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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a stunning new allegation in an already serious case: Former President Donald Trump sought to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents.
The latest criminal charges unsealed Thursday deepen Trump’s legal jeopardy, alleging a more central role for the former president than previously known in a cover-up that prosecutors say was meant to prevent them from recovering top-secret documents he took with him after he left the White House. Coming as Trump braces for possible additional indictments related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the new allegations strengthen special counsel Jack Smith’s already powerful case against Trump while undercutting potential defenses floated by the former president, experts say.
“Before these new charges, you could maybe try some sort of defense that ‘this was all a mistake, it was my staff’ or confusion about what documents he actually had,” said former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason, a George Washington University law professor.
“But especially now, when you’re trying to destroy video footage,” he added, “that’s kind of the final nail in the coffin. I don’t see much in the way of a defense, not a real defense. All he can do is claim he’s being persecuted and hope for a holdout juror or something.”
Trump resorted to that familiar playbook on Friday, writing in a post on his Truth Social platform that “this is textbook Third World intimidation by rabid, lawless prosecutors.” He insisted during an interview with radio host John Fredericks that he did nothing wrong and accused prosecutors of trying to intimidate his staff into making up lies about him.
Later Friday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Mar-a-Lago security tapes were voluntarily handed over to prosecutors. Trump said he was told they were not “deleted in any way, shape or form.”
The new Florida charges came as a surprise given that Trump and his legal team have been focused on the prospect of an additional indictment in Washington — possibly within days — related to his efforts to cling to power after he lost to President Joe Biden. Trump received a letter this month informing him that he’s a target in that probe, and his lawyers met Thursday with special counsel Jack Smith’s office.
Hours after that meeting, Smith revealed the new classified documents case charges on top of a 38-count indictment issued last month against Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta. The updated indictment includes a detailed chronology of phone conversations and other interactions between Trump, Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, in the days after the Justice Department last June drafted a subpoena for security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.
Video from the home would ultimately become vital to the government’s case because, prosecutors said, it shows Nauta moving boxes in and out of a storage room — an act alleged to have been done at Trump’s direction and in an effort to hide records not only only from investigators but Trump’s own lawyers.
The day after a draft subpoena was sent to the Trump Organization, the indictment says, Trump called De Oliveira and spoke with him for about 24 minutes. Though the details of that conversation are not included in the indictment, De Oliveira is described by prosecutors as asking a Mar-a-Lago information technology staffer several days later how long the server retained footage for and is quoted as telling the employee that “the boss” wanted it deleted.
Lawyers for Nauta, who has pleaded not guilty, and De Oliveira declined to comment on the allegations. De Oliveira is expected to make his first court appearance in Miami on Monday.
To the extent that evidence of Trump’s involvement in trying to delete video is circumstantial rather than direct, it might present a challenge for prosecutors, said David Aaron, a former Justice Department national security prosecutor who has worked on cases involving the mishandling of classified documents.
But if they can tie the effort to Trump, he added, “it’s devastating in its own right, because it doesn’t matter at that point what he thought he had the right to do, or whatever other defense he’s going to have about the classified documents. That’s in and of itself very bad.”
It could also help prosecutors establish that Trump knew what he was doing was wrong because “you only delete video of what you’ve done if you think it’s going to get you in trouble,” Aaron said. And Trump’s own accusations against others, like his claims against Hillary Clinton, his opponent in the 2016 presidential race, could boomerang against him.
Trump has claimed that Clinton deleted emails from her private server for the purpose of obstructing a criminal investigation into her own handling of classified information — something the FBI and Justice Department never alleged — but now stands himself accused of scheming to delete evidence he feared would be incriminating.
“He has specifically criticized other public figures for deleting data when he says they thought they were going to be in trouble,” Aaron said. “So if you needed to prove his consciousness of guilt, it’s not just an obvious thing that you would ask the jury to rely on common sense for — he’s actually made statements about what it means when someone does this.”
Trump and Nauta are set for trial next May, though it’s not clear if that date will hold.
Smith’s team also added a new count of willful retention of national defense information related to a classified document about a Pentagon plan of attack on a foreign country prosecutors say Trump showed off during a July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort.
That charge comes after Trump repeatedly claimed he didn’t have any secret documents when he spoke, only magazine and newspaper clippings, even though an audio recording captured him saying “this is secret information.” The document was returned to the government in January 2022, months before the subpoena for classified records.
It’s not clear why prosecutors moved now to indict another one of Trump’s underlings, though bringing charges against De Oliveira that could carry significant prison time adds serious pressure on him, potentially increasing the odds that he could decide to cut a plea deal and cooperate.
“But, you know, Trump seems to inspire a lot of loyalty, at least in some people,” Eliason said. “Maybe they are holding out for the idea that he is reelected and he can pardon them.”
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NATO said Wednesday it was stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s exit from a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea.
The announcement came after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, which was launched at a NATO summit in Lithuania earlier this month to coordinate cooperation between the military alliance and Kyiv.
The Kremlin doubled down on terminating the grain deal by attacking Ukrainian ports and declaring wide areas of the Black Sea unsafe for shipping.
“Allies and Ukraine strongly condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea grain deal and its deliberate attempts to stop Ukraine’s agricultural exports on which hundreds of millions of people worldwide depend. ... NATO and allies are stepping up surveillance and reconnaissance in the Black Sea region, including with maritime patrol aircraft and drones," read the NATO statement.
Last week, Russia halted the breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Black Sea Grain Initiative would be suspended until demands to get Russian food and fertilizer to the world are met.
The NATO statement criticized Moscow’s declaration that parts of the Black Sea’s international waters were “temporarily unsafe” for navigation.
“Allies noted that Russia’s new warning area in the Black Sea, within Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, has created new risks for miscalculation and escalation, as well as serious impediments to freedom of navigation,” the NATO statement said.
The suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative marks the end of an accord that the U.N. and Turkey brokered last summer to allow shipments of food from the Black Sea region after Russia’s invasion of its neighbor worsened a global food crisis. The initiative is credited with helping reduce soaring prices of wheat, vegetable oil and other global food commodities.
Ukraine and Russia are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food that developing nations rely on.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Pentagon official has attacked this week’s widely watched congressional hearing on UFOs, calling the claims “insulting” to employees who are investigating sightings and accusing a key witness of not cooperating with the official U.S. government investigation.
Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick’s letter, published on his personal LinkedIn page and circulated Friday across social media, criticizes much of the testimony from a retired Air Force intelligence officer that energized believers in extraterrestrial life and produced headlines around the world.
Retired Air Force Maj. David Grusch testified Wednesday that the U.S. has concealed what he called a “multi-decade” program to collect and reverse-engineer “UAPs,” or unidentified aerial phenomena, the official government term for UFOs.
Part of what the U.S. has recovered, Grusch testified, were non-human “biologics,” which he said he had not seen but had learned about from “people with direct knowledge of the program.”
A career intelligence officer, Kirkpatrick was named a year ago to lead the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, which was intended to centralize investigations into UAPs. The Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies have been pushed by Congress in recent years to better investigate reports of devices flying at unusual speeds or trajectories as a national security concern.
Kirkpatrick wrote the letter Thursday and the Defense Department confirmed Friday that he posted it in a personal capacity. Kirkpatrick declined to comment on the letter Friday.
He writes in part, “I cannot let yesterday’s hearing pass without sharing how insulting it was to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community who chose to join AARO, many with not unreasonable anxieties about the career risks this would entail.”
“They are truth-seekers, as am I,” Kirkpatrick said. “But you certainly would not get that impression from yesterday’s hearing.”
In a separate statement, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough denied other allegations made by Grusch before a House Oversight subcommittee.
The Pentagon “has no information that any individual has been harmed or killed as a result of providing information” about UFO objects, Gough said. Nor has the Pentagon discovered “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.”
Kirkpatrick wrote, “AARO has yet to find any credible evidence to support the allegations of any reverse engineering program for non-human technology.”
He had briefed reporters in December that the Pentagon was investigating “several hundreds” of new reports following a push to have pilots and others come forward with any sightings.
Kirkpatrick wrote in his letter that allegations of “retaliation, to include physical assault and hints of murder, are extraordinarily serious, which is why law enforcement is a critical member of the AARO team, specifically to address and take swift action should anyone come forward with such claims.”
“Yet, contrary to assertions made in the hearing, the central source of those allegations has refused to speak with AARO,” Kirkpatrick said. He did not explicitly name Grusch, who alleged he faced retaliation and declined to answer when a congressman asked him if anyone had been murdered to hide information about UFOs.
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BANGKOK (AP) — When Gao Peng landed in Thailand on July 3, he was not expecting to be accused of making bomb threats, to be put on an EU travel blacklist, or to see his mother and 16-year-old sister detained and threatened with deportation back to China.
But bomb threats made in his and his mother's names against airports, luxury hotels and the Chinese embassy in Bangkok derailed the family’s plan to seek asylum in the Netherlands, where Gao Peng’s father moved three years ago. The threats appear to be part of Beijing’s increasingly sophisticated efforts to harass Chinese dissidents living overseas and their families.
While parts of the story told by Gao Peng and his father, Gao Zhi, couldn’t be independently confirmed, their predicament echoes accounts by other Chinese dissidents abroad, who believe Chinese authorities are making bomb threats in their names to control their political activities.
William Nee, research and advocacy coordinator at a coalition of rights organizations known as Chinese Human Rights Defenders, said that the bomb threats appear to be a new tactic that manipulates other governments into acting against Chinese dissidents.
“Obviously, public authorities may take such a threat seriously," he said. "It’s hard for them to have the context to understand that it is a preposterous allegation.”
Bomb threat allegations led the Netherlands to revoke visa approvals for Gao's family, and put his wife and son on an EU travel blacklist that kept them in Thailand until their visas expired. Thai police have not confirmed whether they are investigating the bomb threats.
Gao Zhi was not a prominent dissident. Until early 2020, he was a migrant factory worker who'd learned to evade China's censorship systems to use Twitter, where he followed human rights activists and posted calls for the overthrow of the Communist Party.
Gao got asylum in the Netherlands and moved there in January 2020.
Back home, police questioned Gao's family twice, but the pressure felt manageable at first.
That changed when Gao attended a rally organized by his friend Wang Jingyu, a more prominent dissident, on the June 4 anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
On June 15, police came to the home of Gao's wife, Liu Fengling, and demanded her cellphone. When she refused, they forced her into a chair, scratching her wrist in the tussle, and took it.
When Liu told her husband what happened, he urged her to leave China.
Dutch officials told Gao his family could get emergency visas at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok, where Chinese citizens can get visas on arrival.
But before the family left China, someone claiming to work for the country's Ministry of Public Security contacted Gao, according to undated screenshots he shared with the AP.
The person proposed a deal: if Gao promised to tone down his rhetoric and influenced Wang to give fewer interviews, the government would help reunite his family. Otherwise, Liu would be prevented from leaving China.
After speaking to Wang, Gao agreed.
The Associated Press was not able to verify the screenshots independently, and the ministry did not reply to a request for comment.
Liu and her daughter, Gao Han, traveled to Bangkok on June 27, followed on July 3 by the couple's son.
Gao Peng said he didn't know why they were going to Thailand. His parents had never told him why his father left China, although he was aware there was some trouble with the police.
The day after Gao Peng arrived in Thailand, someone called his mother and accused him of making bomb threats.
According to a recording made by Liu, the man identified himself as Wang Mingsen, a consular official at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok. “He said he wants to put a bomb at the embassy, because his father has been persecuted in China,” Wang said.
When reached by the AP, Wang said “This situation, we don’t have any information we can share with you.”
Gao Peng said that his family tried to report the bomb threats to police, but it took until July 9 to find an officer who spoke Chinese.
He told them threats had been called in to hotels across the country, including Phuket’s Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott hotels, and rooms in many of the same hotels had been booked under Gao Peng and his mother's names. The officer said it was probably a scam and they should just not pick up the phone.
A receptionist at the Marriott hotel in Phuket said they would ask their marketing team to provide comment. A resort under the Ritz-Carlton brand in Phuket said they hadn’t received any threats.
The accusations frightened Gao Peng, he said. “But I was also very indignant, because they’re accusing me and smearing me, I can’t accept that.”
Wang Jingyu, the Netherlands-based activist, and at least three other people linked to him have also described bomb threats made in their names. Wang said he was questioned by Dutch police, who eventually concluded that the threats were sent from IP addresses in Hong Kong and China, and gave him a document clearing his name.
Two journalists based in Europe also had bomb threats called into hotels where bookings were made in their names.
Bob Fu, a U.S.-based activist who helped Wang when he was detained in Dubai, said that he now has to alert both local and federal law enforcement every time he travels because of bomb threats.
Bomb threats also stopped Gao Zhi from buying airline tickets for his wife and son. When he tried, airline websites refused, saying they were on an EU “safety blacklist.”
The Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service told him that bomb threats had been sent to European airports in their names, and helped remove them from the blacklist, but the back and forth took days.
Amid the delay, Liu and her daughter's visas expired on July 11. The next day, Thai police came to the family's hotel and took the two women into custody.
Around the same time, the Dutch government informed Gao that it had revoked his family's visas, writing in an e-mail seen by the AP that Thai police had informed Dutch immigration authorities that they were investigating the family for bomb threats, and that the family had confessed and volunteered to go back to China.
The Dutch immigration service declined to comment, saying they do not discuss individual cases. The Royal Thai Police did not respond to a request for comment.
Liu was charged with overstaying a visa, according to the lawyer, Waritsara. Her daughter has not been charged.
Thailand has a record of deporting dissidents and refugees back to China, sometimes at the request of the Chinese government.
“It’s well understood that there is Chinese pressure in Thailand ... so there’s quite a bit of pressure on Chinese activists and asylum seekers in Thailand,” said Nee.
Thai police told Waritsara that the Chinese embassy had expressed a special interest in the case.
Gao Zhi's Telegram contact promised to help, and told him to send his son to Huai Khwang police station in Bangkok, where he would receive a report ending the investigation. The police did not issue the report, Gao Peng said, but did return the family's cell phones.
Thai immigration officials also refused to extend Gao Peng's visa, mentioning a police warrant according to a recording he made, but he has not been detained.
What's next for the family is uncertain.
The Dutch government told Gao Zhi that if his son can get UNHCR refugee status and the family reaches the Netherlands, they can get visas.
Gao Zhi is spending his days writing to the Dutch and Thai governments to plead for his family.
“I thought I was saving them,” he said. “I didn’t think I was sending them into a Thai jail.”
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Wu reported from Taipei, Taiwan
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Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto NATO's doorstep.
The declared deployment of the Russian weapons on the territory of its neighbor and loyal ally marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s nuclear saber-rattling over its invasion of Ukraine and another bid to discourage the West from increasing military support to Kyiv.
Neither Putin nor his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, said how many were moved — only that Soviet-era facilities in the country were readied to accommodate them, and that Belarusian pilots and missile crews were trained to use them.
The U.S. and NATO haven’t confirmed the move. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg denounced Moscow’s rhetoric as “dangerous and reckless,” but said earlier this month the alliance hasn’t seen any change in Russia’s nuclear posture.
While some experts doubt the claims by Putin and Lukashenko, others note that Western intelligence might be unable to monitor such movement.
Earlier this month, CNN quoted U.S. intelligence officials as saying they had no reason to doubt Putin’s claim about the delivery of the first batch of the weapons to Belarus and noted it could be challenging for the U.S. to track them.
Unlike nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles that can destroy entire cities, tactical nuclear weapons for use against troops on the battlefield can have a yield as small as about 1 kiloton. The U.S. bomb in Hiroshima in World War II was 15 kilotons.
The devices are compact: Used on bombs, missiles and artillery shells, they could be discreetly carried on a truck or plane. Aliaksandr Alesin, an independent Minsk-based military analyst, said the weapons use containers that emit no radiation and could have been flown into Belarus without Western intelligence seeing it.
“They easily fit in a regular Il-76 transport plane,” Alesin said. “There are dozens of flights a day, and it’s very difficult to track down that special flight. The Americans could fail to monitor it.”
Belarus has 25 underground facilities built during the Cold War for nuclear-tipped intermediate-range missiles that can withstand missile attacks, Alesin said. Only five or six such depots could actually store tactical nuclear weapons, he added, but the military operates at all of them to fool Western intelligence.
Early in the war, Putin referenced his nuclear arsenal by vowing repeatedly to use “all means” necessary to protect Russia. He has toned down his statements recently, but a top lieutenant continues to dangle the prospect with terrifying ease.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council who served as a placeholder president in 2008-12 because Putin was term-limited, unleashes near-daily threats that Moscow won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons.
In a recent article, Medvedev said “the apocalypse isn’t just possible but quite likely,” and the only way to avoid it is to bow to Russian demands.
The world faces a confrontation "far worse than during the Cuban missile crisis because our enemies have decided to really defeat Russia, the largest nuclear power,” he wrote.
Many Western observers dismiss that as bluster.
Putin seems to have dialed down his nuclear rhetoric after getting signals to do so from China, said Keir Giles, a Russia expert at Chatham House.
“The evident Chinese displeasure did have an effect and may have been accompanied by private messaging to Russia,” Giles told The Associated Press.
Moscow’s defense doctrine envisages a nuclear response to an atomic strike or even an attack with conventional weapons that “threaten the very existence of the Russian state.” That vague wording has led some Russian experts to urge the Kremlin to spell out those conditions in more detail and force the West to take the warnings more seriously.
“The possibility of using nuclear weapons in the current conflict mustn’t be concealed,” said Dmitry Trenin, who headed the Moscow Carnegie Center for 14 years before joining Moscow’s state-funded Institute for World Economy and International Relations.
“The real, not theoretical, perspective of it should create stimuli for stopping the escalation of the war and eventually set the stage for a strategic balance in Europe that would be acceptable to us,” he wrote recently.
Western beliefs that Putin is bluffing about using nuclear weapons “is an extremely dangerous delusion,” Trenin said.
Sergei Karaganov, a top Russian foreign affairs expert who advises Putin’s Security Council, said Moscow should make its nuclear threats more specific in order to “break the will of the West” and force it to stop supporting Ukraine as it seeks to reclaim Russian-held areas in a grinding counteroffensive.
“It’s necessary to restore the fear of nuclear escalation; otherwise mankind is doomed,” he said, suggesting Russia establish a “ladder" of accelerating actions.
Deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus was the first step, Karaganov said, with perhaps a follow-up of warning ethnic Russians in countries supporting Ukraine to evacuate areas near facilities that could be nuclear targets.
If that doesn’t work, Karaganov suggested a Russian nuclear strike on Poland, alleging Washington wouldn’t dare respond in kind to protect a NATO ally, for fear of igniting a global war.
“If we build the right strategy of intimidation and even the use of it, the risk of a retaliatory nuclear or any other strike on our territory could be reduced to a minimum,” he said. “Only if a madman who hates his own country sits in the White House would America risk to launch a strike ‘in the defense’ of the Europeans and draw a response, sacrificing Boston for Poznan.”
The Moscow-based Council of Foreign and Defense Policies, a panel of leading military and foreign policy experts that includes Karaganov, denounced his comments as “a direct threat to all of mankind.”
While pro-Kremlin analysts floated such scenarios, Lukashenko, the Belarusian leader, says hosting Russian nuclear weapons in his country is meant to deter aggression by Poland.
He claimed a number of nuclear weapons were flown to Belarus without Western intelligence noticing, with the rest coming later this year. Officials in Moscow and Minsk said the warheads could be carried by Belarusian Su-25 ground attack jets or fitted to short-range Iskander missiles.
Giles, of Chatham House, said the deployment was about “cementing Putin’s control over Belarus” and did not offer Moscow any military advantage over placing them in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad that borders Poland and Lithuania.
The West should recognize this as a ploy "that has far more to do with Russia’s ambitions for Belarus than any genuine impact on European security beyond that,” Giles said.
Some observers question whether the deployment to Belarus has even happened.
Miles Pomper, a senior fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute, challenged Lukashenko’s claim that nuclear weapons were covertly flown to Belarus. They are normally moved by rail, he said, and there are no signs of "the support elements that you would see that would go with shipments of weapons.”
Others note Russia could have deployed the weapons without adhering to protocols used in the 1990s, when Moscow wanted to show the West its nuclear arsenal was secure amid economic and political turmoil.
Belarusian military analyst Valery Karbalevich said keeping such details secret could be a Kremlin strategy of "applying permanent pressure and blackmailing Ukraine and the West. The unknown scares more than certainty.”
Alesin, the Minsk-based analyst, argued that U.S. and NATO may play down the deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus because they pose a threat the West finds difficult to counter.
“The Belarusian nuclear balcony will hang over a large part of Europe. But they prefer to pretend that there is no threat, and the Kremlin is just trying to scare the West,” he said.
