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Bell is away from the team after he and the Steelers failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension earlier this month, meaning he will play under the $14.5 million franchise tag for the second straight year.
Bell skipped training camp last year and signed his franchise tender less than a week before the start of the season. He is expected to follow the same plan and then play what could be his final season in Pittsburgh.
"I don't know what's going on with his agents and how this whole thing works, so I'm not sure what's going to happen," Roethlisberger said.
Nobody's sure when Bell will show up either. Until then, former Pitt star running back James Conner, rookie fifth-round pick Jaylen Samuels and veterans Stevan Ridley and Fitzgerald Toussaint will carry the load.
"Le'Veon is one of the best, if not the best in the business," Roethlisberger said. "We miss him as a teammate, but I look at it as an awesome opportunity for the other guys."
Roethlisberger, whose contract expires in the spring of 2020, is excited about the offensive line in front of him and the Steelers' skill players at running back and wide receiver, led by Bell and four-time All-Pro Antonio Brown.
"I really like where this team is at," Roethlisberger said. "If I didn't have a good feeling about this team, it probably wouldn't be as exciting, but I am excited about this group."
He led the team to a 13-3 regular season last season, which included a second straight AFC North title and third in four years. But the Steelers were upset by Jacksonville at home during the divisional round in the playoffs.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said it's reasonable to expect another big season from Roethlisberger after his renewed offseason conditioning focus.
"Regardless of position, we always say physical conditioning precedes anything else," Tomlin said. "When a guy shows up in great shape, that's oftentimes a springboard for big-time play."
While Roethlisberger hopes the additional work can prolong his career, he also reiterated that he's only focused on this season.
"I think the biggest key is physical health," Roethlisberger said. "When you get done with the season, how do you feel physically? Do you feel physically able to go back another season or not? We'll address that when the season is over and that's a long ways away."
Roethlisberger established career highs in completions, attempts, completion percentage, yards and touchdowns under Todd Haley, but shared an at-times contentious relationship with the Steelers' former offensive coordinator.
This season, he will work with former quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner, who has taken over the play-calling duties after Haley's deal wasn't renewed in January. Roethlisberger said Fichtner hasn't changed much offensively.
"He's not going to change who he is," Roethlisberger said. "He's not going to change his approach to the game and be a different person."
As long as it leads to a Super Bowl title, that's all that matters to Roethlisberger.
"If you win more than you lose, that's important, but winning those games can lead to Super Bowl opportunities, so that's always our ultimate goal," Roethlisberger said. "There's 31 other teams doing the same thing. That needs to be our singular focus."
LONDON, England (CNN) -- British solo round-the-world sailor Dee Caffari happily admits that you need to be a little bit 'mad' to take on long-distance sailing.
Dee Caffari celebrates completing the solo Vendee Globe race earlier this year.
And she should know: Caffari became the first woman to sail single-handedly around the world in both directions after completing the solo round-the-world race, Vendee Globe, earlier this year.
"People say you must be mad -- and there probably is an element of truth in that," the 36 year-old told CNN.
Growing up on the south coast of England, Caffari was bitten by the sailing bug early and her passion for the sport led her to enter the Vendee Globe, considered by some to be the most punishing sporting event on the planet.
Caffari spent 99 days at sea completely alone and says preparation is the key to success in long-distance voyages at sea. That, and the desire and self-belief to make it to the finish.
"You have to have this desire to see how far you can push yourself. It's having the willingness to put yourself in that uncomfortable position -- and belief that you have the strength to get through it.
"It's a perceived risk and you go out there knowing that you have done all you can to deal with all scenarios. You don't just go out there on a whim -- we are well trained," she said.
Coping day-to-day during the journey is a whole new challenge: solo sailors must battle perilous conditions, changes to sleep patterns and, inevitably, loneliness.
Would you survive a round the world voyage? Take our personality test and find out!
Caffari says she found being separated from family and friends was the hardest aspect of sailing round-the-world the first time.
"The toughest thing about my first journey was not seeing people for six months. You can communicate very well now, perhaps too well, but it still doesn't allow you to have face-to-face contact with people."
Modern-day communications allow sailors to keep in touch via satellite phones and also keep in Internet contact. Sailors are tracked by global positioning systems (GPS) and also receive regular weather information.
"Transition" periods at the start or just after the end of voyages -- when sailors are adjusting to boat routines or getting reacquainting with daily life -- are also very challenging.
Exhaustion while getting used to different sleep patterns was particularly difficult: On board, Caffari would generally sleep in short bursts of two or three hours depending on conditions. The amount of sleep could vary greatly from day-to-day.
"The transitions are difficult. Life on board is very disciplined. Your adjustment with new sleeping patterns takes about two to three weeks. If it's changeable weather when you're out there, you don't stand a hope of getting sleep.
