stateand federal government overconcerns the state was becom-ing a nuclear waste repository.

Currently, research on spentnuclear fuel the Energy Depart-ment wants to do at the IdahoNational Laboratory is beingprevented by a 1995 agreementprohibiting such shipments intoIdaho until 900,000 gallons ofhigh-level liquid radioactivewaste stored at the site is con-verted to a solid form andshipped out of the state.

Feds announce $82 million for nuclear energy researchBy Keith RidlerASSOCIATED PRE SS

Pat Sutphin/Idaho Falls Post-Register / AP

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz addresses members of hisSecretary of Energy Advisory Board at the Energy InnovationsLaboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — Fire-fighters on Tuesday foundfour more bodies as theysearched an abandoned officebuilding the day after it wasdamaged by a major fire neardowntown Los Angeles, au-thorities said.

The discoveries raised thedeath toll to five people. Oneman had already been de-clared dead at the scene whilethe blaze was burning Mon-day night.

Two men and two womenwere found Tuesday afternoonas authorities searched thesecond floor of the burned-outbuilding with a team of dogs.

All five victims appeared tobe homeless, the Fire Depart-ment said. The bodies werebeing removed from the upperfloor with a fire ladder truck.

Police arrested a suspectedarsonist who had been in thebuilding when the fire brokeout, authorities said. That manand one other person weretaken to hospitals with in-juries not considered serious.

It took nearly 150 firefight-ers more than two hours toextinguish the fire in thegreen, two-story building that

once was home to an acu-puncture clinic, It is sur-rounded by strip malls and anapartment building in theWestlake District of Los Ange-les.

The area is on the edge ofKoreatown, and the signs onthe building and many sur-rounding businesses are inKorean.

The building was officiallyvacant, but neighbors say theysaw homeless people comingand going from it frequently,especially at night.

The structure appeared tobe singed and some of itswindows were blown out. Itdid not appear seriously dam-aged from the outside, but itlooked like the inside hadbeen badly burned.

During the blaze, firefight-ers had to take a defensivestance and fight the fire from adistance because it was toodangerous to get close to theabandoned building with afire burning so strongly.

“People do tend to live inthem, and they tear them up,”fire Capt. Daniel Curry said.“Floors are no longer intact,walls are no longer there.”

The fire chief was set to talkabout the deaths at a newsconference later Tuesday.

Richard Vogel / AP

Firefighters guide a body being lifted by a ladder truck, oneof four additional bodies found in the burned-out ruins ofan abandoned office building in the Westlake district justwest of downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday.

5 dead in fire inabandoned building in Los Angeles By Robert JablonASSOCIATED PRE SS

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BUSINESS

NEW YORK — Stocksin the U.S. and other glob-al markets fell for a fourthday Tuesday as jitteryinvestors await for theFederal Reserve’s decisionon interest rates and wor-ried about Britain’s ex-pected close vote onwhether to leave the Euro-pean Union.

Credit card companystocks fell sharply afterSynchrony Financial, thecountry’s leading issuer ofstore brand credit cards,warned that more of itscustomers were fallingbehind on payments.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average fell 57.66points, or 0.3 percent, to17,674.82. The Standard &Poor’s 500 index fell 3.74points, or 0.2 percent, to2,075.32 and the Nasdaqcomposite fell 4.89 points,or 0.1 percent, to 4,843.55.

As stocks declined, U.S.

government bond yieldsremained at their lowestlevels since 2012 as in-vestors sought safetyahead of the Fed meetingand the vote in Britain.The yield on the 10-yearTreasury note was 1.62percent, up slightly from aday earlier.

In Europe, benchmarkGerman government bondyields fell below zeropercent for the first time, asignal that skittish in-vestors are willing to payto park their money ininvestments they considersuper-safe.

The Federal Reserve’stwo-day meeting startedTuesday, with a decisionon interest rates to beannounced Wednesday.The Fed had been expect-ed to raise interest rates,but following some weakeconomic data, includingthe most recent monthlyjobs report, it now ap-pears likely to wait.

Most investors are

focused overseas rightnow. There is grave un-certainty about whetherBritish voters will chooseto leave the EuropeanUnion in a June 23 refer-endum. Polls show thevote could go either wayand investors are startingto worry about the conse-quences.

A British exit from the

EU, known informally asBrexit, would likely hurtthe British economy mostand destabilize the rest ofEurope. The repercus-sions, however, are notclear and investors arereacting to the generaluncertainty over the situa-tion.