If Putin decides to use nuclear weapons, he may do it from Belarus in hopes that a Western response would target that country instead of Russia, Alesin said.
The political opposition to Lukashenko warns that such a deployment turns Belarus into a hostage of the Kremlin.
While Lukashenko sees such weapons as a “nuclear umbrella" protecting the country, "they turn Belarus into a target,” said exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who tried to unseat the authoritarian leader in a 2020 election widely viewed as fraudulent.
“We are telling the world that preventative measures, political pressure and sanctions are needed to resist the deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus," she said. "Regrettably, we haven’t seen a strong Western reaction yet.”
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Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, Jill Lawless in London and Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington contributed.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X.” The child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
The Louisville track suspended racing operations on June 7 and moved the rest of its spring meet to Ellis Park in western Kentucky at the recommendation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the sport’s national overseer.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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The Phoenix Mercury say All-Star center Brittney Griner will not travel for the team's next two games so she can focus on her mental health.
The 6-foot-9 center — who became an international story during her 10-month detainment in Russia last year — is averaging 18.2 points and 6.7 rebounds over 20 games this season.
“The Mercury fully support Brittney and we will continue to work together on a timeline for her return,” the team said in a statement on Saturday.
Griner's impressive individual season hasn't translated to success for the Mercury, who have a 6-17 record and fired Vanessa Nygaard earlier in the season.
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The Mercury’s tough season and coaching change are among the multiple challenges Griner has faced in her return to the WNBA following her ordeal in Russia on drug-related charges that caused her to miss the entire 2022 season.
Griner and her teammates were confronted by what the WNBA called a “provocateur” at the Dallas airport in June and she’s also dealt with a hip injury that caused her to miss a handful of games.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Leading up to the 2020 election, Facebook ads targeting Latino and Asian American voters described Joe Biden as a communist. A local station claimed a Black Lives Matter co-founder practiced witchcraft. Doctored images showed dogs urinating on Donald Trump campaign posters.
None of these claims was true, but they scorched through social media sites that advocates say have fueled election misinformation in communities of color.
As the 2024 election approaches, community organizations are preparing for what they expect to be a worsening onslaught of disinformation targeting communities of color and immigrant communities. They say the tailored campaigns challenge assumptions of what kinds of voters are susceptible to election conspiracies and distrust in voting systems.
“They’re getting more complex, more sophisticated and spreading like wildfire,” said Sarah Shah, director of policy and community engagement at the advocacy group Indian American Impact, which runs the fact-checking site Desifacts.org. “ What we saw in 2020, unfortunately, will probably be fairly mild in comparison to what we will see in the months leading up to 2024.”
A growing subset of communities of color, especially immigrants for whom English is not their first language, are questioning the integrity of U.S. voting processes and subscribing to Trump’s lies of a stolen 2020 election, said Jenny Liu, mis/disinformation policy manager at the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Still, she said these communities are largely left out of conversations about misinformation.
“When you think of the typical consumer of a conspiracy theory, you think of someone who’s older, maybe from a rural area, maybe a white man,” she said. “You don’t think of Chinese Americans scrolling through WeChat. That’s why this narrative glosses over and erases a lot of the disinformation harms that many communities of colors face.”
In addition to general misinformation themes about voting machines and mail-in voting, groups are catering their messaging to communities of color, experts say.
For example, immigrants from authoritarian regimes in countries like Venezuela or who have lived through the Chinese Cultural Revolution may be “more vulnerable to misinformation claiming politicians are wanting to turn the U.S. into a Socialist state,” said Inga Trauthig, head of research for the Propaganda Research Lab at the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. People from countries that have not recently had free and fair elections may have a preexisting distrust of elections and authority that may make them vulnerable to misinformation as well, Trauthig said.
Disinformation efforts often hinge on topics most important to each community, whether that is public safety, immigration, abortion, education, inflation or alleged extramarital affairs, said Laura Zommer, co-founder of the Spanish-language fact-checking group Factchequeado.
“It takes advantage of their very real fear and trauma from their experiences in their home countries,” Zommer said.
Other vulnerabilities include language barriers and a lack of knowledge of the U.S. media landscape and how to find credible U.S. news sources, several misinformation experts told The Associated Press. Many immigrants rely on translated content for voting information, leaving space for bad actors to inject misinformation.
“These tactics exploit information vacuums when there’s a lot of uncertainty around how these processes work, especially because a lot of election materials may not be translated in the languages our communities speak or be available in forms they are likely to access,” said Clara Jiménez Cruz, another co-founder of Factchequeado.
Misinformation can also arise from mistranslations. The Brookings Institute, a nonprofit think tank, found examples of mistranslations in Colombian, Cuban and Venezuelan WhatsApp groups, where “progressive” was translated to “progresista,” which carries “far-left connotations that are closer to the Spanish words ‘socialista’ and ‘comunista.’”
Disinformation, often in languages like Spanish, Mandarin or Hindi, flows onto social media apps like WhatsApp and WeChat heavily used by communities of color.
Minority communities that believe their views and perspectives aren’t represented by the mainstream are likely to “retreat into more private spaces” found on messaging apps or groups on social media sites like Facebook, Trauthig said.
“But disinformation also targets them on these platforms, even though it may feel to them to be that safer space,” she said.
Messages on WhatsApp are also encrypted and can’t be easily seen or traced by moderators or fact-checkers.
“As a result, messages on apps like WhatsApp often fly under the radar and are allowed to spread and spread, largely unchecked,” said Randy Abreu, policy counsel for the National Hispanic Media Coalition, which leads the Spanish Language Disinformation Coalition.
Abreu also raised concerns about Spanish YouTube channels and radio shows that are growing in popularity. He said the coalition is tracking more and more YouTube and radio personalities who are spreading misinformation in Spanish.
A 2022 report by the left-leaning watchdog group Media Matters tracked 40 Spanish-language YouTube videos spreading misinformation about U.S. elections. Many of these videos remained on the platform, despite violating YouTube election misinformation policy, the report said.
Amid changes in voting policies at state and local levels, advocates are sounding the alarm on how disinformation about voting in 2024 may target communities of color. Many of these efforts have surged as Asian American, Black and Latino communities have grown in political power, said María Teresa Kumar, founding president of the nonprofit advocacy group Voto Latino.
“Disinformation is, at its core, meant to be a sort of voter suppression tactic for communities of color,” she said. “It targets communities of color in a way that feeds into their already justifiable concerns that the system is stacked against them.”
The tactics also feed into a history “as old as the Jim Crow era of attempting to disenfranchise people of color, going back to voter intimidation and suppression efforts after the Civil Rights Act of 1866,” said Atiba Ellis, a professor of law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
While many of the same recycled claims around alleged fraud in the 2020 and 2022 elections are expected to resurface, experts say disinformation campaigns will likely be more sophisticated and granular in attempts to target specific groups of voters of color.
Trauthig also raised concerns about how layoffs and instability at social media platforms like Twitter may leave them less prepared to tackle misinformation in 2024. It also remains to be seen how new social media platforms like Threads will approach the threat of misinformation. Changes in policies like WhatsApp launching a “Communities” function connecting multiple groups and expanding group chat sizes may also “have big implications for how quickly misinformation will spread on the platform,” she said.
In response to the mounting threat of misinformation, Indian American Impact is ramping up its fact-checking efforts through what the organization says is the first fact-checking website specifically for South Asian Americans. Shah said the group is drawing inspiration from 2022 projects, including a voting toolkit using memes with Bollywood characters and passing out Parle-G crackers with voting information stickers at Indian grocery stores.
Cruz of Factchequeado is paying close attention to misinformation in swing states with significant Latino populations like Nevada and Arizona. And Liu of Asian Americans Advancing Justice is reviewing misinformation trends from previous elections to strategize about how to inoculate Asian American voters against them.
Still, they say there is more work to be done.
Critics are urging social media companies to invest in content moderation and fact-checking in languages other than English. Government and election officials should also make voting information more accessible to non-English speakers, organize media literacy trainings in community spaces and identify “trusted messengers” in communities of color to help approach trends in misinformation narratives, experts said.
“These are not monolithic groups,” Cruz said. “This disinformation is very specifically tailored to each of these communities and their fears. So we also need to be partnering with grassroots organizations in each of these communities to tailor our approaches. If we don’t take the time to do this work, our democracy is at stake.”
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Artificial intelligence commentators are edging into roles in sports broadcasting, with major competitions such as the Masters golf and Wimbledon tennis championships using the tech to automatically narrate certain highlight videos posted on the tournaments’ websites and apps.
In June, Eurovision Sport, a division of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), used an AI voice to provide recaps in between live commentary at the European Athletics Team Championships in Poland. And next month, the U.S. Open will also use the tech, according to Noah Syken, IBM’s vice president of sports and entertainment partnerships. IBM collaborated with the Masters and Wimbledon to create AI commentary.
The developing use of AI in sports broadcasting events is just one of the recent examples of the tech quickly being adopted for tasks that could be performed by humans, stoking anxieties around job security and raising questions around AI performance compared to human performance.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A historic heat wave that has gripped the U.S. Southwest throughout July, blasting residents and baking surfaces like brick, is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains.
Forecasters expect that by Monday, people in metro Phoenix will begin to see high temperatures fall under 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) for the first time in a month.
But not on Saturday. The high temperature in the desert city with more than 1.6 million residents climbed past 110 F for the 30th straight day, the National Weather Service said. The previous record stretch of 110 F or above was for 18 days in 1974.
There are increased chances on Sunday of cooling monsoon thunderstorms. Though wet weather can also bring damaging winds, blowing dust and the chance of flash flooding, the weather service warned. Sudden rains running off hard-baked surfaces can quickly fill normally dry washes.
Already this week, the overnight low at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport fell under 90 F (32.2 C) for the first time in 16 days, finally giving residents some respite from the stifling heat once the sun goes down.
Temperatures also were expected to ease in Las Vegas, Albuquerque and even in Death Valley, California, where the weather service said the expected high of 122 F (50 C) on Saturday is forecast to lower to 113 F (45 C) by Tuesday — along with a slight chance of rain.
Also in California, triple-digit heat was expected in parts of the San Joaquin Valley from Saturday through Monday, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford, California.
Gusty, late-afternoon winds were expected Saturday and Sunday in Santa Barbara County, posing an elevated risk of fire weather, the weather service in Los Angeles said. Hot, dry weather was also expected across nearby valleys, lower mountains and desert areas.
In Riverside County, more than 1,300 people were ordered to evacuate their homes and another 1,400 were facing evacuation warnings as crews battled a wildfire that charred 3.2 square miles (8.3 square kilometers) in the community of Aguanga, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, authorities said Saturday. One firefighter was reported to have been injured in the so-called Bonny Fire, which authorities said was about 5% contained.
A downward trend in Southwest heat started Wednesday night, when Phoenix saw its first major monsoon storm since the traditional June 15 start of the thunderstorm season. While more than half of the greater Phoenix area saw no rainfall from that storm, some eastern suburbs were pummeled by high winds, swirling dust and localized downfalls of up to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of precipitation.
Storms gradually increasing in strength are expected over the weekend.
Scientists calculate that July will prove to be the hottest globally on record and perhaps the warmest human civilization has seen. The extreme heat is now hitting the eastern part of the U.S, as soaring temperatures moved from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, where some places are seeing their warmest days so far this year.
The new heat records being set this summer are just some of the extreme weather being seen around the U.S. this month, such as flash floods in Pennsylvania and parts of the Northeast.
“Anyone can be at risk outside in this record heat,” the fire department in Goodyear, a Phoenix suburb, warned residents on social media while offering ideas to stay safe.
For many people such as older adults, those with health issues and those without access to air conditioning, the heat can be dangerous or even deadly.
Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona and home to Phoenix, reported this week that its public health department had confirmed 25 heat-associated deaths this year as of July 21, with 249 more under investigation.
Results from toxicological tests that can takes weeks or months after an autopsy is conducted could eventually result in many deaths listed as under investigation as heat associated being changed to confirmed.
Maricopa County confirmed 425 heat-associated deaths last year, and more than half of them occurred in July.
Elsewhere in Arizona next week, the agricultural desert community of Yuma is expecting highs ranging from 104 to 112 (40 C to 44.4 C) and Tucson is looking at highs ranging from 99 to 111 (37.2 C to 43.9 C).
The highs in Las Vegas are forecast to slip as low as 94 (34.4 C) next Tuesday after a long spell of highs above 110 (43.3 C). Death Valley, which hit 128 (53.3 C) in mid-July, will cool as well, though only to a still blistering hot 116 (46.7 C).
In New Mexico, the highs in Albuquerque next week are expected to be in the mid to high 90s (around 35 C), with party cloudy skies.
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Countdown to Kickoff: Newberry Panthers
Panthers finished the 2022 season with a 6-4 record.
NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) - Success on the gridiron must be earned every season. For Newberry, the first step in the right direction begins with a hungry attitude.
The Panthers lost in the first round of the playoffs and head coach Ed Johnson is determined not to repeat the same mistakes.
“We got to be more competitive, we went six and four and four losses were not very competitive games,” said Johnson. “We got to close the gap with those higher, those higher talented teams in our region and you know just play better.”
Newberry’s Class 1A schedule is stacked with competitive teams including defending state champion Hawthorne, and Chiefland, who knocked them out of the playoffs last year.
Seniors like Jonathan Powers and Christian Rich plan on achieving their team’s goals with one word. Execution.
“Taking that loss fresh out of playoffs it really hurt all of us and we never want to feel that again. So, we let that fuel our fire and it makes us work harder. We are going to work 10 times harder, execute 10 times harder, and just bring everything we have this year,” said senior wide receiver Rich.
“It all comes down to execution. you can have a lot of good players, but if you cannot execute, it’s not going to go anywhere so as long as we execute every defensive play and offensive play like you should we will have a very good year,” said senior linebacker Powers.
Entering this new season, the Panthers have most of last year’s players returning, which they believe will be the key to their success. They have seven starters on offense, and eight on defense including quarterback Keil McGriff and running back Kaleb Woods.
“We were fairly young last year, so kids are learning exactly what the expectations are and how to meet them and get better every single day. Those two guys Keil and Kaleb have matured a lot this summer,” said Coach Johnson. “ They have gotten a year older, they got another year of high school football under their belt. I think they’re going to have an even bigger year this year for us.”
Newberry will rely heavily on its dynamic duo. Last year, Woods rushed for over 800 yards and scored 10 touchdowns and McGriff threw for over 2000 yards with 18 touchdowns.
With experience now on their side, the Panthers will skills to the test when they kick off their season against Santa Fe on August 25th.
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HUARINA, Bolivia (AP) — A 70-year-old man’s feet sink into the soil as he passes abandoned boats where there used to be the water of Lake Titicaca. The highest navigable lake in the world has receded to what Bolivian authorities say are critically low levels due to a persistent drought.
“It’s completely dry,” Jaime Mamani said in exasperation while walking along the new shoreline in Huarina, a farming town 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of La Paz where he is a community leader.
The National Service of Naval Hydrography declared an alert this week for the iconic lake after its surface fell 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) below the drought warning stage, or 3,807.8 meters (12492.7 feet) above sea level. But the agency says this is just the beginning of a situation that is worrying Indigenous Aymara communities that rely on the lake for their livelihoods and fear the dry spell could permanently impact the region’s flora and fauna.
The hydrology unit of Bolivia’s navy warned that water levels could reach historically low levels in the coming months. By December, there is a “high probability” Lake Titicaca will be 64 centimeters (more than 25 inches) below the drought alert level, breaking a low water record set in 1998 by 33 centimeters (almost 13 inches).
“In three months, the water has decreased by 30 centimeters (11.8 inches), and considering that radiation is much stronger during this time of the year … we expect it to keep decreasing,” Carlos Carrasco, a hydraulic engineer for the hydrography service said.
The drought is the result of a combination of factors, including natural phenomena like La Niña and El Niño, which arrived unusually early this year and have been particularly strong due in part to climate change, according to Lucía Walper, who heads up the Hydrological Forecasting Unit at Bolivia’s National Meteorology and Hydrology Service.
But the vast lake is vital for this region of the Bolivian highlands, where hundreds of Aymara rural communities have relied on the blue body of water for millennia to practice subsistence farming and raise livestock.
Authorities in the Peruvian city of Puno also issued a warning about the declining water levels and expressed concern about the potential impact on tourism.
“We’re reaching a critical point. There will be a significant loss of water,” said Juan José Ocola, president of the Binational Authority of Lake Titicaca. The lake serves as the border between Bolivia and Peru.
Mateo Vargas, 56, a fisherman who has lived off the Lake Titicaca for 28 years, said he used to catch “lots” of fish daily. Now he considers himself lucky if he can catch six.
Vargas’ wife, Justina Condori, shares his concerns.
“The fish have vanished,” Condori, 58, said, predicting there will be famine if the current conditions persist.
Condori makes a living by renting boats to tourists. She worries fewer people will come to visit the lake, which at an elevation of 3,810 meters above sea level, is the largest body of freshwater in the Andes mountain range.
Evidence of the receding lake is seemingly everywhere. Women who sell fried fish and other snacks by the lake face rising costs for ingredients. Those who make a living transporting people from one side of the lake to the other are altering their routes because their rafts and boats no longer reach their usual docks.
Livestock farmers who rely on the plants that grow on the shores of the Titicaca to feed their animals are also seeing their livelihoods threatened.
The economic hardship is causing many residents of Huarina to migrate to other areas of the country, leaving behind mostly older townspeople, Mamani said. The waters of the Titicaca have always been shallow around the town, so the drought is even more visible there.
“There is a detriment to the economy of the inhabitants of the region,” he said.
Vargas, the fisherman, is also concerned about what the declining water levels will mean for the future.
“It looks like it will continue to decrease, day by day,” he said. “We’re worried because if we continue like this, what’s going to happen to our children?”
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart Saturday on an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region in the first-ever visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation.
As the fourth-largest creditor to Sri Lanka, France had pledged cooperation in debt restructuring to help the island nation recover from its economic crisis.
Macron arrived in Sri Lanka Friday night, following his trip to the South Pacific region, to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations, Sri Lanka’s president’s office said.
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe praised France’s significant role in global affairs, particularly in areas such as climate mitigation, global debt restructuring, and matters related to the Indo-Pacific region, the statement said.
“Sri Lanka and France are two Indian Ocean nations that share the same goal: an open, inclusive and prosperous Indo-Pacific. In Colombo we confirmed it: strengthened by 75 years of diplomatic relations, we can open a new era of our partnership,” Macron said in a Twitter message after the meeting. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-french-president-macron-visits-his-counterpart-in-sri-lanka/ | 2023-07-29T23:47:49 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-french-president-macron-visits-his-counterpart-in-sri-lanka/ |
Today, I’d like to address the unclassified FBI-generated 1023 form that I made public last week.
This is the 1023 that Director Wray refused to admit existed until I and Chairman Comer told him that we had read the document. The FBI provided a highly redacted version to the House Committee on Oversight, and in the process ignored the Senate access to that document.
That version redacted references to the alleged audio recordings between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden and the foreign national. It also redacted references to text messages and financial records that allegedly exist to prove the criminal act was done.
Those redactions are obstructive conduct by the FBI.
Why? Because this was an unclassified document. It’s not even marked “Law Enforcement Sensitive.” And, by the way, Justice Department and FBI leaks exposed the source well before the 1023 became public.
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Now, there’s been allegations in the media that this 1023 consists of unverified information. That didn’t stop the media’s breathless reporting for years about the unverified and very famous Steele Dossier. But, the Justice Department and the FBI haven’t told us what they did to investigate the 1023 document. So since the FBI hasn’t told us anything about their investigation of the 1023, how does the media know it’s unverified?
From what I’ve seen, much of the media reporting has missed the essential question: did the Justice Department and the FBI follow normal investigative process and procedure to run the information down or did they sweep this information under the rug?
Several media outlets have interviewed law enforcement sources with knowledge of the 1023 who start to answer that question.
One law enforcement source reportedly said, “This was a confidential human source that had a long relationship with the FBI, had given information that was used in multiple other investigations unrelated to Burisma or the Bidens.”
That law enforcement source said there was a “fight for a month” to get the FBI handler to re-interview the FBI source.
That re-interview was necessary because a separate 1023 mentioned Hunter Biden. And that re-interview ultimately produced the 1023 that I made public last week. When seeing that, my first question was – why the fight to re-interview the FBI source?
Then, the law enforcement source said, “we got that report back and we’re like, holy smokes, this is something.”
News reports also show that Justice Department and FBI personnel were able to validate some claims in the 1023 report without compulsory process.
