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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A white ex-police detective in Kansas died Monday in an apparent suicide just before the start of his criminal trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted Black women and terrorized those who tried fight back. Local police found Roger Golubski dead of a gunshot wound on the back porch of his split-level home outside Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said “there are no indications of foul play" in the 71-year-old's death, discovered Monday morning after a neighbor heard a gunshot. Fifty miles (80 kilometers) to the west, prosecutors and Golubski's attorneys were inside the federal courthouse in Topeka, where Golubski faced six felony counts of violating women's civil rights. Prosecutors say that, for years, Golubski preyed on female residents in poor neighborhoods, demanding sexual favors and sometimes threatening to harm or jail their relatives if they refused. He had pleaded not guilty. His death led U.S. District Judge Toby Crouse to dismiss the charges at prosecutors' request, though a second criminal case involving three other co-defendants remains. U.S. Department of Justice officials said it's “difficult” when a case cannot “be fully and fairly heard in a public trial,” but advocates for the women who accused Golubski of abusing them were angry, feeling that they and the community were denied a reckoning. “There is no justice for the victims,” said Anita Randle-Stanley, who went to court to watch jury selection. Randle-Stanley, who is not a victim in this case, said Golubski began harassing her when she was a teenager decades ago, but she always refused him. The heart of this trial focused on two women: one who said Golubski began sexually abusing her when she was a young teen in middle school, and another who said he began abusing her after her twin sons were arrested. Prosecutors said seven other women were planning to testify that Golubski abused or harassed them as well. And advocates for the women believe there are other victims who have either died or have been afraid to come forward. The allegations that Golubski preyed on women over decades with seeming impunity outraged the community and deepened its historical distrust of law enforcement. The prosecution followed earlier reports of similar abuse allegations across the country where hundreds of officers have lost their badges after allegations of sexual assaults. Some of the women and their advocates were upset that Golubski was under house arrest while he underwent kidney dialysis treatments three times a week. Cheryl Pilate, an attorney representing some of the women, said she has questions about how well the government was monitoring Golubski. “The community had an enormous interest in seeing this trial go forward,” she added. “Now, the victims, the community and justice itself have been cheated.” After Golubski failed to appear in court Monday, his lead attorney, Christopher Joseph, said his client “was despondent about the media coverage.” Joseph said he had talked to Golubski regularly, including Monday morning, and he was shocked to hear that his client had apparently killed himself. As for Golubski’s death, he said, “I don’t know the details.” This case against Golubski was part of a string of lawsuits and criminal allegations that led the county prosecutor’s office to begin a $1.7 million effort to reexamine cases Golubski worked on during his 35 years on the force. One double murder case Golubski investigated already has resulted in an exoneration , and an organization run by rapper Jay-Z is suing to obtain police records. Joseph had said lawsuits over the allegations were an “inspiration for fabrication” by his accusers. “We have to keep fighting,” said Starr Cooper, who was in the courthouse Monday to watch jury selection and said Golubski victimized her mother before her death in 1983. About 50 people had a short rally Monday morning in sub-freezing temperatures outside the federal courthouse in Topeka to show their support for the women accusing Golubski. They held signs with slogans such as, “Justice Now!” Lora McDonald, executive director of MORE2, a Kansas City-area social justice group, said participants learned that Golubski didn’t show up in court just as the rally began. They dispersed before prosecutors announced his death. They later joined Pilate in calling for an independent, outside investigation into Golubski's death. “Golubski terrorized an entire community and co-conspired with dangerous people,” McDonald said. “Our rally today was not just about Roger Golubski. Rather, it was about the department in which his criminal activity flourished." Pilate lamented that without a trial for Golubski, "In the eyes of the law he died an innocent man.” Max Seifert, a former Kansas City police officer who graduated from the police academy with Golubski in 1975, said Golubski's supporters will treat him as a martyred victim of unfair pretrial publicity. He contends the department condoned misconduct. “I feel that there is always going to be a cloud of mystery about this,” he added. Stories about Golubski remained just whispers in the neighborhoods near Kansas City’s former cattle stockyards partly because of the extreme poverty of a place where crime was abundant and some homes are boarded up. One neighborhood where Golubski worked is part of Kansas’ second-poorest zip code. Fellow officers once revered Golubski for his ability to clear cases, and he rose to the rank of captain in Kansas City before retiring there in 2010 and then working on a suburban police force for six more years. His former partner served a stint as police chief. The inquiry into Golubski stems from the case of Lamonte McIntyre, who started writing to McCloskey’s nonprofit nearly two decades ago. McIntyre was just 17 in 1994 when he was arrested and charged in connection with a double homicide, within hours of the crimes. He had an alibi; no physical evidence linked him to the killings; and an eyewitness believed the killer was an underling of a local drug dealer. In the other federal criminal case involving Golubski, that drug dealer also was charged with him, accused of running a violent sex trafficking operation. McIntyre's mother said in a 2014 affidavit that she wonders whether her refusal to grant regular sexual favors to Golubski prompted him to retaliate against her son. In 2022, the local government agreed to pay $12.5 million to McIntyre and his mother to settle a lawsuit after a deposition in which Golubski invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent 555 times. The state also paid McIntyre $1.5 million. The last name of a woman who says the ex-detective harassed her for years has been corrected. She is Anita Randle-Stanley, not Randel-Stanley. Hollingsworth and Ingram reported from Edwardsville, Kansas.ph slots game 。

