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Bobby Witt Jr. leads Royals with 3 RBIs in 10-7 win over Twins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. recorded three RBIs with a homer, Kyle Isbel went 4-for-5 and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 10-7 on Saturday night.
Witt went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, a home run, and a triple. In his first at-bat of the game after a career-high six RBI night that included a walk-off grand slam, Witt hit a solo homer. He leads the Royals with 60 RBIs and 18 homers.
“I have been just trying to prepare as much as I can to get ready every night, ” Witt said. “I have been working to stay as confident and comfortable as possible to go out there and compete.”
“It is really fun to watch,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “You have to stop and appreciate it when you see it because you know how hard it is to be that good for an extended period. (Witt) has driven the ball all around the park and he made some defensively. It is fun to watch.”
Jordan Lyles (2-12) tossed five innings and allowed three runs on four hits with four strikeouts, two walks, and a hit batter. It was just the third start this season where the Royals’ offense gave Lyles at least six runs of support. Scott Barlow earned his 13th save of the year.
“Overall, I am pleased with the start,” Lyles said. “Glad the guys came out and swung it well tonight. That afforded me the chance to get five innings in.”
Six different Royals notched RBIs on a season-high 18 hits. Michael Massey hit a 415-foot homer to right in the second for his eighth of the year. Isbel and Witt have combined for 12 of the 18 Kansas City runs in the series. Maikel Garcia added two RBIs with a sacrifice fly and a single.
Bailey Ober (6-5) gave up six runs on 11 hits with five strikeouts and a hit batter in four innings. The two home runs allowed marked the second consecutive start he has given up two long balls.
Minnesota left five on base which included a bases-loaded inning-ending double play by Carlos Correa in the sixth, his 20th of the season. The Twins went 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
“There were a lot of things in this game we didn’t do very well,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. ”Shooting ourselves in the foot and things like that, which does take place in our game and every team is going to make mistakes and things aren’t going to go smooth. Overall, that was a hard one to watch because as we got closer, the game seemed to get further away.”
Byron Buxton went 3-for-3 with three doubles and two RBIs. He sparked a three-run fourth with a two-run double. Max Kepler belted a solo homer to lead off the sixth. Christian Vazquez recorded two RBIs. Willi Castro hit an RBI as part of a two-run eighth.
ROYAL FLUSH
The Royals sealed a series win in the process against a Twins team in a heated battle for the AL Central crown. It is the fifth series win of the season for the Royals and the second time this season Kansas City avoided a rubber game for a series. The last was against San Francisco in April.
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LHP Ryan Yarbrough (3-5, 4.70 ERA) will take the mound in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. RHP Kenta Maeda (2-5, 4.62) will get the nod for Minnesota. It is the final meeting of the 2023 season between the two AL Central opponents. | https://www.kaaltv.com/sports/state-sports/bobby-witt-jr-leads-royals-with-3-rbis-in-10-7-win-over-twins/ | 2023-07-30T04:18:21 | 1 | https://www.kaaltv.com/sports/state-sports/bobby-witt-jr-leads-royals-with-3-rbis-in-10-7-win-over-twins/ |
Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says
The newly appointed head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jim Skea, spoke to two major German news outlets over the weekend, soon after his appointment to the role.
Speaking to weekly magazine Der Spiegel, in an interview first published on Saturday, Skea warned against laying too much value on the international community's current nominal target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared the pre-industrial era.
"We should not despair and fall into a state of shock" if global temperatures were to increase by this amount, he said.
In a separate discussion with German news agency DPA, Skea expanded on why.
"If you constantly communicate the message that we are all doomed to extinction, then that paralyzes people and prevents them from taking the necessary steps to get a grip on climate change," he said.
"The world won't end if it warms by more than 1.5 degrees," Skea told Der Spiegel. "It will however be a more dangerous world."
Surpassing that mark would lead to many problems and social tensions, he said, but still that would not constitute an existential threat to humanity.
The international community's stated target is currently to limit global warming to the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, even though UN estimates suggest that the current commitments made by countries are actually likely to fall far short of their nominal goal.
The UN estimates that within roughly a decade, the target is liable to be breached.
What else did Skea say?
James "Jim" Skea is a physics graduate born in Dundee in Scotland who did his doctoral thesis in energy research and has worked at Imperial College London since 2009.