“Investors are ‘Brexit’proofing their portfolios

right now,” said AnastasiaAmoroso, a global mar-kets strategist at JPMor-gan Asset Management.

Amoroso said that if theU.K. were to leave the EU,both the British and Euro-pean Central Banks wouldlikely lower interest ratesto stabilize the continent’seconomy, which wouldput pressure on bonds.

“Expect drastic volatili-ty around this vote, and ifit does in fact happen lookfor more countries to leavethe EU as well,” said Tomdi Galoma, a bond traderand managing director atSeaport Global, in anemail.

In individual compa-nies, Synchrony Financialplunged $3.99, or 13 per-cent, to $26.45 after thecompany disclosed thatmore of its customerswere falling behind onpayments. The companyis also taking losses onmore accounts than antici-pated.

The news hit othercredit card companieshard. American Expressfell $2.60, or 4 percent, to$61.07 and Capital OneFinancial fell $4.57, or 6.6percent, to $64.43.

In commodities, bench-mark U.S. crude dropped39 cents to $48.49 perbarrel on the New YorkMercantile Exchange.Brent crude, used to priceinternational oils, fell 52cents to $49.83 per barrelin London.

Wholesale gasolinefutures fell 1 cent to $1.52 agallon, heating old fell 1cent to $1.50 a gallon andnatural gas rose 2 cents to$2.604 per thousand cubicfeet.

Gold rose $1.20 to$1,288.10 an ounce, silverfell 2 cents to $17.42 anounce and copper fell 1cent to $2.04 a pound

The dollar fell to 105.97yen from 106.21 yen. Theeuro edged down to $1.1205from $1.1293.

Stocks fall again as Fed decision loomsBy Ken SweetASSOCIATED PRE SS

Mark Lennihan / AP file

This July 15, 2013 photo, shows the New York StockExchange. Stocks opening mixed on Wall Street,early Tuesday.

NEW YORK — In a surprisemove, Microsoft said Mondaythat it is buying LinkedIn forabout $26.2 billion, a deal thatcould bring subtle but signif-icant changes for the profes-sional network’s more than 430million members.

LinkedIn will remain anindependent unit of Microsoft.It will keep its name, and cur-rent CEO Jeff Weiner will stayon and report directly to Micro-soft CEO Satya Nadella. Linked-In lets members network withother professionals, uploadtheir resumes, catch up on ca-reer advice and search for jobs.

For Microsoft, the deal pre-sents an opportunity to cementitself as the tech company forthe world’s professionals, help-ing them find jobs, learn newskills and do their work. Micro-soft will also look for ways tocombine Microsoft’s softwarefor workers with the informa-tion stored in LinkedIn’s onlineprofessional network.

For instance, Nadella told TheAssociated Press that Micro-soft’s digital assistant Cortanacould mine LinkedIn for helpfuldata. “Cortana can wake upbefore you go into a meetingand inform you about all thepeople you are meeting for thefirst time and the connectionsyou have with them,” he said.

Similarly, he said, LinkedIn’s“news feed” — which providesarticles and updates from yourcontacts on the network —could highlight informationthat’s relevant to a project youmight be working on usingMicrosoft’s Office 365 software.LinkedIn users might seechanges in the first year afterthe deal is closed, Nadella said.

Microsoft may also integrateits business software withLinkedIn’s growing business ofproviding sales professionalswith contacts and informationto help make sales to large com-panies.

LinkedIn, based in MountainView, California, is by far Mi-crosoft’s largest acquisition —much larger than Skype, whichthe company bought for $8.5billion in 2011. Microsoft Corp.,which is in Redmond, Washing-ton, is paying $196 for eachshare of LinkedIn Corp., a 50percent premium over thestock’s closing price of $131.08 onFriday. The deal is expected toclose this year.

LinkedIn’s business andshare price have been rockyrecently. In February, it gave asurprise forecast for slowergrowth that led to a big sell-off,wiping out nearly $11 billion inmarket value. The companysaid at the time that its adjustedearnings would be 55 cents ashare on revenue of roughly$820 million. Its stock climbedhigher after it reported better

than expected results for thefirst quarter, though not enoughto recover from the earlierplunge.

In an email to LinkedIn em-ployees posted online , Weinerasked them to give themselves“some time to process thenews.”

“You might feel a sense ofexcitement, fear, sadness, orsome combination of all of thoseemotions. Every member of theexec team has experienced thesame, but we’ve had months toprocess,” he wrote. “Regardlessof the ups and downs, we’vecome out the other side know-ing beyond a shadow of a doubt,this is the best thing for ourcompany.”

