Outgoing St. Joseph County Health Officer Dr. Robert Einterz made it clear in a farewell Speech Thursday eveing that it was resistance from county political leaders to investing in better health outcomes that pushed him to leave. County Commission President Carl Baxmeyer agrees he and Einterz do not see eye to eye on some issues, but wished him well as he leaves. Dr. Joseph Cerbin will take over April 1st, but has said he can only stay in the job for four months.

Tik Tok's CEO took a grilling on Capitol Hill Thursday from lawmakers of both parties worried about security issues due to Chinese ownership of the social media platform. The CEO says Tik Tok is moving all US data and operations to the US, operated by US companies with Amercian employees. Lawmakers say they still worry the Chinese government can still access information on US users if it wants to. About 150 million Americans use Tik Tok regularly.

Utah has become the first state to require teens to get parental permission before joining social media sites. The law signed by the Governor Thursday imposes a digital curfew, blocking sites for minors past 10:30 p.m. It'll also blackout ads for underage accounts and compel social media companies to allow parents access to their children's profiles. Critics wonder if it's possible to enforce the law.

Michigan State bowed out of the NCAA tournament last night in a 98-93 overtime loss to Kansas State. Other games last night: Florida Atlantic over Tennessee, UConn over Arkansas, and Gonzaga over UCLA. Four more Sweet 16 games are on tap tonight, and by Sunday night, we will know the Final Four.

Notre Dame women's basketball plays its Sweet 16 NCAA game early Saturday in Greenville, South Carolina, against favored Maryland. Hear the game live on our sister statio Live 99-9 starting at 11:30am tomorrow.

Hockey: the Chicago Blackhawks lost at Washington, 6-to-1. St. Louis downed the Redwings in Detroit, 4-to-3.

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Advocates for Portage Manor have a couple of months to get a plan together that will persuade county government not to close its only publicly owned residential facility for poor and handicapped people. A group of advocates is working on plans for who will own the facility and how it will be funded. The County Council last week delayed a vote on closing Portage Manor for 60 days to give the group some time to come up with a plan.

Swiss banking giant UBS is buying rival Credit Suisse for around 3 billion dollars, reportedly about 60% less than the bank is worth in a bid to protect the country's economy and the world banking system. Credit Suisse shareholders will take the hit, after confidence in Credit Suisse collapsed last week when it admitted to poor bookkeeping that hid losses.

A frozen fruit recall involves an organic tropical fruit blend sold at Trader Joe's stores nationwide and organic strawberries sold under five different brand names including Costco's Kirkland Signature and Aldi's Simply Nature. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been five cases of Hepatitis A, all in Washington state, with all five patients reportedly having eaten frozen organic strawberries.

Notre Dame women's basketball earned its way into the NCAA's Sweet 16 Sunday with a 53-48 win over Mississippi State at Purcell Pavilion. The Irish continue play this Saturday against Maryland in Greenville, South Carolina.

The Big Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conferences are down to one team each after the opening weekend of the NCAA Mens's Basketball Tournament. Michigan State represents the Big Ten after a 69-60 win over Marquette Sunday. The Spartans face Kansas State Thursday. Purdue infamously lost to 16 seed Farleigh Dickinson Friday, and Indiana bowed out in the second round last night, 85-69 against lone ACC survivor Miami.

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