The 69-year-old, who has been involved with the IPCC since its foundation in the 1990s, was named its new chairman on Wednesday.
He told Der Spiegel that there remained good reasons to be optimistic in the battle against climate change.
"Every measure we take to weaken climate change helps," he said, adding that measures were also becoming "ever more cost-effective."
Skea said that one short-term focus should remain expanding renewable electricity to reduce emissions from fossil fuel electricity generation and from internal combustion engine vehicles.
"Longer term, we probably will not be able to do without technological solutions like the underground capture of CO2," he said, referring to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Individual abstinence is good, but new infrastructure required
Skea predicted that one difficult area might prove to be changing people's lifestyles. He said that no scientist could tell people how to live or what to eat.
"Individual abstinence is good, but it alone will not bring about the change to the extent it will be necessary," Skea said. "If we are to live more climate consciously, we need entirely new infrastructure. People will not get on bikes if there are no cycle paths."
Skea said he also wanted to adapt the IPCC so that it could provide better and more targeted advice to specific groups of people on how they could act to combat climate change.
He named groups like town planners, landowners and businesses: "With all these things it's about real people and their real lives, not scientific abstractions. We need to come down a level," he told DPA.
He said he also hoped to make progress during his tenure on how and where money was sent and spent to tackle the problem globally.
"There's enough money in the world, the challenge is getting it to flow to the right places," he said.
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Protesters rally in Rankin County against alleged police brutality
BRANDON, Miss. (WLBT) - Organizers of Saturday’s rally say the goal was to put pressure on Attorney General Lynn Fitch.
They want her to indict the former Rankin County Sheriff’s deputies allegedly involved in the case through a civil rights lawsuit, and they say they will continue to come out in large numbers until their voices are heard.
On the night of Jan. 24, Jenkins and Parker claim six Rankin County deputies came into Parker’s home in Braxton and handcuffed and beat the two men.
They also claim the deputies shocked them repeatedly with stun guns for roughly 90 minutes and, at one point, forced them to lie on their backs as the deputies poured milk over their faces.
They also claim they were sexually assaulted. The case has sparked local and national outrage.
The allegations against the deputies has also gotten the attention of the United States Justice Department.
In a community meeting on June 1, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division said the investigation is still ongoing.
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Race night in Byram at Jackson Motor Speedway
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:31 PM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
BYRAM, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Motor Speedway hosted a race night Saturday, with more than 80 drivers across seven classes making it to the track, despite the rain earlier in the day.
Results for the night of races can be found here.
The Jackson Motor Speedway hosts races into September, and the next race is August 12.
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MIAMI — The stereotype of how many Miamians speak involves a sing-songy rhythm with a heavy-sounding “L” and a generous sprinkling of Spanglish. But what if the conversational language of South Florida were more than a lively accent? What if it were a distinct regional dialect of American English?
Phillip M. Carter, a linguistics professor at Florida International University, argues that it already is. Miami English, he calls it. And he is on a mission to destigmatize it.
“This is probably the most important bilingual situation in the Americas today,” Carter said.
More than 60 years of steady immigration from Spanish-speaking countries have heavily influenced the local English’s vowel system (Miami residents often speak English with Spanish vowel sounds), grammatical structure and lexicon, he explained: “English is influencing Spanish, but Spanish is also influencing English.”
The result is a version of English that is just as worthy of recognition as other widely accepted dialects, Carter said, such as the ones spoken in New York or in the American South.
“People are really tired of being told that they’re wrong, and tired of being corrected,” he said, adding that “those linguistic differences are a really important part of people’s identities.”
In his latest study, Carter and a co-author, Kristen D’Alessandro Merii, posited that decades of exposure to Spanish, which often feels like Miami’s dominant language, has resulted in phrases spoken and understood even by native English speakers who are not fluent in Spanish. (Some amount of Spanish is spoken in perhaps half of Miami-Dade County households, Carter estimated, though in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods, that figure can exceed 90%.)
Those phrases, translated from Spanish, are known as calques. For example: Get down from the car (bajarse del carro), instead of get out of the car. Make the line (hacer la fila), instead of join the line. She recommended me this (me recomendó esto), instead of she recommended this to me.
“Miami English is full of these types of expressions, and not only among immigrant speech, where you would expect to find it,” Carter said. “These expressions get passed down and incorporated into the speech of native English speakers.”
