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Sen. Rand Paul has made people upset before. In 2017, Paul's neighbor Rene Boucher became so upset that he physically attacked him. According to NBC News,the skirmish caused Paul to suffer "five rib fractures, including three displaced fractures." The senator also "required medical attention for pneumonia" after the attack.

So what caused this vicious incident?The Washington Post called the incident a "long-standing landscaping dispute." Paul was awarded $580,000 in a civil suit in 2019. Paul is definitely not at fault for his neighbor's violence, but the senator does have a knack for getting into arguments.

In September 2020, Rand Paul got into a fight with Dr. Anthony Fauci during a hearing about opening schools during the pandemic.Paul attempted to argue the concept of virus "herd immunity" with Fauci, who is one of the world's leading infectious disease expertsandthe director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. After listening to Paul's opinion, the ordinarily calm Faucilost his patience.

The Daily Beast reported that Fauci snapped at the Kentucky Senator: "You are not listening to what the director of the CDC [Robert Redfield] said that in New York, it's about 22 percent [that have tested positive]. If you believe 22 percent is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that." That was far from their first disagreement.

Paul's controversial opinions don't end there. After the 2020 vice presidential debate, Paul accused the "deep state" of planting a fly on Vice President MikePence's head.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nations top expert on infectious diseases, said in an interview with CBS News that Sen. Rand Paul is dead wrong in claiming that masks offer no protection against spreading COVID-19 for those who have already contracted the virus or been vaccinated.

Last Thursday during a Senate committee hearing, Paul confronted Fauci and accused him of wearing two masks only for show, falsely adding that there was no science behind policies that suggest masks should be worn after contracting the virus or vaccination.

Fauci pushed back against Paul during the hearing on Thursday.

Let me just state for the record that masks are not theater, masks are protective," Fauci said.

During an interview with CBS News on Friday, Fauci explained that while he doesnt have anything personally against Paul, the senator was just quite frankly incorrect."

"Sen. Paul has this message that we don't need masks, which goes against just about everything we know about how to prevent spread of the virus," Fauci said. "He was saying if you've been infected, or you've been vaccinated, don't wear a mask which is completely against all public health tenets."

Fauci explained that Paul was incorrect in assuming that because a person has been infected with COVID-19 or vaccinated, that it is impossible to contract the virus again. Studies have shown that it is possible to contract the virus twice and pass it on to others particularly now that several variant strains are spreading throughout the globe.

While vaccines have been proven to be ultra-effective in preventing serious cases of the virus and death, no shot is 100% effective in preventing all cases of COVID-19. Even contracting a mild case of the virus could result in passing it to a person who is more vulnerable.

In February, Fauci said that its possible that Americans may need to continue to wear masks while in public until into 2022, but added that the U.S. will likely be approaching a degree of normality by the end of the year.

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Sen. Rand Paul came to Louisville Friday to again discuss gun violence in the city and to present community activist Christopher 2X with an official copy of an entry he made in the Congressional Record featuring areport from 2X's Game Changers group.

Thereport detailshow gun violence impacts children.

Paul entered Game Changers' report into the Congressional Record a year ago, in March 2020, and originally wanted to publicly give 2X a framed copy of it last year. The pandemic delayed those plans, but they finally came together Friday morning at the Galt House Hotel.

"I'm a 'glass is half-full' kind of guy," Kentucky's junior senator said. "I know this hasn't been an easy year in Louisville and there continue to be problems, but as we look at the problems, you know, I want to see the glass half-full. I want to see how we fix problems.

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"The answers aren't always easy," Paul continued. "How do you fix violence in Louisville? How do you fix violence in America? ... This is an ongoing problem. But I think we need people with optimism, and I think Chris has that optimism."

Christopher 2X speaks during an appearance with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on March 19, 2021. Both were on hand at the Galt House East in Louisville to talk about gun violence and its effects on youth.(Photo: Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)

2X thanked Paul and also announced an academic group wants to use Game Changers' report for a curriculum for grade-school kids concerning this public health crisis and the need for early intervention with children instead of waiting until they hit high school.

