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NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas was suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday for intentionally throwing at Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol was suspended for one game and fined as a result of Mikolas’ actions Thursday night. Mikolas appealed his penalties, while Marmol served his suspension Friday night against the Cubs.
In the first inning in the Cardinals’ 10-3 loss, Happ bloodied St. Louis catcher Willson Contreras when he hit him in the head with a long follow-through on a swing, then was soon hit himself by a pitch from Mikolas.
Andrew Knizner took over behind the plate for Contreras, and Mikolas brushed back Happ with the first pitch when play resumed to run the count to 3-1. With the next pitch, Mikolas hit Happ in the rear end.
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 3
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- Start Time: 1:00 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Hyo Joo Kim
- Tee Time: 1:11 AM ET
- Current Rank: 28th (+1)
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- Tee Time: 1:11 AM ET
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GENEVA (AP) — The IOC assured Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan on Friday that she will have a place at the Paris Olympics next year after she was disqualified from a key ranking event for refusing to shake hands with a Russian she had beaten.
In a letter to Kharlan, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said it would make a “unique exception” by allocating her an extra place to ensure she competes in Paris.
“It is admirable how you are managing this incredibly difficult situation,” wrote Bach, who like Kharlan is a former Olympic champion in a fencing team event.
Each Olympic sport has a strict quota for athletes within the IOC-imposed 10,500 overall total at the Summer Games in Paris.
A protected entry for the 32-year-old Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medalist, has now been found after controversy over her disqualification at the world championships on Thursday marred the event at Milan, Italy.
The incident between Kharlan and her Russian opponent — Anna Smirnova, who was competing as an approved neutral athlete — also cast doubt on the IOC’s hopes for athletes from the two countries to compete against each other without incident.
Kharlan comfortably beat Smirnova 15-7 in a first-round contest then refused a handshake, and instead pointed her sabre toward the Russian. Touching blades was used as an alternative to handshakes at fencing competitions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Smirnova stood facing Kharlan and did not raise her sabre. Kharlan then turned and left the piste and the Russian refused to leave for more than 50 minutes. Smirnova sat on a chair on the piste in an apparent protest over the handshake.
Kharlan was later disqualified by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) which denied her the chance to earn more ranking points that feed into Olympic qualification.
The IOC said Thursday that sports governing bodies should show “sensitivity” on issues involving Ukrainians and neutral athletes from Russia – an apparent suggestion that the FIE made an error.
One day later, Bach wrote to Kharlan acknowledging a “roller coaster of emotions and feelings” she must have.
The FIE changed course Friday by saying it would allow Kharlan to compete for Ukraine in the upcoming team sabre event, but still defended the decision to punish her. Kharlan had faced a suspension from the rest of the world championships and from other events.
Echoing the IOC, the FIE interim president Emmanuel Katsiadakis said the ruling “sends a message of sensitivity and understanding to our members and all sports federations, as the world faces tremendous challenges.” The FIE published a comment attributed to Kharlan saying she was ”thankful for this decision” and wanted to return to competition.
However, the FIE statement made no mention of allowing Ukrainians to avoid handshakes with Russian opponents in future — which could mean more disputes ahead of the Olympics — and the federation insisted it was right to punish Kharlan.
“The FIE stands fully behind the penalty, which, after a thorough review, is in complete accordance and compliance with its official rules and associated penalties,” it said.
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GENEVA (AP) — Juventus was removed from European competition next season and Chelsea was fined $11 million in separate UEFA rulings over financial rules breaches on Friday.
The expulsion of Juventus from the third-tier Europa Conference League was expected because of a false accounting case that already saw the two-time European champion deducted 10 points in Serie A. That penalty dropped Juventus out of Champions League qualification places.
Juventus’ spot in the Europa Conference League should go to Fiorentina in the playoffs round starting on Aug. 24.
UEFA said Friday that Juventus also must also pay a fine of 10 million euros ($11 million) for breaking Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. A further 10 million euros can be deducted if the club fails to comply with UEFA financial monitoring rules in future seasons.
Juventus regretted the ruling but said it wouldn’t appeal.
“We regret the decision of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body,” Juventus president Gianluca Ferrero said in a statement on the club’s website. “We do not share the interpretation that has been given of our defense and we remain firmly convinced of the legitimacy of our actions and the validity of our arguments.
“However, we have decided not to appeal this judgment. Despite this painful decision, we can now face the new season by focusing on the field and not on the courts.”
In a separate case, Chelsea will also pay a settlement of 10 million euros to UEFA for incorrect financial information submitted between 2012 and 2019 when the club was owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Chelsea’s current American-led ownership group reported “potentially incomplete financial reporting under the club’s previous ownership” in May last year, UEFA said.
Chelsea, which won the Champions League in 2012 and 2021, did not qualify for the next editions of European competitions.
“In accordance with the club’s ownership group’s core principles of full compliance and transparency with its regulators, we are grateful that this case has been concluded by proactive disclosure of information to UEFA and a settlement that fully resolves the reported matters,” Chelsea said in a statement. “Chelsea greatly values its relationship with UEFA and looks forward to building on that relationship in the years to come.”
UEFA had opened an investigation against Juventus in December for probable breaches of FFP rules after prosecutors in Italy unsealed their case against the storied club.
Juventus was ultimately docked 10 points in Serie A by Italian authorities which dropped the club from potentially finishing in the top four and earning a place in the next Champions League to finish seventh — enough only for the third-tier Conference League. AC Milan got into the Champions League instead.
The false accounting allegations pushed UEFA club finance investigators to terminate a settlement agreed with the club last year and impose fresh sanctions, the European soccer body said.
The chaotic 2022-23 season for Juventus also saw it lose long-standing club officials who resigned, including president Andrea Agnelli and vice president Pavel Nedvěd, a former playing great.
Juventus also lost two years of European football from 2006 to 2008 in fallout from the Calciopoli corruption scandal.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers, who have made pitching a priority in advance of the trade deadline, acquired starter Lance Lynn and reliever Joe Kelly on Friday in a swap with the Chicago White Sox.
The NL West leaders sent outfielder Trayce Thompson, pitcher Nick Nastrini and reliever Jordan Leasure to the White Sox.
Lynn and Kelly join utilityman Kiké Hernández from the Boston Red Sox and infielder-outfielder Amed Rosario from the Cleveland Guardians in Los Angeles, ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline.
“I would argue we have raised the floor and the ceiling,” manager Dave Roberts said.
The Dodgers may not be done, either, with a need for more starting pitching.
“I think there’s always a chance,” Roberts said. “There’s still time on the clock.”
Lynn has been mostly underwhelming this season. The 36-year-old right-hander is 6-9 with a 6.18 ERA and leads the American League in earned runs (79) and home runs allowed (28).
Roberts called Lynn a “victim of sort of the circumstance” with the sub-.500 White Sox, who are 13 games back of AL Central leader Minnesota.
“I just feel like getting in this environment, playing meaningful games will bring out the best in him,” Roberts said.
Lynn has 139 strikeouts in 115 innings and 10.9 per nine innings. In June, Lynn struck out 16 in a game against Seattle, setting a major-league mark for most strikeouts in a game by a pitcher with an ERA above 6.00.
He was an All-Star for the White Sox in 2021 and shortly after signed a $38 million, two-year contract extension that included a club option.
“I’m happy to have had the time that I had here, but it is a business and sometimes these things happen,” Lynn said. “I’m just looking forward to the possibility of making a playoff push.”
Lynn began the 2022 season on the injured list with a meniscus tear suffered in spring training. He returned in mid-June and finished the season with an 8-7 record in 21 starts and a 3.99 ERA. He recorded 121 strikeouts in 121 2/3 innings.
Lynn has spent most of his career in the AL. Besides the White Sox, he has pitched for Minnesota, the New York Yankees and Texas. He began his career with St. Louis, and missed the 2016 season with them after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
Lynn won a World Series with the Cardinals in 2011, his debut season in the majors. The following year he earned his first All-Star berth.
The Dodgers have not yet decided who Lynn will replace in the rotation. He’ll arrive in Los Angeles this weekend and discuss a possible start against Oakland next week.
Kelly returns to Los Angeles for his second stint with the Dodgers. The hard-throwing right-handed reliever recently returned from the injured list for elbow inflammation. He has one save, a 4.97 ERA and 41 strikeouts this season.
Like Lynn, Kelly is eager to join a contending team.
“It’s something that I thrive on,” he said. “I think my personality type is to love the adrenaline, love the big moments. So, I’m super, super stoked to go back for sure.”
Kelly pitched for the Dodgers from 2019-21, winning the World Series during the pandemic-delayed 2020 season. He had a 3.59 ERA in 105 1/3 innings during that span.
“I would argue that his stuff is even better than it was then when he was with us, the velocity, the curveball, all that stuff,” Roberts said. “He’s a guy, like most players when they’re in a winning environment, they thrive.”
Kelly isn’t the only former Dodger to land back in Los Angeles. Hernández returns three years after he departed for the East Coast.
Rosario was set to start at shortstop Friday night in the series opener against the Reds. But the plan is for him to get acclimated to second base and also play some center field. He’ll mostly start against left-handed pitching.
“It’s certainly a big upgrade for our ballclub,” Roberts said. “He’s been good versus right-handed pitching, but he’s been a killer versus lefties and that’s something we want to capture.”
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AP Baseball Writer Jay Cohen, AP Sports Writer Eric Olson and AP freelancer Seth Engle contributed to this report.
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MIAMI (AP) —
Miguel Cabrera’s farewell tour has reached a special location.
The Detroit Tigers’ slugger is approaching the last two months of his major league career. And in his final season, Cabrera has received numerous tributes in visiting stadiums.
This weekend, the honors bring added significance.
The Tigers open a three-game series Friday in Miami against the Marlins. The 40-year-old Cabrera is returning to the city where he spent his first five seasons and is facing the organization that signed him shortly after his 16th birthday.
“It is very emotional because this is where it all started,” Cabrera, a native of Venezuela, said before Friday’s series opener. “To be back here is awesome.”
The Marlins brought up the then-20-year-old Cabrera two months into the 2003 season. Cabrera made an immediate impact, hitting a walk-off home run to help the Marlins beat Tampa Bay in his major league debut.
“I remember it well because in all the stadiums I’ve visited, that is the first video presented,” Cabrera said. “My teammates kid me because I was so skinny back then.”
It was a sign of things to come. Cabrera played a key role in the Marlins’ postseason run in 2003 that culminated with a World Series championship.
Cabrera was a four-time All-Star during his time with the Marlins. But the club, fearing it would lose Cabrera to free agency once he became eligible, dealt him to Detroit following the 2007 season.
“When I received that call, I had many questions on why I was being traded,” Cabrera said. “The club had a good young group and was growing tremendously. Had the group stayed together, we had a chance to contend for the division. They told me to be calm, that you’re going to a good club with a chance to win.”
Cabrera flourished in Detroit, becoming one of the game’s top hitters and a two-time AL MVP. In 2012, Cabrera won the AL Triple Crown, the first to accomplish the feat since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
But the offensive production, which included four AL batting titles, declined as Cabrera reached his late 30s. Nonetheless, Cabrera reached the career 3,000-hit and 500-homer milestones over the last two seasons.
Now limited to a parttime role, Cabrera will play the three games against Miami. The second game on Saturday also will be promoted as Venezuelan Heritage Day.
“It is going to be great for me and my family,” Cabrera said of the ceremony,” Cabrera said. “You have to enjoy this moment, every second, every minute. After that, you prepare for the game and do your best to help our team win.”
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jalen Ramsey, set for surgery on Friday, addressed his Miami Dolphins teammates a day earlier about the injury and told them not to worry or feel sorry for him.
The six-time Pro Bowl cornerback suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee at the end of Thursday’s practice and is expected to miss the start of the regular season. But he vowed — bragged a little — that he could beat whatever timeline for return doctors give him.
“It really moved a lot of people,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Friday. “He first let everybody know how much he appreciated this team, how this team has accepted him, how he has been in the league a little bit and how he knows what we’re doing here, in his opinion, is special, for his position group not to waiver, and exuded all the confidence that he had in that position group.”
McDaniel said Ramsey will have surgery Friday afternoon to repair the tear and his timeline for return won’t be known until the procedure is complete.
The injury happened during an 11-on-11 drill during Miami’s second practice of training camp. McDaniel said it was a non-contact injury that happened while he was matched up against receiver Tyreek Hill. Ramsey and Hill collided on the play, but the injury, McDaniel clarified, happened before the contact.
“That end of the season push (will) be legendary!” Ramsey tweeted Thursday night.
Miami acquired the All-Pro cornerback Ramsey in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams in March.
When veteran players reported to training camp on Monday, Ramsey spoke of the potential of the Dolphins defense, which is adjusting to a new scheme under defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.
“I’ve been a part of his defense for the past three years so I kind of know how to play it,” Ramsey said. “I know what’s needed to play this defense and be one of the best defenses in the league and be elite. And we got all the pieces — edge rushers to the secondary. We even got the linebackers and all that. Like I said, I don’t compare, but I look at other teams I’ve been a part of and I feel like we, on paper, we stack up well. But the work comes first.”
The Dolphins dealt with several injuries at the cornerback position last season. Veteran cornerback Xavien Howard played through groin injuries all year.
Byron Jones missed the entire season after having surgery on his Achilles tendon. The Dolphins cut him earlier this year in a cost-cutting move.
Trill Williams tore the ACL in his left knee during the preseason. Nik Needham tore his Achilles last October.
Williams and safety Brandon Jones are still working their way back from their respective season-ending injuries.
McDaniel said he’s confident in the team’s cornerback room, which also includes Kader Kohou, who had a breakout 2022 season as an undrafted rookie free agent, Keion Crossen and 2020 first-round pick Noah Igbinoghene.
Earlier this week, Howard pointed to Kohou as a player to watch as camp opened.
“My boy, Kader. Dude is a straight dawg,” Howard said. “His mentality he has, just being an undrafted guy, I continue to see him grow and get better on the field.”
Miami also drafted cornerback Cam Smith in the second round in April to add more depth. Smith’s role will likely increase in Ramsey’s absence.
“I feel good about the entire crew,” McDaniel said. “We are dealing with some injuries now in that group, but I feel very, very, very good about the competition there and the guys that are ready to go see some more opportunities.”
With the cornerback room not at full strength, McDaniel said the team will work out a cornerback soon for “depth purposes.”
Notes: McDaniel said linebacker Jaelan Phillips was “stepped on” during the first practice of training camp. McDaniel said the team is not worried about the injury, but it would “not be healed” if he continues practicing with it. Phillips did not practice Thursday. … Crossen has an undisclosed injury and will not practice Friday. … McDaniel said he’s happy with Miami’s running back group as the Dolphins continue to be linked to Pro Bowl running back Dalvin Cook.
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TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch he faced in Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays, going deep in three straight at-bats over two games.
Ohtani’s major league-leading 39th homer came off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman in the first inning and traveled 397 feet into the right field bullpen at Rogers Centre.
Ohtani streak of homers ended when he struck out swinging on a 2-2 pitch from Gausman in the third inning.
Ohtani homered twice in the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit on Thursday before leaving with cramps. He threw a one-hitter in the opener for his first career MLB shutout.
The two-way superstar became the first player to throw a shutout in one game of a doubleheader and hit one homer — much less two — in the other.
Thursday’s performance against the Tigers came hours after the team confirmed Ohtani will stay with the Angels for the rest of the season before he becomes a free agent.
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s return to the Big 12 in 2024 fits right into Deion Sanders’ recruiting blueprint, allowing him to get an even better foothold in the teeming Texas and Florida markets.
“I think Colorado is already an exciting team on the recruiting trail with Coach Prime and his experienced staff full of college coaches who have been around for a while and a lot of guys with NFL pedigree,” said Steve Wiltfong, national recruiting director for 247Sports. “So I think more than anything it adds to the excitement because it’s moving to what is certainly a more stable conference and one that just had a football team (TCU) in the playoff.”
Athletic director Rick George said he kept basketball coaches Tad Boyle and JR Payne in the loop along with Sanders, who’s entering his first season in Boulder, before the CU board of regents rubber-stamped Colorado’s return to the Big 12 on Thursday.
“I think all of them felt like: Whatever you think’s best for us, we’re going to play whomever you ask us to play,” George said. “I will tell you, there are tremendous benefits for being in the Big 12 for the direction that Coach Prime’s going as it relates to recruiting, being able to play in Orlando against UCF, where he’s recruiting very heavily (and) the state of Texas has always been a priority for us.”
The newfangled Big 12 isn’t the same league the Buffs left in 2011 during the initial rounds of conference realigment when Texas A&M, Missouri and Nebraska also left. Texas and Oklahoma are leaving next year for the Big Ten. TCU and West Virginia came on board a decade ago and Cincinnati, Houston, BYU and Central Florida were added this year.
Sanders, who’s overseen the biggest roster overhaul in the nation since his hiring this spring, already has strong roots in Florida and Texas.
He was born in Fort Myers and starred at Florida State before embarking on a dual sports career as an NFL defensive back and a Major League outfielder. Some of his best years came during his half decade with the Cowboys from 1995-99 and he still has a home in the Dallas area.
When the Buffaloes return to the Big 12 next year, they will have four conference opponents in the Lone Star State in TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor and Houston, which features one of the nation’s largest television markets.
“Houston has always been a favorable market for us in recruiting,” said George, who then mentioned a few players from CU’s heyday in the late 1980s and early ’90s. “You think back to Alfred Williams, Kanavis McGhee and Chris Hudson. That area — the fifth-largest market in the country — also was a factor” in Colorado’s decision to return to the Big 12.
“Colorado recruits Texas hard because it’s an obvious state to go recruit,” Wiltfong said, “and now being in the Big 12, with all those Texas teams, it gives them one more inch to say, ’Hey, we’re going to be coming to the Lone Star State a lot throughout your career to play some big games.’”
Wiltfong expects Sanders to compete with the big boys when it comes to the recruiting trails of Texas.
“Deion’s lived in Texas, right? Deion is going to go where the players are. He’s going to recruit nationally because his name is electric,” Wiltfong said.
Colorado is the third school to leave the Pac-12 in the last year, joining UCLA and USC, which are going to the Big Ten next year. The moves coincide with the expiration of current media rights deals with ESPN and Fox.
Colorado is expected to get $31.7 million in annual TV revenue in the Big 12, which last year came to an agreement with ESPN and Fox on a six-year extension worth more than $2 billion that runs through 2030-31.
After Colorado’s vote to leave, the Pac-12 issued a statement that read, “We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our continued success and growth. Immediately following the conclusion of our media rights deal, we will embrace expansion opportunities and bring new fans, markets, excitement and value to the Pac-12.”
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos coach Sean Payton said Friday he regrets disparaging his predecessor in an interview in which he called the work Nathaniel Hackett and his staff did in Denver last season “one of the worst coaching jobs in the NFL” and said there were “20 dirty hands” around Russell Wilson’s career-worst season.
“Listen, I had one of those moments where I still had my Fox hat on and not my coaching hat,” said Payton, who’s returning to the sideline this season after a year’s sabbatical during which he worked as a studio football analyst for Fox Sports following a 15-year stint with the New Orleans Saints.
Payton’s comments in an interview with USA Today’s Jarrett Bell rocked the NFL because he broke the coaches code in which they refrain from publicly lambasting one another and because he spent his first six months on the job admonishing his players not to look back at last year’s dismal season and to ignore “outside noise.”
“I said this to the team in the meeting yesterday: we’ve had a great offseason relative to that, you know, and I’ve been preaching that message and here I am the veteran” doing just that, Payton said during a lengthy mea culpa in his first comments since he ignited the firestorm.
“It was a learning experience for me. It was a mistake. Obviously, I needed a little bit more filter … I needed a little bit more restraint. And I regret that,” Payton continued.
Payton said he’s usually pretty media savvy “and I just had one of those moments. Jarrett’s a good friend, real good at his job. And two lattes in the morning, first one I see and 40 minutes later, I’m regretting it.”
In the interview, Payton also took potshots at the Jets, who hired Hackett as their offensive coordinator this year, and criticized Broncos general manager George Paton and team President Damani Leech for allowing Hackett and his staff to give Wilson so much free rein, including having his personal quarterback coach with him at team headquarters.
That was one of many unconventional allowances — another was having his own office upstairs next to the coaches — that drew heavy scrutiny when Wilson looked nothing like the star he’d been in Seattle or like a QB who deserved the $245 million extension he signed last summer.
Payton’s criticisms were part of a spirited defense of Wilson, whom he expects to have a big comeback this year and help the Broncos end a seven-year playoff drought.
“Listen, I’m not afraid of the expectation,” Payton said Friday. “I’ve talked with several people about, you know, being used to contending for the postseason. You don’t take it for granted. But that mindset needs to be present here. And so yeah, I see this as a team that has that ability.”
Payton didn’t specifically apologize for his critical comments but he did say he’ll reach out to Hackett and Jets head coach Robert Saleh “at the right time” to do so.
The Broncos host the Jets on Oct. 8, and the row he started “certainly will bring more interest to the game when we play them,” Payton said. “But that seems like years from now.”
Closer to home, Payton has some damage control to do with his GM and the team president who came on board late last summer.
“The front office and the ownership are the two reasons I came here,” Paton said. “So, George and I are close. He was one of the big attractions, he and ownership. My point was it was across the board organizationally, it wasn’t just one person” responsible for Wilson’s dismal season.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Christine Sinclair. Megan Rapinoe. Sarina Bolden.
Like many players in the Women’s World Cup, all three stars built their skills at the U.S. collegiate level.