For example, a news report quotes a law enforcement source, “There were multiple meetings alleged overseas. Some of the confidential human source’s claims were corroborated against the confidential human source travel records, and contemporary knowledge from the handler about him attending meetings with Zlochevsky and other people present.” The news report also notes that public records also validate some of the 1023 claims, including Zlochevsky’s efforts to buy into the American energy market.
A separate news report based on a law enforcement source with knowledge says that Weiss’s team was briefed on the validations. This begs the question, what did the investigators do to investigate?
Well, it’s been reported that a law enforcement source believed U.S. Attorney Weiss was reluctant to pursue leads because of political sensitivities. More precisely, the Weiss team was concerned about investigating because it would involve then-presidential candidate Biden. Well, that didn’t stop the Justice Department when Trump was a candidate the first or second time.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a July 25, 2022, letter I wrote to the Justice Department and FBI. That letter talked about the FBI shutting down verified and verifiable investigative avenues into Hunter Biden separate from the ongoing U.S. Attorney Weiss investigation and the 1023. It’s clear that even if information is verified, the FBI has shut it down in the past if it relates to the Biden family.
Now, former Attorney General Bill Barr has said that the 1023 was credible enough to be passed on to Delaware for “further investigation.” He’s also said that a review was done to ensure the 1023 wasn’t disinformation before passing it on.
Director Wray likewise informed me and Chairman Comer of its credibility, noting that it’s relevant to an ongoing investigative matter. This all took place in the phone call that Comer and I had with Wray. He also didn’t say that it’s part of Giuliani’s information and he didn’t tell me and Comer that it’s the product of any disinformation.
Accordingly, I want to make clear what my oversight focus is and will be: holding the Biden Justice Department and FBI accountable to explain to the American people what they did to investigate and what they found. To do that, congressional oversight must focus on the Justice Department and FBI investigative process and whether U.S. Attorney Weiss’s scope includes bribery.
Congress and the public must get answers to these questions: What did the Justice Department and FBI do to investigate the information contained in the 1023? Did the Justice Department and FBI follow normal investigative process and procedure or try to sweep it all under the rug because of political bias?
More precisely, did the FBI and DOJ seek to obtain the evidence referenced in the document? Did DOJ and FBI seek to interview individuals relating to the 1023? If not, why not? If so, one way or the other, what did they find?
We’re in July 2023 and we’re talking about a June 2020 document. The FBI can easily answer those questions. The fact that they haven’t indicates to me that the Justice Department and FBI haven’t followed normal investigative protocol.
Congress must also find out the true extent to which the August 2020 assessment created by Brian Auten was used to shut down Biden family investigative leads. For example, we know that the FBI had at one time over a dozen sources who provided potentially criminal information relating to Hunter Biden. Did the August 2020 assessment shut any of them down?
In conclusion, as we prepare to celebrate National Whistleblower Day, let’s not forget the only reason why Congress has been able to make this information public is because of brave and very patriotic whistleblowers who’ve approached my office.
Remember this: to-date, the Justice Department and FBI have not disputed any of their allegations. Further, remember this: that includes information relating to this 1023 that I’ve made public, and some of this information goes back to October of last year. And in that period of time, the Department of Justice and the FBI haven’t disputed any of that information. And a perfect chance for Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI, to do that would have been with that telephone conversation that he had with Chairman Comer and me.
Giving you all this information ought to tell you something about what the FBI and the DOJ are up to. | https://globegazette.com/community/grassley-doj-fbi-not-forthcoming-about-biden-investigation/article_384a0f9c-2d6e-11ee-b43e-7b0d4c64b2d4.html | 2023-07-29T23:47:54 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/community/grassley-doj-fbi-not-forthcoming-about-biden-investigation/article_384a0f9c-2d6e-11ee-b43e-7b0d4c64b2d4.html |
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri weakened into a tropical storm late Friday night after bringing heavy winds and rain that left more than a million people without power in southern China.
After making landfall Friday morning in southern Fujian province, where at least 400,000 people were evacuated, the storm flooded streets and toppled electric transmission towers in the province. Over a million households were left without power, according to the state-backed Xiamen Evening News.
The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm at 11 p.m. Friday night, China’s state-owned broadcaster CCTV announced.
Businesses and summer school classes had been ordered suspended and the public was urged to stay indoors. In the city of Quanzhou by China’s southern coast, authorities reported some 50 individuals sustained minor injuries. Residents shared photos on social media showing downed trees with roots fully out of the ground Saturday morning.
The tropical storm is expected to move its way farther inland in China, bringing heavy rains to the capital, Beijing.
Earlier in the week, the storm grazed past Taiwan’s main island after hitting the Philippines ‘ main island of Luzon, where it produced landslides, flooding and downed trees. The storm displaced thousands and caused 41 deaths — including 27 killed in the capsizing of a passenger ship. About 20 others remained missing, including four coast guard personnel whose boat overturned while on a rescue mission in hard-hit Cagayan province, officials said Saturday, adding that they were monitoring another approaching storm. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-typhoon-doksuri-is-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-status-as-it-leaves-southern-china/ | 2023-07-29T23:47:55 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-typhoon-doksuri-is-downgraded-to-tropical-storm-status-as-it-leaves-southern-china/ |
Sydney Tue, who will be a senior at West Hancock High School this fall, was crowned as the 2023 Hancock County District Fair Queen on July 26.
The outgoing county fair queen, Emma Goll, relinquished her crown during the fair queen contest held at the fairgrounds in Britt. The 17-year-old Tue is the daughter of Chad and Michelle Tue.
“Becoming fair queen is an absolute honor,” Tue said. “Getting to interact with everyone involved in the fair is such a treat and I couldn’t have asked for a better fair board to work with.”
Tue’s future plans are to attend South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, to major in pre-veterinary animal science with a minor in animal health. She is hoping to then continue her post-secondary education in veterinary school.
“I am thrilled to get the opportunity to run for state fair queen at the Iowa State Fair,” Tue said.
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In the Hancock County District Fair princess contest that preceded the queen contest, 8-year-old Ivy Ostercamp, daughter of Zack and Jenny Ostercamp of Britt was crowned. She succeeds the 2022 Hancock County Fair Princess Mallory Reinert.
Ostercamp said she is really excited to be princess. Her favorite part of the fair is the horses. Her favorite part of her princess duties is handing out the ribbons.
Some initial Hancock County District Fair judging results were made available at the fairgrounds in Britt during the first few days of the fair.
Top Overall Static Exhibits
4-H Posters: State Fair Selections - Cami Haugland-4-H is Eggcellent, Ryker Haugland-Spy Your Potential with Clovers and Project Areas; State Fair Alternates - Cole Lau-Get Revved up to join 4-H, Emma Miller-Got Your Feet Wet.
Agriculture-Natural Resources-Animals: State Fair Selections - Wyatt Eekhoff-Ear to High Yields, Olivia DeWaard-Horticulture; State Fair Alternate - Alizabeth Eekhoff-Pig Anatomy.
Child Development: State Fair Selections - Luke Lamb-String Light pole, Ryker Haugland-Cornbread Comparisons.
Clothing-Fashion-Sewing-Needle Arts: State Fair Selections - Katrina Ross-Child Romper, Atabey Toro-Jorge-Crocheted Top and Shrug, Quinten Pergande-Fedora; State Fair Alternates - Jenna Marchand-Purchased Prom Dress, Allison Wirtjes-Constructed Summer Dress, Quinten Pergande-Jean Pocket Wall Hanging, Grace Ostercamp-Beaded Purse.
Food and Nutrition: State Fair Selections - Jenna Pringnitz-Hoagie Rolls, Jonah Pringnitz-Mint Chocolate Chip Macarons, Ryker Haugland-Owl Cookies, Wyatt Eekhoff-Artisan Bread; State Fair Alternates - Olivia DeWaard-English Muffin Bread, Isabel Stromer-Cheddar Biscuits, Allison Wirtjes-Raspberry Scones, Emily Boothroyd-Blueberry Muffins, Thrifty Meal Challenge - Ryan Haugland-Chicken Quesadillas.
Home Improvement: State Fair Selections - Kollin Hanson-Cedar Chest Restoration, Elise Wirtjes-Cedar Chest, Emma Schumacher-Repurposed Door, Jenna Marchand-Piano Shelf; State Fair Alternates - Alizabeth Eekhoff-Refurbished Chair Fabric Paint, Cami Haugland-Fabric Christmas Trees, Casey Buffington-Coffee Can Planters, Aubrey Upmeyer-Desk with Epxy Wood Top.
Photography: State Fair Selections - Luke Lamb-Series, Allison Wirtjes-Landscape, McKenzie Lyman-Dog, Hannah Barker-Flower, Katrina Ross-Stream; State Fair Alternates - Heather Engstler-Fireworks, Ayden Rochleau-Mountain Landscape, Hayden Hadacek-Chipmunk, Alizabeth Eekhoff-Dog/Picnic Table, McKenzie Lyman-Winter.
Science-Engineering-Technology: State Fair Selections - Ryker Haugland-Electric Car, Kollin Hanson-Trivet, Wyatt Eekhoff-Wooden Bench, Wyatt Finch-Welding Woodering, Heather Engstler-End Table
Visual Arts and Music: State Fair Selections - Grace Ostercamp-Art Portfolio, Atabey Toro-Jorge-Sketchbook, Luke Lamb-Block Art, Tara Marchand-Teddy Bear; State Fair Alternates - Quinten Pergande-Barn Quilt, Grace Ostercamp-Pink Flower, Jonah Pringnitz-Yard Sign, Easton Johnson-Flag-Baseballs; Considered For State Fair - Grace Ostercamp-Taylor Swift Art, Grace Ostercamp-Self Portrait, Emma Schumacher-Flower Rope.
4-H/FFA Poultry Show Awards
Grand Champion Production Poultry - Liliana Hill-WH FFA, Reserve Champion Production Poultry - Casey Buffington-Northwest Chargers, Grand Champion Mature Hen - Emily Boothroyd-WH FFA, Reserve Champion Mature Hen - Reid Hendrickson-Garfield Sluggers, Grand Champion Market Pen - Evan Schmidt-Garfield Sluggers, Reserve Champion Market Pen - Jenna Pringnitz-Concord Challengers, Grand Champion Special Market Broilers - Isabel Stromer, Reserve Champion Special Market Broilers - Evie Stromer-Concord Challengers, Grand Champion Miscellaneous Market - Emily Boothroyd-WH FFA, Reserve Champion Miscellaneous Market - Liliana Hill-WH FFA, Grand Champion Turkey - Casey Buffington-Northwest Chargers, Overall Grand Champion Market Poultry - Isabel Stromer, Overall Reserve Champion Market Poultry - Evie Stromer-Concord Challengers, Grand Champion Fancy Chicken - Jace Hendrickson-GHV FFA, Reserve Champion Fancy Chicken - Nataly Lattimore-GHV Clover Kids, Grand Champion Pheasant - Krista Hejlik-Garfield Sluggers, Grand Champion Miscellaneous Fancy - Braelyn Peterson-Independent Member, Reserve Champion Miscellaneous Fancy - Braelyn Peterson-Independent, Grand Champion Duck - Weston Rosenmeyer-Prairie Future Farmers, Reserve Champion Duck - Jenna Pringnitz-Concord Challengers, Grand Champion Turkey - Liliana Hill-WH FFA, Overall Grand Champion Fancy Poultry - Weston Rosenmeyer-Prairie Future Farmers (Ducks), Overall Reserve Champion Fancy Poultry - Jenna Pringnitz-Concord Challengers (Ducks), Junior Poultry Showmanship Champion - Jackson Schleusner-Garfield Sluggers, Senior Poultry Showmanship Champion - Emily Boothroyd-WH FFA, Advanced Poultry Showmanship Champion - Weston Rosenmeyer-Prairie Future Farmers.
4-H/FFA Poultry Show Ribbon Results
Production Poultry: Production Pullets-not yet laying - Casey Buffington-1 blue; Kylie Eisenman-1 red; Cami Haugland-1 red; Ryker Haugland-1 red; Krista Hejlik-1 blue; Kylee Hejlik-1 blue; Jace Hendrikson-1 blue; Reid Hendrikson-1 blue; Liliana Hill-1 purple; Rohman Kehoe-1 red; Cole Lau-2 blues; Jackson Schleusner-1 red; Mature Hens - Emily Boothroyd-1 blue; Evan Boothroyd-1 blue; Jace Hendrikson-1 blue; Reid Hendrikson-1 blue; Rohman Kehoe-1 blue; Cole Lau-1 blue.
Market Poultry: Broilers - Kenadie Bruggeman-1 blue; Wyatt Finch-1 red; Mick Formanek-1 blue; Cameron Fox-1 blue; Carson Fox-1 blue; Morgan Francis-1 purple; Cami Haugland-1 red; Ryker Haugland-1 red; Jayden Johanson-1 purple; Ava Keiper-1 red; Ella Keiper-1 blue; Lucas Kral-1 blue; Landen Kudej-1 red; Logan Kudej-1 blue; Jenna Pringnitz-1 purple; Jonah Pringnitz-1 purple; Alyza Schimmelpfennig-1 blue; Evan Schmidt-1 purple; Evie Stromer-1 purple; Isabel Stromer-1 blue.
Special Market Broilers - Erik Baumgard-1 blue; Wyatt Finch-1 blue; Cameron Fox-1 blue; Carson Fox-1 blue; Jayden Johanson-1 blue; Ava Keiper-1 blue; Ella Keiper-1 blue; Lucas Kral-1 blue; Landen Kudej-1 red; Logan Kudej-1 blue; Cole Lau-1 purple; Braelyn Peterson-1 blue; Jenna Pringnitz-1 purple; Jonah Pringnitz-1 purple; Alyza Schimmelpfennig-1 blue; Evan Schmidt-1 purple; Evie Stromer-1 purple; Isabel Stromer-1 purple; Wesden Wooge-1 blue.
Miscellaneous Market: Ducks - Emily Boothroyd-1 blue; Evan Boothroyd-1 blue; Casey Buffington-1 blue; Kaleb Feld-1 red; Julia Hill-1 blue; Liliana Hill-1 blue; Alyza Schimmelpfennig-1 blue; Jackson Schleusner-1 red.
Turkeys - Casey Buffington-1 purple
Fancy Breeding: Fancy Chickens - Jace Hendrikson-1 purple; Rohman Kehoe-3 blues, 1 red; Ava Keiper-1 blue; Ella Keiper-1 red; Nataly Lattimore-3 blues; Cole Lau-1 blue; Payge Smith-2 blues.
Pheasant - Krista Hejlik-1 purple.
Small Miscellaneous: Pigeon & Quail - Braelyn Peterson-2 purples, 2 blues.
Miscellaneous Fancy Breeding: Ducks - Tara Marchand-2 blues; Jenna Pringnitz-1 purple; Jonah Pringnitz-1 blue; Weston Rosenmeyer-1 purple, 2 blues, 1 red.
Turkeys - Liliana Hill-1 blue.
4-H/FFA Sheep Show Awards
Champion Commercial Ewe - Avery Hinders-Britt Broncos, Reserve Champion Commercial Ewe - Avery Hinders-Britt Broncos, Champion Market Lamb, Avery Hinders-Britt Broncos, Reserve Champion Market Lamb - Zach Feld-GHV FFA
Champion County Bred Market Lamb - Lauren Janicki-Garfield Sluggers, Top Rate of Gain – 1) Lauren Janicki 0.74, 2) Heather Engstler 0.71, 3) Emily Thilges 0.70, 4) Heather Engstler 0.67, 5) Zach Feld 0.65; Junior Champion Showman - Avery Hinders-Britt Broncos, Senior Champion Showman - Nichole Larson-Northwest Chargers, Advanced Champion Showman - Emma Kudej-GHV FFA.
4-H/FFA Sheep Show Ribbon Results
Breeding Sheep - Erika Janicki-1 blue; Krista Hejlik-1 purple; Patrick Janicki-1 blue; Corrina King-1 blue; Lauren Janicki-1 blue; Kylee Jo Dorenkamp-1 blue; Nichole Larson-2 blues; Elliana Christensen-1 blue; Avery Hinders-2 purples; Emma Kudej-2 blues; Zach Feld-1 blue; Evie Stromer-1 blue.
Market Sheep - Erika Janicki-1 blue; Patrick Janicki-1 blue; Jacob Thilges-1 blue; Brenden Janicki-1 blue; Lauren Janicki-1 blue; Emily Thilges-1 purple; Kyleejo Dorenkamp-3 blues; Kylee Hejlik-1 purple; Corrina King-3 blues; Elliana Christensen-1 blue; Landen Hejlik-1 blue; Nichole Larson-1 purple, 2 blues; Kaleb Feld-1 blue; Lynnley Daugard-2 blues; Heather Engstler-2 blues; Zach Feld-1 purple, 1 blue; Emma Kudej-1 blue; Avery Hinders-1 purple; Evie Stromer-1 blue; Olivia Stromer-1 blue.
Lotto Lamb - Lynnley Daugard-1 blue; Levi Hollatz-1 blue; Luke Lamb-1 blue; Grant Lamb-1 blue; Evie Stromer-1 blue; Heather Engstler-1 blue; Jacob Stromer-1 purple; Emma Hollatz-1 blue.
4-H/FFA Goat Show Awards
Grand Champion Dairy Goat - Grace Onder-Bits & Spurs, Reserve Champion Dairy Goat - Grace Onder-Bits & Spurs, Grand Champion Market Goat - Ava Dirks-GHV FFA, Reserve Champion Market Goat - Emma Goll-GHV FFA, Grand Champion Breeding Meat Doe - Garrett Cash-GHV FFA, Reserve Champion Breeding Meat Doe - Carolina Klooster-Garfield Sluggers, Junior Champion Showman - Carolina Klooster-Garfield Sluggers, Junior Reserve Champion Showman - Logan Klooster-Garfield Sluggers, Senior Champion Showman - Carolina Klooster-Garfield Sluggers, Senior Reserve Champion Showman - Ava Dirks-GHV FFA, Advanced Champion Showman - Carolina Klooster-Garfield Sluggers, Advanced Reserve Champion Showman - Liliana Hill-WH FFA.
Rob Hillesland is community editor for the Summit-Tribune. He can be reached at 641-421-0534, or by email at rob.hillesland@globegazette.com. | https://globegazette.com/community/hancock-county-district-fair-crowned-sydney-tue-as-its-2023-queen-on-july-26/article_d1895f6e-2d91-11ee-afd2-0f703691447c.html | 2023-07-29T23:48:00 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/community/hancock-county-district-fair-crowned-sydney-tue-as-its-2023-queen-on-july-26/article_d1895f6e-2d91-11ee-afd2-0f703691447c.html |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday.
Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program, told a news conference that at least 38 of the 86 countries where WFP operates have already seen cuts or plan to cut assistance soon — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and West Africa.
He said WFP’s operating requirement is $20 billion to deliver aid to everyone in need, but it was aiming for between $10 billion and $14 billion, which was what the agency had received in the past few years.
“We’re still aiming at that, but we have only so far this year gotten to about half of that, around $5 billion,” Skau said.
He said humanitarian needs were “going through the roof” in 2021 and 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine and its global implications. “Those needs continue to grow, those drivers are still there,” he said, “but the funding is drying up. So we’re looking at 2024 (being) even more dire.”
“The largest food and nutrition crisis in history today persists,” Skau said. “This year, 345 million people continue to be acutely food insecure while hundreds of millions of people are at risk of worsening hunger.”
Skau said conflict and insecurity remain the primary drivers of acute hunger around the world, along with climate change, unrelenting disasters, persistent food price inflation and mounting debt stress — all during a slowdown in the global economy.
WFP is looking to diversify its funding base, but he also urged the agency’s traditional donors to “step up and support us through this very difficult time.”
Asked why funding was drying up, Skau said to ask the donors.
“But it’s clear that aid budgets, humanitarian budgets, both in Europe and the United States, (are) not where they were in 2021-2022,” he said.
Skau said that in March, WFP was forced to cut rations from 75% to 50% for communities in Afghanistan facing emergency levels of hunger, and in May it was forced to cut food for 8 million people — 66% of the people it was assisting. Now, it is helping just 5 million people, he said. In Syria, 5.5 million people who relied on WFP for food were already on 50% rations, Skau said, and in July the agency cut all rations to 2.5 million of them. In the Palestinian territories, WFP cut its cash assistance by 20% in May and in June. It cut its caseload by 60%, or 200,000 people. And in Yemen, he said, a huge funding gap will force WFP to cut aid to 7 million people as early as August.
In West Africa, where acute hunger is on the rise, Skau said, most countries are facing extensive ration cuts, particularly WFP’s seven largest crisis operations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon.
He said cutting aid to people who are only at the hunger level of crisis to help save those literally starving or in the category of catastrophic hunger means that those dropped will rapidly fall into the emergency and catastrophe categories, “and so we will have an additional humanitarian emergency on our hands down the road.”