"It's a major shock to the body when you get back too. Suddenly you are supposed to get all your sleep at once -- and you actually have a night and a day," she said.
Food is also an issue for sailors spending a long time at sea. It needs to keep for a long time and take up minimal space, which means meals can be monotonous -- freeze-dried pasta or rice-based dishes made by adding hot water. Cravings are not unusual, according to Caffari.
"Thankfully the product has improved. I just get bored of eating the same type of food. You are aware you haven't had fresh produce in a long time and you start to crave it."
Despite the hardships, Caffari says there are numerous benefits.
"It's an amazing environment. Every time you go out you are going to see something different -- but you can't always prepare for how hostile the environment may be.
"I'm not a gadget person, so I quite enjoy the basics of life. I really value my time now. And in a team scenario it can be particularly rewarding, as the ability to not only push one's own limits but also to push other people's limits is important," she said.
The intrepid Caffari is ready to push her limits once again -- this time sailing around Britain and Ireland.
Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Miz & Mrs., USA Network's WWE reality series that follows squared-circle power couple The Miz and his wife Maryse, has been renewed for a second season.
USA Network has ordered 14 new, half-hour episodes that are set to air in 2019. The show's first six episodes are still currently airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET following WWE's Smackdown Live.
The series follows the daily lives of The Miz and Maryse as they become first-time parents and deal with their hectic WWE schedule.
Miz & Mrs. was USA Network's top unscripted launch in over seven years, averaging 1.7 million viewers throughout its first three episodes, Deadline reported.
"One word about the renewal: AWESOME!," The Miz said in a statement.
"Thanks to all of the WWE fans out there who wanted a window to our crazy lives," Maryse said. "Be careful what you wish for!"
The Miz is set to face off against his longtime nemesis Daniel Bryan on Sunday at WWE's latest pay-per-view event SummerSlam.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking permission for Muslim women to enter mosques to offer prayers and asked the Centre to respond to it.
A bench of Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer told the petitioners' counsel that it would hear the matter only in view of the apex court's judgment in the Sabrimala temple case.
"The only reason we may hear you is because of our judgement in the Sabarimala case. Otherwise you are not giving us satisfactory answers," the bench told the counsel appearing for petitioners Yasmeen Zuber Ahmad Peerzade and Zuber Ahmad Nazir Ahmad Peerzade.
On September 28 last year, a five-judge constitution bench of the apex court, in its 4:1 verdict, had paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, saying the ban amounted to gender discrimination.
Besides the Centre, the apex court also issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Minority Affairs, National Commission for Women, Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs, Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, seeking their replies on the plea filed by the Pune-based couple.
During the hearing on Tuesday, the apex court asked the petitioners' lawyer as to whether the right to equality could be invoked against private individuals.
"Can you invoke Article 14 (equality before law) of the Constitution and claim equal treatment from another human being?" the bench said, adding, "Is a mosque a state? Is a temple a state? Is a church a state?"
The bench also sought to know from the petitioners how the state was involved in this.
"Persons in a mosque are individuals. Where is the state involved in this?" the bench said, adding that the fundamental right to equality can be invoked against the state and not against individuals.
To this, the petitioners' counsel said mosques in the country were enjoying the benefits and grants extended to them by the state.
At the outset, when the petitioners' counsel said the issue was about the right of Muslim women to enter mosques to offer prayers, the bench had asked, "Who has denied this right? Have you tried to enter (a mosque) and were denied entry?"
The bench then asked the counsel about a matter before the Bombay high court regarding the entry of women in the Haji Ali Dargah.
The counsel replied that women were allowed to enter the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.
He said in a similar matter related to the entry of women in mosques, the Kerala high court had dismissed a plea, saying, 'let a Muslim person come forward' on this issue.
At this juncture, Justice Bobde asked, "Which are the other mosques where women can enter?"
The counsel said women were allowed to enter the holy Mecca and also mosques in Canada, but in Saudi Arabia, there was a 'fatwa' in this regard.
The counsel said the petitioners had written to police for help but no assistance was given to them.
"This is not an offence. Why should the police help somebody in this? If you do not want a person to enter your house, can that person get police help to enter your house?" the bench observed.
In their plea, the petitioners have sought a direction to declare the practices of prohibition of entry of Muslim women in mosques in India as illegal and unconstitutional for being violative of constitutional provisions, including articles 14 (equality before law) and 21 (protection of life and personal liberty).
The plea also said that there was nothing in the holy Quran or the Hadith that required 'gender segregation' and there were no records stating that the holy 'Quran and Prophet Muhammad had opposed women entering mosques and offering prayers'.
"Like men, women also have the constitutional rights to offer worship according to their belief. At present, women are allowed to offer prayers at mosques under the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Mujahid denominations, while they are barred from mosques under the predominant Sunni faction," the plea said.
