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Statt-us Update 4/26/22 – Today’s Headlines & More

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Nobody Won the Powerball

Powerball is now $454,000,000 and the next Drawing Wednesday, 10:59 PM.  The numbers were 12,18,20,39,61 & 10.

Elon Musk has an Agreement to Acquire Twitter for $44 Billion

Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter because he thinks it’s not living up to its potential as a platform for “free speech.” Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Financial Services explains what happened. After a day of speculation and fast-moving developments, Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s offer. The company has entered a “definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for $54.20 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $44 billion.”

New limited Hours of Operation in Cincinnati For e-Scooters

The new daily temporary hours of operation for e-scooters are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., city spokesman Rocky Merz said in an email.

He said members of the Department of Transportation and Engineering, Cincinnati Police Department, and Law Department met with Bird and Lime officials last week to discuss issues brought forward by “CPD and the community.”

The issues included underage riding; riding on the sidewalk or the wrong way on streets; e-scooter parking and riding in unauthorized areas; violations of the 11 p.m. curfew; and e-scooter use in criminal activity.

‘PRINCESS BRIDE’ STAR CARY ELWESBITTEN BY RATTLESNAKE

The ‘Princess Bride’ star was airlifted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Saturday after he was bitten by a rattlesnake near his Malibu home.  Elwes showed off his snakebite, it got him on the finger. He writes, “Bit not by a ROUS but a rattlesnake. Grateful to the staff of Malibu Urgent Care, LA County Fire Dept. and the staff and medical professionals at UCLA for their great care. Am recovering well thanks to all these wonderful folks.”

World’s Oldest Person Died

Kane Tanaka has died in Japan at age 119.  Guinness World Records said “the titles of oldest person living and oldest person living (female) are currently being investigated” and that further details would be announced in due course.