In the news
■ Kay Nissen, a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman, cited crew morale as the reason an Air Force KC-10A flying a mission over the Mideast used the call sign “PIKLRICK,” a reference to an episode of the cartoon “Rick and Morty” in which the title character turns himself into a pickle.
■ Terrence Murphy, 28, of Tampa, Fla., is facing multiple charges after he drove east down the westbound lanes of a highway, causing at least three other drivers to crash as they swerved to avoid him before he was stopped by deputies, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
■ Mark Samsel, a state lawmaker and substitute teacher from Wellsville, Kan., was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery after a video shared on social media appeared to show Samsel grabbing a boy and pushing him against a wall in an incident that was also reported by a student.
■ Michelle Boone, 59, has been named president of the Poetry Foundation, the first woman and person of color to lead the Chicago-based institution that oversees the century-old Poetry magazine.
■ Harvey Hunter Jr., 48, of Stuart, Iowa, charged with first-degree harassment in connection with a threatening voicemail telling Gov. Kim Reynolds she should be “hung for treason,” defended his comments as free speech, saying in an interview that he was expressing opposition to covid-19 restrictions.
■ Victor Hill, the sheriff of Clayton County, Ga., said authorities are looking for Devonte Ross, an inmate who escaped =when the private transport company that was taking him to a state prison stopped at a convenience store near Atlanta to get him something to eat.
■ Calieb Craft, 24, a former nursing assistant in Springfield, Mo., faces multiple charges after a 75-yearold patient at the hospital where Craft had worked reported that he had been sexually assaulted in his room.
■ Christopher Bauer, 41, an Alabama state trooper, was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 and other sex-related offenses after an investigation by police in Montgomery.
■ Dylan Hudson, a former Shreveport police officer, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of injuring an arrested man by a number of means, including punching and pistol-whipping him and slamming his head to the ground, according to the indictment.