It said that even in mosques where women are allowed, there are separate entrances and enclosures for worship for men and women.
It was one year ago this week that a GTA two-year-old twin named Jude died from the flu. As she still mourns his death, Jude’s mother shares a message of hope. Farah Nasser reports.
22 Jan 2019, 3:02 p.m.
The far-right political party is supporting the YouTuber against the European Union's Article 13 regulation, bizarrely framing it as both a free speech and anti-corporate issue, while YouTube has also been criticised from the right-wing for demonetising Tommy Robinson's videos.
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has tweeted its support for YouTuber PewDiePie, as part of a campaign to associate the party with "free speech" and against apparent corporatism.
Are you doing your part?
Help protect freedom of speech on the internet by sharing and signing this petition against the EU Copyright Directive.
Nevertheless, UKIP remains adamant against all apparent EU 'interference' in Britain, and therefore has been staunchly against Article 13 (the 'upload filter'), which is a directive that would stop YouTube using unlicensed copyright material without paying royalties to the artist - as YouTube hosts it, and then users find ways of downloading it and converting it.
For many YouTubers, and fans, this has been portrayed (in part by YouTube) as an assault on memes and free speech; PewDiePie has been vocally against the regulation, having tweeted a petition against it on multiple occasions.
By latching themselves onto PewDiePie's brand, UKIP hopes to attract more attention to itself and reach a new audience. It has also garnered the support of a number of right-wing YouTubers such as Paul Joseph Watson (an editor for Alex Jones' conspiracy website) who have subsequently become UKIP members.
UKIP is leading the fight against the EU Copyright Directive.
Internet memes are the frontline of the culture war and the establishment know it.
PewDiePie has repeatedly come under criticism for, among other things, using racial slurs during streams in 2017 and in 2018, but is still the most popular YouTuber. Many fans are concerned that T-Series, an Indian music label, will overtake the YouTuber to the extent that some are hacking Chromecast devices to show their support.
There is a certain irony to UKIP promoting YouTube's argument, bearing in mind that many YouTubers are criticising YouTube itself for being too corporate; in addition, the right-wing condemned the company for stopping the monitisation of Yaxley-Lennon's YouTube videos.
Google was also recently fined under EU regulation for not providing adequate information to its users, which is arguably the kind of anti-corporate behaviour UKIP would, in theory, support. It seems that if the political party wants to become relevant again, it may need a more consistent ideology.
Y2K, the cyber-apocalypse that wasn't actually that bad, may have came and went back in 2000, but it's been echoing through the federal government ever since. Now, seventeen years later, the Trump administration is clearing out the regulations that still remain in place nearly two decades after they stopped being useful.
Y2K spurred a number of paperwork requirements for federal agencies to ensure they were ready for the date rollover bug. After 2000 passed mostly uneventfully, the regulations stayed in place. The actual amount of wasted time on them might not actually be that high—it's very easy to brush off these obviously out-of-date requirements, even though they may technically still be in place. Linda Springer, a senior advisor for the White House's Office of Management and Budget told Bloomberg that the regulations are frequently ignored.
Still, there's no reason to still have them on the books. At least, not unless they might be useful when 2999 rolls around.
A mistrial was declared Thursday in the trial of Dawit Seyoum, the Alexandria man accused of killing D.C. Corrections official Carolyn Cross.
The news comes hours after the jury told the judge they were "hopelessly deadlocked," at which point the judge urged them to continue deliberations.
During opening statements Tuesday, prosecutors urged the jury to reject Seyoum's insanity plea. But on Thursday, jurors said they could not agree on whether to find him guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity.
A retrial date will be selected April 30.
Dawit Seyoum was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Cross, whose body was found in her own apartment last fall.
On the witness stand Tuesday, tears came quickly when Cross' daughter, Clarissa Davis, was shown a photo of her mother. On Sept. 7, Davis drove to her mom's high rise to take her to the airport. She testified she became worried when Cross didn't answer her phone. She went into the apartment and found her mother with a plastic bag over head, which was covered in blood.
Move over Chesley Sullenberger, make room for Steven Slater.
The JetBlue flight attendant who went berserk has become an overnight Internet hero to workers everywhere after arguing with a passenger, then escaping down the plane’s inflatable emergency chute at JFK Airport clutching a beer.
A day after the attendant-turned-wing-nut had a meltdown on a flight from Pittsburgh, eight Facebook fan pages have been created overnight in Slater’s name and on Twitter, users just can’t stop talking about him.
What has made the 39-year-old Slater so heroic to many is that he quit his job after grabbing a brew from the beverage cart and, in a move fit for an action movie, deployed the plane’s emergency chutes, where he slid away to his parked car and drove off — a take-this-job-and-shove-it move that many have only dreamed of doing.
There are even “Free Steven Slater” T-shirts available on Customink.com for fans to buy.
The administrator of another Facebook page with nearly 4,000 fans wrote today that many have inquired about helping Slater with his legal bills.
Despite being labeled a hero across the Internet, Slater faces felony charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. He was busted Monday at his Belle Harbor, Queens, home.
There were about 100 passengers aboard the flight at the time of Slater’s daring escape.

