Philip Teresi

Authorities have arrested over 8k anti-war protesters in Russia as demonstrations have taken place across the country. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary has confirmed that someone within Russia's Federal Security Service warned officials that Chechen forces were sent on a special operation to assassinate President Zelensky. Their plan was foiled. The National Bobble head Hall of Fame has announced an upcoming version of the President, with a portion of the sales being donated to Ukrainian humanitarian causes. The CSU Board of Trustees will be paying Dr. Joseph Castro $400k as part of a settlement after he resigned as Chancellor. An investigation is still underway regarding ten Title IX complaints against Frank Lamas, who was Vice President of Student Affairs during part of Castro's tenure as President of Fresno State. "Bentley's Law' is making its way through the TN legislature that would require any drunk driver who kills a parent, to provide child support for surviving children through high school graduation and their 18th birthday. 

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Alex Stone, ABC News Correspondent, joins with the absolute latest on the arrest and arraignment of Sherri Papini, the Redding mother who claimed she was abducted and held against her ill in 2016. She was caught after DNA sample of a relative of her ex-boyfriend was flagged in the system. Hulu has released a new true-crime series, "The Dropout" based on Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder who claimed that her company had the technology to diagnose disease with a single drop of blood. Turns out, even her voice was a lie. Andrew Fabela, candidate for Fresno Unified School District Area 5 special election on 4/12, joins the show. 

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Welcome to COVID Free Friday! Kicking it off with the Buzz Question about using your smartphone. As Russian troops continue to assault Ukraine, some are calling for an assassination of Russian President Putin. Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested on Twitter that someone "take him out." A Russian millionaire who sought political asylum in the US in 1999 offered $1m to any military officer who captures him "dead or alive." A look at the special election for Area 5 of the Fresno Unified School Board. 

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Trending Topics at 5 o'clock. An update on Cain Velasquez. Makers of a ice cream machine monitoring device are suing McDonald's.

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Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, has called on Big Tech to provide information about the scale of misinformation related to COVID-19 shared on its platforms. It's unclear (but unlikely) if they will submit by the 5/2 deadline. Internal Facebook research shows that as much as 36% of users are lonely and that the use of the app may exacerbate that loneliness. Katie Meyer, a star soccer player at Stanford, was found dead in an on-campus residence. She was 22 and no cause of death has been provided. "Another Feather in Your Cap" was the idiom that stumped all three contestants on "Wheel of Fortune." The 2-minute clip has over 3m views and due to troll comments, host Pat Sajak took to Twitter to defend the massive failure. 

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More on the proposal from Gov. Newsom. Listeners comment. 

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A woman harasses students at lunch at a local elementary school over COVID measures. In a 90-minute phone call with French President Macron, Russian President Putin doubled down on his desire to neutralize and demilitarize Ukraine. In Russia, the impacts of fighting and sanctions are starting to impact daily life, including inflation, ability to travel and more. Gov. Newsom has proposed "Care Court," expected to serve 7-12k chronically mentally ill and/or addicted homeless Californians by forcing them in to treatment. 

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Mark King, Criminal Defense Attorney, joins the show to discuss "paper terrorism," sovereign citizens and the impact on local school boards. 

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A moment on Zelensky. We revisit sovereign citizens. Ukraine officials are petitioning ICANN, the body responsible for the backbone of the internet to take the Russia offline. Listeners comment. 

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Trending Topics at 5 o'clock. Former UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Valasquez was arrested on suspicion of murder after he shot at a man who allegedly molested his young family member. An update on the Fresno Co. jail incident. A cargo ship with almost 4k high end cars sank after lithium-ion batteries on electric vehicles caught on fire. Fitbit is recalling 1.7m watches after batteries overheat. The teenager who once tracked Elon Musk's plane is now tracking the planes of Putin and Russian oligarchs. A look at the streets of Ukraine. 

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