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There's a lot of scraping taking place across the KVOE listening area after a snowy Wednesday turned into an icy Thursday.

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Air temperatures have dipped into the single digits, but northerly winds above 30 mph have pushed our wind chills down to -13 at times. TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says you'll need to be bundled up, especially during the morning hours.

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With the cold conditions and isolated to scattered slick spots that redeveloped after Wednesday's heavy, wet snowfall, there are a lot of schedule adjustments for Thursday. Click here for the latest updated list.

The biting cold kept area streets and roads slick after roughly 2-5 inches of snowfall across the KVOE listening area.

*KVOE studios: 3 inches*Emporia: 3.3 inches*Bazaar: 2 inches*Burlington: 2 inches*Eureka: 1 inch*Lake Kahola: 2.5 inches*Lebo: 4 inches*LeRoy: 1 inch*Lyndon: 4.5 inches

Crews have been out treating streets since shortly after midnight.

The Wednesday snowfall made for hazardous travel conditions -- as evidenced by a bus crash and an ambulance crash, both in Chase County.

A USD 259 Wichita school bus crashed on the Kansas Turnpike near the Flint Hills cattle pens exit, about 15 miles southwest of Emporia, around 9:40 am. In audio from KWCH, Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. John Lehnherr says the bus was taking 36 students from Park Elementary to Topeka when the driver lost control and the bus left the highway, overturning on the driver side.

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The rest, including four adults, came to Emporia High School afterward.Emporia Fire saysseven more kids went to Newman Regional Health after a secondary checkup at the school. USD 253 Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Kelly Bolin credited the community response for easing the situation, including USD 253's Food Service and Spartan Stop.

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Units from the Highway Patrol, Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Emporia Fire, Butler County Fire & EMS and CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness were among the response team. CrossWinds CEO Amanda Cunningham says the agency was ready to help through existing partnerships with the Lyon County Emergency Communications Center, Lyon County Sheriff's Office and Emporia School District.

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About an hour after the bus crash, a Butler County ambulance crashed on the Turnpike about two miles northeast of the Matfield Green service exit. The Turnpike Authority says the driver of the northbound ambulance, 37-year-old Lacy Volz of Wichita, lost control on the slushy highway. The ambulance then hit the center barrier wall and a nearby guardrail. She went to an unspecified hospital by private vehicle afterward. A semi was listed as involved but is not part of the actual crash narrative.

There were numerous fender-benders and non-injury slide-offs across the area. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office reported almost 30 noninjury crashes between 7 am and noon Wednesday.

Thankfully, conditions improve after Thursday. Temperatures climb to the mid-30s Friday, with upper 40s in Saturday's forecast and 50s for Sunday.

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With less than a month to go before the budget that is meant to draw a line under a decade of austerity and unleash Britains potential, Boris Johnson has taken back control of the Treasury.

No 10 cannot have known how Johnsons former leadership rival, Sajid Javid, would respond to the demand that he sack his key policy advisers and instead accept guidance from the PMs team.

But they knew there was a strong possibility he would decide to walk: and they had a ready-made, super-loyal successor on hand just in case, in the form of Rishi Sunak, already chief secretary to the Treasury.

Downing Street described the plan that was put to Javid, of a joint No 10-No 11 team of advisers from which almost all of his current team would be left out as a way of ensuring chancellor and PM rise and fall together. But it would also have been read as a humiliation.

Clashes between Javid and Johnsons advisers had been whispered about at Westminster for weeks.

Allies had insisted the two men themselves got on well at a personal level, and Javid also has close links to the PMs influential partner, Carrie Symonds, who once worked for him.

But Johnson and his team were irked at a series of briefings about Javids role in big decisions including pre-empting the announcement on HS2 by revealing the Treasury would back it.

And there have been some policy differences, too though Downing Street insists these formed no part of the conversation on Thursday morning.

Johnson wants to take the opportunity of a chunky majority to take some potentially controversial decisions, including on tax and spending and Javids instincts, insiders say, were more cautious.

He had made clear his willingness to be considerably more flexible in sanctioning big-ticket spending than his predecessor, Spreadsheet Phil Hammond.

In his one set-piece speech during the election campaign, he set out something like Gordon Browns golden rule, allowing long-term investment spending including the PMs beloved infrastructure projects to be funded by borrowing. That in itself is a revolution in Conservative thinking.

But Javid also stressed that he was determined to balance the current budget, as it is known funding day-to-day spending through tax receipts which would constrain how much Johnson has available for upfront spending pledges, unless the government is willing to raise more tax.