Microsoft has a mixed trackrecord with acquisitions, havingwritten off more than $10 billionit poured into companies suchas cellphone maker Nokia andan online ad firm called aQuan-tive. Nadella expressed confi-dence that this one will succeed,citing the company’s more suc-cessful takeovers of Skype andMinecraft.

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2BBy Barbara OrtutayASSOCIATED PRE SS

Microsoft / New York Times

In an undated handout photo, from left, Jeff Weiner, chiefexecutive of LinkedIn; Satya Nadella, chief executive ofMicrosoft; and Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn.

WASHINGTON — A newweight loss device offers a novelapproach to cutting calories:draining them from the stomachbefore they are fully digested.

The AspireAssist systemconsists of a thin tube implantedin the stomach, connecting to anoutside port on the skin of thebelly. About 20 minutes afterfinishing a meal, users connectthe port to an external device,which drains some of the recent-ly-consumed food into the toilet.

The manufacturer — AspireBariatrics based in King of Prus-sia, Pennsylvania — says itssystem removes about 30 percentof food stored in the stomachbefore it begins causing weightgain.

The Food and Drug Adminis-tration approved the device onTuesday for adults who areobese, with a body mass index of35 to 55, and have not been ableto lose weight with other meth-ods.

It’s the latest option for mil-lions of obese Americans whohave been unable to lose weightvia more traditional methods.Obesity is considered one of thenation’s leading public healthproblems because it can triggerdiabetes and lead to heart dis-ease and other serious healthproblems.

About 38 percent of all U.S.adults are obese. A 5-foot-9 per-son would be obese at 203pounds.

Last week the Centers forDisease Control and Preventionreported that rates of obesity

among women had reached 40percent for the first time. Thatcompares to a 35 percent obesityrate for men.

The FDA said it approved thenew device based on studiesshowing patients lost an averageof 12 percent of their total bodyweight one year after the proce-dure. That compared to 3.6 per-cent weight loss for patients whodidn’t receive the device.

Side effects seen with Aspi-reAssist included nausea, vom-iting, constipation and diarrhea.

“Patients need to be regularlymonitored by their health careprovider and should follow alifestyle program to help themdevelop healthier eating habitsand reduce their calorie intake,”said FDA deputy director Dr.William Maisel, in a statement.

Weight loss surgery is recom-mended for those with a BMI of40 or those with a BMI of 35who have other risk factors likediabetes or high blood pressure.

Patients undergoing perma-nent weight loss surgery, such asgastric bypass surgery, generallylose about 34 percent of theirtotal weight after one year. The50-year-old procedure involvesstapling a small pouch off fromthe rest of the stomach and con-necting it to the small intestine

Weight loss is significantlylower with reversible bandingprocedures, in which a smallsaline-filled band is wrappedaround the stomach to reduce itssize. Those patients generally seeweight loss of 14 percent afterone year. Potential side effectsinclude esophagus irritation,infection and vomiting, in somecases.

FDA approvesstomach-drainingobesity treatmentBy Matthew PerroneASSOCIATED PRE SS

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POLITICS

WASHINGTON —Hillary Clinton and Ber-nie Sanders are endingthe primary calendar witha face-to-face meeting onTuesday that could set thetone for Democratic unityand next month’s partyconvention in Philadel-phia.

Clinton and Sandersplan to meet on the nightof the final presidentialprimary in the District ofColumbia, a contest thatwill have no bearing onClinton’s role as the pre-sumptive nominee butmarks a transition in thelengthy primary fightbetween the two rivals.

“We’re going to have awide-ranging conversa-tion, because we share alot of the same goals,”Clinton said Tuesdaynight in an interview withTelemundo. “We bothwant to raise the mini-mum wage, we want tofight inequality of income,we want to make collegeaffordable and we certain-ly want everybody to gethealth care.”

She added, “I verymuch am looking forwardto having his support inthis campaign, becauseDonald Trump poses aserious threat to our na-tion.”

Sanders vowed againTuesday to do all he canto prevent the presump-tive Republican presi-dential nominee fromreaching the WhiteHouse, but declined toendorse Clinton. TheVermont senator has saidthe private meeting willhelp him determine howcommitted Clinton will beto the policy issues he hasstaked out during his13-month campaign.