Of the 736 players competing at this year’s Women’s World Cup, 137 have roots in American college-level soccer, according to the NCAA. The total includes 16 players who currently compete for Division I schools or lower divisions.
Across the 32 teams that qualified for the group stage, more than one in every six players has had a career stop at an American school.
Not all the NCAA athletes in the tournament are tied to the United States.
Canada has 22 of 23 athletes who played or still play on U.S. college teams, most of any team in the tournament. That includes Sinclair, the the all-time leader in international goals for men and women, who played at the University of Portland.
The United States ranks second with 20 players. Rapinoe also played at Portland, but Alyssa Thompson, Trinity Rodman, and Lindsey Horan all turned professional without playing a college match. Horan also did not play for a high school team.
More than 70 U.S. schools are represented in the 2023 tournament, with Florida State the leader with eight current or former players competing. Stanford and North Carolina each have six, Penn State has five and four universities have four former players.
Even schools with lesser-known soccer programs have players competing in New Zealand and Australia. Hilary Jaen of Panama plays for Jones County Community College in Mississippi, Carleigh Frilles of the Philippines plays for Coastal Carolina and Chiara Singarella of Argentina plays for South Alabama. Erin Nayler of New Zealand previously played at Purdue Fort Wayne in Indiana.
TITLE IX
The success of American college soccer can trace its roots back just over 50 years, with the introduction of Title IX. As the U.S. government required universities to establish equal opportunities for men and women in education, those protections – and funding – spread to college athletics.
“The U.S. was providing one of the only games in town so to speak, in terms of opportunities for women to get some kind of compensation,” said Ellen Staurowsky, a professor in sports media at Ithaca College.
Title IX drew female athletes from outside the United States to American schools. Since the passage of Title IX, the number of female athletes competing in NCAA athletics has increased seven-fold and currently represents 44% of all university athletes, according to the National Women’s Law Center.
NCAA TRENDS
In 2021, there were 1,464 international student-athletes playing in NCAA Division I and Division II women’s soccer.
Traditional soccer powerhouses such as Germany and Sweden are sending significant numbers of players to college soccer, even though they have developmental programs of their own. There were 114 from Sweden and 128 from Germany in 2021.
In that same year, NCAA teams had 38 players from New Zealand, 35 players from the Netherlands, 16 players from Japan, and 5 players from South Africa.
“Then you would see those women going back to their own countries, taking what they learned with them,” Staurowsky said. “And you can begin to see how the sport begins to expand out.”
Penn State women’s soccer coach Erica Dambach has seen the collegiate process up close for some time. She’s coached at the Division I level since 1997, won the national title in 2015, and worked as an assistant coach for the U.S. women’s national teams at both the youth and senior levels.
“Until these players are making millions, I think an education is going to be the most important thing for these young women,” Dambach said. “I don’t think it’s for everyone, you have to be invested in getting your education.”
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
That can be easier than it sounds.
“Educational systems around the globe are so different that our international students really don’t know how to navigate the (U.S.) system,” said Nicole LaVoi, a former collegiate tennis coach and the director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota.
Coumba Sow, a Swiss midfielder, attended Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, for two years before transferring to play Division I soccer at Oklahoma State.
“I didn’t understand the system. I was in a rush to just go to the States,” Sow said. “I wanted to keep on learning a language and studying and also play soccer. It’s a lot of paperwork, so I just looked at the facility. I was like, ‘Oh, New York,’ and I went. Then I got there I was like, ‘OK, maybe I should have checked it out better.’”
For New Zealand forward Gabi Rennie, taking the pathway to Division I soccer was an easy decision after watching others succeed. Rennie is entering her final year of NCAA eligibility at Arizona State after spending two seasons at Indiana.
“I wasn’t too sure what to do. But obviously, the college circuit was a really good option,” Rennie said. “Being able to kind of look to the likes of Ali Riley and Katie Bowen and the likes of those girls that had done the college circuit was cool, and just opened those doors for me.”
A PROVING GROUND
Katrina Guillou, a starting forward for the Philippines, spent four years at North Carolina–Wilmington. Her time playing soccer in Wilmington was pivotal to her career.
“The way the season is, with everything so condensed into the three-month span, playing two games every week, I think it really helps build the stamina that’s needed,” Guillou said. “And coming to this level, I think I’ve been able to build on top of that.”
Like many others, Sow saw her experience with American teams impact her style of play.
“Before I went to the U.S., I wasn’t really a physical player,” said Sow. “I learned how to fight in the U.S. because it’s a lot, a lot of long balls. You have to fight for the second ball. And before, I was just a technical player.”
Jody Brown of Jamaica was named the best young players in CONCACAF at the age of 16 and now plays for Florida State.
“The coaches helped us,” said Brown of Florida State. “I feel like college also prepared me for this moment and I’m just so grateful for that and the work that I’ve put in to get to this point because it’s all paid off right now.”
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Joe Lister is a student in John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.
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Contributing reporters included Luke Vargas in Hamilton and Max Ralph in Auckland, students in John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State; and Clay Witt in Sydney, a student at the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.
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A $30,000 grant has been awarded to Alabama State University’s Levi Watkins Learning Center to protect its collection of art and artifacts.
The Daniel Foundation awarded the grant.
ASU Archivist, Raegan C. Stearns, crafted the proposal called “Increasing Access to ASU's Archives’ Art Collections.”
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A long battle between American Airlines and its pilots seems to finally be nearing its end.
On Thursday, the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing American Airlines pilots, said it reached an agreement on an enhanced version of its previous tentative agreement, now referred to as TA 2.0.
TA 2.0 matches terms of agreements reached by Delta Air Lines and United Airlines pilots — a parity request American Airlines pilots asked for when they postponed the vote to ratify the original TA.
The original TA had been increased to more than $9 billion over four years when the 15,000 pilots in APA indefinitely postponed voting to ratify it until further improvements were made to "bring [them] in line with [their] peers."
Though the first TA had finally brought the airline's pay standards to the same level as United, the APA said other benefits, like "quality-of-life" provisions, didn't match up, pushing the union's board to postpone the vote late Sunday evening.
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The union's board of directors then said it would take days, not weeks, to reach a new agreement, and they stuck to their word.
TA 2.0, APA said, now includes all improvements to the original TA that it was asking for, "along with additional improvements." Those include changes in medical reimbursements, per diem, extended sick leave, and more, along with the obvious pay rate increases.
Now TA 2.0 is contingent again on a ratification vote by the union, which is set for August, and on United pilots ratifying their agreement, which gives employees up to a 40% raise.
American Airlines' pay rate matching with United and Delta leaves Southwest Airlines as the only one of the nation's four biggest carriers to not reach a tentative deal with its pilots. The airline has been in unsuccessful contract negotiations with its pilots for years, and its CEO Robert Jordan said there was "nothing new to report."
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Churchill Downs to resume racing at fall meet with no changes after horse deaths
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid watched his team work out in pads for the first time since their Super Bowl triumph last February and saw his players’ energy rise.
“Naturally it does that,” Reid said. “But I like the way they did it, how they got after each other.”
The defending champions ratcheted up the competition for an hour, 40 minutes in sweltering conditions as the heat index soared into the mid-90s.
The air wasn’t all that was hot, like when cornerback Dicaprio Bootle continued hacking at the football in the grasp of tight end Travis Kelce after a play. Cornerback Lamar Jackson raised eyebrows when he delivered a late hit on receiver Kekoa Crawford out of bounds.
Reid doesn’t mind trash-talking and spirited play as long as players keep their wits about them.
“They’re going to jaw,” Reid said. “It’s hot, humid, they’re going to jaw a little bit. As long as there are no punches thrown we’re all right.”
The Chiefs dug in during practice for three separate periods of 11-on-11, along with a nine-on-seven run session.
However, the most anticipated session in Friday’s practice focused on offensive and defensive linemen facing off in pass-rushing scenarios.
“It’s you mano a mano,” guard Trey Smith said. “All the technical details, every little piece matters. Being able to lock in those little seconds and get your job done.”
Linebacker Willie Gay said the hard, hot practice was tailor made for Reid. Although it was grueling, “I told the guys, as long as we continue to get better, it’s going to make the games and preseason even easier, and we’ll start winning,” he continued.
There’s rust to knock off whenever the pads first come on.
“You have some things that you got to clean up, some things you can be a little tighter technique-wise, but it’s always good to put the pads back on,” Smith said. “It’s always good knowing the season’s around the corner.”
Off the field, defensive tackle Chris Jones held out for seventh day and Reid, who hasn’t communicated with Jones recently, didn’t know when the holdout would end.
“We’re moving fast and furious even though he’s not here,” Reid said.
The 29-year-old-Jones is set to earn $19.5 million in base salary this season in the final year of a four-year extension signed in 2020. The All-Pro is seeking an extension that would make him the league’s second-highest-paid defensive tackle behind Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald, whose contract sports an annual average value of $31.67 million.
Jones has been fined $50,000 fine for each missed day of training camp missed, a total that’s grown to $350,000 00 so far. If Jones doesn’t report by Aug. 13, he will be assessed an additional fine of $1.147 for missing the team’s preseason opener against New Orleans.
NOTES: Linebacker Nick Bolton returned to practice Friday following a brief illness, but fellow linebacker Drue Tranquill exited practice early due to a sprained neck. Defensive end Mike Danna left with a strained calf while tight end Jody Fortson is undergoing further examination on a shoulder injury. Wide receiver Kadarius Toney expects to miss the remainder of training camp after surgery Tuesday for a torn meniscus.
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Alabama State University music student and recording artist J Chantel is making moves in the music industry.
Jessica Smith better known as “J Chantel” began playing the trumpet when she was around 10 years old, since then she has been performing in several bands including the coveted ASU Mighty Marching Hornets.
Chantel will be performing in the second season of “The Link Up,” a music series presented by Revolt TV sponsored by Xfinity. She says her first season was a dream come true.
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Police: Man charged with murder after living with girlfriend’s body in closet for months
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A man accused of killing his girlfriend told investigators that he lived with her body in a closet for months before she was discovered.
KVVU reports that George Bone faces a murder charge in the death of Beverly Ma.
Police said they discovered Ma’s body after the woman’s family located her in a home on July 26.
Bone was reportedly Ma’s boyfriend, and the two were living together.
The family said they went to the house where the two were to check on the air conditioning unit. They had received an expensive bill and the repair man said no one was answering the door.
They arrived at the home, but Ma still did not answer them.
According to an arrest report, they talked to Bone upstairs, and that’s when he told them that Ma was dead.
While a family member was on hold with 911, she asked Bone why he didn’t call the police and why he stayed in the house with her body, the report said.
He reportedly told the family member that he wanted to prolong his arrest. The family described Bone as being casual about the situation and brushing his teeth while speaking to them.
The woman’s family said they were not close but did keep in touch with Ma as she suffered trauma in the past.
They had last seen her in person in April, but she stopped responding to their messages a couple of months ago.
During Bone’s interview with police, he said he had known Ma since high school, and they developed a romantic relationship in 2019 after he left prison.
He started living with Ma in July 2022 and Bone told police they fought often, the arrest report said.
According to authorities, Ma had called 911 on May 4 at about 4:40 a.m. Dispatchers could hear a woman and a man screaming at each other, but Ma never responded to the dispatcher’s questions and the line went dead.
Officers said they did a door knock at the house. However, no one answered.
During his interview with police, Bone reportedly told investigators he found Ma in the closet with a belt around her neck in May. He responded to text messages on her phone so her family would think she was alive.
He also told police that he was keeping the temperature in the home at 60 degrees because of the number of flies in the house.
According to Bone’s arrest report, investigators didn’t find consistent evidence regarding his story about Ma’s suicide attempt. Police pointed out these inconsistencies to Bone and he said he didn’t know how to dispose of a body.
Eventually, Bone requested an attorney and the police interview ended.
Bone was not granted bail in a July 27 hearing. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 1.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved another over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdose on Friday.
RiVive, made by Harm Reduction Therapeutics, is the second nonprescription naloxone product the FDA has approved. But unlike other opioid overdose products, the 3 milligram treatment will be available for free or low cost, and its sales will bring no profit to its manufacturer.
"We are grateful that FDA granted RiVive approval so we can now achieve what most thought impossible and no other company has: broad delivery of a lower-cost nasal naloxone product without a prescription to save lives that could otherwise be lost to opioid overdose," said Dr. Michael Hufford, co-founder and chief executive officer of Harm Reduction Therapeutics, Inc.
Naloxone products are the standard treatment for rapidly reversing effects of an opioid overdose — a persistent public health issue in the U.S.
In 2020, nearly 75% of drug overdose deaths involved an opioid, according to CDC data. These types of overdose deaths have increased by more than eight times since 1999, and in the past decade, increases have been significantly linked to synthetic opioids mixed with illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
Because of these increased numbers and risks, the FDA has taken multiple steps to support harm reduction practices, like its work in advancing overdose reversal drugs.
In March, the FDA approved the first over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray, Narcan, and in May, it approved the first nalmefene hydrochloride nasal spray, Opvee. Nalmefene is an opioid receptor antagonist that possesses a longer duration of action than naloxone at the same dose, according to the National Institutes of Health. It requires a prescription, however, and is intended for use in health care and community settings.
The newly approved RiVive, according to Harm Reduction Therapeutics, will be available by early 2024, primarily to harm reduction organizations and state governments. But the nonprofit pharmaceutical company said it's looking for additional funding partners to make RiVive even more accessible.
The nonprofit said it's focused on supplying the cheaper option to communities who need it most, and to start, at least 200,000 doses — which is 10% of its projected first year of product production — will be available for free.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Bronny James continues to recover after going into cardiac arrest, his Southern California teammates have been at practice to prepare for a 10-day exhibition tour of Greece and Croatia that begins next week.
The tour will run from from Aug. 5-15 and see the Trojans visit Athens and Mykonos, Greece, and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Teams are allowed to go on a foreign tour once every four years under NCAA rules.
James was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Thursday and is resting at home, according to a statement from the hospital. His father, Lakers superstar LeBron James, also posted on social media that his family is “safe and healthy.”
Bronny James will continue to undergo tests to determine the cause of his cardiac arrest, which occurred Monday morning during a workout at USC’s Galen Center.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating, because of a problem with its electrical activity. While uncommon in young people, sudden cardiac arrest is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes. Some studies have estimated one sudden cardiac death in 50,000 to 80,000 young athletes each year.
No information has been made public about what may have caused Bronny James’ cardiac arrest. But one of the most common causes in young athletes is an underlying problem with the heart’s structure, such as a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that leads to a thickened heart muscle more prone to irregular electrical activity. A more rare cause is commotio cordis, which occurs when someone receives a sharp blow to the chest during a specific part of the heartbeat’s cycle — what happened to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin earlier this year.
James was the second high-profile USC basketball recruit to go into cardiac arrest in the last year. Vincent Iwuchuwku also was stricken during a workout last July, but the 7-foot-1 center returned to the court six months later and appeared in 14 games.
It’s too soon to know how James’ playing career could be affected, especially without a lot of information being made public. Various experts point to James’ quick move out of intensive care and being released three days later as encouraging.
The upcoming trip is important for the Trojans as James recovers. USC had the nation’s fourth-ranked recruiting class, including the top-rated player in guard Isaiah Collier.
James committed to the Trojans in May after the 6-foot-3 18-year-old became one of the nation’s top prospects as a two-way point guard for Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California.
He is the sixth McDonald’s All-American to come to USC since Andy Enfield became coach in 2013.
With his family fame and huge social media following, Bronny James also has the top name, image and likeness valuation in sports at $6.3 million, as estimated by On3.com. He is the oldest of LeBron and Savannah James’ three children.
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AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham and AP Health & Science Writer Lauran Neergard contributed to this report.
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ATLANTA — An Atlanta family is celebrating a "great blessing," as they mark the 103rd birthday of their matriarch.
Valena York Henderson, born in 1920, turned 103 years old on July 20, according to her family.
The Atlanta native has long been active in the community as an activist whose family says has received numerous awards for her service. This included having the "Henderson Place" property off Irwin Street in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward named in her honor by the Historic District Development Corporation.
Ms. Valena loves to dance, as shown in a social media post by family. And in her words, the post said "She is still blessed with everything she was born with."
Family posted on Facebook during the week thanking all those who sent birthday wishes for Ms. Valena's 103rd birthday.
"Our family is truly blessed and count it all joy for the gift of favor on her life," they wrote.
Happy Birthday!
Photos: Valena York Henderson
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WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T01:39:39 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
CHICAGO — When officers searched an apartment beginning of July of a man charged with the killing of a man on a rooftop in Chicago, Illinois, a young woman’s body was found in the freezer.
Chicago Police Department officers made quite the discovery while searching the apartment of Brandon Sanders, 33. According to The Associated Press, officers reportedly found the body of Iman Al-Sarraj, 18.
Al-Sarraj’s body was found beaten and inside a refrigerator inside the apartment, the AP reported.
Sanders was arrested on June 29, WLS-TV reported. He was charged with murder, robbery, and burglary for stabbing Rasim Katanic, 69, to death. Katanic was a Bosnian War refugee.
Katanic was working on a rooftop in West Ridge as an HVAC contractor when Sanders reportedly got on the roof, the news outlet reported. Katanic was working on a cooler compressor on May 12, according to the AP. He was later found stabbed to death.
Katanic’s daughter, Aida Sutardio, told the Chicago Sun-Times that her father had retired a few years ago but continued to help longtime clients including the restaurant, Tahoora Sweets & Bakery where he was found on the roof, according to the AP.
Sanders was previously arrested in Montana for allegedly forcing his wife into prostitution, according to the Sun-Times.
Sanders has not yet been charged in the death of Al-Sarraj, according to the AP. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/police-find-dead-woman-refrigerator-while-searching-apartment-man-charged-deadly-stabbing/RHFJHYSELFHOBOHROCFKR3ELUM/ | 2023-07-29T01:39:39 | 1 | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/police-find-dead-woman-refrigerator-while-searching-apartment-man-charged-deadly-stabbing/RHFJHYSELFHOBOHROCFKR3ELUM/ |
The Back 2 School Bash and Family Fun Day will be taking place this Saturday in Montgomery.
The free event is hosted by C.H.A.N.G.E Organization and YOUNG Men on a Mission and the City of Montgomery Recreation Department. C.H.A.N.G.E Founder, Ashley Robinson says children must be present to receive their backpacks with school supplies.
The event will be held at Oak Park. | https://www.wvasfm.org/wvas-local/2023-07-28/back-to-school-bash-for-families | 2023-07-29T01:39:40 | 0 | https://www.wvasfm.org/wvas-local/2023-07-28/back-to-school-bash-for-families |
Walnut Caterpillar having a strong summer.
LUFKN, Texas (KTRE) - Summer in the Piney Woods brings heat and dry weather that can be dangerous to east texas trees but a smaller threat has emerged this summer, and it may be just as dangerous for the trees that make the piney woods home.
Walnut caterpillars are a pest that have been bad this summer. They are native to the Eastern United States, and their larvae love devouring leaves. Ag and Natural Resource agent Jamie Sugg showed us how these little bugs can be a problem. .
“Basically what these walnut caterpillars will do is, they’ll lay an egg mass on the bottom side of the leaf and as those eggs hatch, those larvae will start feeding on those leaves, and over the span of five or six weeks, the can skeletonize a pecan tree.”
Sugg tells us that complaints to his county are high this summer, suggesting that it’s a big year. But there are things that can be done to fight them.
“I’m getting around two or three calls a day on these caterpillars. They are around every year but for whatever reason this summer, we have had a bumper crop of them, and they have been absolutely horrible.”
“If a homeowner sees an egg mass on the bottom side of some trees, I would knock those eggs off, pull the leaf off, throw it in the trash, before they have a chance to hatch,” he advised.
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TEMPLE, Texas — In an effort to give back, Workforce Solutions of Center Texas helped kids use their own hands to build their own wheels.
"Wrenches to Wheels," that's what they’re calling the program that teaches kids how to build a bike.
Charley Ayres is the Director of Industry and Education Partnerships at Workforce Solutions of Central Texas.
”Students have a lot of experience with digital technology,” Ayres said. “We thought we’d do something that related to STEM but a little bit old school.”
Then it hit them, why not teach them how to build a bike?
“They would not only have to learn about some of the critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills, but they would also be using wrenches, working with chains, and putting nuts and bolts on,” Ayres said. “So, it's some of those, what you would consider, middle skills that we seem to be losing touch with in our workforces.”
They start with bicycle parts in a box, a set of their very own tools, and end up with a fully assembled bike that they get to take home.”
A fun but trying process for some students.
Jesse Lee Green IV is an incoming 8th grader at Temple ISD and a part of the program.
”Except for the tires, pretty easy. The tires were a bit confusing at first because we weren’t sure if it had a left or right but nope, just put it on how you needed,” Green said.
Building the bike is one thing, now they have new wheels.
”I can go places now with it,” said Alejandro Cascaneda, incoming 7th grader at Temple ISD. “Like, around my block and stuff like that.”
The students have a message to everyone involved.
”Thank you, this was really nice of them,” Cascaneda said.
”Quite thankful to everybody that paid for the bikes and what not. Pretty darn cool, I’m glad that I got to participate in this,” Green said.