“Ration cuts are clearly not the way to go forward,” Skau said.
He urged world leaders to prioritize humanitarian funding and invest in long-tern solutions to conflicts, poverty, development and other root causes of the current crisis. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-un-says-its-forced-to-cut-food-aid-to-millions-globally-because-of-a-funding-crisis/ | 2023-07-29T23:48:02 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-un-says-its-forced-to-cut-food-aid-to-millions-globally-because-of-a-funding-crisis/ |
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) last week released an unclassified FBI-generated record. It describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a Ukrainian business executive. Grassley acquired the record, an FD-1023, via legally protected disclosures by Justice Department whistleblowers.
“For the better part of a year, I’ve been pushing the Justice Department and FBI to provide details on its handling of very significant allegations from a trusted FBI informant implicating then-Vice President Biden in a criminal bribery scheme,” said Grassley in a news release. “While the FBI sought to obfuscate and redact, the American people can now read this document for themselves, without the filter of politicians or bureaucrats, thanks to brave and heroic whistleblowers. What did the Justice Department and FBI do with the detailed information in the document? And why have they tried to conceal it from Congress and the American people for so long? The Justice Department and FBI have failed to come clean, but Chairman (James) Comer and I intend to find out.”
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Grassley first disclosed the FBI’s possession of significant and voluminous evidence of potential criminality involving the Biden family last year. He has since worked to unearth the FBI record, eventually partnering with Comer on a subpoena to compel its public disclosure. After delays, the FBI provided a highly redacted version of the document to select members of the House of Representatives, but it remained shielded from the public and omitted key details, including references to recordings. Following the FBI’s failure to fully comply with the congressional subpoena, Grassley received the legally protected disclosure with limited redactions to protect a trusted FBI source, handling agents, department whistleblowers, and identifiers related to other ongoing investigations.
“The FBI’s Biden Bribery Record tracks closely with the evidence uncovered by the Oversight Committee’s Biden family influence peddling investigation,” House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Comer said. “In the FBI’s record, the Burisma executive claims that he didn’t pay the ‘big guy’ directly, but that he used several bank accounts to conceal the money. That sounds an awful lot like how the Bidens conduct business: using multiple bank accounts to hide the source and total amount of the money. At our hearing with IRS whistleblowers, they testified that they had never seen or heard of this record during the Biden criminal investigation, despite having potentially corroborating evidence. Given the misconduct and politicization at the Department of Justice, the American people must be able to read this record for themselves. I thank Senator Grassley for providing much needed transparency to the American people. We must hold the Department of Justice accountable for seeking to bury this record to protect the Bidens.”
Poluchili
According to the FBI’s confidential human source, executives for Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company, brought Hunter Biden on the board to “protect us through his dad, from all kinds of problems.” At the time, Burisma was seeking to do business in the United States, but was facing a corruption investigation in Ukraine, led by then-Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
Regarding that investigation’s impact on its ambitions in North America, Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky reportedly said, “Don't worry Hunter will take care of all of those issues through his dad.” Zlochevsky reportedly stated that he had to pay $5 million to Hunter Biden and $5 million to Joe Biden, an arrangement he described as ‘poluchili,’ which is Russian crime slang for being “forced or coerced to pay,” according to the document.
Zlochevsky claimed to have many text messages and recordings that show that he was coerced into paying the Bidens to ensure Shokin was fired. Specifically, he claimed to have two recordings with Joe Biden and 15 recordings with Hunter Biden. Zlochevsky also retained two documents, presumably financial records, as evidence of the arrangement, but said he didn’t send any funds directly to the “Big Guy,” a term understood to be a reference to Joe Biden. References to the “Big Guy” surfaced in communications involving other Biden family business arrangements independent of the Burisma arrangement. Zlochevsky claimed it would take investigators 10 years to uncover the illicit payments to the Bidens, according to the document.
Senator Grassley’s office has made the FD-1023 record and with other related documents available to the public on his website, www.grassley.senate.gov. | https://globegazette.com/community/senator-grassley-releases-fbi-record-supporting-biden-whistleblower-claims/article_f892eb18-2d71-11ee-b674-ab562143bcaa.html | 2023-07-29T23:48:06 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/community/senator-grassley-releases-fbi-record-supporting-biden-whistleblower-claims/article_f892eb18-2d71-11ee-b674-ab562143bcaa.html |
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The troubled brother of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez was charged Friday, now in federal court, with new counts of threatening and stalking after authorities say he threatened to shoot up the University of Connecticut and kill three people in another state.
Dennis Hernandez was ordered to be held in custody after his appearance in the court in Hartford. A message seeking comment was sent Friday night to his attorney.
The new charges came days after it emerged that Hernandez was arrested July 18 on state charges after police said he threatened to kill officers and then urged them to shoot him at his home in Bristol. Officers had gone there after two people close to him raised concerns about his mental health, police said.
The arrest report said the 37-year-old had sent threatening messages, including ones about carrying out a shooting at UConn. He was a Huskies quarterback and wide receiver who went by DJ Hernandez in the mid-2000s.
Court filings in the new federal case include the same messages. Some say the writer is struggling financially, is frustrated at seeing other people get hired as coaches, feels owed by UConn, is planning on “taking down everything” and doesn’t care “who gets caught in the crossfire.”
“I’ve died for years now and now its others peoples turn,” read a July 7 message sent to a woman in Hernandez’s life. It followed a message the day before that warned: “UConn’s gonna see how accurate I am too with my targets.”
Hernandez told another person that he drove July 7 to UConn’s campus in Storrs and to Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he coached quarterbacks during the 2010-11 season, according to court papers.
He had been due in state court that day on another case stemming from allegations that he threw a bag containing a brick and a note over a fence and onto ESPN’s property in Bristol.
UConn police confirmed that a vehicle linked to Hernandez was on campus that day. Brown has said that its investigation didn’t indicate Hernandez had been on campus in recent weeks.
Hernandez is due back in state court Tuesday and in federal court Aug. 11.
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There is an increasingly well-known stock cropper, Zack Smith, with test plots located nearly two miles east of Buffalo Center along Highway 9. This year, he has about 15-20 acres there demonstrating innovative use of a natural plant-animal ecosystem for healthier animals, crops, soils, and a lower carbon footprint.
The idea for the venture began in February 2020. The Stock Cropper President and CEO Smith has worked to help improve local farming methods, and thus productivity and sustainability, by rotating crop and livestock locations within the same habitat boundaries from season to season. It enables multiple plant species (cover crops), agricultural crops, and livestock to not just coexist, but thrive from being in the field simultaneously. Animal pasture is located between strips of corn or soybeans. The local test plots are primarily corn this year.
Smith and his wife, Madee, live west of Lake Mills. They have two daughters, one a college freshman and the other a high school senior. The young entrepreneurial business consists of just Smith and one full-time employee, Jordan Newton, who works as a farmhand.
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“It’s increasing the amount of plant diversity by about 10 times,” said Smith, adding that this means of agriculture feeds biology that naturally lives in the soil. “The more diversity you can get into it, the more robust soil biology you’ll have.”
Stock cropping can allow for wider spacing between crop rows and the pasture strips between crops increase sunlight across the entire plant canopy. In addition to helping feed the soil, cover crops help hold in nutrients and reduce erosion.
Smith cited the most successful production with primarily smaller animals such as sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens.
“Small animals have worked better, but we have done cattle and it worked well,” said Smith.
The whole cycle is completed in the next year when strips are rotated with row crops planted where animals grazed and deposited manure. Animals consume feed produced the previous year. In addition, Share Cropper consumers can see and participate in their food production via webcams and livestreams.
Smith said it has been most rewarding “meeting lots of innovative people wanting to change agriculture for the better locally, across the country, and even across the pond.”
“The hope is things can change for the better in rural areas and communities and that it is inspiring people to think outside the box,” Smith continued. “You can grow pretty much anything with this infrastructure. We could have grown hay, but used corn because it is the most relatable. The system works. Alternating in strips allows more sunlight to outside rows and juices production. We grew 303 bushels per acre corn last year where livestock were located before.”
Ag Secretary Naig visit
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig noticed Smith’s farming innovation. He and State Senator Dave Rowley visited The Stock Cropper on July 20. Smith showed them the various corn configurations and some wider 60-90-inch gaps in spacing between corn rows. Normal spacing is usually about 30 inches.
“It was the first time with him (Naig) seeing this system,” Smith said. “He had heard about it. We showed him the cropping schematics, the self-sustaining system and the use of cover crops to feed the soils, hold in nutrients, and reduce erosion.”
Discussion during the visit included a need to address policy and market hindrances for stock cropping to expand in the state.
“A hindrance is not having more regional access to meat processing facilities,” Smith said. “The big three conglomerates, right now, control the meat chain. The infrastructure has to change to support this.”
The Stock Cropper also features mobile barns that autonomously move through the strips daily throughout the growing season. Smith’s business partner for investing in the barns, called Cluster Clucks, is Joe Bassett who was instrumental to their engineering and manufacture. Smith said the barns utilize solar generation with battery reserve.
“They’re designed to move 3-4 times a day,” Smith said. “The central part has a roof with food and water and a raised floor, and grazing pens are attached, so they’re not just out running around.”
The animal barns are also fully robotic and controlled via an I-Phone. Smith noted they have GPS, cell modems, and more. Five different prototypes of the Cluster Cluck currently range in size from 7.5 feet by 7.5 feet to 30 feet by 8 feet.
“We’ve created something nobody else has done before,” Smith said. “We’re getting close to actually being able to commercially sell our barns.”
Stock cropping can also reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers by 75-80%, according to Smith, because of the value of the manure the animals produce. It can offer substantial cost savings over high-cost fertilizers.
“I come from the big ag space,” Smith said. “I’ve worked in the big agriculture network my entire adult life until two years ago. We wanted to create a system to establish productivity and environmental responsibility and allow more families to participate in farming in the future.”
He said the results could enable people to make a decent living farming just a couple hundred acres instead of the whole countryside. Superior production as well as nutrient-rich and higher quality food are some other notable benefits. It enables people to know exactly how their food is produced.
Ultimately, The Stock Cropper is designed to help reconnect consumers with the people that do the work, care for the land, and sustain their local communities. It also aims to achieve goals including more farmers, more processing plants, more feed mills, more butcher shops, and more businesses to support these types of local enterprises.
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BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — With the FedEx Cup two weeks away, Lee Hodges can breathe easier. Justin Thomas can’t.
Hodges birdied four of his last six holes for a 7-under 64 and a four-stroke lead over Tyler Duncan on Friday after almost two rounds of the 3M Open.
A nearly two-hour afternoon weather delay led to play being suspended due to darkness with six players yet to finish — none within 10 shots of the lead.
Hodges, 74th in the FedEx Cup points race, opened with a 63 for the first-round lead and had a 15-under 127 total to break the tournament 36-hole record of 128 set by Bryson DeChambeau in 2019.
Hodges was 3 under on the front nine and added a 33-foot birdie putt on No. 13, followed by birdies from 14 feet on No. 14 and 11 feet on No. 17.
“I’ve got a great attitude out there. Me and my caddie (Andrew Medley), we’re 70-something on the points list, like what do we have to lose, you know?” Hodges said. “We’ve committed to every shot we’ve hit so far, which has been great. We’ll continue to do it, because what do we have to lose.”
A lengthy last-hole putt was not enough to overcome a couple bad holes as Thomas aims to make the FedEx Cup playoffs for the eighth straight season. He birdied four of his last five holes to shoot a shot an even-par 71, leaving him 2 under for the tournament and two strokes short.
Thomas, at No. 75 in the FedEx Cup standings, has missed five cuts in his last seven starts. The top 70 next week after the Wyndham Championship will advance to the playoffs. Looking to stay in strong consideration for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, Thomas has just two top-10 finishes in 14 tournaments since mid-February.
Starting on the back nine, Thomas put two balls in the water on the par-5 18th, falling to 1 under. An errant tee shot and poor chip led to another double bogey on the par-3 fourth, before a strong finishing stretch was punctuated by a 30-foot putt on No. 9.
“This is a good chance for me to learn a little bit about myself and push myself and become better,” Thomas said before the tournament. “I mean, this game, nothing’s given to you. I’ve had great chances to win the FedEx Cup the last five or six years and now I’m trying to make the playoffs. That’s just the way that this sport is. And it can happen to anybody, so you’ve just got to go out and get it.”
He wasn’t the only player to put untimely dents in possible playoff plans by missing the cut. No. 70 K.H. Lee (1 under), No. 72 Davis Thompson (2 under) and No. 90 Gary Woodland (3 over) also get the weekend off.
Duncan, who has missed six cuts in his past eight events and 17 of 27 this season, shot a 67. He has back-to-back bogey-free rounds.
“You never know when it’s coming, but I’ve been putting in the work and you always hope it shows up,” Duncan said. “But it doesn’t always show up when you want it to.”
Defending champion Tony Finau (66), J.T. Poston (66), Brandt Snedeker (68) and Kevin Streelman (68) were 10 under.
With one top-10 in 25 starts this season, Streelman is in a rare position.
“I haven’t been in the final groups in a while on a Saturday, so looking forward to that. At my age I don’t have much to lose, so go out and have some fun this weekend,” the 44-year-old Streelman said.
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A Winnebago County asphalt repaving project that started on County Road R74 (425th Street) is tentatively scheduled to continue through Aug. 11. The 13-mile-long project runs from Lake Mills, south to the Hancock County Line. It also includes portions of County Road A34 past Rice Lake and County Road A38 toward Joice.
Dustrol Inc. is completing the hot in-place recycling work that is being completed one lane at a time with the use of pilot cars to allow for traffic in the work areas. Following the paving, Sta-Bilt construction will be microsurfacing the surface, which will also necessitate the use of pilot cars for traffic controls.
In the July 25 Winnebago County Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Terry Durby reported that the paving work south of Lake Mills was nearing Lake Mills on one lane and was about to go back with the other lane.
“I’ve had a lot of good comments about it,” Supervisor Susan Smith of Lake Mills said. “It looks beautiful. Maybe that’s been perfect weather, that hot weather.”
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“It’s a soft milling, so it’s easy on the equipment and it goes quickly,” Durby continued.
Ethan Schutter of the Winnebago County Road Department reported that Dustrol has done a good job of sticking to the estimated timeframe for the large paving project and that County Road A34 was completed on July 24. He said they were starting back from Lake Mills’ city limits and hoping to get to County Road A38 on July 25 and back to the main stretch of County Road R74 the following day.
“It’s taken some of the bigger dips out,” Schutter said. “You can still feel some of them, but they’re definitely fixed for the most part. I think it’s a good product. It’s a really nice ride and smooth.”
Schutter said the heat helps with the construction, moving at about 33 feet per minute.
Persons may contact the Hancock County Road Department with questions or for more information, 641-585-2905.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA told teams Friday that Damian Lillard and his agent confirmed that the All-Star guard would honor his contract in any potential trade, despite the agent saying Lillard only wanted to be dealt to the Miami Heat.
A memo sent to general managers and obtained by The Associated Press also warned that Lillard would be subject to discipline by the league if he or Aaron Goodwin make additional comments suggesting he won’t fully perform the requirements of his contract in the event of a trade.
Lillard told the Portland Trail Blazers earlier this month he wanted to be traded and Goodwin subsequently made clear his preference was Miami.
“Dame’s position won’t change,” Goodwin told AP on July 6. “This entire situation was about building an opportunity for Portland to win or giving him another opportunity that he wants, which is Miami.”
The league said it interviewed Lillard and Goodwin, along with several teams with whom Goodwin spoke. Goodwin denied telling teams that Lillard would refuse to play for them and the teams provided descriptions that were “mostly, though not entirely, consistent with Goodwin’s statements to us.”
Players are not allowed to publicly request trades. The league also stated in the memo that it told the Players Association that further comments such as Goodwin’s will be subject to discipline.
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The Winnebago County Board of Supervisors on July 25 tabled the matter of possibly discontinuing its project coordinator position for EMS.
“At this point, I don’t see the EMS coordinator position directing the countywide EMS,” said Supervisor Durby, who also cited a need to listen, note, and be made aware of what their needs are.
Durby recommended the matter be readdressed by the end of the year or sooner.
“I kind of feel like we haven’t gone through the whole process yet,” Durby said. “We haven’t even got our agreement. I’d hate to bail on the position until at least the first of the year when we appoint things. I’d kind of like to see how things are working before I make a decision like that.”
Durby noted it is clearer, which direction the countywide EMS is heading now (Forest City as employer of record).
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“We still don’t really have the processes figured out, how things are going to flow through,” said Supervisor Susan Smith. A countywide EMS meeting was scheduled later that same day at the Thompson Fire Hall to discuss processes.
“They’re going to have the whole county system there,” County Auditor Karla Weiss said. “I feel like they’re working on things.”
Supervisor Smith likened the position at issue as a liaison, who is between the EMS technical committee and advisory council. Someone who really explains things to the council, so they feel like they’re informed. A representative from the technical committee could possibly inform members of the EMS advisory council without the position. Supervisor Durby noted that were (Forest City) City Administrator Daisy Huffman asked to be a connection between the parties, she is a third party which could be a conflict of interest.
“It is somewhat of a cost burden on the budget too,” said Durby (about $2,500). “It’s not a big cost burden, but it is part of the budget.”
Irish Hospital Apartments lien
Supervisors approved the release of a Winnebago County lien on the Irish Hospital Apartment project. Supervisor Terry Durby said that the county’s lien was above MBT’s on the Clark Street property in final title work.
“We have really no lien on it,” Durby said. “It was for our $80,000 grant. They satisfied everything needed to accomplish that, so I thought it was in our best interest to just release that lien.”
Durby said things moved pretty fast in that whole process and that he thought it was “kind of a mistake” that county’s lien was in front of MBT’s bank lien.
Recycling concerns
Supervisors also discussed complaints received about rural recycling bins located at the county drop site in Thompson.
“People are angry that the lids are heavy, they can’t lift them up, they can’t reach it,” County Auditor Weiss said.
“They say they would have to be 10 or 12 feet tall to lift it up and put it in,” agreed Supervisor Smith.
Supervisors Jensvold and Durby said there is a red trailer that needs to be there, but it is lighter albeit still a little high. Durby said a blue collection container there is a bigger issue, with heavier lids and no real handle to grab.
“Somebody just needs to talk to them because we’re getting lots of calls and I’m sure you guys are getting lots and lots of calls,” said Weiss, especially elderly people who may not be able to lift the lids up over their head to drop items.
Durby said there have not been calls about it being full, but Smith said the concerns are about the ability to open the lids. She also said some of the people for whom it may be causing difficulties are likely conscientious recyclers. Jensvold agreed to go and discuss the matter with the operator of the recycling drop site and report back to the board.
Winnebago County transitioned its rural recycling program to using a Thompson drop-off site this spring, which became effective on May 1. It is at the secondary roads shop located at 141 1st Avenue West in Thompson. The site is directly behind the Thompson Post Office and Library.
Supervisors that they are also awaiting a first quarterly report with usage and collection information from the recycling drop site.
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TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 39th home run for the Angels before leaving with leg cramps as the Toronto Blue Jays slugged three solo homers and rallied to beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Friday night.
Ohtani was replaced by pinch-hitter Michael Stefanic when his at-bat came up with the bases loaded in the ninth inning. Ohtani was lifted because of cramping in both of his calves, Angels manager Phil Nevin said.
“We’ll evaluate it tomorrow when he gets up,” Nevin said. “It’s just cramping right now. It’s kind of in both legs. He’s done a lot of work the last two days and wasn’t able to go.”
A day earlier, Ohtani left the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit because of cramps. The two-way superstar threw a one-hitter in the opener Thursday for his first career MLB shutout, then homered twice in the second game.
Nevin said Ohtani’s soreness developed after he grounded out to begin the eighth.
“He came in and was trying to get some work done and just kept cramping up,” Nevin said.
Stefanic struck out looking at a 3-2 pitch from right-hander Jordan Romano as Toronto ended the Angels’ four-game winning streak.
After the game, an angry Nevin was seen holding up a tablet computer and yelling at plate umpire Mike Estabrook as the crew left the field.
“I just explained to him that I thought the pitch to Stefanic was outside,” Nevin said.
Matt Chapman, Danny Jansen and Whit Merrifield homered for the Blue Jays, who are 24-11 when they hit two or more home runs.
“Our team has been playing a good brand of baseball for a while now,” Chapman said. “I think maybe we’re just starting to find ways to come out on top of some of those close games.”
Chapman hit a two-out drive in the second, his 14th of the season. Jansen homered to lead off the third, his 14th. Both home runs came off right-hander Lucas Giolito, who made his first start for the Angels since being acquired from the White Sox earlier this week.