Andrew Lynch, a linguist at the University of Miami who has conducted research with Carter, called the argument that Miami English is a dialect — which goes beyond an accent and refers to an all-encompassing way of speaking, including pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary — “a compelling hypothesis.”
“I’m not entirely convinced that we’re there right now,” Lynch said. “I think right now we’re more at the stage of a sociolect,” which refers to the way a particular social group speaks.
In this case, the group would be second- and third-generation Spanish speakers for whom English is the dominant language, he added. Other Miamians — African Americans, Haitian Americans, transplants from New York or the Midwest — may not speak the same way.
“We could well be witnessing something that will expand,” Lynch added. “It will just depend a lot on demographic factors, and I think to what extent Spanish continues to be spoken by, say, the fourth and fifth generations.”
White Miamians once spoke more like other white Southerners, pronouncing Miami “Miamah.” That started to change after the 1959 Cuban Revolution as waves of immigrants from Cuba and other Latin American countries moved in, and white non-Hispanics started moving out.
Those immigrants were largely upper- and middle-class Spanish speakers, which helped establish Spanish as a strong and important language, Lynch said: “To this day, Miami is the only major urban area in the U.S. where Spanish is not relegated principally in the lower socioeconomic strata.”
Carter is an unusual evangelist for Miami English. He was raised in North Carolina and speaks Spanish with a Castilian accent, more Madrid than Miami. Yet his research has drawn praise among South Floridians who feel he has validated their experience.
Ana Menéndez, a colleague of Carter’s at Florida International University, who has written about how her generation mixed English and Spanish growing up in the 1980s, said many children of immigrants like her learned a social “pecking order,” with native English speakers at the top, that has loosened over time, much to her relief. (Her own parents, however, emphasized the importance of Spanish and insisted on it at home.)
“We can be really rigid about the rules,” she said, “but in truth, language is a constantly changing, evolving, dynamic tool that we fit to our purposes.”
Among the examples of Miami English in pop culture cited by Carter is a viral video from 2012 titled “Stuff Miami Girls Say … and Guys” — though using more colorful language — that parodies how frequently Miamians say things like “bro,” “irregardless” and “supposably.”
The three young Miamians in the video also use “super” as an adverb, one of the calques from Spanish mentioned in Carter’s research. (“Ay, I’m super bloated.”)
That a just-for-fun video more than a decade old found its way into an academic journal amused Michelle Sicars, 35, one of the video’s stars, who now lives in New York. But it did not surprise her to learn that Miami English might be its own dialect.
“I have friends in Miami who are 100% American — their parents are Irish and English — but they were born in Miami, and they have the accent, and they use these words,” she said. “It’s, like, the wildest thing.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/get-down-from-the-car-make-the-line-is-miami-english-a-dialect/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-07-30T04:20:43 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/get-down-from-the-car-make-the-line-is-miami-english-a-dialect/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
San Angelo barbecue restaurant offers special twist on its cuisine every week
Did you know about this barbecue place in San Angelo? Smitty's Smokehouse is coming up on its one year anniversary, offering a twist on its cuisine every week.
The smokehouse at 2402 Martin Luther King Drive is owned by San Angelo native Cody Helton. Helton previously owned Angelo Axe House, 2110 W Beauregard Ave., before selling it to its current owners.
Smitty's will hit its one-year mark in September 2023. They are open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed on Monday.
The restaurant also offers small and large catering options.
Helton said the restaurant has classic barbecue plates and burgers, but also has special menu items including loaded fries, BBQ hotdogs, loaded corn and much more.
Every Saturday, Smitty's offers a specialty item. One customer favorite is the "Texas Twinkie," a jalapeño popper egg roll with beef ribs.
"We do these items to try and bring a crowd in on the weekend," Helton said. " We're what you call a craft BBQ restaurant, so we cook so much BBQ everyday and once we run out, we won't serve anymore until the next day. This helps us on the costs side too."
Helton said talent behind the pit is Daniel Smith.
"He is my business partner and he does all of the cooking," Helton said. "He's the reason we started the business, that's where we get our name. Daniel was doing body work at an auto shop and me and my brother wanted to give him the opportunity to have a restaurant."