Not only do the kids get to keep the bikes, they get to keep the tools. So, in case anything breaks or needs to be adjusted on the bike, they’ve got what they need to get it done. | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/temple-isd-students-build-their-own-bikes-with-workforce-solutions-of-central-texas | 2023-07-29T01:39:40 | 1 | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/temple-isd-students-build-their-own-bikes-with-workforce-solutions-of-central-texas |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left. | https://www.cbs42.com/tech-news/ap-technology/ap-x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/ | 2023-07-29T01:39:42 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/tech-news/ap-technology/ap-x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-to-investigate-permit-violation/ |
The North Bend School District’s new Superintendent, Vince Swagerty, is pleased to announce Dayna Cahill as the new Director of Teaching and Learning.
Dayna is a life-long North Bend resident and has a track record of success in North Bend. During her career, Dayna has served as an elementary teacher, a reading specialist, and most recently as the principal of North Bay Elementary School. She is an excellent communicator, a collaborative partner of staff and families, excels at improving district culture and climate, and successfully utilizes sound instructional practices and data to improve instructional outcomes. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/north-bend-school-district-announces-new-director-of-teaching-and-learning/article_f271c95a-2c56-11ee-a43a-9b6517f63a21.html | 2023-07-29T01:39:46 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/north-bend-school-district-announces-new-director-of-teaching-and-learning/article_f271c95a-2c56-11ee-a43a-9b6517f63a21.html |
ATLANTA — It's been exactly two years since Tori Lang was shot and killed and her body was left at a Gwinnett County park. On the second anniversary of her death, loved ones continue to seek justice.
"We're still fighting for justice for her," Teresa Lang, Tori's mother, said. "This is our second round for the trial. We aren't looking forward to this but we want to get it taken care of."
Lang's parents gathered Friday alongside community members at Yellow River Park, the same area where their daughter's body was found, to commemorate her life and to announce a retrial in her case.
The family's search for justice continues after a Gwinnett County judge declared a mistrial for Austin Ford in May, the suspect in Lang's death.
The Lang family said prosecutors will retry Ford on Aug. 7 on the most serious charges against him.
In May, Ford was found guilty of tampering with evidence and two counts of theft by taking. He was also found guilty of concealing the death of Tori. A mistrial was also declared on two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
However, the jury could not unanimously decide on the most serious charges against him at the time of the mistrial: felony murder, aggravated assault and voluntary manslaughter.
Police believe that Ford was Tori's friend at one point and said the two knew each other. At the time, the 20-year-old was being held in Clayton County for an unrelated theft charge. Records show that he was booked into the Gwinnett County jail on June 9, 2022.
Authorities have not said how they linked Ford to Lang's murder or how they are friends. Police have not said if there could be any other suspects in the case.
How did Tori Lang die?
On July 28, 2021, authorities found Lang shot and killed under a tree at Yellow River Park around 6:30 a.m.
Gwinnett County Police Department officers were originally investigating a call about a medical situation.
Her car was found a week later burned and hidden in a wooded area of Hidden Acres Nature Preserve in DeKalb County. The beat-up 2012 Nissan Versa was about five miles from where Lang's body was found. The area is closer to the family's home in Lithonia, not far from Stephenson Middle School.
Honoring Tori's life
To keep Lang's positive and vibrant legacy alive, her parents released balloons in Lang's honor in her favorite color, green.
Photos: Balloon release for Tori Lang, 2 years after her death
Lang, affectionately known as 'Kiwi' has a foundation under her nickname. Her parents started the foundation in her honor and are working to create scholarships at the schools she attended to ensure her memory lives on.
"We know she's in a better place. We struggle every single day and we miss her so so much," her mother said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/tori-lang-case-another-trial/85-eb5c8f2f-6d86-4da8-b50a-e820bdb69736 | 2023-07-29T01:39:46 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/tori-lang-case-another-trial/85-eb5c8f2f-6d86-4da8-b50a-e820bdb69736 |
A relentless summer with record-breaking sweltering temperatures is putting the human body to the test.
"We are the warmest we have been in 1,000 years based on the best possible data that we have," said Carlos Del Castillo, the NASA Ocean Ecology Laboratory chief.
Scientific data is forecasting that July will be the hottest month globally on record, and possibly the warmest human civilization has ever experienced.
Dr. Pope Moseley is a research professor at Arizona State University and a lung and intensive care unit physician. He is one of two professors studying the impacts of extreme heat on the body in Arizona, using hospital and population data.
"The majority of people who are affected by heat and who seek hospital care or become seriously ill are not captured under the heat-related illness banner," said Moseley. "Heat is the force multiplier of chronic disease."
He says he wants to highlight the health implications of excessive heat beyond just the data on common heat illnesses.
"More than 65% of people have at least one chronic condition, and 40% have two or more. So, these chronic conditions are activated and made worse by heat," said Moseley.
SEE MORE: Over half the US is under extreme heat or flood warnings
He says research shows that during heat waves, blood stream infections go up, suicides rates tick up 1% to 2%, overdoses increase, and hospitalizations for dementia and heart attacks increase.
A recent report published by the American Heart Association also found that the risk of fatal heart attacks may double when combined with fine particle pollution and heat waves.
In Arizona, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s office is at 106% capacity. The coroner's office brought in 10 coolers to store bodies. The county spokesperson says this year is worse than past years, with reports showing 25 heat-associated deaths in the county so far this year.
In April, Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix called on the federal government to add extreme heat to FEMA's list of declarable disasters, a plea that she made again this week to the president. "We would love it if Congress would give you the ability to declare heat a disaster," said Mayor Gallego.
The move would unlock additional resources for emergency relief. Phoenix is forecast to hit or exceed an entire month with temperatures at 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. While other parts of the country can expect to cool off this weekend, there is little relief in sight for the Southwest.
"Phoenix is going to be the place that these health issues are solved, because Phoenix is the place that is ground zero for heat waves right now," said Gallego.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | https://www.kxxv.com/what-are-some-health-complications-from-extreme-heat | 2023-07-29T01:39:47 | 0 | https://www.kxxv.com/what-are-some-health-complications-from-extreme-heat |
Congresswoman Terri Sewell will be hosting her 12th annual Job Fair on Wednesday, August 2nd at Montgomery’s Multiplex at Cramton Bowl.
Doors will open at 10 a.m. Sewell says if you are looking for a career, make plans to attend.
The job fair ends at 2 p.m. You are encouraged to dress appropriately and bring your resume. You can pre-register at Sewell.house.gov. | https://www.wvasfm.org/wvas-local/2023-07-28/congresswoman-terri-sewell-to-host-12th-annual-job-fair-at-multiplex | 2023-07-29T01:39:46 | 0 | https://www.wvasfm.org/wvas-local/2023-07-28/congresswoman-terri-sewell-to-host-12th-annual-job-fair-at-multiplex |
‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The “X” appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The “X” started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but as of Friday the bird icon still appears in many places on the app.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter “X " and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.ktre.com/2023/07/29/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-investigate-permit-violation/ | 2023-07-29T01:39:47 | 0 | https://www.ktre.com/2023/07/29/x-logo-installed-atop-twitter-building-spurring-san-francisco-investigate-permit-violation/ |
Terry Cox was on journey to become healthier when he decided he wanted to create healthy snacking options for his dogs too.
He created a product that his dogs loved and decided to share it with the rest of the community.
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Terry Cox was on journey to become healthier when he decided he wanted to create healthy snacking options for his dogs too.
He created a product that his dogs loved and decided to share it with the rest of the community.
“I wanted to have a healthy alternative for my dogs. It turned into something that other people's dogs liked too and it’s become a little niche for me,” Cox said.
This is his third year offering Yappy Hour Dog treats at the Wednesday farmer’s market in Coos Bay. The local small-business owner also recently had a grand opening for his new kiosk inside the Pony Village Mall.
The pursuit to create Yappy Hour dog treats was an unexpected one.
Cox had been in marketing for 40 years when an accident forced him into early retirement. But the retirement allowed him to do so something he had been wanting to do for a while – which was to adopt a couple of shelter dogs.
When Cox looked at the ingredients on store bought dog treats, he wasn’t impressed with what he saw. He began making homemade treats for his pups using natural and healthy ingredients like peanut butter, pumpkin, coconut flour and rice flour.
“Everything has natural preservatives. They're dairy free and there’s nothing that's going irritate any stomachs or be bad for them in the long run,” Cox said.
He now has six flavors of dog treats, five flavors of chews and two cat treats. His peanut butter treats are the top seller. He even offers a treats that you can shake over the top of food and a package of sampler treats he named the “Barkuterie box.”
His treats became so popular with locals that he decided to add a location in addition to his farmer’s market booth. Cox vision for the treat kiosk inside the mall is for humans and dogs to enjoy socializing with one-another.
“I want to create an atmosphere where friendly dogs can come and be with other friendly dogs – and for people who like to be together with friendly dogs,” he said.
Cox said he and his wife moved to Coos County six years ago. They like taking their dogs to play outdoors and they like to participate in community activities. Cox recently joined the chamber of commerce and is part of the Coos Bay Downtown Association.
“This is where we want to spend our time. We love this community and want to be a part of it,” Cox said.
The Yappy Hour kiosk is located near the north entrance of the Pony Village mall. It is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Yappy Hour treats are also available seasonally at the Wednesday Farmer’s Market on Central Avenue in Coos Bay, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
More information about Yappy Hour products can be found at getyappy.com.
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MARIETTA, Ga. — One group of students in Cobb County is getting high-fives and high recognition before the school year even starts. That's because their reading literacy scores have significantly increased since the pandemic -- some even in the double digits.
Marietta City Schools spent the last two years focused on the "science of reading," and now its third-grade students are the cream of the crop in the Peach State.
Superintendent for Marietta City Schools Grant Rivera said data showed that students in their district outpaced the state and metro Atlanta by five times relative to the means scale for the third grade in the Georgia Milestones testing.
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Rivera said the improvement was not the result of luck, but learning, and the culmination of two years of well-spent reading between the lines - with financial investment and staffing.
He added the district even saw significant gains in subgroups like minority students, those with disabilities and new English learners. The district didn't see the same growth though amongst older students.
Rivera credited the teachers who work with the kids in their classrooms throughout the year for the overall success.
"They’ve worked for the last two years to really understand how kids learn to read, and they’ve made the necessary changes in their classroom. They’ve had the necessary resources," he said.
Rivera called the success "unprecedented," adding that the district is "so excited" to not only launch this upcoming school year but also celebrate those successes and continue the work. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/marietta-city-schools-literacy-scores-rise/85-f05516c4-2258-46d7-8df4-6cfcf6fd1edf | 2023-07-29T01:39:52 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/marietta-city-schools-literacy-scores-rise/85-f05516c4-2258-46d7-8df4-6cfcf6fd1edf |
Global average sea temperatures are at unprecedented highs.
Ocean heat is contributing to significant ice melt and causing coral die-offs.
In places, our instruments are registering what may be the highest ocean temperatures ever recorded on Earth.
Scientists say the oceanic heat waves that have pushed sea surface temperatures to new records this summer are expected to persist, which may continue to contribute to extreme weather later in the year.
Svenja Ryan, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, told NBC News: "We’re not even at the height of the summer. Typically, the ocean continues to warm until September, so I think certainly we can expect this heat wave to last into the fall."
But experts can't say exactly what exactly to expect in terms of effects — in some cases, the conditions now are unlike anything they've ever seen before.
So researchers are studying whether the warm ocean temperatures are influencing this year's weather. Rainfall patterns may have been affected in places as far apart as Norway, which saw unusually dry conditions this year, and South Asia, where the monsoon that waters rice and other crops has been weaker than usual.
Typically, warmer waters also fuel stronger hurricanes, which draw their energy from the ocean as they move across it.
However, any intensification of this year's storms may be moderated by the characteristic wind shear from the El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific; the competing winds make it difficult for storms to keep their form and strength.
SEE MORE: Rising ocean temps contributing to Florida's dying coral reefs
Looking past just this year's effects, warmer oceans are expected to increase pressure on ocean ecosystems, intensify hurricanes, and accelerate ice loss — which could then cause other imbalances in the climate that we're used to.
Research published this week found that accelerated melting from ice in Greenland is changing the speed of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, which is expected to eventually destabilize, now possibly as early as midcentury.
A weakening or collapse of the ocean-wide current could disrupt weather patterns on multiple continents, threaten the reliability of agricultural zones and displace millions of people due to sea level rise.
SEE MORE: A major Atlantic Ocean current could collapse as early as 2025
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | https://www.kxxv.com/what-does-prolonged-ocean-heat-mean-for-our-weather | 2023-07-29T01:39:53 | 0 | https://www.kxxv.com/what-does-prolonged-ocean-heat-mean-for-our-weather |
Montgomery teens are premiering the “Murder Match” movie this Sunday.
The movie was written, directed and filmed by area youth from ages 12 to 19 years old during a month-long film camp.
The project is sponsored by Doris Crenshaw, the founder of the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute, The Spotlight Arts Film Camp and The Black Seed Academy.
Instruction was also led by world famous, actress, educator and director Dr. Tonea Stewart.
The movie will premiere on Sunday July 30th at 2:30 p.m. at the Capri Theatre. | https://www.wvasfm.org/wvas-local/2023-07-28/local-teens-movie-to-premier-at-capri-theatre | 2023-07-29T01:39:53 | 0 | https://www.wvasfm.org/wvas-local/2023-07-28/local-teens-movie-to-premier-at-capri-theatre |
2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 3
Celine Boutier currently leads the way (-7, +5500 to win) after two rounds of play at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship .
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Amundi Evian Championship Third Round Information
- Start Time: 1:00 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Hyo Joo Kim
- Tee Time: 1:11 AM ET
- Current Rank: 28th (+1)
- Odds to Win: +1400
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 1:11 AM ET
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- Tee Time: 2:17 AM ET
- Current Rank: 12th (-2)
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Ayaka Furue
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PORTERDALE, Ga. — Police have yet to share why a search at a Newton County property was carried out in connection with Morgan Bauer’s case, but her mother Sherri Keenan said she’s made peace with the unthinkable.
No one has heard from Morgan since she went missing seven years ago -- back in 2016. Police believed Bauer went missing in late February of that year.
“I believe Morgan, if she were still here, she would have reached out. Even if she didn’t want to talk to me, she would have reached out to her grandma," Keenan said.
Morgan's mom said the last time she saw her baby girl, she gave her something to keep her safe.
“We didn’t really talk, I gave her a penny though. I told her to put the penny in her pocket and to keep it with her to keep her safe," Keenan said. "She was with a friend but I don’t know who he was. They walked off and that was the last time I ever saw her."
Morgan had just moved to metro Atlanta two weeks before she vanished -- leaving nothing but unanswered questions in her absence.
Porterdale Police provided photos of the search Thursday:
But Keenan hopes Thursday’s search will bring closure and healing.
“To the family that lives in that house, to the parents of the people who live in that house, that I’m so sorry and they must love their child as much as I love mine," Keenan said.
Several agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Peoria, Illinois, police and the Newton County Coroners' Office were called in.
Porterdale Police Chief Jason Cripps is being cautious about sharing details but said this case is important and he needed resources and people to make headway.
Keenan said the FBI has been involved from the start.
“We’ve had someone that’s been helping us with the FBI since day 1. She’s on the ground there since day one and I know she's on the ground floor," Keenan explained.
More on Morgan Bauer's case
Police believed Bauer went missing on Feb. 25, 2016, but in an 11Alive News exclusive, investigators found a discrepancy that could shift that timeline.
Police discovered the teen last posted on social media on Feb. 26, 2016. That's a day after they initially thought she vanished, so that could change the entire course of the investigation.
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Bauer is described as having her ears gauged and her lip pierced twice. Her family also said she has several tattoos: a sun-moon near her right shoulder inside a Celtic design, an anchor with the words "whatever you love can be taken away, so live like it's your dying day" on her left wrist, a blue and orange jellyfish on arm from her inner wrist to elbow, and a black tree and flowers on the back of her neck.
Keenan said a $10,000 reward is being offered in her daughter's case. Bauer's family has set up an anonymous tip line at 1-855-MORGANB.
She had moved to the Atlanta area from Aberdeen, South Dakota just about two weeks before she went missing seven years ago.
"There isn't a lot of information out there," Morgan's mother Sherri Keenan told 11Alive in 2019. "Morgan is a cold case, but an active cold case with the Atlanta Police Department."
In February 2016, Bauer moved from her small South Dakota hometown to Atlanta and took a job as a dancer in a Gainesville club.
Two weeks later, she disappeared.
“On the 25th into that night, she was dancing at Top of Gainesville," Keenan recalled. "She left and we know she left with some people. They stated they dropped her off at a Citgo gas station in Covington, Georgia."
Bauer’s Instagram is private, but Keenan said a friend of her daughter's recently sent her a screenshot of Bauer’s last post.
It shows it was posted on February 26.
That could mean police have been looking in the wrong places, based on an incorrect timeline.
The video posted to Bauer's Instagram appears to show her in a park with a man walking behind her.
Atlanta Police declined 11Alive's requests for interviews and have not revealed if they know who that person is, or where the video was taken. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/mom-morgan-bauer-speaks-search-new-evidence/85-b7506ac9-cf95-4d85-a887-ca214e26ced3 | 2023-07-29T01:39:58 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/mom-morgan-bauer-speaks-search-new-evidence/85-b7506ac9-cf95-4d85-a887-ca214e26ced3 |
More patients are skipping the brick-and-mortar hospital to heal at home instead with hospital-at-home programs. And more health care systems are adopting the programs and offering them to patients, especially those 65 and older. The age group makes up a sixth of the U.S. population, and can be at increased risk for secondary infections or falls.
The model is part of health care in other countries too. But critics warn more regulation needs to happen before it is widely adopted in the U.S.
On a recent morning in California, Scripps News met with Pippa Shulman, chief medical officer of Medically Home. The company has partnered with hospital systems like the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. The decentralized health care company invited the media to see how their hospital-at-home service works.
"It could be anywhere electricity, running water, an access to a bathroom, everything else. We can help mitigate and support the patient," said Schulman.
Hospital-at-home, or acute at-home hospital care is for stable, acute-care patients. It would not be used for someone who could be admitted to a hospital with a bad infection, COPD, or heart failure, for example. The patients are discharged more quickly or stay at home completely to heal in their own dwelling.
The model uses telehealth and technology. Think calls with doctors and nurses, and devices like a watch that reads vitals or a medication dispenser, for example, supplemented by visits from health care workers for therapies or tests.
"We can do in-home ultrasound, we can do in-home blood testing, we can do in-home x-ray," Schulman explained.
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On the other end, medical professionals — doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses — are either working from home or in their own command center, having appointments, looking at a patient's vitals, livestreaming, video chatting, and giving them medical advice in real time.
"People think of the tech as sensors and remote this and monitoring," said geriatrician Dr. Bruce Leff."All-important, all true. But I think what they forget, on the other side, is that the tech and the software platforms allow programs to build high-quality, highly safe care, and the ability to coordinate services."
Leff is an early pioneer of hospital-at-home. He started a program at Johns Hopkins in 1994, conducting some of the first clinical research looking into health outcomes for patient care in and out of hospital. The first participants were patients who needed hospital care, but when offered, refused. Hopkins' institutional review board also required the patients to be monitored 24/7 in person.
"Interestingly, more than half the patients refused that because they thought it would be weird to have someone sitting in their home and watching them sleep."
The trend really boomed out of the COVID pandemic, when hospitals were overrun, and some were working with makeshift wards. In November 2020, Medicare rules changed due to the public health emergency. Hospitals were paid the same amount if an acute patient was in the actual hospital room or in their home. Hospitals were also no longer required to provide 24/7 in-person nursing care.
SEE MORE: 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge
Those Medicare rules were extended that same year. They're now set to expire December 2024, and while law requires the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to evaluate the program by then, what happens after is uncertain.
Nearly 300 hospital at-home programs exist in 37 states. And the market is expected to grow to $254 billion over the next seven years.
"My view ... is that in the future, hospitals will become big ERs, ORs and ICU beds. Everything else could and should be moved out to the community," said Leff. "As the tech gets better, we'll see more acuity taken care of in the home. I think ... we'll have improved approaches for engaging with family members in terms of maybe more standardization across programs ... Better training for caregivers, which I think is something we need to be working towards."
But acute health care at home has been met with criticism. The largest nurses' union calls it "home all alone."
"Acute care means that your condition is likely to change and you are likely to experience, or at high risk to experience, complications. So even if you're feeling well, that could change quickly," explains Michelle Mahon, RN. She's the assistant director of nursing practice for National Nurses United.
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National Nurses United also worries the cost will fall onto patients and taxpayers, and warns about the impact on caregivers.
A recent report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research argues that private equity, hedge funds and venture capital getting in the hospital-at-home game without more regulation and enforcement systems means there would be "incentives for financial interests to take advantage of taxpayer subsidies for private gain and at the risk of lower quality care or heightened inequality across diverse populations."
Dr. Leff is a clinical advisor to Medically Home, and Dispatch Health (another at-home health care provider), among others. He says he thinks "it's always good to be suspicious of how money is moving through the health system."
He also added, "There's absolutely some private equity money in this, but a lot of the money is actually coming in the form of investor partners as opposed to private equity. So take Dispatch Health and Humana, take Medically Home with the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. Those investments are being provided by investor partners who have a strong interest in creating a credible, safe, high-quality model."
The big question is: Does hospital-at-home work? Johns Hopkins' research in their hospital-at-home program showed the cost of hospital-at-home is a couple thousand dollars less, and length of stays were shorter. Cases of delirium — a complication — were dramatically lower.
A 2021 analysis in the Journal of American Medical Association of several studies of hospital-at-home patients found treatment lasted an average of five days longer and had a similar mortality risk. Hospital readmission risk went down 26%.