Radical plans have been floated in recent weeks: even including a mansion tax on the most expensive homes and perhaps more likely, a revaluation of council tax to ensure the wealthier pay a higher rate.

But perhaps remembering George Osbornes pasty tax omnishambles budget and more recently, Hammond being forced to ditch a modest increase in national insurance after a backbench backlash Javid, friends say, is more cautious.

His departure underlines the determination of No 10 to hold all the levers of power over economic policy, and will be seen as a coup by his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings.

But it may also suggest economic and tax policy is pointed in a more radical direction, as Johnson tries to make good on his promise to level up Britain.

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Sajid Javid's exit leaves Boris Johnson in control of Treasury - The Guardian

What I'm Hearing: USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell spoke exclusively with the former NFL quarterback who said he's eager to reveal the many layers surrounding his public protests. USA TODAY

Colin Kaepernicks voice is getting stronger.

That much is clear as the former NFL quarterback plans to announceThursday he is writing a memoir to be released this year through his newly formedcompany, Kaepernick Publishing, in a partnership with Audible.

"I learned early on that in fighting against systematic oppression, dehumanization and colonization, who controls the narrative shapes the reality of how the world views society, Kaepernick said Tuesday in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY Sports. It controls whos loved, whos hated, whos degraded and whos celebrated.

Kaepernick, 32, has been unsigned by NFL teams since 2017after he protested police brutality against African Americans and other social injustices by kneeling during the national anthem the previous season as a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

Colin Kaepernick is planning to release his memoir this year through a new publish company he is starting.(Photo: Amari Kenoly/Ra Vision Media)

His yet-to-be-named memoir should fill in the gaps of thepast few years, as well as provide more insight on themotivationand methods behindhis activism. Though Kaepernick hasbeen engaged in self-empowerment efforts for black and brown people through his Know Your Rights Camps, he has rarely conducted news media interviews or been available in other public forums.

Undoubtedly, many will want to hear from Kaepernick, who despite being shunned by NFL teams has become a prominent cultural figure especially amongAfrican Americans.

Ive had a lot of questions surrounding what got me to the point of protesting," he said. "Why did I do it? Why did I do it at that moment? Why wasnt it earlier in my career? A lot of questions surrounding what led me to that point. Which led me to wanting to share that story and give insight. SoI think theres a lot of interest around it, but time will tell when the book comes out.

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To that point, Kaepernick demonstrated some humility. He chuckled when it wassuggested his book couldbe a bestseller.

I hope so, he said.

If only the demand from NFL teams wasso robust. After the fiasco of a hastily arranged NFL workout in Atlanta in November, Kaepernick isno closer to getting an NFL job which is still a shame for a quarterback-needy league that often touts the virtues of meritocracy as lesser-talented prospects get opportunities.

The book and publishing company he'll also release an audio versionand content from other authors through Audible, a subsidiary of Amazon dont signal that Kaepernick isready to give up hope of landing another opportunity with an NFL team. He said he sees the ventures as a parallel track to football.

After all, New England Patriots star Tom Brady has an enterprise with his TB12 book and training methods, and Seattle Seahawks phenom Russell Wilson has a production company (Why Not You Productions)with his wife, Ciara.

My desire to play football is still there, Kaepernicksaid. I still train five days a week. Im ready to go, Im ready for a phone call, tryout, workout at any point in time. Im still waiting on the owners and their partners to stop running from this situation. SoI hope I get a call this offseason. Ill be looking forward to it.

In the meantime, hes an impact player in a different form.

Part of his motivation for creating the publishing company, Kaepernick explained, is to create opportunities for black and brown writers, authors and creators to control their narratives and retain ownership.

Its not just my control over stories, Kaepernick said. We wanted to be able to put the power back into the hands of the people that are telling the stories and the people that are writing the stories and creating them. We didnt want to monopolize that and hold that to ourselves. Its something that should be distributed to the people who are putting in the work to be able to tell their stories and tell them in a genuine and authentic way."

Kaepernick mayhave commanded a seven-figure advance had he shopped his memoir on the market. That route would not have fulfilled Kaepernick's vision.

Ive always had an interest in books, he said. Ive had an interest in black literature. 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'was a book that changed my life, so much that every Know Your Rights camp that we have, we give the book to all of the youth that attend. And black literature was something that was key to developing my own thoughts and ideas of how to navigate the spaces that I enter. SoI not only wanted to give insight into what led me to protest through my memoir, I wanted to make sure I was able to retain the ownership over my story in the process.

