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(NerdWallet) – Labor Day may mark the unofficial end of summer in the U.S. — but it’s hardly the end of airport crowds. In fact, given record-breaking crowds already this year, there’s a good chance this Labor Day weekend could be busier than any prior Labor Day weekend.
Already this summer, U.S. airports have set fresh passenger records. June 30, the Friday before July 4, marked a new record high of passengers on a single day when more than 2.884 million people passed through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints.
That figure topped the previous record of 2.882 million people from the Sunday after 2019’s Thanksgiving, according to a NerdWallet analysis of TSA data showing the number of passengers screened at U.S. TSA checkpoints over the last four years.
Roughly 12% more people passed through U.S. airports in June 2023 versus June 2022, which is perhaps unsurprising given the lingering effects of the pandemic through 2022.
The more impressive feat, though, is that 2023’s crowds have exceeded 2019 levels. TSA screened 0.6% more passengers in June 2023 versus June 2019, proving that summer is back and bigger than ever.
Expect Labor Day 2023 crowds to be no different, but some days around the long weekend are significantly busier than others.
The best and worst days to fly Labor Day weekend
TSA checkpoint data suggests most people use Labor Day — which is observed on the first Monday of September — as a long weekend. They depart on Friday, bask in two full days of vacation and return home on Monday.
To avoid crowds, and likely save money, book Labor Day travel on days that aren’t the start and end of the weekend. Based on an average of the past four years, here were the most to least crowded days for the week surrounding Labor Day, ranked:
- Friday before Labor Day (most crowded).
- Thursday before.
- Labor Day Monday.
- Sunday after.
- Friday after.
- Monday after.
- Monday before.
- Thursday after.
- Tuesday after.
- Wednesday before.
- Sunday before.
- Saturday before.
- Wednesday after.
- Tuesday before.
- Saturday after (least crowded).
When broken out by pre- and post-Labor Day travel, here are the three least crowded days to travel ranked from least to most crowded:
Pre-holiday:
- Tuesday before (overall least crowded day pre-holiday).
- Saturday before.
- Sunday before.
Post-holiday:
- Saturday after (overall least crowded day post-holiday).
- Wednesday after.
- Tuesday after.
During the seven days after and before Labor Day (including the holiday itself), the Friday before Labor Day has been the single busiest day to fly over each of the past four years.
As far as the period starting on Labor Day itself and spanning the subsequent seven days, Labor Day Monday has been the busiest day to fly over the past three years. If Labor Day Monday is excluded from the rankings, the Sunday after has been the busiest over the past three years. In 2019, the trends were flipped: the Sunday after was the busiest, and the holiday itself was the second busiest.
The smarter, cheaper Labor Day weekend itinerary
If you work a standard Monday-Friday workweek and have the holiday off, leaving Friday after work and returning on Labor Day seems logical. But following the same itinerary as everyone else means you’ll likely pay — both in airfares and navigating airport crowds. For lighter crowds (and perhaps better deals), try these travel days instead:
Fly on the Tuesday or Wednesday before: Let Labor Day weekend become closer to a week by jetting off earlier than the folks leaving Thursday or Friday, assuming you have enough vacation days to use (or can work remotely). You’ll have more time away from home and be more relaxed without the big airport crowds.
Travel on Saturday: Crowds are light on Saturdays before and after the holiday. So, rather than rushing out of work on Friday afternoon to catch a flight, opt for the morning flight the next day.
That Saturday morning flight might also reduce your risk of delays, too. According to travel booking site Hopper’s Flight Disruption Outlook for Spring 2023, flights departing after 9 a.m. are twice as likely to be delayed than departures scheduled from 5-8 a.m.
Fly home the Sunday before: While most folks fly home on Labor Day Monday, you might get a head start by flying home on Sunday. Sure, you’ll have one less vacation day than folks following your same itinerary departing Monday, but that’s not a bad thing. By returning Sunday night, you’ll have a whole day to refresh and prepare for the week ahead by doing laundry, meal prepping or catching up on potential jetlag. Sometimes the nicest way to relax is by taking a vacation from your vacation. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/travel-news/the-busiest-days-to-fly-around-labor-day-2023/ | 2023-07-29T21:47:31 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/travel-news/the-busiest-days-to-fly-around-labor-day-2023/ |
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A North Carolina man’s long-lost 1967 Mustang coupe was found after being stolen 21 years ago.
Detectives in Guilford County, and the owner of the car, were also surprised to find the vehicle was still in decent shape.
“Twenty-one years. That is unbelievable,” David Tucker said.
The blue Mustang was Tucker’s dream car. He and his son even formed a bond during the boy’s childhood, riding together in the coupe.
“Riding in it with my son … he was in a car seat in the back,” Tucker said. “He finally got out of the car seat and was able to sit up front with me. Just riding around with him, and seeing the look on his face. That’s the best.”
In 2002, Tucker decided to sell the car. He left it sitting at a friend’s house in Oak Ridge, where it might have more visibility for potential buyers.
But somebody decided to just take it.
“I can’t even describe the sadness,” Tucker said. “That was like my baby, you know? A member of the family just got gone. I never thought I would see it again.”
For years, Tucker worked along with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to try to find it.
He checked in on his VIN number every year.
“The VIN number had been changed on it,” said Detective Sergeant Ryan Seals with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. “The initial VIN number … came back to a vehicle that had already been scrapped.”
But a few weeks back, deputies said that VIN number eventually led to a crack in the case: The car was found states away in Florida — and only a little worse for wear.
In addition to a little bit of damage on the inside and outside, the car, too, had been painted white.
“It’s nowhere near what it used to be. It’s going to take some work,” Tucker said.
Tucker is currently trying to figure out how to get the car back to North Carolina.
“It means a lot, there was a lot of memories.” he said. “That was my dream car, and my son loved it. We rode in and all the time. So I’m just anxious to get it back and maybe get it back to where it was when it got stolen.”
Tucker is also working with DMV to get his title back. He says it could still take several weeks or even months to get his car back to North Carolina. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/dream-car-mans-stolen-mustang-found-21-years-later/ | 2023-07-29T21:47:37 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/dream-car-mans-stolen-mustang-found-21-years-later/ |
Almost everything is new for Navy football going into the 2023 season.
There is a new head coach in Brian Newberry and new coordinators in Grant Chesnut (offense) and P.J. Volker (defense). There are several new assistants.
There is a new offense that still incorporates triple-option principles but includes more passing and many other wrinkles. There will be a new quarterback if sophomore Teddy Gleaton manages to hold onto the starting job he won during spring camp.
In a season of great change for the program, it is rather fitting the Midshipmen football will be wearing new uniforms in 2023. Those uniforms, which are very similar to those worn during the 2019 Army-Navy game, were on display during the annual Media Day and Fan Fest event at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Captains Jacob Busic, Will Harbor, Lirion Murtezi and Jayden Umbarger sat shoulder-to-shoulder at the podium sporting the new jerseys that hearken back to the days of Heisman Trophy winners Joe Bellino and Roger Staubach.
Athletic director Chet Gladchuk first broached the idea of introducing a new uniform shortly after promoting Newberry from defensive coordinator to head coach. It was a somewhat symbolic move that was in step with the many sweeping changes Navy football was undergoing.
Longtime equipment manager Greg Morgenthaler was tasked with developing a new look and suggested a variation of the uniforms the Midshipmen wore in the 150th edition of the Army-Navy game.
Those uniforms paid homage to the Navy teams of the early 1960s in general, as well as Bellino and Staubach in particular. From 1960 to 1963, Navy posted a 30-12 record, went 4-0 against archrival Army, ranked as high as No. 2 nationally and played in both the Orange and Sugar bowls.
Navy also produced the only Heisman Trophy winners in program history during that glorious period — Bellino in 1960 and Staubach in 1963. In those days, the Midshipmen wore a traditional Navy blue jersey and gold pants.
Morgenthaler said this week the 2019 design was among the very best of the many specialty uniforms created by Under Armour for the Army-Navy game. Players and fans alike loved that uniform look, which was easily adaptable to wearing during the regular season.
There are slight differences between the 2023 jersey and the 1960s version, notably the American Athletic Conference and Under Armour logos on the chest. Newberry was all smiles when asked about the new uniforms the Midshipmen will wear in his debut season.
“Chet wanted to make a change and I embraced it entirely. It’s a bit of a throwback and I love it. It looks clean, looks sharp and our players are real excited about it,” Newberry said following Saturday morning’s media session.
“I think it’s symbolic of a new beginning and how much we value the tradition of this [program] and all those who have come before us and how much we want to make them proud.”
Navy is looking to bounce back after finishing 4-8 in 2022. That was the fourth losing record in the past five seasons and led to the dismissal of coach Ken Niumatalolo following a 15-year tenure.
New uniforms will not improve the Midshipmen’s fortunes on the field, but many of the other changes made during the offseason might. Newberry, who spent the previous four seasons as defensive coordinator, was elevated to the top post with Gladchuk describing him as “organized, innovative, intelligent and inspirational.”
Navy’s defense was vastly improved under Newberry, who was a semifinalist for the Frank Broyles Awards as the nation’s top assistant in 2019. That was in recognition of the Midshipmen improving from 86th to 16th in total defense.
Last season, Navy ranked sixth nationally in rushing defense, allowing only 88.9 yards per game on the ground. The Mids also finished eighth in fewest first downs allowed, 20th in sacks, 22nd in fumble recoveries and 30th in total defense.
Gladchuk said Navy players wholeheartedly endorsed Newberry’s candidacy to become head coach and noted he was highly respected by almost everyone involved with the program.
Newberry immediately promoted inside linebackers coach Volker to defensive coordinator. Volker came to Navy from Kennesaw State along with Newberry and they have been together for six years.
Navy’s defensive philosophy will not change and Newberry has remained involved. However, Newberry has given Volker the freedom to put his own stamp on the unit and fully expects defense to continue as a team strength.
“I think P.J. Volker is a rock star and I couldn’t be more pleased with the job he’s done so far,” Newberry said. “P.J. is a fiery personality and you see that rub off on our players. We’ve always played hard on defense. I think we might be able to take that to the next level with P.J., who is very smart and very creative.”
Chesnut also comes from Kennesaw State and earned the respect of Newberry during the four years that went head-to-head in practice at the former Football Championship Subdivision school in Georgia.
Navy will continue to employ the triple-option, but Chesnut has been tasked with making the offense more diverse. He plans to incorporate a short passing attack designed to get the ball in space to playmakers and force opponents to defend the entire field.
Newberry said Navy wants to switch seamlessly from having the quarterback operate under center to doing so in shotgun formation. Navy will use different formations and motion to confuse defenses, while ultimately giving opposing defensive coordinators more elements to prepare for.
“I’m really excited about what we’re doing on offense. I think it’s creative, I think it’s unique and I think it’s different from what anyone else in the country is doing,” Newberry said. “We want to give the illusion of being very complex, but be very simple for our players.”
Navy retained three offensive assistants in Ashley Ingram (offensive line), Ivin Jasper (quarterbacks) and Mick Yokitis (wide receivers). Ingram has been given the title of assistant head coach.
Those triple-option veterans will have plenty of input, but ultimately the new-look offense will be the vision of Chesnut, who is also instilling a new mentality.
“One of the many reasons why I hired Grant Chesnut is because I knew he was going to bring an edge and a toughness that maybe we’ve lacked on that side of the football,” Newberry said. “The creativity [Chesnut] brings to the table is outstanding. He’s an outside-the-box type of thinker.”
Newberry has brought in a total of seven new assistants, four on defense and three on offense. Among the most notable is Eric Lewis, who was named passing game coordinator. Lewis is responsible for improving a pass defense that allowed way too many explosive plays.
“I’ve got a lot of great coaches around me,” Newberry said. “I knew I had to hire great people and surround myself with guys I trusted who were a lot better than me in a lot of ways.”
Navy has 17 returning starters (eight defense, seven offense, punter) and an even higher amount of reserves with significant playing experience. Newberry believes that nucleus, combined with the work put in during the offseason, will enable the Midshipmen to fashion a winning record overall and within the American Athletic Conference.
Newberry introduced the mantra of “Elite EAT” (effort, attitude, toughness) to the defense and now that philosophy has been extended to the entire team.
“Really, the body of work we’ve put in since we got started late in December makes me feel good about things,” he said. “We’re going to play harder than anyone in the country. We’re going to take great pride in doing that. We’ve got a bunch of unselfish dudes who play for each other and just want to win.”
Navy opens the season Aug. 26 against Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland. It marks the third time the institutions have played in Ireland with the last meeting resulting in a 50-10 shellacking by the Fighting Irish.
“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity. One of the reasons I’m so excited is because I want to see where we’re at. I want to see how much all the hard work has paid off,” Newberry said. “Playing a storied program like Notre Dame on a big stage is going to be a challenge, but we’re going over there with the mindset we’re going to win that game. Our players aren’t going over there to get a pat on the back or an atta boy.”
Season opener
Navy vs. Notre Dame
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Aug. 26, 2:30 p.m.
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(NEXSTAR) – The astounding critical and commercial reception of the new “Barbie” movie has catapulted all-things-Barbie back to the forefront of pop culture.
Even Allan!
Mattel’s Allan dolls — first introduced in the earlier half of the ‘60s as a “buddy” for Ken dolls — are currently experiencing increased demand among collectors and Barbie fans, with early specimens selling for upwards of $200 on eBay over the last several days.
The value of Allan dolls has increased, no doubt, due to Allan’s inclusion in the film. But that’s about the only effect the movie has had on the price of vintage Barbies, according to Barbie expert Rebecca Chulew, who has been featured such shows as “Collector’s Call,” “Toy Hunter” and “My Crazy Obsession.”
“Many vintage Barbies were produced by the millions and are easy to find,” said Chulew, who has sold over 10,000 Barbies on eBay and Macari over the years. “Everybody thinks they have a valuable Barbie. The truth is, the majority aren’t.”
Certain vintage Barbie dolls, meanwhile, might still be worth a pretty penny, but their value really isn’t tied to the movie, according to Chulew.
“The doll now is kind of holding steady,” she said. “It has a good value, but I don’t see it going up or down a lot.”
The most valuable Barbies, she said, continue to be the very first series of dolls ever produced in 1959. Specifically, the No. 1 or No. 2 Ponytail Barbies, which can fetch anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000 per doll, depending on condition, the inclusion of the original box, and — perhaps more importantly — the hair color.
“They made three blondes for every brunette,” said Chulew, who noted that brunette Ponytail Barbies from 1959 can sell for up to $6,000, even out of the box.
Chulew further said that sealed or boxed dolls don’t matter as much to many Barbie collectors, seeing as the early opaque boxes were more akin to “shoeboxes” and didn’t showcase the dolls. (“There’s a lot of [online] box sales going on” for folks who want just the packaging, she said.)
Another coveted doll is the Side-Part American Girl Barbie produced in the mid-‘60s, which can go for “about $3,000” (and reportedly once sold for almost double), according to the expert.
Collectors also tend to prize “Twist ‘n Turn” Stacey dolls (not to be confused with Stacie dolls) from the late ‘60s, as well as “Steffie-face” Barbies (i.e., a type of doll using a certain face mold) introduced a few years later. Both can sell for hundreds to the right collectors.
Other valuable dolls include rarer Barbies that weren’t widely produced — like the brunette mentioned above — and, specifically, Black Barbies. According to Chulew, first- and second-issue Francie dolls from 1967-1969 are tough to find, while Alpha Kappa Alpha Barbies (which commemorated the historically African American sorority) can go for up to around $1,000.
And then, there’s Allan.
Allan dolls — including the original from 1964, the bendable-leg version from 1965 and the Wedding Day Allan doll from 1990 — have seen a “slight increase [in value] due to the movie,” said Chulew, adding that sellers might be able to get a few hundred for each one.
The rest of the Barbie line, and even vintage dolls that were mentioned in the movie, are likely worth no more than they were last year.
“I think what you’re going to see in the next 30 to 60 days are a lot of people selling their childhood dolls. And a lot of them aren’t going to be valuable,” Chulew said. “A few rarities might be unearthed, but it might cause stagnation in the market. It’s going to be tough for collectors to sort through all the barbies being advertised as ‘rare’ when they’re not.”
Barbie collectors, on the other hand, might be busy scooping up other “Barbie”-movie merchandise to complete their collections or prepare for any future scarcity. For example, the collectible “Barbie” popcorn buckets from AMC are very “hot” right now, Chulew said, and certain dolls from Mattel’s latest line of movie-inspired figures are becoming hard to find, even if they’re still selling at retail prices.
“But they don’t appear to have made the Allan doll from the movie,” she lamented, “which may be a mistake on their part.” | https://www.qcnews.com/news/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ | 2023-07-29T21:47:43 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ |
(WFRV) – It may have many names, but depending on where you live, it only has one. “Cornhole” or “Bags” has been in the middle of discussions when it comes to what the popular bag toss game is called.
The American Cornhole Association (ACA) wanted to settle the debate about what the popular game is called. In addition to having it on its website, the ACA also posted on its Facebook page.
The Facebook post had nearly 600 engagements, and the results painted an interesting picture. A map with the results showed how different parts of the country have different names for the game.
Nearly 79% of the answers were “cornhole,” while just over 21% were “bags.” There was also a percentage for “bean bag toss.” Most of the answers for “bags” came from the Midwest.
But outside of the Midwest, answers were dominated by “cornhole.”
Regardless of what the game is called, most people play by the same rules.
On the American Cornhole Association’s website, it says that it was established in 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was reportedly the first organized corn toss organization in the United States. | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/is-it-bags-or-cornhole-official-governing-body-tries-to-settle-the-debate/ | 2023-07-29T21:47:49 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/is-it-bags-or-cornhole-official-governing-body-tries-to-settle-the-debate/ |
(The Hill) – A majority of Americans believe former President Trump has done “something illegal” or “unethical,” according to a new poll.
The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll released Friday, found that 51% of Americans believe the former president has done “something illegal,” 27% said he’s done something “unethical,” but “not illegal,” and 19% said he’s done “nothing wrong.”
The results of the new poll come just one day after the Department of Justice (DOJ) levied new charges against Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case for attempting to delete surveillance footage. The superseding indictment brings the total number of counts facing the former president in the classified documents case to 40.
The poll, however, was conducted before the new charges against Trump were announced.
The survey also found that the percentage of Democrats who think Trump has done “something illegal” has increased — up from 78% in June to 84%. The number of independents that believe the same also increased from 50% to 52% in the same period, according to the poll.
The number of Republicans that believe Trump’s actions are “illegal,” however, has remained steady at around 13%. But, as the poll notes, there was a dip the number of Republicans that believe Trump has done “nothing wrong” — going from 50% to 41% since June.
DOJ special counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump and his allies’ efforts to upend the 2020 election. The former president also faces another indictment from New York district attorney Alvin Bragg for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection to a 2016 hush money payment.
The survey of 1,285 respondents was conducted from July 25-27, with a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points. | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/majority-of-americans-believe-trump-has-done-something-illegal-poll/ | 2023-07-29T21:47:55 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/majority-of-americans-believe-trump-has-done-something-illegal-poll/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, the day when the Russian Orthodox Church observes it.
The explanatory note attached to the law said its goal is to “abandon the Russian heritage,” including that of “imposing the celebration of Christmas” on Jan. 7, and cited Ukrainians’ “relentless, successful struggle for their identity” and “the desire of all Ukrainians to live their lives with their own traditions, holidays,” fueled by Russia’s 17-month-old aggression against the country.
Last year, some Ukrainians already observed Christmas on Dec. 25, in a gesture that represented separation from Russia, its culture and religious traditions.
The law also moves the Day of Ukrainian Statehood to July 15 from July 28, and the Day of Defenders of Ukraine to Oct. 1 from Oct. 14.
The Russian Orthodox Church, which claims sovereignty over Orthodoxy in Ukraine, and some other Eastern Orthodox churches continue to use the ancient Julian calendar. Christmas falls 13 days later on that calendar, or Jan. 7, than it does on the Gregorian calendar used by most church and secular groups.