Giolito (6-7) allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
“I felt relatively sharp, throwing a lot of strikes, but they hammered my mistakes pretty good,” Giolito said.
Bo Bichette hit an RBI double off Giolito in the sixth and Merrifield made it 4-1 with a two-out homer off José Soriano in the seventh, his eighth. Merrifield finished 3 for 4 and has six home runs in his last 17 games. He hit a three-run homer in Thursday’s road win over the Dodgers.
The Blue Jays began the day in the third AL wild-card spot, three games ahead of the Angels. Los Angeles trails Boston and the New York Yankees in the postseason race.
After being greeted with a loud ovation from the sellout crowd of 42,106, Ohtani homered on the first pitch he faced, going deep in three straight at-bats over two games.
Ohtani’s 397-foot drive came off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman. Ohtani homered in consecutive games for the ninth time this season.
Ohtani’s streak of homers ended when he struck out swinging on a 2-2 pitch from Gausman in the third. Ohtani singled in the sixth and grounded out against left-hander Tim Mayza in the eighth.
Gausman (8-5) allowed one run and five hits in six-plus innings to win for the first time since June 21 at Miami. Gausman walked three and struck out nine, increasing his AL-leading total to 171.
Erik Swanson relieved Gausman after the Angels loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh. Swanson struck out Trey Cabbage and pinch-hitter Eduardo Escobar, then retired Luis Rengifo on a fly ball.
“Not getting one across, that hurts,” Nevin said.
Mayza worked one inning and Romano got two outs in the ninth before Yimi García finished for his third save in six chances. Romano was pitching for the fifth time since leaving the July 11 All-Star game because of a sore back.
“He’s doing alright,” manager John Schneider said of Romano. “Just lower back discomfort, it kind of locked up on him a little bit. Just kind of wanted to play it safe there.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: Before the game, Nevin said Ohtani would get an extra day of rest before his next start, which was scheduled for next Thursday’s home game against Seattle. … SS Zach Neto (sore back) was scratched from the starting lineup and replaced by Andrew Velazquez. Rengifo took over in the leadoff spot.
Blue Jays: LHP Hyun Jin Ryu (Tommy John surgery) will start on Tuesday against Baltimore, Schneider said. With the Blue Jays beginning a stretch of 17 games in 17 days Friday, Schneider said Ryu will be part of a six-man rotation. … RHP Chad Green (Tommy John surgery) will make a rehab appearance with Class-A Dunedin Saturday, his third.
ANGRY WORDS
Cameras caught Chapman yelling at Schneider in the dugout after the top of the first.
“That’s just everybody being competitive, wanting to win baseball games,” Chapman said. “Just a heat-of-the-moment kind of thing. What was said and what it’s about, I’m just going to keep between us.”
NEW-LOOK LINEUP
Blue Jays OF George Springer, who came in stuck in an 0-for-16 slump, was dropped from the leadoff spot to fifth. Springer finished 0 for 4. Merrifield moved up to hit leadoff.
ROSTER MOVES
The Angels optioned RHP Gerardo Reyes to Triple-A Salt Lake to make room on the roster for Giolito.
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RHP Alek Manoah (2-8, 6.10 ERA) starts for the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon. LHP Reid Detmers (2-7, 4.38) goes for the Angels.
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TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 39th home run — for a streak of three homers in three at-bats over two games — before being sidelined due to cramping for a second consecutive game.
Ohtani was replaced by pinch-hitter Michael Stefanic when his at-bat came up with the bases loaded in the ninth inning due to leg cramps. The Blue Jays beat the Angels 4-1 Friday.
Los Angeles manager Phil Nevin said Ohtani was removed because of cramping in both of his calves.
“We’ll evaluate it tomorrow when he gets up,” Nevin said. “It’s just cramping right now. It’s kind of in both legs. He’s done a lot of work the last two days and wasn’t able to go.”
Ohtani homered twice in the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit on Thursday before leaving with cramps. He threw an eight-strikeout, one-hitter in the opener for his first career MLB shutout.
The two-way superstar became the first player to throw a shutout in one game of a doubleheader and hit one homer — much less two — in the other.
Thursday’s performance against the Tigers came hours after the team confirmed Ohtani will stay with the Angels for the rest of the season before he becomes a free agent.
Nevin said Ohtani’s soreness developed after he grounded out to begin the eighth inning.
“He came in and was trying to get some work done and just kept cramping up,” Nevin said.
Stefanic struck out looking at a 3-2 pitch from right-hander Jordan Romano as Toronto ended the Angels’ four-game winning streak.
On Friday, Ohtani homered on the first pitch he faced, going deep in three straight at-bats. His drive to right came off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman and traveled 397 feet.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander said it felt like a playoff game at Camden Yards.
A few more performances like this, and the Baltimore Orioles will be there.
Santander homered off Tommy Kahnle in the ninth inning to give the Orioles a 1-0 victory over New York on Friday night, spoiling Aaron Judge’s return for the Yankees. Judge walked three times in his first game back from a toe injury, but the Orioles kept New York off the scoreboard with a spectacular defensive effort.
In the eighth inning alone, Santander made a lunging, sliding catch in right field, and second baseman Adam Frazier made a diving stop on Anthony Rizzo’s grounder with a man on second.
“Great defense, great pitching, that’s how we win baseball games,” Santander said.
Orioles rookie Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, going toe to toe with New York’s Gerrit Cole, who went seven. Félix Bautista (6-1) struck out two in a scoreless ninth. Kahnle (1-1) couldn’t match that in the bottom half, allowing Santander’s one-out drive that went well beyond the fence in right-center field.
The Orioles remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay atop the AL East, and they now lead the last-place Yankees by nine.
The game was delayed 2 hours, 32 minutes by rain, but that did little to dampen the enthusiasm of a crowd that included a mix of Yankees fans cheering Judge and Orioles fans embracing their first-place team.
“Right before the start of the game, it felt like a playoff game,” Santander said. “That’s good to have those fans to support us. Hopefully they can continue to do that.”
Judge lined out to right field on the first pitch to him in the first, but he reached base the other three times he came up.
Anthony Volpe was robbed twice by stellar Baltimore defense. Third baseman Ramón Urías made a diving stop on his one-hopper in the fifth. In the eighth, Volpe led off with a fly to right that Santander reached out and caught before sliding on his stomach across the grass.
New York eventually had two on and two out that inning when Rizzo’s grounder looked headed to right field. Frazier’s diving play prevented that.
“Defense won us the game,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Adam Frazier, diving play off Rizz. Santander with a great diving catch. We turned some double plays.”
Each team had only four hits. Rodriguez was one of Baltimore’s prized prospects, and after being sent back to the minors for a bit, he may be finding a groove.
“I just love his delivery right now and the tempo of his delivery,” Hyde said. “Just really, really competitive.”
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Orioles general manager Mike Elias said it’s no secret that the Orioles are working on potentially adding pitching upgrades at the trade deadline. He said the team has the wherewithal to make “good baseball trades” even if it means adding payroll.
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Orioles: Elias said he hopes OFs Cedric Mullins (right adductor groin strain) and Aaron Hicks (left hamstring strain) can return and play a large part of August. … Elias said LHP John Means (left elbow UCL surgery) and RHP Mychal Givens (right shoulder inflammation) will probably be pitching in games in the Florida Complex League in the early part of August.
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Baltimore’s Tyler Wells (7-5) takes the mound against New York’s Clarke Schmidt (6-6) on Saturday night. Schmidt will be on extended rest, having last pitched July 21.
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(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.
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(The Hill) — More than 20 states across the U.S. are under heat advisories as of Saturday.
From the California coast to the Midwest to the Southeast and the North- and Mid-Atlantic, 110 million Americans are facing scorching temperatures that could even get up to triple digits, according to ABC News.
Earlier in the week, the National Weather Service warned of “continued excessive summer heat” across the country in a forecast discussion. In the Washington, D.C. region, daily highs sat around 96 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NWS. In New York City, temperatures topped out at 90 degrees.
“Triple-digit heat continues across the southern half of the Plains to the eastern Gulf Coast while cool and unsettled weather continues across the northern Plains toward the Midwest,” the NWS said in their latest forecast discussion on upcoming weather between Monday and Tuesday.
The NWS said cooler temperatures will arrive in the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Sunday. However, they said these cooler temperatures will be preceded by thunderstorms as a result of the cold front creeping south.
“However, prior to the arrival of the cool air, the cold front will trigger strong to severe thunderstorms along with locally heavy downpours which may be accompanied with gusty winds and/or squalls as they move through the aforementioned areas from west to east through tonight,” the NWS aid in the forecast discussion. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/more-than-20-states-in-us-still-suffering-from-excessive-heat/ | 2023-07-29T23:48:58 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/more-than-20-states-in-us-still-suffering-from-excessive-heat/ |
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Russia has entered a dangerous new phase of its war against Ukraine since it exited the Black Sea grain deal earlier this month, weaponizing global food exports, stepping up attacks on Ukrainian ports and cities and increasing the risk of spillover into NATO countries.
Russia’s escalation is unlikely to deter the U.S. and allies from following through on delivering F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine in the coming months, which Moscow has repeatedly warned against.
But it comes as Ukraine is struggling to make major gains in its grinding counteroffensive, and Russia’s strategy appears aimed at straining U.S. and European partners who have provided billions in assistance to Ukraine over the course of 16 months.
“Certainly, it’s an escalation,” said Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations and who served as a senior director for Russia on the National Security Council under former President George W. Bush.
“Russia, I think, is clearly making an effort to continue to deepen the damage to the Ukrainian economy,” he added. “It has implications for Ukraine’s ability to continue the war effort, it raises concerns about attacks on NATO territory … so it’s a reason to be concerned.”
Since pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal July 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin has targeted attacks on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa, damaging the seaport and grain storage facilities and hitting residential and historical buildings, including an Orthodox cathedral.
The grain deal, negotiated by the United Nations and Turkey, allowed for the export of Ukrainian grain through a Russian blockade on the Black Sea, clearing the way for 33 million metric tons of foodstuffs to move across the world, largely to developing countries, since it took effect in July 2022.
But now, Putin is warning he views commercial ships in the Black Sea as legitimate military targets. The U.S. and the United Kingdom are warning Russia is plotting “false flag operations,” covertly mining the sea with the purpose of blaming Ukraine for any explosions.
NATO and member countries bordering Ukraine are on high alert.
“Russia bears full responsibility for its dangerous and escalatory actions in the Black Sea region,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday during a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
“Russia’s actions also pose substantial risks to the stability of the Black Sea region, which is of strategic importance to NATO,” he added. “Allies are stepping up support to Ukraine and increasing our vigilance. We remain ready to defend every inch of Allied territory from any aggression.”
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday condemned a Russian attack on a civilian port on the Danube River in Ukraine near his country, tweeting that the “escalation pose[s] serious risks to the security in the Black Sea.”
And Putin last week delivered a threat to NATO member Poland, accusing Warsaw of having designs on Belarus and saying an attack against Minsk would trigger a response from Moscow.
Poland is dispatching an additional 1,000 troops to its borders with Belarus, concerned over Wagner mercenary forces exiled to the country after retreating from a short-lived rebellion against Moscow in June.
Mary Beth Long, who served as assistant secretary of Defense during the George W. Bush administration, said Russia is seeking to maximize pressure on Kyiv and its allies in the lead-up to a slowdown of military operations by the winter.
“You can’t escalate your way in or out of this, I think both sides know that. But there’s more consequences to Ukraine because Russia is bigger, Russia is willing to strike civilians and its infrastructure, and it has shown that it can successfully do so,” she said.
“There’s no real consequences to Russia, from Ukraine or NATO, there’s no penalty to be paid for that, so that clears the way for him [Putin] to continue to not only strike against critical infrastructure and these nodes but to expand it.”
Long warned that Russia views the month of August as the best opportunity to inflict the most damage without a coherent response from the West, as American lawmakers are absent from Capitol Hill, European capitals are similarly quiet and NATO has no major meetings.
“I think Russia’s made the assessment that it has freedom of movement, in the next couple of months in particular,” she said. “It is doing everything it can to set the playing field before winter and it will continue to do so.”
While Russia is ramping up military tensions in the Black Sea, experts said its withdrawal from the grain deal is focused on the economic realm: sanctions relief and increasing trade.
“Russia really wants to make a deal,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the International Security Program of the Center for Security and International Security (CSIS).
“The difficult trade-offs for the U.S. and the West are not going to be the military equipment ones, but the ones about economics and sanctions. Are we willing to ease those restrictions in the interests of opening up grain shipments?” he asked.
Putin has long criticized the deal as failing to meet his demands for the export of Russian grains and fertilizer and has given little to no signal that he’s open to rejoining the agreement.
During a meeting with African leaders in St. Petersburg on Thursday, the Russian president committed to delivering nearly 300,000 tons of grain to six African countries “free of charge.”
The Russian president is also calling for sanctions relief on Russia’s agricultural bank, Rosselkhozbank, wanting it reconnected to the SWIFT international payment network.
Absent Moscow’s cooperation, the options for shipping grain out of Ukraine are not attractive.
While Ukraine is shipping grain and foodstuffs by rail and road, that amount is hundreds of thousands of tons less than can be moved through the Black Sea.
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The U.K. Ministry of Defense tweeted Wednesday that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is altering its position in preparation to enforce a blockade against Ukraine, warning the “potential for the intensity and scope of violence in the area to increase.”
Still, Cancian from the CSIS was optimistic that a solution surrounding grain exports from Ukraine would be reached in a relatively short time frame.
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8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
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In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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Brittney Griner to sit out on two-game road trip to focus on mental health
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 3:52 PM MST|Updated: 55 minutes ago
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - One of the Phoenix Mercury’s star players will sit out of the upcoming games to focus on her mental health.
On Saturday, the Phoenix Mercury announced that Brittney Griner would not travel with the team on their two-game road trip to take a break and focus on her mental health. The team is set to play in Chicago and Indiana on July 30 and Aug. 1.
Phoenix Mercury said they fully support Griner and will continue to work together on a timeline for her return.
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Alexander Zverev will take on Laslo Djere in the Hamburg European Open final on Sunday, July 30.
With -450 odds, Zverev is favored over Djere in this tournament final against the underdog, who is +310.
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Finals
- Date: Sunday, July 30
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Prediction and Odds
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Trends and Insights
- In the semifinals on Saturday, Zverev beat Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4.
- Djere eliminated Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals on Saturday.
- Zverev has played 26 games per match (22.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 42 matches over the past year (across all court types).
- On clay, Zverev has played 22 matches over the past 12 months, totaling 24.1 games per match (21.4 in best-of-three matches) while winning 54.8% of games.
- In his 58 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, Djere is averaging 25.3 games per match (23.5 in best-of-three matches) while winning 50.3% of those games.
- Djere has averaged 22 games per match (21.4 in best-of-three matches) and 10.5 games per set through 22 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In head-to-head matches, Zverev has two wins, while Djere has zero. In their last match on June 4, 2021, Zverev was victorious 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
- In terms of sets, Zverev has won five versus Djere (100.0%), while Djere has captured zero.
- Zverev and Djere have competed in 47 total games, and Zverev has won more often, capturing 31 of them.
- Djere and Zverev have matched up two times, and they have averaged 23.5 games and 2.5 sets per match.
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Jason Lindsey’s Forecast
Tracking Cooler, Less Humid Air
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 6:45 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Cooler, less humid air arrives, behind a cold front, as we end the weekend. That nice weather sticks around through midweek. Highs cool to the middle 80s by Monday with a mix of sun and clouds.
Tracking a weather maker, which will increase our chances for showers and storms, late next week. Highs warm back to the 90s by Friday. - Meteorologist Jason Lindsey
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Firefighters rescue 3 pets from house fire in Peoria
PEORIA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Three pets were reunited with their family after being rescued from a house fire in Peoria on Friday afternoon.
Around 3:30 p.m., Peoria and Glendale fire crews were called to a garage fire near 67th Avenue and Cactus Road. Firefighters arrived and found the side of the home entirely in flames. Crews worked quickly to attack the blaze, then went into the house, where they rescued three pets. The pets were reunited with their family.
The home was severely damaged, and Peoria Fire says the family won’t be able to return for some time. One firefighter was taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion, but no other injuries were reported.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Alexander Zverev will take on Laslo Djere in the Hamburg European Open final on Sunday, July 30.
With -450 odds, Zverev is favored over Djere in this tournament final against the underdog, who is +310.
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Finals
- Date: Sunday, July 30
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Trends and Insights
- In the semifinals on Saturday, Zverev beat Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4.
- Djere eliminated Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals on Saturday.
- Zverev has played 26 games per match (22.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 42 matches over the past year (across all court types).
- On clay, Zverev has played 22 matches over the past 12 months, totaling 24.1 games per match (21.4 in best-of-three matches) while winning 54.8% of games.
- In his 58 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, Djere is averaging 25.3 games per match (23.5 in best-of-three matches) while winning 50.3% of those games.
- Djere has averaged 22 games per match (21.4 in best-of-three matches) and 10.5 games per set through 22 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In head-to-head matches, Zverev has two wins, while Djere has zero. In their last match on June 4, 2021, Zverev was victorious 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
- In terms of sets, Zverev has won five versus Djere (100.0%), while Djere has captured zero.
- Zverev and Djere have competed in 47 total games, and Zverev has won more often, capturing 31 of them.
- Djere and Zverev have matched up two times, and they have averaged 23.5 games and 2.5 sets per match.
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(The Hill) — More than 20 states across the U.S. are under heat advisories as of Saturday.
From the California coast to the Midwest to the Southeast and the North- and Mid-Atlantic, 110 million Americans are facing scorching temperatures that could even get up to triple digits, according to ABC News.
Earlier in the week, the National Weather Service warned of “continued excessive summer heat” across the country in a forecast discussion. In the Washington, D.C. region, daily highs sat around 96 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NWS. In New York City, temperatures topped out at 90 degrees.
“Triple-digit heat continues across the southern half of the Plains to the eastern Gulf Coast while cool and unsettled weather continues across the northern Plains toward the Midwest,” the NWS said in their latest forecast discussion on upcoming weather between Monday and Tuesday.
The NWS said cooler temperatures will arrive in the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Sunday. However, they said these cooler temperatures will be preceded by thunderstorms as a result of the cold front creeping south.
“However, prior to the arrival of the cool air, the cold front will trigger strong to severe thunderstorms along with locally heavy downpours which may be accompanied with gusty winds and/or squalls as they move through the aforementioned areas from west to east through tonight,” the NWS aid in the forecast discussion. | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/more-than-20-states-in-us-still-suffering-from-excessive-heat/ | 2023-07-29T23:50:01 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/more-than-20-states-in-us-still-suffering-from-excessive-heat/ |
First Alert Weather: Temps drop as storm chances increase for metro Phoenix
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Today marks the 30th day of temperatures at or above 110 degrees in Phoenix. But we could soon see some relief. As a low-pressure area approaches Mexico, a push of moisture from the south will drop temperatures slightly heading into the work week.
We are already seeing showers and thunderstorms in eastern Arizona and northern Arizona on Saturday afternoon. Outflows from these storms can kick up dust across the lower deserts and fire off some showers and thunderstorms. There is a better chance for this activity to enter the Phoenix area Sunday.
We are First Alerting Sunday for higher storm chances, and we could see this continue through Tuesday or Wednesday. Strong gusty winds and brief heavy downpours are possible. This cooler air could be the first time temperatures have dropped below 110 in Phoenix since June 30. By the end of next week, we’re tracking the heat once again. Temperatures look to jump above 110 Thursday through the weekend.
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Man dead after golf cart crash in Sun City
SUN CITY, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A man is dead after a golf cart crash in Sun City on Saturday morning.
The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. near 103rd Avenue and Cherry Hills Drive. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies say that 82-year-old Chester Sharpe was driving a golf cart south on 103rd Avenue when he made an abrupt left turn, crossing the center line and colliding head-on with an SUV. Sharpe died at the scene.
Investigators say their preliminary investigation suggests that Sharpe may have had a medical event that contributed to the collision. The SUV driver was evaluated for impairment and was found to be unimpaired.
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hamburg European Open
Alexander Zverev will take on Laslo Djere in the Hamburg European Open final on Sunday, July 30.
With -450 odds, Zverev is favored over Djere in this tournament final against the underdog, who is +310.
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Match Information
- Tournament: The Hamburg European Open
- Round: Finals
- Date: Sunday, July 30
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Prediction and Odds
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Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere Trends and Insights
- In the semifinals on Saturday, Zverev beat Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4.
- Djere eliminated Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals on Saturday.
- Zverev has played 26 games per match (22.6 in best-of-three matches) in his 42 matches over the past year (across all court types).
- On clay, Zverev has played 22 matches over the past 12 months, totaling 24.1 games per match (21.4 in best-of-three matches) while winning 54.8% of games.