"So, not only has this report been entered into the U.S. Congressional Record, but it's still got legs to it," 2X said.

After presenting 2X with a copy of the Congressional Record entry Friday, Paul also joined a private conversation with local community advocates to learn more about GroupViolence Intervention, a policy approach aimed at reducing such violence.

Russell Coleman, a Game Changers board member and former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, led that discussion Friday and also spoke at that morning's press conference about how the nonprofit's report on violence's impact on childrenis about listening.

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"This report is about listening to voices that oftentimes are not heard," he said."It's about listening to what the impact is to those numbers that tend to wash over us."

"Listening it's not about R's or D's.It's going to neighborhoods where we have not listened," he said."It's about humbling ourselves and saying,'We have to do a better job.'"

Before Paul sat down for a private talk with Coleman and others about gun violence,hetook questions from journalists about various issues, includinghis tense exchange Thursday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious diseases expert.

Paul said he has lost friends toCOVID-19 and recognizes it's a serious disease. He wants to encourage people to get the coronavirus vaccine, because it's effective, but argued they shouldn't have to wear a mask once they've been immunized.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people who've previously been infected with COVID-19, as well as those who've been vaccinated against the virus, still should wear masks in public for now.

Paul, who caught the coronavirus last year, has not worn a mask on the Senate floor or at other public events, including his appearance in Louisville this week.

"If Dr. Fauci comesup with evidence that shows me that some new variant is here and thousands of people are dying and ... our hospitals are overrun with people who have already had it (COVID-19) or been vaccinated, then we should listen to him," Paul said Friday.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., answers questions from he media following a press conference in Louisville on March 19, 2021.(Photo: Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)

"...But until that day happens, I think we really shouldn't live in fear," he told reporters.

Kentucky officials announced this week that someone who'd been vaccinated was hospitalized in the state after an outbreak of a new COVID-19 variant at a nursing home.

When The Courier Journal asked him about that Friday, Paul said: "I think there are exceptions to every rule, and what I'm looking for is something that is a public health concern."

Paul also said Friday: "And I think Dr. Fauci is probably well-intended, but he is I think he's overkill. I mean, he needs to dial it back a little bit."

Reach reporter Morgan Watkins: 502-582-4502; mwatkins@courierjournal.com; Twitter:@morganwatkins26.

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Symone Arends, a senior forensic science major from Lincoln, shines an ultraviolet light onto the floor, searching for body fluids and fibers that glow when viewed through an orange filter.

Arends is working a mock crime scene in a basement room in Filley Hall as part of a Forensic Science 485 capstone project. The course is divided into two options for students: a crime scene investigation track that works the mock crime scene, and a biochemistry track that processes samples and evidence collected. The class concludes with a mock trial.

The forensic science program is offered through the University of NebraskaLincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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TOMS RIVER, NJ An Atlantic County man sought in a stabbing at the Howard Johnson motel on Hooper Avenue has been arrested in Atlantic City, authorities said Friday.

Carles Bryant, 34, of Millville, is being held at the Ocean County Jail on an attempted murder charge in the stabbing of a woman on March 3 at the motel, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Police Chief Mitchell Little said Friday.

Bryant had been a fugitive since the stabbing; he was arrested Friday by the United States Marshals Service without incident, authorities said. He is being held at the jail pending a detention hearing.

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The woman was stabbed during a fight in the lobby at the motel about 10:30 p.m. on March 3, authorities said. Toms River police found the woman unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to the head, face, and body; she was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where she was treated for her injuries. She has since been released from the hospital, authorities said.

Detectives from the prosecutor's office and the Toms River police department were able to identify Bryant as the assailant, officials said, and an arrest warrant was issued. He has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and contempt.

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Billhimer and Little acknowledged the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office High Tech Crime Unit, Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Toms River Township Police Department, United States Marshals Service, New Jersey State Police, and Ocean County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, "for their collective perseverance in connection with this investigation leading to Carles' apprehension."

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