Limited research shows at-home acute care patients sleep better and have more physical activity. But the latest studies show many patients eligible for at-home acute care are still skeptical. One found more than 60% of patients offered the program turned it down, opting to stay in a hospital.
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Just as Cobb County residents were coming to terms with the news of a delayed elementary school opening due to construction, there is another setback in the educational infrastructure.
This time, it's Pebblebrook High School that is facing construction delays, threatening its readiness for the upcoming academic year.
Ongoing construction at Pebblebrook High School
A few days ago, Principal Dana Giles of Pebblebrook High School took to Facebook to share a video update with the school's community. The video captured the ongoing construction work across the entire campus, showcasing the extent of the renovation and expansion efforts.
In the Facebook video, Giles acknowledged that some parts of the school might be recognizable to viewers, but it was evident that substantial changes were still underway. The construction activities have been in progress throughout the summer, with the goal of enhancing the school's facilities for the students and staff.
Unfortunately, the ambitious construction timeline has encountered unforeseen delays, putting the school's opening at risk. As a result, students and teachers are now facing the prospect of having to wait before moving into the newer section of the building. The situation echoes a similar one at East Valley Elementary School, where students and staff had to remain in their existing building for the first six weeks of the school year due to construction issues.
Cobb County School District addresses concerns
In response to the mounting concerns, the Cobb County School District issued a statement reassuring parents, students, and staff that there will be no disruption to instruction or school operations when Pebblebrook High School welcomes students back on Aug. 1. The statement emphasized that school operations will continue smoothly, just as they were during the previous year.
Additionally, the school district expressed optimism that the new classrooms would be completed within the next month, followed by the opening of the new gym later in the semester. These developments are eagerly awaited, as they will undoubtedly contribute to providing a more conducive and modern learning environment for all students at Pebblebrook High School.
As the new school year draws near, the school community remains hopeful that the construction efforts will be successful, providing them with the state-of-the-art facilities they deserve. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/pebblebrook-high-school-construction-delays/85-93232754-7158-408d-907a-86336588daa8 | 2023-07-29T01:40:04 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/pebblebrook-high-school-construction-delays/85-93232754-7158-408d-907a-86336588daa8 |
WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T01:40:11 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
Churchill Downs to resume racing at fall meet with no changes after horse deaths
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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Police: Man charged with murder after living with girlfriend’s body in closet for months
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A man accused of killing his girlfriend told investigators that he lived with her body in a closet for months before she was discovered.
KVVU reports that George Bone faces a murder charge in the death of Beverly Ma.
Police said they discovered Ma’s body after the woman’s family located her in a home on July 26.
Bone was reportedly Ma’s boyfriend, and the two were living together.
The family said they went to the house where the two were to check on the air conditioning unit. They had received an expensive bill and the repair man said no one was answering the door.
They arrived at the home, but Ma still did not answer them.
According to an arrest report, they talked to Bone upstairs, and that’s when he told them that Ma was dead.
While a family member was on hold with 911, she asked Bone why he didn’t call the police and why he stayed in the house with her body, the report said.
He reportedly told the family member that he wanted to prolong his arrest. The family described Bone as being casual about the situation and brushing his teeth while speaking to them.
The woman’s family said they were not close but did keep in touch with Ma as she suffered trauma in the past.
They had last seen her in person in April, but she stopped responding to their messages a couple of months ago.
During Bone’s interview with police, he said he had known Ma since high school, and they developed a romantic relationship in 2019 after he left prison.
He started living with Ma in July 2022 and Bone told police they fought often, the arrest report said.
According to authorities, Ma had called 911 on May 4 at about 4:40 a.m. Dispatchers could hear a woman and a man screaming at each other, but Ma never responded to the dispatcher’s questions and the line went dead.
Officers said they did a door knock at the house. However, no one answered.
During his interview with police, Bone reportedly told investigators he found Ma in the closet with a belt around her neck in May. He responded to text messages on her phone so her family would think she was alive.
He also told police that he was keeping the temperature in the home at 60 degrees because of the number of flies in the house.
According to Bone’s arrest report, investigators didn’t find consistent evidence regarding his story about Ma’s suicide attempt. Police pointed out these inconsistencies to Bone and he said he didn’t know how to dispose of a body.
Eventually, Bone requested an attorney and the police interview ended.
Bone was not granted bail in a July 27 hearing. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 1.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The “X” appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The “X” started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but as of Friday the bird icon still appears in many places on the app.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter “X " and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left.
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 3
Celine Boutier currently leads the way (-7, +5500 to win) after two rounds of play at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship .
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Amundi Evian Championship Third Round Information
- Start Time: 1:00 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Hyo Joo Kim
- Tee Time: 1:11 AM ET
- Current Rank: 28th (+1)
- Odds to Win: +1400
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 1:11 AM ET
- Current Rank: 28th (+1)
- Odds to Win: +1600
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Rose Zhang
- Tee Time: 2:17 AM ET
- Current Rank: 12th (-2)
- Odds to Win: +1800
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Linn Grant
- Tee Time: 2:17 AM ET
- Current Rank: 12th (-2)
- Odds to Win: +2000
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- Tee Time: 2:28 AM ET
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Churchill Downs to resume racing at fall meet with no changes after horse deaths
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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Hungry Hearts founder retires
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 7:31 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Founder of Hungry Hearts, Adriene Davis, joined 7News Friday to discuss Hungry Hearts Feeding Ministry and her retirement.
The location is 605 SW 11th Street.
There will be an Adult Prom in September of this year. You may also sponsor a meal, or donate to the organization with their list of current needs. All of this information can be found on their Facebook page here.
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Police: Man charged with murder after living with girlfriend’s body in closet for months
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A man accused of killing his girlfriend told investigators that he lived with her body in a closet for months before she was discovered.
KVVU reports that George Bone faces a murder charge in the death of Beverly Ma.
Police said they discovered Ma’s body after the woman’s family located her in a home on July 26.
Bone was reportedly Ma’s boyfriend, and the two were living together.
The family said they went to the house where the two were to check on the air conditioning unit. They had received an expensive bill and the repair man said no one was answering the door.
They arrived at the home, but Ma still did not answer them.
According to an arrest report, they talked to Bone upstairs, and that’s when he told them that Ma was dead.
While a family member was on hold with 911, she asked Bone why he didn’t call the police and why he stayed in the house with her body, the report said.
He reportedly told the family member that he wanted to prolong his arrest. The family described Bone as being casual about the situation and brushing his teeth while speaking to them.
The woman’s family said they were not close but did keep in touch with Ma as she suffered trauma in the past.
They had last seen her in person in April, but she stopped responding to their messages a couple of months ago.
During Bone’s interview with police, he said he had known Ma since high school, and they developed a romantic relationship in 2019 after he left prison.
He started living with Ma in July 2022 and Bone told police they fought often, the arrest report said.
According to authorities, Ma had called 911 on May 4 at about 4:40 a.m. Dispatchers could hear a woman and a man screaming at each other, but Ma never responded to the dispatcher’s questions and the line went dead.
Officers said they did a door knock at the house. However, no one answered.
During his interview with police, Bone reportedly told investigators he found Ma in the closet with a belt around her neck in May. He responded to text messages on her phone so her family would think she was alive.
He also told police that he was keeping the temperature in the home at 60 degrees because of the number of flies in the house.
According to Bone’s arrest report, investigators didn’t find consistent evidence regarding his story about Ma’s suicide attempt. Police pointed out these inconsistencies to Bone and he said he didn’t know how to dispose of a body.
Eventually, Bone requested an attorney and the police interview ended.
Bone was not granted bail in a July 27 hearing. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 1.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The “X” appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The “X” started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but as of Friday the bird icon still appears in many places on the app.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter “X " and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left.
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At this point, It’s safe to say that Texas is the Florida of the Southwest. Both states stand out, even among red states, as states that are the most hellbent on banishing critical race theory into the depths of Woke Hades. Both states are looking to water down American slavery and make it sound more like an unpaid internship than an institution of racism, bondage, cruel and merciless brutality, forced labor and human trafficking. Both states appear to be involved in an endless Confederate-friendly war against Black history in general. And both states are so addicted to book bans that no amount of rehab could curb their need for their daily fix of laws that make their citizens dumber.
Of course, now, Texas, the state that leads the country in book bans, is, apparently, trying to outdo itself by—wait for it—banning entire libraries.
According to Click 2 Houston, Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools next year and converting many of its school libraries into “Team Centers” for students who have behavioral issues. (“Team Centers” is probably a good title because they don’t want to come out and say, “Fewer rooms for reading and more detention rooms for the ‘bad’ kids we can’t handle, please!”)
From Click 2 Houston:
This comes as part of the new superintendent Mike Miles reform program, New Education System (NES). Currently, there are a total of 85 schools that have joined Miles’ program, and of those, 28 campuses will lose their librarians. The district said they will have the opportunity to transition to other roles within the district.
The remaining 57 NES schools’ librarians will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, according to the district.
Retired HISD Teacher in Charge of Library, Lisa Robinson, believes the library is full of some of the greatest stories ever told.
“It was such a joy to help them find the perfect book,” said Robinson.
She said those stories are now ripped to shreds.
“My heart is just broken for these children that are in the NES schools that are losing their librarians,” said Robinson.
Librarian positions have been an ongoing debate in HISD. Robinson said the former superintendent, Millard House II, made efforts to keep library staff.
“The mandate for librarians had been put back in place. With one swipe of a pen that has been destroyed,” said Robinson.
Superintendent Mike Miles said students are behind on reading levels, especially in 4th grade.
Data shows that out of nearly 200,000 students enrolled in the Houston Independent School District, more than 84% of them are either Black, African American, Latino or Hispanic.
I suppose we shouldn’t find it terribly surprising that the man in charge of—*checks notes*—education reform in Texas has responded to students who are behind on reading levels by—*checks again just to make sure*—eliminating the rooms with all the books in them. This is, after all, the state where representatives respond to school shootings by essentially saying, “Yeah—we definitely need more guns.” But, hey, if being counterintuitive were an Olympic sport, Texas and its equally evil fraternal twin Florida would be weighted down by gold medals every time.
“When students engage in reading as an activity of choice, they are not only building that reading muscle, but they are also developing their vocabulary they are understanding a bit about the world that exists outside their block radius,” said HISD Librarian and Manager of Library Services Janice Newsum. “Our less fortunate students are the ones that suffer the most; primarily because many of them live in situations that are reading deserts. They don’t have access to the reading materials. They don’t have a choice in the reading materials that they are given to read.”
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also seems to be wondering why his state continues to be so anti-literacy for the underprivileged.
“You don’t close libraries in some of the schools in your most underserved communities, and you’re keeping libraries open in other schools,” he said.
Maybe keeping the most vulnerable citizens in the state as undereducated as possible is the point.
And maybe it’s time for Texas to turn a page. (See what I did there?)
SEE ALSO:
Texas White Republicans Announce Plans To Take Over Houston’s Predominately Black School District
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President Biden publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old named Navy Joan Roberts, for the first time on Friday, capping a month of questions about why he had seemingly excluded the little girl from his tight family circle.
Roberts is the daughter of Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman who filed a paternity lawsuit against her child's father in 2019.
"Our son Hunter and Navy's mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," President Biden said in a statement to People magazine published on Friday evening.
President Biden Speaks Out on Hunter’s Daughter, 4, with Ark. Woman: ‘Jill and I Only Want What’s Best’ (Exclusive) https://t.co/9qlHMZXH7E
— People (@people) July 28, 2023
"This is not a political issue, it's a family matter," Biden said in the statement. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy."
President Biden is known for often speaking about his love of his family and grandchildren. Last year, Hunter Biden's eldest child, Naomi, was married at the White House in what was a lavish affair.
In early July, the New York Times profiled Navy, her mother, and some of the details of their child support settlement. The story drew attention to the fact that the president had never recognized his 4-year-old granddaughter.
Some GOP presidential contenders like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made jabs at the president for the omission.
Hunter Biden recently settled a lawsuit over his daughter
Hunter Biden has struggled with addiction. In his 2021 memoir, he blamed his addictions for his court battle over his daughter's paternity.
"It's why I would later challenge in court the woman from Arkansas who had a baby in 2018 and claimed the child was mine — I had no recollection of our encounter. That's how little connection I had with anyone," he wrote in his memoir. "I was a mess, but a mess I've taken responsibility for."
Hunter Biden was proven to be the child's father through a DNA test. He has recently settled a lawsuit for child support.
He has three older children, now in their 20s, as well as a 3-year-old son named Beau, who is often seen at the White House.
Hunter Biden has been the target of Republican attacks on the president because of his business dealings and legal issues.
He recently agreed to plead guilty to tax and gun charges in a deal that would allow him to avoid future prosecution. But that plea deal fell apart when the judge said she needed more information and wasn't ready to accept the deal he struck with the Justice Department.
The White House has refused to comment on whether Hunter Biden's legal troubles are a political liability for the president, describing them as personal matters, and saying only that the president loves his son and supports him as he tries to rebuild his life.
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It has been confirmed that Carlee Russell will face criminal charges for faking her own abduction, according to TMZ.
Prosecutors in Hoover, Alabama has charged the 25-year-old with two misdemeanor charges: falsely reporting an incident and falsely reporting to law enforcement.
Each charge carries up to a year in jail.
In a press conference, Hoover PD Chief Nick Derzis said that Russell was released Friday (July 28) on $2,000 bond.
Earlier this month, Russell called 911 to report a missing toddler along the side of an interstate. She got out of the car and disappeared for two days before showing up unharmed at her parents’ house.
RELATED: Carlee Russell Is Home Safe. But What Happened?
Following a major investigation, during which police found that there was no toddler reported missing, Russell admitted that the whole situation was fabricated.
It is still unknown where she was during those 48 hours, but we do know one thing: This is only going to get more confusing from here.
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President Biden publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old named Navy Joan Roberts, for the first time on Friday, capping a month of questions about why he had seemingly excluded the little girl from his tight family circle.
Roberts is the daughter of Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman who filed a paternity lawsuit against her child's father in 2019.
"Our son Hunter and Navy's mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," President Biden said in a statement to People magazine published on Friday evening.
President Biden Speaks Out on Hunter’s Daughter, 4, with Ark. Woman: ‘Jill and I Only Want What’s Best’ (Exclusive) https://t.co/9qlHMZXH7E
— People (@people) July 28, 2023
"This is not a political issue, it's a family matter," Biden said in the statement. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy."
President Biden is known for often speaking about his love of his family and grandchildren. Last year, Hunter Biden's eldest child, Naomi, was married at the White House in what was a lavish affair.
In early July, the New York Times profiled Navy, her mother, and some of the details of their child support settlement. The story drew attention to the fact that the president had never recognized his 4-year-old granddaughter.
Some GOP presidential contenders like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made jabs at the president for the omission.
Hunter Biden recently settled a lawsuit over his daughter
Hunter Biden has struggled with addiction. In his 2021 memoir, he blamed his addictions for his court battle over his daughter's paternity.
"It's why I would later challenge in court the woman from Arkansas who had a baby in 2018 and claimed the child was mine — I had no recollection of our encounter. That's how little connection I had with anyone," he wrote in his memoir. "I was a mess, but a mess I've taken responsibility for."
Hunter Biden was proven to be the child's father through a DNA test. He has recently settled a lawsuit for child support.
He has three older children, now in their 20s, as well as a 3-year-old son named Beau, who is often seen at the White House.
Hunter Biden has been the target of Republican attacks on the president because of his business dealings and legal issues.
He recently agreed to plead guilty to tax and gun charges in a deal that would allow him to avoid future prosecution. But that plea deal fell apart when the judge said she needed more information and wasn't ready to accept the deal he struck with the Justice Department.
The White House has refused to comment on whether Hunter Biden's legal troubles are a political liability for the president, describing them as personal matters, and saying only that the president loves his son and supports him as he tries to rebuild his life.
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BLAKELY, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — He’s known across the commonwealth as one of the top high school football coaches in Pennsylvania’s history and made an impact in the lives of thousands of students.
A large crowd is paying tribute Friday night to long-time Dunmore High School Football Coach Jack Henzes who passed away Monday.
The parking lot at Sacred Heart Church and the streets surrounding it have been full since 3:00 p.m. when the viewing began.
The inside of the church is filled from the entrance behind me all the way down the parish hall on the other end.
Henzes passed away Monday evening, he was 87 years old. He not only coached the Dunmore Bucks, but he left a mark on the Dunmore community as a whole.
Henzes is remembered for the incredible relationships he made and the influence he had on students and athletes.
He coached the Bucks for 52 years, something that the community will never forget.
The viewing at Sacred Hearts will be held until 8:00 p.m.
We will have more on the legacy Henzes left and those who came to pay their respects in later editions of 28/22 News. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/community-says-goodbye-to-coach-henzes/ | 2023-07-29T01:43:49 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/community-says-goodbye-to-coach-henzes/ |
A recent analysis by medical experts at med.ro has shed light on the most sought-after cosmetic surgeries in Indiana. According to the research, the Brazilian butt lift (BBL) takes the crown as the most in-demand procedure in the state, followed by the tummy tuck and hair transplant.
#1. BBL – Brazilian Butt Lift:
With an average of 4,543 monthly Google searches, the Brazilian butt lift has captured the attention of many Hoosiers seeking an enhanced figure. The procedure involves using fat from other parts of the body to create curves and enhance the shape of the buttocks.
#2. Tummy Tuck – Abdominoplasty:
Coming in at second place, the tummy tuck garners an average of 1,842 monthly Google searches. This surgery aims to remove excess skin and fat from the abdomen, leading to a firmer and smoother appearance. It is particularly favored by those who have undergone significant weight loss or experienced pregnancy, as it helps the abdomen regain shape and tone.
#3. Hair Transplant Surgeries:
Hair loss is a common concern, with approximately two-thirds of men experiencing it by the age of 35. As a result, hair transplants have become increasingly popular, generating an average of 1,456 monthly searches in Indiana. This procedure involves moving hair from areas of existing growth to areas experiencing baldness, providing a natural-looking hairline and restoring confidence.
#4. Liposuction Surgeries:
Liposuction ranks fourth in Indiana’s most in-demand cosmetic surgeries, boasting an average of 1,101 monthly searches. This fat removal surgery uses suction to target stubborn fat in areas such as the stomach, hips, and neck, where exercise and diet alone may not yield desired results. Despite experiencing moderate pain in the initial days after surgery, liposuction is known for its relatively easy recovery process.
#5. Nose Job – Rhinoplasty
Completing the top five is the nose job, with an average of 249 monthly searches. Rhinoplasty involves altering the shape of the nose by adjusting bone, cartilage, or skin. The procedure has gained popularity, in part, due to numerous celebrities openly admitting to having undergone the surgery.
All in all, the research also shed light on the states most interested in cosmetic surgeries. Delaware leads the pack, with 308 cosmetic surgery-related searches for every 100,000 people each month. Rhode Island and Maryland take second and third place, respectively.
Overall, as medical technology and procedures continue to advance, it’s essential for individuals considering cosmetic surgery to seek professional advice and fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with each procedure.
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Amid expansion, Intel holds biggest hiring event to date
RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Intel held its biggest hiring event to date in the metro Friday. It has been two years since the company announced a $3.5 billion expansion at its Rio Rancho campus. With that, comes hundreds of new jobs.
“They really want people that want to turn a wrench,” applicant Jeffrey Jim said. “That’s what I want to do.”
Jim was one of nearly 600 applicants who showed up to the Rio Rancho Events Center Friday, and that was just the turnout in the event’s first three hours.
“People were lining up at seven in the morning, it was crazy,” Department Manager at Intel Lanette Jaramillo said.
Reps with Intel and New Mexico Workforce Connection said they expected hundreds more applicants before the end of the day. They also said they hope to hire as many locals as possible, but people from out of state are welcome to apply for technician and engineering jobs too.
Rio Rancho’s mayor told KOB 4 the fast-growing city can and will accommodate newcomers.
“We’ve got a very robust housing market right now in the city of Rio Rancho,” Mayor Greggory Hull said. “We’re still considered one of the more affordable communities that you can get into here in the state of New Mexico, and so I think this is the perfect opportunity to get a job, move to Rio Rancho and become a part of the community.”
The interview process at Friday’s event was thorough – Jim told KOB 4 he got to the events center at 9:15 a.m. and did not leave until 12:30 p.m. – but reps said no one was hired on the spot because they still need to run background checks.
“I got an interview in three weeks,” Jim said. “So, I got to work on my interview questions, and I thought I was going to be interviewed today, but I’ll clean it up. I’m going to work on it a little more.”
This hiring event may be over, but Intel’s search for new employees is not.
Folks can apply online, and check out upcoming job events here. For resume help, you can call (505)-843-1900 or email nmworkforceconnection@wccnm.org. | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/amid-expansion-intel-holds-biggest-hiring-event-to-date/ | 2023-07-29T01:43:49 | 0 | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/amid-expansion-intel-holds-biggest-hiring-event-to-date/ |
Google's New AI Tech Lets You Command Robots to Throw Away Your Trash
Google is looking to help people use natural language to control robots, with technology that's like the systems powering Bard and ChatGPT.
Google is helping robots accomplish tasks quickly and more efficiently, using technology like the systems powering AI chatbots Bard, ChatGPT, the Claude 2 and others, the company said in a blog post Friday.
Google's Robotics Transformer 2, or RT-2, is a "first-of-its-kind vision-language-action (VLA) model," Vincent Vanhoucke, the head of robotics for Google DeepMind, said in the post. Similar to the large language models behind AI chatbots, it trains based on text (and image) data found on the web, to "directly output robotic actions."