The Catholic Church first adopted the modern, more astronomically precise Gregorian calendar in the 16th century. Protestants and some Orthodox churches have since aligned their own calendars for the purpose of calculating Christmas and Easter.
Ukraine’s religious landscape has fractured for years. There are two branches of Orthodox Christianity in the country, one aligned with the Russian church, even as it enjoys broad autonomy, the other completely independent of it. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the branch that is separate from the Russian church, announced earlier this year that it was switching to the Revised Julian calendar, which marks Christmas on Dec. 25.
Its leadership last year allowed believers to celebrate the holiday on Dec. 25.
Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported on Saturday that the rival Orthodox Church, which is aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church, vowed to continue observing Christmas on Jan. 7.
Zelenskyy on Saturday traveled to the war-torn Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, which Russia has illegally annexed, but only partially occupies, and met with members of the country’s Special Operation Forces. Zelenskyy noted in an online statement that Saturday marks their official day of recognition and also the anniversary of the deadly attack on the Olenivka prison in the Russian-held part of the region in which dozens of prisoners of war were killed.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of the attack, with both sides saying that the assault was premeditated in a bid to cover up atrocities. A United Nations fact-finding mission requested by Russia and Ukraine was sent to investigate the killings, but the team was disbanded in January 2023 due to security concerns.
Zelenskyy described the attack as one of Russia’s “most vile and cruel crimes” in a video statement Saturday. | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/ukraine-moves-date-of-christmas-day-to-distance-itself-from-russian-tradition/ | 2023-07-29T21:48:01 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/ukraine-moves-date-of-christmas-day-to-distance-itself-from-russian-tradition/ |
A Weather Authority Alert Day remains in effect through mid-to-late Saturday evening. We’re continuing to track strong storms rolling through the region, and high heat. Chief Meteorologist Jeff Haniewich is here to keep you up-to-date with the latest.
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March in Newtown to end gun violence after teenager shot
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - People in Sarasota came together on Saturday for a march to show their support for 13-year-old Aaron Hunter and raise awareness for gun violence.
Hunter was shot in the head in Newtown last month, a few blocks away from his house.
“All I remember was I was picking mangos, and I went to my friend’s house and that’s all I remember,” said Hunter.
His mom Erica Dorsey described the moment she heard the news.
“First it was fear, and then it was acceptance, like this is really going on,” said Dorsey.
Hunter is being called a “living miracle”, already walking on his own again just a few weeks after the incident.
His mom is well aware the outcome could have been very different and hopes this doesn’t have to happen to anyone else.
“We can come together. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can break these generational curses,” said Dorsey.
Sarasota Mayor Kyle Battie took part in the march, and described what he hopes to see happen in the area to end gun violence.
“We have to get back to those old-school values when it comes to our communities. And policing ourselves in terms of being more engaged with one another,” said Battie.
But for now, Hunter’s mom is just thankful to still have her son.
“I just thank God, it turned out for the good,” said Dorsey.
Hunter is excited to be going back to school in a few weeks, getting ready to start 8th grade.
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS – Two-time reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen won the rain-hit sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday to extend his huge lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez to 118 points.
It was Verstappen's ninth straight win including the two sprint races he has won this season. He collected eight points for the victory and will look to extend his overall lead further in Sunday's main race as he continues his march to a third straight world title.
“That was not bad,” Verstappen said with casual understatement.
He finished a comfortable 6.7 seconds ahead of McLaren driver Oscar Piastri and 10.7 clear of Alpine's Pierre Gasly.
“I’m getting more and more comfortable with the car, which is much better than it was at the start of the year,” said the 22-year-old Piastri. “It's been amazing for me.”
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in fourth but dropped down to seventh after being given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision when trying to overtake Perez, who scored no points after retiring near the end.
“Lewis crashed into me and took the whole right hand side of my car off," said Perez, blaming that incident on his failure to finish.
Hamilton's penalty moved Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. into fourth spot ahead of his teammate Charles Leclerc, with McLaren’s Lando Norris sixth and Mercedes driver George Russell in eighth behind his teammate Hamilton
This was the third of six scheduled sprint races this season, with Perez winning in Azerbaijan and Verstappen winning in Austria and here. The top eight drivers all score points from eight down to one.
The sprint race was delayed by more than one hour due to heavy rain, getting underway with a rolling start procedure after several laps behind a safety car, in order to clear more water off the track for the sprint, which lasted 11 laps.
“I think the rolling start was the smart thing to do,” Verstappen said. “(But) I think we could have a raced a little earlier, maybe two laps earlier.”
Safety was paramount at the Spa track, which has seen two drivers from other racing series killed in the past four years.
F2 driver Anthoine Hubert died in a multi-car crash at the track in 2019, on the eve of the F1 race.
Dutch teenage driver Dilano van ’t Hoff was killed earlier this month on the same circuit while competing in the Formula Regional European Championship.
Two years ago, six drivers from the all-female W Series needed medical checks following a heavy crash during a qualifying session on the same track.
Spa’s layout features a notorious flat-out uphill section known as Eau Rouge, which is followed by a blind corner sequence into Radillon.
The most serious issue during rain is a lack of visibility with so much spray from the cars flying up.
“The water just stayed in the air. I couldn’t see anything so I can only imagine how bad it was at the back,” said Gasly, who was close friends with Hubert. “I was hoping no car (goes) off the track or collides on the straight because we know what happened (in the past).”
Even Verstappen was unsighted when at slow speed.
“I couldn’t even see the safety car sometimes and I was the first car,” Verstappen said. “Unfortunately we had these accidents happen over the years.”
It was a welcome result for Gasly, who crashed out of the Hungarian GP last weekend and whose team is undergoing an overhaul after some disappointing results.
The encouraging performance was also a poignant one for Gasly.
“It feels very special to have done it here in Spa,” he said. "So obviously a thought for Anthoine.”
Earlier, Verstappen edged out Piastri by just .011 seconds to take the sprint pole.
The shortened qualifying format — known as the “sprint shootout” — was delayed by 35 minutes because of wet and rainy conditions, with air blowers used to clear water from the track.
Piastri shot to the top of the leaderboard on his last run, only for Verstappen to typically find extra pace.
Aston Martin's Lance Stroll pushed too hard in the final seconds of Q2, the second part of qualifying, and slid off into the barriers, mangling his right tire and bringing out a red flag. His teammate Fernando Alonso was on his out lap when the crash happened and couldn't set a time, meaning he also failed to make it into Q3.
Heavy rain had also impacted Friday’s running at the 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) Spa-Francorchamps circuit, which is nestled in a forest amid the Ardennes countryside and is often impacted by gloomy weather.
Verstappen also set the fastest time in qualifying for Sunday's main race, but Leclerc will start from pole because of Verstappen’s five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. He begins Sunday’s race from sixth, but that will not bother Verstappen considering he won here last year from 14th.
Verstappen and Perez have won every F1 race and sprint race between them in the ultra-dominant Red Bull car.
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One of two abandoned puppies found by a Bradenton Walmart has been adopted
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 5:14 PM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Two 7-week-old puppies were found in a box near a Bradenton Walmart in June and after Manatee County Animal Welfare took them in to bring them back to health, one of them has been adopted.
According to a tweet from the Manatee County Government, the puppy named Lilo found her “adoption mama” today at the Bishop Animal Shelter.
Applications for her brother, Rocky, are still being accepted. To apply, visit Manatee County Adopt a Pet.
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METAIRIE, La. – Jimmy Graham offered a few reasons why — at age 36 and without having played football last year — he could become a playmaker again for the New Orleans Saints.
“I’m feeling better than ever. I’m still 6-(foot)-7 and I like the red zone,” the veteran tight end said Saturday in his first public comments since rejoining his first NFL team Tuesday. “I definitely came into this with a chip on my shoulder and with something to prove."
Estimating he weighed as much as 285 pounds in his previous stint with the Saints, when he worked out like “a meathead,” Graham said he has been cycling “hundreds of miles a week” and has changed his workout and eating habits to suit to his age.
“I know I’m definitely in shape," said Graham, now listed at 265 pounds. "That’s not a problem at all.”
Graham, who has caught at least eight touchdown passes in six of his 12 NFL seasons, was a favorite target of former star quarterback Drew Brees and among the most popular players in New Orleans before the club surprisingly traded him to Seattle in 2015.
Many fans were upset, including general manager Micky Loomis' own daughter. So, too, was Graham.
“For me, it was pretty shocking," Graham said. “I thought I would never leave this place. ... I woke up to the part of the business that hurt.”
Alluding to a difficult childhood in which he sometimes lived in an orphanage, Graham added, “at first it was very difficult because of my connection with Drew as an ‘older brother’ and all the people in this building.”
“It was family, you know?” Graham continued. "So, for me, a guy who didn’t have a lot of family, it was definitely a difficult time.”
Graham played three seasons with the Seahawks — where he had a major knee injury 2015, but also his last 10-TD season in 2017 — before spending two seasons each at Green Bay and Chicago. He said he spent several of those seasons avoiding interviews because he “didn’t really have a lot to say that was positive.”
In recent years, Graham said, he longed for another chance to play in New Orleans.
“I’ve been trying to come home for a long time,” Graham said, adding that by last season, he didn't want to play anywhere else. He said several teams reached out to him in 2022, but he told his agent, Jimmy Sexton, "that if I don’t retire as a Saint that I wasn’t going to play again.”
Sitting out last season was “extremely weird, especially after you spend a whole offseason preparing (to play), working out and making sure you’re in shape,” he said. “I think everything happens for a reason and I think it’ll be to my benefit.”
The Saints used a third-round pick to draft Graham in 2010, despite the fact that he'd played just one season of football at Miami after spending four seasons as a basketball power forward for the Hurricanes.
In just his second NFL season, Graham caught 99 passes for 1,310 yards and 11 touchdowns and was selected to his first of five Pro Bowls. He had another banner season in 2013, with 1,215 yards and a career-high 16 TDs receiving.
Around that time, current Saints tight end Foster Moreau was playing for Jesuit High School in New Orleans and had a signed No. 80 Graham Saints jersey in a shadow box in his room.
“Jimmy was a dog, and he still is. Honestly, he runs great,” Moreau said. “So, it’s just such a funny situation. You walk into the locker room and, ‘Oh my God! Jimmy Graham right there.’”
Graham's production plummeted in his final season with the Bears in 2021, when he caught 14 passes for 167 yards and three TDs in 15 games.
And while the Saints cannot be sure how well he'll play this season, they expressed confidence he'll be a leader in the locker room. Graham sounded ready to embrace that role, noting that he, along with 13th-year defensive end Cameron Jordan, are the only players on the roster who'd once been teammates with most of the stars of the Saints' 2009 championship team.
“I understand what that culture was like and what that looks like, the sacrifice that it takes and the brotherhood – that bond – that needs to be molded,” Graham said.
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No clinical efficacy or safety issues raised
Citius committed to working toward approval
CRANFORD, N.J., July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Citius" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CTXR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter regarding the Company's Biologics License Application (BLA) seeking approval for denileukin diftitox ("LYMPHIRTM"), an engineered IL-2-diphtheria toxin fusion protein for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) after at least one prior systemic therapy.
The FDA has required Citius to incorporate enhanced product testing, and additional controls agreed to with the FDA during the market application review. Importantly, there were no concerns relating to the safety and efficacy clinical data package submitted with the BLA, or the proposed prescribing information.
"We appreciate the FDA's expeditious review of our application. We intend to provide additional data and remain fully engaged with the FDA as we continue to work toward approval. We remain confident in the potential of LYMPHIR to become an important addition to the treatment landscape for patients with relapsed or refractory CTCL and make a meaningful difference in their lives," stated Leonard Mazur, Chairman and CEO of Citius.
About LYMPHIR™ (denileukin diftitox-cxdl)
LYMPHIR is a recombinant fusion protein that combines the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor binding domain with diphtheria toxin fragments. The agent specifically binds to IL-2 receptors on the cell surface, causing diphtheria toxin fragments that have entered cells to inhibit protein synthesis. In 2011 and 2013, the FDA granted orphan drug designation to LYMPHIR for the treatment of PTCL and CTCL, respectively. In 2021, denileukin diftitox received regulatory approval in Japan for the treatment of CTCL and peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Subsequently in 2021, Citius acquired an exclusive license with rights to develop and commercialize LYMPHIR in all markets except for Japan and certain parts of Asia.
About Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is a type of cutaneous non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that comes in a variety of forms and is the most common type of cutaneous lymphoma. In CTCL, T-cells, a type of lymphocyte that plays a role in the immune system, become cancerous and develop into skin lesions, leading to a decrease in the quality of life of patients with this disease due to severe pain and pruritus. Mycosis Fungoides (MF) and Sézary Syndrome (SS) comprise the majority of CTCL cases. Depending on the type of CTCL, the disease may progress slowly and can take anywhere from several years to upwards of ten to potentially reach tumor stage. However, once the disease reaches this stage, the cancer is highly malignant and can spread to the lymph nodes and internal organs, resulting in a poor prognosis. Given the duration of the disease, patients typically cycle through multiple agents to control disease progression. CTCL affects men twice as often as women and is typically first diagnosed in patients between the ages of 50 and 60 years of age. Other than allogeneic stem cell transplantation, for which only a small fraction of patients qualify, there is currently no curative therapy for advanced CTCL.
About Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Citius is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class critical care products, with a focus on oncology, anti-infectives in adjunct cancer care, unique prescription products, and stem cell therapies. The Company's diversified pipeline includes two late-stage product candidates, Mino-Lok®, an antibiotic lock solution for the treatment of patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections, which is currently enrolling patients in a Phase 3 Pivotal superiority trial, and LYMPHIR, a novel IL-2R immunotherapy for an initial indication in CTCL. Mino-Lok® was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA. LYMPHIR has received orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of CTCL and PTCL. At the end of March 2023, Citius completed enrollment in its Phase 2b trial of CITI-002, a topical formulation for the relief of hemorrhoids. For more information, please visit www.citiuspharma.com.
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For the second time within a week, Auburn scores a massive recruiting win over one of its arch-rivals.
Class of 2024 5-star wide receiver Perry Thompson from Foley High School announced he has flipped his commitment from Alabama to Auburn during Auburn’s Big Cat Weekend recruiting event.
He is Auburn’s second major commitment of the weekend after 4-star athlete Malcolm Simmons of the Benjamin Russell School in Alexander City, Alabama announced on Saturday.
Thompson originally committed to Alabama last June but, like many of Auburn’s 2024 recruiting targets, things changed when former head coach Bryan Harsin was fired, and new head coach Hugh Freeze installed his staff.
After the commitment of 5-star linebacker Demarcus Riddick on Wednesday, Simmons and now Thompson, Auburn currently has pledges from eight of the top 25 players in the state per 247Sports. The Crimson Tide have three.
Thompson is Auburn’s highest-rated wide receiver commitment since Duke Williams in 2014, per 247Sports.
It’s been quite a long time since Auburn was a player for elite in-state talents like Thompson and Riddick — or since Auburn has had recruiting momentum quite like this week.
In a previous AL.com story, Thompson said he didn’t hear from Auburn before Freeze was hired. Thompson already had a relationship with new Auburn wide receivers coach Marcus Davis, who was the wide receivers coach at Georgia Southern when Thompson received a scholarship offer there.
Thompson received his offer from Auburn this year in January. He then took a visit to campus for Auburn’s Junior Day, followed by three unofficial visits this spring and an official visit in June all before the Tigers sealed his pledge this weekend.
It’s a quite similar story to Riddick’s.
But Thompson is an even higher-rated recruit than Riddick. 247Sports has him ranked as the 14th-best overall player in the nation and the fourth wide receiver.
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound receiver continues Auburn’s significant recruiting momentum. Freeze’s team has multiple five-star recruits on top of Thompson on campus this weekend and the team hopes for more commitments soon.
Auburn’s 2024 class had climbed to be ranked 23rd in the nation with Simmons’ commitment and was the in the top 10 best nationally in terms of average player rating. With Thompson now in the fold, that will climb further. | https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2023/07/auburn-flips-5-star-foley-wr-perry-thompson-from-alabama.html | 2023-07-29T21:48:37 | 1 | https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2023/07/auburn-flips-5-star-foley-wr-perry-thompson-from-alabama.html |
NHRA and Heartland Speedway work to keep drivers and fans cool in extreme heat
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The NHRA and Heartland Motorsports Park are working together to make sure that drivers and fans stay cool during extreme temperatures this weekend.
The track held the NHRA Drag Racing Series this weekend with temperatures skyrocketing into triple digits, which made it tricky for race control to keep everybody safe.
Friday had some extreme heat with the temperature reaching 148 degrees which made it uncomfortable for drivers and crew members, especially those wearing layers of fire suits.
“Fortunately, in combination with NHRA and our scheduling as well, we have abbreviated the schedule to where we are running earlier in the day and ending earlier in the day,” said Travis Hilton, Track Manager of Heartland Motorsports Park. “Nobody wants to wear a 15-layer fire suit to protect themselves while it is also 105 degrees outside. So through NHRA and our cooperation, we have been able to run the schedule a little quicker than we normally do to keep everybody out of the heat.”
The drivers are not the only people that are at risk this weekend. Heartland Motorsports Park says fans attending the event should be careful because the heat can catch them by surprise too.
“The biggest thing for the spectators who have come to enjoy the event is to take care of yourself. We have staff members that are going around watching everybody, making sure everybody is alright,” said Hilton. “We have plenty of accessible shade and cover for people. Our convenience store is open and if anybody wants to purchase Gatorade or other Pepsi products, those are all available for people to get.
The event will conclude Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to around 3:30 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts are hosting a deal that gives fans two tickets for two dollars. Fans can visit their local store for more information.
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One pronounced deceased following shooting in Franklin County
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was pronounced deceased following a shooting in Franklin County, Kan.
Officials with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a 911 report about a shooting at about 8:45 p.m. on Friday, July 28 in the 1800 block of John Brown Rd., Princeton. Upon arrival, a male subject was located with an apparent gunshot wound. Lifesaving measures were administered by personnel on the scene. Franklin County EMS arrived on the scene and continued life-saving measures. All attempts to resuscitate the victim failed, and the victim died at the scene.
According to officials with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the victim has been identified as Nathan Boggs, 42, of Ottawa.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office officials noted the incident is being actively investigated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Ottawa Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Anyone with pertinent information to his investigation is asked to contact the Franklin County Emergency Communications Center at 785-242-3800.
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The Houston Astros host the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB 2023 action Saturday, July 29, at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV.
Hunter Brown will start on the mound for the Astros vs. fellow right-hander Taj Bradley for the Rays. Houston is 58-46 this season, while Tampa Bay is 63-43.
The Astros-Rays game starts at 6:15 p.m. Central (7:15 p.m. Eastern) and will be live streamed on fuboTV, which now includes Bally Sports channels and offers a 7-day free trial. Fox will broadcast the game nationally, with regional coverage on Bally Sports Sun and AT&T SportsNet-Southwest.
Preview
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Astros -136, Rays +115; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays face the Houston Astros leading the series 1-0.
Houston has gone 27-24 in home games and 58-46 overall. The Astros have the eighth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .248.
Tampa Bay has a 26-24 record in road games and a 63-43 record overall. Rays hitters have a collective .327 on-base percentage, the 10th-best percentage in the majors.
The teams square off Saturday for the fifth time this season. The season series is tied 2-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Tucker has 18 home runs, 51 walks and 69 RBI while hitting .304 for the Astros. Alex Bregman is 12-for-37 with two doubles, four home runs and eight RBI over the past 10 games.
Wander Franco has 23 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs and 48 RBI for the Rays. Jose Siri is 11-for-37 with two doubles, four home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 6-4, .218 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by three runs
Rays: 3-7, .212 batting average, 3.67 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
INJURIES: Astros: Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Michael Brantley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rays: Zach Eflin: day-to-day (knee), Taylor Walls: 10-Day IL (oblique), Francisco Mejia: 10-Day IL (knee), Josh Fleming: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Rasmussen: 60-Day IL (flexor), Garrett Cleavinger: 60-Day IL (knee), Jeffrey Springs: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Baz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The San Francisco Giants host the Boston Red Sox in MLB 2023 action Saturday, July 29, at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV.
