K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For May 22nd, 2017 – Morning

WASHINGTON (AP) - FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MICHAEL FLYNN WILL INVOKE HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A PERSON WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATTER WHO SAYS FLYNN IS EXPECTED TO NOTIFY THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE PANEL ON MONDAY THAT HE WON'T HAND OVER DOCUMENTS IN ITS PROBE INTO RUSSIA'S MEDDLING IN THE 2016 ELECTION. THE PERSON SPOKE ON CONDITION ANONYMITY IN ORDER TO DISCUSS PRIVATE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FLYNN AND THE COMMITTEE.

JERUSALEM (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE NEVER "MENTIONED THE WORD OR THE NAME ISRAEL" DURING A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH TOP RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS. SPEAKING ALONGSIDE ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, TRUMP WAS REFERENCING REVELATIONS THAT HE DIVULGED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ABOUT AN ISLAMIC STATE THREAT IN A RECENT MEETING WITH RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - BILL COSBY'S LAWYERS SAY COSBY IS "LOOKING FORWARD" TO GETTING JURY SELECTION STARTED IN PITTSBURGH AND IS "HOLDING UP FINE" AS THE TRIAL NEARS. DEFENSE LAWYER BRIAN MCMONAGLE SAYS HE HOPES THE PROCESS WILL GO FAIRLY QUICKLY. LAWYERS HOPE TO HAVE A JURY IN PLACE THIS WEEK FOR COSBY'S SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA.

FOREST GROVE, ORE. (AP) - STUDENTS ACROSS THE U.S. HAVE BEGUN ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS TO FIGHT SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. GROUPS SUCH AS SAFEBAE AND KNOW YOUR IX ENCOURAGE ACTIVISM AND COACH FELLOW STUDENTS ON THE POWER OF BYSTANDER INTERVENTION. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE ADAPTED INTERVENTION APPROACHES TYPICALLY USED TO HANDLE POTENTIAL SCHOOL SHOOTERS. AND STUDENT PROTESTS HAVE FORCED SOME HIGH SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT REFORMS.

DETROIT (AP) - FORD IS REPLACING CEO MARK FIELDS AS IT STRUGGLES TO KEEP ITS TRADITIONAL AUTO-MANUFACTURING BUSINESS RUNNING SMOOTHLY WHILE REMAKING ITSELF AS A NIMBLE, HIGH-TECH PROVIDER OF NEW MOBILITY SERVICES. FIELDS IS BEING REPLACED BY JIM HACKETT, CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF FORD'S MOBILITY DIVISION.

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CASPER CITY COUNCIL CHOSE LONG-TIME LOCAL ATTORNEY DALLAS LAIRD TO FILL A VACANT COUNCIL SEAT DURING A SPECIAL MEETING FRIDAY.

LAIRD WILL FILL THE POSITION AFTER COUNCILMEMBER TODD MURPHY RESIGNED APRIL 5.

HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THE POSITION AND SAID HE HOPES TO BRING A CALMING INFLUENCE TO THE COUNCIL.

HIS APPOINTMENT COMES AFTER A TUMULTUOUS TWO MONTHS WITH THE RESIGNATION OF MURPHY AND FORMER CITY MANAGER V.H. MCDONALD, THE DISMISSAL OF FORMER POLICE CHIEF JIM WETZEL, AND THE CONCERNS OF WOMEN WHO SAY THE CITY HASN'T BEEN RESPONSIVE TO CONCERNS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT.

BESIDES LAIRD, THE OTHER APPLICANTS WERE KEN BATES, LAURI GOBBLE, MONTE HENRIE, JR., TIM KUGLER, GRACE NIEMITALO AND PAUL PAAD.

DURING THEIR SPEECHES TO COUNCIL, CANDIDATES DISCUSSED THEIR BACKGROUNDS, WHY THEY WANTED TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THEIR ABILITY TO MEET THE TIME COMMITMENTS OF COUNCIL AND RELATED MEETINGS, AND WHETHER THEY INTENDED TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.

LAIRD WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE DURING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL AT 3 P.M. TODAY.

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CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP) — THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS EXPANDED FREE WI-FI AVAILABILITY AT REST STOPS, WELCOME AND INFORMATION CENTERS AROUND THE STATE.

THE NEWEST LOCATIONS WITH WI-FI ARE THE REST AREAS LOCATED AT CHUGWATER, DWYER JUNCTION AND ORIN JUNCTION, ALL ON INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND CASPER.

THE AGENCY SAYS WI-FI WILL ALSO SOON BE AVAILABLE AT REST AREAS AT INDEPENDENCE ROCK, SOUTHWEST OF CASPER ON WYOMING 220 AND BOTH THE WESTBOUND AND EASTBOUND BITTER CREEK REST AREAS, 41 MILES EAST OF ROCK SPRINGS ON I-80.

THOSE WILL LIKELY BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS.

ADDITIONALLY, WI-FI IS AVAILABLE AT THE SOUTHEAST WELCOME CENTER, ON I-25; THE NORTHEAST WELCOME CENTER AND THE SHERIDAN INFORMATION CENTER, BOTH ON INTERSTATE 90.