Why now?

I realized being able to control your narrative and tell your story the way you want to is very important, Kaepernick said. The manipulation, the colonization, the distortion of stories, narrative, history, has been done forever. This is a way for me to be able to counteract that and begin to decolonize that and centralize the narrative of not only myself but other black and brown writers and authors.

One of the quotes that comes to mind is Malcolm Xs quote, If youre not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people that are being oppressed and loving the people that are doing the oppressing. Hes speaking to the control of the narrative. Sofor me recognizing the importance of our community being able to control our own narratives and tell our own stories, this is something I thought had to be the next steppingstone for us to properly address and identify not only how we view ourselves, view our communities and how we tell our storiesbut also giving the world to view us in the way that we want them to as well.

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In this frame grab from video, an American military convoy is seen in the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli city, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Syrian media and activists say a Syrian was killed and another wounded in a rare clash between American troops and a group of government supporters in northeast Syria.

DAMASCUS A Syrian was killed and another was wounded when government supporters attacked American troops and tried to block their way as their convoy drove through an army checkpoint in northeastern Syria, prompting a rare clash, state media and activists reported.

The U.S. military said its force came under fire, and that troops responded in self-defense. It said an investigation of the incident was underway.

Syrian state-run media said the man killed was a civilian and that he was among residents of a village east of the town of Qamishli who had gathered at the checkpoint and pelted the U.S. convoy with stones.

A video posted on state news agency SANAs website showed angry men firing small arms at a convoy of several armored U.S. vehicles flying the U.S. flag. Some residents pelted the convoy with stones, while another dumped a bucket full of dirt on the back of one vehicle.

In one of the worst incidents of violence against U.S. troops deployed in northeastern Syria, a small fire appears to ignite on an armored vehicle, apparently from fire bombs lobbed at the convoy. U.S. soldiers were seen standing in the middle of the melee, trying to disperse the crowd.

Other videos showed another vehicle stuck in the dirt, apparently having veered into a ditch, while another had a flat tire. In one video, a resident walked up to U.S. soldiers at one of the vehicles, holding a U.S. flag, screaming: What do you want from our country? What is your business here? A soldier tells the shouting man to back off.

At that point, American troops fired live ammunition and smoke bombs at the residents, the reports said.

A U.S. military spokesman said coalition forces conducting a patrol near Qamishli encountered a checkpoint occupied by pro-Syrian government forces who ignored a series of warnings by coalition troops to de-escalate the situation. The patrol came under small-arms fire from unknown individuals, coalition spokesman Myles Caggins said, adding that coalition troops returned fire in self-defense.

The situation was de-escalated and is under investigation, he said in a statement. Air Force Lt. Col. Carla Gleason, traveling with the U.S. defense secretary in Brussels, said no Americans were killed in the incident.

Asked about the incident, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in Brussels he was told there was an altercation, without providing details.

As far as I know todays incident did not involve the Russians, he said.

In other violence in the countrys northwest, Syrian President Bashar Assads forces continued their advance in Idlib and Aleppo provinces near the border with Turkey. They took full control of a strategic highway that runs through the rebel-held territory and links the capital to northern Syria. The M5 highway had been under opposition control for most of the war.

Russias Defense Ministry said in a statement that Syrian troops fully cleared the M5.

Syrias most important transport artery the M5 highway linking the blocked northern capital of Aleppo with Hama, Homs and Damascus in the south has been freed from terrorists, the statement said.

With support from Russia, Syrian troops have been on the offensive for weeks in Idlib and parts of nearby Aleppo provinces, unleashing a humanitarian crisis with 700,000 people fleeing their homes and surging north toward the Turkish border.

The U.N. human rights office in Geneva recorded incidents between Feb. 1-10 in which at least 85 civilians were killed, including 20 women and 27 children with most casualties in the so-called de-escalation area in Idlib, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday.

The Syrian war, now in its ninth year, has pulled in international players including the U.S., Russia and Turkey. Russia has supported Assads government, while Turkey is the rebels main backer.

Hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in northeastern Syria, working with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to fight against the Islamic State group. The U.S. carries out patrols in northeastern Syria, but it was not immediately clear why the convoy drove into a government-controlled area Wednesday.

The clash marked a rare confrontation involving U.S. and Syrian troops in the crowded region where Russian forces are also deployed and was certain to escalate tensions.