“Our goal must not beto allow politicians, Don-ald Trump or anyone else,to divide us,” Sanders said

outside his Washingtonheadquarters, tellingreporters he will continueto “fight as hard as wecan” to transform theDemocratic Party.

Sanders said he wouldpush for new leadershipin the Democratic Nation-al Committee — his cam-paign has sparred withRep. Debbie WassermanSchultz, the party’s chair— a progressive platformin the summer conventionand electoral changessuch as primaries thatallow independents toparticipate and the elim-ination of superdelegates.

“We need major, majorchanges in the DemocraticParty,” he said.

Earlier Tuesday, Sand-ers was warmly receivedby Senate Democrats attheir weekly luncheon,where he offered an up-date about his campaignand some of the lessonshe had learned during thepast year. Lawmakers inattendance said Sandersdid not indicate his futureplans.

“He had an opportunityto talk to us about hiscampaign and how it haschanged him and what hehas learned,” said Sen.Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. “Ithink we all listened in-tently because we areanxious to always do

better and grow as a partyand be more inclusive.”

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who leads theSenate Democrats’ cam-paign arm, said Sanders“absolutely will” supportfellow Senate Democratsin the fall elections. “Itwas productive, it wasgood, it was vintage Ber-nie,” Tester said.

Sanders met last weekwith President BarackObama and Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden, who bothlater endorsed Clinton,and signaled to Demo-crats that he hopes to playa constructive role inhelping the party regaincontrol of the Senate inthe 2016 elections.

The self-described dem-ocratic socialist says hewill take his campaign tothe convention in July andadvocate for his policyissues in the platformwhile urging Democratsto be more inclusive ofindependents, youngpeople and working-classvoters, all of whom werepivotal in his victories in22 states. But what thatwill look like still remainsunclear and Sanders hasbeen soliciting advicefrom supporters on howhe should take his cam-paign forward.

Clinton held a rally inPittsburgh and was at-

tending a private Wash-ington fundraiser beforeher meeting with Sanders.

The mass shooting at anightclub in Orlando,Florida, has commandedthe attention of both cam-paigns and promptedDemocrats to point toTrump’s call for a tempo-rary ban on Muslimsentering the U.S., an issuethey view as a key con-trast in the general elec-tion.

Without mentioningTrump by name, Clintonwarned during a speechin Cleveland on Mondaythat demonizing Muslimswould only empowerextremist groups. “Weshould be intensifyingcontacts in those commu-nities, not scapegoating orisolating them,” she said.

Sanders attended a vigilin his hometown of Bur-lington, Vermont, onMonday night to showsolidarity with the vic-tims. Pointing to Trump’scomments about Muslims,Sanders said the shootingwas conducted by “onehateful person” and notcommitted by the Muslimpeople.

Looking forward, Sand-ers has begun helpingDemocrats preparing forcongressional races andthe battle to regain controlof the Senate.

An early test of hisclout will come Tuesdayin Nevada, where a Sand-ers-backed congressionalcandidate, Lucy Flores,competes in a three-wayprimary.

Sanders has opened uphis campaign’s massiveemail donor list to severalDemocratic candidates,hauling in more than $2.4million for his allies. Flo-res has been the top recip-ient of those appeals,collecting about $390,000from an email Sanderssent in April on behalf ofher and two other candi-dates.

Clinton and Sanders to meet as DC marks the final primary

Mark Wilson / Getty

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sandersspeaks to the media outside of his campaignheadquarters in Washington, D.C.

By Ken ThomasASSOCIATED PRE SS

WASHINGTON —President Barack Obamaangrily denounced DonaldTrump’s anti-Muslimrhetoric on Tuesday, blast-ing the views of the pre-sumptive Republicanpresidential nominee as athreat to American securi-ty and a menacing echo ofsome of the most shamefulmoments in U.S. history.

Obama’s rebuke was hismost searing yet of theman seeking to take hisseat in the Oval Office.While the president hasfrequently dismissedTrump as a buffoon or ahuckster, this time hechallenged the formerreality television star as a“dangerous” threat to thenation’s safety, religiousfreedom and diversity.

“That’s not the Americawe want. It does not re-flect our democratic ide-als,” Obama declared inremarks that had beenscheduled as simply up-dating the public on thecounter-Islamic Statecampaign.

Obama walked listenersthrough a familiar litanyof battlefield successes,but then came anothermessage. Growing moreanimated as he spoke,Obama said Trump’s“loose talk and sloppi-ness” could lead to dis-crimination and targetingof ethnic and religiousminorities.