Vanhoucke said getting robots to use AI to understand the world around them is more difficult than what goes into chatbots. Whereas an AI chatbot just needs to absorb a bunch of text data about a particular subject and be able to arrange that information in a manner that's easy for humans to understand, a robot literally needs to understand the world around it. It's one thing to recognize an apple. It's another thing to distinguish between a Red Delicious apple and a red ball and pick up the correct object.
With the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT late last year, there's been a rush of companies bringing AI tech to market. AI chatbots are already seeping into coding, the college application process and dating apps. Google itself is making artificial intelligence a central focus of its business -- as evidenced by the fact that company presenters said "AI" more than 140 times during Google's two-hour keynote event at its I/O developer conference in May.
Robotics is just another field in which AI models could change how quickly technology gets smarter. And for Google's investors, the company's advances in robotics could make for good business. The industrial robotics industry is currently valued at $30 billion and is expected to reach $60 billion by 2030, according to Grand View Research.
In the past, engineers looking to train a robot to, say, throw away a piece of trash would first have to train the 'bot to identify the trash (which involves a lot of parameters), bend down, pick it up, lift it up, bend back, identify a trash can, move its robotic arm over the can and drop the trash. It was, as you may've guessed, a slow and monotonous process. Google says that with RT-2, which pulls from troves of image data found online, robots can quickly be trained to understand what trash is and how to pick it up and throw it away.
A robot can use a small amount of training data to "transfer concepts embedded in its language and vision training data to direct robot actions -- even for tasks it's never been trained to do," said Vanhoucke. In a demonstration given to The New York Times, a robot was able to identify and lift a toy dinosaur when asked to pick up an extinct animal from among a group of other toys. In another challenge, the 'bot was able to pick up a toy Volkswagen car and move it toward a German flag.
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(NEXSTAR) – It’s been a rough week for Trader Joe’s after the popular grocery store chain had to notify customers on Thursday and Friday about products potentially containing foreign matter.
On Friday, Trader Joe’s announced it was recalling frozen falafel balls (SKU# 93935) that may contain rocks.
The recalled falafel was sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
One day earlier, Trader Joe’s warned customers that its “Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup” may contain insects. Trader Joe’s says there have not been reported cases of illness from the soup.
The recalled soup (SKU# 68470) has the Use By dates of 07/18/23 – 09/15/23.
A third recall, updated Tuesday to include a sell by date, warns that there may be rocks in the company’s Almond Windmill Cookies and the Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies.
Those cookies have the following dates:
- Almond Windmill Cookies: SELL BY 10/02/23 and 10/19/23 through 10/21/23
- Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies: SELL BY 10/17/23 through 10/21/23
In all of the recalls, anyone who bought or received a donation containing one of the potentially tainted items is urged to throw it away or return it to Trader Joe’s for a refund.
Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817 [Mondays-Fridays, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT] or send Trader Joe’s an email. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T01:43:55 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
Local cemetery honors Buffalo soldiers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of National Buffalo Soldier Day, the Historic Fairview Cemetery held an event to honor those who sacrificed their lives to fight for their nation.
Several local groups attended the event, including the New Mexico Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club and the Lew Wallace Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to remember the 13 Buffalo Soldiers buried in Albuquerque.
“It’s such a remarkable thing just to know that those soldiers made a difference in our world,” Karen Street said, who is the Department Chaplain for the American Legion of State of New Mexico.
The event featured the raising of a specially designed Buffalo Soldier flag, the introduction of Buffalo Soldier markers, speakers, and a motorcycle procession.
Rene Matison, a member of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle club, said, in part, “We make an effort to get out and spread the rich history 19th Cavalry Buffalo soldiers and especially how they impact New Mexico and Arizona.”
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HURON, Ohio (WJW) – A suspected bank burglar was busted when he gave new meaning to the term “direct deposit.”
Police in Huron, Ohio watched as the suspected bank thief dropped from the ceiling over the drive-thru, right in front of their eyes.
Police body camera video obtained by the WJW shows the incident. Officers can be heard ordering the suspect on the ground, and then helping get him out of the recycling can. The suspect was not injured.
“In my 35-plus years in law enforcement, this is the first time I ever saw a suspect fall into a garbage can,” said Huron Police Chief Terry Graham.
Graham said around 2:12 a.m. Wednesday, police received an alarm from the VacationLand Federal Credit Union located on University Drive East.
While checking the building, officers could hear noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru.
They also noticed the recycling can positioned in the middle of the drive-thru lane, directly under a roof access door. The officers heard noises coming from inside the bank and patiently waited.
“I am most impressed with our officers’ patience in a very difficult situation,” the chief said. “The tactics they used, I think, substantially contributed to no one being injured and the suspect being taken into custody.”
Tristan Heidl, 27, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, possession of criminal tools and safecracking.
Police say Heidl had a backpack full of construction tools.
“He did get inside the bank and attempt to open numerous areas in the bank that contain money,” the chief said.
Police say Heidl was unable to get inside the safe and crash-landed with empty pockets.
“He didn’t get a dime,” Graham said.
Heidl is being held in the Erie County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He is due back in court soon. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ | 2023-07-29T01:44:01 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ |
New space for vintage vendors opens up in Nob Hill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ted Janka is one of the co-owners of the Vintage Vault, where various sellers can set up shop and do business. They had a very busy first weekend, thanks to Nob Hill’s Summerfest, and now they have a wait list of vendors wanting to set up shop.
“It’s right in the heart of Nob Hill, everybody’s walking around on the weekends and everything, and we went, you know, we can’t go wrong being in Nob Hill because people are coming back,” he said.
Janka said after COVID-19 and the ART project, things are looking up for Nob Hill.
Amy Gallegos is one of the vendors setting up shop in the new store.
“I just was intrigued by the concept of something new. When I heard they were opening a new space, it was really intriguing,” she said.
Being in the heart of Albuquerque is a great place to sell her curated collection, she said.
Earlier this month, KOB 4 spoke to the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association about revitalization, and the president said getting a mix of new businesses is exactly what they’ve been looking for.
“And then this came up and it was just perfectly priced, and it was the perfect location right in the heart of Nob Hill,” Janka said. | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-space-for-vintage-vendors-opens-up-in-nob-hill/ | 2023-07-29T01:44:01 | 0 | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-space-for-vintage-vendors-opens-up-in-nob-hill/ |
Police investigate bomb threat at Republican Party of New Mexico HQ
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Republican Party of New Mexico says they received a bomb threat at their headquarters Friday.
A man reportedly called saying, “I’m going to bomb your office so you all go to hell with Trump!”
Police said they responded to the headquarters and talked with employees.
“We were pretty shaken up. We are thankful for the Albuquerque police officers who arrived quickly to ensure that we all were safe,” said Leticia Munoz, RPNM executive director, who was in the office at the time of the threat.
Police are still looking into the threat.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WLFI) — Purdue quarterback Hudson Card was one of three Boilermaker players in attendance at Big Ten Media Day in Indianapolis.
What have you been doing these last few months ahead of the season?
"Yeah, just working out with our strength coach, trying to get bigger and stronger, trying to put some weight on as well, just to be able to maintain during the whole season," Card said. "So that's been going really well. And then just trying to form chemistry with the receivers and tight ends and that sort of thing. Just to be on the same page."
With at the beginning of camp next week, what are some things you want to improve?
"Yeah, I think, like I said, it's my first year with this team, so just continue and build chemistry," Card said. "Be on the same page route wise with the receivers and tight ends and just continue to grow my relationships with them. That way we're on the same page come Saturdays."
What's that transition been like, transferring here and instantly being a leader?
"Yeah, I think when you come to a new place and don't know anyone, you can't come in and be vocal right away," Card said. "You got to put your head down and work and gain that respect from your teammates through the hard work that you put in. That's kind of what I did coming in, and now I'm at the point where I can start using my voice a little bit more since I've gained respect from my teammates."
So far in practice, who's your favorite target? Any offensive weapons we can look forward to seeing this season?
"There's a lot, honestly," Card said. "We have a lot of depth at the receiver and tight end room. It wouldn't be fair for me to just name one so a lot of those guys can play and will step up when we need them."
The Big Ten schedule is tough this year. What are you most excited about facing these high level opponents?
"Yeah, I think as a competitor, you want to play the best," Card said. "You can't be the best unless you play the best, so just being on that national stage is something that you dream of as a kid. So playing the Ohio States and the Michigans and those types of schools are games that you dream of. So just going to soak it all up. Soak it in and just looking forward to it."
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Leading up to Arizona's preseason training camp, which begins Wednesday, the Star is previewing where the Wildcats stand heading into Jedd Fisch's third year. Up first: Special teams.
Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch didn't mince his words when overlooking the Wildcats' roster for the 2023 season.
“It’s our best team,” Fisch said. “We’re not going to shy away from that. I don’t know what that means in regards to wins, but I do know what it means in regards to the type of players we have, the quality of players we have, the talent we have.
“Our guys are going to go out there and play at a very, very high level. If they play at the level that I think we’re going to play at, I think we’re going to win a lot of games this year.”
Fisch conceded, "the team of ’23 is really different," but like Arizona's high-powered offense, which returns most of its starters from last season, the Wildcats' special teams units will have plenty of seasoned returners available for the third season under Fisch.
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Key returners: Kicker Tyler Loop, punter Kyle Ostendorp, returner and gunner Jacob Cowing, long snapper Seth MacKellar, returner Isaiah Taylor
Key departures: All-purpose player Anthony Simpson, returner Dorian Singer
The numbers game: 30-33 (Loop's career field goal mark), 50-50 (Loop's career PAT mark), 5 (years since Arizona returned a kickoff for a touchdown), 6 (years since the UA returned a punt for a touchdown), 17.7 (the Wildcats ranked 11th in the Pac-12 averaging just 17.7 yards per kick return).
The rundown: Loop, a junior from Lucas, Texas and All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention, is 91% on field goal tries and hasn't missed a PAT in his three-year career. Despite Loop not attempting a 50-yard field goal, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Jordan Paopao said, "there’s leg behind there, but we just want to make sure that while we’re balancing and trying to test out how far we can hit it, we have to make sure we’re more consistent on the looks and kicks Coach Fisch is going to ask us to go operate on."
Loop is 6 for 9 in career field goals between 40-49 yards; he hasn't missed, ever, inside 40 yards.
"So it’s really an emphasis on the 40-plus range, but making sure we don’t lose sight of the kicks he was fantastic at," Loop said.
Ostendorp, a Phoenix product who was Arizona's only All-Pac-12 First Team selection in 2021 (the first UA punter since Keenyn Crier in 2007), averaged 45.5 yards per punt. He had three touchbacks, while 10 punts pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line.
One of the more notable developments for Arizona's special teams unit was implementing Cowing, a preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team receiver, on more units besides kickoff and punt return. Cowing, who led the Pac-12 in receptions (85) last season, played 19 snaps on punt returns in 2022.
“Those are two areas that I’ve been lacking so far in college,” Cowing said. “I haven’t been on punt return and kick return like that, so that’s gonna be my focus, just making plays on punt return and kick return."
Cowing, who led Arizona with seven punt returns in 2022, will likely be among the names to return kicks this season, and the Phoenix-area native will also become the Wildcats' "gunner" on punts; that's a position ex-Wildcat Stanley Berryhill III thrived in during Fisch's first season. Despite being waived by the Detroit Lions in the wake of his suspension for gambling, Berryhill's production on special teams carved him a role in the NFL.
“We didn’t want them to look at him as just a slot receiver,” Fisch said of Cowing. “I think it’s a responsibility of a head coach in college football to help your player get to the NFL if they’re capable.”
With higher expectations as a special teams standout, Cowing enters this season as a Second Team All-Pac-12 all-purpose player.
"My mindset is changing from last year to this year, and I’m understanding that this is my last year, so I gotta take in anything that I can out of this opportunity of being here at Arizona," Cowing said.
"I’m trying to be the best I can be as an athlete.”
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4 air crew members are missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched off the Queensland coast
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Four air crew members were missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States, officials said Saturday.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Hamilton Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, Defense Minister Richard Marles said.
A search was underway to find the crew, and their families had been notified, officials said.
A rescue helicopter reported spotting debris Saturday morning near Dent Island in the Whitsunday Islands group.
The Taipan was taking part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint U.S.-Australian military exercise that is largely based in Queensland. This year’s exercise involves 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Marles said the helicopter ditched, which refers to an emergency landing on water. He said it was taking part in a mission that involved a second helicopter, which immediately started a search and rescue operation.
“Defense exercises, which are so necessary for the readiness of our defense force, are serious. They carry risk,” Marles told reporters in Brisbane. “As we desperately hope for better news during the course of this day we are reminded about the gravity of the act which comes with wearing our nation’s uniform.”
Defense Force Chief Gen. Angus Campbell said Queensland state authorities, members of the public and U.S. military personnel were taking part in the search.
“Our focus at the moment is finding our people and supporting their families and the rest of our team, “ Campbell said. “This is indeed a terrible moment.”
It is the second emergency involving an Australian Taipan this year, after one ditched into the sea off the New South Wales state coast in March. That helicopter was taking part in a nighttime counterterrorism training exercise when it ran into trouble. All 10 passengers and crew members were rescued.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Brisbane for a meeting on Saturday and is due to travel with Marles to north Queensland on Sunday to see the exercise.
The exercise has been paused by the search.
Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute to the missing air crew at the outset of a meeting with their Australian counterparts, Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
“It’s always tough when you have accidents in training, but … the reason that we train to such high standards is so that we can be successful and we can protect lives when we are called to answer any kind of crisis,” Austin said.
“Our guys tend to make this look easy and they make it look easy because they’re so well exercised and rehearsed and trained, and this is unfortunately a part of that, what it takes to get them to where we need them to be,” Austin added.
Blinken said, “We’re so grateful to them for their dedication, for their service, for everything they’ve been doing to stand up for the freedom that we share and that is what unites us more than anything else.”
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(CNN) — Another break or crack has been found on a North Carolina amusement park ride, weeks after the roller coaster was shut down when a visitor spotted a crack in a steel support pillar, state officials say.
The discovery of the additional “weld indication” was made during an investigation into the structural integrity of the closed Fury 325 roller coaster at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Labor.
The agency said the indication “could be either a break or a crack,” the statement said.
The Fury 325 will stay closed until inspections and repairs happen, park officials have said. It’s one of the tallest and longest rides in a massive park that straddles the North and South Carolina state line. The park says the Fury 325 takes riders to a peak height of 325 feet and reaches 95 mph.
Carowinds said it’s not “uncommon to discover slight weld indications in various locations of a steel superstructure” when conducting a maintenance review, in a statement given to CNN. The park added that such indications “do not compromise the structural integrity or safety of the ride.”
The amusement park closed the roller coaster on June 30 after visitor Jeremy Wagner took a video of the crack and said he immediately showed it to guest services before following up with the Charlotte Fire Department. The fire department called him back and said the ride had been shut down, CNN previously reported.
“I’m not an engineer, but that’s not right,” Wagner thought on his visit to the Carowinds park, he previously told CNN.
At the park with family, Wagner knew something was wrong when he spotted the crack, he told CNN. He pulled out his phone and hit record, zooming in to show the support pillar moving slightly out of place as passengers flew by.
“My daughter and niece rode it six times,” he told CNN.
Carowinds said it “continues to conduct a comprehensive series of detailed tests and inspections” to prepare for the ride’s reopening.
The North Carolina Department of Labor said there is no timeline for issuing the certificate of operation and that the investigation continues.
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Churchill Downs to resume racing at fall meet with no changes after horse deaths
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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(CNN) — A bank robbery suspect’s escape was thwarted when he fell into a recycling bin – right where police were waiting for him, authorities said.
Police took the man, 27-year-old Tristan Heidl, into custody after he dropped down from the ceiling of a bank’s drive-thru into a recycling ban in Huron, Ohio, during the early hours of Wednesday, authorities said.
Huron police officers responding to an alarm at VacationLand Federal Credit Union around 2 a.m. heard noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru, according to a news release from the Huron Police Department.
They also saw a blue recycling bin in the middle of a drive-thru lane positioned directly under a roof access door.
Police body cam footage shows officers waiting as the roof’s access door opens and a backpack falls to the ground. Police said the bag contained construction tools.
Shortly after, the suspect dropped down from the ceiling into the recycling bin, body cam footage shows. Then officers rush over and arrest him.
Heidl was charged with breaking and entering, possession of criminal tools, and safecracking. He waived his preliminary hearing on Friday and the case was bound over to the grand jury in the Erie County Common Pleas Court in Sandusky Ohio, Huron Police Chief Terry Graham told CNN. Heidl is now out on a $50,000 bond, Graham added.
CNN has sought comment from Heidl’s attorney.
Huron is located at the mouth of the Huron River on Lake Erie.
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The UFO congressional hearing was ‘insulting’ to US employees, a top Pentagon official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Pentagon official has attacked this week’s widely watched congressional hearing on UFOs, calling the claims “insulting” to employees who are investigating sightings and accusing a key witness of not cooperating with the official U.S. government investigation.
Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick’s letter, published on his personal LinkedIn page and circulated Friday across social media, criticizes much of the testimony from a retired Air Force intelligence officer that energized believers in extraterrestrial life and produced headlines around the world.
Retired Air Force Maj. David Grusch testified Wednesday that the U.S. has concealed what he called a “multi-decade” program to collect and reverse-engineer “UAPs,” or unidentified aerial phenomena, the official government term for UFOs.
Part of what the U.S. has recovered, Grusch testified, were non-human “biologics,” which he said he had not seen but had learned about from “people with direct knowledge of the program.”
A career intelligence officer, Kirkpatrick was named a year ago to lead the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, which was intended to centralize investigations into UAPs. The Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies have been pushed by Congress in recent years to better investigate reports of devices flying at unusual speeds or trajectories as a national security concern.
Kirkpatrick wrote the letter Thursday and the Defense Department confirmed Friday that he posted it in a personal capacity. Kirkpatrick did not return messages seeking comment.
He writes in part, “I cannot let yesterday’s hearing pass without sharing how insulting it was to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community who chose to join AARO, many with not unreasonable anxieties about the career risks this would entail.”
“They are truth-seekers, as am I,” Kirkpatrick said. “But you certainly would not get that impression from yesterday’s hearing.”
In a separate statement, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough denied other allegations made by Grusch and other witnesses before a House Oversight subcommittee.
The Pentagon “has no information that any individual has been harmed or killed as a result of providing information” about UFO objects, Gough said. Nor has the Pentagon discovered “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.”
Kirkpatrick wrote, “AARO has yet to find any credible evidence to support the allegations of any reverse engineering program for non-human technology.”
He had briefed reporters in December that the Pentagon was investigating “several hundreds” of new reports following a push to have pilots and others come forward with any sightings.
Kirkpatrick wrote in his letter that allegations of “retaliation, to include physical assault and hints of murder, are extraordinarily serious, which is why law enforcement is a critical member of the AARO team, specifically to address and take swift action should anyone come forward with such claims.”
“Yet, contrary to assertions made in the hearing, the central source of those allegations has refused to speak with AARO,” Kirkpatrick said. He did not explicitly name Grusch, who alleged he faced retaliation and declined to answer when a congressman asked him if anyone had been murdered to hide information about UFOs.
Messages left at a phone number and email address for Grusch were not returned Friday.
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(CNN) — The security guard who fatally shot Banko Brown, a transgender man who was suspected of shoplifting from a San Francisco Walgreens in April, must pay $1,500 in fines for code violations, says the agency that regulates security services in California.
Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony is being fined for carrying a concealed firearm and for uniform violations, according to a citation order from California’s Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.
The notice, issued by Deputy Chief Samuel Stodolski, says Anthony did not have a concealed weapons permit at the time of the shooting but was carrying a gun in a zippered pouch on the tactical vest he was wearing on April 27.
The citation order says Anthony was wearing a sweatshirt without “bureau-approved patches on each shoulder,” which should have said “private security” and the name of his employer, when he was on duty at a downtown Walgreens.
“(That) may be the reason (Brown) was trying to get away or resist as much as he can,” Brown family lawyer John Burris said during a phone call to CNN on Friday. “Nowhere did he (Anthony) say that ‘I’m a security guard.’”
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins declined to file criminal charges against Anthony, saying he acted in self-defense. In May, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office would investigate that decision.
According to a report released in May, the security guard told investigators Brown repeatedly threatened to stab him.
Surveillance camera video also released in May shows the moment when Anthony attempts to stop Brown from leaving the store before Brown shoves him. A physical altercation ensues, the footage shows, where Anthony holds Brown on the ground and then releases him after about a minute. Brown begins to leave before turning around and moving toward Anthony, who shoots him.
Anthony must pay the $1,500 total for three fines within 30 days of the citation, which was issued on Monday, or he could face “disciplinary action” by the bureau. He can contest the decision with the disciplinary review committee, the citation order says.
Anthony has not responded to requests for comment from CNN.
The security company that employed Anthony, Kingdom Group Protective Services, also faces a $5,000 fine from the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services for failing to submit an incident report within seven days of the shooting, as well as failing to “maintain an accurate and current record of the proof of completion of the trainings” for Anthony.
The security company was also given 30 days from the citation date, July 13, to pay its fine. The company has not returned CNN’s request for comment.
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left.
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FLORA, Ind. (WLFI) — Up next on our Camp Frenzy tour we have the Carroll Cougars.
The Cougars team had a stellar season last fall, but as always there’s room for improvement. However, they do plan to bring that same energy they had last season to the field this year.
Head Coach Blake Betzner is going into his third year as Carroll football's head coach.