Bell is away from the team after he and the Steelers failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension earlier this month, meaning he will play under the $14.5 million franchise tag for the second straight year.

Bell skipped training camp last year and signed his franchise tender less than a week before the start of the season. He is expected to follow the same plan and then play what could be his final season in Pittsburgh.

"I don't know what's going on with his agents and how this whole thing works, so I'm not sure what's going to happen," Roethlisberger said.

Nobody's sure when Bell will show up either. Until then, former Pitt star running back James Conner, rookie fifth-round pick Jaylen Samuels and veterans Stevan Ridley and Fitzgerald Toussaint will carry the load.

"Le'Veon is one of the best, if not the best in the business," Roethlisberger said. "We miss him as a teammate, but I look at it as an awesome opportunity for the other guys."

Roethlisberger, whose contract expires in the spring of 2020, is excited about the offensive line in front of him and the Steelers' skill players at running back and wide receiver, led by Bell and four-time All-Pro Antonio Brown.

"I really like where this team is at," Roethlisberger said. "If I didn't have a good feeling about this team, it probably wouldn't be as exciting, but I am excited about this group."

He led the team to a 13-3 regular season last season, which included a second straight AFC North title and third in four years. But the Steelers were upset by Jacksonville at home during the divisional round in the playoffs.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said it's reasonable to expect another big season from Roethlisberger after his renewed offseason conditioning focus.

"Regardless of position, we always say physical conditioning precedes anything else," Tomlin said. "When a guy shows up in great shape, that's oftentimes a springboard for big-time play."

While Roethlisberger hopes the additional work can prolong his career, he also reiterated that he's only focused on this season.

"I think the biggest key is physical health," Roethlisberger said. "When you get done with the season, how do you feel physically? Do you feel physically able to go back another season or not? We'll address that when the season is over and that's a long ways away."

Roethlisberger established career highs in completions, attempts, completion percentage, yards and touchdowns under Todd Haley, but shared an at-times contentious relationship with the Steelers' former offensive coordinator.

This season, he will work with former quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner, who has taken over the play-calling duties after Haley's deal wasn't renewed in January. Roethlisberger said Fichtner hasn't changed much offensively.

