TUCSON, AZ The Tucson Fire Department was called to the 1600 block of W. Ajo Way at 2:38 Friday morning in response to several 911 calls reporting that a burning shed's flames and smoke were impinging on a nearby mobile home.

Tucson Fire Department crew arrived at 2:44 a.m. and pulled a hose to extinguish the shed fire. Crew members entered the home and saw that the mobile home's attic was on fire, so they pulled the ceiling down in the area where the fire was and started putting out the flames from below. The fire was under control by 2:52 a.m., TFD reported.

The Red Cross helped two children and two adults displaced by the fire. One man received minor burn treatment at the fire scene, but no firefighters were injured.

Fire investigators continue working to figure out the fire's cause, and TFD officials warn about the dangers specific to mobile homes. One inherent danger is their construction, which lends to a faster fire spread rate. Additionally, mobile homes are often located close together, which increases fire spread risk. Officials say residents should make sure smoke alarms are working and practice an escape plan beforehand to ensure the best odds of fire survival.

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Mariners utility player Shed Long Jr. is preparing for his second MLB season. (AP)

Mariners utility player Shed Long is preparing for his second season in the big leagues, and hes making a few big changes.

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First off, Shed Long isnt his name anymore. Like former Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. and Jose Cruz Jr. before him, hes tacking Jr. onto the end of his name both when it comes to how hes listed on the Mariners roster as well as what it will say on the nameplate of his jersey.

Shed Long Jr. explained why he decided to make the change Tuesday night in an interview with the Mariners Hot Stove Show on 710 ESPN Seattle, noting that he had a realization while playing alongside another Jr. last season.

So last year when I was in Tacoma, E.Y. Eric Young Jr. he was there with me as well and I saw it says Young Jr. (on his jersey), Long said. I was just looking at his jersey one day and I said, You know what, E.Y. this is while we was sitting in the dugout in the middle of an inning and Im like, You know what, E.Y., Im putting Jr. on my jersey. I got to put the Jr. on there. You know, thats my name so thats what Im gonna put on there.'

Long said Young, a veteran utility player and the son of former MLB speedster Eric Young Sr., agreed it was a good idea, so Long made it a priority to get the change made.

He encouraged it and so after that moment my mind was made up, Long said. As soon as the season ends Im telling them We gotta change it to Jr., you gotta put Jr. on there.'

Thats not the only nod to Shed Long Sr. that Jr. has in store for 2020. Hes also switching numbers, and his dad had a hand in the hes switching too.

Im going to my old faithful No. 4, said Long, who was No. 39 during his rookie campaign with the Mariners. I wore that as a kid growing up, that was my dads favorite number so that became my favorite number.

You can hear the full interview with Long from the Hot Stove Show in this podcast starting around the 10:40 mark.

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A shed fire in northeast Las Vegas early Friday killed one person, fire officials said.

Just after 3:30 a.m., firefighters from the Clark County, North Las Vegas and Las Vegas fire departments kept a shed fire from extending to a single-story home at 2350 Lincoln Road, near East Carey Avenue and North Lamb Boulevard.

The flames were threatening to involve the house, Clark County Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Buchanan said in a news release. Firefighters made an offensive attack and were able to knock the fire down at 3:59 a.m. Crews were able to prevent the fire from extending to the home. Firefighters located one person deceased inside of the shed.

No damage estimate has been made and the cause is under investigation.

The victim will be identified by the Clark County coroners office after relatives have been notified.

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Painful facts, once known, cannot be unknown.

Lynn Kennedy could not bear to turn away when she first began to fully understand what sex trafficking is and how this billion-dollar industry reaches every corner of the world including Glynn County.

And shes hoping other community members will feel the same call to action when they learn about the realities of human trafficking in this area.

Kennedy is the co-founder of the Georgia Human Trafficking Initiative, a nonprofit formed in 2019 that aims to support local nonprofits working toward the fight against sex trafficking.

As part of Sex Trafficking Awareness Month in January, the nonprofit will host an event titled Prisoners of Darkness, which will be a panel discussion meant to educate the public about human trafficking.

The free event is planned for 5:30-7 p.m. on Jan. 22 at the St. Simons Community Church.