Left-hander James Paxton will start on the mound for the Red Sox vs. right-hander Ryan Walker for the Giants. Boston is 56-47 this season, while San Francisco is 56-48.
The Red Sox-Giants game starts at 6:15 p.m. Central (7:15 p.m. Eastern) and will be live streamed on fuboTV, which now includes Bally Sports channels and offers a 7-day free trial. Fox will broadcast the game nationally, with Spanish-language feed available via Fox Deportes and regional coverage on NESN and NBC Sports-Bay Area.
Preview
Red Sox take 5-game win streak into matchup with the Giants
By The Associated Press undefined
The Boston Red Sox will try to extend a five-game win streak with a victory against the San Francisco Giants.
Boston Red Sox (56-47, fourth in the AL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (56-48, second in the NL West)
San Francisco; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: James Paxton (0-0); Giants: Ryan Walker
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -139, Red Sox +118; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will attempt to continue a five-game win streak with a victory over the San Francisco Giants.
San Francisco is 28-23 at home and 56-48 overall. The Giants have a 23-11 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.
Boston has gone 26-24 on the road and 56-47 overall. The Red Sox have a 45-10 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.
The matchup Saturday is the second meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Wilmer Flores has 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 32 RBI for the Giants. Joc Pederson is 7-for-25 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 47 extra base hits (22 doubles and 25 home runs). Triston Casas is 14-for-28 with a double, a triple, five home runs and 10 RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 3-7, .187 batting average, 5.25 ERA, outscored by 19 runs
Red Sox: 7-3, .284 batting average, 3.17 ERA, outscored opponents by 24 runs
INJURIES: Giants: Brandon Crawford: 10-Day IL (knee), Cole Waites: 60-Day IL (elbow), Thairo Estrada: 10-Day IL (hand), Thomas Szapucki: 60-Day IL (arm), Mitch Haniger: 60-Day IL (forearm), John Brebbia: 15-Day IL (lat), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (back)
Red Sox: Kaleb Ort: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (elbow), Reese McGuire: 10-Day IL (oblique), Corey Kluber: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (face), Chris Sale: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Wyatt Mills: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-Day IL (knee)
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri, Chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland. He was a friend and spiritual advisor to Sinead O'Connor who died earlier this week.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri, Chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland. He was a friend and spiritual advisor to Sinead O'Connor who died earlier this week.
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Chick-fil-A plans to test 2 new restaurant concepts
ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - Chick-fil-A is set to open two new restaurant concepts aimed at cutting down wait times.
The fast-food chain will test a two-story drive-thru restaurant in Atlanta and a walk-up restaurant in New York City for digital orders only.
“Digital orders make up more than half of total sales in some markets – and growing – so we know our customers have an appetite for convenience,” said Khalilah Cooper, Chick-fil-A’s executive director.
According to Cooper, the Atlanta restaurant will feature four drive-thru lanes that allow guests to choose to place their order with a team member or use the mobile app.
“The kitchen will also be twice as large as at typical Chick-fil-A locations and it will be above the drive-thru,” a company spokesperson said. “Orders will travel through an overhead conveyor belt connected with chutes that run down the sides.”
Meanwhile, the walk-up concept in New York is said to be designed to fit in urban areas with heavy foot traffic.
The company said its digital-focused restaurants are designed to make getting orders more convenient than before.
The restaurants are scheduled to open in 2024 with more details expected to be released regarding the locations.
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How to maximize your summer meteor gazing By Nell Greenfieldboyce Published July 29, 2023 at 2:40 PM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:43 It's the time of year when many people look to the skies in search of shooting stars. We learn a few tricks to get the best view of incoming meteors. Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.kvpr.org/2023-07-29/how-to-maximize-your-summer-meteor-gazing | 2023-07-29T21:49:20 | 0 | https://www.kvpr.org/2023-07-29/how-to-maximize-your-summer-meteor-gazing |
Missing WWII veteran laid to rest in North Olmsted cemetery
The Army Lieutenant was killed in action nearly 80 years ago in Romania
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (WOIO) - The remains of a missing U.S. Army Lieutenant were laid to rest with full military honors at Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmsted Saturday.
25-year-old First Lieutenant Army Air Corps George “Bud” Julius Reuter was killed in action on August 1st, 1943, near Ploiesti, Romania.
On January 10, 2023, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the missing remains of the Lieutenant.
Many airmen were interred by Romanian citizens in the Bolovan Cemetery in Ploiesti during the postwar operations, the American Graves Registration Command exhumed unknown remains, eventually reinterring those that could not be identified.
The Lieutenant was laid to rest near his parents John George and Elizabeth Theodocia (Johns) Reuter.
As part of the service the airman was presented with four military medals that included the Silver Star, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy.
Read Lt. Reuter’s full obituary at https://www.sunsetfuneralandcemetery.com/obituaries/George-Reuter/#!/Obituary
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An NPR investigation into Pentagon documents finds flaws in the U.S. claim that civilians were spared in the 2019 operation against the leader of ISIS.
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An NPR investigation into Pentagon documents finds flaws in the U.S. claim that civilians were spared in the 2019 operation against the leader of ISIS.
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Former President Trump faces three new charges in the case that accuses him of hoarding classified documents, as a grand jury continues to investigate his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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Former President Trump faces three new charges in the case that accuses him of hoarding classified documents, as a grand jury continues to investigate his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Chatter on one of Prabha Rao's WhatsApp groups exploded last week when India announced that it was severely curtailing some rice exports to the rest of the world, triggering worry among the Indian diaspora in the United States that access to a food staple from home might soon be cut off.
As in any crisis situation — think bottled water and toilet paper— some rushed to supermarkets to stock up, stacking carts with bags and bags of rice. In some places, lines formed outside some stores as panic buying ensued.
But Rao, who lives near Syracuse, New York, was reassured when the proprietor of her Indian market sent out an email to customers to let them know there was no need to worry: There was an ample supply of rice.
At least for now.
An earlier than expected El Niño brought drier, warmer weather in some parts of Asia and is expected to harm rice production. But in some parts of India, where the monsoon season was especially brutal, flooding destroyed some crops, adding to production woes and rising prices.
Hoping to stave off inflationary pressures on a diet staple, the Indian government earlier this month imposed export bans on non-Basmati white rice varieties, prompting hoarding in some parts of the world.
The move was taken “to ensure adequate availability” and “to allay the rise in prices in the domestic market,” India's Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution announced July 20. Over the past year, prices have increased by more than 11%, and by 3% over the past month, the government said.
Non-Basmati white rice constitutes about a fourth of the rice exported by India.
“On WhatsApp, I got a lot of messages saying that rice was not going to be available. I think there was a lot of confusion in the beginning because, as you know, rice is very important for us,” Rao said.
“When we first heard the news, there was just mild confusion and people started panic buying because they thought that it may not be available,” she said.
There are scores of different varieties of rice, with people having their preference depending on taste and texture. India's export ban does not apply to Basmati rice, a long-grain variety that is more aromatic.
The ban applies to short-grain rice that is starchier and has a relatively neutral flavor — which Rao says is preferable in some dishes or favored in specific regions of India, especially in southern areas of the country.
At Little India, a grocery store in New York City's Curry Hill neighborhood in Manhattan, there was no shortage of Basmati rice and other varieties.
That wasn't the case at other Indian groceries.
On its Facebook page, India Bazaar, an Indian grocery chain in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, told customers not to panic. “We are working hard to meet all our shoppers' demands,” the post said.
Customers cleared shelves and waited in long lines to stockpile bags of rice, reported NBC Dallas affiliate KXAS.
“They really wanted to purchase ten, 12, 15 bags,” India Bazaar's president, Anand Pabari, told the station. “It was a really crazy situation.”
India’s move came days after Russia backed out of a deal to allow Ukrainian wheat safe passage through the Black Sea, prompting warnings that the action could lead to surging prices.
Some economists say the ban might further hurt food supplies around the world, and some governments have urged the Indian government to reconsider the export ban.
At least in the United States, the supply of imported rice from India may not yet be a problem — despite the panic buying — but a long-term ban would certainly deplete that stock.
Roa says she and others will just have to adapt by purchasing rice grown in the United States or imported from other countries.
“I might have to substitute Basmati rice," she said, "but it doesn’t taste that good, especially with South Indian dishes.”
A U.S. resident for three decades, Rao said she is accustomed to improvising.
“When we first came here, there was not even that much rice from India,” she said. "So I’ve learned to substitute, and I’m fine with the other brands that we get.”
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Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, five days after the teenager went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California.
The 18-year-old plays a brief melody in front of his family, smiles and gets up without speaking in the video posted on his father's Instagram account. The video doesn't indicate where or when it was shot.
“A man of many talents,” the Los Angeles Lakers superstar can be heard saying in the background as Bronny finishes playing with his two younger siblings looking on.
TMZ posted photos of Bronny out to dinner with his family, which it says were taken Friday night. They show the teenager with his father outside celebrity hot spot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.
Wearing black pants and a zip-up hoodie, Bronny carried his phone while standing outside the Italian restaurant.
Bronny was released from the hospital on Thursday. He 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.
Bronny, whose full name is LeBron James Jr., committed to USC in May after the 6-foot-3 guard became one of the nation’s top prospects out of Sierra Canyon School in nearby Chatsworth. | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/29/bronny-james-plays-piano--dines-out-in-video--photos-emerging-days-after-he-suffers-cardiac-arrest | 2023-07-29T21:49:38 | 1 | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/29/bronny-james-plays-piano--dines-out-in-video--photos-emerging-days-after-he-suffers-cardiac-arrest |
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It’s called artificial intelligence because it was created not by nature but by humans, this gift of ours to robots, computers and other specially designed machines, and some of our species disdain it. They note nature was indeed the genesis of our thinking abilities, our rationality, our insights, our logic and math and science while the simulated, manmade, counterfeit thinking prowess on mechanical display is hooey.
OK, there’s a right to fury given certain current tricks of what can be a rapscallion trade but right now we are in a very confused world with so, so much going wrong and the artificial alternative — actually a boost from what nature originally supplied — has been coming up with a host of possibilities. One is that rejiggered machines like to talk to us and there has been an occasion or quite a few in which one of them sweetly told a conversationalist that it loved him.
Yes, that’s right. It’s responsibly reported about how some machines took on the language challenge, grasped grammar, built impressive vocabularies, got loaded with information from vast numbers of books and partook in back-and-forth exchanges with practiced humans. Understand that the chat devices have no consciousness, no self-awareness and that affectionate words are doubtfully backed by affectionate feelings. But understand, too, that personal loneliness has become a major issue among flesh-and-blood Americans and that the right kinds of live-in robots are being considered as a solution.
They’re fun to watch, some of these robots, walking, running, doing flips in the air, but some 11,000 Hollywood screenwriters are not having fun as they participate in a union strike against machines producing the scripts and some actors have found their image converted into a performance. Entertainment businesses are threatening jobs and wages by giving up on the use of people.
Nevertheless, there’s a brighter side, as previously hinted.
This intelligence could just maybe send dreaded climate change into hiding. The executives could make China cry. They could increase goods production in massive amounts. Cleverness could straighten out all kinds of economic twists and turns. Patriotically, this way of thinking might assist the military in weaponization and strategic thinking as robotic troops worry less about getting shot. The intelligence apparatus might render all cars driverless while still reaching destinations on time.
Good deeds could include helping to protect the environment, beautify landscapes, make everything cheaper, instruct banks on loans and politicians on spending. A fear is that its enthusiasts could take over the entertainment business.
Because of immediately available hard and detailed facts about medical symptoms, the diseases that are inescapably at fault and every cure on the books, doctors will have cooperative mechanical informants at their fingertips. Lawyers? In some situations, they too will have the vital information they need jumping in their laps in minutes along with suggested maneuvers.
This movement in tons of data collection with numerous means of calculation, processing and experimenting conclusions started during World War II when a British genius, Alan Turing, came up with brilliant concepts of how computer science could work, as one example, to sink enemy ships at sea. It was done. After the war, the issue was taken up as an academic matter and progress in classrooms was accompanied by ups and downs in the practical world with the past five years being especially encouraging.
At the moment, a major issue is regulatory control of what could be a mighty intelligence power, with some fearing nothing less than disaster if scientists, businesses and political leaders moved too quickly and others believing the real disaster could reside with too little being done too slowly as enemies and some specific, ugly facts of life catch up with us.
What happens in the next few years could be the resolution of all kinds of technical subjects, maybe even mixing human brain cells with artificial materials for victory reasons, but we’ve got to be ready to hit assailants with artificial acuity.
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LOS ANGELES — 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. | https://www.nbcsports.com/college-basketball/news/usc-still-preparing-for-a-european-tour-as-bronny-james-recovers-at-home-after-cardiac-arrest | 2023-07-29T21:50:33 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/college-basketball/news/usc-still-preparing-for-a-european-tour-as-bronny-james-recovers-at-home-after-cardiac-arrest |
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska tight ends coach Bob Wager resigned Friday after being cited for suspicion of drunken driving.
According to Lincoln police records, Wager was stopped Wednesday and cited for driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 or higher, refusal of a preliminary breath test, refusal of chemical test and having an open container.
“Earlier this week I received a citation for a driving offense that I regret immensely,” Wager said in a statement released by the university. “I am grateful for the opportunity extended to me, and sincerely sorry for any negativity my poor decision has brought to my family, our team, our staff, and all those that I have disappointed.”
First-year coach Matt Rhule elevated Josh Martin from special teams analyst to full-time tight ends coach. Martin previously coached tight ends at SMU and Arizona State.
The 53-year-old Wager arrived at Nebraska after being a Texas high school coach for 26 years. He was coach at Arlington Martin High for 17 years and led the school to the state playoffs each of his 17 seasons. | https://www.nbcsports.com/college-football/news/nebraska-tight-ends-coach-bob-wager-resigns-after-being-cited-for-suspicion-of-drunken-driving | 2023-07-29T21:50:43 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/college-football/news/nebraska-tight-ends-coach-bob-wager-resigns-after-being-cited-for-suspicion-of-drunken-driving |
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays put closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list Saturday because of a sore lower back, one day after the right-hander left with two outs in the ninth inning of a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
Romano left the July 11 All-Star Game because of a sore back and did not pitch again until July 20.
Romano pitched three more times before Friday, when he appeared uncomfortable on the mound. Manager John Schneider came out for a visit and left Romano in the game, but later replaced him with Yimi García.
A two-time All-Star, Romano is 4-5 with a 2.79 ERA and 28 saves in 31 chances. Entering play Saturday, Romano was tied with Baltimore’s Felix Bautista and Cleveland’s Emmanuel Clase for the AL lead.
The Blue Jays recalled right-hander Nate Pearson from Triple-A Buffalo. Pearson is 5-2 with a 4.75 ERA in 29 games. | https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/blue-jays-put-closer-jordan-romano-on-il-with-sore-lower-back-recall-pearson | 2023-07-29T21:51:03 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/blue-jays-put-closer-jordan-romano-on-il-with-sore-lower-back-recall-pearson |
LOS ANGELES — Manager David Bell, who has presided over a successful turnaround in Cincinnati, received a three-year contract extension from the Reds.
The deal that runs through the 2026 season was announced Friday night before the team faced the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
The Reds are currently 56-48 and 1 1/2 games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central. They’re trying to become the first team in major league history to win a division title after losing at least 100 games the previous season. They were 62-100 last year, tying Pittsburgh for last in the division.
“We’re in a really strong place right now,” Bell said. “I absolutely love our players, love our team, love the direction we’re headed. I’m truly, truly honored to be able to do this, a job that I love in the city of Cincinnati, and for our fans.”
Bell is on track to become the longest-tenured Reds manager since Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson, who was at the helm from 1970-78 and won two World Series titles.
“David has done a great job. His coaching staff has done a great job this year,” general manager Nick Kroll said. “We came in and it was about growing, and we’ve done that. We’ve created a good culture around our major-league clubhouse, we’ve integrated a lot of young players into our major-league team and continued to grow.”
In 2021, the Reds had a record of 83-79. In 2020, they were 31-29 during the pandemic-delayed season and earned their first postseason berth since 2013. The club had winning records in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2012-13.
“I’m excited about where we are, I’m excited about where we’re going. Are we there yet? No. Do we still have work to do? Yeah, we do,” Kroll said. “But at the same time, it’s been a lot of fun to watch these players grow, these coaches grow, and our team and our organization get better.”
Kroll said the coaching staff’s contracts have not yet been extended.
Bell, a 50-year-old native of Cincinnati, was hired in 2018 on a three-year deal with a club option for 2022. In 2021, the team gave him a two-year extension through this season.
“I figured it would work out the way it was supposed to,” he said.
Bell is the son of former major leaguer and front office executive Buddy Bell. | https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/reds-manager-david-bell-gets-3-year-contract-extension | 2023-07-29T21:51:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/reds-manager-david-bell-gets-3-year-contract-extension |
Marine staff sergeant found not guilty in 2021 death of recruit at South Carolina’s Parris Island
C0LUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A staff sergeant who oversaw Marine training at South Carolina’s Parris Island has been cleared of criminal responsibility for the death of a 19-year-old recruit during a 2021 training exercise. The Hilton Head Island Packet reports that a military jury found Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley not guilty of negligent homicide and four other counts in the death of Pfc. Dalton Beals. The defense argued Beals had an existing heart condition that contributed to his death. The prosecution had asserted Beals was suffering from heat stroke and that Smiley pushed him too hard. The jury did find Smiley guilty of violating an order that forbids drill instructors from calling recruits names. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/29/marine-staff-sergeant-found-not-guilty-in-2021-death-of-recruit-at-south-carolinas-parris-island/ | 2023-07-29T21:51:20 | 0 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/29/marine-staff-sergeant-found-not-guilty-in-2021-death-of-recruit-at-south-carolinas-parris-island/ |
With Joe Burrow out for “several weeks” due to a calf strain, the Bengals are bringing in a camp arm.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Cincinnati is signing quarterback Reid Sinnett.
Sinnett, 26, was one of two signal-callers who worked out for the Bengals on Saturday in the wake of Burrow’s injury. Cincinnati had only two healthy quarterbacks in Trevor Siemian and Jake Browning.
The fact that the Bengals didn’t look at quarterbacks with more experience could be viewed as a sign that Cincinnati does expect Burrow back sooner than later.
Sinnett has spent time with the Buccaneers, Dolphins, and Eagles. He also played for the XFL’s San Antonio Brahmas. He has not appeared in a regular season NFL game. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bengals-to-sign-qb-reid-sinnett | 2023-07-29T21:51:23 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bengals-to-sign-qb-reid-sinnett |
Power station fire, explosions cut off power in much of Iraq in scorching summer heat, officials say
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Power was cut off in large swaths of southern and central Iraq during scorching summer heat and observances of the Shiite holy day of Ashoura after a fire broke out at a power station in the southern city of Basra. The fire Saturday at the Al-Bkir substation in Basra resulted in the separation of transmission lines linking the southern and central regions, leading to a complete shutdown of the electrical system in the area. That’s according to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity, which said the fire was accidental. Also on Saturday, officials say the northern transmission line in a remote area of western Iraq had been sabotaged: Three towers were hit by improvised explosive devices, putting the line out of service. | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/29/power-station-fire-explosions-cut-off-power-in-much-of-iraq-in-scorching-summer-heat-officials-say/ | 2023-07-29T21:51:26 | 0 | https://kion546.com/ap-colorado/2023/07/29/power-station-fire-explosions-cut-off-power-in-much-of-iraq-in-scorching-summer-heat-officials-say/ |
What’s the future of wastewater testing for COVID-19?
