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While Ms. May scrambles to figure out a way forward, groups of MPs have begun making moves to take over the Brexit process. One group plans to introduce a motion this week to ask the EU to extend the March 29 deadline if it was clear Parliament couldn’t agree on a Brexit deal by the end of February. Another group is manoeuvring for MPs to vote on a series of options including a second referendum or a Norway-style arrangement that would see Britain leave most of the EU’s institutions but remain in the single market, which allows for the free movement of people, goods and services. MPs will vote on the motions next week and if one or more pass, Ms. May could lose control over Brexit.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has also called on Ms. May to rule out leaving the EU without a deal. On Monday, he said Ms. May had not come to terms with the scale of the defeat of her Brexit deal last week. “This really does feel a bit like Groundhog Day,” he told MPs.
Laura Izibor is a 22-year-old Dublin native, but in musical heritage and mellifluous pipes she’s a child of classic American soul and R&B. So even if the video for her single, “Shine,” employs some revisionist history to show the singer/pianist morphing through styles from Motown days to the present, the track itself shimmers with enough undeniable sunshine soul and summertime energy that she earns her place on the timeline. The relaxed remainder of Let The Truth Be Told flirts with easygoing AAA, sugary pop melodies and striding R&B before landing on “MMM…,” a tasty, slow-burning gospel closer with enough passionate humming to merit its name.
It takes The Mountain to kill off one of the most annoying commercial catchphrases in history.
“Game of Thrones” put an end to Bud Light’s “Dilly Dilly” in an unexpected Super Bowl commercial, during which the behemoth shows up at a joust to decimate the Bud Knight.
The beer commercial then pivots to a full teaser for the return to Westeros, and the return to “Game of Thrones” for its final season in April.
A former Member of Parliament for the Hohoe-South Constituency of the Volta Region, Mr. Kosi Kedem, has advocated the crippling of the monopoly in Parliament by governing National Democratic Congress and the opposition New Patriotic Party.
According to the former NDC MP, the dominance of the two political forces in the legislature is the cause of disproportional representation of vulnerable groups in the country.
Commenting on the suggestion by former President John Agyekum Kufuor for the country to have a second chamber of Parliament, Mr. Kedem stressed that: "What we need is a proportional representation to cater for the minority groups and to cater for the monopoly of NDC and NPP".
The former president has said a second chamber, made up of equal representation of regions and major identifiable groups, will put a check on the lower chamber of MPs.
This, Mr. Kufour believes, will help reduce the winner-takes-all tendencies and the over politicization of national issues.
But Mr. Kedem told Bernard Nasara Saibu, host of the Super Morning Show on Joy FM Thursday, that the call for the creation of a second chamber is not necessarily the panacea to the winner-takes-all tendencies.
"We don't need a second chamber; what we need is a multifaceted dimension of well informed nationality and well informed citizenry to hold governments accountable...independent judiciary, independent Parliament with strong opposition, vibrant well informed media, plus strong civil society organisations," the experienced politician posited.
Meanwhile, Dr. Evans Aggrey Darko, of the Political Science Department of University of Ghana, Legon, says Mr. J.A Kufuor's proposal is "worth considering".
He said the fact that the NDC and NPP have invariably captured 95% of parliamentary seats, is enough basis for the consideration of a second chamber to give equal representation to the state.
London (AP) — For 45 minutes Chelsea were under siege, pinned back in their own half by Manchester City. With halftime approaching, Chelsea finally managed a shot from an unlikely source and broke through the impervious champions.
Just when he seemed to be struggling to adapt to a more advanced attacking midfield role, N’Golo Kante got into space in front of goal to be set up by Eden Hazard and sweep the ball into the net.
So wasteful in the first half, City then allowed Chelsea to seize the initiative as their unbeaten start to the Premier League title defence came to an end.
“Everyone wants to beat us,” City manager Pep Guardiola said.
David Luiz made sure of that, heading in from Hazard’s corner in the 78th minute to seal Chelsea’s 2-0 win on Saturday.
Not only did City lose for the first time in the league this season but they also lost top spot to Liverpool, who moved a point ahead after Mohamed Salah’s hat trick inspired a 4-0 victory at Bournemouth.
