"If the goal of the government of the Cook Islands is independence from New Zealand, then of course that's a conversation we are ready for them to initiate."

"Usyk initiated almost everything in the fight and Tyson had to react," he said.

In the Sikh religion, hair is considered to be sacred, with the Rehat Maryada or Sikh code of conduct forbidding the cutting or shaving any body hair for initiated Sikhs.

The report says that many communities probably “would initiate a transition to science-based groundwater management if funds and technical assistance were available.”

However, even if California hits the designated two-year benchmark, the proposal wouldn’t actually initiate an immediate shutdown process.