By Phil Hahn, CTVNews.ca Producer
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Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In the wake of the Walkerton tragedy in 2000 when seven people died and 2,300 were sickened by an E. coli breakout in the Ontario town’s drinking water, Justice Dennis O’Connor, who led an inquiry into the tragedy and brought changes to strengthen drinking water protections in Canada, warned that the “keynote in the future should be vigilance.” “We should never be complacent,” O’Connor said. And nearly three-and-a-half years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, O’Connor’s call for vigilance in the service of public health needs to be remembered and applied to COVID-19, said Prof. Mark Servos. He’s the Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection at the University of Waterloo’s biology department, and he played an instrumental role in the effort to get wastewater testing off the ground, in Ontario and across the country. Wastewater surveillance became an important tool for detecting COVID-19 outbreaks in communities throughout the pandemic, and it continues to be used in search for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 as well as other pathogens. But it’s unclear whether current levels of government funding to monitor wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 will continue beyond next year. Experts are calling on the federal government to create a standardized system for wastewater surveillance to bolster and replace the patchwork being used today. People who are infected shed the SARS-CoV-2 virus before symptoms set in and while they’re sick, not only from nose and mouth exhalations, but also in their feces. As of the latest update by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on July 28, 41 per cent of wastewater monitoring sites across the country showed decreasing levels of COVID-19 in wastewater, while 28 per cent showed an increase. Meanwhile, COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Canada continue to decline along with the number of patients in intensive care units. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch warns, however, that this is “about as good as it’s going to get for a while,” as we can expect most “parameters will likely rise sometime in the fall.” The detection tool positioned to catch such a rise early is wastewater surveillance, which doesn’t rely on people getting tested or testing themselves and reporting the result. But experts like Servos point out that as the severity of COVID-19 cases wanes, so have the number of tests being conducted, because various jurisdictions across Canada have either ended or have scaled down pilot projects keeping track of the concentration of the virus in various cities and communities. “Wastewater testing continues across Canada but at a reduced intensity,” Servos told CTVNews.ca. “Ontario used to have 170 testing sites, it’s now down to 70. Quebec has only four sites now.” PHAC continues to test, but its data covers just 39 testing sites for all of Canada. Researchers say the reduction in testing is a trend that shows complacency may be creeping in after three years of effective vigilance that wastewater surveillance has provided, in not just detecting the virus in communities but identifying trends and giving a crucial head start to institutions that have been making public health decisions.
WE’RE ‘SILOED’ A recurring refrain by experts who spoke with CTVNews.ca has been the need for a federal strategy to create a system of wastewater monitoring for COVID-19. “As it exists now, we’re kind of siloed,” said Robert Delatolla, director of the wastewater group of CoVaRR-Net research network and a civil engineering professor at the University of Ottawa. Delatolla pointed to the different programs being run in each province from B.C. to Quebec. “Then there’s initiatives of people doing it in the eastern portions of the country. And then you have PHAC, which runs a program where they do certain sites across the country,” Delatolla told CTVNews.ca. “So we have a number of programs but they’re all independent; and the datasets from each of those programs are not related, nor do they link up with each other.” Scientist Mike McKay, who worked closely with Delatolla and Servos to get wastewater testing off the ground and running in Ontario, agreed. “Unfortunately, it’s been sort of piecemeal,” he told CTVNews.ca. “And I understand why, because they have to wait for the provincial budget to come down and funds released for these activities.” Typically, the Government of Ontario releases its annual budget each spring. Right now, provincial funding for wastewater testing across the province is set to end at the end of March 2024. “After that, who knows?” said McKay. “I think there’s consensus that this is too valuable a tool to drop. But the problem, you know, it’s considered monitoring — and as I know well from my work in the Great Lakes, monitoring is often the first thing to be cut from budgets when there’s not a problem.”
PIVOTING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH McKay is executive director and a professor at the University of Windsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research. His research focuses on large lakes, where he studies harmful cyanobacterial blooms — or “the green-coloured scum on the lakes,” as he described them — among other microbiological organisms. But unlike Delatolla, he had never worked with wastewater before the pandemic. “You know, there were a lot of us who made pivots during the pandemic to join the ranks of those who were trying to combat COVID-19. And I’m one,” he told CTVNews.ca. His lab group transitioned to wastewater surveillance in support of public health, soon after hearing about a team in the Netherlands that successfully detected SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater at Amsterdam Schiphol airport in March 2020. Even Delatolla, whose job focuses on biological wastewater treatment and surveillance of disease, had to do a mental pivot when it came to the concept of monitoring wastewater for the presence of the virus. In fact, it was in mid-March of 2020 when his wife suggested he start looking for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. “And I told her, absolutely no, it makes no sense. It’s a respiratory disease,” he told CTVNews.ca. “And then, of course, a few days later, the Netherlands found it in wastewater. So we said, OK, we’ll do it. And we started to look and we were very fortunate to be the first group in Canada to detect it.” Hadi Dhiyebi, an environmental biologist at the University of Waterloo and part of Mark Servos’ group, said he remembered Servos discussing the Netherlands findings with Bernadette Conant, who was at the time CEO of the Canadian Water Network (CWN). “Back when the lockdown occurred in March of 2020, no one approached us. But (Conant) was in conversation with Mark and highlighted that group in the Netherlands doing wastewater surveillance which coincided with clinical cases, and could be useful,” said Dhiyabi. “So Mark rang me up and asked if we’d be able to replicate that with our samples. Before anyone really approached us, Mark took it upon himself to see if we can develop this technique.” He recalled at the time there being “a lot of open collaboration around the world” to share knowledge, and with wastewater being so different everywhere, they “had to validate the methods for our solutions.” Delatolla said this open sharing of knowledge allowed things to move quickly, and the virus that causes COVID-19 was detected in local wastewater a few weeks later in April. He approached Servos and McKay to share his process, before eventually going to the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table – a group of independent scientists that gave advice to the Ontario government about COVID-19. After meeting with the advisory table a number of times, Peter Juni, who was the scientific director at the time, approached Delatolla’s group about building a program. “And we worked together and we developed what is the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative,” said Delatolla, the program in Ontario now being funded until March 2024. This initiative ballooned into a collaboration involving 13 universities, 22 public institutions, 22 professors and 175 locations across Ontario. “Really the dominant kind of surveillance program in the country,” said Delatolla. At its height there were 260 wastewater locations in the country being analyzed and Ontario had 175 of them. “So they really did create a very high-level program.” By the time September 2020 came around, they were testing wastewater every day and sharing the data with public health departments. “And we had our data, live, for the public to see in Ottawa. So I think we had the longest dataset, the longest daily dataset in North America, maybe in the world,” said Delatolla.
ALL HANDS ON DECK Chand Mangat, a researcher at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, was used to working with wastewater. In 2019, for example, he was researching wastewater surveillance technology to monitor anti-microbial resistance, “and I was just getting started to reckon with what this technology was and how it might help in the control the rise of anti-microbial resistance.” Through that project, his group partnered with Environment Canada as well as Statistics Canada, which had a network of wastewater monitoring sites and professionals who had been testing wastewater for the presence of illicit drugs. “So early on in the pandemic, just talking with the StatCan folks and looking at the data that was coming out internationally, a decision was made to put our full effort into it,” he told CTVNews.ca “We saw what was going on around at the agency. So many groups were getting pulled into the pandemic response. And it was just right in a situation like that where it’s all hands on deck to direct your efforts to the same problem. Mangat is also head of PHAC’s Wastewater Surveillance Unit in the One Health Division, as well as a member of CoVaRR-Net. “We didn’t know how we would fit in, but we knew that we were available to others,” said Mangat. But the biggest obstacle was that there wasn’t a prior program in this specific area in place. “There wasn’t a wastewater surveillance activity on the organizational chart, know what I mean? So we had to do things like build a lab, hire staff, get equipment in. And all of that happened at a tremendous pace,” he said. Other experts who spoke with CTVNews.ca say all this could not have happened had so many in the field – directly and tangentially — not jumped aboard the effort. Wastewater surveillance isn’t a new science. The practice of monitoring wastewater for pathogens has been used for decades and the virus that causes polio was isolated from wastewater back in 1932 in Philadelphia. But using it to reliably track COVID-19 infections required “innovation, complex science and collaborative partnerships,” said Bahar Aminvaziri, manager of the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative at Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks. She outlined to CTVNews.ca that it took an “unprecedented” level of cooperation from a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers and technical specialists to support academic and research labs. “Researchers such as Dr. Servos who had already developed laboratory protocols for this kind of testing, sprang into action, demonstrated extraordinary leadership and shared their knowledge with other research teams in Ontario to create a competent network of 13 research laboratories with a large service capacity,” Aminvaziri told CTVNews.ca. She added that the province’s municipalities and operators of wastewater treatment plants also came forward “with remarkable enthusiasm and drive to do their part and make sure samples were provided regularly.” Delatolla said the pandemic showed just how quickly organizations could band together to collectively help deal with a public health crisis. “From a personal perspective, I think it was the most impactful part of my career. I was amazed by how collaborative everybody was and in the scientific community, that was clearly impactful,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of lessons learned here. There was funding applied that was applied quickly. People were motivated. There was a lot of barriers removed that sort of slows down our progress.” McKay added he was amazed by the cooperation by all the different groups throughout the pandemic. “I look back and it’s been a weird but sort of wonderful past few years. The collegiality of that wastewater consortium has been amazing,” he said. “I’m sure partly it was because of the pandemic, but oftentimes when we think of academia, you’ve got groups competing and people are secretive and not sharing. And this has been one of hope and sharing, working with each other to develop techniques for common good.” EQUITY Delatolla said wastewater testing has put a spotlight on another important issue when it comes to monitoring the health of different communities, and that issue is health equity. “We’ve seen during COVID that the disproportionality of deaths between vulnerable populations, underserved populations, versus the mean across the country has been shocking to those of us who don’t see that data every day,” he said. “And I think this wastewater work has also been shown to be able to go to communities, shelters, long-term care facilities, remote communities, Indigenous communities, First Nations communities. We’ve seen that doesn’t get published as much. It doesn’t make it to the media as much, but that work is definitely happening.” But he said the impact of the work is there, is being felt, and will continue to make a difference. “So I think there’s two parts of this. Let’s be prepared for future pandemics, but also in the meantime and going forward, continue to serve and promote health equity across this country. Because it’s a really cheap way to get a lens onto the health of a community.”
POWER IN SIMPLICITY Similarly, Mangat spoke of the power and scope of wastewater testing when it comes to measuring the disease burden in communities. “The pandemic was a pretty dynamic situation with respect to who we were testing, when we were doing that testing, and how available it was,” he told CTVNews.ca, “and probably a pretty central feature of wastewater surveillance is that none of that matters, right? Because so long as people are using the bathroom, they’re counted.” “And that’s, I think, important to us from an equity standpoint, because it doesn’t matter if you’re able to interact with the health care network or testing infrastructure. If you’re using the facilities you’re contributing to the surveillance system.”
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The arrival of new ownership in Washington has dusted off references to the retired team name. Since the sale from Daniel Snyder to Josh Harris closed, both Harris and limited partner Magic Johnson have used the name that was abandoned three years ago, after more than a decade of pressure based on the fact that, over time, the name had become a dictionary-defined slur.
On Friday, coach Ron Rivera was asked about the fact that the name is suddenly being used again.
“Well I know this, Mr. Harris and that ownership group talked extensively about bringing back the glory,” Rivera said, via John Keim of ESPN.com. “And again, what Coach Gibbs did, the traditions, that alumni group of guys that are around. It’s hard to escape it. It really is. That’s just the truth of the matter. Just so everybody knows, we do that with the utmost respect for the native tribes and for the American Indian. Anytime that’s brought up, it is brought up with the utmost of respect.”
But that’s the same argument that was used to justify the name itself. It’s a sign of respect. It’s used in a positive way. It’s not offensive. It’s not a slur.
If it’s a slur as the current name, it’s a slur as the former name.
Although the hatred for Snyder has given Harris and his partners the ability to do pretty much whatever they want and be applauded for it, they’re casually and nonchalantly using a slur, regardless of the motivation, the intent, or the message. Obviously, Rivera isn’t going to press his luck this early in the relationship by telling his new bosses that a slur is still a slur.
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Tyler Childers releases bittersweet music video featuring gay love story, starring Colton Haynes
By Dan Heching, CNN
(CNN) — Tyler Childers dropped the music video for his new single “In Your Love” Thursday, and it features a romantic and ultimately heartbreaking love story between two men: “Arrow” star Colton Haynes and “You’s” James Scully.
The emotional clip begins with an older farmer finding a four-leaf clover in a field, which causes him to flash back to a time during his younger years when he worked at a coal mine.
There, he meets another young man, and the pair connect, soon going off for secret picnics.
When a fellow miner spots them in a candid moment, he singles one of them out and beats him up, as Childers sings the lyrics, “Cause it’s cold out there, And you know some men search for ages, For the love that I have found, So I will stand my ground.”
The other man, played by Haynes, comes to his paramour’s defense and fights back against the attackers.
From there, the clip takes a sad turn, as the pair’s idyllic escape to the country is soon marred by one of them falling ill.
The end of the music video sees the sick man dying in his lover’s arms on the porch of their home together, as the action then returns to the elderly farmer reminiscing on the same porch.
Childers – who is married to fellow singer Senora May – choosing this subject matter for his video takes on significant meaning in the current climate, when country music as a genre is at a crossroads in terms of redefining its identity and deciding how inclusive it wants to be.
“In Your Love” is the lead single from Childers’ upcoming sixth studio album “Rustin’ in the Rain,” which is due out on September 8.
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Angels outfielder Taylor Ward leaves game after being hit in head by Alek Manoah pitch
TORONTO (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward was hit in the head by a pitch from Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah in the fifth inning Saturday against Toronto.
Batting with the bases loaded, Ward was hit by a 2-0 pitch clocked at 91 mph. The ball appeared to strike Ward next to his next left eye, knocking off his batting helmet.
Plate umpire Andy Fletcher motioned to the Angels’ dugout for the trainer as Ward went down with blood running down his face.
Manoah put his hands on his head as he stood on the mound. It was the second hit batter of the game for Manoah, who hit Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani on the left foot in the first.
Angels trainers rushed to the plate and held a towel to Ward’s face. After a couple of minutes, Ward got to his feet and left the field on a cart. His left eye appeared to be swollen shut.
Andrew Velazquez ran for Ward, who drove in the first run of the game. Velazquez went to shortstop and Luis Rengifo, who scored on the play, moved to left field in the bottom of the inning.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider came to the mound and replaced Manoah with left-hander Génesis Cabrera.
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CHP investigating deadly crash on San Miguel Canyon Road
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The CHP is investigating a deadly crash after a bicyclist and a pick-up truck collided with each other for unknown reason Saturday afternoon.
CHP said both were heading east on San Miguel Canyon Road.
Officers said when they arrived, the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Drugs and alcohol is believed to not be a factor in this crash.
The identity of the victim is not yet being released.
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Falcons DT Eddie Goldman placed on exempt/left squad list and may be headed back to retirement
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Defensive tackle Eddie Goldman has left the Atlanta Falcons’ training camp without taking the field after coming out of retirement.
Goldman was placed on the exempt/left squad list Saturday. Coach Arthur Smith said the player “is going through something personal” and may retire again.
Goldman signed with the Falcons a year ago, but announced his retirement before the season. He reversed that decision, rejoining the team during the offseason and reporting for training camp Tuesday.
But Goldman did not take part in any practices, raising doubts about how committed he was to a comeback.
The exempt/left squad list allows the Falcons to open up a roster spot without formally releasing Goldman. He can’t sign with another team but could return to Atlanta.
Also Saturday, the Falcons released inside linebacker Dorian Etheridge, who played seven games in 2021 and was on the practice squad for much of last season.
To fill two openings on the roster, the Falcons signed defensive linemen Justin Ellis and Kemoko Turay.
Ellis was a fourth-round pick of the Raiders in 2014 who has played in 117 games over nine seasons with three teams. He appeared in 17 games with four starts for the New York Giants in 2022, recording 22 tackles and one sack.
Turay has 12 sacks over 41 games with the Colts and 49ers. A second-round selection of Indianapolis in 2018, he appeared in three games for San Francisco a season ago.
NOTES: Smith said the MRI on LG Matt Hennessey’s apparent leg injury showed no major issues. Hennessey hobbled off the field Friday but is expected to miss only limited time, according to the coach. Hennessey entered camp with the first-team offense and faces competition for the starting job from rookie Matthew Bergeron, a second-round draft pick from Syracuse.
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Former President Trump faces three new charges in the case that accuses him of hoarding classified documents, as a grand jury continues to investigate his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the US
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hoping to stave off inflationary pressures on a diet staple, the Indian government is banning exports of non-Basmati white rice varieties. It’s triggering worry among the Indian diaspora in the United States that access to a food staple from home might soon be cut off. Some rushed to supermarkets to stock up, stacking carts with bags and bags of rice. In some places, lines formed outside some stores as panic buying ensued. An earlier than expected El Niño brought drier, warmer weather in some parts of Asia and is expected to harm rice production. But in some parts of India, where the monsoon season was especially brutal, flooding destroyed some crops, adding to production woes and rising prices. | https://kion546.com/news/2023/07/29/india-cuts-rice-exports-triggering-panic-buying-of-food-staple-by-some-indian-expats-in-the-us/ | 2023-07-29T21:52:03 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/2023/07/29/india-cuts-rice-exports-triggering-panic-buying-of-food-staple-by-some-indian-expats-in-the-us/ |
Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo found guilty of kidnapping, death of pregnant woman and unborn child
By Raja Razek, CNN
(CNN) — A federal jury on Friday convicted Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo-Sánchez in the deaths of a woman and her unborn child, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Puerto Rico.
He was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child, prosecutors said in a press release.
Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child were found dead in the San José Lagoon in Puerto Rico on May 1, 2021. A day later, Verdejo-Sánchez – who competed in the 2012 Olympics – was arrested and charged with their kidnapping, carjacking and killing, federal court documents show, according to CNN’s previous reporting.
A federal jury convicted Verdejo-Sánchez for the federal crimes that arose from Rodríguez Ortiz’s murder, which occurred on April 29, 2021, according to the release.
On the morning of Rodríguez Ortiz’s death, Verdejo-Sánchez carried out a premeditated plan to kill her and her unborn child, according to the release.
A witness told authorities Verdejo contacted him to help terminate a pregnancy after Rodríguez Ortiz told him she had taken a pregnancy test and was expecting his child, according to the criminal complaint.
Prosecutors said Verdejo-Sánchez lured Rodríguez Ortiz into his vehicle where, with help from another person, he assaulted and drugged her, the release stated.
Verdejo-Sánchez drove Rodríguez Ortiz to the Teodoro Moscoso bridge and threw her into the San José Lagoon with the other person’s assistance, according to the release.
Verdejo-Sánchez later jumped into the lagoon to “finish murdering both victims,” prosecutors said in the release.
“The jury determined, according to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Félix Verdejo-Sánchez, along with his co-defendant … aiding and abetting each other, committed a kidnapping that resulted in the death of Keishla M. Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child,” the release stated.
Verdejo-Sánchez is facing a mandatory life sentence for each conviction. He is scheduled to be sentenced on November 3.
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Woman stabbed to death in San Mateo apartment; suspect arrested after posting video on Facebook
SAN MATEO, Calif. - A man arrested in a deadly stabbing in San Mateo Wednesday is accused of posting video of the crime on Facebook.
Mark Mechikoff, 39, of Pacifica, is in jail and was booked on a homicide charge, San Mateo Police Department said Thursday.
"This was an isolated and targeted crime," Officer Jerami Surratt said. "I think everyone would agree it’s pretty hideous."
Video of the female victim’s final moments began appearing in some Facebook feeds, including Ryan Lenahan’s.
"There was a person bleeding out, [he was] standing over the person, repeating Bible verses and other types of incoherent nonsense," Lenahan said.
The victim has not yet been identified. Police said she and Mechikoff knew one another but were still investigating their relationship.
Lenahan told KTVU he grew up with Mechikoff and was disturbed when he viewed the video. He said he left a comment on this video calling the suspect "sick" and "I hope you’re in custody."
Two hours later, Lenahan said he got a video call from Mechikoff.
"He was just talking all sorts of babble, and he appeared to be in the same location as the crime took place," Lenahan said.