Chelsea still have a lot of work to do to move back into contention. Having lost two of their last three league games before the visit of City, Maurizio Sarri’s fourth-placed side are eight points behind Liverpool. Tottenham remained two points ahead of Chelsea in third place but only six points from top spot after winning 2-0 at Leicester.
The visit of last-placed Fulham allowed Manchester United to end a four-match winless run as Jose Mourinho’s side claimed a 4-1 victory.
Ashley Young struck into the top corner to put United ahead in the 13th minute, Juan Mata slotted in from Marcus Rashford’s cutback in the 28th and Romelu Lukaku ended his 997-minute wait for a goal at Old Trafford in the 42nd.
Substitute Aboubakar Kamara’s penalty reduced the deficit from the spot but Fulham midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa’s sending off in the 68th was followed by Marcus Rashford netting for United in the 82nd.
The title remains far from United’s thoughts, with Liverpool 16 points ahead.
For the first time this season, Salah scored more than once in a league game. It’s a reminder of how the forward won the Golden Boot last season.
Cook somehow back-heeled past his own goalkeeper, Asmir Begovic, when trying to clear Andy Robertson’s cross. A mazy dribble preceded Salah completing his hat trick in the 77th.
Lucas Torreira acrobatically volleyed into the bottom left corner in the 83rd minute as Arsenal beat Huddersfield 1-0 to extend their club-record unbeaten run to 21 matches in all competitions. Arsenal remained fifth, behind Chelsea on goal difference.
But it was a familiar losing story for Mark Hughes’ successor.
Hasenhuettl’s first game in charge was spoiled by Callum Paterson pouncing on a poor back pass to score in the 74th minute for Cardiff.
Crystal Palace have only one win in 11 league games after conceding the lead to lose 3-2 to West Ham in a London derby.
Burnley registered their first win in nine league matches. Jack Cork hit a shot and the ball went in off James Tarkowski’s chest to give Burnley a 1-0 victory over Brighton.
One of the ironies facing researchers into the consequences of the BP oil spill is that they can't get their hands on adequate samples of the Louisiana sweet crude that was in all too obvious abundance during the disaster. In his testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee last week, LSU scientist Fernando Galvez said that some research into the impact of the spill on fish in the Gulf of Mexico has been stymied by the lack of samples of the crude.
View full sizeGerald Herbert, The Associated PressThis oily brown whitecap was photographed May 9, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico from the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin.
"It has been exceedingly difficult for researchers to obtain Louisiana sweet crude from Mississippi Canyon 252 or even comparable surrogate oil, for toxicity testing under controlled laboratory conditions," Galvez told the committee, complaining that BP had not been very helpful. "As an example, my colleague, Dr. Andrew Whitehead, received a letter from BP confirming that shipment of surrogate crude had been approved, and would be arriving soon," Galvez said. "Seven months later, his group still has no oil, putting this federally funded research in serious jeopardy."
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the top Democrat on the committee, said: "BP is more concerned with its own bottom line than what's going on in the bottom of the ocean. Their unwillingness to provide you and other scientists with information you need to do these studies is a further indication of BP's unwillingness to cooperate with what should be a historic investigation to find out what's going on in the Gulf of Mexico."
A BP spokesman said the company is committed to promoting scientific understanding of the spill's impact, has committed $500 million to research by independent experts and has made every effort to provide researchers with sample material while also meeting evidence-preservation requirements imposed by the court in the multidistrict litigation.
A man has been arrested in possession of a knife near Buckingham Palace.
An eyewitness said he saw a man surrounded by officers and handcuffed as he sat on the ground in The Mall at around 10.40am on Wednesday.
A police van arrived with lights flashing and drove him away.
A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said the incident is not believed to be terror-related.
She added: “A man has been arrested in The Mall, SW1, in possession of a knife.
“Patrolling officers detained and arrested the man in The Mall at about 10.40am this morning.
“No-one was injured in the incident and a knife was recovered.
The arrest happened shortly before the Queen was driven from the palace for an engagement with the Duke of Edinburgh at St Paul’s Cathedral.
They are attending a service to mark the centenary of the Order of the British Empire.
Cop pulls gun: Did police overreact at Texas pool party?