“We’ve gone throughmoments in our historybefore when we acted outof fear and we came toregret it,” Obama said.“We’ve seen our govern-ment mistreat our fellowcitizens and it has been ashameful part of our his-tory.”

Trump responded bysuggesting that Obama istoo solicitous of enemies.

“President Obamaclaims to know our enemy,and yet he continues toprioritize our enemy overour allies, and for thatmatter, the Americanpeople,” the candidatesaid in a statement.“When I am president, itwill always be Americafirst.”

Sunday’s mass shootingin Orlando, Florida, hasset off a new round ofdebate over counterterror-ism, gun control and im-migration — one that hasexposed the political par-ties’ starkly different ap-proaches to national secu-rity. The presumed gun-man was an American-born citizen whose par-ents came to the U.S. fromAfghanistan more than 30years ago.

Trump has used thecarnage to renew his callto temporarily ban foreignMuslim from entering thecountry, and added a newelement: a suspension ofimmigration from areas of

the world with a provenhistory of terrorismagainst the U.S. and itsallies.

The Democrats’ pre-sumptive presidentialnominee, Hillary Clinton,also let out a full-throatedresponse that Trump’sspeech should disqualifyhim.

“We don’t need conspir-acy theories and patholog-ical self-congratulations,”Clinton said Tuesday, in aspeech that closely trackedObama’s. “We need lead-ership and concrete plansbecause we are facing abrutal enemy.”

Both Clinton and Oba-ma turned up the heat onRepublicans, some ofwhom have squirmedwith discomfort this weekat the first glimpses ofhow their new leaderhandles national crises.

As Obama argued thatTrump’s ban on immigra-tion would lead Muslim-Americans to believe theirgovernment had betrayedthem, he urged Repub-licans to denounce thepolicy.

“Where does this stop?”Obama said. “Are wegoing to start treating allMuslim-Americans differ-ently? Are we going tostart subjecting them tospecial surveillance? Arewe going to start discrim-inating against them be-cause of their faith? ... DoRepublican officials actu-ally agree with this?”

For some, the answerwas plainly no. HouseSpeaker Paul Ryan ofWisconsin, the highest-ranking elected GOPofficial, emphasized hisopposition, saying he didnot think such a ban was“in our country’s interest”or “reflective of our princi-ples not just as a party, butas a country.”

‘Not the America wewant’: Obama blastsTrump’s MuslimplansBy Kathleen HennesseyASSOCIATED PRE SS

FROM THE COVER

center.According to project

supporter Randy Blair,the halt of the campusministry may lead to aseries of unfortunateevents, such as the youthlosing their faith and theend of the church.

Blair was among thehandful of Laredo resi-dents who recently wrotea letter to the Vaticanabout the situation.

Father Robert Kincl, apriest in Hutto, Texas,delivered the approxi-mately 30 letters to theVatican post office onApril 15. Within the let-ters’ contents includedpleas for assistance tohelp move the CatholicStudent Center projectforward, commendationstoward the Brothers of St.John for the work it hasdone within the campusministry and disappoint-ment concerning Tama-yo’s recent and past be-havior and decisions.

As Blair expressed hissadness on the delay ofthe ministry, he said itwas vital to encourage the

faith among the youth.“If you don’t regenerate

your population throughyounger people, then yourorganization will eventu-ally die,” Blair said. “So ifyou don’t spread the faithand the strength of theyouth, our church will begone.”

Rumors have circulatedthroughout the communi-ty that the Brothers of St.John may leave Laredo.

If it were to be true,Blair said their lack ofpresence would leave avoid in the community.

“They have done morein keeping our faith andkeeping it with the youthof Laredo that no othergroup can come close toaccomplishing,” he said.

He said TAMIU stu-dents have grown to lovethe brothers and the pres-ence of Father MichaelTherese Scheerger.

“As soon as he walks oncampus, he is an immedi-ate magnet,” Blair said.“It’s just incredible to seehow much he is admired.”

He added no othergroup will ever come closeto accomplishing what thebrothers have.

“The kids challenge thebrothers and the brothers

challenge the kids,” hesaid.

In order to move theministry forward, Blairsaid two things mustoccur: a change of heart ora change of bishop.

“That is just process ofelimination,” he said.

Project supporters anddonors sent a letter toTamayo in Decemberalluding to a lawsuit beingpursued for breaching theoriginal contract on agree-ing to build the center.

However, Keck said thedonors have sincechanged their minds andwould not be pursuingone.