"He's not going to change who he is," Roethlisberger said. "He's not going to change his approach to the game and be a different person."

As long as it leads to a Super Bowl title, that's all that matters to Roethlisberger.

"If you win more than you lose, that's important, but winning those games can lead to Super Bowl opportunities, so that's always our ultimate goal," Roethlisberger said. "There's 31 other teams doing the same thing. That needs to be our singular focus."

LONDON, England (CNN) -- British solo round-the-world sailor Dee Caffari happily admits that you need to be a little bit 'mad' to take on long-distance sailing.

Dee Caffari celebrates completing the solo Vendee Globe race earlier this year.

And she should know: Caffari became the first woman to sail single-handedly around the world in both directions after completing the solo round-the-world race, Vendee Globe, earlier this year.

"People say you must be mad -- and there probably is an element of truth in that," the 36 year-old told CNN.

Growing up on the south coast of England, Caffari was bitten by the sailing bug early and her passion for the sport led her to enter the Vendee Globe, considered by some to be the most punishing sporting event on the planet.

Caffari spent 99 days at sea completely alone and says preparation is the key to success in long-distance voyages at sea. That, and the desire and self-belief to make it to the finish.

"You have to have this desire to see how far you can push yourself. It's having the willingness to put yourself in that uncomfortable position -- and belief that you have the strength to get through it.

"It's a perceived risk and you go out there knowing that you have done all you can to deal with all scenarios. You don't just go out there on a whim -- we are well trained," she said.

Coping day-to-day during the journey is a whole new challenge: solo sailors must battle perilous conditions, changes to sleep patterns and, inevitably, loneliness.

Would you survive a round the world voyage? Take our personality test and find out!

Caffari says she found being separated from family and friends was the hardest aspect of sailing round-the-world the first time.

"The toughest thing about my first journey was not seeing people for six months. You can communicate very well now, perhaps too well, but it still doesn't allow you to have face-to-face contact with people."

Modern-day communications allow sailors to keep in touch via satellite phones and also keep in Internet contact. Sailors are tracked by global positioning systems (GPS) and also receive regular weather information.

"Transition" periods at the start or just after the end of voyages -- when sailors are adjusting to boat routines or getting reacquainting with daily life -- are also very challenging.

Exhaustion while getting used to different sleep patterns was particularly difficult: On board, Caffari would generally sleep in short bursts of two or three hours depending on conditions. The amount of sleep could vary greatly from day-to-day.

"The transitions are difficult. Life on board is very disciplined. Your adjustment with new sleeping patterns takes about two to three weeks. If it's changeable weather when you're out there, you don't stand a hope of getting sleep.

"It's a major shock to the body when you get back too. Suddenly you are supposed to get all your sleep at once -- and you actually have a night and a day," she said.

Food is also an issue for sailors spending a long time at sea. It needs to keep for a long time and take up minimal space, which means meals can be monotonous -- freeze-dried pasta or rice-based dishes made by adding hot water. Cravings are not unusual, according to Caffari.

"Thankfully the product has improved. I just get bored of eating the same type of food. You are aware you haven't had fresh produce in a long time and you start to crave it."

Despite the hardships, Caffari says there are numerous benefits.

"It's an amazing environment. Every time you go out you are going to see something different -- but you can't always prepare for how hostile the environment may be.

"I'm not a gadget person, so I quite enjoy the basics of life. I really value my time now. And in a team scenario it can be particularly rewarding, as the ability to not only push one's own limits but also to push other people's limits is important," she said.

The intrepid Caffari is ready to push her limits once again -- this time sailing around Britain and Ireland.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Miz & Mrs., USA Network's WWE reality series that follows squared-circle power couple The Miz and his wife Maryse, has been renewed for a second season.

USA Network has ordered 14 new, half-hour episodes that are set to air in 2019. The show's first six episodes are still currently airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET following WWE's Smackdown Live.

The series follows the daily lives of The Miz and Maryse as they become first-time parents and deal with their hectic WWE schedule.

Miz & Mrs. was USA Network's top unscripted launch in over seven years, averaging 1.7 million viewers throughout its first three episodes, Deadline reported.

"One word about the renewal: AWESOME!," The Miz said in a statement.