The panel discussion will feature representatives from the federal, state and local levels.

Kai Munshi, co-founder of the Georgia Human Trafficking Initiative, will be the commentator for the event.

Our main goal is to really bring awareness to the general public that human sex trafficking is a problem in Glynn County, Kennedy said. It is not just in large metropolitan areas. It trickles down all over the state of Georgia, and the reason that were kind of in the middle of it is because of our proximity to I-95.

Pimps frequently trade trafficking victims on I-95, Kennedy said. Local nonprofits are fighting against this industry, but these nonprofits need the communitys support to do so, she said.

We want people here to know that we need people to join this fight, she said. We need an army, if you will, of people. The more eyes looking, the better.

Local nonprofits, including Faithful Love, House of Hope and Grace House, will have information tables set up at the event. Susan Norris, the founder of Rescuing Hope in Atlanta, will be on hand at the event to provide information and will take part in the panel discussion as well.

There will be also be representatives from the local district attorneys office and the new trafficking task force formed recently in Glynn County.

Sex trafficking is a $32 billion industry every year. Georgia is ranked No. 7 among states in the U.S. with the highest amounts of trafficking, according to the Polaris Project.

Georgia had 1,124 cases of sex trafficking between 2015 and 2018, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

Around 859 of those cases involved female victims, and 277 involved minors. Around 265 cases involved male victims.

The panel discussion will provide facts from professionals, and the information will hopefully offset any mistruths or exaggerations people may have seen on social media or heard through word of mouth, Kennedy said.

Its going to be like trying to sip water from a firehose youre going to get a lot of information coming at you in an hour and a half, she said.

The Georgia Human Trafficking Initiative supported training last year before the RSM golf tournament on St. Simons to local hotels and local airport staff. The training focused on how to recognize and report potential trafficking.

We brought a team down from Rescuing Hope in Atlanta to conduct training with local hotels, the airports both on St. Simons and in Brunswick, to train staff on what to look for, how to recognize it and how to respond, Kennedy said.

The nonprofit plans to sponsor fundraising efforts in the future that will support local nonprofits. But first, Kennedy said, they wanted to educate the community on the realities of sex trafficking.

And so far, theyve had a large response. More than 200 people had registered for the event earlier this week.

It just shows, I think, that the community wants more information, Kennedy said.

Kennedy hopes the panel discussion will motivate community members to join the fight against human trafficking.

Once you know something, you cant un-know it, she said. So once someone brings it to your attention and says, Now we told you what trafficking is, we told you that its here, are you going to keep ignoring it? Because you cant say that you didnt know.

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Its the middle of January. That probably means you are still trying to stick to your New Years resolutions. And if youre like many people, losing weight, eating healthier and getting to the gym more often are probably some of your top 2020 goals.

That appears to be one reason why WW, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers, is off to a hot start this year. Shares of WW are up nearly 10% in the first few weeks of 2020, adding to impressive gains for the stock over the past few months.

WW shares are up nearly 75% in the past six months alone and are not far from their 52-week high.

The company has enjoyed an impressive run under the leadership of CEO Mindy Grossman, who left shopping network HSN in 2017 to take over as WW CEO.

Grossman has worked closely with Oprah Winfrey, who is a WW customer, spokesperson, board member and investor. Winfrey bought $43.5 millions worth of WW shares in October 2015. Winfreys 8% stake in WW is now valued at more than $225 million.

WW unveiled a new wellness program dubbed myWW in November. The program has three different weight loss plans but also emphasizes fitness and other healthy living choices as opposed to just dieting and counting calories and points.

The WW rally is impressive. But its left many on Wall Street wondering if the stock needs to take a breather.

According to data from Refinitiv, the consensus price target for WW from analysts is just under $38 a share. Thats nearly 10% below the stocks current price of around $42.

It may simply be too soon to tell if dieters are really planning to stick to their weight loss plans. Thats the main reason why Linda Bolton Weiser, an analyst with D.A. Davidson, downgraded WW stock in November. Her new price target is $33.

Weiser wrote in a report at the time that there was uncertainty over diet season marketing, She said in another report later in November that the new myWW program, is good but it is certainly not unique, as other weight loss programs (including Nutrisystem) are also focusing on greater personalization.