“A lawsuit. You do thatlast. You do that as a lastresort. People often saythey will do that anddecide not to after all,”Keck said.

LMT has attempted tosolicit a comment fromTamayo for nearly twomonths.

Numerous phone callsrequesting commentshave not been returned.

The Brothers of St.John has said it plans onreleasing a statementabout the issue. LMT hasnot received the state-ment.

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promote the child.State law gives the

commissioner the abilityto waive the law whenneeded.

Zeph Capo, presidentof the Houston Feder-ation of Teachers, wasglad the TEA commis-sioner opted to waive theretesting and retentionrequirements.

“It’s the very least hecould do,” Capo said.

An outspoken oppo-nent of such testing, Capocalled the entire system,“completely off the rails.”

“It’s time to rethink theobsession with the highstakes testing,” Caposaid.

He said they have been

working with state offi-cials to develop an aca-demic accountabilitysystem that places thestudents and teachers atthe center.

“Under the currentsystem, the teachers arethe last people to actuallyget the results,” Caposaid.

In March, Texas publicschool students who tookmandatory, computer-based tests faced prob-lems saving their an-swers, adding a level ofstress and confusion tothe first day of the high-stakes testing season.

The computer glitchesaffected students in someof the largest school dis-tricts in the area, in-cluding Houston andCypress-Fairbanks alongwith districts in the San

Antonio and Austin area.The next month, offi-

cials with several schooldistricts in the regionsent a letter to Morathcomplaining of problemswith the STAAR test,including confusion be-cause of questions thatdid not have a correctanswer.

“Testing irregularitiesand mistakes created byETS and the agency willhave a negative effect onindividual students andon campus and districtratings,” the educatorssaid in the letter.

Capo said the profitmargin should be re-moved from the educa-tional system.

“The assessmentshould take place in theclassroom where it be-longs,” Capo said.

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know Mateen well, VanHorn said: “I think it’spossible that he was try-ing to deal with his innerdemons, of trying to getrid of his anger of homo-sexuality.”

The official who saidthe FBI is looking intothose reports was notauthorized to discuss theinvestigation publicly andspoke on condition ofanonymity.

Wielding an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifleand a handgun, Mateenopened fire at the clubearly Sunday in a three-hour shooting rampageand hostage siege thatended with a SWAT teamkilling him. It was thedeadliest mass shootingin modern U.S. history.During the attack, hecalled 911 to profess alle-giance to the Islamic Stategroup.

Six of the more than 50wounded were listed incritical condition Tuesdayand five others were inguarded condition, Dr.Michael Cheatham ofOrlando Regional MedicalCenter said at a hospitalnews conference in whichdoctors recalled victimsarriving in “truckloads”and “ambulance-loads”the night of the rampage.

A choked-up Dr. Chad-wick Smith describedcalling in additional staffmembers and tellingthem, “This is not a drill,this is not a joke.” He saideveryone answered: “I’llbe right there.”

President Barack Oba-ma will visit Orlando onThursday to pay his re-spects to the victims andstand in solidarity withthe community, the WhiteHouse said.

On Tuesday, Obamasaid investigators stillhave no information tosuggest a foreign terroristgroup directed the attack.He said it is increasinglyclear that the killer “tookin extremist informationand propaganda over theinternet. He appears tohave been an angry, dis-turbed, unstable youngman who became radical-ized.”

The president alsoblasted Donald Trump’santi-Muslim rhetoric asdangerous and contraryto American values, chal-lenged Congress to rein-state the assault weaponsban, and lashed out at hisRepublican foes who havecriticized him for notusing the term “radicalIslam.”

“If someone seriouslythinks we don’t knowwho we’re fighting, ifthere’s anyone out therewho thinks we’re con-fused about who ourenemies are,” Obamasaid, “that would come asa surprise to the thou-sands of terrorists we’vetaken off the battlefield.”

The Orlando Sentineland other news organiza-tions quoted other reg-ulars from Pulse as say-ing they, too, had seenMateen at the club repeat-edly.

“Sometimes he wouldgo over in the corner andsit and drink by himself,and other times he wouldget so drunk he was loud

and belligerent,” Ty Smithtold the Sentinel. He saidhe saw Mateen inside atleast a dozen times.

Gay dating app Jack’dsaid it has been unable toconfirm so far that Ma-teen had a profile on thesite. Grindr officials saidthey “will continue tocooperate with the au-thorities and do not com-ment on ongoing investi-gations.” And Adam4Ad-am said the company islooking at conversationsand profiles in the Orlan-do area for any activity byMateen but hasn’t foundanything yet.