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Billionaires will soon be able to buy pills that extend their lives - leaving "posh, privileged zombies" roaming the Earth, it has been claimed. Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are evolving at such a fast pace anti-aging tablets may only be years away. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, 60, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, 57, and ChatGPT’s Sam Altman, 39, are among a host of tycoons throwing their wealth behind regenerative medicine. Drugs and other technology will make the body’s cells stay younger and disease-free for longer - increasing life expectancy. But only the rich will be able to afford the life-lengthening treatment - leaving the rest of the planet burdened by a troop of privileged super wrinklies, boffins fear. Phil Cleary, 71, founder of the SmartWater Group which is now part of intelligence-led security giant DeterTech, said: "At the rate technology is evolving it will only be a matter of time before life-extending drugs become freely available to those who can afford them.’’ But tech moguls should "quit playing God" in their race to conquer death, Cleary said. He said the quest for the holy grail of medicine was "ego-driven" and risks creating a planet of "posh, privileged zombies." Instead the tech billionaires should use their fortunes to help the world’s poorest children survive at least into adulthood. Rather than prolonging the lives of the rich elite their money would be better spent on the world’s five million children who die of hunger and from other preventable causes every year. Cleary, whose book `Elixir’ explores the consequences of life-extending drugs on society, said: "Silicon Valley’s dogged pursuit of the fountain of youth is a fear-led, ego-driven folly that comes at a terrible humanitarian cost to the planet and to its most vulnerable inhabitants. "A pill that keeps people alive, even by a few decades, would create an unjust, inequitable world packed with posh, privileged zombies - predominately white, middle-class folk who could afford to buy the drugs in the first place. "The billionaires behind this dangerous research should therefore quit playing God and re-evaluate what `life’ really means. "Keeping children alive until at least their 18th birthday is unquestionably more important to humanity than extending the run of those privileged few who have already had the chance to see the world, to have children of their own, and to realise their own special ambitions.’’ According to the World Health Organization around 100,000 die from age-related diseases every day. The scientific world is split by what triggers them. While aging itself does not directly kill people older folk are at risk of a host of deadly ailments such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease and cancer. Some believe cell batteries called mitochondria (corr) may be responsible. Over time they are thought to produce unstable compounds which damage important molecules and proteins. Others think aging may be caused by older `senescent’ cells which are not cleared out by the body’s waste system as they become dormant. But anti-aging research is progressing rapidly with scientists racing to uncover the processes of aging. In July researchers at MRC Laboratory of Medical Science at Imperial College London and Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore announced the discovery of a new drug that increased the lifespans of laboratory mice by nearly 25%. Dozens of high-profile businessmen have thrown their money behind biotech start-ups specifically focused on extending the human lifespan. Bezos is reported to have invested £2.4 billion in Altos Labs. While PayPal co-founder Thiel invested in the Methuselah Foundation which has the goal of making `90 the new 50’. In April last year (2023) ChatGPT founder Altman was revealed to ploughed £144 million into biotech start-up Retro BioScience (corr). According to its website it focuses on "cellular reprogramming." Cleary, whose SmartWater technology was used by two million people in over 20 countries worldwide, said life-extending medication would benefit many who may otherwise have died younger from terminal illness. But he warned such powerful drugs would only be sold at a premium - meaning most of the world’s population could never afford them. He said: "Before extending the lives of the privileged few surely mankind must first focus on extending the lives, if only for a few years, of the millions of children who die of starvation?’’ Theologian Dr Niamh Middleton, of the University of Dublin, said humanity `could be lost forever’ if Silicon Valley succeeded in its goal. " Aside from the many religious arguments, God’s divine plan among them, I would think it safe to say that humanity could be lost forever as we know if life-extending drugs are brought to the market by private companies for commercial gain,’’ she said. "In our pursuit of extending life let us first turn our attention to the most vulnerable among us. "Rather than focusing on costly measures for personal longevity let us channel our resources and efforts toward eradicating the scourge of childhood starvation, reflecting the true Christian call to compassion and justice.’’