Texas cop pulls gun: A Texas police officer who was filmed pinning a teenage girl to the ground has been put on leave, but opinions vary as to whether or not excessive force was involved in police response to a Texas pool party.
After a video of a Texas police officer pinning a teenage girl to the ground at a pool party on Friday went viral, the officer has been placed on administrative leave. But the debate is heating up over whether this was a case of excessive force used on non-white teens or one of an officer responding appropriately to a potentially dangerous situation.
The video shows several officers arriving at a pool party in McKinney, Tex., and telling the teenagers to get down on the ground. Several teens are handcuffed and an officer yells at others to leave while also shouting profanities. Eventually, the officer pulls out his gun and pushes a black girl in a bikini to the ground by her head and holds her with his knees on her back.
The McKinney Police Department said in a statement on Facebook that a call came in regarding a disturbance at the Craig Ranch North Community Pool involving multiple juveniles who did not live in the community and refused to leave. “First responding officers encountered a large crowd that refused to comply with police commands,” the statement said.
The disturbance in question, part of which was also filmed, seemed to involve a verbal dispute that turned physical between adult members of the community and partygoers, involving racist comments made against the black teens at the party, according to BuzzFeed News.
Brandon Brooks, who shot and uploaded the video of the officer, later identified by multiple reports as Cpl. Eric Casebolt, told BuzzFeed News, “I think a bunch of white parents were angry that a bunch of black kids who don’t live in the neighborhood were in the pool.” Brooks said that many of the children at the party were at the pool on guest passes or had entered by jumping the fence.
Many have come to the officer’s defense on social media, claiming his response was justified given that the children refused to leave when they were told.
Benét Embry, a black resident of the community who witnessed the incident, told the Dallas News he did not believe the conflict was racially motivated.
Embry also said the girl the officer pinned down had been talking back, exacerbating the situation.
The Associated Press reports that hundreds of demonstrators marched Monday night to the pool where a white police officer pinned a black teenage girl to the ground and pulled a gun on others over the weekend. The protesters carried signs that included the phrases, "My skin color is not a crime" and "Fire Eric Casebolt."
City spokeswoman Anna Clark said Casebolt joined the police force in August 2005. Prior to that, he served almost two years as a state trooper, according to records from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. Casebolt took eight hours of cultural diversity training at Collin County Community College in February 2009, and has also taken courses in racial profiling and use of force.
The girl claimed Casebolt told her to walk away but forced her down after "he thought we were saying rude stuff to him," according to an interview she gave to television station KDFW.
"He grabbed me, twisted my arm on my back and shoved me in the grass and started pulling the back of my braids," Dajerria Becton, 15, said. "I was telling him to get off me because my back was hurting bad."
"I understand how he was feeling, everybody surrounding him," she said. "I don't think he should have pulled a gun out on 15-year-old kids."
In a press conference on Sunday, Chief of Police Greg Conley said the McKinney Police Department was “committed to treating all persons fairly under the law” and would be launching an investigation into the officer’s behavior.
Olympia police shooting has residents wondering: Will it be different here?
Severe weather kills seven people, injures 1,000 and leaves tens of thousands without electricity.
At least seven people have been killed and 1,000 injured as parts of Japan suffered their worst snowfall in decades.
Many of the deaths and injuries were caused by snow-linked accidents and car crashes, according to state televiasion channel NFK and the AFP news agency.
As much as 27cm of snow was recorded in Tokyo by late Saturday, the heaviest fall in the capital for 45 years, according to meteorologists.
The northeastern city of Sendai recorded 35cm of snow, the heaviest in 78 years.
Further snowfall is expected on Sunday in the northern part of the country, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
More than 20,000 households are without electricity on Sunday, while airlines have cancelled nearly 300 domestic flights a day, AFP reported.
Nearly 5,000 people were stranded at Narita airport on Saturday as traffic linking the airport to the capital was disrupted, NHK said.
In central Aichi prefecture, a 50-year-old man died after his car slipped on the icy road and rammed into an advertisement steel pole, a local rescuer said.
At least 13 Lafayette Parish students won't be taking the PARCC standardized tests this spring.
That's the number of students whose parents have opted them out of the tests, said district accountability director Tom Spencer late Tuesday.