"Thanks to all of the WWE fans out there who wanted a window to our crazy lives," Maryse said. "Be careful what you wish for!"

The Miz is set to face off against his longtime nemesis Daniel Bryan on Sunday at WWE's latest pay-per-view event SummerSlam.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking permission for Muslim women to enter mosques to offer prayers and asked the Centre to respond to it.

A bench of Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer told the petitioners' counsel that it would hear the matter only in view of the apex court's judgment in the Sabrimala temple case.

"The only reason we may hear you is because of our judgement in the Sabarimala case. Otherwise you are not giving us satisfactory answers," the bench told the counsel appearing for petitioners Yasmeen Zuber Ahmad Peerzade and Zuber Ahmad Nazir Ahmad Peerzade.

On September 28 last year, a five-judge constitution bench of the apex court, in its 4:1 verdict, had paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, saying the ban amounted to gender discrimination.

Besides the Centre, the apex court also issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Minority Affairs, National Commission for Women, Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs, Central Waqf Council and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, seeking their replies on the plea filed by the Pune-based couple.

During the hearing on Tuesday, the apex court asked the petitioners' lawyer as to whether the right to equality could be invoked against private individuals.

"Can you invoke Article 14 (equality before law) of the Constitution and claim equal treatment from another human being?" the bench said, adding, "Is a mosque a state? Is a temple a state? Is a church a state?"

The bench also sought to know from the petitioners how the state was involved in this.

"Persons in a mosque are individuals. Where is the state involved in this?" the bench said, adding that the fundamental right to equality can be invoked against the state and not against individuals.

To this, the petitioners' counsel said mosques in the country were enjoying the benefits and grants extended to them by the state.

At the outset, when the petitioners' counsel said the issue was about the right of Muslim women to enter mosques to offer prayers, the bench had asked, "Who has denied this right? Have you tried to enter (a mosque) and were denied entry?"

The bench then asked the counsel about a matter before the Bombay high court regarding the entry of women in the Haji Ali Dargah.

The counsel replied that women were allowed to enter the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.

He said in a similar matter related to the entry of women in mosques, the Kerala high court had dismissed a plea, saying, 'let a Muslim person come forward' on this issue.

At this juncture, Justice Bobde asked, "Which are the other mosques where women can enter?"

The counsel said women were allowed to enter the holy Mecca and also mosques in Canada, but in Saudi Arabia, there was a 'fatwa' in this regard.

The counsel said the petitioners had written to police for help but no assistance was given to them.

"This is not an offence. Why should the police help somebody in this? If you do not want a person to enter your house, can that person get police help to enter your house?" the bench observed.

In their plea, the petitioners have sought a direction to declare the practices of prohibition of entry of Muslim women in mosques in India as illegal and unconstitutional for being violative of constitutional provisions, including articles 14 (equality before law) and 21 (protection of life and personal liberty).

The plea also said that there was nothing in the holy Quran or the Hadith that required 'gender segregation' and there were no records stating that the holy 'Quran and Prophet Muhammad had opposed women entering mosques and offering prayers'.

"Like men, women also have the constitutional rights to offer worship according to their belief. At present, women are allowed to offer prayers at mosques under the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Mujahid denominations, while they are barred from mosques under the predominant Sunni faction," the plea said.

It said that even in mosques where women are allowed, there are separate entrances and enclosures for worship for men and women.

It was one year ago this week that a GTA two-year-old twin named Jude died from the flu. As she still mourns his death, Jude’s mother shares a message of hope. Farah Nasser reports.

22 Jan 2019, 3:02 p.m.

The far-right political party is supporting the YouTuber against the European Union's Article 13 regulation, bizarrely framing it as both a free speech and anti-corporate issue, while YouTube has also been criticised from the right-wing for demonetising Tommy Robinson's videos.

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has tweeted its support for YouTuber PewDiePie, as part of a campaign to associate the party with "free speech" and against apparent corporatism.

Are you doing your part?

Help protect freedom of speech on the internet by sharing and signing this petition against the EU Copyright Directive.

Nevertheless, UKIP remains adamant against all apparent EU 'interference' in Britain, and therefore has been staunchly against Article 13 (the 'upload filter'), which is a directive that would stop YouTube using unlicensed copyright material without paying royalties to the artist - as YouTube hosts it, and then users find ways of downloading it and converting it.