But in the past two seasons, he's turned around a program that only won three games the season prior.
Betzner said, “The first year seniors I always say started the, kind of the revival of the program. Really bought in and the last group of seniors continued that. We're hoping, you know we have 19 seniors this year so we're hoping that group continues you know our ideas and our thoughts.”
And of course, all of that success comes with a target on the Cougars back. But this is something the team is well prepared for.
Betzner told Sports 18, “There's a lot less pressure…a lot less pressure when you know the target is on everyone else's back. Now you know there are going to be some targets on our back. I think the kids are ready for that. You know we've been talking to them a lot about that. You know if your expectations go up…everybody's expectations go up.”
Knowing there is a lot to work towards this season, Betzner has been focused on one thing in particular: strength and conditioning.
With improvement in that area, the cougars hope to continue to live up to their motto 'close the gap'.
He said, “After my first year we won sectionals, we went to North Judson in a regional and they beat us pretty good and we, and you know we wanted to get better. Last year I thought we closed the gap on north judson. I mean I thought if we played them it would have been a really good game. And now we are going to close the gap on Adam Central. You know just keep closing the gap on those teams ahead of us.”
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DeSantis shies away from Trump criticism at Iowa Republican dinner where both are speaking
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed “I will get the job done” but shied away from attacking former President Donald Trump as the two top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination were making rare appearances at the same Iowa campaign event on Friday night.
Despite Trump being charged a day earlier with additional counts over his retention of classified documents that could shake up the race, DeSantis stuck to his standard campaign speech, mostly targeting President Joe Biden.
The Florida governor also repeated his frequent promise to halt the “weaponization” of the Justice Department, an allusion to Trump’s legal troubles, but offered no specific thoughts on the cases against him. That’s despite Trump also bracing to be charged soon in Washington over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“The time for excuses is over. We must get the job done,” DeSantis said. “I will get the job done.”
Trump frequently avoids attending multicandidate events in person, questioning why he would share a stage with competitors who are badly trailing him in polls. But with Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus less than six months away, the former president joined a dozen other GOP hopefuls in speaking to about 1,200 GOP members and activists at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
He also opened an Iowa campaign office in Urbandale, outside Des Moines, prior to the main event — and wasn’t shy about slamming his competitors around the same time DeSantis was taking the stage at the dinner.
“I understand the other candidates are falling very flat … it’s like death,” Trump said, adding, “There’s no applause, there’s no nothing.”
More than 100 people packed the small office, many wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and shirts. They had waited in 100-degree weather to enter, and the poorly ventilated office quickly became sweltering. Staff handed out water bottles, and people fanned themselves with campaign handouts. Some used paper towels to wipe away sweat.
DeSantis, who like most of Friday’s speakers vowed to visit all of Iowa’s 99 counties prior to the caucus, is Trump’s strongest primary competitor but has been trying to reset his stalled campaign for two weeks. He’s increasingly focusing on Iowa in its efforts on trying to derail Trump.
The governor’s stumbles have raised questions about whether another candidate might be able to emerge from the field and catch the former president. Some evangelicals, who can be determinative in the state’s caucuses, have pointed to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s upbeat message and pulpit-style delivery as strengths that could help him rise there.
Scott, who also spoke Friday night and didn’t mention Trump or the cases against him, held a town hall the previous day in Ankeny with Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. Afterward, Scott took a swipe at DeSantis over the Florida governor’s support for new standards that require the state’s teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
The only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, Scott said all Americans should recognize how “devastating” slavery was. “There is no silver lining” to slavery, he added.
DeSantis has also faced criticism from teachers and civil rights leaders, as well as mounting pushback from some of his party’s most prominent Black elected officials. Florida Rep. Byron Donalds said he hoped officials might “correct” parts of the curriculum addressing lessons on the developed skills of enslaved people. Texas Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt and Will Hurd, a former Texas congressman now also running in the GOP presidential primary, have also criticized DeSantis.
Still, the governor continued to dig in on the issue, saying at a pre-dinner event in Oskaloosa on Friday, “D.C. Republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the left.” The governor has defended the new school curriculum, saying, “I think it’s very clear that these guys did a good job on those standards.”
John Niemeyer, 52, from Kalona, Iowa, attended DeSantis’ event and was impressed. But, as a high school teacher, he’s not a fan of some of the governor’s positions on education policy.
“I don’t want to make our classrooms a political battlefield,” he said, adding that it would be a “mistake” to make the issue the forefront of his campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris made her own Iowa stop on Friday, seeking to draw a contrast with the Republicans as she looked to lift President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Harris met in Des Moines with activists and discussed abortion rights, after Reynolds recently signed a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
“I do believe that we are witnessing a national agenda that is about a full-on attack on hard won freedoms and hard won rights,” the vice president said.
Hours later, many Lincoln Day Dinner attendees wore “Trump Country” stickers, including 72-year-old Diane Weaver of Ankeny, Iowa.
“I think he makes America great,” said Weaver, a retiree who plans to caucus for Trump. “I think he did it once and I think he can do it again.”
West Des Moines resident Jane Schrader chose to wear her “Trump Country” sticker on her pants instead of at eye level. “I’m not quite dyed-in-the-wool. I’m a supporter, but not that kind,” said the retired physician, explaining her sticker placement.
Trump did face criticism from some rivals, including former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison, who in his speech declared, “As a party, we need a new direction for America and for the GOP.” The crowd offered only a muted reaction — but refrained from booing, which Trump critics at Republican primary events often face.
Loud and sustained boos came, however, for Hurd, a frequent Trump critic who declared, “The reason Donald Trump lost the election in 2020 is he failed to grow the GOP brand.” The former congressman also made one of the night’s few references to the criminal cases against Trump, saying: “Donald Trump is not running for president to make America great again. Donald Trump is running to stay out of prison,” drawing hoots.
That was very different than DeSantis, who ducked chances Friday to criticize Trump over the additional charges he faces even before his speech.
“We have engaged when appropriate,” DeSantis told reporters in Oskaloosa, mentioning times in the past when he and Trump had criticized each other over policy differences. The governor added that he’s not interested in “relitigating the latest superseding indictment.”
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Ohtani hits majors-leading 39th home run against Blue Jays, extends HR streak to 3 at-bats
TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch he faced in Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays, going deep in three straight at-bats over two games.
Ohtani’s major league-leading 39th homer came off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman in the first inning and traveled 397 feet into the right field bullpen at Rogers Centre.
Ohtani streak of homers ended when he struck out swinging on a 2-2 pitch from Gausman in the third inning.
Ohtani homered twice in the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit on Thursday before leaving with cramps. He threw a one-hitter in the opener for his first career MLB shutout.
The two-way superstar became the first player to throw a shutout in one game of a doubleheader and hit one homer — much less two — in the other.
Thursday’s performance against the Tigers came hours after the team confirmed Ohtani will stay with the Angels for the rest of the season before he becomes a free agent.
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Jan. 6 defendant who stole beaten police officer’s badge, radio sentenced
A Buffalo man who admitted forcibly removing the badge and radio of a beaten Washington, D.C., police officer during the U.S. Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison.
A federal judge said Thomas Sibick stripped D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone of “everything that badge represented” during the Capitol riot. Judge Amy Berman Jackson called the badge a “symbol of (Fanone’s) service to the city and his country.”
Fanone spoke at Sibick’s sentencing hearing Friday, urging Jackson to sentence Sibick to a prison term.
“Ignore Mr. Sibick’s pleas for remorse. On Jan. 6, … he gave me none,” Fanone said. “He’s a coward and a liar.”
Fanone, who retired 11 months after the assault on the Capitol, was dragged, beaten and electroshocked by rioters on Jan. 6. He also talked about the police radio that Sibick had taken from him.
“My radio is my lifeline. It was all I had in those moments to call for help,” Fanone told Jackson. “It was taken to be used as a trophy.”
Sibick had asked for leniency, citing the impact of a prescription drug he was taking on the day of the Capitol riot. His defense attorney told Jackson that Sibick had argued that he was trying to help Fanone when he approached the injured officer amid the attack.
But Judge Jackson criticized Sibick’s claim “of helping” and said Sibick wasn’t “simply swept up or “caught up” in the crowd on Jan. 6. Sibick, she said, had “bought in 100%” while he was part of the mob.
In his guilty plea, Sibick acknowledged burying the police badge in his backyard. The $5,500 police radio was never recovered, according to plea agreement filings.
While he spoke to the judge and asked for leniency, Sibick turned to face Fanone four times.
“Please forgive me. Please,” he said, addressing Fanone. And he praised Fanone’s efforts and service on Jan. 6.
“That’s bravery. That’s duty,” Sibick said. “That’s the man I aspire to be.”
Fanone left the courtroom before the the sentencing hearing ended.
Sibick served seven months in pretrial detention in the Washington, D.C., jail with other Jan. 6 defendants. He told the judge the Jan. 6 wing had an aura of “authoritarianism.”
“I was criticized and belittled for seeming weak,” he said. “And for not subscribing to ideologies.” Sibick told Jackson that others in the Jan. 6 wing of the jail were seeking “fame, fortune and notoriety.”
Sibick pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting and impeding a police officer in March. Jackson said the removal of Fanone’s radio by Sibick was “forcible” and said Sibick’s participation in the Capitol attack “was a choice.”
According to a Justice Department report, nearly 600 of the more than 1,000 US Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty.
The Justice Department had sought a sentence of nearly six years in prison for Sibick.
In addition to the 50-month prison sentence, Jackson ordered Sibick to pay $2,000 to help pay for the damage to the Capitol complex. | https://www.wsgw.com/jan-6-defendant-who-stole-beaten-police-officers-badge-radio-sentenced/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:19 | 0 | https://www.wsgw.com/jan-6-defendant-who-stole-beaten-police-officers-badge-radio-sentenced/ |
BRYANT, Ark. — With the Arkansas LEARNS Act taking effect soon and kids returning to the classroom, educators across the state are working to ensure students are up to speed on their reading.
Some organizations in Central Arkansas are helping kids improve and get to the reading level they're supposed to be.
"We wanted to do it because we wanted to bridge that learning loss gap," Bryant Boys & Girls Club Literacy Coach Kelsey McCoy said.
According to the Public School Review, students lose about 2.5 months of math skills throughout summer break and see significant setbacks in their reading ability from the previous year's coursework.
Educators call it the "summer brain drain." On Friday, the Bryant Boys & Girls Club wrapped up its new seven-week summer reading program in partnership with Bryant Public Schools.
McCoy said she's seen the students' progress firsthand.
"They have more confidence in themselves within their program, McCoy said. "They have grown so much academically and personally."
According to the club, nearly 600 students from multiple schools participated, with 95% below the average reading level at the program's start.
Almost 20% of the students are now reading above their grade level.
"It shows that the program is working this summer," McCoy said.
AR Kids Read, a volunteer-based literacy organization, also reported positive results from its summer reading program.
"Last summer, we had 86% of our kids either maintained or even increased," AR Kids Read Executive Director Kathy French said. "14% of that number increased, so they grew. We were super pleased with that."
This comes when Arkansas educators push for reading readiness with the LEARNS Act.
The act states by the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, if a public school student has not met the third-grade reading standard, as defined by the state board, or the student does not have a good-cause exemption, the student shall not be promoted to fourth grade.
According to the most recent ACT Aspire results, third-grade reading scores dropped from 35% of students reading at or above their level in 2022 to 32% in 2023.
"Grade-level reading is critically important," French said.
That's why French said she will keep working to help kids get where they need to be.
"Everybody piling on as a community to support our students is the name of the game," French said.
Click here to learn more about the Arkansas LEARNS Act, which goes into effect on Aug. 1. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/education/arkansas-minimize-brain-drain-for-students/91-b5507dbd-9fb6-4347-af87-c145187edf22 | 2023-07-29T01:45:27 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/education/arkansas-minimize-brain-drain-for-students/91-b5507dbd-9fb6-4347-af87-c145187edf22 |
(The Hill) — A federal judge in Montana issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, blocking the state from enforcing a law that bans certain drag performances, writing in an order that the law likely suffers from “constitutional maladies.”
Montana’s House Bill 359, passed by the state’s majority Republican legislature and signed into law by GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte in May, prohibits schools or libraries that receive state funding from hosting a drag story hour or “sexually oriented performance.” Performances are also prohibited from taking place in public or in the presence of a minor.
A group of 10 plaintiffs challenged the law in federal court earlier this month, arguing that the bill is “breathtakingly ambiguous and overbroad.” Plaintiffs include Adria Jawort, a transgender and two-spirit author whose lecture at a public library in Butte was canceled last month after officials determined that having her speak posed “too much of a legal risk” under the new law.
Montana Pride, the host of an annual LGBTQ Pride celebration in Helena, joined the lawsuit last week, arguing that city officials — as a result of the law — have withheld permits that are needed for this year’s Pride festival, which is slated to run from July 30 to August 6.
“The thirtieth annual Montana Pride is slated to begin in less than two days,” Chief Judge Brian Morris wrote in Friday’s order. “Plaintiffs, along with the approximately 15,000 Montanans who wish to attend the events, cannot avoid chilled speech or exposure to potential civil or criminal liability under H.B. 359 in the absence of the extraordinary remedy of a [temporary restraining order.]”
Republicans in the state legislature this session had argued the law was necessary to protect children from “mature themes” and obscene material.
But “Montana law already protects minors from obscene material,” Morris wrote Friday.
On top of that, the state conceded during a July 26 hearing that the statutory text of House Bill 359 regulates speech and expression outside of what is considered “legally obscene.”
The law additionally “contains no carveout for speech or expression with serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value,” Morris argued, and the First Amendment protects “at least some of the speech and expression” regulated by the law.
Morris noted in the order that the only two other district courts to have considered First Amendment challenges to similar state drag bans in Tennessee and Florida “have confirmed that those laws constitute facially content-based restrictions” and are therefore discriminatory.
A federal judge in June ruled that a Tennessee law banning drag shows in public or where children could view them is unconstitutional. The same month, a federal judge in Florida temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a similar ban on drag performances.
Attorneys for the state had sought to distinguish the Montana law from those of Florida and Tennessee on the basis that those laws failed to define “lewd.” But Morris on Friday argued that Montana’s drag ban also failed to define it.
The measure also fails to define “lascivious,” “flamboyant or parodic persona,” “salacious dancing” and “sexual manner,” Morris wrote. “The absence of definitions for these terms raises concerns for the Court about vagueness and overbreadth.”
In a statement to the Montana Free Press following Friday’s order, Montana Pride’s lead organizer, Kevin Hamm, said the court “got it right.”
“As I said throughout the legislature, drag is art. And drag bans not only infringe on free speech, but they are crafted (by design) to be so broad to allow for discrimination against trans & nonbinary people as well,” state Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr posted Friday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to Morris’s decision.
Zephyr, one of two openly transgender lawmakers in Montana, was censured by House Republicans in April after she said legislators who voted to pass a bill banning gender-affirming health care for transgender minors would have “blood on your hands.”
In a statement to The Hill, Emily Flower, a spokesperson for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), who is a defendant in the case, said the state will present its response at an upcoming preliminary injunction hearing.
“We look forward to presenting our written response and full argument at the upcoming preliminary injunction hearing to defend the law and protect minors from sexually oriented performances,” she said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/federal-judge-halts-montana-ban-on-drag-performances/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:28 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/federal-judge-halts-montana-ban-on-drag-performances/ |
BENTON, Ark — Many rumors and stories are floating around that a Buc-ee's could be coming to Central Arkansas.
The buzz comes after My Saline reported that the Benton Advertising and Promotion Commission approved the purchase of land near the Haskell exit off Interstate 30.
"The anticipated commercial purpose will be a travel center with an investment of around $60 million," a Benton Advertising and Promotion Commission member said during a meeting on Thursday.
No one we spoke with from the City of Benton was able to officially confirm the famed travel center in those plans for the land.
However, we can connect some dots, and you can draw your own conclusions.
The company that purchased the land is CSMS Management, LLC, based in Pearland, Texas, in the same location as a corporate Buc-ee's store.
CSMS Management, LLC, paid nearly $80,000 per acre for the land off Haskell and Interstate 30. The proposal shows that they'll create 250 new jobs, pay between $16-$18 an hour, have a 401(k) plan, insurance and nearly three weeks of PTO.
A quick search on Buc-ee's website shows they offer those same benefits.
When we called CSMS Management, LLC., a Buc-ee's employee answered. The address for this company is 11200 W Broadway in Pearland, an address the Buc-ee's website shows jobs for.
While we wait for official confirmation, one thing is clear. If this travel center is built, it'll mean a lot more than just beaver nuggets and brisket.
"It's better than killing two birds with one stone because we got a lot more than two birds," one Benton Advertising and Promotion Commission member said during Thursday's meeting. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/is-arkansas-getting-a-buc-ees/91-03aa1754-6c6f-44c0-a2a0-5fcddcee7b88 | 2023-07-29T01:45:33 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/is-arkansas-getting-a-buc-ees/91-03aa1754-6c6f-44c0-a2a0-5fcddcee7b88 |
(NEXSTAR) – It’s been a rough week for Trader Joe’s after the popular grocery store chain had to notify customers on Thursday and Friday about products potentially containing foreign matter.
On Friday, Trader Joe’s announced it was recalling frozen falafel balls (SKU# 93935) that may contain rocks.
The recalled falafel was sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
One day earlier, Trader Joe’s warned customers that its “Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup” may contain insects. Trader Joe’s says there have not been reported cases of illness from the soup.
The recalled soup (SKU# 68470) has the Use By dates of 07/18/23 – 09/15/23.
A third recall, updated Tuesday to include a sell by date, warns that there may be rocks in the company’s Almond Windmill Cookies and the Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies.
Those cookies have the following dates:
- Almond Windmill Cookies: SELL BY 10/02/23 and 10/19/23 through 10/21/23
- Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies: SELL BY 10/17/23 through 10/21/23
In all of the recalls, anyone who bought or received a donation containing one of the potentially tainted items is urged to throw it away or return it to Trader Joe’s for a refund.
Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817 [Mondays-Fridays, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT] or send Trader Joe’s an email. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
EAST RUTHERFORD — Saquon Barkley’s one and only possible move, in the wake of not getting the big contract he coveted from the Giants, was not to simply not show up.
You don’t think I’m worth being paid in the top tier of running backs? Then go prepare for the season without me.
Barkley said Thursday that he considered conveying that message by not reporting to training camp Tuesday — and possibly even the regular season — but ultimately he and the Giants agreed on a restructured $10.1 million franchise tag that at least gave Barkley an extra $909,000 worth of incentives to pursue this season.
“That’s a play that I have, but I’ll be completely honest,” Barkley said. “If I sat out this year and say if the New York Football Giants … didn’t have a good record, you think that’s gonna make another team in free agency or the Giants want to have me come back the next year after I sat out a whole year and be like, ‘Oh, we want to give you 15 million dollars a year now.’ I don’t think that’s how it’s gonna work.”
In addition to recognizing that he simply had no leverage, Barkley expressed that he cared too much about his teammates and his legacy in the NFL to stay away from the team just so he could make a statement about the running back market.
“100 percent, that factored into it,” Barkley said. “That’s who I am to the core, that’s who I am as a competitor. But at the same time, legacy goes in with just the position, too, and I know how great this position has been. I know how helpful this position is to teams throughout the league.”
The running back market has cratered in recent years as more and more teams place a greater emphasis on building a passing game and a good offensive line while finding serviceable running backs at a cheaper price.
Le’Veon Bell famously sat out the entire 2018 season after the Steelers placed the franchise tag on him for a second straight year. Bell then got a four-year contract with $35 million guaranteed from the Jets, but his career soon fizzled.
Josh Jacobs, the NFL’s 2022 rushing leader, has not reported to Raiders camp after also being given the franchise tag. And elsewhere this offseason, veterans Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott were cut and remain free agents.
“There’s a lot of running backs out here that are pivotal key points to teams having success in this league,” Barkley said. “The way that we are getting devalued, it’s not fair at all. But life’s not fair, and hopefully, God willing, I stay healthy so I show up and I can tell.”
On the flip side of it, Barkley insisted that it was not hard for him to get over the irony of his contract situation juxtaposed to his teammates.
Andrew Thomas signed a record-setting extension for an offensive lineman Wednesday, while quarterback Daniel Jones and defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence both received big contracts during the offseason.
“Anybody that knows me, I’m all about my teammates and my brothers getting paid. I’m all about success coming to them,” Barkley said. “Even though my situation didn’t go the way that I would like it to go, Andrew Thomas signed a big deal, Daniel signed a big deal, Dex signed a big deal. That’s deserving. Those guys deserve it. I’m so happy for them. And you see throughout the league, there’s people that get paid every single year, and I’m happy for those guys, too.”
Still, there were reports that Barkley was not intending to show up to camp after he and the Giants could not agree on a multi-year deal by the July 17 for franchise-tagged players.
Many pundits and fans expressed opinions about Barkley’s dilemma in the week that followed, and that clearly affected the 26-year-old.
“I kind of just followed my heart,” Barkley said. “Obviously I heard what everyone was saying in the news, on social media. But I kind of just followed my heart, and then you’ve got to look at it from a business view. I felt like, ‘What’s the best thing that I can do?’ Some people may agree or disagree with this, to sit out or sit in, and I felt like for this year specifically, the best thing that I can do for myself would be coming back, going out there, playing the game that I love, playing for my teammates, doing something that I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid.”
Barkley is coming off of his second Pro Bowl selection and a season where he had a career-high 1,312 rushing yards along with 10 touchdowns and 338 receiving yards.