- In his 58 matches in the past 12 months across all court types, Djere is averaging 25.3 games per match (23.5 in best-of-three matches) while winning 50.3% of those games.
- Djere has averaged 22 games per match (21.4 in best-of-three matches) and 10.5 games per set through 22 matches on clay courts in the past 12 months.
- In head-to-head matches, Zverev has two wins, while Djere has zero. In their last match on June 4, 2021, Zverev was victorious 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
- In terms of sets, Zverev has won five versus Djere (100.0%), while Djere has captured zero.
- Zverev and Djere have competed in 47 total games, and Zverev has won more often, capturing 31 of them.
- Djere and Zverev have matched up two times, and they have averaged 23.5 games and 2.5 sets per match.
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A Hampton man facing up to 75 years in prison after being accused of sexually abusing children at a day care facility has waived his right to a speedy trial.
According to court records, 26-year-old Benjamin Harold Green was charged in May with three counts of second-degree sexual abuse, class B felonies, for allegedly abusing the children between 2014 and 2020.
The waiver of a speedy trial means the state is not required to prepare a case and hold a trial within 90 days of indictment.
The affidavit states Green abused three children at Hampton Community Christian Daycare between September 2014 and January 2020 while he was employed there. The mothers of the children reported the abuse to police and a series of Child Protection Center interviews allegedly corroborated the abuse claims.
Green has been on pretrial release since July 6. As of Friday, a jury trial is scheduled for Sept. 6.
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Three individuals were arrested Thursday after a search warrant was executed at a Bradford residence.
According to court records, Mathew Joseph Koenig, 40, Kimberly Jo Campbell, 42, and Ethan James Marzen, 32, were all charged with felony drug offenses.
The affidavit states the residence owned by Koenig was searched at 6:11 p.m. All three have been charged with gathering where controlled substances are used — a class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Campbell is also charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.
During the search a bag of methamphetamine allegedly was found in an upstairs bedroom where Campbell was sleeping. A large amount of drug paraphernalia was located throughout the house. Messages on Campbell's phone allegedly indicated she and Koenig purchase methamphetamine together.
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Koenig had two outstanding warrants for his arrest prior to the search.
Marzen, who stated he usually sleeps on the couch, allegedly was found with a Crown Royal bag with a large amount of small baggies, a methamphetamine pipe and a scale inside. Another pipe was found under the cushion where he was sitting and a water bong with methamphetamine residue also was located.
All three were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Hearings for initial appearances for all three are scheduled for Aug. 17. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/methamphetamine-bradford-iowa-three-arrested-warrant/article_63e02c6c-2d60-11ee-856d-c3d063590472.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:22 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/methamphetamine-bradford-iowa-three-arrested-warrant/article_63e02c6c-2d60-11ee-856d-c3d063590472.html |
The Food Bank of Iowa ended fiscal year 2023 breaking every record in its 41-year history, according to a press release by the nonprofit organization.
Across the 55 counties it serves, Food Bank of Iowa distributed 21 million pounds of food, or the equivalent of 17.5 million meals. The number of pounds is an increase of 4 million pounds from FY2022 and more than 800,000 pounds over the previous record year, FY 2021, during the height of the pandemic.
Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank of Mason City is a partner of the Food Bank of Iowa, and data shows that their efforts to battle the rising food insecurity in the region reflect the trends statewide.
Hawkeye Harvest in June served 1,232 Cerro Gordo County residents in 575 families, compared with 988 individuals and 338 families in surrounding counties, enough food for 26,640 meals.
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Earlier this month, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig in a visit to the food pantry commended the efforts by the volunteers at the organization, and spoke of his office's efforts to provide aid to nonprofits who are struggling to keep up with demand.
“I’m interested [in learning how] do we continue to connect the dots between Iowa producers? We’re a huge agriculture production state, and so how do we match up that ag production with food security?”
Hawkeye Harvest's 186 volunteers logged 11,238 hours in 2022, and donations are used for the purchase of food with a small amount to maintain its facility which opened in 2014 at 122 S. Adams Ave. in Mason City.
Collectively, Food Bank of Iowa’s 700 partners served 661,506 households in FY 2023, an increase of 171,285 households from the previous year. They reported nearly 1.8 million points of service, including: 759,043 children age 18 and under; 734,043 adults age 19-59; and 287,308 older Iowans age 60 and up.
A record 9,739 volunteer shifts were filled at Food Bank of Iowa in FY2023, representing 33,334 hours of service or the work of 16 full-time employees. The value of those volunteer hours exceeds $1 million.
“Food Bank of Iowa is laser focused on providing food for Iowans struggling to make ends meet,” said Food Bank of Iowa CEO Michelle Book. “At this time of rising need, escalating costs and declining resources, we are grateful for the collaborative support of steadfast donors, energetic volunteers, and most especially for our committed partners who serve at the front line. It takes all of us working together to feed Iowans facing hunger.”
According to the Food Bank of Iowa, one in 10 adults and one in eight children are facing hunger.
The spike in food prices is attributed to economic inflation, high labor and food production costs and disruptions like avian flu, droughts, wildfires and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Iowans receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aid must now go through an asset test to continue receiving benefits under a new law passed in April by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by the Governor. Iowa households will now have an asset limit of $15,000 to remain eligible for SNAP benefits, excluding the values of a car, home and $10,000 in value of a second household car.
The nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency estimated the bill would cause 8,000 Iowans to lose Medicaid coverage and 2,800 households to lose food assistance each year.
State Representative Sharon Steckman (D-Mason City) voted against the bill and said in her summary of the legislative session that the legislation was among the reasons the session was
"disastrous for Iowans" and that "In SF494, health care and food was taken away from children."
Advocacy organizations like the Iowa Hunger Coalition were also opposed to the legislation.
Carol Clayton, who serves as a coordinating volunteer and board member at Hawkeye Harvest, said in May 2023 the food bank received 12,000 pounds of bread, 57,000 pounds of total food, 1,000 pounds of non-edible goods like toothpaste and toiletries and $10,000 in small contributions and donations.
All who come to Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank must meet residency and income qualifications to receive food to make meals for about four days during once-monthly visits. They also receive nonperishables such as toilet paper and other basic necessities. Clayton said a donation of $25 currently purchases enough food to help make 40 meals. A $50 donation helps make 80 meals and a $100 donation will provide enough food to make 160 meals.
For those making food donations, nonperishable food items requested by the food bank include cereal, pasta, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meals such as soups, chili, pasta, 100% juice, peanut butter, canned pasta sauce or spaghetti sauce, macaroni & cheese and canned protein (tuna, chicken, turkey). Donations can be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Monday through Friday. Clients are helped from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/food-bank-iowa-hawkeye-harvest-2023/article_5c53e74a-2d65-11ee-b05a-774d3f34b8f0.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:28 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/food-bank-iowa-hawkeye-harvest-2023/article_5c53e74a-2d65-11ee-b05a-774d3f34b8f0.html |
Citizens of Northwood are imploring the city to help get their trees back.
A number of concerned citizens living along Highway 65 are seeking solutions from the city council after a state sidewalk construction project removed trees along the public right-of-way, but a recently passed city ordinance now prohibits them from replanting the trees lost that were technically on city property.
Michael Bode of Northwood is leading a community effort to revise the ordinance because "...it's a quality of life issue. I had four trees in the right of way, they were nice and they provided shade."
A statement from Iowa Department of Transportation reads, in full: "In the spring, trees were removed for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) sidewalk construction through the project limits. The city of Northwood has since passed an ordinance regarding trees."
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Iowa DOT did not comment when asked about the number of trees removed during the project, or what the criteria for the tree removal was; but the project made improvements to the highway and sidewalks were lengthened from three feet to five feet to comply with state and federal ADA standards for sidewalks along highways within city limits.
City Superintendent Dirk Van Ryswyk estimated the number of trees taken down was around 50.
"When the state came through initially, they met with the property owners and most agreed to the removal of the trees, but at that time, the ordinance allowed them to replant [on the berm/right of way]," said Mayor Doug Moehle of Northwood; "A big portion of the decision to change that ordinance was the cost that the city was incurring because [the city] is required to remove diseased trees along the berm, and with the tree diseases going around we've been removing quite a few, so it has been getting pretty expensive. To try and reduce that in the future, it was decided that [the ordinance] would hopefully eliminate the [amount of trees removed] from the berm...but obviously the state coming in...it was an unfortunate timing."
The ordinance, as passed by the council and effective April 19, 2023, states that "trees shall not be planted between the sidewalk curb, or edge of the street."
This left many residents who lost trees near their property, including Bode, with what he says is an unseemly and bare strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. Without any other recourse for replanting the trees, Bode began a public awareness campaign of yard signs along the highway imploring the city to revisit the issue. Among the signs were messages like "Protect Northwood's image" and "We proudly support trees on 65." Bode said, "Keeping an inviting green corridor on on of our main routes through town is something I feel strongly about. When the trees were coming down, the people I talked to were saying that losing the trees was just a shame."
Northwood has been known since its founding for its stewardship of the tree canopy; indeed, the name of the town and township (Grove) pays homage to the wooded areas along the Shell Rock river now preserved as the scenic Swensrud Park.
"I don't blame them, it's pretty bare [along the highway] now," said Councilman Gary Nerlien. "I'm all for trees...but the city needs to have control over city property. There should be an application to the city to decide what should go in."
No official action was taken during the discussion of this issue at the July 24 meeting of the Northwood City Council, but the mayor and council all indicated that the issue of revising the ordinance would be brought up for consideration when the council reconvenes August 14. Bode volunteered to serve on an oversight committee that could review applications for tree planting by citizens, giving the city oversight over the trees that go in.
"It's up to us to convince the city that this initiative is what residents, business owners and visitors want," said Bode. He adds, "...I'm concerned that if the committee for changing the resolution makes the process too restrictive, it will deter most people from replanting, so here's to hoping I'm wrong on that thought. I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it."
According to Iowa code, a proposed ordinance or amendment must be considered and voted on for passage at two council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed, unless this requirement is suspended by a recorded vote of not less than three-fourths of all of the members of the council.
"The decision was made to look at the ordinance and tweak it and hopefully satisfy the concerned residents," said Moehle.
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/government-politics/northwood-city-council-debates-trees/article_0fd53c72-2bd8-11ee-a308-d3932f3447e0.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:34 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/government-politics/northwood-city-council-debates-trees/article_0fd53c72-2bd8-11ee-a308-d3932f3447e0.html |
Darlene Priscilla (Movick) Oppedahl
February 26, 1926 - July 24, 2023
MASON CITY - Darlene Priscilla (Movick) Oppedahl, 97, of Mason City, IA, passed away July 24, 2023 at Good Shepherd Health Center.
A funeral service will be held 1:00pm, August 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N Pennsylvania Ave, Mason City, IA 50401. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be dedicated to Trinity Lutheran Church.
Darlene was born February 23, 1926, near Ottosen, IA. She was the fourth of nine children of Peter and Clara (Ellingson) Movick. She graduated from West Bend High School in 1943 and then studied at Mankato. She met Orville Oppedahl in Kiester, MN. They were married on June 8, 1946 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottosen.
In 1969, Darlene began work as a nurse's aid and in 1971 she attended NIACC to become a licensed practical nurse. She worked as an LPN until her retirement in 1988.
Darlene was an active lifetime member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a member of the Senior Center where she danced and played 500. She enjoyed bowling and golfing. She got a hole in one at the age of 80. She loved flowers, playing cards, traveling, and ceramics.
Darlene is survived by her children, Nancy (Jerald) Nelson of Mason City, Barbara(Joe Paulsen) Oppedahl of Mason City, and Bradley(Julie Bryant) Oppedahl of Cedar Rapids, IA; grandchildren, Jonathan Nelson, Jordan(Dana) Nelson, Stephanie Rassett, Nicole(Michelle) Oppedahl, Jessica(Drae) Lloyd, and Kylie(Kyle) Knoke; great-grandchildren, Mara Nelson, Aalayah Lloyd, and Aryanna Lloyd; sister, Donna Gatton; three sisters-in-law; nieces, nephews, and friends.
Darlene was preceded in death by her husband, Orville; son, Gregory Oppedahl; parents, Peter and Clara; and siblings, Ardis Opheim, Nyle Movick, Mardell Landmesser, Marvin Movick, Peter Movick Jr., Bernard Movick, and Arlo Movick.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel. (641) 423-2372. ColonialChapels.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/darlene-priscilla-movick-oppedahl/article_b739c3cf-0bd4-5e83-b9d6-c633d0cd9daa.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:41 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/darlene-priscilla-movick-oppedahl/article_b739c3cf-0bd4-5e83-b9d6-c633d0cd9daa.html |
Jeremiah (Jere) Schmidt, 90, of Britt passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at his home in Britt in Britt.Ewing Funeral Chapel in Britt is assisting the family with arrangements.
Norma Lou Nutting, 91, died Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake. Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 310 1st Ave North, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428. 641-357-2193 www.colonialchapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_6264e669-20d8-54bb-b3d2-903bf15d28f6.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:47 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_6264e669-20d8-54bb-b3d2-903bf15d28f6.html |
8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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Kenneth Craig Prall
May 24, 1959 - July 14, 2023
It is with great sadness the Prall family announces the passing of their beloved brother Kenneth Craig, “Casey” Prall.
Casey left us unexpectedly, but peacefully in his sleep. His incredible sense of humor, intelligence, and inventive use of the English language will be greatly missed by both family & friends. He was a rare breed of human and we're sure he's entertaining those he's with now.
He is preceded in death by his father Richard Prall, mother Betty Warner, brother Jeffrey Prall, step-father Allan Warner, and brother-in-law Jerry Rabey. He is survived by his brother Kirk Prall (Kristy), sisters Cindy Rabey, Carrie Prall, Traci Hegarty (Jim), and brother Richard Prall (Carrie), along with several nieces and nephews. Casey promised many family & friends a steak dinner for various occasions. We're sure he posthumously offers no apologies that he's unable to fulfill these verbal contracts.
Goodbye, Casey – GO, PACK, GO! | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/kenneth-craig-prall/article_5f2f37e3-103f-5d26-b337-c477c63245d5.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:53 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/kenneth-craig-prall/article_5f2f37e3-103f-5d26-b337-c477c63245d5.html |
Kenneth Craig Prall
May 24, 1959 - July 14, 2023
It is with great sadness the Prall family announces the passing of their beloved brother Kenneth Craig, “Casey” Prall. Casey left us unexpectedly, but peacefully in his sleep. His incredible sense of humor, intelligence, and inventive use of the English language will be greatly missed by both family & friends. He was a rare breed of human and we're sure he's entertaining those he's with now.
He is preceded in death by his father Richard Prall, mother Betty Warner, brother Jeffrey Prall, step-father Allan Warner, and brother-in-law Jerry Rabey.
He is survived by his brother Kirk Prall (Kristy), sisters Cindy Rabey, Carrie Prall, Traci Hegarty (Jim), and brother Richard Prall (Carrie), along with several nieces and nephews. Casey promised many family & friends a steak dinner for various occasions.
We're sure he posthumously offers no apologies that he's unable to fulfill these verbal contracts. Goodbye, Casey – GO, PACK, GO! | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/kenneth-craig-prall/article_abde7437-2962-5fce-94a0-c30c54d71c87.html | 2023-07-29T23:50:59 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/kenneth-craig-prall/article_abde7437-2962-5fce-94a0-c30c54d71c87.html |
Lawrence L. "Larry" Bernemann
MASON CITY - Lawrence L. "Larry" Bernemann, 87, passed away July 24, 2023 at his home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 am Thursday, August 3, 2023 at Epiphany Parish - Holy Family Catholic Church, 722 N. Adams Ave., Mason City with Rev. Neil Manternach as Celebrant. Burial will follow in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, August 2, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd NE Mason City and will resume one hour prior to Mass at the church on Thursday.
Should friends desire, memorials may be left in Larry's honor to the Newman Foundation.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE, Mason City. (641)423-2372. ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/lawrence-l-larry-bernemann/article_6679487a-2dcf-595f-8cb8-12bff8056b73.html | 2023-07-29T23:51:05 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/lawrence-l-larry-bernemann/article_6679487a-2dcf-595f-8cb8-12bff8056b73.html |
Edward Sexton, a British fashion innovator whose bespoke suits brought a sharp new silhouette and bold colors to London’s Swinging Sixties scene, becoming the tailor for models, film idols and rock stars, including the Beatles with suits worn by Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney on the “Abbey Road” album cover, died July 23 in London. He was 80.
The death was announced on the website of Mr. Sexton’s shop on London’s Savile Row. No additional details were given.
Mr. Sexton learned his craft under the exacting standards of Savile Row traditions and never lost his attention to detail — insisting, for example, that precisely five-eighths of an inch of shirt can peek from under a jacket cuff. His mark on fashion took shape in the 1960s as London became a center of a style revolution with counterculture statements such as the minidress and paisley-print jackets.
Mr. Sexton seized the moment by giving the classic Savile Row style a groovy makeover: suits with a narrower cut, accented by jaunty lapels that mixed materials and textures and a pop art palette of pastels, checkerboard patterns and intentionally clashing tones.
Mr. Sexton and fellow menswear specialist Tommy Nutter opened a shop in 1969 that basked in the fame of the celebrities they dressed. Two of the Beatles wore suits from the collaboration of Nutter and Mr. Sexton on 1969’s “Abbey Road.” (George Harrison wore jeans, and John Lennon’s white suit was credited to French designer Ted Lapidus.) In 1971, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones wore a cream-color, three-piece suit by Mr. Sexton for his St. Tropez wedding to Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías.
For the next five decades, Mr. Sexton’s suits — occasionally for women — were sported by rockers including Elton John and David Bowie, fashionistas such as model Naomi Campbell and shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, and artists Andy Warhol and David Hockney. In 2017, British singer Harry Styles wore suits by Mr. Sexton, including one in canary yellow and another guava pink, for a global tour; and Rick Astley opened his set at the 2023 Glastonbury music festival in a salmon-hued ensemble by Mr. Sexton.
“To keep the edge,” Mr. Sexton said in a 2016 interview, “you got to challenge yourself all the time.”
Mr. Sexton kept his personal style a bit more old school, however. He favored the fitted tailoring of the 1930s and 1940s such as Humphrey Bogart’s suits in “Casablanca,” once saying that he could cut a double-breasted suit that makes a “fat man look slimmer and can make a skinny guy look more beefy.” Mr. Sexton also explored variations of the venerable English hacking jacket with its three-button front and pockets made to be used.
Mr. Sexton always appeared in public in impeccably tailored suits and often with perfectly knotted ties — just one of the ways he made a stand against trends toward casual dressing and, to his enduring dismay, the dominance of denim. In his view, there were unbreakable rules to dressing. The fabric must match the season, trouser cuffs must be exactly 1 5/8 inch, lapels must never buckle or stick out from the jacket, among many other sartorial codes.
“If a man walked in wearing a stripped shirt and a striped tie, believe me, I would talk to him before he left the shop,” Mr. Sexton told the Chicago Tribune in 1987.
Youthful start
Mr. Sexton was born Nov. 9, 1942, in Dagenham in East London. His father was a public health inspector, and his mother worked on the custodial team at BBC.
At 12, Mr. Sexton started running errands for his uncle’s tailoring shop and learned the basics of how to press, cut and sew material. As a teenager, Mr. Sexton replied to a help-wanted ad in the journal Tailor & Cutter.
He left school at 15 to work with tailors in London’s East End. Within a few years, Mr. Sexton had moved up to cutting and needle work at shops on Savile Row, one of the global centers for bespoke tailoring. In his spare time, he took classes at the Barrett Street Technical College, which later became part of the London College of Fashion.
Even as he mastered the craft, Mr. Sexton felt constrained by the tradition-bound ethos of Savile Row. He found a kindred soul in Nutter, a salesman at a Savile Row tailor. In the mid-1960s, they began to hatch plans to set off on their own.
Their shop, at 35a Savile Row, was a paean to rebellion. It was the first Savile Row tailor to have an open street-front window, where people could see the inside of the shop. For more than a century, Savile Row establishments resembled private clubs with only clientele welcomed inside. The guest list for the shop’s opening party included the Beatles’s McCartney and model Twiggy.
Mr. Sexton “crafted the legendary sartorial language at the nexus of rock ‘n’ roll and Savile Row,” Simon Holloway, creative director at the London-based luxury goods brand Dunhill, told GQ magazine.
Nutter’s, as the shop was called, sported chocolate-colored carpets and mirrors recovered from razed mansions. Trash cans held fabric and suits. Champagne flowed. Nutter was the showman and disrupter, and Mr. Sexton made sure the designs worked, including modified hacking jackets in vivid colors with padded shoulders and nipped waists.