At one point during the incident, U.S., Russian and Syrian flags could be seen next to each other, reflecting the complicated terrain in northeastern Syria. Some reports said a Russian convoy arrived on the scene to defuse the tension.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said residents and armed pro-government militiamen in Khirbet Ammu blocked the path of a U.S. convoy. The militia fired in the air, prompting the American troops to fire smoke bombs. Tension escalated and U.S. troops killed one person, the Observatory said.

The Observatory, which has a network of activists on the ground, said it was not clear if the person killed was a civilian or a militia member. The Observatory also said a Russian convoy arrived on the scene to defuse the tension.

The Idlib offensive has also triggered clashes between Syrian and Turkish troops in which 13 Turkish soldiers have died in one week.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey could attack Syrian government forces anywhere in Syria if another Turkish soldier is hurt. He said Turkey is determined to force the Syrian military back from the gains it has made in Idlib, giving Syrian troops until the end of February to retreat.

As of today, in the event of any minor harm to our soldiers, I announce that we will strike regime forces everywhere without being bound to Idlib or the boundaries of the Sochi agreement, Erdogan told a ruling party meeting in Ankara.

Erdogan was referring to the 2018 agreement between Russia and Turkey in which the two countries troops would enforce a demilitarized zone in Idlib. As part of the agreement, Turkey established a dozen military observation posts in the province, where it backs some opposition groups. Several of these posts have been surrounded by government forces in recent weeks.

On Wednesday, opposition fighters, backed by Turkish artillery, launched an attack against new government positions along the highway.

Erdogan said he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone about the situation in Idlib.

The Kremlin said the phone conversation underlined the need to fully implement the Russian-Turkish agreements.

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said despite a pledge by Turkey, militants in Idlib have continued to launch attacks on Syrian troops and threaten Russian facilities in Syria. Its inadmissible and it runs contrary to the Sochi agreements, Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.

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The ad-tech sector of the media industry has, whether fair or not, a reputation for creepiness. And in light of seismic changes that affect their businesses (like Google eliminating third-party ad targeting and federal and state data privacy legislation), these companies are now piecing together an education campaign to explain the benefits they bring to the public.

This will include taking up ad space on consumer-facing websites to show how ad tech is undergoing a reboot, putting the consumer back in control. Perhaps more importantly, the campaign will tell readers how the data they collect subsequently funds online content.

The initiative forms part of the IAB Tech Labs last-ditch efforts to reform the online advertising industry, now that all of the industrys major internet browser providers have called time on the cookie, the software at the core of ad tech.

Although no timeline for the education campaign has been laid out, the campaign is part of the trade orgs plans to overhaul the very DNA of ad tech since Google planned to phase-out third-party cookies in its market-leading Chrome browser by 2022.

An outline of the planned campaign was laid out this week at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting where executives discussed efforts to use first-party publisher data, such as hashed email addresses, as the core tool for online audience targeting.

Speaking at a town hall session at this weeks IAB conference conducted under the Chatham House Rule, executives described plans to articulate themselves to the public, including how the new proposals will put consumers at the center of control.

We have to work on the narrative as much as the solution, one executive leading these efforts said. Right now, as an industry, theres a little bit of demonization going on and its going to get worse.

The executives who have envisaged the campaign want to downplay notions of ad-tech players invading privacy and stealing data. Instead, they want to articulate the benefits they bring to the public, especially how they help fund quality journalism.

Right now, as an industry, we have a branding problem, continued the aforementioned executive.

The public education campaign is at the latter phase of a multi-tiered strategy to convince the public as well as key industry stakeholders such as Apple, Google and Firefox-provider-Mozilla that the new means of ad targeting are user-friendly.

At this point, those involved in the plans want to assemble a global coalition of companies with aligned interest (i.e. those outside of the walled gardens) to jointly fund research and developmentplus ad inventory for the planned public education campaignthat will result in a privacy-first version of the open web.

Up until now, cookies (both first- and third-party) have been the nexus that helped interconnect the multitude of players involved in online audience targeting.

However, now that the internets largest names are clamping down on practices that lawmakers deem dubious (such as fingerprinting plus certain data transfers used in online ad auctions), seismic changes are afoot. This means ad tech must reform itself. Leading voices in the space want to go public with how they operate, and the crucial role they play in funding online content.

Another executive said: Our plan is to talk to about 1,000 companies around the world in 90 days globally and get them to sign-up and support this in the form of real inventory and audience, and real dollars.

This effort to court support from the industry could come in the guise of open web players such as publishers donating media inventory, which could then be used to articulate the value exchange involved in audience profiling in exchange for free content.

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