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China confirms second case of dangerous Zika virus in another man returning from Venezuela

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Hot on the heels of its first case, China has confirmed that a second person on the mainland has been diagnosed with the Zika virus.

To Bridges–A New Album in Flickr (LOC)

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

To Bridges--A New Album in Flickr (LOC)

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist.

Fukagawa mannenbashi shita

[between 1826 and 1833, printed later]

1 print : woodcut, color.

Title Translation: Beneath Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa.

Notes:

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.

From the series: Fugaku sanjūrokkei : 36 views of Mount Fuji.

Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie.

Adachi modern reprint (Showa).

Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Forms part of: the H. Irving Olds collection.

Subjects:

Bridges–Japan–1820-1840.

Boats–Japan–1820-1840.

Rivers–Japan–1820-1840.

Fuji, Mount (Japan)

Format:

Ukiyo-e–Japanese–Color–1820-1840.

Woodcuts–Japanese–Color–1820-1840.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://1.usa.gov/1D9d3AE

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://1.usa.gov/1VlCF76

Call Number: FP 2 – JPD, no. 1681

(4/4) “When Donald finally got caught, they offered him a plea…

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(4/4) “When Donald finally got caught, they offered him a plea deal so I wouldn’t have to go to jail. But he refused it. He told my cousin: ‘If I can’t have her, nobody will.’ They arrested me at the courthouse on the same day Donald refused his deal. The public defender told me to sign a plea bargain. He told me no jail time. But at the sentencing, I heard the judge mention jail and I panicked. When the judge asked me if I’d been promised anything in exchange for the deal, I said: ‘Yes!’ The prosecutor was so mad. She thought I made her look bad. She pushed for a life sentence at trial. The jury never heard about the abuse. They only heard about the drugs. They didn’t realize that the true victims were me, my children, and my brother. I’ve been in prison for twenty years now. But this has a happy ending. And I swear, when I agreed to this interview, I didn’t even know this yet. But President Obama just granted me clemency. And I’m going home.”

(Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn)