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In preparation for the reveal of the 2018 Cayenne next week, Porsche sent its luxury SUV on a world trip covering everything from the deserts of Dubai to the snowfalls of Alaska. However, as seen in the latest YouTube video from the German automaker, this trip was no vacation. |
As is customary with most manufacturers prior to a new release, Porsche decided to test what the Cayenne could handle in various environments, and boy did they beat the hell out of it. Trekking across all kinds of terrain from sand dunes to icy slopes and fighting temperatures ranging from 122 degrees Fahrenheit to -49... |
Porsche tested the redeveloped Cayenne all around the world in almost every environment imagineable. |
Other testing conditions included stop-and-go traffic in the humid city streets of China, and rocky off-road courses through South Africa, Japan, and New Zealand. The new Cayenne also spent some time at the master tracks of Sweden, Finland, and Spain, and what would a German performance car be without a few runs at the... |
With its last redesign coming in 2011, the new Cayenne can be expected to tout more than just a facelift. The 2018 year model is reported to offer new turbocharged V6 and V8 engines, as well as a new plug-in hybrid powertrain. If Porsche’s emphasis on its aggressive testing regiment for the SUV and its redeveloped driv... |
The 2018 Porsche Cayenne debuts August 29. |
The students who began a hunger strike two weeks ago today outside California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office in Westwood have announced plans to end their strike with a vigil there tonight. |
In a statement, the group that organized the hunger strike said, "Californians have been calling Senator Feinstein's office every day, and over 300 people visited the hunger strikers to show their support. The immigrant rights community has shown incredible solidarity with DREAM youth and they are ready to take the nex... |
The strikers' stated goal had been to convince Feinstein, already a supporter of the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, to champion the legislation as a separate bill and push it toward a vote. The DREAM Act would create a path to citizenship for qualifying 1.5 generation undocumented immigrants who... |
In their statement, the students thanked Feinstein for having "spoken about the importance of passing the DREAM Act." Feinstein spokesman Gil Duran said via e-mail that the senator had not made any new statements supporting the bill in light of the strike, simply that the students were "finally acknowledging that she h... |
The hunger strike began with 10 students. Some had already left for medical reasons, and the five college undergraduate and graduate students that remained on strike had grown weak. "Obviously they have lost a few pounds, but they are hanging in there," Vanessa Castillo, a spokeswoman for the group, said yesterday. |
Question: "I think we need to move the name 'The Big Three' from Boston to L.A." |
Answer: OK, so it's more statement than question, but Barkley's Wednesday night on-air observation will carry some weight if the Celtics continue to struggle on the road (0-5 in the playoffs). Barkley was obviously impressed with Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant in Game 5 (a combined 69 points, 23 rebounds and 16 ... |
After tonight, the Lakers can start game-planning for Tim Duncan's post game. Or conjure up ways to stop Chris Paul. Either way, the Lakers want to watch a Game 7 in the Western Conference semifinals, not take part in one. |
Mehmet Okur (Mehmet Okur?!) continues to be spot-on with his outside shot, and the Lakers have to spend their weekend worrying about a Game 7 on Monday. |
Coach Phil Jackson praised the defense-minded small forward after Thursday's practice, so much so that it seemed possible Ariza might sneak into tonight's game. "He looked like he's much more comfortable [Thursday] than he did Tuesday, the last time we had practice," Jackson said. "We're just going a day at a time with... |
My dad said the Lakers would win by two, but he wasn't there for both loud losses in Utah. I hate to be the spark of any family problems, but I'm guessing there will be a Game 7. |
US President Donald Trump has announced he will visit Normandy, France, in June to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. |
Trump announced the trip on Thursday in a meeting with World War II veterans in the Oval Office, The Washington Post reported. |
"I'll be there," he told a veteran who said he hoped the President would be present for the festivities in Normandy. |
More than 9,000 Allied soldiers died or were wounded in the June 6, 1944 operation that marked a turning point in the war. |
According to the Times of London, Trump is also expected to make a state visit to Britain around the same time. |
"Downing Street officials have been in secret talks with their White House counterparts about the timing of the visit since late last year and are expected to make a joint announcement within days," the paper reported on Sunday. |
The White House has not officially confirmed a potential visit and did not immediately respond to Trump's annoucement. |
Kampala - Security officials are intensifying their search for an American tourist and her local guide kidnapped Tuesday evening after armed men ambushed them on a game drive in a national park in southwest Uganda. |
The pair have been missing since four gunmen held a group of three tourists and their guide at gunpoint, then "grabbed two out of four . . . before disappearing with them," police said in a statement. The other two tourists escaped unharmed. |
The kidnappers have since "used the victim's phone" to demand $500 000, police said. |
A U.S. State Department official told The Washington Post on Thursday that Washington is "aware of reports that an American citizen was kidnapped in the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth National Park" and that Ugandan "security forces are responding to the area." |
The State Department has not identified the American woman. Reuters identified her as Kimberley Sue Endecott. |
Earlier this week, at an event unrelated to the Uganda incident, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the families of American hostages and stressed that "any payment to a terrorist or a terrorist regime gives money so that they can seize more of our people." |
"We cannot accept that risk. You wouldn't ask that of us," Pompeo said. "Even a small payment to a group in, say, Africa can facilitate the killing or seizure of tens or even hundreds of others, including Americans or foreign nationals in that region." |
Ugandan police said Wednesday that they had dispatched an elite group of police officers, military personnel and wildlife authority officials to assist in the search. The park where the ambush occurred is a popular tourist destination close to the border with Congo. |
On Wednesday, police said in a statement that they "strongly believe" the kidnappers and the victims "could still be trapped within our search area, and we are hopeful that our efforts will lead to their successful recovery." |
But on Thursday, CNN quoted a police spokeswoman, Polly Namaye, as saying that "joint security teams have cut off all exit areas on the border between Uganda and [Congo] in search for the victims." |
Last May, Ugandan police said that more than 40 kidnappings had been reported in recent months, causing "growing anxiety in our society." In June, Ugandans took to the streets to protest what they call government inaction in confronting the problem, which disproportionately affects women. After several kidnapping victi... |
Ugandan Ambassador to Washington Mull Katende stressed to The Post on Thursday that it is very "unusual" for a tourist to be kidnapped in Uganda, a peaceful country with a booming tourism industry based largely on its national parks and wildlife. Katende said this incident is "the first time I'm hearing" of a tourist k... |
Bashir Hangi, a spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, told Reuters that tourists in the park are not supposed to partake in game drives without an armed ranger but that this group "went out on their own without a guard." |
"From their camp in the park, they just got into a vehicle and went out," he said. "They should have notified us and informed us that they're going out for a game drive and then we would have availed them a guard, but they didn't do this." |
According to a report from Uganda's Tourism Ministry, tourism is the country's "leading foreign exchange earner," bringing in $1.37 billion in 2016 alone. Tourists flock to the East African nation for game drives in its 10 national parks, birdwatching in protected wildlife sanctuaries, boat trips on the Nile River, and... |
The Association for the Conservation and Development of the Escazú Mountains (CODECE) has won one of three “Environmental Torch” prizes granted by the World Conservation Union to recognize community-based conservation projects. |
CODECE has 20 years of experience connecting sustainable tourism with environmental protection in the western San José suburb of Escazú. Besides monitoring the 7,000-hectare protected zone of the Escazú hills – what they call the lungs of San José – the group promotes organic farming, works in environmental education a... |
“The prize encourages us to continue with even greater strength,” said Diana Rojas, director of the association. CODECE works in collaboration with the Municipality of Escazú, and is part of a network to promote similar partnerships in other area towns. |
The World Conservation Union chose a grand prize winner and two runners-up, one of which is CODECE, among Central American organizations for their environmental impact, social impact, local participation and steadfastness. |
Her father was called round to check on her, and within minutes the eight-year-old was severely unwell and was vomiting. |
Just a few hours later the gymnastics-loving schoolgirl, who had never before been ill, died in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage. |
Bobby-Jo’s parents, Julie and Steve, both 43, had sent her round to stay the night with her grandparents around the corner from their home in West Denton, Newcastle. |
She had enjoyed her favourite tea of mince and dumplings and watched gymnastics on TV before complaining that she felt unwell. |
An ambulance was called to take her to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle but her heart stopped a number of times on the way to hospital. |
Doctors discovered Bobby-Jo had suffered a ruptured aneurysm at the back of her brain. They fought to save her life for two hours but their efforts were in vain. |
Her father said: ‘The doctors said it could have happened at any time. It was horrendous, absolutely horrendous. The only small bit of comfort was that she was with people she loved. |
Describing the November 8 tragedy, the schoolgirl’s grandmother said: ‘It just seemed to happen within a split second. |
‘It’s been so quiet round here since it happened. She knew everyone and was always out playing, but it’s been deserted on the estate. |
Mourners at her funeral today have been asked to wear her favourite colour, pink, as a tribute. |
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This airy, kid-friendly Neapolitan-style pizza joint and wine bar sometimes feels like a rec room. |
At 6 o’clock, families queue out the door of this black-and-white-tile Cleveland Park mainstay. And why not? At few places in the area can you eat so well with toddlers in tow. |
Chef/owner Peter Pastan, who also owns Obelisk in Dupont Circle, is not content with having the crispest, thinnest, most sparsely topped Neapolitan wood-oven pizza around. (The simple, sublime Margherita is the standard-bearer.) He continually ups the culinary ante with well-sourced salumeri plates, which might include... |
The small wine list is also inviting, with not-often-seen regional picks from Puglia and Sardinia. Most offerings are available by the glass, quarter liter, or bottle and, in keeping with the generous spirit of this Cleveland Park eatery, are under $30. |
LOS ANGELES (FOX 11) - Thousands of teachers staffed picket lines in the rain Monday morning at the beginning of the first teachers strike targeting the Los Angeles Unified School District in 30 years, while administrators vowed to keep schools open using substitutes and district employees with teaching credentials. |
Watch the rally on FOX 11's Facebook page here. |
"We are here for the kids, to try to get the district to understand that our classes are too large," one teacher said, as he held an umbrella to ward off rain. "We need more help in the classrooms, we need more help in the offices. We need nurses paid for at every school, and we had no choice. We don't want to be out h... |
At a 7:30 a.m. news conference, United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl addressed fellow union members, parents and students at John Marshall High School, 3939 Tracy St., where picketing began about the same time. |
"Here we are on a rainy day in the richest country in the world, in the richest state in the country, in a state that's blue as it can be -- and in a city rife with millionaires -- where teachers have to go on strike to get the basics for our students," Caputo-Pearl said. |
"Here we are in a fight for the soul of public education," Caputo- Pearl said. "The question is: do we starve our public neighborhood schools so that they (become) privatized, or do we re-invest in our public neighborhood schools for our students and for a thriving city?" |
At a news conference on Sunday, UTLA Secretary and negotiations team co-chair Ilene Inouye placed the blame for the impasse squarely on LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner. |
Before the work stoppage began, LAUSD officials expressed disappointment with UTLA's strike plans and reminded parents that the district's schools will remain open. State preschool sites will be closed, and early education centers will be open for students with special needs. |
"We are extremely disappointed that UTLA has rejected @LASchools revised offer without proposing any counter offer," District officials said on Friday after making their last offer. "UTLA has refused to continue contract negotiations. ... We implore UTLA to reconsider. A strike will harm the students, families and comm... |
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Janice Hahn announced Sunday that she will picket today with striking UTLA members at Dodson Middle School in Rancho Palos Verdes. |
A rally and march were scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday starting at Grand Park on Spring Street in front of City Hall, heading downtown to LAUSD headquarters, 333 South Beaudry Ave. More picketing by teachers, parents and students is set for between 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in front of Marianna Avenue Elementary School, 4215 G... |
The school district estimated the crowd at today's strike in Downtown LA to be upwards of 20,000, but the teacher's union believe that number to be about 50,000. Los Angeles Police Department did not want to comment on the crowd estimates. |
UTLA and District negotiators met behind closed doors for about four hours Friday afternoon, but made no progress in contract talks. |
In the midst of the session, Beutner held a news conference to announce the District's latest contract offer. Union officials criticized the move, saying Beutner gave the proposal to the media before presenting it to the UTLA negotiating team and never actually attended the bargaining session. |
Beutner said the revised offer was crafted after Gov. Gavin Newsom released a proposed 2019-20 budget increasing public education spending. The District's contract proposal is a roughly $24 million increase from the its previous offer, with $10 million expected to come from the county and the rest anticipated through t... |