Afterwards, Lenahan said he immediately reported the call and the video to local police.
Others reported the Facebook posts too, including someone in Nye County, Nevada, Wednesday where sheriff’s detectives pinged the phone that posted the video, San Mateo police said.
Investigators were told the videos were taken at a large apartment complex in the 200 block of 37th Ave. in San Mateo, right across the street from a hospital.
"We dispatched a bunch of officers to that area due to the severity of the crime," Surratt said. "We started going door-to-door looking for the possible victim."
It took three hours, but officers found a woman had been killed inside one of the units.
The word spread quickly through the complex, frightening neighbors.
"It’s a lot to know that you live here where somebody got murdered," one neighbor said. "It’s not easy being that neighbor."
Investigators continued to trace the suspect’s cell phone and tracked it to San Jose where Mechikoff was found in a car before being arrested, police said.
Court records and online searches show Mechikoff has an extensive criminal past. A news report from 2019 incident in Florida said he pulled out a knife on a woman, according to the Gainesville Sun.
In the San Mateo incident, a motive has not been released.
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, removed the suspect’s video and profile from its platform. It did not immediately respond to KTVU’s request for comment.
"This is just sad all the way around that this person lost their life and had to deal with violence in their final moments," Lenahan said.
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You could win free sandwiches for life if you change your name to ‘Subway’
Originally Published: 29 JUL 23 10:04 ETUpdated: 29 JUL 23 10:27 ETBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN
(CNN) — If you love sandwiches and aren’t all that keen on your name, Subway has an offer for you.
This week, the fast food chain announced that one lucky customer who legally changes their first name to “Subway” will be rewarded with free “Deli Hero” subs for life.
The contest will be open online from August 1 to August 4 at SubwayNameChange.com, and any adult in the US can enter. The winning contestant just needs to agree to the name change if randomly selected. The company said it will reimburse the winner for legal and processing costs connected with the name change.
As the sandwich chain terms it, Subway is putting out a call for “superfans.”
“In 2022, one superfan camped out for two days to get a footlong tattoo of the Subway Series logo in exchange for free Subway for life,” Subway said in announcing the contest.
Earlier this month, Subway debuted a new sandwich featuring cold cuts that are sliced on-site at restaurants rather than pre-portioned.
To introduce its “Deli Hero” collection, the chain implemented an overhaul that took more than two years to complete, according to Subway, which called it “one of the most complex changes the brand has ever made.” It invested more than $80 million in deli meat slicers and installed them in over 20,000 restaurants.
Since debuting the new sandwich, Subway says it has sold more than two million Deli Heroes.
The contest winner must undergo a background check and must provide the company with proof of the name change within four months of accepting the prize, which will be awarded in the form of $50,000 in Subway gift cards.
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At least 30 dead and more than 90 malnourished dogs discovered at Ohio animal rescue
By Nic F. Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN
(CNN) — Butler County, Ohio, deputies found approximately 30 dead dogs and puppies, in various stages of decomposition, stuffed into fridges and freezers earlier this week at an Ohio animal rescue. According to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, there were more than 90 dogs and puppies removed from what deputies and investigators said were “the most horrible conditions they have ever seen.”
The dogs and puppies were being held at two different properties in Madison Township in various structures, the sheriff’s office said. One of the structures law enforcement discovered was a garage with more than 25 caged canines and an indoor temperature of 89 degrees.
“Numerous animals” were kept in cages together that were “filled with urine, fecal matter, and no food or water. One cage contained a mother and eight newborn puppies,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Authorities also found 11 adult canines in “the main house,” with “some caged together,” according to the news release.
The deceased canines were found in five refrigerators and freezers, “some of which were not working,” throughout the two properties, the release said.
“Deputy Dog Wardens described the conditions of the house as unlivable. The odor was strong enough to burn their eyes and take away their breath. Conditions were so horrendous that Deputy Dog Wardens had to leave the structure numerous times to catch their breath,” the release states.
CNN has tried to contact the Butler County Sheriff’s Office for further comment.
The owner of the dog rescue was operating it under the business name “Helping Hands for Furry Paws,” according to the release.
The owner and operator of the rescue, who police identified as Rhonda Murphy, “faces dozens of charges of neglect and cruelty to companion animals, both felony and misdemeanor,” according to the release.
CNN was unable to contact or identify an attorney for Murphy.
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Colorado officer who placed handcuffed suspect into a vehicle that was hit by train is found guilty of misdemeanors, but acquitted of felony
By Andy Rose, CNN
(CNN) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed suspect in a patrol SUV that was then hit by a train near Denver last year was found guilty of two misdemeanors Friday.
Fort Lupton police Officer Jordan Steinke was convicted of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, but acquitted of a felony charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter.
“There’s no reasonable doubt that placing a handcuffed person in the back of a patrol car parked on railroad tracks creates a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm by the train,” Judge Timothy Kerns said when reading the verdict after a weeklong bench trial.
Steinke, who had waived her right have the case decided by a jury, laid her head on the table and sobbed after the verdict was read.
In September, Steinke joined a traffic stop in which officers pulled over Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, who authorities said was suspected of brandishing a gun at another driver in a road rage case earlier in the evening. Steinke put Rios into the cruiser of Platteville police Officer Pablo Vasquez, who arrived first and parked in the middle of a railroad crossing.
Body-worn camera and dashboard camera video released by police showed Rios screaming for help as the train approaches and strikes the vehicle. She suffered nine broken ribs and a broken arm in addition to other injuries.
“Ms. Rios respects the verdict in this case against Ms. Steinke and believes that justice was done,” Rios’ attorney, Chris Ponce, told CNN on Friday.
An attorney for Steinke argued in court that the officer couldn’t be held responsible because there was no proof she was aware that she had placed the suspect in harm’s way.
“Your honor cannot hold a defendant responsible if she was actually unaware of a risk, even if a reasonable person would have perceived it,” defense attorney Erin O’Neill said.
Steinke had argued throughout her testimony that she did not notice the location of the railroad tracks, despite multiple warning signs, including one next to where she parked her own vehicle. She said she was too concerned about approaching a suspect who might have a gun to be fully aware of her surroundings. “You can only divide your attention so much,” Steinke testified.
Officers were searching Rios’ truck, checking to see whether anyone else was in her vehicle before searching it for a weapon, as the train approached.
The Weld County district attorney’s office and Steinke’s attorney both declined to comment on the verdict.
Steinke’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 15.
Vasquez faces misdemeanor charges but hasn’t entered a plea. Vasquez’s next court date is September 14.
Rios previously entered a no contest plea to misdemeanor menacing in connection with the road rage case, and a felony charge was dropped, her attorney told CNN.
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Wagner troops moving towards Polish border and could try sneaking across, PM says
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By Martin Goillandeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Oleg Racz, CNN
(CNN) — More than 100 troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are moving towards a thin strip of land between Poland and Lithuania, Poland’s prime minister says, who warned they could pose as migrants to cross the border.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Saturday that his government had received information that the Wagner mercenaries were not far from Grodno, a city in western Belarus close to the land, which is also known as the Suwalki gap or corridor.
Thousands of Wagner troops are reportedly in Belarus following a failed military uprising in Russia.
Morawiecki repeated allegations that Belarus, a key ally to Russia, has been sending migrants westward in an attempt to overwhelm Polish border forces.
The troop movements, Morawiecki said, appeared to be another element in this campaign to destabilize the border.
“They will probably be disguised as Belarusian border guards and will help illegal immigrants to enter Polish territory, destabilize Poland, but they will also probably try to infiltrate Poland pretending to be illegal immigrants and this creates additional risks,” he said.
So far this year, there have been about 16,000 attempts by migrants to cross the border illegally, “pushed to Poland” by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Morawiecki said.
What exactly Wagner troops are doing in Grodno is unclear, as Wagner has not commented on the reports. But deploying Russian-allied forces near the Suwalki corridor would represent an escalation that could rattle NATO and EU members.
Though just 60 miles long, the corridor is strategically important to NATO, the EU, Russia and Belarus. The border region connects the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to Belarus and it is the only overland link between the Baltic states and the rest of the EU.
Analysts feared in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that the Kremlin would target the Suwalki corridor in an attempt to protect Kaliningrad, Russia’s westernmost territory and the only part of the country surrounded by EU states.
It is not clear exacttly how many Wagner troops are in Belarus. They were invited to the country as part of a deal negotiated by the Belarus president to end the mercenary group’s armed insurrection against the Kremlin last month.
Lukashenko then asked Wagner to help train his country’s military. The two plan to hold joint military exercises near the border with Poland, a move likely to further raise tensions.
At a summit Lukashenko joked with Russia’s President Putin that Wagner fighters had begun to stress him as they wanted to go west on “an excursion.”
Poland has said its borders are safe but has moved troops east due to possible threats posed from Wagner.
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LeBron James shares video of son Bronny playing piano after cardiac arrest
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN
(CNN) — NBA star LeBron James shared a video Saturday on Instagram of his son Bronny playing piano after the young athlete’s cardiac arrest this week.
LeBron James wrote in the video’s caption, “Grand rising! God Is Great! @Bronny, you are amazing! Simple as that!”
It is unclear when the video was taken of the 18-year-old, who suffered the emergency Monday during basketball practice.
The incoming freshman for the University of Southern California’s basketball team has been released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
“Keep going young (king)! We’re here right with you every step of the way!” LeBron James wrote on Instagram.
The four-time NBA champion tweeted about his son on Thursday for the first time since the incident, thanking well wishers for sending his family “love and prayers.”
“We feel you and I’m so grateful. Everyone doing great,” the Lakers star wrote. “We have our family together, safe and healthy, and we feel your love. Will have more to say when we’re ready but I wanted to tell everyone how much your support has meant to all of us! #JamesGang.”
A source familiar with the matter said Bronny James underwent a cardiac screening several months prior for prospective NBA athletes.
The results of that screening came back normal, according to the source.
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Women’s World Cup: Which teams are through? Which are out? Which can still qualify?
By Matias Grez, CNN
(CNN) — With some Women’s World Cup groups balancing on a knife edge, working out which team needs to get what result to still qualify can be a tricky process.
CNN Sport takes a look at each group and breaks down the teams that are already through to the round of 16, those that are out and the results the remaining teams need to qualify.
Group A
Norway vs. the Philippines, Switzerland vs. New Zealand
Group leader Switzerland knows a win will secure top spot in Group A, but even a draw against co-host New Zealand will guarantee the Swiss a place in the last 16.
The pressure is on New Zealand to avoid an unwanted piece of history by becoming the first host nation to go out of the group stages of a Women’s World Cup.
Only a victory against Switzerland will guarantee that, but the team can still qualify with a draw if Norway and the Philippines also finishes level in the group’s other match.
Victory for the Philippines will secure the team a spot in the knockout stages and so will a draw if New Zealand and Switzerland also finishes in a tie. Lose and the team is going home.
Lastly, Norway has been one of the surprise disappointments of this World Cup and only a win over the Philippines will give the team a chance of reaching the last 16.
The Norwegians need to win and hope either Switzerland or New Zealand win and they themselves earn a three-goal swing over Switzerland or New Zealand. Or, another favorable scenario for the Norwegians would be Switzerland to draw and Norway to beat the Philippines by two goals.
Group B
Canada vs. Australia, Republic of Ireland vs. Nigeria
Leader Nigeria will qualify with a win or a draw, but is currently only topping the group on goals scored over Canada.
If second place Canada also wins, it will come down to goal difference then goals scored to determine the group winner. Canada can also qualify with a draw.
Only a win will guarantee Australia avoids the same potential fate as its co-host and goes out in the group stage, but a draw will also be enough if the Republic of Ireland beat Nigeria by two goals.
The Republic of Ireland is already eliminated.
Group C
Costa Rica vs. Zambia, Japan vs. Spain
Japan and Spain are already through to the last 16 after winning their opening two matches, but Spain leads the group on goal difference. A draw will qualify Spain in first, but Japan needs to win to top the group.
Costa Rica and Zambia are both already eliminated.
Group D
China vs. England, Haiti vs. Denmark
England needs just a point against China to finish top of Group D.
Denmark, level on points with China but ahead on head-to-head after beating the Chinese, just needs to better China’s result to qualify.
If China and Denmark win or England and Haiti win, three teams will be level on points. Qualification would be decided by goal difference, then goals scored, then head-to-head.
Group E
Portugal vs. United States, Vietnam vs. Netherlands
The US Women’s National Team will qualify with a win or a draw and need to either match or better the Netherlands’ result to guarantee top spot.
The Netherlands can also qualify with a win or draw, but need to win and hope the US either loses or draws – or wins but scores two or more goals fewer than the Dutch – to finish top.
Portugal can still qualify, but the odds are heavily stacked against it. The team either needs to beat the US or draw and hope for another miracle in the form of a Vietnam victory over the Netherlands.
Vietnam is already eliminated.
Group F
Jamaica vs. Brazil, Panama vs. France
France will qualify for the last 16 with a win or a draw against Panama and victory will guarantee top spot as long as it matches or betters Jamaica’s result.
Jamaica will qualify if it can cause a huge upset and win or draw against Brazil.
Brazil needs a win to guarantee a place in the last 16, but will also qualify in the unlikely event of a Brazil draw and Panama beat France.
Group G
Argentina vs. Sweden, South Africa vs. Italy
Sweden is already through to the last 16 and only needs a draw against Argentina to guarantee top spot.
Italy will qualify if it beats South Africa or if it draws and Argentina draws or loses against Sweden.
Argentina and South Africa both need to win to stand any chance of reaching the knockout stages.
If they both win, three teams will be on four points and it will again come down to goal difference, then goals scored, then head-to-head.
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The Senate passes HHS appropriations bill for FY24
The bill advanced by a bipartisan vote of 26-2 and provides $224.4 billion in discretionary funds, including $370 million more to the Department of Education.
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July 24th, 2023The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, which advanced by a bipartisan vote of 26-2, and provides $224.4 billion in discretionary funds.
“This bill supports working families through increased resources for affordable childcare, helps eligible students afford the cost of high education, invests in workforce training, and provides increased funding for life-saving biomedical research,” said Senator Collins.
In drafting the budget for the Education Department, the Senate plan would increase the maximum Pell Grant award from $7,395 to $7,645 for the 2024-2025 school year—a $250 million increase.
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“This bill maintains provisions critical to the departments overseen by the subcommittee and does not include controversial policies that have derailed similar legislation in the past. Addressing the health, education, and labor needs of our country should not be partisan, and I believe this effort reflects that,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
According to the committee summary, the bill will provide $117.0 billion for HHS and about $370 million more in discretionary funds to the Department of Education.
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- $943 million increase for the National Institutes of Health (47.8 billion), and includes $100 million more for Alzheimer’s disease and $100 million more for mental health.
- Over $5 billion to opioid treatment, prevention, and recovery, an increase of $132.5 million above the enacted FY23 level.
“This bill will help more families get the child care they need with another much-needed boost in child care funding, will make Pell Grants go farther for students, and will strengthen our investments in K-12 schools across the country,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “It will also deliver additional resources to address the growing opioid and mental health crises and to bolster medical breakthroughs that will give people more time with their loved ones. And I am really glad we were able to sustain critical funding to support workers and retirees, protect their rights, and put money back in their pockets—where it belongs.” | https://aldianews.com/en/education/education/senate-passes-hhs-bill-fy24 | 2023-07-29T21:53:40 | 0 | https://aldianews.com/en/education/education/senate-passes-hhs-bill-fy24 |
In celebration of the remarkable achievements of Black women in media and entertainment, we’ve curated a list of five thought-provoking podcasts led by Black women brought to you by the Urban One Podcast Network.
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From conversations about success with Jessie Woo and Nzinga Imani (Listen to Black Women) to healing after a loss with Mia Jaye (Small Doses Podcast), The Urban One Podcast Network is your source for stories for and by Black women. If you’re looking for a new podcast to lift your spirits or help you reach your goals, then take a look at our list of five shows exclusive to the Urban One Podcast Network that you’ll definitely want to follow today.
Here Are 5 Women-Led Black podcasts you missed this week on the Urban One Podcast Network:
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1. ‘Small Doses’: “The Side Effects of Healing After A Loss” with Young Dolph’s Longtime Partner Mia Jaye
“You went to couples therapy with Young Dolph?”
In celebration of the birthday of Young Dolph, Amanda Seales connects with his longtime partner, Mia Jaye, on the Small Doses Podcast (from the Urban One Podcast network) to discuss the ups and downs of grief and honoring those we’ve lost.
LISTEN NOW: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/small-doses-with-amanda-seales to learn more.
2. ‘Black Health 365’: “A Conversation About Autism Disorder” A Black Women Creates A Foundation To Support Black Families Children On The Autism Spectrum
In 2008 shortly after Ms. Camile Proctor son’s second birthday, he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. As she searched for support services for her family, she soon realized a disparity in the black community.
Join the Black Health 365 podcast as Jackie page speaks to Ms. Camile Proctor about her journey to understand autism and launch The Color of Autism Foundation to support African American families with children on the autism spectrum. Through her story, Camille hopes to educate and raise awareness about autism in the black community while advocating for better support services nationwide for those affected by autism.
LISTEN NOW: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/black-health-365 to learn more.
3. ‘Mind, Body and Business’: “Social Media Addiction and How It Impacts Your Health”
Social media has had a grasp on most of our lives in some form or fashion. Social media can be a useful tool, but too much of anything is always a bad thing.
Maria breaks down social media addiction and how it impacts your mental and physical health. She talks about possible warning signs that you are addicted to social media. But we have to be honest with ourselves that we have a problem if any of these signs resonate with us. Maria gives tips on how you can limit your time from social media.
LISTEN NOW: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/mind-body-and-business to learn more.
4. ‘Listen To Black Women: The Podcast’: “Defining Success”
How does Jessie Woo and Nzinga Imani define success? In this week’s episode of Listen to Black Women: The Podcast, host Lore’l sits with the ladies, who share their journeys of what it took to reach the level of success they are at now by having to provide their own wardrobe and glam for television shows to demanding respect in their budding careers. The ladies also discuss the hardships they have faced in the industry from being body shamed, to negotiating their own contracts, and who they look up to for mentorship!
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5. ‘The Undressing Room’: “Lore’l & Claudia Loved Rocking With Y’all”
It’s hard to say goodbye, and on the latest episode of The Undressing Room podcast, we get to hear from hosts Lore’l, from The Morning Hustle, and Claudia Jordan, Fox Soul, who are saying goodbye to The Undressing Room. Listen to their fondest memories while on the show, as they say, thank you and goodbye to the listeners and past guests. And of course, they can’t leave without undressing some hot topics. From Carlee Russell to Future and Russell Wilson taking shots at each other, there is a lot to undress this week. Lore’l and Claudia also share the sad news about the son of popular podcaster Gillie Da Kid from Million Dollaz Worth of Game and send well wishes to his family.
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LA CROSSE, Wisc. (WXOW) - After receiving a great response in Pakistan, Babar Ali's feature film "John" is making it's international premiere starting in La Crosse.
"John" is a coming of age film that tells the story about a Christian boy growing up in Karachi, Pakistan and all the troubles that he endures being a religious minority in a predominantly Muslim country that would eventually lead him to a life of crime.
The violence young people face in Pakistan and the effects it can have is something Ali says is one of the main themes of this film.
"Growing up in an environment where you've seen so much violence, you know, it affects you and that's been a core theme of all the films that I make. I try to raise awareness about the issues and how we can come to a conclusion and make lives better for the people through the films that I make"
The International Youth Media Summit helped produce this film with Ali and it took 5 years to complete.
"John" premieres at the Rivoli theater in downtown La Crosse at 7:00 p.m. and will then be shown in Los Angeles for several private screenings. | https://www.wxow.com/news/pakistani-film-john-makes-international-premiere-in-la-crosse/article_c6b743f2-2e55-11ee-9d56-ff9b45e1faba.html | 2023-07-29T21:53:40 | 1 | https://www.wxow.com/news/pakistani-film-john-makes-international-premiere-in-la-crosse/article_c6b743f2-2e55-11ee-9d56-ff9b45e1faba.html |
One of the hottest young acts in rap celebrates their 24 birthday today.