Concerns about increased competition from keto and paleo diets have also been a problem for WW. But the company is fighting back against these trends.

Everybody on the diet side looks for the quick fix. Weve been through this before and we know that we are the program that works, Grossman said in a conference call with analysts last February.

And Grossman told CNNs Poppy Harlow in April about how WW was adding more zero point foods that were low in carbs to help fight the keto craze, which also focuses on foods that are low in carbohydrates. Grossman also stressed that WW is about eating what you want in moderation as opposed to outright limiting entire categories of food.

That has helped push WW towards the top of Google search rankings for weight loss plans.

WW shares have come in from their December highs, which we believe is in part related to trepidation surrounding competitor weight loss programs and the persistence of keto and paleo, said BofA Global Research analyst Olivia Tong in a report.

But we are encouraged by WWs resilience in searches vs these alternatives. Keto remains king, but its search volume has declined significantly since last year, Tong added. She has a buy rating on WW and price target of $45.

The uncertainty about WW is likely to linger for the next few weeks though. The company should report fourth quarter and full-year earnings (as well as give a first glimpse at 2020 guidance) sometime during the end of February.

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A 10-year-old boy from Odisha, suffering from a rare medical condition, has to go through the traumatising and painful process of skin shedding every month. The condition causes his skin to form scales like that of a snake, become extremely dry and shed at the end.

The child, Jagannath is suffering from a rare disease called Lamellar Ichthyosis, he was diagnosed a few years ago. The disease causes his skin to lose moisture unusually due to which his skin becomes so tight that it becomes difficult for him to move.

Jagannath has to apply moisturizer every three hours to retain the moisture which allows him to do daily activities. He also uses a stick to stretch his body which slows down the tightening of his skin.

The disease also causes body overheating, hair loss and drying of the eyelids. Jagannath also bathes more than usual to get rid of the irritation, another effect of the disease on his body. However, bathing frequently again causes loss of moisture, reported a leading daily.

Jagannath has been informed by a local dermatologist that his condition cant be treated, but some doctors believe there is a cure. Unfortunately, Jagannaths family cannot afford to get him treated by a specialist.

Prabhakar Pradha, Jagannaths father says that his son has been suffering due to the disease since childhood. He said, I do not have enough money to take him for treatment and my heart breaks seeing him suffer from this cursed disease every day.

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First Street Foundation, a climate research organization that studies the impacts of flooding on housing, announced Tuesday that it will share data with both the public and top researchers in a move that could ultimately benefit consumers.

The foundations flood data will be shared as part of a new partnership known as Flood Lab. The partnership includes researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, University of Texas, Austin, and five other academic institutions, according to a statement. Those institutions will then use the data to examine the financial, social, fiscal, and economic impacts of flood risk, according to a First Street Foundation statement.

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The end result of this project could ultimately be pressure on home prices, as well as mortgage-backed securities and municipal bonds, First Street Foundation executive director Matthew Eby told Reuters.

First Street Foundation also argued that sharing its data with both the public and with various academic institutions contrasts sharply with the way flood risk is normally evaluated today. In its statement, the foundation said that typically an oligopoly of for-profit firms sell detailed flood risk data to large financial institutions and insurance companies. Meanwhile, researchers lack access to that same information, leading to a lack of transparency.

The new partnership is meant to correct that problem.

By giving this data to the worlds top experts for analysis and sharing it with the public, First Street Foundation will disrupt a dangerous asymmetry of information in the United States, one that allows institutional investors and the wealthy to capitalize on the changing climate while disempowering the vast majority of Americans to protect themselves and plan for their future, Eby added in a statement.

The data will also be available to the public, via a searchable online database, sometime during the first half of this year.

The impact of flooding, and climate change generally, on the housing market is a growing concern. For example, law makers have been grappling for years with how to reform a long-troubled federal flood insurance program, even as tens of millions of Americans continue to live in flood-prone areas.

Meanwhile, climate-fueled disasters such as wildfires have already begun to drive up the of cost both housing and adjacent services such as insurance, in some parts of the U.S.