Updates and specials can be found on the Smitty's Smokehouse Facebook page. | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2023/07/29/san-angelo-barbecue-restaurant-offers-special-twist-every-week/70487625007/ | 2023-07-30T04:20:49 | 0 | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2023/07/29/san-angelo-barbecue-restaurant-offers-special-twist-every-week/70487625007/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to primary Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden and urged them to halt Ukrainian military aid until the White House cooperates with their investigations into Biden and his family.
“Every dollar spent attacking me by Republicans is a dollar given straight to the Biden campaign,” Trump said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. The former president and GOP frontrunner said it was time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others he dismissed as “clowns” to clear the field, accusing them of “wasting hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans should be using to build a massive vote-gathering operation” to take on Biden in November.
The comments came two days after federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Trump as part of the case that accuses him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club and refusing to turn them over to investigators. The superseding indictment unsealed Thursday alleges that Trump and two staffers sought to delete surveillance at the club in an effort to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation.
The case is just one of Trump’s mounting legal challenges. His team is currently bracing for additional possible indictments, which could happen as soon as this coming week, related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election brought by prosecutors in both Washington and Georgia. Trump already faces criminal charges in New York over hush money payments made to women who accused him of sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Nevertheless, Trump remains the dominant early frontrunner for the Republican nomination and has only seen his lead grow as the charges have mounted and as his rivals have struggled to respond. Their challenge was on display at a GOP gathering in Iowa Friday night, where they largely declined to go after Trump directly. The only one who did — accusing Trump of “running to stay out of prison” — was booed as he left the stage.
In the meantime, Trump has embraced his legal woes, turning them into the core message of his bid to return to the White House as he accuses Biden of using the Justice Department to maim his chief political rival. The White House has said repeatedly that the president has had no involvement in the cases.
At rallies — including Saturday’s — Trump has tried to frame the charges, which come with serious threats of jail time, as an attack not just on him, but those who support him.
“They’re not indicting me, they’re indicting you. I just happen to be standing in the way,” he told the arena crowd in Erie, adding that, “Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists and fascists indict me, I consider it actually a great badge of honor…. Because I’m being indicted for you.”
But the investigations are also sucking up enormous resources that are being diverted from the nuts and bolts of the campaign. The Washington Post first reported Saturday that Trump’s political action committee, Save America, will report Monday that it spent more than $40 million on legal fees during the first half of 2023 defending Trump and all of the current and former aides whose lawyers it is paying. The total is more than the campaign raised during the second quarter of the year.
“In order to combat these heinous actions by Joe Biden’s cronies and to protect these innocent people from financial ruin and prevent their lives from being completely destroyed, the leadership PAC contributed to their legal fees to ensure they have representation against unlawful harassment,” said Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung.
At the rally — held in a former Democratic stronghold that Trump flipped in 2016, but Biden won narrowly in 2020 — Trump also threatened Republicans in Congress who refuse to go along with efforts to impeach Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said this past week that Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry into the president over unproven claims of financial misconduct.
Trump, who was impeached twice while in office, said Saturday that, “The biggest complaint that I get is that the Republicans find out this information and then they do nothing about it.”
“Any Republican that doesn’t act on Democrat fraud should be immediately primaries and get out — out!” he told the crowd to loud applause. “They have to play tough and … if they’re not willing to do it, we got a lot of good, tough Republicans around … and they’re going to get my endorsement every singe time.”
Trump, during the 2022 midterm elections, made it his mission to punish those who had voted in favor of his second impeachment and succeeded in unseating most who had by backing primary challengers.
At the rally, Trump also called on Republican members of Congress to halt the authorization of additional military support to Ukraine, which has been mired in a war fighting Russia’s invasion, until the Biden administration cooperates with Republican investigations into Biden and his family’s business dealings — words that echoed the call that lead to his first impeachment.
“He’s dragging into a global conflict on behalf of the very same country, Ukraine, that apparently paid his family all of these millions of dollars,” Trump alleged. “In light of this information,” Congress, he said, “should refuse to authorize a single additional payment of our depleted stockpiles … the weapons stockpiles to Ukraine until the FBI, DOJ and IRS hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the Biden crime family’s corrupt business dealings.”
House Republicans have been investigating the Biden family’s finances, particularly payments Hunter, the president’s son, received from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that became tangled in the first impeachment of Trump.