Punch magazine called the whole scene “an eccentric mix of Lord Emsworth, ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Bozo the Clown.” That was high praise at the time.
Nutter and Mr. Sexton became part of a constellation of fashion iconoclasts in London including minidress designer Mary Quant and Levant-inspired artisan Thea Porter. Mr. Sexton earned the nickname “the wizard with the scissors” with styles that later influenced designers including Tom Ford and Stella McCartney, who was mentored by Mr. Sexton on the advice of her father, Paul.
“Imperfections,” Mr. Sexton once said, “don’t sit well with me.” Nutter’s inattention with finances eventually led to their split. In the mid-1970s, Mr. Sexton bought out Nutter and rebranded the line as Edward Sexton. (Nutter opened a ready-to-wear shop on Savile Row in 1983; he died in 1992.)
In the 1980s, Mr. Sexton’s designed for clients such as the Bee Gees and actress Joan Collins. In 1987, he made the costumes for the television movie, “Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story,” starring Farrah Fawcett as the heiress to the Woolworth store fortune.
Mr. Sexton’s moved beyond bespoke designs with a line for Saks Fifth Avenue in the 1990s and maintained an appointment-only atelier in London’s Knightsbridge section. In 2022, after more than three decades away from Savile Row, he returned with a flagship store in partnership with interior designer Daniel Hopwood.
Survivors include his wife Joan and three daughters.
Although Mr. Sexton built his name as a rebel against Savile Row, he remained a guardian of its principles. “I am convinced,” he told the London Evening Standard in 2014, “that it is in our genes as Londoners to dress well.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/29/edward-sexton-tailor-beatles-dies/ | 2023-07-29T23:51:35 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/29/edward-sexton-tailor-beatles-dies/ |
8 dogs died from extreme heat in the Midwest during unairconditioned drive
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least eight dogs died of heat-related injuries after being transported in the back of an uncooled cargo van through northern Indiana Thursday night, authorities said.
The dogs that died were among 18 shepherds traveling from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to a training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, police said.
The driver, whom police did not name, said he was unaware that the air conditioning in the cargo area failed until he heard dogs barking. Then, he pulled off Interstate 94 at a convenience store and gas station in Lake Station, Indiana. When he opened the back, the driver found several dogs dead and others suffering. Numerous store employees and passersby stepped in to aid the dogs.
Jennifer Webber, executive director of the Humane Society of Hobart, responded to the call at 7:40 p.m. and said the dogs displayed signs of heatstroke: Salivating heavily, wobbling, vomiting and convulsing.
“There were already several dogs dead on the scene, and multiple failing fast,” Webber said. “Their crates inside the truck were completely trashed on the inside and the little water bowls were the size you’d give a parrot. And they were empty and torn up as if the dogs were exasperated.”
In a statement posted online, the Lake Station Police Department described the incident as a “freak event.” Telephone and email messages seeking further comment were left with the police station Saturday.
“This was not an act of animal cruelty or neglect but a mechanical failure of the AC unit that was being used in the cargo area,” the statement said.
But Webber said she encountered resistance when attempting to gather facts for the investigation she is authorized to conduct. The police officer in charge of the scene told her she could leave because the deaths were an accident that “the owner will take care of.”
The owner, who was driving the car, used abusive language, cursed at her and refused to produce health certificates, Webber said. Such paperwork is typically signed by veterinarians in each state involved and required to move dogs across borders for commerce. Webber said she doubted a veterinarian would have approved travel on Thursday, when heat indices exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
The extreme heat is a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
“He shouldn’t have been traveling at all. So No. 1: That is neglectful,” Webber said. Then, the police let the owner drive away — this time with the door to the cargo area open — with several dead dogs and others who should have been hospitalized in crates that were not secured in the cargo area, she continued.
The truck, crates and dogs are evidence she wanted to inspect.
Even more, five of the dogs were transported to veterinary hospitals — in ambulances used for people, not in the specialized humane society vans offered on site. Webber filed a notice of seizure of the dogs when they’re released. According to Lake Station ordinance, the humane society may confine any dog who is “ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care” or “reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected.”
But Webber claimed that Lake Station police blocked the order, directing the hospitals treating the animals to release them to the owner when they are well again. She said that in her five years working with Lake Station, that has never happened.
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The summer months can provide very good fishing, and when the fall months arrive, fishing can be even better. In the warm water of summer, fish eat often. The cooling water in the fall is Mother Nature’s way of telling the fish they need to fatten up for winter, so they eat often then also. Fish that are eating are easier to catch. However, in the summer and fall, there are times when the fish eat a bit less aggressively. That makes them tougher to catch. There are things that an angler can do to lessen the time between bites even when the fish aren’t as hungry as usual.
Mike Frisch and I were on a midsummer fishing trip. Mike is an outstanding angler and has learned from years of fishing that if you want to catch fish, you’ve got to do what it takes. That’s what we did on this day of fishing.
We were in the Alexandria area of Minnesota. This area offers lots of fishing options. There are many different species of fish and many different types of lakes. We arrived at the lake that we were going to fish about mid-morning. The sun was shining and the lake was flat. Our plan was to troll with crankbaits for walleyes, but bright conditions and no wind can make walleye fishing tough. We decided to fish for smallmouth bass instead. The lake we were on had a good smallmouth population, and smallmouth bite better than walleyes when the sun is shining.
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Mike knew of several good smallmouth areas on the lake. The first spot didn’t produce, but the next area that we checked out had some biters. We cast jigs tipped with Ned Ochos and caught a few smallmouth. Next we tried drop-shot rigs tipped with Half Shell plastics. We caught a few more smallmouth, then the action stopped. We visited a couple of other smallmouth spots, but didn’t find any biters. About an hour later we returned to the location that had provided action earlier. We caught a few more, but action still wasn’t as fast as we had hoped. It was time for a lake change.
We put the boat on the trailer and traveled a couple of miles down the road to a lake that had stained water and a healthy population of largemouth bass. Stained water is often better when the sun is shining. We started casting crankbaits along the weedline. It wasn’t long before we started catching! The largemouth were willing to eat our baits. Then we noticed that clouds were building and the wind had picked up. Since walleyes were our original plan, we decided to switch from largemouth and give the walleyes another chance. We again put the boat on the trailer and went back to the lake we started on. We tied Hornet crankbaits to our lines and trolled them over areas where we had caught walleyes on previous trips. And we completed our original goal of catching a few walleyes.
Wherever you live, there are usually fishing options. You can switch species or you can switch lakes. On the huge reservoirs in some places, a move to another part of the reservoir can be productive. Just remember that if you’re not catching them doing what you’re doing, do something else.
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US
Toshihiro Mutsuda was only five years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action
TOKYO (AP) — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
On Saturday, when the flag was returned to him from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years, Mutsuda, now 83, said: “It's a miracle."
The flag, known as “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier's name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck. It was given to him before he was drafted by the Army. His family was later told he died in Saipan, but his remains were never returned.
The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Its meaning was not known until it was identified by the family earlier this year, said museum director Steve Banta, who brought the flag to Tokyo.
Banta said he learned the story behind the flag earlier this year when he was contacted by the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.
The search for the flag's original owner started in April when a museum visitor took a photo and asked an expert about the description that it had belonged to a “kamikaze” suicide pilot. When Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's grandson saw the photo, he sought help from the Obon Society, group co-founder Keiko Ziak said.
“When we learned all of this, and that the family would like to have the flag, we knew immediately that the flag did not belong to us,” Banta said at the handover ceremony. “We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.”
The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when Banta, wearing white gloves, gently placed the neatly folded flag into his hands. Two of his younger siblings, both in their 80s, stood by and looked on silently. The three children, all wearing cotton gloves so they wouldn't damage the decades-old flag, carefully unfolded it to show to the audience.
“After receiving the flag today, I earnestly felt that the war like that should never be fought again and that I do not wish anyone else to go through this sadness (of separation),” Toshihiro Mutsuda said.
The soldier's daughter, Misako Matsukuchi, touched the flag with both hands and prayed. “After nearly 80 years, the spirit of our father returned to us. I hope he can finally rest in peace," Matsukuchi said later.
Toshihiro Mutsuda said his memory of his father was foggy. However, he clearly remembers his mother, Masae Mutsuda, who died five years ago at age 102, used to make the long-distance bus trip almost every year from the farming town in Gifu, central Japan, to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where the 2.5 million war dead are enshrined, to pay tribute to her husband's spirit.
The shrine is controversial, as it includes convicted war criminals among those commemorated. Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially China and the Koreas, see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japanese militarism. However, for the Mutsuda family, it's a place to remember the loss of a father and husband.
“It’s like an old love story across the ages coming together ... It doesn’t matter where,” Banta said, referring to the Yasukuni controversy. “The important thing is this flag goes to the family.”
That’s why Toshihiro Mutsuda and his siblings chose to receive the flag at Yasukuni and brought the framed photos of their parents.
“My mother missed him and wanted to see him so much and that's why she used to pray here," he said. “Today her wish finally came true, and she was able to be reunited.”
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Las Vegas faces Dallas, aims for 12th straight home win
Las Vegas will try to keep its 11-game home win streak intact when the Aces face Dallas
Dallas Wings (13-10, 8-5 Western Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (22-2, 13-1 Western Conference)
Las Vegas; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Las Vegas hosts Dallas trying to continue its 11-game home winning streak.
The Aces have gone 13-1 against Western Conference teams. Las Vegas has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Wings have gone 8-5 against Western Conference opponents. Dallas ranks second in the Western Conference with 27.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Satou Sabally averaging 6.7.
The teams meet for the third time this season. The Wings won 80-78 in the last matchup on July 8. Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings with 21 points, and A'ja Wilson led the Aces with 21 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Chelsea Gray is averaging 14.6 points, 6.9 assists and 1.5 steals for the Aces. Wilson is averaging 20.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks over the last 10 games for Las Vegas.
Sabally is scoring 17.7 points per game and averaging 9.3 rebounds for the Wings. Ogunbowale is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Dallas.
LAST 10 GAMES: Aces: 9-1, averaging 95.9 points, 34.5 rebounds, 23.1 assists, 8.1 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 51.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.5 points per game.
Wings: 7-3, averaging 87.4 points, 39.9 rebounds, 21.9 assists, 8.3 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.7 points.
INJURIES: Aces: Candace Parker: out (foot), Riquna Williams: out (back).
Wings: Lou Lopez Senechal: out (knee), Diamond DeShields: out (knee).
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Musgrove sharp and Tatis homers to lead the Padres to a 7-1 win over the Rangers
Joe Musgrove pitched six strong innings on the night his boyhood hero, Jake Peavy, was inducted into the Padres’ Hall of Fame and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered for San Diego, which beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 7-1
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove pitched six strong innings on the night his boyhood hero, Jake Peavy, was inducted into the Padres’ Hall of Fame, Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and San Diego beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 7-1 on Friday night.
Musgrove (10-3) was facing the Rangers for the first time since throwing the first no-hitter in Padres history, in just his second start with his hometown team, on April 9, 2021, at Texas. Musgrove won for the ninth time in 10 decisions by holding Texas to four hits while striking out five and walking two.
Musgrove grew up a Padres fan in suburban El Cajon and idolized Peavy, who won the 2007 NL Cy Young Award. Musgrove began wearing Peavy's No. 44 after he was traded to the Padres before the 2021 season.
The Rangers, managed by former Padres skipper Bruce Bochy, lost for the fifth time in seven games but kept a two-game lead over Houston.
“I was excited, man," Musgrove said. "A lot of adrenaline. Obviously Peavy's night ... throwing in front of Boch for the first time in my career. A lot of San Diego legends in the house. I was really motivated and excited about this outing. I was honored to be able to throw on this night.”
The Rangers added a bit of drama when they loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth and Luis Garcia walked Marcus Semien. Garcia then struck out former Padres player Travis Jankowski to end it.
Tatis homered to right-center off Dane Dunning (8-4) with one out in the fifth, his 18th, to give the Padres a 3-0 lead. He added an RBI single during the four-run sixth.
The Padres, who have underwhelmed despite having baseball's third-highest payroll, also got RBIs from two of their other stars, Juan Soto and Manny Machado. Soto hit an RBI single in the first and Machado had a sacrifice fly in the third and a two-run single in the sixth. Gary Sanchez added an RBI double in the sixth.
It was one of the top wins of the season for the Padres, who had World Series aspirations coming into this season but have been mired in fourth place in the NL West and well back in the wild-card race.
“Everyone’s starting to realize where we’re at in the season and the sense of urgency we’ve got to have,” said Musgrove, who helped lead the Padres to the NL Championship Series last year. “The attitude and the mentality and the aggressiveness tonight on the basepaths, at the plate, really good defense all around, that’s the kind of baseball we’ve got to play down the stretch.
“Like I told the guys after the game, we’ve two months left here to determine our future here for the rest of the season. If we’re going to go out, we’ve got to go out on our terms playing baseball the way that we play the game.”
The Padres were coming off a dismal series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who are last in the NL Central, before getting a strong outing from Musgrove.
“He’s really good, he’s really tough,” Bochy said. “He’s having another good year and you have your hands full with him. He pitched a really nice ballgame for them. They pitched well today, they got the hits, we didn’t.”
NICE PLAY
Machado made a sensational play at third to end the seventh when he dove to his left to snag Leody Taveras' grounder and threw him out while on his backside. First baseman Jake Cronenworth held onto the throw and then fell over.
“Throw my glove out there, caught it. I know the guy was fast so I was just trying to get it over there as quick as possible,” Machado said.
HALL OF FAME
Peavy was inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame along with former owner John Moores during a pregame ceremony. It was under Moores' ownership that the Padres built Petco Park in downtown San Diego.
RANGERS PROSPECTS
Wyatt Langford, the fourth overall pick in this year's draft, made his professional debut Friday night with the ACL Rangers in a game at the ACL Mariners in Peoria, Arizona. He started in left and batted third. Others making their debuts in that game were 1B Anthony Calarco (undrafted free agent), 2B Devin Hurdle (undrafted free agent) and RF Quincy Scott (ninth round).
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rangers: Placed All-Star C Jonah Heim on the 10-day injured list with a strained tendon in his left wrist. He came out of a game at Houston on Wednesday after hurting his wrist on an awkward swing in the fourth inning. Mitch Garver started Friday night.
Padres: With a 7-0 lead, Soto was removed for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. He's been bothered by a finger injury since spring training and the Padres were awaiting results of an MRI. Manager Bob Melvin said he thinks Soto's finger is getter better but he stung it a few times. Second baseman Ha Seong-Kim also came out after tweaking his back on a slide. Melvin said there's a good chance Soto and Kim will be in the lineup Saturday night.
UP NEXT
Texas LHP Martin Perez (8-3, 4.91 ERA) and Padres RHP Yu Darvish (7-7, 4.80) are scheduled to start Saturday night.
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Rangers place All-Star catcher Jonah Heim on 10-day IL with a left wrist injury
The AL West-leading Texas Rangers placed All-Star catcher Jonah Heim on the 10-day injured list with a strained tendon in his left wrist
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers placed All-Star catcher Jonah Heim on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained tendon in his left wrist.
Heim came out of a game at Houston on Wednesday after hurting his wrist on an awkward swing in the fourth inning. Heim is batting .280 with an .816 OPS, and has 14 home runs and a career-high 70 RBIs in 90 games.
Heim has started 80 of 103 games this season. The switch-hitter leads big league catchers in RBIs (66), hits (89), doubles (23), and runs (tied, 47). His .413 average with runners in scoring position is third-highest among qualifiers.
Mitch Garver started at catcher in the opener of a three-game series against the San Diego Padres.
The Rangers also recalled outfielder Bubba Thompson from Triple-A Round Rock, optioned right-hander Owen White to Round Rock and activated right-hander Josh Sborz from the 15-day injured list.
Sborz went 4-4 with a 4.54 ERA in 29 relief appearances before being placed on the 15-day IL on July 15 with right biceps tendinitis.
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AMES — New Iowa State guard Keshon Gilbert used roughly 60 words to answer the first question he faced from the media. He said “win” three times within that short speaking span. And it’s fitting that the former UNLV player would choose that term to describe his approach to the game because every move he makes on the court seems to embody it.
“He’s highly competitive, really wants to win,” said Cyclone head coach T.J. Otzelberger, who recruited Gilbert to the Rebels’ program, but moved on to ISU before he could ever coach him there. “Great character guy. Somebody that really guards the basketball.”
In other words, a perfect fit for Otzelberger’s Cyclones, who in a week will embark on a trip to the Bahamas where they’ll play three games against international teams.
“I feel like I just come into practice every day with the mentality that I’m gonna do what I need to do to win every drill,” Gilbert said in that 60-word opening salvo. “I know I won’t get very drill, but that’s my mentality every time Is step on the floor — trying to win every drill, every sprint. You know, really trying to win as much as I can in practice.”
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So far, so good. The versatile 6-4, 210-pound sophomore can score from anywhere on the floor and is capable of defending multiple positions. He shot 38.4 percent from 3-point range last season and 46.4 percent overall despite putting up plenty of contested shots. Gilbert’s smooth but can also be physical, especially on the defensive end, so can impact winning in a variety of ways.
“(I’m) really just coming in and trying to be the same person every day,” Gilbert said. “A person that’s gonna play defense, try to get up to the ball, a person that’s trying to get his team involved, making the extra pass.”
Gilbert averaged 11.4 points and 3.2 assists last season — ranking second in both categories for UNLV. He became the first of three highly-skilled transfer guards to announce a commitment to Otzelberger’s program in April. Jackson Paveletzke of Wofford and Curtis Jones of Buffalo followed. Gilbert’s bond with Otzelberger is particularly strong since he’s made his second commitment to him and now, he’ll finally get to play for him.
“That’s my dawg, I ain’t gonna lie,” Gilbert said of Otzelberger. “I’ve never had a coach that’s this vocal. He calls me in every other day to his office, telling me how proud he is of me, how I’m getting better. So it’s just a good feeling when you know you’ve got your had coach on your side.”
Gilbert and his fellow transfers are all adept ball handlers. Sprinkle in returning starting point guard Tamin Lipsey who’s been improving his shooting this summer and what looked to be a thin backcourt for the Cyclones is now rippling with skill, speed and defensive prowess. Gilbert stands out as one who could make a big jump in all those areas.
“He’s confident and he should be confident,” Otzelberger said. “He’s put himself on a position where as we go to the Bahamas and move forward, he should feel great where he’s at and what he can accomplish.”
In other words, he’s ready to win, but he’s also eager to be coached.
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Sabally record first triple-double in franchise history as Wings beat Mystics 90=62
Satou Sabally had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists — the first triple-double in franchise history — and the Dallas Wings beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 90-62
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Satou Sabally had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists — the first triple-double in franchise history — and the Dallas Wings beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 90-62 Friday night.
Arike Ogunbowale and Teaira McCowan each scored 18 points for Dallas (14-10) and Natasha Howard added 14 points, nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Awak Kuier scored 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting and Maddy Siegrist scored 10.
McCowan scored 10 points as Dallas jumped to 14-7 lead midway through the first quarter before Washington's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough answered with a layup. The Mystics then went scoreless for more than four minutes before Myisha Hines-Allen hit a 3-pointer with three seconds left in the first quarter to make it 24-12.
The Mystics trimmed their deficit to seven points when Cyesha Goree hit a jumper with 3:25 left in the third quarter but Dallas scored the next 12 points — capped when Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer less than two minutes later — and Washington got no closer.
Walker-Kimbrough led the Mystics with 14 points. Brittney Sykes scored 12 with five steals and Natasha Cloud added 11 points.
Regular starters Elena Delle Donne (ankle), Ariel Atkins (ankle) and Shakira Austin (hip) as well as reserve Kristi Toliver (plantar fasciitis) did not play for the Mystics.
Washington (13-11) has lost four of its last five games.
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Heading into his debut season as the head coach of the Clear Lake softball program, Seth Thompson knew he would host one of the youngest starting lineups in the North Central Conference.
Three of the Lions top five hitters last season had graduated, and Thompson was going to rely on young players to fill those spots in the lineup.
The question would be how would that young group hold up in the tough and competitive NCC?
It turns out, eighth graders Jezzie Thompson and Taylor Schwenn and freshmen Alivia Paine fared quite well as all three earned all-NCC honors in a successful season that saw the Lions go 12-14 overall and 7-7 in conference play.
The performances of Thompson, Schwenn and Paine highlight a bright future for the Lions and each appeared on the 2023 Globe Gazette All-Area Softball Teams.
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Senior Annika Nelson was also a part second-team All-Area.
“We had a ton of spots that we had to fill, and that there was going to be some people that hadn’t played varsity yet.” Seth said. “There was two maybe three that ended the season last year that was still on our roster, and you just never know what to expect when you’re replacing that many players."