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The future of the Toronto Maple Leafs Canadian coverage is in doubt due to reports of a takeover which will lead to unfortunate cuts to the network and puts it's sustainability into an uncomfortable question. A major recent report has indicated serious questions about the future of Canadian sports media, most specifically in the radio department. A report from Jonah Sigel of YYZ Sports Media , who's coverage focuses on the Canadian media landscape in sports has reported in a recent article published last night that Bell Media, the telecommunications giant and parent company of TSN, is exploring a potential sale of the sports outlet. Sigel reports that the move signals that Bell is focusing on it's expansion in the telecommunications market, the company last month having spent $3.65B to buy American fiber-optic company, Ziply Fiber . It was a deal that was made possible in large part to Bell's selling of their shares in Major League Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to Rogers Communications. That now means the company owns all five of Toronto's major men's sports franchises, while also owning TSN's network rival, Sportsnet. Sigel also brings up Sportsnet's future, especially on it's radio side. Sigel reports that the company could begin phasing out it's radio coverage with Toronto's FAN 590, and head to the growing podcast route. Radio has been on the downturn since the 2010's as the podcasting medium rose in popularity. The accessibility and ability for anyone to create podcasts has made it an alluring choice for news from professional media publications to everyday citizens alike. Prominent Sportsnet host Bob McCown left the company and his highly popular talk show, 'Prime Time Sports' in 2019, going independent on the podcasting route. Sportsnet has active stations in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. TSN owns radio stations in Toronto, Ottawa, & Montreal, focused on Canada's East having shuttered their Western stations in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Winnipeg in recent years. The news of possible changes to either outlet has not been verified by Hockey Patrol or another independent media outlet at this time. Neither TSN nor Sportsnet have commented publicly on the matter. The Future Of Radio, TSN/Sportsnet, and Canada's Sporting Coverage If TSN and/or Sportsnet choose to go in the way of shuttering the radio, one potential option is to nationalize their coverage. Perhaps focusing on producing a single entity that transmits across the country or in existing areas that has programming, but less catered to specific cities and from a national perspective. One other option is for a potential merger with another entity that would either produce content for the company, or Sportsnet/TSN provide an existing outlet with live sports radio coverage secondary to an existing or unified media brand. In Toronto, the Rogers-owned AM station '680 NewsRadio' merged with CityNews earlier this past year. Bell owns AM station Newstalk 1010. Rogers Media shut down CityNews Ottawa's radio operation last year. CBC-Radio Canada, the national broadcaster of Canada, reduced their workforce by 10% in December of last year as the company also faces the move from radio to digital, their radio coverage available on streaming platforms such as Spotify. Television isn't something being lacking, but it's something content providers such as Bell and Rogers will be looking into for it's profitability. The NHL's partnership with Amazon Prime for hockey coverage is a sign of streaming platforms making their foray into the world of live sports, once something they tried to avoid. Apple TV+ has begun broadcasting MLB games, including the Toronto Blue Jays, the major stronghold for Sportsnet as the exclusive rights holder for games. Netflix's recent streamed boxing fight between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson vs internet personality Jake Paul gained over 60M viewers . The streaming giant is expanding it's sports presence with a Christmas Day hosting of two games with a performance by Beyoncé as well as an exclusive deal to broadcast WWE RAW in 2025 ; the company's flagship program for over 30 years. Sports giants DAZN & Fubo have also taken a chunk of non-Canadian content for streaming, including exclusive rights in soccer to the UEFA Champions League, as well as the Europa and Conference League, as well as rights to the Premier League in the UK. In February, a joint streaming partnership was introduced between ESPN, FOX, & Warner Bros/Discovery that would allow for a joint service of multiple sports in the United States under a single platform, which would include all four major U.S. sporting leagues (NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL). It also brings golf, tennis, racing coverage along with the companies' existing college sports rights. A successful antitrust lawsuit from Fubo blocked the proposed service, Venu Sports, which was set to launch in the fall of 2024 and is now in limbo. A trial is set for 2025. The current U.S. Justice Department, along with 16 state attorneys general, have backed Fubo in the case over concerns it would monopolize the sports media industry, giving Venu over 50% of all streaming access the United States. It's unclear on where the incoming administration of President-Elect Donald J. Trump will stand on the issue. Gail Slater has been nominated as the next head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division , which focuses on matters such as the split between Fubo and Venu. Slater was previously an executive at Fox Corp., one of the companies involved in Venu. In Canada, no such mega-outlet exists, with sports coverage still largely scattered across multiple networks at different costs for their services, with cable still a major player in broadcasting rights. Sportsnet and TSN appear poised to continue their sports focus on TV, with live coverage and breaking news still something that the company can provide, but it's future in radio is slowly dwindling as just like live sports it faces a serious challenge from non-traditional players. This article first appeared on Hockey Patrol and was syndicated with permission.

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