An unnamed confidential FBI informant claimed that Burisma company officials in 2015 and 2016 sought to pay the Bidens $5 million each in return for their help ousting a Ukrainian prosecutor who was purportedly investigating the company. But a Justice Department review in 2020, while Trump was president, was closed eight months later with insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.
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Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of one of four airports around the Russian capital.
The Russian Defense Ministry referred to the incident as an “attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime” and said three drones targeted the city. One was shot down in the surrounding Moscow region by air defense systems and two others were jammed. Those two crashed into the Moscow City business district in the capital.
Photos from the site of the crash showed the facade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the attack “insignificantly damaged” the outsides of two buildings in the Moscow City district. A security guard was injured, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.
No flights went into or out of the Vnukovo airport on the southern outskirts of the city for about an hour, according to Tass, and the air space over Moscow and the outlying regions was temporarily closed for any aircraft. | https://www.seattletimes.com/news/overnight-drone-attack-on-moscow-injures-1-prompts-temporary-airport-closure/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-07-30T04:20:55 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/news/overnight-drone-attack-on-moscow-injures-1-prompts-temporary-airport-closure/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to discuss Moscow’s recent devastating attacks on the key port of Odesa immediately following its refusal to extend the Black Sea grain deal.
The confrontation began at the start of a council session called by Russia on the divided Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Dmitry Polyansky ,protested that Britain, which holds the council presidency, was allowing only two briefers and Moscow wanted a third — Archbishop Gideon of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The Ukrainian government has cracked down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over its historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, whose leader, Patriarch Kirill, supported Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine.
Polyansky accused the UK of bias, censorship and obstruction for limiting the number of briefers.
Deputy British ambassador James Kariuki responded that because of a tight time schedule to fit in two council meetings, the UK had offered a compromise to allow a third Russian briefer to submit a statement to the council, which he said was “not unreasonable.”
Polyansky was not satisfied, and Kariuki then put Russia’s proposal to have the archbishop speak to a vote. Russia got support only from China and Brazil, with the 12 other council members abstaining.
Polyansky called the council’s refusal to allow the archbishop to speak an “egregious” example of double standards on human rights and freedom of religion.
As “a sign of protest,” he said, Russia wouldn’t speak in the Ukraine-backed council session called by Ukraine to take up the Odesa attacks.
The meeting on the Orthodox Church then went ahead. The director of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, Nihal Saad, told the council that the division between Ukraine’s Orthodox bodies “has existed for decades.” But she said it has been exacerbated since the February 2022 Russian invasion and has "reverberated worldwide as Orthodox churches have struggled with how and whether to take sides.”
Saad said the “heartbreaking” damage to Odesa’s historic church, the Transfiguration Cathedral, caused by a Russian missile strike Sunday was condemned by many, including the U.N. secretary-general. The cathedral is in Odesa’s historic city center that is a UNESCO world heritage site and had been largely spared since the beginning of the war.
Saad lamented that it was one of 116 religious sites damaged since the invasion, according to a preliminary assessment by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
In her briefing, Saad cited restrictions to freedom of religion by both Russia and Ukraine since the invasion, saying “the politicization of religion in the war in Ukraine fuels intercommunal tensions, stokes fear and triggers violence.”
Polyansky called the devastation to the cathedral “a horrible tragedy” and reiterated Russia’s claim that the cathedral was damaged by a piece from Ukraine’s anti-air defenses — not a Russian missile. If a Russian missile targeted the cathedral, he said, “then there would be nothing left of the cathedral at all.”
The Russian deputy ambassador left the council chamber at the end of the session.
The council meeting that followed on the Russian attacks on Odesa came days after President Vladimir Putin pulled Russia out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a wartime deal that enabled Ukraine to export more than 32,000 tons of foodstuff to many countries facing the threat of hunger.
In addition to severely damaging the cathedral, the Russian attacks crippled significant parts of export facilities in Odesa and nearby Chornomorsk, and destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, according to Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry.
The council heard from 14 members, almost all condemning the damage to Odesa.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that “Russia is hell-bent on preventing Ukrainian grain from reaching global markets” and that “the world is paying the price for Russia’s barbaric attacks.”
She accused Russia of “weaponizing grain” and cynically using Russian-produced grain as leverage to win the support of other countries.
Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya, the last speaker, told the council that Russian missiles, including anti-ship missiles, hit 29 historical and cultural landmarks in Odesa.
He said Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports, destruction of their infrastructure, obstruction of grain exports, and intimidation of foreign merchant vessels should be considered an attack on freedom of navigation.
“These actions also aim at eliminating a market competitor, deliberately raising world food prices and making a profit at the expense of the millions of people around the world who will suffer,” Kyslytsya said.
A junior Russian diplomat sat in Russia’s chair during the Odesa session and left the chamber when it ended — never having uttered a word.
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This week, Canada and parts of the United States have confronted unprecedented declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, but people elsewhere in the world have long had to adjust and adapt to living with hazardous pollution levels. In some cases, those levels have improved over time.
NPR correspondents Anthony Kuhn and Eyder Peralta and freelance reporters Shalu Yadav and Kate Bartlett share what it's like in Beijing, Seoul, New Delhi, Mexico City and Johannesburg.
From Beijing to Seoul
I first visited Beijing in 1982, and lived there much of the time between 1992 and 2018.
In most of my years there, the pollution was terrible, especially in winter, although we didn't have ways to measure it. The air had an acrid, sulfurous smell, and soot was everywhere. To me, it was simply the cost of covering — and living — an epic story. People were less aware than they are now of the difference between weather and pollution, fog and smog.
Ahead of the 2008 Olympics, Beijing started to get rid of the coal stoves commonly used in the courtyard dwellings ("siheyuan" in Chinese) of Beijing's old city, and coal-fired heating plants, to help clean up the air ahead of the Games. Factories were moved farther and farther out of the city center. Coal-burning stoves in the courtyards were slowly replaced by electric heat.
While air quality in Beijing has improved in recent years, even now, occasional dust storms blow in from the Gobi desert, turning Beijing's skies yellow in spring and covering everything in gritty dust. AQI readings of 500 or worse are still occasional facts of life.
When I moved to Seoul in 2018, I cheerfully assumed I'd be leaving the air pollution behind. But it has followed me.
In China, we usually spoke of PM2.5, particulate matter that penetrates deep into the lungs. In Seoul, people call it "fine dust."
Much of it blows eastward from northern China over the Korean peninsula. But South Korea's automobiles and heavy industry add their own smog to the miasma — as does, reportedly, North Korea. The pollution is one reason South Koreans were already quite accustomed to wearing face masks, even before COVID.
South Korean and Chinese environmental officials have met numerous times to try to find a joint solution, but with little immediate or visible result. There are plenty of days of AQI over 100 or 150. There's little I can do but cancel outdoor activities, and wait until the air clears.
--Anthony Kuhn, NPR Seoul correspondent
New Delhi
My beloved city is famous for its heritage and Mughlai food — and infamous for its horrid pollution, which reaches AQI levels of 500 to 600 in the winter.
When it's that time of the year, my mornings start with opening my AQI app to check the level of pollution outside. That level decides whether I go for an outdoor run or find a safe indoor space in a gym where air purifiers are showcased as a premium facility.
But some days I don't need my AQI app. It's so bad that my eyes burn as soon as I wake up, I can taste the pollutants in my mouth and my lungs feel like an overworked machine that needs a break!
The pollution is so bad that some studies suggest that breathing it in is as dangerous as smoking about two dozen cigarettes a day.
"Craving a smoke? Come to Delhi!" is an overused joke that circulates in WhatsApp groups here, to share a light moment amid the gloom overcasting the sky and our lives in the city.
Jokes apart, it's a very serious health issue. An estimated 1.7 million Indians died of pollution-related disease in 2019.
It has in fact become a big factor in making my future decisions.
My husband and I have been intently discussing if we should plan our first baby and raise her in this city or move to another city. It's a scary thought — seeing our future kid gasping for breath, and suffering breathing problems like so many other kids in Delhi.
--Shalu Yadav, freelance reporter
Mexico City
Mexico City was once known as the most polluted city in the world.
The air quality here is still bad — on Thursday, the AQI reached 123, which is unhealthy for people with respiratory problems. And you feel it — your eyes get watery, your throat scratchy and the sky looks hazy. But in the 1990s and early 2000s, air quality would routinely hit the 200s. So, how did it get better?