One of the most important holes to fill was the ace for the Lions, as both Alivia Hauge and Ashlyn Fread, who started all 22 games last season had graduated.
Jezzie was trusted all season in the circle and got to experience the ups and downs of being a starting pitcher in Class 3A. She started all but one game for the Lions and finished with the fourth most wins in the conference (12) and the second most innings pitched (160.2).
“I was coming from no varsity inning at all, so I took advantage of all the opportunities that were thrown my way,” Jezzie Thompson said. “Coming into the season I really didn’t know how much varsity time I was going to get if at all. I’m glad it worked out the way it did because I think that everyone enjoyed playing the positions, they did this year.”
Coach Thompson admitted that there were a few times where he might’ve been a little tough on his daughter in the circle, but he just wanted to see her grow and become the pitcher he knows she can be.
“That’s the goal for her is to just learn from it,” Seth Thompson said. “She wasn’t perfect throughout the season and giving her team a chance to win. That’s all you can ask from your young pitcher, and that’s just a testament to her ability mentally and just battle through things. That’s what it takes to be a pitcher.”
Jezzie finished with an ERA of 2.88 and amassed 141 strikeouts, which earned her a second team all-conference nod.
Paine and Schwenn also made splashes as well in their first varsity seasons.
Paine and Schwenn combined for 50 RBIs which included 14 extra base hits from Schwenn and the third most home runs in the conference (4). Paine finished with the second highest batting average in the conference (.423) as well as on base percentage (.500)
With an injury to senior Annika Nelson in the offseason, who had previously been the starting catcher, Coach Thompson trusted Schwenn to handle duties behind the plate for the first half of the season. She proved herself as a reliable defender and finished with the second most thrown out steals in the conference (6).
Schwenn would deal with injuries of her own which in the midpoint of the season which meant Nelson would have to finish the year in her natural position. Thompson commended both girls for stepping up in their respective times and feeling comfortable in multiple positions around the bases.
“Annika preferred to be in the infield and Taylor preferred to be catching but when it worked out for the team to be in opposite spots, they didn’t hang their heads they just when out and played ball,” Coach Thompson said.
The 12 wins was the third time for the Lions with a dozen wins in the last six seasons. They have yet to reach the .500 mark since 2017, but with his promising young core Thompson believes that all they need to worry about now is getting better and build off of this season.
“The goal that we have for this team is to build a foundation for this program and it’s all about taking steps,” Thompson said. “For this team to be able to win more games than we did last year it’s just a step in the right direction. Next year we just want to take another step and keep taking steps after that until we find ourselves planning for the state tournament, which is ultimately our goal.”
The Lions last state tournament appearance was in 2002 when they took home third place in Class 2A and have reached the tournament three other times in school history. | https://globegazette.com/sports/high-school/softball/high-school-softball-clear-lake/article_bf8e2ed2-2d66-11ee-9a69-fbe0190e55a8.html | 2023-07-29T23:52:33 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/sports/high-school/softball/high-school-softball-clear-lake/article_bf8e2ed2-2d66-11ee-9a69-fbe0190e55a8.html |
San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers meet in game 2 of series
The San Diego Padres lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (60-44, first in the AL West) vs. San Diego Padres (50-54, fourth in the NL West)
San Diego; Saturday, 8:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Martin Perez (8-3, 4.91 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Padres: Yu Darvish (7-7, 4.80 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 108 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Padres -169, Rangers +143; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres play the Texas Rangers with a 1-0 series lead.
San Diego is 27-25 at home and 50-54 overall. The Padres are 26-10 in games when they did not give up a home run.
Texas has a 26-24 record on the road and a 60-44 record overall. Rangers pitchers have a collective 4.23 ERA, which ranks ninth in the AL.
The teams square off Saturday for the second time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Juan Soto has 24 doubles and 20 home runs for the Padres. Gary Sanchez is 8-for-32 with two doubles, three home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.
Nate Lowe has 27 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 57 RBI for the Rangers. Marcus Semien is 13-for-40 with three home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 6-4, .246 batting average, 2.86 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs
Rangers: 5-5, .260 batting average, 6.51 ERA, outscored by eight runs
INJURIES: Padres: Alek Jacob: 15-Day IL (july), Reiss Knehr: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adrian Morejon: 15-Day IL (knee), Michael Wacha: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Drew Carlton: 15-Day IL (elbow), Preston Tucker: 10-Day IL (foot), Drew Pomeranz: 60-Day IL (elbow/flexor), Eguy Rosario: 60-Day IL (ankle)
Rangers: Jonah Heim: 10-Day IL (wrist), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (thumb), Jacob deGrom: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Odorizzi: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brett Martin: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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Area softball teams showed out this season, a lot of that due to the talent on the field. Here are the Globe Gazette's 2023 All-Area Softball teams.
Player of the Year: Abby Pate, Central Springs
Pate’s powerful swings in the box helped lead the Panthers to their third straight third-place finish at the Class 2A state tournament. The Northwestern College commit came up big in Fort Dodge where she capped off her prep career, going 5-9 with a pair of both doubles and homers over the three games.
She tied for the second-most home runs in 2A (11) despite missing six games in the middle of the season and was selected to first-team All-State. Pate finished her career with 176 hits, 161 RBIs and 29 home runs over five seasons.
First Team
Pitcher: Cooper Klaahsen, Central Springs, sr.
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Klaahsen’s poise as the Panthers ace played a huge role in leading them to their ninth straight state tournament appearance. Her 22 wins led the Top of Iowa Conference and were the third-most in Class 2A. Klaahsen amassed 220 strikeouts over 142 ⅔ innings and finished the year with an ERA of 1.96 and a WHIP of 0.89. Klaahsen was also a first-team All-State selection and will play at Valley City State next year.
Pitcher: Macy Kellar, Newman Catholic, sr.
In her final season with the Knights, Kellar dominated nearly every performance in the circle. Her 190 strikeouts over 139⅓ innings were the fourth-most in the TIC and she had the fifth-lowest ERA in the conference (1.81). She finished the season with 18 wins in her 24 starts, the third-most in the conference. Kellar earned a second-team All-State nod and will continue her career at NIACC.
Catcher: Sharli Fessler, Central Springs, so.
Fessler was a powerhouse at the plate for the Panthers all season and proved herself as one of the best hitters in the conference. She tied Pate’s 11 home runs while also hitting eight doubles and drove in the second-most runs on the team (34). Fessler capped off her season with a pair of RBIs in the third-place game at the state tournament, including a solo homer in the opening inning.
Infield: Abby Pate, Central Springs, sr.
Pate finished the season with the fifth-highest batting average in the TIC (.500). Her 39 hits included 23 extra-base knocks and drove in 35 runs for the Panthers, along with scoring 41 herself, which was fourth in the conference.
Infield: Leah Grimm, Osage, sr.
Grimm played a crucial role in the Green Devils' dominant offense and best season since 2014. The Upper Iowa commit capped off her prep career with the second-most RBIs in the TIC (39), the most stolen bases (33) and the fourth-highest batting average (.511). Grimm earned third-team All-State honors along with a first-team all-conference selection.
Infield: Emily Opstevdt, Newman Catholic, sr.
Opstevdt’s 53 hits in the leadoff spot for the Knights led the TIC conference and earned her a spot on the All-State third team. She went 12 for 14 on stolen base attempts and drove in 17 runs while scoring 31 herself. Opstevdt will join Kellar at NIACC in the fall.
Infield: Aspen Falk, Saint Ansgar, jr.
In her breakout season, Falk led the Saints in hits (51), including nine triples, which was tied for the most in the conference. The first baseman finished in a tie for the second-most doubles in Class 1A with 19. She led Saint Ansgar in RBIs (36) and finished with the second-most runs scored (39). She also stole 17 bases and earned All-State honorable mention nod.
Outfield: Mallory Juhl, Saint Ansgar, sr.
Juhl continued her powerful hitting at the plate in her final season with the Saints. She smashed 20 extra-base knocks in her 35 games, including eight homers and a pair of triples. The NIACC commit drove in 30 runs and scored 26 herself while stealing a dozen bases. She also had a solid season in the circle, finishing with a 9-4 record in her 13 starts.
Outfield: JoAnna Wallace, West Fork, so.
Wallace enjoyed a big power improvement in her third season with the Warhawks. She had career-highs in RBIs (29), hits (25), doubles (3) and launched six balls over the fence. Wallace earned first-team All-TIC honors along with an All-State honorable mention.
Outfield: Liz Kruckenberg, Newman Catholic, jr.
Kruckenberg showed off the speed in her third season with the Knights and led the team in both runs scored (35) and stolen bags (15). She finished with the second-most hits on the team (37) and drove in 18 runs in her junior campaign.
Utility: Adyson Evans, Mason City, jr.
Whether it was on the mound or in the box, Evans was a standout for the Riverhawks. She finished with the second most RBIs in Class 4A (51) and the second-highest batting average (.526) with nine homers. In her 25 appearances in the circle, she compiled 116 strikeouts and finished with the fifth-lowest WHIP in the Iowa Alliance conference (1.38).
Utility: Aubrey Chapman, Osage, so.
Chapman led the way for the Green Devils' highly touted offense with 52 hits and nine homers and had the third-most RBIs in Class 2A (52). She also scored 42 runs and stole 13 bases. Chapman also served as Osage’s ace, where she finished with an 11-5 record, including 76 strikeouts through 90 innings. She was selected to the All-State second team.
Second Team
Pitcher: Josie Juhl, Saint Ansgar, so.
Juhl continued her reign as the Saints ace in the circle and added 14 more wins along with a second-team All-State nod to her career. She struck out 173 batters in 141⅓ innings and finished with an ERA of 2.77 and a WHIP of 1.25.
Pitcher: Libby Trewin, West Fork, so.
Trewin finished with the fourth most wins in the TIC (16) and fifth in WHIP (0.91) which got her a spot on the All-TIC East first team. She allowed just 37 earned runs in 137 innings and saw a career-high in strikeouts (171).
Catcher: Erica Gast, Osage, fr.
In her second season as a starter, Gast continued to prove herself as one of the best young hitters in the conference. She finished the season with the fourth-most RBIs on the team (31) and had the second-most stolen bases in the TIC (32). Gast accounted for a dozen extra-base knocks, which included three triples and a home run.
Infield: Lainie Bouillon, Central Springs, sr.
The Panthers leader in hits (41) also capped off her career with the second-highest batting average (.402). Bouillon also finished third in the TIC in stolen bases (30) and earned a first-team All-Conference nod. She will continue her softball career at Wartburg.
Infield: Taylor Klobassa, Osage, jr.
Klobassa continued to grow as a hitter this season with career highs in doubles (13), homers (3) and RBIs (29). She added 21 stolen bags to her resume and scored the most runs on the team (46) in her 33 games for the Green Devils.
Infield: Alivia Paine, Clear Lake, freshman
Paine took advantage of her first full year as a starter and finished second in the North Central Conference in batting average (.423). She was tied for the most hits on the team with 33. She also finished second in the conference in on-base percentage (.500), helping her earn a first-team All-Conference selection.
Infield: Taylor Schwenn, Clear Lake, eighth grade
Schwenn wasted no time making a name for herself in her first season with the Lions. She finished third in the conference in homers (4) and was tied for the second most RBIs (26). She also finished fifth in the conference in runs scored (29) and second in slugging percentage (.655) and landed a spot on the All-Conference first team.
Outfield: Aurora Stepleton, Central Springs, sr.
Stepleton finished in a tie for the most doubles on the team (12) and launched five balls over the fence to drive in 28 runs for the Panthers. She struck out just twice in her 97 at-bats this season and finished with a batting average of .392 to secure a second-team All-Conference selection.
Outfield: Sydney Muller, Osage, sr.
In her final season with the Green Devils, Muller finished fourth in the TIC in hits (50) and second in doubles with 14. She also finished third in the conference in RBIs and capped off her prep career with a second-team All-Conference selection.
Outfield: Leah Brown, Newman Catholic, so.
Brown finished the season as the Knights’ RBI leader (27) and extra-base hits (7), while also finishing third in batting average (.323). She also had a perfect season defensively in left field and was one of only three starters in the conference to not commit an error.
Utility: Jezzie Thompson Clear Lake, eighth grade
Thompson was given a lot of responsibility as the Lions ace in her eighth-grade season and showed just as much potential in her 25 starts. Through 160⅔ innings, she finished top-five in strikeouts (141), ERA (2.88) and wins (12). Thompson also finished with a batting average of .309 and scored 19 runs while driving in 10 more. She earned a second-team All-Conference selection.
Utility: Mari Fox, Osage, sr.
Fox put up impressive numbers in her 28 starts for the Green Devils, including a dozen extra-base hits highlighted by 10 doubles. She drove in 27 runs on 39 hits and added 25 scores herself. She wrapped up her career with a season batting average of .438.
Third Team
Pitcher: Sami Kruckenberg, Newman Catholic, fr.
The freshman was great in the circle, posting a 9-2 record in 13 appearances. She had a 1.35 ERA and 0.72 WHIP with 95 strikeouts in 72⅓ innings.
Pitcher: Morgan Fair, Riceville, sr.
Fair was critical in Riceville having its best season in the last 15 years, leading the Wildcats with a 2.18 ERA in 167 innings. She had a 17-11 record with 115 strikeouts.
Catcher: Annika Nelson, Clear Lake, sr.
Nelson was an all-conference standout this summer, hitting .379 with a team-best 13 doubles. She played through injury to also record a .935 fielding percentage and steal eight bases.
Infield: Emma Anderson, Forest City, jr.
Anderson was dynamite for a young Indians squad, garnering first-team All-TIC honors after hitting .500 with team-bests in doubles (10), RBIs (18) and stolen bases (23).
Infield: Jasmine Renteria, Northwood-Kensett, sr.
In her final season with the Vikings, Renteria led the team with 14 hits and nine RBIs. She also led the team with three extra-base knocks, including a triple.
Infield: Emily Van Dusseldorp, Garner Hayfield Ventura, sr.
Van Dusseldorp played a key role in the Cardinals' productive offense and led the team in runs scored (30) and doubles (9). She also mashed a pair of homers and triples.
Infield: Ava Ellis, Charles City, sr.
Ellis led the Comets in RBIs (29), extra-base hits (11) and finished second in runs scored (28). Her 38 hits in 33 games helped her cap off her prep career with a season batting average of .369.
Outfield: Whytnie Johnson, West Hancock, jr.
Johnson led the Eagles with 21 hits and a batting average of .438 in her 23 starts this season. She drove in five runs while scoring nine more herself.
Outfield: McKinnley Hoffman, Rockford, sr.
In her final season with the Warriors, Hoffman didn’t miss a beat on the field and executed on all 28 of her total chances. She also finished second on the team in runs scored (16) and tied for the most hits on the team (16).
Outfield: Reggi Spotts, Mason City, jr.
Spotts was a key player offensively for the Riverhawks and finished with 25 hits, eight doubles and a pair of homers in her junior season. She drove in 17 runs while also scoring 23 herself and will be one of six returning starters for Mason City next season.
Utility: Malie Ott, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, so.
Ott finished with a WHIP of 1.88 in her 23 starts for the Bulldogs. She also finished with the third most hits on the team (20) which included a pair of doubles.
Utility: Natalie Brandenburg, Lake Mills, sr.
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Worker warned organizer ‘Someone’s going to end up dead’ before crowd surge at ‘21 Travis Scott show
The findings of a police investigation into the deadly 2021 Astroland festival in Houston shows that some people expressed safety concerns before rapper Travis Scott took the stage
HOUSTON (AP) — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed that he texted an event organizer saying, “Someone’s going to end up dead,” according to a police report released Friday.
The texts by security contract worker Reece Wheeler were some of many examples in the nearly 1,300-page report in which festival workers highlighted problems and warned of possible deadly consequences. The report includes transcripts of concertgoers' 911 calls and summaries of police interviews, including one with Scott conducted just days after the event.
The crowd surge at the Nov. 5, 2021, outdoor festival in Houston killed 10 attendees who ranged in age from 9 to 27. The official cause of death was compression asphyxia, which an expert likened to being crushed by a car. About 50,000 people attended the festival.
“Pull tons over the rail unconscious. There’s panic in people eyes. This could get worse quickly,” Reece Wheeler texted Shawna Boardman, one of the private security directors, at 9 p.m. Wheeler then texted, “I know they’ll try to fight through it but I would want it on the record that I didn’t advise this to continue. Someone’s going to end up dead.”
Scott’s concert began at 9:02 p.m. In their review of video from the concert's livestream, police investigators said that at 9:13 p.m., they heard the faint sound of someone saying, “Stop the show.” The same request could also be heard at 9:16 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.
In an Aug. 19, 2022, police interview, Boardman’s attorneys told investigators that Boardman “saw things were not as bad as Reece Wheeler stated” and decided not to pass along Wheeler’s concerns to anyone else.
A grand jury declined to indict anyone who was investigated over the event, including Scott, Boardman and four other people.
During a police interview conducted two days after the concert, Scott told investigators that although he did see one person near the stage getting medical attention, overall the crowd seemed to be enjoying the show and he did not see any signs of serious problems.
“We asked if he at any point heard the crowd telling him to stop the show. He stated that if he had heard something like that he would have done something,” police said in their summary of Scott's interview.
Hip-hop artist Drake, who performed with Scott at the concert, told police that it was difficult to see from the stage what was going on in the crowd and that he didn’t hear concertgoers’ pleas to stop the show.
Drake found out about the tragedy later that night from his manager, while learning more on social media, police said in their summary.
Marty Wallgren, who worked for a security consulting firm hired by the festival, told police that when he went backstage and tried to tell representatives for Scott and Drake that the concert needed to end because people had been hurt and might have died, he was told “Drake still has three more songs,” according to an interview summary.
Daniel Johary, a college student who got trapped in the crush of concertgoers and later used his skills working as an EMT in Israel to help an injured woman, told investigators hundreds of people had chanted for Scott to stop the music and that the chants could be heard “from everywhere.”
“He stated staff members in the area gave thumbs-up and did not care,” according to the police report.
Richard Rickeada, a retired Houston police officer who was working for a private security company at the festival, told investigators that from 8 a.m. the day of the concert, things were “pretty much in chaos,” according to a police summary of his interview. His concerns and questions about whether the concert should be held were “met with a lot of shrugged shoulders,” he said.
About 23 minutes into the concert, cameraman Gregory Hoffman radioed into the show’s production trailer to warn that “people were dying.” Hoffman was operating a large crane that held a television camera before it was overrun with concertgoers who needed medical help, police said.
The production team radioed Hoffman to ask when they could get the crane back in operation.
Salvatore Livia, who was hired to direct the live show, told police that following Hoffman’s dire warning, people in the production trailer understood that something was not right, but “they were disconnected to the reality of (what) was happening out there,” according to a police summary of Livia’s interview.
Concertgoer Christopher Gates, then 22, told police that by the second or third song in Scott's performance, he came across about five people on the ground who he believed were already dead.
Their bodies were “lifeless, pale, and their lips were blue/purple,” according to the police report. Random people in the crowd – not medics – provided CPR.
The police report was released about a month after the grand jury in Houston declined to indict Scott on any criminal charges in connection with the deadly concert. Police Chief Troy Finner had said the report was being made public so that people could “read the entire investigation” and come to their own conclusions about the case. During a news conference after the grand jury’s decision, Finner declined to say what the overall conclusion of his agency’s investigation was or whether police should have stopped the concert sooner.
The report's release also came the same day that Scott released his new album, "Utopia."
More than 500 lawsuits were filed over the deaths and injuries at the concert, including many against concert promoter Live Nation and Scott. Some have since been settled.
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Finley reported from Norfolk, Virginia.
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Hot temperatures are predicted today. The forecast calls for it to be a warm 84 degrees. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 55 degrees. Partly cloudy skies are in the forecast. Today's UV index is high. Be careful outside, especially during late morning through mid-afternoon. If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shade and wear protective clothing and generously apply sunscreen on exposed skin. The area will see gentle winds today, with forecast showing winds from the North, clocking in at 11 mph. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Visit globegazette.com for more weather updates.
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(The Hill) — More than 20 states across the U.S. are under heat advisories as of Saturday.
From the California coast to the Midwest to the Southeast and the North- and Mid-Atlantic, 110 million Americans are facing scorching temperatures that could even get up to triple digits, according to ABC News.
Earlier in the week, the National Weather Service warned of “continued excessive summer heat” across the country in a forecast discussion. In the Washington, D.C. region, daily highs sat around 96 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NWS. In New York City, temperatures topped out at 90 degrees.
“Triple-digit heat continues across the southern half of the Plains to the eastern Gulf Coast while cool and unsettled weather continues across the northern Plains toward the Midwest,” the NWS said in their latest forecast discussion on upcoming weather between Monday and Tuesday.
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