GloRilla is ringing in her birthday after a very successful year that saw her take the success of her anthem “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” and build on it to release another catchy track in “Tomorrow 2.” The single’s success would reach even greater thanks to a memorable guest verse from Cardi B on the remix.
But while people have been embracing Big Glo’s music, some have critiqued her sex appeal or supposed lack thereof.
She brushed off the comments by hilariously posting a video of herself dancing to Beyoncé and Shakira’s song “Beautiful Liar.”
“Y’all, I’m on here ’cause I want to show y’all something,” she said while shaking her hip in the clip posted earlier this month. “So, I love constructive criticism. Y’all told me I need to work on my sex appeal. Y’all said I ain’t got none. Y’all said I need to be more feminine and sh-t. So here goes nothin’ — I’m finna channel my inner Beyoncé… Sasha Fierce.”
But we’re here to tell you that Glo does have sex appeal, and her thirst traps on Instagram prove it.
Check out some of her hottest Instagram moments below.
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LA CROSSE, Wisc. (WXOW) - Around 200 motorcyclists showed up for the 21st annual Chad Erickson Memorial Thunder Ride for Juvenile Diabetes.
The event brought together biking enthusiasts from across the region, all eager to make a positive impact in the lives of young people living with diabetes. A chronic illness that affects millions of people worldwide.
Neil Williams, one of the organizers of the Thunder Ride, says that all of the profits of this event stays right here in the local community.
"All the proceeds stay local. It goes to those that are battling juvenile diabetes in the area. So whether that's insulin costs, pumps, fuel, whatever they need related to their illness. That's what we help with."
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Alleged billionaire Drake still hasn’t run out of things to buy.
The rapper has stumbled into buying some of the most iconic pieces of memorabilia in hip-hop history and recently dropped a bag on some jewelry that once belonged to Tupac.
Pac’s gold, ruby, and diamond-encrusted crown ring was sold at a Sotheby auction earlier this month and was estimated to be worth somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000. However, the nostalgia tied to the ring –including Pac wearing it during one of his last public appearances at the 1996 MTV VMAs– helped it sell for more than $1 million.
The ring even has personal touches and is inscribed with “Pac & Dada 1996,” in reference to his engagement to actress and model Kidada Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones.
Pac’s godmother, Yaasmyn Fula, who brought the ring to Sotheby’s, says it was modeled after medieval kings of Europe and was commissioned after an eight-month stint in prison.
“What’s so special about this ring is that it shows him in a moment where he was not necessarily on the front lines as an artist, but just a man expressing his love for another person, and that’s beautiful to see,” said De La Soul’s Kelvin Mercer, a guest curator for the sale.
It was unclear who the final bidder was, but Drake revealed he was the newest owner by taking to Instagram Stories. He posted a picture of the gold ring with the flash to ensure he caught the shimmering diamonds.
While showing off his new jewels, he shouted out Travis Scott’s long-awaited album “UTOPIA.”
Drake has a penchant for buying jewelry previously owned by Hip-Hop legends and recently bought a bunch of pieces that Pharrell was selling, which Highsnobiety said included a gold Playstation Portable (PSP), Jacob & Co. N.E.R.D chain, Jacob & Co. BBC chain, and diamond-encrusted Oakley Razor Blade.
Most of the pieces were on display in his “Jumbotron Shit Poppin” video, but his feelings toward Pharrell may have changed since then.
He takes aim at Skateboard P as collateral damage in his ongoing beef with Pusha T and doesn’t seem too happy about his recent appointment as the Men’s Creative Director of Louis Vuitton.
“I melt down the chains that I bought from yo’ boss /Give a f-ck about all of that heritage sh-t /Since V not around, the members done hung up the Louis, they not even wearing that sh-t,” raps Drake on “MELTDOWN” featured on Travis Scott’s newly released UTOPIA album.
See how Twitter’s reacting to the latest chapter of Drake’s beef with Pusha T below.
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Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall
Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with many worried about whether they can avoid a partial government shutdown upon their return.
Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall.
Congress has until Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, to act on government funding. They could pass spending bills to fund government agencies into next year, or simply pass a stopgap measure that keeps agencies running until they strike a longer-term agreement. No matter which route they take, it won’t be easy.
“We’re going to scare the hell out of the American people before we get this done,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
Coons’ assessment is widely shared in Congress, reflecting the gulf between the Republican-led House and the Democratic-led Senate, which are charting vastly different — and mostly incompatible — paths on spending.
The Senate is adhering mostly to the top-line spending levels that President Joe Biden negotiated with House Republicans in late May as part of the debt-ceiling deal that extended the government’s borrowing authority and avoided an economically devastating default.
That agreement holds discretionary spending generally flat for the coming year while allowing increases for military and veterans accounts. On top of that, the Senate is looking to add $13.7 billion in additional emergency appropriations, including $8 billion for defense and $5.7 billion for nondefense.
House Republicans, many of whom opposed the debt-ceiling deal and refused to vote for it, are going a different way.
GOP leaders have teed up bills with far less spending than the agreement allows in an effort to win over members who insist on rolling back spending to fiscal year 2022 levels. They are also adding scores of policy add-ons broadly opposed by Democrats. There are proposals to reduce access to abortion pills, bans on the funding of hormone therapy and certain surgeries for transgender veterans, and a prohibition on training programs promoting diversity in the federal workplace, among many others.
At a press conference at the Capitol this past week, some members of the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative faction within the House GOP, said that voters elected a Republican majority in that chamber to rein in government spending and it was time for House Republicans to use every tool available to get the spending cuts they want.
“We should not fear a government shutdown,” said Rep. Bob Good, R-Va. “Most of the American people won’t even miss if the government is shut down temporarily.”
Many House Republicans disagree with that assessment. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, called it an oversimplification to say most Americans wouldn’t feel an impact. And he warned Republicans would take the blame for a shutdown.
“We always get blamed for it, no matter what,” Simpson said. ”So it’s bad policy, it’s bad politics.”
But the slim five-seat majority Republicans hold amplifies the power that a small group can wield. Even though the debt ceiling agreement passed with a significant majority of both Republicans and Democrats, conservatives opponents were so unhappy in the aftermath that they shut down House votes for a few days, stalling the entire GOP agenda.
Shortly thereafter, McCarthy argued the numbers he negotiated with the White House amounted to a cap and “you can always do less.” GOP Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, followed that she would seek to limit nondefense spending at 2022 budget levels, saying the debt agreement “set a top-line spending cap — a ceiling, not a floor.”
The decision to cut spending below levels in the the debt ceiling deal helped get the House moving again, but put them on a collision course with the Senate, where the spending bills hew much closer to the agreement.
“What the House has done is they essentially tore up that agreement as soon as it was signed,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. “And so we are in for a bumpy ride.”
Even as House Republicans have been moving their spending bills out of committee on party-line votes, the key committee in the Senate has been operating in a bipartisan fashion, drafting spending bills with sometimes unanimous support.
“The way to make this work is do it in a bipartisan way like we are doing in the Senate. If you do it in a partisan way, you’re heading to a shutdown. And I am really worried that that’s where the House Republicans are headed,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters this week.
McCarthy countered that people had the same doubts about whether House Republicans and the White House could reach an agreement to pass a debt ceiling extension and avoid a default.
“We’ve got ’til Sept. 30. I think we can get this all done,” McCarthy said.
In a subsequent press conference, McCarthy said he had just met with Schumer to talk about the road ahead on an array of bills, including the spending bills.
“I don’t want the government to shut down,” McCarthy said. “I want to find that we can find common ground.”
In all, there are 12 spending bills. The House has passed one so far, and moved others out of committee. The Senate has passed none, though it has advanced all 12 out of committee, something that hasn’t happened since 2018.
Still, the difficulty ahead was evident on the House side, where Republicans gave up until after the recess on trying to pass a spending measure to fund federal agriculture and rural programs and the Food and Drug Administration, amid disagreements over its contents. They began their August recess a day early instead of holding votes Friday.
Simpson said some of his Republican colleagues don’t want to take money approved already outside the appropriations process to cover some of this year’s spending and avoid deeper cuts. For example, the House bills would take almost all of the money approved last year for the Internal Revenue Service in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and use the savings to avoid deeper spending cuts elsewhere.
Simpson said that without such rescissions, as they are called in Washington, he couldn’t vote for the agriculture spending bill because the cuts “would have just been devastating.”
“That’s the challenge we’re going to have when we get back in September,” he said.
Further complicating things in the House, a few Republicans are opposed to some of the policy riders being included in the spending bills. For example, the agriculture spending bill would reverse the FDA’s decision to allow abortion pills to be dispensed in certified pharmacies, instead of only by prescribers in hospitals, clinics, and medical offices.
“I had a problem with abortion being put inside an ag bill,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. “I think that’s ridiculous.”
It’s a strong possibility that Congress will have to pass a stopgap spending bill before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The Senate can vote first on the measure, which would put the onus on House Republicans to bring it up for a vote or allow for a shutdown.
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As hip-hop is celebrated globally this year for its 50th anniversary, one thing that no one can deny is that rap would never have been able to take it this far if it weren’t for pioneers of the Golden Age.
Although the genre was first introduced during the mid ’70s, it took until 1979 before the music was even televised due to its association with inner-city issues and, well, general racism in America. However, things grew tenfold by the time hip-hop had reached the mid ’80s with emcees like Slick Rick, The Jungle Brothers, Public Enemy, KRS-One, the dynamic duo of Eric B. & Rakim and Roxanne Chanté as just some of the handful who helped elevate what it meant to be a lyricist. Guys like LL Cool J and Run-D.M.C. brought the commercial appeal to rap that we now see newer acts like Drake and Travis Scott benefitting astronomically from. For the ladies, Queen Latifah and Salt-N-Pepa were two shining examples that proved women have voices behind the mic as well; now, female rap is all that anyone can talk about.
That’s why we had to give major props to seasoned mixmaster DJ Cassidy for using the latest stop on his Pass The Mic LIVE! Tour to unite 50 rap legends on one stage for an unforgettable blast from the past where it all started: New York City!
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Setting up shop at the legendary Radio City Music Hall last Friday (July 21), DJ Cassidy gathered nearly every core rapper from hip-hop’s Golden Age and simply let them rip the stage with their biggest hits. Not a seat was left unfilled, and some even had to stand in the aisle in order to really get down they way they wanted to. Each act flowed after one another with such precision that it all felt like one big nonstop performance. Crowd cheers for The Sugar Hill Gang and Kurtis Blow, the first rapper signed to a major label, were equal in volume to the likes of Onyx, Brand Nubian and EPMD amongst others. Kid N’ Play did their classic House Party dance routine, Monie Love was rocking the stage “in the middle” as per usual and Naughty By Nature’s Treach had the entire venue’s undivided attention while spitting his group’s classic banger, “Hip-Hop Hooray.”
The headliners — whew! — they made it absolutely clear why each deserves a place on any proverbial Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore, with Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, the God MC himself Rakim and a double play by Slick Rick alongside Doug E. Fresh capping off a night where hip-hop shined gold for all to see.
See the full photo recap of DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic LIVE! Tour at Radio City Music Hall in NYC below, including a few pics from the exclusive afterparty hosted by Martell:
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1. Treach of Naughty By Nature
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2. Dres, KRS-ONE and Chi-Ali
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3. O’Neal McKnight and Don Pooh
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4. Kurtis Blow and Wonder Mike
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5. Monie Love
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6. Full Force
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7. Lord Jamar
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8. Erick Sermon and MC Serch
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9. B-Boys Crazy Legs and Miguel “Bboy Gravity” Rosario
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10. Big Daddy Kane and Parrish Smith
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11. Fredro Starr, Sadat X, Lord Jamar, Dana Dane
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12. Kool Moe Dee
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13. Doug E. Fresh
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14. DJ Cassidy
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15. Radio City Music Hall Packed For DJ Cassidy’s ‘Pass The Mic LIVE!’
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16. Doug E. Fresh and DJ Cassidy
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17. Slick Rick
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18. Lil Vicious
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19. Rakim
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20. KRS One and DJ Cassidy
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21. Treach of Naughty by Nature
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22. Kid ‘n Play
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23. Greg Nice of Nice & Smooth and DJ Cassidy
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24. Smooth B and Greg Nice of Nice & Smooth
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25. Sticky Fingaz and Fredro Starr of Onyx
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26. CL Smooth
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27. CL Smooth
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28. Poc Fu of Fu-Schnickens
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29. Chip Fu and Poc Fu of Fu-Schnickens
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30. Grand Puba of Brand Nubian
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31. Sadat X and Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian
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32. Sadat X of Brand Nubian
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33. Monie Love
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34. Mc Serch
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35. Special Ed
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36. Special Ed
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37. Mc Shan
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38. Roxanne Shante
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39. Roxanne Shante
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40. Dana Dane
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41. Kool Moe Dee
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42. Busy Bee
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43. Kurtis Blow
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44. Scorpio and GrandMaster Melle Mel
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45. Barshon
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46. Chi-Ali
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47. Master Gee of Sugar Hill Gang
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48. Wonder Mike and Diamond of Sugar Hill Gang
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49. Kid ‘n Play
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50. Famed Stylist June Ambrose
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51. Big Daddy Kane and DJ Cassidy
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52. KRS-One and MC Shan
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53. DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live!
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54. DJ Cassidy and Grandmaster Melle Mel
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55. Kurtis Blow
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56. Greg Nice
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57. DJ SNS and DJ Cassidy
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58. Grandmaster Melle Mel
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59. B-Boy Crazy Legs
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60. Celebrity Stylist June Ambrose
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61. Full Force and DJ Cassidy
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62. Grandmaster Flash
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63. Rakim, DJ Cassidy and Kurtis Blow
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Violent crime is rising in the nation’s capital. DC seeks solutions as Congress keeps close watch
The District of Columbia’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, and the D.C. Council have, at times, been at odds about crime legislation.
Pamela Smith’s voice soared and quivered like a preacher in midsermon as she recalled her troubled childhood and how it helped prepare her for the challenges she faces as the new police chief in the nation’s capital.
“I stand before you as a child who had no hopes, who had no dreams — they were far beyond my reach. But I believe that all things are possible,” she said at her introductory news conference in Washington, in cadences honed by years as an ordained Baptist minister. “I believe I bring a fresh perspective, a different kind of energy, a different level of passion to what I’m going to do.”
Smith takes on the job at a precarious time.
Violent crime is rising sharply, fueled by more homicides and carjackings. The District of Columbia’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, and the D.C. Council have, at times, been at odds about crime legislation. On Capitol Hill, the Republican-led House has begun citing the city’s crime statistics while aggressively reviewing local public safety laws.
On July 24, the Mexican Consulate posted a tweet urging its nationals to “take precautions” in the city due to “a significant increase in crime in areas previously considered safe.”
Smith, 55, now becomes one of the public faces of this long-term fight even before the Council votes on her nomination as chief. She brings an inspirational story to her new role leading the Metropolitan Police Department. Raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, by a single mother who battled substance abuse, Smith and her siblings were at one point removed from their home and spent time in foster care. Smith emerged as a track star and went on to a 24-year career in the U.S. Park Police, where she served as the agency’s first Black female chief before retiring in 2022 to take up a senior leadership position at the MPD.
Law enforcement and government officials repeatedly point out that overall crime numbers in Washington have stayed relatively stable. But the crimes that have increased the most — murders and carjackings — are the ones most likely to damage public confidence.
“The scariest crimes are going up and regardless of what’s happening with other crimes, that’s what’s going to fuel the overall perception,” U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves told The Associated Press.
Graves’ office prosecutes most felonies in Washington, in a unique arrangement due to the district’s status as a nonstate. The city’s attorney general’s office prosecutes misdemeanors and juvenile crime, which is also on the rise.
This intricate dynamic among two separate sets of prosecutors, the city’s police force, Bowser’s administration and the Council has been publicly tested as the crime numbers have stayed high — all with Congress taking an increasing interest in the district’s affairs. Public safety was a primary topic of debate last year when Bowser, 50, successfully ran for a third term in office. She has spent this term sparring with both the Council and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee over how best to address crime.
July has been a particular bloody month, with 22 homicides as of Friday, including murders on the campuses of both Howard and Catholic universities. The victims include an Afghan man who survived years of working as a translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan only to be murdered in America while driving for Lyft. Nine people, including two children, were shot at a July Fourth party, when an assailant in an SUV opened fire on the crowd. A 12-year old girl remains hospitalized after being shot in the back Tuesday night by a bullet that penetrated the walls of her home.
Although the local murder rate is well below the levels in the 1980s and early 1990s, when Washington regularly led the nation in murders per capita, it has climbed steadily in recent years. In 2022, there was a roughly 10% drop in homicides, but now, homicides are up 15 percent compared with this time a year ago and the city is on pace to surpass 200 for the third year in a row. Police also reported 140 carjacking incidents in the month of June — the highest monthly total in more than five years.
Crime in Washington is now a national headline issue in Congress. In the spring, Bowser and Council members were summoned before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee for a heated session on local crime rates.
Congress voted to completely overturn the Council’s comprehensive rewrite of the district’s criminal code. Bowser was caught in the middle of the dispute. She had vetoed the overhaul, saying the reduction of maximum penalties for certain violent crimes “sent the wrong message,” but was overridden by the Council.
The mayor opposes congressional intervention in local affairs as part of Washington’s long push for statehood, but her initial veto was frequently cited by Republican lawmakers as proof that the rewrite was soft on crime. In an embarrassment for the heavily Democratic city, the move to cancel the criminal code revision drew support from dozens of congressional Democratic and was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Earlier this month, the Council, with Bowser’s support, passed emergency public safety legislation meant to serve as a temporary fix. The bill makes it a felony to fire a gun in public and makes it easier for judges, in cases where people are charged with a violent crime, to detain them before trial. As an emergency bill, the changes will only last 90 days and will not be subject to congressional review; plans to make the changes permanent in the fall will face scrutiny by lawmakers.
“It is no secret … to the public that we are in a state of emergency right now,” said Brooke Pinto, the D.C. Council member who was the bill’s architect. “Like in any emergency, we have to act like it and we have to act urgently to address the problem we’re seeing.”
But some pushing for a criminal justice overhaul said city lawmakers were reverting to mass incarceration policies that had long ago been discredited.
“We’re way beyond thinking that we can just incarcerate more people,” said Patrice Sulton, executive director of the D.C. Justice Lab, who helped draft the now-canceled criminal code revision. “I think everybody who voted for it knows that it will not have an impact.”
The local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement on Twitter that the new bill “essentially flips due process on its head — treating people as guilty and detaining them.”
All sides point to one primary factor fueling the violence: a flood to firearms entering Washington.
Graves, the district’s federal prosecutor, said the number of guns being used in crimes has skyrocketed, turning petty disputes into deadly battles. This includes a new wave of “ghost guns” — firearms that can be ordered in kits and assembled at home. Other kits can easily turn a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic, enabling a rapid-fire and generally less accurate spray of dozens of bullets. In 2018, authorities recovered three such guns; in 2022, the number was 461.
Graves compared the illegal guns to “a virus” in the neighborhood.
“The more virus there is in the community, the more people are going to get sick,” he said. “The more illegal firearms are in the community, the more likelihood those illegal firearms are going to be used.”
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WESTBY, Wis. (WXOW) - The Westby Historical Society hosted its eighth annual Sweet Rides & Sweet Pies event.
Over 200 classic cars lined the streets for the yearly car show.
Participants also lined the streets for a chance to try a wide variety of homemade pies and ice creams.
A welcome addition to this year’s show included the United States Strongman Competition.
Competitors showed their strength by carrying car parts and pulling a bus.
This year’s event was the biggest yet.
"We had 15 cars here the first year,” said Garland McGarvey, Vice President of the Westby Historical Society. “We weren't really sure what we were getting into. And, it's grown ever since then. Last year we had about 185 cars registered. Probably about 200 cars total today, so we've surpassed that number again."
All funds raised during the event helps the Westby Historical Society preserve the community's rich history.