He will likely need to repeat that success and more to have a chance at a larger payday next offseason. Perhaps the extra mileage on his legs won’t dissuade the Giants from franchise-tagging him again, but ultimately, there’s no way for Barkley to alter his market without continuing to perform well on the field.
“The only way that I feel like something’s going to change, someone has got to make a change,” Barkley said. “God willing, hopefully I can be one of those people.” | https://www.mcall.com/2023/07/27/saquon-barkley-says-he-considered-sitting-out-giants-training-camp-before-signing-deal-2/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:34 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/2023/07/27/saquon-barkley-says-he-considered-sitting-out-giants-training-camp-before-signing-deal-2/ |
(NEXSTAR) – It’s been a rough week for Trader Joe’s after the popular grocery store chain had to notify customers on Thursday and Friday about products potentially containing foreign matter.
On Friday, Trader Joe’s announced it was recalling frozen falafel balls (SKU# 93935) that may contain rocks.
The recalled falafel was sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
One day earlier, Trader Joe’s warned customers that its “Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup” may contain insects. Trader Joe’s says there have not been reported cases of illness from the soup.
The recalled soup (SKU# 68470) has the Use By dates of 07/18/23 – 09/15/23.
A third recall, updated Tuesday to include a sell by date, warns that there may be rocks in the company’s Almond Windmill Cookies and the Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies.
Those cookies have the following dates:
- Almond Windmill Cookies: SELL BY 10/02/23 and 10/19/23 through 10/21/23
- Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies: SELL BY 10/17/23 through 10/21/23
In all of the recalls, anyone who bought or received a donation containing one of the potentially tainted items is urged to throw it away or return it to Trader Joe’s for a refund.
Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817 [Mondays-Fridays, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT] or send Trader Joe’s an email. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:38 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/trader-joes-recalls-falafel-and-broccoli-cheddar-soup-for-possible-rocks-insects/ |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.
“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," Biden said in a statement.
It was his first acknowledgment of the child.
“This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter,” he said. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
Hunter Biden's paternity was established by DNA testing after Roberts sued for child support, and the two parties recently resolved outstanding child support issues. The president's son wrote about his encounter with Roberts in his 2021 memoir, saying it came while he was deep in addiction to alcohol and drugs, including crack cocaine.
“I had no recollection of our encounter,” he wrote. “That’s how little connection I had with anyone. I was a mess, but a mess I’ve taken responsibility for.”
The president, who has made a commitment to family central to his public persona, has faced increasing criticism from political rivals and pundits for failing to acknowledge the granddaughter. According to a person familiar with the matter, he was taking the cue from his son while the legal proceedings played out. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private matters.
Biden's statement was first reported by People Magazine. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/national/biden-openly-acknowledges-grandchild/91-70fa03e8-e5a1-485c-ac81-bba920ab644c | 2023-07-29T01:45:39 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/national/biden-openly-acknowledges-grandchild/91-70fa03e8-e5a1-485c-ac81-bba920ab644c |
HURON, Ohio (WJW) – A suspected bank burglar was busted when he gave new meaning to the term “direct deposit.”
Police in Huron, Ohio watched as the suspected bank thief dropped from the ceiling over the drive-thru, right in front of their eyes.
Police body camera video obtained by the WJW shows the incident. Officers can be heard ordering the suspect on the ground, and then helping get him out of the recycling can. The suspect was not injured.
“In my 35-plus years in law enforcement, this is the first time I ever saw a suspect fall into a garbage can,” said Huron Police Chief Terry Graham.
Graham said around 2:12 a.m. Wednesday, police received an alarm from the VacationLand Federal Credit Union located on University Drive East.
While checking the building, officers could hear noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru.
They also noticed the recycling can positioned in the middle of the drive-thru lane, directly under a roof access door. The officers heard noises coming from inside the bank and patiently waited.
“I am most impressed with our officers’ patience in a very difficult situation,” the chief said. “The tactics they used, I think, substantially contributed to no one being injured and the suspect being taken into custody.”
Tristan Heidl, 27, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, possession of criminal tools and safecracking.
Police say Heidl had a backpack full of construction tools.
“He did get inside the bank and attempt to open numerous areas in the bank that contain money,” the chief said.
Police say Heidl was unable to get inside the safe and crash-landed with empty pockets.
“He didn’t get a dime,” Graham said.
Heidl is being held in the Erie County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He is due back in court soon. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:40 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ |
HURON, Ohio (WJW) – A suspected bank burglar was busted when he gave new meaning to the term “direct deposit.”
Police in Huron, Ohio watched as the suspected bank thief dropped from the ceiling over the drive-thru, right in front of their eyes.
Police body camera video obtained by the WJW shows the incident. Officers can be heard ordering the suspect on the ground, and then helping get him out of the recycling can. The suspect was not injured.
“In my 35-plus years in law enforcement, this is the first time I ever saw a suspect fall into a garbage can,” said Huron Police Chief Terry Graham.
Graham said around 2:12 a.m. Wednesday, police received an alarm from the VacationLand Federal Credit Union located on University Drive East.
While checking the building, officers could hear noises coming from inside the roof area over the drive-thru.
They also noticed the recycling can positioned in the middle of the drive-thru lane, directly under a roof access door. The officers heard noises coming from inside the bank and patiently waited.
“I am most impressed with our officers’ patience in a very difficult situation,” the chief said. “The tactics they used, I think, substantially contributed to no one being injured and the suspect being taken into custody.”
Tristan Heidl, 27, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, possession of criminal tools and safecracking.
Police say Heidl had a backpack full of construction tools.
“He did get inside the bank and attempt to open numerous areas in the bank that contain money,” the chief said.
Police say Heidl was unable to get inside the safe and crash-landed with empty pockets.
“He didn’t get a dime,” Graham said.
Heidl is being held in the Erie County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He is due back in court soon. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ | 2023-07-29T01:45:44 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/watch-ohio-bank-burglary-suspect-falls-from-ceiling-lands-in-recycling-can-near-officers/ |
WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.thv11.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T01:45:45 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
PHOENIX — Mel's Diner on Grand Avenue has been recently picked by Reader's Digest as the most iconic diner in Arizona.
Known for sharing its name with the fictional diner depicted in the 1970s sitcom "Alice," the Valley breakfast spot has been singled out by the national magazine for its syrup-covered pancakes and massive omelets.
The restaurant first opened in the early 1960s and was originally known as Lester's Diner, according to the Arizona Republic.
It later changed its name and the diner's roadside sign would be briefly featured in the opening credits of the popular CBS sitcom that ran from 1976 to 1985. The show, inspired by the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," revolved around the lives of waitresses working at a place called Mel's Diner in Phoenix.
Fans of the show can certainly feel a dose of nostalgia when they visit the real Mel's Diner and might even be able to convince a waitress to say, "Kiss my grits!"
Not many diners in Arizona can claim a connection to Hollywood, so Mel's Diner seems quite worthy of the magazine's recognition.
Up to Speed
What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States. | https://www.12news.com/article/life/food/mels-diner-phoenix-named-iconic-diner-arizona/75-5708cc5a-d1f2-41f3-bd81-7175246eea2c | 2023-07-29T01:45:51 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/life/food/mels-diner-phoenix-named-iconic-diner-arizona/75-5708cc5a-d1f2-41f3-bd81-7175246eea2c |
FORT WORTH, Texas — When Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker removed a Pride badge from the city’s summer reading challenge, emails poured into the city, a petition received thousands of signatures and community members filled city council chambers.
City emails newly obtained by WFAA reveal how the planning, decision and aftermath played out behind closed doors.
The issue began May 24 when a Fort Worth Public Library communications manager emailed the mayor’s staff along with councilmembers at 11:37 a.m.
“We received complaints this morning from eight parents who do not like the optional Pride badge in the youth section of the Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge,” the email read.
The plan was to inform the eight parents the badges were optional.
At this point, Parker had received five community emails regarding the challenge that had nearly identical wording.
“Hello, I recently learned that the Fort Worth library reading challenge includes an LGBTQ badge (school-aged pride badge) that encourages children to celebrate pride,” each message started. “I know I stand with many others in our community when I say that we do not want political agendas pushed on our children. We have to fight for our kids in big ways and small and I intend on doing just that.”
At 1:44 p.m., about two hours after the library told councilmembers and the mayor’s office, Parker sent her first email on the issue and directed it to city manager David Cooke and assistant city manager Jesica McEachern:
David and Jesica -
My staff is meeting with Library staff but frankly I am furious. I was not given the opportunity to approve the Mayor’s summer reading challenge badges. You can see from screenshots what was chosen without consult. This is not an appropriate venue for a youth reading challenge and children of all ages. I’ve asked my team to instruct library staff to immediately make changes and implement revisions of the badges and any material by 5pm today.
Thank you,
Mattie
Parker defended her decision to remove the badge at a council meeting in June.
“I strongly believe that parents are the ultimate decision-makers for their own families,” she said at the time.
WFAA sat down with Parker to discuss the emails and the removal of the badge.
“I was furious that something was created with my name on it and I was never consulted,” Parker told WFAA. “It’s not as if I created the program, developed the program and then took it away. I was never really made aware of it with my name on it.”
The removal immediately led to a response from people on both sides of the issue.
By the end of the week following the removal, records show Parker received at least 75 emails from community members.
More than 2,000 people signed a petition to have the badge reinstated.
Liberty Lounge, a queer bar in Fort Worth, has its own book exchange along a back wall inside. Owner Jenna Hill said she spoke to many people who felt afraid and frustrated.
“Sometimes, it’s only through outside sources like a book or movie that we get to see, ‘Oh wait, I’m not alone’,” she said. “I felt like we were saying to that group of kids, you know what you don’t need to be seen.”
“I would never want anybody to feel unwelcome or unseen,” Parker told WFAA. “I think my decision was well-founded and, again, it was not meant to hurt anybody’s feelings.”
In her city council speech, Parker said she didn’t know about the pushback or eight community member emails at the time of her decision.
“Frankly, I was out of the country and was not aware there was any kind of uproar from any organization,” she said in June.
In speaking with WFAA, Parker again addressed whether she was responding to the first group that spoke up.
“Most of those come to a public email, and it was only then because of the library’s email that I was able to actually read what was in the summer reading challenge with my name on it,” Parker said. “I think there was a real concern about ‘who was I listening to’, and I have my personal beliefs about why I removed it, especially as channeling my motherhood, I just didn’t feel like it was an appropriate use and we can debate that.”
“I was just shocked that it was so quick to take it down,” Hill said. “I was like, ‘Did you consider the message that it sent to those kids’? I understand there’s pushback, but I just wish there’d been a conversation, because that’s all we’re asking.”
This year, isn't the first for the optional badge. It was the third. City records show more than 300 people who did the reading challenge in 2022 got the Pride badge, including 71 in the 0-5 age group and 140 in the youth age group.
The badges could be earned this year by creating a rainbow heart garland or reading a book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist among several other activities.
“I think the content was different,” Parker said. “I think it reached all the way into younger children, babies and toddlers, in particular, young teens.”
In her initial public statement, Parker said, “My aim is not to tell families what is right for them.”
In her first email to the city manager’s office asking for immediate action on the removal, though, she said, “This is not an appropriate venue for a youth reading challenge and children of all ages.
“Isn’t removing the badge, even the option of the badge, telling some families, this isn’t appropriate?” WFAA asked.
“I don’t think so at all,” Parker said. “It was a program for all the public and I just simply said I didn’t think in my opinion, a program with my name on it was appropriate. That’s what I believed.”
Hill is straight but was raised as a kid by lesbians. She also spent decades as a middle school teacher in Fort Worth and Northwest ISDs.
“I don’t think there’s an appropriate age to just be introduced to people who love each other,” she said. “At the end of the day, this isn’t a queer issue. This is a human issue.”
At 3:30 p.m., Fort Worth Assistant City Manager Jesica McEachern replied to Parker, about two hours after her decision, and called the issue a ‘misstep’.
“The pride badge is being removed today,” she wrote. “I apologize that you were not consulted regarding the badges prior to the launch of the Summer Reading Program. This was a misstep and I will work with the library team to ensure that does not happen again."
Once media questions began, city communications staff worked with the public library on its statement working on adjusting working like calling the Mayor’s email a “directive” instead of an “ultimatum”, which was the initial choice.
Parker said the badges took the focus away from the literacy goal and noted other cities in Texas don’t have similar programs.
She’s undecided about bringing the badge back next year.
“I don’t know yet,” she said. “I think the most important thing to me is to create a summer reading program that’s actually incredibly effective.”
Hill said more than a bar, the Liberty Lounge is a supportive, safe place. She wants Fort Worth to be the same.
“I don’t want any child to feel like they don’t belong, or they don’t matter,” she said. “We want to be here. We love Fort Worth. We want to feel like we’re loved back.”
“Moving forward, the most important thing you can do is have these conversations, and I’ve had numerous conversations with people,” Parker said. “Whether you wish it could or not, no badge is going to erase any kind of vitriol or hate or concern or disagreement about someone’s lifestyle. It’s just not.” | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/emails-reveal-new-details-of-fort-worth-mayors-decision-to-remove-pride-reading-challenge/287-43313321-9302-4d05-9f07-b2e0def6b051 | 2023-07-29T01:45:51 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/emails-reveal-new-details-of-fort-worth-mayors-decision-to-remove-pride-reading-challenge/287-43313321-9302-4d05-9f07-b2e0def6b051 |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man who was riding with his cycling group, was left beaten after two men got out of their car to first verbally, then physically attack him.
Gerado Gomez and his cycling group, Team Life Cyclers, were enjoying an evening ride just like they do every Thursday. Gomez is the leader of the cycling group and said the group's ride took a violent turn for one of their members.
"We had a car on Ennis Joslin that was not happy that we were on the road," he said.
Gomez said the assault happened so quickly that nobody riding with the man was able to get a hold of the vehicles license plate information. A police report was filed, and the assault is currently being looked into.
The cyclist crew rides in separate groups based on their skill and speed levels. Gomez and his advanced group were quite a distance ahead of the beginner group when they encountered the suspect vehicle. They mentioned that the car honked at them but didn't exhibit any aggressive behavior towards them. However, this was not the case for the beginner group when they encountered the same vehicle.
"As we all finished the ride, we received a call that our senior member is being assaulted and attacked," he said.
A statement given to police by Gomez said his group was riding when a silver or grey car approached them. The cyclist stopped, and two men exited the vehicle, and began to assault the man. While the he didn't receive serious injuries, he was still left with bruises, cuts and blood all over his face.
The cyclist group provided video of their ride to 3NEWS, which showed the suspect vehicle passing the advanced group.
"There's a lack of understanding, on the motorist part, that road bikes do belong on the road. With time, some of these motorists are getting a little more aggressive. They're getting closer to us. They're getting just more belligerent on what they're telling us," he said.
Corpus Christi Police Department Lt. Michael Pena said that as long as riders are following road rules, there is nothing wrong with them riding on roadways.
"It is totally acceptable. It's well within the law for cyclists to operate on the roadway," he said.
Police said Gomez treated on scene and is currently recovering from his injuries. If residents have any information about the attack, they are encouraged to call CCPD.
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DALLAS — American Airlines has agreed on terms for granting large pay raises to its pilots, leaving Southwest Airlines alone among the nation’s four biggest carriers without at least a tentative contract with pilots.
American and the Allied Pilots Association announced their agreement Thursday. The union said the agreement matched terms reached by pilots at Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
The pilots and American thought they had a deal earlier this month, but it was upended when United struck a richer contract, with raises of up to 40% over four years. American CEO Robert Isom promised to match pay at the other carriers.
An American spokeswoman called it “a contract we’re proud of, and one our pilots deserve.”
The deal is contingent on the outcome of a ratification vote by American's 15,000 pilots in August.
Southwest CEO Robert Jordan said his airline has been in regular negotiations with its pilots, but had “nothing new to report.”
“There is no threat of an imminent strike or anything like that,” Jordan said. Federal law requires several conditions to be met before airline unions can legally strike, including a finding by mediators that further negotiations would be pointless.
United's union valued its agreement at about $10 billion. It followed more than four years of tumultuous bargaining that included picketing and talk of a strike vote. The deal reflects the leverage enjoyed by labor groups, especially pilots, as airline revenue soars on the strong recovery in travel.
The Air Line Pilots Association said the agreement, which is subject to a ratification vote, would put United pilots on par with counterparts at Delta Air Lines, who approved a pay-raising deal earlier this year. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/american-airlines-tentative-contract-deal-pilots/507-ff92cfc3-7dde-4c79-9691-cfe3cbb70965 | 2023-07-29T01:46:03 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/american-airlines-tentative-contract-deal-pilots/507-ff92cfc3-7dde-4c79-9691-cfe3cbb70965 |
WASHINGTON — Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders urged the Biden administration Friday to withhold part of the United States' annual military aid to Egypt for a third consecutive year, calling it important to keep up the pressure on President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on human rights abuses.
More than 20 leading U.S. and international rights groups and think tanks separately made the same appeal, arguing that the U.S. practice of holding back some aid was leading el-Sissi to make “limited, albeit insufficient ” rights improvements in Egypt.
About a quarter of a $1.3 billion appropriation is at issue.
The request may be especially tough this year for President Joe Biden, who is focusing on keeping countries around the world, including Egypt, aligned behind Ukraine as it battles Russia's globally destabilizing invasion. Neither the State Department nor the Egyptian Embassy in Washington immediately responded to requests for comment Friday.
The letters, addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, serve as an opening round in Democratic lawmakers' annual battle to trim aid funding as a way to pressure el-Sissi's government to curb rights abuses.
The State Department's annual human rights report has repeatedly faulted Egypt, even as an important strategic ally in the region, for extrajudicial killings and torture, detention of thousands of writers, reporters, advocates and other political prisoners, suppression of news media and other abuses.
The Washington Post, citing secret U.S. documents leaked online by a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, reported in April that U.S. officials had talked Egypt out of secretly providing rockets to Russia. Egypt agreed instead to provide the United States with artillery rounds for transfer for Ukraine, the Post reported, citing another leaked document.
Congress in recent years has made the U.S. payment of roughly $300 million of U.S. military aid contingent on Egypt’s government showing progress on rights, although the State Department can partially override that, on national security grounds.
While shared U.S.-Egyptian security objectives make it important for the U.S. to continue supporting Egypt’s military in general, the senators argued, “we can continue to support these objectives while enforcing the law to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt due to a lack of necessary progress on human rights.”
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut led the letter. Richard Blumenthal, also of Connecticut, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Richard Durbin of Illinois, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin of Maryland, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Tom Carper of Delaware also signed.
“As the administration’s decision to withhold a portion of Egypt’s $1.3 billion appropriation for each of the last two years demonstrates, the bilateral security relationship can be effectively sustained at a reduced level of assistance while upholding our values,” the senators wrote.
The administration is expected to make a decision on the matter next month, although the legal deadline is Sept. 30.
Egypt’s jailing and silencing of critics have drawn international condemnation and are points of friction between the North African country and the West. That includes the United States, the Egyptian military's most generous supporter.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, PEN International and other rights groups and think tanks in the other letter Friday credited the Biden administration's financial pressure with helping persuade Egypt to free more than 1,000 political detainees. At the same time, rights advocates say, Egypt has detained nearly 5,000 others, and renewed pretrial detentions of thousands more. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/senate-democrats-joint-letter-biden-egypt-military-aid/507-862fe9ba-2a72-4dc8-a9dc-8d5c5d557b8a | 2023-07-29T01:46:09 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/senate-democrats-joint-letter-biden-egypt-military-aid/507-862fe9ba-2a72-4dc8-a9dc-8d5c5d557b8a |
WASHINGTON — Trader Joe's is recalling frozen falafel sold in more than 30 states because it may contain rocks.
It's the second time in a week that the grocery chain has announced a recall related to rocks in food. It comes one day after it issued a recall for a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects.
According to the retailer, it was alerted to the issue by the supplier of its Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Falafel.
The recall specifically includes the frozen falafel product sold in Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
Anyone who purchased or received the Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Falafel (SKU#93935) is urged to throw it out or return it to any Trader Joe's for a full refund.
Last Friday, the grocery chain announced it was recalling two cookie products because they may contain rocks. That recall impacts Trader Joe’s Almond Windmill Cookies and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies with "sell by" dates ranging from October 17, 2023 to October 21, 2023. Lot codes for the recalled cookies and customer service contact information can be found on Trader Joe's website.
In a response to a request for comment, Trader Joe's said the close timing of the two situations was "coincidental."
"While there are aspects of our product supply chain beyond our direct control, we will never leave to chance the safety of the products we offer. In this case, there was a different issue in the each of the manufacturing processes," Public Relations Manager Nakia Rohde said. "We don’t take any chance when it comes to product safety and quality. We err on the side of caution and are proactive in addressing issues. We voluntarily take action quickly and aggressively—investigating potential problems and removing a product from sale if there is any doubt about its safety or quality."
On Thursday, Trader Joe's issued a recall on its "Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup" after discovering it could potentially contain insects. More than 10,000 cases of the 20-ounce product are being recalled, according to the FDA report. The soups were distributed in Florida, California, Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Illinois.
The Monrovia, California-based chain is privately held by the families that also own Aldi Nord, a German grocer. Trader Joe’s operates around 530 stores in the U.S.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/trader-joes-recall-falafel-rocks/507-6cb7a5ef-7171-41e5-8bc2-a1625a329f31 | 2023-07-29T01:46:15 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/trader-joes-recall-falafel-rocks/507-6cb7a5ef-7171-41e5-8bc2-a1625a329f31 |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump and rival Ron DeSantis are appearing for the first time at the same Iowa presidential campaign event, both addressing a major Republican dinner Friday night as they each face critical moments that could reshape the direction of the race.
Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, is making a rare appearance with the rest of the field at an Iowa Republican Party fundraiser a day after he was charged with additional counts over his retention of classified documents after leaving office. He is also bracing to soon be charged in Washington over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump frequently avoids attending multicandidate events in person, questioning why he would share a stage with competitors who are badly trailing him in polls.
But with Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses less than six months away, Trump and a dozen other GOP hopefuls are taking advantage of the chance to speak to about 1,200 GOP members and activists at Friday’s Lincoln Day Dinner.
Attendees included former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and entrepreneur Perry Johnson.
JIn her remarks, Haley said the Biden Administration and D.C. “have failed”, and we have “a country to save” by voting in younger candidates to the White House and to Congress.
Meanwhile, Hutchinson honed in on border issues: "We live in hard times because we have failed with the border. We have no border security."
He also took jabs at Trump, claiming "The GOP is under threat today. You will be under threat in Iowa. Federal cases against Trump. We as a party, need a new direction as a party of the GOP."
DeSantis, Trump’s strongest rival in the field, has been trying to reset his stalled campaign for two weeks. He returned on Thursday to Iowa, where his campaign is increasingly focusing its efforts on trying to derail Trump.
DeSantis’ stumbles have raised questions about whether another candidate might be able to emerge from the crowded field and catch the former president. Some evangelicals, who play a determinative role in the state’s caucuses, have pointed to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s upbeat message and pulpit-style delivery as strengths that could help him rise there.
Scott held a town hall Thursday night in Ankeny with Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and a crowd of a few hundred people, many of whom were forced to stand in the corners of the room. He drew laughs, head nods and amens, and the senator took about a dozen questions.
The only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, Scott said all Americans should recognize how “devastating” slavery was. “There is no silver lining” to slavery, he added.
While talking to reporters afterward, Scott took a swipe at DeSantis over the Florida governor's support for new standards that require Florida teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.” Scott, the only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, said all Americans should recognize how “devastating” slavery was.
“There is no silver lining” to slavery, Scott said, offering a rare critical word for a fellow GOP presidential candidate.
DeSantis has also faced criticism from teachers and civil rights leaders and gotten into a public dispute with Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican who said he had a problem with the part of the curriculum addressing lessons on the “developed skills” of enslaved people.
That means DeSantis is now at odds with two of his party's prominent Black elected officials. Still, the governor continued to dig in on the issue, saying at an event in Oskaloosa on Friday: “D.C. Republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the left." The governor has defended the new school curriculum, saying, “I think it’s very clear that these guys did a good job on those standards."
Vice President Kamala Harris made her own Iowa stop on Friday, seeking to draw a contrast with the Republicans as she looked to lift President Joe Biden's reelection campaign. Harris met in Des Moines with activists and discussed abortion rights, after Reynolds recently signed a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. A judge has temporarily blocked the law, but the Iowa Supreme Court will consider the governor’s request to put it back in effect.
“I do believe that we are witnessing a national agenda that is about a full-on attack on hard won freedoms and hard won rights,” the vice president said.
Hours later, many Lincoln Day Dinner attendees wore “Trump Country” stickers, including 72-year-old Diane Weaver of Ankeny, Iowa.
“I think he makes America great," said Weaver, a retiree who plans to caucus for Trump. “I think he did it once and I think he can do it again.”
She also said the rest of the Republican field should make a more robust and vocal defense of Trump as he faces his legal problems.
DeSantis, meanwhile, ducked repeated chances before Friday evening's event to criticize Trump over the additional charges he faces. Pressed on why he isn't willing to use the additional charges to go on the offensive against a primary opponent he'll need to beat, DeSantis pointed to past policy clashes he's had with Trump over issues like the COVID-19 pandemic response and the federal deficit.
“We have engaged when appropriate,” DeSantis told reporters. He added that such topics affect voters’ lives and and were more important than "relitigating the latest superseding indictment.”
The governor has pledged to eventually visit all of Iowa’s 99 counties, is in the midst of a two-day state bus tour organized by a super PAC supporting his run. But he faces fresh questions about his strategy and path forward.
After his fundraising reports showed him burning through donations, the governor cut more than a third of his campaign staff. One of the laid-off aides had shared a video featuring DeSantis’ face superimposed on a symbol embraced by the Nazis.
DeSantis' cash crunch seems to be driving the campaign to rely even more on the efforts of the super PAC Never Back Down to take up the work typically done by campaign staff.
Super PACs can receive unlimited sums from donors but are barred under federal rules from donating to candidates or coordinating with campaigns on how their money is spent.
While presidential campaigns have been supplemented before by the work of super PACs, which frequently use deeper coffers to run expensive television ads, the work Never Back Down has done to promote DeSantis has been more expansive.
The group has been organizing on the ground, including lining up caucus supporters for DeSantis. And while candidates before him have appeared at events put on by super PACs, DeSantis is embarking on the bus tour as the PAC’s “special guest.”
Both the DeSantis campaign and Never Back Down defended the arrangement when asked how it complies with federal rules.
“There are decades of precedent for Super PACs to host candidates and others as special guests at events," said Jess Szymanski, a spokesperson for Never Back Down. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/elections/2023-lincoln-dinner-iowa-republicans-gop-donald-trump-ron-desantis-tim-scott/524-6f147d3c-9646-44dd-9434-b0d9d9c8de8d | 2023-07-29T01:46:22 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/elections/2023-lincoln-dinner-iowa-republicans-gop-donald-trump-ron-desantis-tim-scott/524-6f147d3c-9646-44dd-9434-b0d9d9c8de8d |
ARLINGTON, Texas — The City of Arlington, including the police, is ready as the World Soccer Championship Tour makes a stop at AT&T Stadium, drawing thousands of people -- including local young soccer players.
Khaled Cannan is wrapping up Barca Academy soccer camp. Their coaches are all from Barcelona and are in Arlington as the city welcomes the biggest soccer game tour in the world. Young Barcelona fans like Khaled Cannan have learned from the best.
Khaled said he is improving his control of the soccer ball on the field too.
"You have to kick it with this part and the inside of your foot and in the middle of the ball," said Khaled. "And you have to use your point of the other foot to aim at where you want to go."
The coaches in Arlington from Barcelona are also teaching the young athletes sportsmanship. Part of the lessons includes what happens before the start of the game, and more importantly, the respect of the game along with the traditions of soccer in Spain.
Oriol Poves serves as the Barca Academy Soccer Camp director. Many North Texas parents jumped at the chance to enroll their children in the Barca Academy Soccer Camp which was held all week leading up to the championship game at AT&T Stadium.
"I think the fans are going to have a really good time tomorrow," said Poves, "We're going to. Hopefully it's going to be a very, very nice game. "
Upper seat game tickets for the Champions Tour start at $217. Club seats cost $618., and AT&T stadium full suite goes for $5,693.
Matchups like this, usually held in Spain, have the attention of local soccer club coach Cody Dickerson. He heads the coaching staff for the Texas Lightening Soccer Club. He is constantly telling his young athletes that becoming the best in the game happens from practicing more than just two days a week. Dickerson is convinced even Texas soccer players are just as skilled as the professional soccer players they will see in Arlington for the world soccer tour.
"You don't have an opportunity to go see a team like this every day, unless you're in Spain, right?" Dickerson said. "It's huge. It might be once in a lifetime for some of us."
That's why Arlington city leaders anticipate huge crowds. Recommendations from Arlington police include parking only in designated spots or risk getting towed, using the AT&T rideshare drop-off and pick-up locations, and always using crosswalks, which they will staff with officers.
Arlington scored big getting the World Soccer Tour. It is sort of the same level as Khaled when he scores on the soccer field.
"It feels nice when your teammates are high-fiving you and hugging you," Khaled said.
The Soccer Champions Tour is Saturday, July 29, 2023, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/soccer/texas-soccer-kids-learn-from-barcelona-coaches-arlington-city-leaders-prep-for-thousands-attending-soccer-champions-tour/287-c858fb21-f76c-44a6-a863-8142fa9444cb | 2023-07-29T01:46:28 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/soccer/texas-soccer-kids-learn-from-barcelona-coaches-arlington-city-leaders-prep-for-thousands-attending-soccer-champions-tour/287-c858fb21-f76c-44a6-a863-8142fa9444cb |
WASHINGTON — Morocco made its debut for the Women's World Cup on Monday with a match against Germany. It is one of eight teams making their first appearance at the tournament.
Viewers tuning into the match broadcasts may wonder why the country's abbreviation is listed as "MAR." The reason is actually pretty simple. While most of the scoreboard acronyms, also referred to as FIFA codes, come from the first three letters of a country's name in English, there are exceptions. Morocco is one of those exceptions.
The Arab team will face South Korea on Sunday, July 30 at 12:30 ET.
Why is Morocco 'MAR'?
While the country's English name is Morocco, it's known as Maroc in French.
According to a 2018 report from Slate, even though the official languages of the country are Arabic and Tamazight, French continues to have a powerful position there as a holdover from the colonial era.
Morocco isn't the only team in the Women's World Cup with a country code that differs from that English standard.
Other abbreviations that stand out in the tournament include Spain going by "ESP and South Korea referred to as "KOR."
Morocco’s debut game at the Women’s World Cup ended in a 6-0 loss to two-time champion Germany. The margin of defeat on Monday was the biggest so far at the tournament.
The national team’s Women's World Cup appearance comes less than a year after their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 | 2023-07-29T01:46:34 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/soccer/world-cup/why-morocco-womens-world-cup-abbrieviation-is-mar/507-58d4c84b-a651-4256-b453-ca47280cf615 |
The Norman Public Schools Board of Education announced the assistant principals for Whittier Middle School, Irving Middle School and Eisenhower Elementary.
Tina Floyd, Alex Ruggiers, and Annette Price anonymously approved the three in a special board meeting. Not in attendance were Chad Vice and Dirk O’Hara.
David Brunow
David Brunow has been named an assistant principal at Whittier Middle School.
Previously, Brunow worked as assistant principal at Alcott Middle School where he has served since 2021.
Before that, he worked as a special education teacher at Santa Fe High School from 2020-2021, Norman North High School from 2016-2020 while serving as special education chair, Norman High School from 2015-2020, and Highland West Junior High School in Moore from 2014-2015.
Since 2019, Brunow has worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma.
“He has over 10 years of experience in special education/special education leadership, IEP [individualized education programs] compliance, special education instruction and interventions,” said Holly Nevels, NPS chief human resource officer.
Tim Hightower
Tim Hightower will join Irving Middle School as an assistant principal from Duncan Public Schools.
Since 2017, Hightower has worked as the assistant principal at Duncan. Previously, he served as a counselor for the school, as well as head football coach from 2002-2017. From 1998-2002 he was a business teacher and head coach for the school.
“He has 25 years of experience in public education as a secondary teacher, coach, counselor and administrator,” Nevels said. “In his previous district, Hightower served as a district safety/security and bond committee member, established a "Stronger Together" initiative for students, parents and staff, managed an in-school intervention program and had oversight of core content areas and athletics/activities.”
Erin Crimmins
Erin Crimmins has been named the assistant principal at Eisenhower Elementary.
Previously, she worked as a coordinator for support services for the district elementary schools. Before that, she was a resource teacher at Lincoln Elementary from 2015-2021.
“She was a 2020 Norman Public Schools District Teacher of the Year finalist and also completed the NPS Aspiring Principals Academy,” said Nevels.
She earned her doctorate in education from the University of Oklahoma in August and her master’s of education in administration, curriculum, and supervision in May 2021. | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/nps-taps-new-assistant-principals-in-special-meeting/article_9b6ea700-2d8b-11ee-981e-e36e88382d19.html | 2023-07-29T01:47:28 | 1 | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/nps-taps-new-assistant-principals-in-special-meeting/article_9b6ea700-2d8b-11ee-981e-e36e88382d19.html |
The last two pieces of Oklahoma’s coaching staff were finally put into place on Friday as head coach Jennie Baranczyk promoted Markisha Kastantin and Tyus Hooks to assistant coaches.
Kastantin is the Sooners’ director of player development, and has been on Baranczyk’s staff since 2015 when the two coached at Drake. Hooks is a new member of the Baranczyk's staff, arriving in Norman prior to last season as a program coordinator.
Both Kastantin and Hooks will retain their previous positions in addition to their coaching responsibilities.
"I couldn't be more excited to elevate Markisha and Tyus to assistant coaches," Baranczyk said in a statement from the university. "The work they've put into our program has been key to the success we've had, and I know that what they bring to the staff will continue to help us reach new heights. Markisha understands exactly what we're trying to build on and off the floor, which will be important as we move into the SEC in 2024. Tyus is exactly what you want in a young coach – he brings energy, ideas and loves this team and program.”
The Sooners now have five assistant coaches, two more than last season. Starting this offseason, the NCAA approved an increase in the number of assistant coaches in men’s and women’s basketball from three to five.
Hooks has been heavily involved in the recruiting process since arriving in Norman. He’s credited with helping to sign five-star McDonalds All-American Sahara Williams and a top-10 center in the 2023 class in Landry Allen.
Hooks has previous stops as a graduate assistant at Eastern Michigan and as an undergraduate manager at Ole Miss.
Kastantin was a talented college player at Notre Dame, appearing in four-straight Final Fours from 2012-2015. | https://www.normantranscript.com/sports/kastantin-hooks-promoted-to-assistant-coaching-roles/article_070d92d6-2d6a-11ee-bda1-e34250767190.html | 2023-07-29T01:47:34 | 0 | https://www.normantranscript.com/sports/kastantin-hooks-promoted-to-assistant-coaching-roles/article_070d92d6-2d6a-11ee-bda1-e34250767190.html |
Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby said that the Sooner offense is in a much better place than it was a year ago.
He even threw out the phrase that seems to be a favorite coming out of the Oklahoma camp — competitive depth. It still remains to be seen how the perceived new depth will translate into winning more games.
But as for the quarterback position, even before the Sooners start fall camp, it’s not hard to see where the optimism is coming from. Waiting for his first opportunity to shine in the crimson and cream is consensus five-star quarterback Jackson Arnold.
More importantly, he’ll have a season behind an established starter in Dillon Gabriel. Still, the Sooners have seen the importance of having a talented backup waiting on the sidelines in recent years.
“Dillon has done the things that he’s needed to do to put himself in a spot to go have a great year and we’re expecting that,” Lebby said Thursday at the coaches luncheon. “He needs to go play his butt off, he’s got to play better than he did a year ago and I need to call it better than I did a year ago.
Two seasons ago, Oklahoma had an established starter in Spencer Rattler, but replaced him with Caleb Williams midway through the season, and it made a big impact on the offense. Last year, the Sooners were forced to lean on their backup quarterback in back-to-back weeks when Gabriel suffered a head injury against TCU.
The offense struggled to move the ball through the air with Davis Beville under center.
Arnold will need time to develop as a college quarterback, but his presence gives the Sooners a much-needed second option.
“Signing Jackson, this is a dude that’s coming in...,” Lebby said. “We’re incredibly proud of him and all he’s done is take care of his business. And really he’s exceeded expectations.”
Arnold, who is listed as a finance major, was an early enrollee who joined the program in January.
“I never realized how much of a benefit it truly was until a month in,” Arnold said in March. “I thought if I came this summer, I could learn this offense pretty quick and get used to it and learn how to essentially play this offense in the fall pretty quick. That’s wrong. I need it. I’m going to need this whole spring to get used to this offense and get used to learning Coach Lebby’s offense.”
Arnold is the seventh-highest rated recruit in program history according to 247Sports Composite Rankings. He was ranked 10th among all recruits in 247Sports’ player rankings.
The expectations surrounding Arnold are very high, and his coaches are confident he’ll live up to those expectations.
“We’ve talked about this a ton, but at some point that young man is going to be the face of our program and everybody in this room and Sooner nation is going to be dang proud of him,” Lebby said.
Sooner fans got their first look at the player that’s expected to lead the program into the future at the spring game. Arnold completed 6-14 passes for 64 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions.
The crowd erupted when Arnold tucked the ball and scampered for a 53-yard touchdown run. Officials waved off the touchdown due to Arnold being touched after a short gain, and were met by frustrated groans from the fans.
Regardless of the result, Arnold showed off his dual threat potential. Later on in the scrimmage, with just under two minutes remaining and his team trailing, Arnold tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Gavin Freeman.
“You recruit a kid for so long, but you don’t know what they’re going to be like in the meeting room every single day,” Lebby said. “You don’t know what they’re going to be like with (OU strength and conditioning coach Jerry Schmidt) when it gets really, really hard. When it’s two o’clock on a hard afternoon in the summer.” | https://www.normantranscript.com/sports/lebby-someday-jackson-arnold-will-be-face-of-program/article_a33189ac-2d69-11ee-8974-d7daac8d6cb9.html | 2023-07-29T01:47:40 | 0 | https://www.normantranscript.com/sports/lebby-someday-jackson-arnold-will-be-face-of-program/article_a33189ac-2d69-11ee-8974-d7daac8d6cb9.html |
Duo break into Drug Mart, load up 2 trash bags with cigarettes, police say
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 8:56 PM EDT|Updated: 51 minutes ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The duo of thieves who allegedly pried open the door to Drug Mart open and loaded up two trash bags of cigarettes are on the loose, Cleveland Police confirmed, and detectives need help identifying the suspects.
Police said broke into the store at 4170 Fulton Rd. at 2 a.m. on July 21 and took off.
Take a close look at the surveillance photos of the suspects shared by the Cleveland Division of Police Second District Community Relations Committee:
If you recognize either of them or have any other information on this crime, call Det. Murphy at 216-623-5217.
Copyright 2023 WOIO. All rights reserved. | https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/07/29/duo-break-into-drug-mart-load-up-2-trash-bags-with-cigarettes-police-say/ | 2023-07-29T01:48:13 | 0 | https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/07/29/duo-break-into-drug-mart-load-up-2-trash-bags-with-cigarettes-police-say/ |
New Jersey’s famous secret drink
Now that the dog days of summer are here, people are going for their favorite cold drinks. It's not a secret if you live in Burlington County, especially on the western side near the Delaware River. The beverage is called Drink Atoast, Boost or Take-A-Boost, depending on your family's preference.
This "Boost" is not to be confused with the energy/vitamin supplement for seniors that came out about 20 years ago. This drink has been around for over a hundred years.
There are many families who swear by the stuff and have it stocked in the fridge or pantry year-round. There are others that hate the stuff.
I was introduced to Boost when I was about 11 years old visiting some relatives of a friend on my block in South Philly. His mom took us on two buses (not many women in the city drove back then) and we finally made it to Riverside, New Jersey.
Riverside is the home of Boost, and it has always surprised me that it still survives but is only know VERY locally in the Burlington County area. Sure, it can be shipped all over the country and the world, and locals who've moved out of town get it sent to them all the time. But it's still just a local phenomenon.
It was developed by a local pharmacist named Benjamin Faunce. He was looking for something to help his son who was often ill and came up with the formula that has been patented since 1913.
The company employs about ten people, and the business survives to this day, although in a very small corner of our world.
You will see big red and white signs in pizza shops, deli's, restaurants, gas stations and convenient stores in many parts of Burlington County.
If you didn't grow up with it, you may find the taste a bit odd, but I can't go a summer without it.
Boost comes in a syrup, and you mix it with four parts water. Some places sell it in slushy form, and you can get a brain freeze from sucking it down so fast.
Try it and see what you think ... if you can find it!
The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Dennis Malloy. Any opinions expressed are Dennis Malloy's own. | https://catcountry1073.com/new-jerseys-famous-secret-drink/ | 2023-07-29T01:48:13 | 0 | https://catcountry1073.com/new-jerseys-famous-secret-drink/ |
UPDATES: Lightning Delays Friday Night’s Luke Combs Concert in Philly
Luke Combs' concert in Philly at Lincoln Financial Field has been delayed by lightning. The storm has brought lightning and heavy rain to South Philadelphia, as of 9:30 pm.
The show was well underway when the delay was announced shortly before 9:00 pm. The concert's opening acts had already performed. Fans expected Luke to take to the stage around 9:00 pm when they learned of the delay as lightning was reported in the area.
Shortly after (around 9:30 pm), officials with Lincoln Financial Field ordered fans to exit the open seating area as a result of the thunderstorm for safety.
"For your safety, please exit the open seating area at this time and seek shelter along the concourses, utilizing the ramps to spread out. Thank you for your cooperation," stadium officials wrote on social media. "A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for our area. These storms may produce severe conditions, including lightning, and strong winds."
Footage shared on social media showed fans crowding inside the stadium awaiting an update.
The initial announcement about a delay was first shared with fans on monitors throughout the stadium.
That initial message told fans they were awaiting clearance as there was lightning in the area. It was posted just before 9:00 pm on Friday.
"Hey y'all, due to the threat of lightning, we'll be on stage as soon as we get clearance from the stadium. Appreciate your patience."
While concerts are technically rain or shine, they do not happen during a thunderstorm for safety purposes.
And, yes, the weather radar shows a pretty large line of thunderstorms approaching the city of Philadelphia. And, yes, there's a lot of lightning associated with these storms so far.
In fact, here's a look at the weather radar in the area just before 9:30. It appears as if the storm may last a little longer in the area. We'll keep you updated.
If you're in the stadium, stay patient. Concerts often resume after its safe again. | https://wpst.com/luke-combs-philly-delay/ | 2023-07-29T01:48:13 | 1 | https://wpst.com/luke-combs-philly-delay/ |