For many YouTubers, and fans, this has been portrayed (in part by YouTube) as an assault on memes and free speech; PewDiePie has been vocally against the regulation, having tweeted a petition against it on multiple occasions.

By latching themselves onto PewDiePie's brand, UKIP hopes to attract more attention to itself and reach a new audience. It has also garnered the support of a number of right-wing YouTubers such as Paul Joseph Watson (an editor for Alex Jones' conspiracy website) who have subsequently become UKIP members.

UKIP is leading the fight against the EU Copyright Directive.

Internet memes are the frontline of the culture war and the establishment know it.

PewDiePie has repeatedly come under criticism for, among other things, using racial slurs during streams in 2017 and in 2018, but is still the most popular YouTuber. Many fans are concerned that T-Series, an Indian music label, will overtake the YouTuber to the extent that some are hacking Chromecast devices to show their support.

There is a certain irony to UKIP promoting YouTube's argument, bearing in mind that many YouTubers are criticising YouTube itself for being too corporate; in addition, the right-wing condemned the company for stopping the monitisation of Yaxley-Lennon's YouTube videos.

Google was also recently fined under EU regulation for not providing adequate information to its users, which is arguably the kind of anti-corporate behaviour UKIP would, in theory, support. It seems that if the political party wants to become relevant again, it may need a more consistent ideology.

Y2K, the cyber-apocalypse that wasn't actually that bad, may have came and went back in 2000, but it's been echoing through the federal government ever since. Now, seventeen years later, the Trump administration is clearing out the regulations that still remain in place nearly two decades after they stopped being useful.

Y2K spurred a number of paperwork requirements for federal agencies to ensure they were ready for the date rollover bug. After 2000 passed mostly uneventfully, the regulations stayed in place. The actual amount of wasted time on them might not actually be that high—it's very easy to brush off these obviously out-of-date requirements, even though they may technically still be in place. Linda Springer, a senior advisor for the White House's Office of Management and Budget told Bloomberg that the regulations are frequently ignored.

Still, there's no reason to still have them on the books. At least, not unless they might be useful when 2999 rolls around.

A mistrial was declared Thursday in the trial of Dawit Seyoum, the Alexandria man accused of killing D.C. Corrections official Carolyn Cross.

The news comes hours after the jury told the judge they were "hopelessly deadlocked," at which point the judge urged them to continue deliberations.

During opening statements Tuesday, prosecutors urged the jury to reject Seyoum's insanity plea. But on Thursday, jurors said they could not agree on whether to find him guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity.

A retrial date will be selected April 30.

Dawit Seyoum was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Cross, whose body was found in her own apartment last fall.

On the witness stand Tuesday, tears came quickly when Cross' daughter, Clarissa Davis, was shown a photo of her mother. On Sept. 7, Davis drove to her mom's high rise to take her to the airport. She testified she became worried when Cross didn't answer her phone. She went into the apartment and found her mother with a plastic bag over head, which was covered in blood.

Move over Chesley Sullenberger, make room for Steven Slater.

The JetBlue flight attendant who went berserk has become an overnight Internet hero to workers everywhere after arguing with a passenger, then escaping down the plane’s inflatable emergency chute at JFK Airport clutching a beer.

A day after the attendant-turned-wing-nut had a meltdown on a flight from Pittsburgh, eight Facebook fan pages have been created overnight in Slater’s name and on Twitter, users just can’t stop talking about him.

What has made the 39-year-old Slater so heroic to many is that he quit his job after grabbing a brew from the beverage cart and, in a move fit for an action movie, deployed the plane’s emergency chutes, where he slid away to his parked car and drove off — a take-this-job-and-shove-it move that many have only dreamed of doing.

There are even “Free Steven Slater” T-shirts available on Customink.com for fans to buy.

The administrator of another Facebook page with nearly 4,000 fans wrote today that many have inquired about helping Slater with his legal bills.

Despite being labeled a hero across the Internet, Slater faces felony charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. He was busted Monday at his Belle Harbor, Queens, home.

There were about 100 passengers aboard the flight at the time of Slater’s daring escape.