Mateen’s ex-wife, SitoraYusufiy, said earlier in theweek that he was mental-ly ill, controlling andabusive. Amid the latestreports about his club-going, she told CNN:“Well, when we had got-ten married, he confessedto me about his past thatwas recent at that timeand that he very muchenjoyed going to clubsand the nightlife andthere was a lot of picturesof him.”

“I feel like it’s a side ofhim or a part of him thathe lived but probablydidn’t want everybody toknow about,” she said.

Asked about reportsthat Mateen may havebeen in the club before,his father, Seddique Ma-teen, said from his homein Port St. Lucie, Florida,that his son may havebeen “scouting the place.”Asked if his son was gay,the Afghan immigrantreplied: “No. No.”

He said that he was notaware of his son havingany mental health prob-lems and that he neversaw any signs he hadbecome radicalized. If hehad seen anything differ-ently, he said, “I wouldhave called law enforce-ment immediately.”

The elder Mateen saidthat apart from the timehis son got angry a fewmonths ago over seeingtwo men kissing, he neversaw any anti-gay behaviorfrom him.

Over the past twoyears, the Islamic Statehas targeted gay men fordeath in keeping with itsradical interpretation ofIslam, throwing dozens ofthem from tall buildingsin Iraq and Syria.

On Monday night,about a mile from Pulsein downtown Orlando,thousands gathered for avigil to support the vic-tims and survivors. Thenames of the dead wereread aloud. It was held onthe lawn of Orlando’smain performing artsvenue, where mournerscreated a memorial of

flowers, candles and notesfor the victims.

Many said they feltcompelled to attend be-cause of the role Pulseplayed in their lives.

“It was a place that ayoung 20-year-old whowasn’t openly gay felt safefor the first time,” saidCathleen Daus, now 36,who worked at Pulse inher 20s. “Pulse gave meconfidence, made merealize I was normal andso much like everyoneelse.”

On Monday, FBI Direc-tor James Comey said theFBI also was trying todetermine whether Ma-teen had recently scoutedDisney World as a poten-tial target, as reported byPeople.com, which citedan unidentified federallaw enforcement source.

Frank HernandezFrank Hernandez, 27,

loved fashion and lived topurchase the finest piecesof clothing at Calvin Kleinor Armani.

“He had the best ofeverything, the most ex-pensive,” said JessicaLeal, 19, one of his fivesiblings. “He liked thegood stuff. And heworked hard for it.”

A manager at a CalvinKlein store in Orlando,Hernandez grew up inWeslaco, Texas, near theU.S.-Mexico border, andhad lived in Central Flori-da for three years.

Hernandez also lovedBeyonce and going out todance, and he frequentedPulse, Leal said. Accord-ing to media reports,Hernandez’s boyfriendwas able to escape, butlost track of Hernandez inthe chaos.

His sister has planneda fitting tribute: She’llwear Calvin Klein at hisfuneral.

“I’m pretty sure he’dlove it if he saw it,” shesaid.

TAMIU vigilTexas A&M Interna-

tional University will hosta candlelight vigil to hon-or and remember thevictims of Sunday’s massshooting.

The observance isscheduled for 8:30 p.m.Thursday in the StudentCenter plaza facing theuniversity’s Lamar BruniVergara Memorial Gar-den.

Associated Press writersEric Tucker in Washington;Allen Breed, MikeSchneider and TamaraLush in Orlando; andphotographers ChrisO’Meara in Orlando andAlan Diaz in Fort Piercecontributed to this report.

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People visit the makeshift memorial for the victimsof the Pulse Nightclub shooting, Tuesday in Orlando.

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PARIS — In a videoreleased by the IslamicState group and recordedin the suburban Parishome of his victims, aformer jihadi recruiterconfessed to killing apolice officer and his fe-male companion andlisted other prominentpeople he planned to tar-get.

The attack late Mondaytouched already rawnerves. It recalled ele-ments of the Orlando,Florida, killings at a gaynightclub days earlier, andrevived French concernsabout the IS threat afterthe group targeted Paris inNovember, killing 130people. A state of emer-gency is still in place, and90,000 security forces arenow deployed to protectthe European Champi-onship soccer tournamenttaking place acrossFrance.

On Tuesday, FrenchPresident Francois Hol-lande urged heightenedvigilance after what hesaid was “incontestably aterrorist act.”

