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Investigators doubted South Dakota attorney general Jason Ravnsborg's claims that he was unaware that he had struck a person with his car.
One of the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents who handled the investigation into the hit-and-run killing of 55-year-old Joe Boever testified Wednesday during a legislative impeachment hearing that the Republican attorney general had to have realized he had hit a human despite telling authorities he didn't know, reported the Argus Leader.
"You walk by a flashlight that's on and there's a body that's laying within two feet of the roadway ... I believe he would have had to see him," testified Arnie Rummel, one of two BCI agents who investigated Boever's death at the request of Highway Patrol due to Ravsnborg's law enforcement role.
Boever's body was discovered the morning after Ravnsborg told a 911 dispatcher he had struck "something" while driving on Sept. 12, 2020.
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Both agents who testified the House impeachment committee said they concluded Ravnsborg was lying after interrogating him and reviewing forensic evidence.
"He did not report what he'd actually seen," Rummel said. "Some of the things we asked him directly about were not factual."
Ravnsborg denied using a cell phone, but the investigation found he had been viewing news articles and Joe Biden conspiracy theories while driving, and he accidentally admitted to seeing the body the night of the crash.
"I don't know exactly where I turned around and saw him," Ravnsborg told investigators during a Sept. 30, 2020, interrogation, before correcting himself. "I didn't see him. I did not see him."
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In a battle against Poland's constant smog, scientists are testing out a new "cannon" that uses sound waves to push toxic particles higher into the atmosphere to allow residents to breathe.
Installed on top of a metal container, the experimental device consists of a large upside-down cone that makes a loud sound every six seconds.
The aim is to chase the smog from Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, which like many Polish towns and cities faces the problem every winter when residents fire up highly polluting heating systems.
When the sun goes down, a heavy smog descends on the town as chimneys belch out thick smoke.
Poland is one of the most polluted countries in Europe, breaching EU norms by hundreds of percentage points at the worst times of year.
By creating sound waves, researchers say that the "cannon" helps reduce the concentration of harmful PM2.5 and PM10 particles in the town's air.
"We are using a vertical shockwave that is created by the combustion of acetylene and air," said Dominik Grybos from the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, one of the inventors.
"The wave projects the polluted air higher," he told AFP.
The toxic particles are sent up several hundred meters (yards) higher, making them harmless for residents.
"We have found that if we use the cannon for between half an hour and an hour, the pollution is reduced by 15-30 percent within a perimeter of two-three kilometers (1.2-1.9 miles) from the cannon," Grybos said, adding that the effects last for "between one and three hours".
Researchers are trying to work out the required frequency of the blasts, as well as the duration and the time needed for the entire procedure.
The price is estimated at 1,000-1,500 zloty ($250-$375) for one hour of use.
Grybos said he hopes the invention could find a commercial use, particularly in Poland.
Residents of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska are broadly in favor of the idea despite the sound.
"The smog is very heavy here. We can't air our flats because it stinks so much. So, if it can help, let them do the tests," said Jolanta Walkowicz, a 43-year-old accountant.
"We can barely hear the sound -- it's like fireworks going off," she added.
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Mike Lindell hit with a $6,000 legal bill after Idaho shoots down his voter fraud claims
January 20, 2022
After Idaho debunked MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's claims of mass voter fraud in the state, they want the claims removed from his website, and they want him to pay the state for the cost of investigating his claims, the Idaho Statesman reports.
In a cease-and-desist letter to Lindell on Tuesday, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden asked Lindell to “promptly remove all false statements about Idaho’s elections from your website” and “refrain from making similar statements in the future.”
“Despite knowing your statements about Idaho’s elections are false, you have not removed your ‘Big Lie’ chart and continue to perpetuate your false statements,” the letter stated.
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The letter also asked Lindell to send $6,558.83 to the secretary of state’s office to cover the costs of its investigation.
Lindell has been among of most vocal of pro-Trump figures disseminating false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump by mass voter fraud. Idaho official results showed 63.8% of votes went to Trump. But Lindell claims that presidential election results across the state were electronically manipulated to switch 35,357 votes from Trump to Joe Biden.
Read more at the Idaho Statesman.
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