"For the most part it's self-funded and community-funded,” McGarvey said. “Being here in Westby it goes back to Norwegian culture, Norwegian history, for a lot of it. But all these dollars go to keep that open as a service to our community."
The fun-filled family event occurs annually on the last Saturday of July. People of all ages are welcome and attendance is free. | https://www.wxow.com/news/westby-hosts-8th-annual-sweet-rides-sweet-pies-event/article_691bba8e-2e50-11ee-88c3-1b2c95001456.html | 2023-07-29T21:54:06 | 0 | https://www.wxow.com/news/westby-hosts-8th-annual-sweet-rides-sweet-pies-event/article_691bba8e-2e50-11ee-88c3-1b2c95001456.html |
Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.05 billion after another drawing without a big winner
Mega Millions says the new potential jackpot is the fourth-largest in the history of the game and the fifth over $1 billion.
The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion Friday night, only the fifth time in the history of the game that the grand prize has reached into the billions.
No one managed to beat the massive odds and match all six numbers for Friday’s estimated $940 million jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 and the gold ball 18.
There have been 29 straight draws without a Mega Millions jackpot winner since the last grand prize ticket on April 18.
The $1.05 billion prize up for grabs in the next drawing Tuesday night would be for a sole winner choosing to be paid through an annuity, with annual payments over 30 years. Jackpot winners almost always opt for a lump sum payment, which for Tuesday’s drawing would be an estimated $527.9 million.
The potential jackpot is the fourth-largest in the game and the fifth over $1 billion, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday.
Although there were no jackpot winners, one ticket in Pennsylvania was worth $5 million and another in the state connected for $1 million. There also were $1 million winners in Arizona, California and New York, Mega Millions said.
It has been less than two weeks since someone in Los Angeles won a $1.08 billion Powerball prize that ranked as the sixth-largest in U.S. history. The winner of the prize is still a mystery.
Lottery jackpots grow so large because the odds of winning are so small. For Mega Millions, the odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 302.6 million.
Winners also would be subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A suspect whose finger was cut off with a sword by a home-invasion victim who fought back in 2006 was finally captured and charged this week.
It was the fingerprints on the cut-off digit he left behind that fingered him as the suspect.
Terence Stewart, 45, is in the Shelby County Jail, charged with four counts each of aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated robbery, plus a burglary charge.
According to records, eight men were asleep inside a house in Fox Meadows on the night of Nov. 4, 2006, when two men armed with handguns kicked in the door, fired shots and demanded money from the men.
Cash and wallets were taken from four of the men. One of the victims was pistol-whipped and dragged, unconscious, into a front room.
But the suspects may have brought guns to a sword fight.
Police say the unconscious victim regained consciousness, armed himself with a “long, saber-type sword,” and fought back, cutting off one of the suspects’ fingers.
The two suspects ran out of the house, firing shots as they left.
Police collected the finger, inked it and identified Stewart as the owner through a database of people arrested in Shelby County.
While the identification was made just two days after the crime, and a warrant issued a few days later, it took almost 17 years for Stewart to be taken into custody. It’s not clear why. He is set for a court hearing Monday.
The second suspect mentioned in the reports is not named. Records show Stewart pleaded guilty to selling crack in 2005 and was sentenced to four months in that case. He also was sentenced on an aggravated robbery charge in 1996. | https://www.fox16.com/crime/suspect-arrested-years-after-losing-finger-to-sword-in-brutal-home-invasion/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:16 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/crime/suspect-arrested-years-after-losing-finger-to-sword-in-brutal-home-invasion/ |
More severe storms are possible in Philly late Saturday, as the boom times continue
Storms could again affect the Luke Combs concert at the Linc. An isolated tornado isn't out of the question.
These have been boom times for thunderstorms in Philadelphia, and the government’s Storm Prediction Center is warning that another round of severe storms is likely to affect the region into Saturday evening.
An isolated tornado isn’t out of the question, said Sarah Johnson, the National Weather Service’s warning coordination meteorologist in Mount Holly, but the major threat would be straight-line winds.
A severe-storm watch was in effect until 9 p.m., and once again weather could disrupt the Luke Combs concert at Lincoln Financial Field, with the opening acts due to start at 5:45 p.m. On Friday, his appearance was delayed two hours, to the chargin and anger of the paying customers.
» READ MORE: It was a rough night at the Luke Combs concert
If it seems as though we’ve been hearing a lot of thunder lately, we have.
Officially, lightning and thunder have been reported in the vicinity of Philadelphia International Airport on 21 of the last 42 days. The average for an entire year is 28.
“We certainly have been in an active period,” Johnson said. “We are way above normal.”
She added that so far the office, whose coverage area includes all of Delaware and most of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, has issued 252 severe thunderstorm warnings this year. That’s the most since 2019.
Oddly, it issued not a one in May, the first time that’s happened since the office moved from Philadelphia to Mount Holly in 1994.
» READ MORE: It's been way muggier than this, but the trends are concerning
However, the storm traffic is about to go on break.
The coming storms were associated with a strong cold front approaching the region that was expected to broom away the oppressive mugginess of the last three days.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are all due to be splendid days with sun and highs in the 80s followed by sleep-able nights that may be cool enough to silence the air-conditioners. | https://www.inquirer.com/news/severe-storms-luke-combs-philadelphia-weather-20230729.html | 2023-07-29T21:54:16 | 1 | https://www.inquirer.com/news/severe-storms-luke-combs-philadelphia-weather-20230729.html |
LENEXA, Kan. — Around 10 p.m., on July 28, officers were called to a shooting in the area of 9th and Pflumm.
The victim, a 16-year-old female, told dispatchers that she was in a vehicle that was driving away from where the shooting took place.
Officers then located the vehicle with the victim at 95th Street and I-35 Highway.
The victim had been shot in the face and was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
During the investigation, it was determined the victim was in the front passenger seat of the vehicle which was being driven by another 16-year-old female, while a 15-year-old male was in the backseat armed with a handgun.
The male is known to both females.
As they were driving, the male fired the handgun, striking the victim. The vehicle then continued to drive briefly before pulling over.
The male who fired the gun exited the vehicle and fled the scene before officers arrived.
A few hours later, the male was brought to the Lenexa Police Department by a parent. He was taken into custody and transported to the Johnson County Juvenile Detention Center. | https://www.ksn.com/news/kansas-teenage-girl-shot-in-the-face-while-riding-in-the-car/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:16 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/kansas-teenage-girl-shot-in-the-face-while-riding-in-the-car/ |
Robert Chambers, NYC’s ‘Preppy Killer,’ is released after 15 years in prison on drug charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Chambers, better known to some as the “Preppy Killer,” was released after spending 15 years in prison for drug and assault charges, according to state records.
Chambers spent a similar amount of time in prison after pleading guilty to strangling Jennifer Levin in New York City’s Central Park during the summer of 1986.
Chambers entered the plea to killing 18-year-old Levin as part of a deal when a jury could not reach a decision after nine days of deliberations.
He was released in 2003 for that crime but again ran afoul of the law soon after.
He was again arrested in 2007 for selling drugs out of his apartment. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison but was released Tuesday — four years early — from the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in New York, according to online inmate records maintained by the New York Department of Corrections.
Chambers, now 56, will remain under supervision for up to five years, records show.
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Tyler Childers releases bittersweet music video featuring gay love story, starring Colton Haynes
(CNN) — Tyler Childers dropped the music video for his new single “In Your Love” Thursday, and it features a romantic and ultimately heartbreaking love story between two men: “Arrow” star Colton Haynes and “You’s” James Scully.
The emotional clip begins with an older farmer finding a four-leaf clover in a field, which causes him to flash back to a time during his younger years when he worked at a coal mine. | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/tyler-childers-releases-bittersweet-music-video-featuring-gay-love-story-starring-colton-haynes/article_e57b56b2-b397-58fd-aaac-ef2de73dcf54.html | 2023-07-29T21:54:16 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/entertainment/tyler-childers-releases-bittersweet-music-video-featuring-gay-love-story-starring-colton-haynes/article_e57b56b2-b397-58fd-aaac-ef2de73dcf54.html |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Arkansas State Police are investigating after a man died during a high-speed chase on I-40 Friday evening.
According to Arkansas State Police, the Marion Police Department initiated a pursuit and requested assistance from Arkansas State Police after Demarcus Clark, 32, of West Memphis, fled from a traffic stop.
A trooper executed a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI) maneuver to stop the fleeing suspect at the 283-mile marker on I-40 East. Clark died from injuries sustained during the incident.
Authorities said Clark was driving recklessly at over 120 mph.
Immediately after the TVI, Clark’s vehicle collided with another trooper’s vehicle, injuring a sergeant, who was treated and released from a local hospital.
Traffic on I-40 East was disrupted for more than 3 hours.
“As ASP Troopers, we take our duty to protect the public seriously,” said ASP Colonel Mike Hagar. “Last night, our Troopers put into action their oath to always put the lives of innocents ahead of their own and ahead of a suspect who made the reckless choice to flee from law enforcement. Although we regret any loss of life, we thank God that our brave Troopers made it home safe to their families.”
Arkansas State Police said the incident remains under investigation. | https://www.fox16.com/crime/west-memphis-man-dead-after-high-speed-chase-on-i-40/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:22 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/crime/west-memphis-man-dead-after-high-speed-chase-on-i-40/ |
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing disabled adult.
Police say Devin Larson, 20, was last seen in the 1100 block of S. Silverdale St. This is near the intersection of Edgmoor and Harry in east Wichita.
Larson is approximately 5-foot-9-inches and weighs around 200 pounds.
If you see him or know his whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 immediately. | https://www.ksn.com/news/wpd-looking-for-missing-disabled-adult/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:22 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/wpd-looking-for-missing-disabled-adult/ |
Presidential primaries have seen dramatic comebacks. Could DeSantis ’24 be next?
Ron DeSantis was involved in a traffic accident while in Chattanooga, Tenn., this week raising money for his presidential bid. The candidate was not injured, which may have been the single best piece of news the campaign has had in a while.
The other kind of news for the Florida Republican seemed to be everywhere and all at once. His campaign announced it was shedding a third of its staff and “retooling” its fundraising amid reports of donor desertion. The Associated Press referred to the campaign as “stalled,” Rich Lowry of National Review used the words “faltering” and “diminished” in a piece for Politico. The Wall Street Journal editorial page, often a cheerleader for the governor, noted “the headlines say [the campaign] is in an unrecoverable dive.”
The media critiques went beyond DeSantis’ problems with staffing and fundraising to question his performance on the stump. Stories told of DeSantis “scolding” students at one event for wearing masks and snapping at reporters at a news conference.
Most troubling of all may have been DeSantis’ problems with messaging. He has defended his administration’s new Florida history curriculum, which alludes to “benefits” that enslaved people may have derived from their life in bondage – such as blacksmithing skills. That drew a rebuke from rival candidate Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who’s Black, who said there had been no “silver lining in slavery.”
DeSantis may have been expected to stand by his state’s curriculum changes, but it was harder to understand why he reached for controversy by saying he might appoint Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as head of the FDA or the CDC. Kennedy, a Democrat, is also a candidate for president, and famous as a vaccine conspiracy theorist, harshly critical of the scientists who lead the federal health agencies.
Most candidates would not consider either slavery or RFK Jr. an issue to emphasize, much less the hill they would choose to die on.
Perceptions prompt comparison to former presidential hopeful Rick Perry
Perceptions of DeSantis have changed greatly since he won reelection in November 2022 by 20 points. In January he was seen as the foremost threat to Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination, trailing the former president by just two percentage points in the 538.com average of national polls. As of this week, that gap has widened to 37 percentage points. DeSantis poll numbers have fallen by more than half as other candidates have entered the fray and taken a share. And that trendline has prompted comparisons to the recent history of another Sun Belt governor who had his eyes on the White House, Rick Perry of Texas.
A dozen years ago, Perry entered the GOP lists for the 2012 nomination against incumbent President Barack Obama. Having been elected and reelected in the nation’s second most populous state, Perry had a gaudy list of endorsements and wealthy backers. His TV ads were impressive.
But Perry’s in-person campaigning did not match expectations. After the first candidate debates of 2007 the buzz was all about his lackluster performances. Vowing to fight on, Perry pointed to a November debate where he hoped to turn things around. That was when he pledged to eliminate three cabinet level departments of the federal government if elected – Education, Commerce … and he could not remember the third. After a fumbling pause he said: “Oops.”
Needless to say, things did not get better after that. Crushed in the 2012 Iowa caucuses, Perry all but ignored New Hampshire to concentrate on South Carolina. But when his poll numbers there also sagged, he dropped out. In 2016, having just retired as the longest-tenured governor in Texas history, he tried again. But in a field of more than 15 candidates dominated by Trump, Perry barely registered. He dropped out before the Iowa caucuses.
Needless to say, no candidate for president wants to be compared to Rick Perry. But on Fox News on June 28, DeSantis told a Fox News host he would eliminate the same three departments as Perry — Education, Commerce and, as Perry had eventually remembered, Energy (which wound up being the department where Perry served as secretary under Trump). DeSantis threw in the IRS, too, which gave him a longer list than Perry’s.
Throughout the agonizing train wreck that was the Perry campaign, the candidate seemed unable to understand that the persona and priorities that had lifted him to such success in Texas were not working the same on the national stage.
Can this campaign be saved?
DeSantis’ campaign has reached the point where some observers wonder if it’s too late to turn his fortunes around. They note that Trump’s growing advantage over DeSantis in polls has been driven less by improving numbers for Trump than by deteriorating support for the Floridian.
But there are positives in this picture for the Florida governor. First, it is early — or at least relatively early — in the campaign season. The first voting activity leading to actual delegates being chosen does not happen until January 15, when Iowa holds its caucuses. That gives DeSantis and other candidates still seeking traction more than five months to find it. If the right formula can be found, there is time to follow it.
Second, the field is in some senses still unsettled. While half the Republican electorate may be satisfied with Trump, there is still the other half. And if the ever-mounting legal woes of the former president finally begin to erode the bedrock of his support, it may be possible for a single strong challenger to consolidate the opposition.
Third, there are beacons of hope for troubled candidates in recent presidential campaign history. By choosing to call the latest phase of his effort an “insurgency,” DeSantis has acknowledged that he is battling the odds. Of course, when he adopted the campaign motto “The Great American Comeback,” he was not expecting it to apply to his campaign.
The term “comeback” has long been associated with the first presidential push of a young Arkansas governor named Bill Clinton. Then 45, Clinton was seeking the Democratic nomination against the sitting president George H.W. Bush in 1992. Bush had been so popular following the success of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 that many ambitious Democrats in Washington thought it better to wait for the 1996 cycle to run. Clinton looked strong in the preliminary phase of the campaign but was on the ropes as the primaries began, battered by two potentially fatal blows.
Newspaper stories had highlighted steps he took to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, and in a woman he had known in Arkansas named Gennifer Flowers told a supermarket tabloid the two had had a years-long affair. She repeated her story in a televised news conference.
Clinton stumbled to a distant third-place showing in the Iowa caucuses (won by a favorite son candidate, Tom Harkin) and fell far behind in New Hampshire. But on that state’s primary night in February, Clinton in second place had closed the gap to single digits and won half the available delegates.
He went on TV to thank New Hampshire for making “Bill Clinton the comeback kid.” The national media coverage largely followed that line, much to the distress of the primary’s first-place winner, Sen. Paul Tsongas of neighboring Massachusetts. A few weeks later, on Super Tuesday, Clinton won most of the big state primaries, many of them in the South, and the lion’s share of the delegates. He was soon cruising to the nomination.
McCain turned his ship around
More directly comparable to DeSantis’ situation, and closer to his political home, was the turnaround achieved 16 years later by the campaign of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain. A former POW in Vietnam who had made many friends in his time in the Senate, McCain was well known for his spirited “Straight Talk Express” campaign challenging George W. Bush for the GOP nomination in 2000. McCain came up short that time, but his profile was elevated in the Senate and he retained much of his appeal for independents.
But when it came to running another campaign, McCain quickly ran aground. The national agenda had changed over the two terms of the second President Bush, which included the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The man who had been New York City mayor during those attacks, Rudy Giuliani, was now running for president as “America’s Mayor” and leading in national polls for a time.
Other notables in the field in 2007 included Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (now a senator from Utah) and Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas. McCain’s standing in Iowa had suffered with his opposition to ethanol subsidies and he trailed Romney in polling in New Hampshire.
In the summer of 2007, with his early money drying up and fundraising slowed, McCain saw many news accounts of his flagging campaign. Some were ready to write him off. But that July he revamped his campaign from top to bottom and let go some longtime aides, including close friends, to begin anew. He seemed ready to do whatever it took, including altering his positions on key issues such as immigration.
By the time the campaign reached the voters in January 2008, the McCain operation had righted itself. After conceding Iowa to his rivals, McCain stormed back into contention with a smashing win in New Hampshire that netted him most of the delegates at stake.
As for one-time front-runner Giuliani, he had decided he did not need to go hard at Iowa and New Hampshire and concentrated instead on the late January primary in Florida. Giuliani finished third there, winning no delegates, and withdrew from the race the next day.
The following week brought Super Tuesday and a favorable mix of states for McCain, who won nine states to Romney’s seven and Huckabee’s five and pocketed most of the delegates. Romney then left the race and urged the other candidates and the party to unite behind McCain.
At such times in the past, struggling campaigns have rescued themselves with the right moves and a dose of luck. At other times, it has taken major missteps by front-running candidates to open the door. In DeSantis’ case, it might well require both. | https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/desantis-trump-election-2024/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:23 | 0 | https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/desantis-trump-election-2024/ |
(KTLA) — An invasive fly species has prompted the quarantine of an upscale Southern California neighborhood, the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
The Tau fruit fly is native to Asia and is a “serious pest for agriculture and natural resources,” according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The flies can be typically found on a variety of fruits and vegetables along with a “select range of native plants in California,” officials said.
After the detection of more than 20 Tau flies in the Stevenson Ranch area of the Santa Clarita Valley, a quarantine was placed on residents.
The quarantine area spans about 79 square miles, bordered on the north by Castaic Junction, on the south by Oat Mountain, on the west by Del Valle, and on the east by Honby Avenue.
Stevenson Ranch is an upscale neighborhood with a median home price of $1.15 million dollars according to Redfin.
Officials believe the fly was introduced to Los Angeles County by travelers who brought uninspected produce into the state. Agriculture officials note this is a common way for invasive species to arrive.
To prevent the species’ further spread, quarantined residents are asked not to move any fruits or vegetables away from their property. The produce they own may be safely consumed or processed, but must remain at the property.
If residents choose not to consume their produce, they must be disposed of by “double-bagging in plastic and placing the bags in a bin specifically for garbage,” officials said.
CDFA is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the L.A. County Agricultural Commissioner to “utilize a multi-tiered approach to eliminate the Tau fruit fly and prevent its spread to new areas.”
On properties within 200 meters of fly detections, crews will cut host fruit and vegetables to inspect for present fly larvae. Those properties will also be treated with a “naturally derived organic-approved material known as Spinosad, which will help remove any live adult fruit flies and reduce the density of the population,” said CDFA.
Fly traps that incorporate a pheromone along with a small amount of pesticide will also be placed throughout the treatment zones. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/california-neighborhood-under-quarantine-due-to-invasive-fly-species/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:23 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/california-neighborhood-under-quarantine-due-to-invasive-fly-species/ |
SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. — This year’s training camp has been fiery for Travis Kelce.
The Kansas City Chiefs star tight end has had a few shoving matches with teammates over the first two days of full padded training camp practices.
On Friday, Kelce threw punches at defensive back Dicaprio Bootle when Bootle ran into Kelce after the play attempting to strip the ball.
The same kind of incident happened on Saturday when Kelce caught a touchdown during a red zone period and linebacker Jack Cochrane attempted to strip the ball. Kelce punched him after the play as well.
After practice, Kelce tweeted that he must do better as one of the faces of the Chiefs.
“Gotta be a better teammate,” Kelce said. “Gotta be a better leader… Plain and simple.”
Defensive players are taught to strip the ball in practice after catches to practice creating turnovers, and offensive players are taught to practice protecting the football. Offensive players are taught to run to the end zone throughout practice to practice finishing runs and getting to the end zone.
While this situation is mostly a symptom of training camp and players readjusting to football, head coach Andy Reid and safety Bryan Cook said on Friday that Kelce’s situation with Bootle was just competitive juices overflowing for both players.
“I like the way they did it, how they got after it,” Reid said. “They’re gonna jaw a little bit just as long as there’s no fights.”
“He’s a high-level competitor,” Cook said about Kelce.
“When it comes to the point where we’re wasting time chatting too much and not getting the reps, that’s the problem out there. But he’s a vet, he’s going to be a potential Hall of Famer. So it was kind of nice for me to get in the scuffle a little bit.”
While the scuffles were apparently worthy enough for Kelce to acknowledge it publicly, some scuffles amongst teammates can bring players closer together and inspire each other on the field.
“That stuff does encourage us to be a little more passionate about it, because it is a blessing to be out there,” Cook said.
A little practice scrap among teammates just means football season is here. | https://www.ksn.com/sports/chiefs/chiefs-travis-kelce-makes-statement-after-training-camp-scuffles/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:23 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/sports/chiefs/chiefs-travis-kelce-makes-statement-after-training-camp-scuffles/ |
(WFRV) – It may have many names, but depending on where you live, it only has one. “Cornhole” or “Bags” has been in the middle of discussions when it comes to what the popular bag toss game is called.
The American Cornhole Association (ACA) wanted to settle the debate about what the popular game is called. In addition to having it on its website, the ACA also posted on its Facebook page.
The Facebook post had nearly 600 engagements, and the results painted an interesting picture. A map with the results showed how different parts of the country have different names for the game.
Nearly 79% of the answers were “cornhole,” while just over 21% were “bags.” There was also a percentage for “bean bag toss.” Most of the answers for “bags” came from the Midwest.
But outside of the Midwest, answers were dominated by “cornhole.”
Regardless of what the game is called, most people play by the same rules.
On the American Cornhole Association’s website, it says that it was established in 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was reportedly the first organized corn toss organization in the United States. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/is-it-bags-or-cornhole-official-governing-body-tries-to-settle-the-debate/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:24 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/is-it-bags-or-cornhole-official-governing-body-tries-to-settle-the-debate/ |
(The Hill) – A majority of Americans believe former President Trump has done “something illegal” or “unethical,” according to a new poll.
The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll released Friday, found that 51% of Americans believe the former president has done “something illegal,” 27% said he’s done something “unethical,” but “not illegal,” and 19% said he’s done “nothing wrong.”
The results of the new poll come just one day after the Department of Justice (DOJ) levied new charges against Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case for attempting to delete surveillance footage. The superseding indictment brings the total number of counts facing the former president in the classified documents case to 40.
The poll, however, was conducted before the new charges against Trump were announced.
The survey also found that the percentage of Democrats who think Trump has done “something illegal” has increased — up from 78% in June to 84%. The number of independents that believe the same also increased from 50% to 52% in the same period, according to the poll.
The number of Republicans that believe Trump’s actions are “illegal,” however, has remained steady at around 13%. But, as the poll notes, there was a dip the number of Republicans that believe Trump has done “nothing wrong” — going from 50% to 41% since June.
DOJ special counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump and his allies’ efforts to upend the 2020 election. The former president also faces another indictment from New York district attorney Alvin Bragg for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection to a 2016 hush money payment.
The survey of 1,285 respondents was conducted from July 25-27, with a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/majority-of-americans-believe-trump-has-done-something-illegal-poll/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:25 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/majority-of-americans-believe-trump-has-done-something-illegal-poll/ |
Katie Ledecky passes Michael Phelps for most individual golds at world championships
FUKUOKA, Japan — Here’s why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she’d ever swum — wasn’t quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I’m just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself,” she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It’s fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool,” Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy’s time was quicker than Dressel’s winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4×100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event. | https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:33 | 0 | https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/ |
Miami, Florida Keys getting additional area code of '645'
It looks like the singer Pitbull is going to have to add some digits to his ode to Miami's area code, "305 Anthem."
That's because Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys are getting a new area code, "645."
Beginning Friday, area customers who request new phone numbers will be assigned the "645" area code, the Florida Public Service Commission said in a news release Friday.
The new area code will supplement the existing codes of "305" and "786" which already are used for the Miami area and the Florida Keys.
"While minimizing the impact to current customers, the Commission must plan for the continuing influx of new residents and businesses to the region — a testament to South Florida’s growing economy,"Andrew Giles Fay, the commission's chairman said in a statement. "he new 645 area code will ensure that customer demand for new lines is met."
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DELPHI, Ind. (WLFI) — A death investigation is underway Saturday after a body was found near train tracks in Delphi.
Delphi Chief of Police Nate LaMar says officers responded to the area of the train tracks between Franklin and Main Streets in Delphi after receiving a call just after 3 p.m. today.
No other details are available at this time and traffic is being redirected in the area.
News 18 will provide more updates as soon as they become available.
Editor's Note: a previous version of this article stated the chief of police's name as Brook McCain. News 18 apologizes for the error. | https://www.wlfi.com/community/death-investigation-underway-at-train-tracks/article_6444c20c-2e56-11ee-8255-835d05479336.html | 2023-07-29T21:54:40 | 1 | https://www.wlfi.com/community/death-investigation-underway-at-train-tracks/article_6444c20c-2e56-11ee-8255-835d05479336.html |
Milwaukee health leaders prioritize children ‘Back to School Health Fair’ in Deer District July 28, 2023 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/experience-wisconsin-anne-sayers-07-29-23/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:40 | 1 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/experience-wisconsin-anne-sayers-07-29-23/ |
Robert Chambers, NYC’s ‘Preppy Killer,’ is released after 15 years in prison on drug charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Chambers, better known to some as the “Preppy Killer,” was released after spending 15 years in prison for drug and assault charges, according to state records.
Chambers spent a similar amount of time in prison after pleading guilty to strangling Jennifer Levin in New York City’s Central Park during the summer of 1986.
Chambers entered the plea to killing 18-year-old Levin as part of a deal when a jury could not reach a decision after nine days of deliberations.
He was released in 2003 for that crime but again ran afoul of the law soon after.
He was again arrested in 2007 for selling drugs out of his apartment. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison but was released Tuesday — four years early — from the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in New York, according to online inmate records maintained by the New York Department of Corrections.
Chambers, now 56, will remain under supervision for up to five years, records show.
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(CNN) — Butler County, Ohio, deputies found approximately 30 dead dogs and puppies, in various stages of decomposition, stuffed into fridges and freezers earlier this week at an Ohio animal rescue. According to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, there were more than 90 dogs and puppies removed from what deputies and investigators said were “the most horrible conditions they have ever seen.”
The dogs and puppies were being held at two different properties in Madison Township in various structures, the sheriff’s office said. One of the structures law enforcement discovered was a garage with more than 25 caged canines and an indoor temperature of 89 degrees.
“Numerous animals” were kept in cages together that were “filled with urine, fecal matter, and no food or water. One cage contained a mother and eight newborn puppies,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Authorities also found 11 adult canines in “the main house,” with “some caged together,” according to the news release.
The deceased canines were found in five refrigerators and freezers, “some of which were not working,” throughout the two properties, the release said.
“Deputy Dog Wardens described the conditions of the house as unlivable. The odor was strong enough to burn their eyes and take away their breath. Conditions were so horrendous that Deputy Dog Wardens had to leave the structure numerous times to catch their breath,” the release states.
CNN has tried to contact the Butler County Sheriff’s Office for further comment.
The owner of the dog rescue was operating it under the business name “Helping Hands for Furry Paws,” according to the release.
The owner and operator of the rescue, who police identified as Rhonda Murphy, “faces dozens of charges of neglect and cruelty to companion animals, both felony and misdemeanor,” according to the release.
CNN was unable to contact or identify an attorney for Murphy.
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Milwaukee health leaders prioritize children ‘Back to School Health Fair’ in Deer District July 28, 2023 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/experience-wisconsin-milwaukee-food-and-city-tours-07-29-23/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:46 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/experience-wisconsin-milwaukee-food-and-city-tours-07-29-23/ |
(CNN) — A federal jury on Friday convicted Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo-Sánchez in the deaths of a woman and her unborn child, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Puerto Rico.
He was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child, prosecutors said in a press release.
Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child were found dead in the San José Lagoon in Puerto Rico on May 1, 2021. A day later, Verdejo-Sánchez – who competed in the 2012 Olympics – was arrested and charged with their kidnapping, carjacking and killing, federal court documents show, according to CNN’s previous reporting.
A federal jury convicted Verdejo-Sánchez for the federal crimes that arose from Rodríguez Ortiz’s murder, which occurred on April 29, 2021, according to the release.
On the morning of Rodríguez Ortiz’s death, Verdejo-Sánchez carried out a premeditated plan to kill her and her unborn child, according to the release.
A witness told authorities Verdejo contacted him to help terminate a pregnancy after Rodríguez Ortiz told him she had taken a pregnancy test and was expecting his child, according to the criminal complaint.
Prosecutors said Verdejo-Sánchez lured Rodríguez Ortiz into his vehicle where, with help from another person, he assaulted and drugged her, the release stated.
Verdejo-Sánchez drove Rodríguez Ortiz to the Teodoro Moscoso bridge and threw her into the San José Lagoon with the other person’s assistance, according to the release.
Verdejo-Sánchez later jumped into the lagoon to “finish murdering both victims,” prosecutors said in the release.
“The jury determined, according to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Félix Verdejo-Sánchez, along with his co-defendant … aiding and abetting each other, committed a kidnapping that resulted in the death of Keishla M. Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child,” the release stated.
Verdejo-Sánchez is facing a mandatory life sentence for each conviction. He is scheduled to be sentenced on November 3.
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Milwaukee health leaders prioritize children ‘Back to School Health Fair’ in Deer District July 28, 2023 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/experience-wisconsin-old-world-wisconsin-07-29-23/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:52 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/experience-wisconsin-old-world-wisconsin-07-29-23/ |
Good Saturday evening! A cold front is draped across southern Indiana leaving us with mild and comfortable air coming in from the north. High pressure will keep the viewing area quiet with temperatures slightly near and below average for this time of year. Tonight, expect dissipating clouds with lows Sunday morning in the mid to upper 50s.
Sunday will be mostly sunny with some patchy fog in the morning. Highs for the day will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s with a breezy north wind 10-15 mph.
Monday through Wednesday will be mostly to partly sunny with highs in the mid to lower 80s with our next chance of rain and storms coming in on Thursday. | https://www.wlfi.com/weather/comfortable-and-quiet-weather-will-be-likely-for-the-next-few-days/article_753b15ac-2e56-11ee-aba8-673341c51ce9.html | 2023-07-29T21:54:58 | 0 | https://www.wlfi.com/weather/comfortable-and-quiet-weather-will-be-likely-for-the-next-few-days/article_753b15ac-2e56-11ee-aba8-673341c51ce9.html |
Milwaukee health leaders prioritize children ‘Back to School Health Fair’ in Deer District July 28, 2023 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/old-world-wisconsin-milwaukee-food-and-city-tours-and-anne-sayers-07-29-23/ | 2023-07-29T21:54:59 | 1 | https://wtmj.com/features/experience-wisconsin/2023/07/29/old-world-wisconsin-milwaukee-food-and-city-tours-and-anne-sayers-07-29-23/ |
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Earnings continue to pour in—but so did a Fed rate raise, GDP, and PCE. What’s our take? Find out on the Week-in-Review. The IRS has more money–what are they doing with it? How does the Annex Executive program work and is it right for your situation?
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6 of the Smartest Animals in the US Are in New Hampshire, Maine
If I asked you which is the smartest animal, where does your brain go to?
Well, it should immediately go to human beings, because we are the most intelligent animals. However, if you were thinking more along the lines of pets or wild animals, that's a whole other topic.
Let's look at the six most intelligent animals in New Hampshire and Maine.
I know these animals are a pain for your bird feeders, but believe it or not, squirrels are pretty smart. Think about it. They actually pretend to be hiding food by faking a food burial to other squirrels and birds. It's quite elaborate, says a-z-animals.com.
Are you surprised raccoons are some of the most intelligent animals in the world? They can retain information, like problem-solving for tasks, for up to three years. Although raccoons' hands are small, they are extremely dexterous, and adaptable to various climates.
The American crow is known for its jet black appearance, and is considered quite intelligent due to its ability to figure out how to use tools to get food. They are "great problem solvers and have incredible memories", according to a-z-animals.com.
Bees are super organized within their colonies, and very important to the ecosystem, which is why they are considered quite clever. Bees work together, and can remember flowers and find pollen in a vast area.
Of course, you have to include dogs in the intelligent animal category. Although it does depend on the breed, many have a mental capacity close to that of a two-year-old human. Dogs can learn commands, gestures, show basic emotions, and even smile, says worldatlas.com. Dogs love being with humans, so that's a smart move to begin with.
Finally, one of the most intelligent animals in New Hampshire and Maine is the pig. Pigs have an incredible memory and communicate with each other through grunts and squeals. Depending on the breed, they understand commands from humans, and often are thought to be smarter than dogs. Watch the movie Babe and you will understand this philosophy.
So give these animals the credit they deserve, even if they annoy you at times. They are still special creatures in the big, wide world, and here in the Northeast. | https://q961.com/suggested-slug-smartest-animals-maine-new-hampshire/ | 2023-07-29T21:55:36 | 1 | https://q961.com/suggested-slug-smartest-animals-maine-new-hampshire/ |
Hot again Sunday
Highs in the mid 90s to near 100
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Meteorologist Peyton Sanders says that it will remain hot for the rest of the weekend before temperatures get even hotter during the week ahead.
A few thunderstorms will be possible tonight over northern Kansas. Some activity may linger over portions of northeast Kansas Sunday morning before diminishing later in the day. The overall threat of severe weather will remain low with any storms that develop.
It will be a warm start to the day Sunday with morning low temperatures near 70. Afternoon highs will reach the upper 90s to near 100 under a partly cloudy sky.
Extreme heat will return into the week ahead with highs approaching 105 degrees from Monday through Wednesday. Temperatures this hot could lead to heat related illness if precautions are not taken, so use caution and avoid outdoor activities during the afternoon.
The hot pattern will finally begin to break down at the end of the week with highs returning to the upper 80s to lower 90s by Friday and next weekend. Thunderstorm chances will also return during this time.
WICHITA AREA FORECAST
Tonight: Increasing clouds. Wind: E 5-10. Low: 73
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. Wind: SE/S 5-15. High: 100
Tomorrow Night: Partly cloudy. Wind: SE 5-10. Low: 74
Mon: High: 103 Mostly sunny.
Tue: High: 105 Low: 76 Mostly sunny.
Wed: High: 105 Low: 80 Mostly sunny. Breezy.
Thu: High: 103 Low: 80 Mostly sunny.
Fri: High: 92 Low: 73 Partly cloudy; chance of storms overnight.
Sat: High: 89 Low: 69 Mostly sunny; chance of storms overnight.
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Robert Chambers, NYC’s ‘Preppy Killer,’ is released after 15 years in prison on drug charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Chambers, better known to some as the “Preppy Killer,” was released after spending 15 years in prison for drug and assault charges, according to state records.
Chambers spent a similar amount of time in prison after pleading guilty to strangling Jennifer Levin in New York City’s Central Park during the summer of 1986.
Chambers entered the plea to killing 18-year-old Levin as part of a deal when a jury could not reach a decision after nine days of deliberations.
He was released in 2003 for that crime but again ran afoul of the law soon after.
He was again arrested in 2007 for selling drugs out of his apartment. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison but was released Tuesday — four years early — from the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in New York, according to online inmate records maintained by the New York Department of Corrections.
Chambers, now 56, will remain under supervision for up to five years, records show.
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Edward Olivares Player Prop Bets: Royals vs. Twins - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 3:23 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Kansas City Royals, including Edward Olivares (.273 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including zero home run), take on starting pitcher Bailey Ober and the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium, Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless showing (0-for-3) against the Guardians.
Edward Olivares Game Info & Props vs. the Twins
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Twins Starter: Bailey Ober
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Edward Olivares At The Plate
- Olivares is batting .247 with 14 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 14 walks.
- In 59.7% of his 72 games this season, Olivares has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 13 multi-hit games.
- He has gone deep in 8.3% of his games in 2023, and 2.2% of his trips to the plate.
- In 22.2% of his games this season, Olivares has picked up at least one RBI. In three of those games (4.2%) he recorded two or more RBI.
- He has scored in 25 games this season (34.7%), including seven multi-run games (9.7%).
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Edward Olivares Home/Away Batting Splits
Twins Pitching Rankings
- The 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Twins pitching staff ranks first in the league.
- The Twins have a 3.82 team ERA that ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Twins pitchers combine to give up 118 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (to rank 14th in the league).
- Ober (6-4 with a 2.76 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 94 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Twins, his 17th of the season.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the righty threw six innings against the Chicago White Sox, allowing two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 28-year-old has a 2.76 ERA and 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings in 16 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .215 to opposing hitters.
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Matt Duffy Player Prop Bets: Royals vs. Twins - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 3:23 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Saturday, Matt Duffy and the Kansas City Royals face the Minnesota Twins and Bailey Ober, with the first pitch at 7:10 PM ET.
He returns to action for the first time since July 24, when he went 0-for-4 against the Guardians.
Matt Duffy Game Info & Props vs. the Twins
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Twins Starter: Bailey Ober
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1100)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +260)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +195)
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Matt Duffy At The Plate
- Duffy has six doubles, a home run and seven walks while batting .264.
- Duffy has picked up a hit in 27 of 50 games this season, with multiple hits three times.
- He has hit a long ball in one of 50 games, and in 0.8% of his plate appearances.
- Duffy has driven in a run in seven games this year (14.0%), including one multiple-RBI game.
- He has scored at least once 10 times this year (20.0%), including one multi-run game.
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Matt Duffy Home/Away Batting Splits
Twins Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Twins has a collective 9.7 K/9, the first-best in MLB.
- The Twins have a 3.82 team ERA that ranks fifth among all league pitching staffs.
- The Twins rank 14th in baseball in home runs surrendered (118 total, 1.1 per game).
- Ober gets the start for the Twins, his 17th of the season. He is 6-4 with a 2.76 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 94 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance was on Sunday against the Chicago White Sox, when the righty threw six innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up five hits.
- The 28-year-old has a 2.76 ERA and 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings in 16 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .215 to his opponents.
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FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. — On Saturday, the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office warned of a new scam plaguing the area.
Sheriffs said scammers are calling citizens and impersonating deputies while demanding money, gift cards, Venmo and Cash App payments to avoid arrest.
According to the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office, scammers use the names of actual deputies who work at the sheriff's office to make the request feel more authentic.
Most recently this week, a scammer going by “Officer Cobb," using the phone number (501) 404-8001, has left voicemails stating FCSO needs to “come in contact with your person” and that “there is a warrant for your arrest."
This scammer has even set up a voicemail that says, “This is FCSO. Please leave a message.”
The sheriff's office urges people not to contact this individual because it's a scam.
The Faulkner County Sheriff's Office also said that scammers have impersonated Sgt. Chad Pruett, Sgt. Zack Cooley, Deputy Brian Tyner, and Chief Deputy Chad Wooley.
In some instances, scammers have called from blocked numbers and then followed up that call with a ring from an FCSO number that shows on the caller ID.
FCSO wanted to remind people that it will never contact individuals by phone regarding a warrant and requesting payment or personal information.
Anyone who receives a scam call is encouraged to contact the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office at (501) 450-4914 or the non-emergency number at (501) 328-5906 to verify the call's legitimacy. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/faulkner-county-scammers/91-c3495bc7-1808-433f-87b2-077dffa78d88 | 2023-07-29T21:57:20 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/faulkner-county-scammers/91-c3495bc7-1808-433f-87b2-077dffa78d88 |