First Street Foundation which describes itself as a non-profit working to calculate the past, present, and future flood risk of every home and property in the United States now hopes to improve the broader understanding of such issues with its new data-sharing partnership.

As partners of the First Street Foundation Flood Lab, the researchers will analyze floodings impact on the U.S. housing market, the organization said in a statement, its implications for lower income and minority communities, and its cost to federal, state, and local taxpayers among other issues.

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Rembrandt van Rijn is considered one of the greatest visual artists in the world and in the history of art. Dutch artist Jacobina Trump will shed insights on his life and work Jan. 16 at Cafe Evergreen.

A reception with wine and light bites follows the lecture.

Rembrandt came from poverty and died in poverty despite the fact that his paintings are now worth $500 million and more, says Trump. This year marks 350 years since his death and I welcome audiences to commemorate his legacy as we learn how he became the artist he was and consider why were still fascinated by him today.

Jacobina adds that she has additional talks planned: Art and Money on Feb. 6 and The Split Brain on April 9 explores creativity versus science. Both are at Cafe Evergreen.

The talks are meant to bring awareness to the different perspectives people choose to focus on and dedicate their lives to. Combining the extremes within oneself creates a holistic way of looking at the world, she says.

Born in the Netherlands, Trump studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, Holland, and subsequently became a teacher there. Her professional path includes stage set designer, photographer, art director, and decorative painter. She moved to The United States in 1995 and now lives in Englewood where she serves as facilities manager of the Hermitage Artist Retreat.

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Lawmakers and the governor want to give teachers another raise.

The Legislative Finance Committee has proposed a 3% pay raise for teachers and school personnel and more for bilingual and special education teachers. The governor proposed 4% increases for teachers.

Recently, House Speaker Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, called for a whopping 10% hike.

Last year, teachers and school administrators got 6% pay raises. That brought the three tiers to $40,000, $50,000, and $60,000 for fiscal 2020. The House Education Committee wanted $46,000, $56,000, and $66,000 but compromised in hopes of raising salaries this year.

Reformers say too much money went toward teacher salaries and not enough into programs that meet demands of the Yazzie-Martinez education lawsuit for more attention to at-risk students.

Still, one of the stumbling blocks in improving those programs is attracting qualified teachers, especially faced with high teacher vacancies around the state.

Research shines a light on several aspects of teacher compensation. Rewards can pay dividends for schools and students, and the way it's done makes a difference. Here are findings of studies in the last 10 years:

Then there's the debate, here and in other states, over how to reward teachers. Districts usually base salaries on longevity and education level, but some argue that this lumps good teachers in with mediocre teachers. However, attempts here by the last administration to give bonuses to good teachers ran into flak from teachers who say it's easier to look good if you're in a middle-class or affluent school where the students have every advantage. The unions have backed teachers up.

In 2011 a landmark law in Wisconsin limited the influence of teacher unions and allowed districts to change their pay schedules. Where districts abandoned seniority pay schedules and raised pay for their most effective teachers through "flexible pay" schedules, teachers increased their classroom efforts and test scores improved. Effective teachers left schools with seniority pay schedules and migrated to schools with flexible pay. This is according to the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2019.

Another piece of this debate is the reward itself. A 2017 study at Vanderbilt University found that bonuses, gifts and salary increases were linked to modestly improved test scores, and group incentives were more effective than individual incentives.

A 2018 study showed that short-term bonuses and college loan forgiveness programs helped retain teachers in jobs that were difficult to fill, and direct payments to teachers were more cost effective than loan forgiveness.

The governor and lawmakers will have to sell teacher raises to constituents, and one study produced a mixed result.

Although most people sympathize with teachers, two polls last year found that Americans who thought teachers were poorly paid weren't always well informed about what teachers really make. When people had current salary information for local teachers, they were less likely to support higher salaries, according to a survey for Education Next magazine. Most Americans, the study said, believe teachers earn a lot less than they actually do.

Many New Mexicans would consider a salary of $40,000 to $60,000 pretty darn good. And yet we can't ignore the positive impact of raises on teacher recruiting and the mandate of the lawsuit. Legislators will have to find the balance.

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