The video reflects apattern within IS of indi-viduals pledging alle-giance and then stagingattacks that the extremistgroup calls its own — andthe violence shows thegroup’s continued abilityto attract followers despitebeing under attack inSyria, Iraq and Libya.

It was as surprising asit was bloody.

The suspect, LarossiAbballa, a 25-year-oldFrenchman once convict-ed of jihadi recruitmentfor Pakistan, staked outoff-duty police command-er Jean-Baptiste Savaingand stabbed him in frontof his house in the suburbof Magnanville, about 35miles (55 kilometers) westof Paris, according topolice.

Abballa then enteredSavaing’s house andstabbed his female com-panion, a 36-year-oldpolice administrator in theattacker’s hometown, thentook their 3-year-old sonhostage, Prosecutor Fran-cois Molins said. Forabout three hours, policesurrounded the buildingas Abballa first madedemands — and thenapparently made the vid-eo.

About an hour after thevideo was posted on Face-book, police stormed thehouse, killing Abballa andrescuing the child, Molinstold reporters.

Abballa’s Facebookpage was taken down, butthe Islamic State group’sAmaq news agency later

released the video, whichappears to have beenfilmed inside the couple’shome.

“I just killed a policeofficer and his wife,” hesays, adding: “The policeare currently surroundingme.” He then listed otherplanned targets, includingrappers, journalists, policeofficers and police offi-cials.

Unusually, the videowas edited. The victims donot appear.

The timing may nothave been coincidental:The killings came after ISurged supporters to carryout attacks in Europe orAmerica during the Mus-lim holy month of Rama-dan, which is currentlyunder way.

Abballa made the decla-ration of allegiance to theIslamic State in responseto IS calls to “kill non-believers where they live,”and with their families,Molins said.

Salvaing, 42, was apolice commander in theParis suburb of Les Mu-reaux; his companion hasnot been identified. Au-thorities have not saidwhether there was anylink between Abballa andthe victims.

The main question foranti-terrorism investiga-tors now is whether Ab-balla had accomplices orwas part of a larger net-work. Interior MinisterBernard Cazeneuve saidlate Tuesday on France 2TV that it appeared at thisearly stage “most prob-able” that Abballa actedalone, though that must beconfirmed by the investi-gation.

Earlier in the day, threepeople —ages 27, 29 and 44— were detained in theinvestigation, Molins said.Two had been convictedwith Abballa in 2013 forinvolvement in a networkrecruiting for jihad inPakistan, a French officialsaid.

Hollande said after anemergency security meet-ing Tuesday that Francefaces a threat “of a very

large scale,” then added:“France is not the onlycountry concerned (by theterrorist threat), as wehave seen, again, in theUnited States, in Orlan-do.”

Hollande also spokeTuesday night with Presi-dent Barack Obama. Thetwo leaders decided toincrease security coopera-tion after the latest at-tacks. Hollande’s officesaid in a statement thatthe two leaders talkedabout “the constantlyevolving threat” and saidFrance and its allies “willcontinue to confront bar-barity with the forces ofdemocracy.”

Abballa was from thewestern Paris suburb ofMantes-la-Jolie, and livedin a well-kept, workingclass neighborhood whereshaken residents de-scribed puzzlement at theattack.

Police raided the apart-ment building where helived with his parents anda sister, according to ayoung resident who didnot want to be identified.Later police raided anoth-er building in a nearbyhousing project, sur-rounding it and searchingfor several hours. Anotherneighbor, Henriette Yenge,said she would say hello toAbballa when he went tothe mosque around thecorner.

“He was a neighbor-hood kid,” she told TheAssociated Press. “I wassurprised it was him. It’ssad to see things like that.”

Hours before the kill-ing, Abballa went to hisneighborhood mosqueand prayed so long thatmosque employees had tomake him leave. RectorMohamed Droussi saidAbballa was reading theQuran for hours and wasthe last to leave. “I tookthe key and I said, ‘we areclosing,”’ Droussi said.Droussi said he is con-cerned about radicaliza-tion, and the mosque oftenaddresses the issue, tourge “the youth to stay onthe right path.”

France stabbing suspect: ‘Ijust killed a police officer’By Elaine Ganley andAngela CharltonASSOCIATED PRE SS

Thibault Camus / AP

French police officers block the road leading to acrime scene the day after a knife-wielding attackerstabbed to death a senior police officer and hisfemale companion Monday evening in Magnanville,west of Paris, France.

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