The refusals come amid growing concerns from local parents about why the tests are necessary and how the results will be used. Students in third through eighth grades will take the PARCC in English and math for the first time starting in March. The standardized test is replacing the LEAP standardized test for Louisiana students.
Spencer said district officials have not made any decisions on what will happen to students on testing days if their parents have refused to have them take the exams.
"Anything that would be done with them on testing days depends on the numbers a specific school would have," he said. "Having one or two students removed is completely different than 20 or 30. Each school would have to determine how to handle it."
The Lafayette Parish School System received its first PARCC opt-out paperwork in mid-January. Other refusals trickled in, then spiked on Monday. Spencer said an estimated eight to 10 parents submitted testing refusals to the district so far this week.
The students who are being opted out are in schools across the parish, Spencer said. Some attend their zoned schools, while others are in specialized academies or gifted programs.
"It's scattered among the schools, although the families themselves are almost all from the south side of town," Spencer said.
Meanwhile, the Louisiana Association of Educators released survey results Monday that indicate teachers across the state are unhappy with the amount of time they need to devote to prepare students for standardized tests.
According to the results, 78 percent of LAE members who responded to the survey agreed that testing takes too much classroom time away from teaching.
"The overemphasis on standardized testing in Louisiana's school accountability system hampers educators' abilities to focus on providing students with the broad range of learning experience that promote the innovation, creativity and deep subject-matter knowledge needed to help them thrive in an increasingly global society," LAE President Debbie Meaux said in a news release. "It is very clear that the testing regime is a major concern for our members, and it's time for lawmakers to listen to the experts in the classroom."
President Donald Trump appeared to accuse his own deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, of treason on Wednesday, posting a meme to his Twitter feed that shows an image of Rosenstein and a slew of Trump critics behind bars.
Trump retweeted the image after separately ripping Mueller, whose investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election appears to be closing in on several Trump associates, including longtime ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi.
Trump has ramped up his attacks on Mueller in recent days, after a quiet few weeks ahead of the November midterm elections.
In the past two days, he’s also revived the assertion that the Hillary Clinton campaign emails — which intelligence agencies concluded were stolen by Russian operatives and funneled to WikiLeaks in 2016 — may not have been stolen at all. He also suggested that Corsi and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort were being pressured by Mueller to lie, though Mueller’s team has accused both men of lying to investigators.
Nations Reliable Lending, a Houston-based mortgage lender that operates more than 70 locations in 45 states, is rebranding.
Going forward, the company will be known as NRL Mortgage.
The company also said that one of the goals of the rebrand is to grow its retail lending platform. The company currently has more than 70 brick-and-mortar branches, but the majority of its business is sourced online.
“Our decision to rebrand marks our commitment to investing in our future. We are planning for continued growth by evaluating and defining our unique position,” Ron Zach, NRL Mortgage president, said.
The company said that the full rebrand is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
“At NRL, we are fully committed to building reliability across all channels to our customers, business partners, associates and everyone that we touch throughout the loan process,” said Mewael Ghebremichael, NRL Mortgage’s chief production officer.
Despite hospitalization for a kidney stone just a day before the world gymnastics championship in Doha, Simone Biles was dominant in qualifying, showing the world why she is the reigning Olympic champion.
Biles posted the top all-around score of 60.965 during the early portions of qualifying on Saturday, after she left the hospital without passing the kidney stone she has dubbed the “Doha pearl,” according to The Guardian.
Biles scored higher than anyone on the beam, vault and floor, and was second on uneven bars through five of 11 qualifying groups. Her performance also secured the USA’s place in the team final – which is more than 12 points higher than second-placed Japan at the halfway stage in qualifying, The Guardian said.
With an amazing opening vault, Biles stunned the Aspire Academy crowd in Qatar, completing a combination only previously been done in competition by men, according to The Guardian. Her score of 15.966 was the highest of the day on any event.
Biles, a 10-time world champion, won four Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016. She is expected to compete in five individual finals as well as the team final over the next seven days, as she seeks to grow her legend to 14 world championship medals.
But first, a quick disclaimer — these trade-in prices will change from day to day. We're continuing with the hardware trade-in prices this week, so if you happen to receive a console you don't want for Christmas (how dare your loved ones by you things!), here's what you'll get if you trade them in.