The proposal would add 1,200 new teachers for the upcoming school year, which is an increase from the District's previous offer of 1,000, and would help reduce and cap class sizes, Beutner said, adding the District likely won't be able to offer much more, given the LAUSD's financial constraints. |
"This represents the best we can do, recognizing that it is our obligation to provide as much resources as possible to support out students in each and every one of our schools," Beutner said. |
According to Beutner, the funds would cap middle and high school English/math classes at 39 students, cap grades four through six at 35 students and maintain all other existing class sizes. He also said the funds would provide library services at every middle school, nursing services at all elementary schools five days... |
UTLA bargaining chair Arlene Inouye said the union was "insulted" by the District's "woefully inadequate" offer, saying the new hires in the proposal would only be budgeted for one year. |
Reducing class sizes has been one of UTLA's demands, although disagreements about a pay raise, the staffing level of nurses, counselors and librarians, and other issues have also been areas of conflict in more than two years of contract negotiations. Underlying the talks is the issue of privately operated charter schoo... |
Union officials have said that adding 1,000 teachers, or even 1,200 teachers, would have a minimal impact in a District with more than 1,000 campuses. |
The budget Newsom released Thursday would spend a record $80.7 billion on kindergarten through 12th grade schools and community colleges, up from the roughly $78 billion included in the previous spending plan. |
The LAUSD has offered teachers a 6 percent raise spread over the first two years of a three-year contract while UTLA wants a 6.5 percent raise that would take effect all at once and a year sooner, and it claims the District's proposed salary hike would be contingent on benefit cuts for future union members. |
UTLA also says it wants "fully staffed" schools with more nurses, librarians and counselors added to the payrolls, along with pledges to reduce class sizes. |
The union has repeatedly pointed to what it calls a $1.8 billion District reserve fund, claiming there is more than enough money for widespread hiring of teachers and school staff. |
But Beutner said the reserve has already been fully earmarked, including for the potential raises for teachers. He argued UTLA's demands would push the District into insolvency and cost around $3 billion. |
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Office of Education appointed a team of fiscal experts to work with the District to develop a fiscal stabilization plan. The office has the power to take over financial decisions from the LAUSD school board, and threatened late last year that it may do so if the District's finances ... |
Beutner said the county's move means it believes LAUSD is on the "precipice" of financial insolvency. But UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl accused Beutner of orchestrating the county's involvement as a political ploy, insisting that the District has not faced a fiscal deficit in five years, and is not facing one now. |
As the second largest school District in the nation, the LAUSD covers an area totaling 710 square miles and serves more than 694,000 students at 1,322 schools, although 216 schools are independent charter schools, most of which are staffed with non-union teachers who would not be affected by the strike. The District sa... |
About 80 percent of the District's students come from low-income households and qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch, and around 25 percent are learning English. The District says it intends to keep all of its schools open in the event of a strike while it also continues to serve around 1 million meals each day. |
The District also says it intends to attempt to keep some instruction going for students during strike. Four hundred substitutes have been hired for the task and 2,000 administrators with teaching credentials have been reassigned. However, with more than 25,000 teachers expected to strike and at least 31,000 UTLA membe... |
The District has established an information hotline for parents at (213) 443-1300 to answer questions about the planned strike and its possible impact. |
The city of Los Angeles has established a web site, describing city resources available to students and parents during a strike. |
Mayor Eric Garcetti said that while he is encouraging both sides to continue talking to avoid a strike, the city will bolster staffing and resources at city recreation centers, libraries and Family Source Centers in order "to support families with additional options." |
CNS contributed to this report. |
Ricky Davis was convicted in 2005 of brutally murdering a family friend. It was a cold case murder from 1985 that appeared to be solved. |
Now, a Superior Court judge in El Dorado County has overturned Davis's guilty conviction, based on new DNA evidence that surfaced from work by the Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara Law School. |
The case involved a brutal attack that left 54-year-old Jane Hylton dead. Her body was found with multiple stab wounds and a bite mark on her shoulder. She was on a bed inside Davis's family home where Davis, then 20 years old, had been staying with his mother, his girlfriend, Hylton and her 13-year-old daughter. |
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