Essentially, the government got tough on pollution with a complex system of countermeasures. Less efficient cars are allowed limited time on the road. And as soon as the air quality gets bad — either too high a concentration of ozone or particulate matter — the government orders even newer, more efficient cars off the streets. They order factories to reduce their output, food vendors are prohibited from using charcoal and road work stops.
If the air quality doesn't improve, the countermeasures get tougher. It often means residents can't drive to work or school, for example, so they have to walk, bike or take public transportation. If it gets bad enough, government offices shut down.
All of this has made a difference. In the 1990s, measures like these were put in place every month. Mexicans used to joke the air was so bad, so often, that birds would die mid-flight. These days, really bad days are rare. We have only a handful of environmental contingencies a year.
--Eyder Peralta, NPR Mexico City correspondent
Johannesburg
Africa is well known for its stunning sunsets and wide open skies – Paul Simon even sung about them in his song "Under African Skies."
So when I moved to Johannesburg as a correspondent, after previously working in heavily polluted Hong Kong, I found the fresh air in my leafy suburb a welcome change.
But in South Africa, one of the world's most unequal countries, air quality depends a lot on where you live.
According to the 2022 World Air Quality Report, the wealthy city of Cape Town had some of the best air quality in the country, while Thabazimbi, an iron mining town in northern Limpopo province had some of the worst.
Such disparities led environmental groups to sue the government last year in a groundbreaking case in which the judge ruled the unsafe levels of air pollution in the coal mining region of Mpumulanga were in breach of residents' constitutional rights to clean air.
Elsewhere on the continent, things are a mixed bag, with countries like Chad, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Egypt all showing high levels of pollution, while Angola and Kenya had relatively low levels.
One of the main impediments to monitoring air quality in Africa is the limited availability of reliable data, according to IQAir, with only 19 countries across the continent monitored.
Chad was found to be the most polluted of those, actually topping the global list as the country with the worst air quality in the world in 2022 – beating New Delhi. IQAir credited the country's regular dust storms as one of the reasons behind the poor levels of air quality.
--Kate Bartlett, freelance reporter
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military fire killed a 14-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said Thursday, as an extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem mosque that has been a frequent flashpoint for violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Itamar Ben-Gvir's visit to the disputed hilltop compound comes as Israel and the Palestinians are locked in a year-and-a-half long bout of fighting and could enflame already surging tensions. It was also likely to draw condemnation from Palestinians who view such visits as provocative. The site is revered by Jews and Muslims, and the competing claims lie at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Early Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said 14-year-old Fares Sharhabil Abu Samra was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank town of Qalqilya. The Israeli military said Palestinians threw rocks and firebombs at troops, who responded by firing into the air. It said the incident was being reviewed.
Ben-Gvir was joining what will likely to be hundreds of Jews visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to mark the Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av, a day of mourning and repentance when Jews reflect on the destruction of the First and Second Temples, key events in Jewish history.
“This is the most important place for the people of Israel which we must return to and show our rule,” Ben-Gvir said in a video released by his office, with the golden Dome of the Rock in the background.
Ben-Gvir, a former West Bank settler leader and far-right activist who years ago was convicted of incitement and supporting a Jewish terror group, now serves as Israel’s national security minister, overseeing the country’s police force.
Thursday was Ben-Gvir's third known visit to the contested site since becoming a minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government. The site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism, where the biblical Temples once stood. Today, it is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam.
His visit could enflame already surging tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, who have been engaged in a monthslong round of fighting that has sparked the worst violence in nearly two decades in the West Bank.
Since early last year, Israel has been staging near-nightly raids into Palestinian areas which it says are meant to stamp out militancy and thwart future attacks. More than 160 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting this year, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
The military says most of those killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in the confrontations have also been killed. At least 26 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks against Israelis since the start of 2023.
Under longstanding arrangements, Jews are permitted to visit the site, but not to pray there. But in recent years, a growing number of Jewish visitors have begun to quietly pray, raising fears among Palestinians that Israel is plotting to divide or take over the site. Ben-Gvir has long called for increased Jewish access.
Israel captured east Jerusalem, where the compound lies, along with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek those territories for a future independent state, with east Jerusalem as its capital. Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move unrecognized by most of the international community and considers the city its undivided, permanent capital.
Netanyahu's government, consisting of ultranationalists and West Bank settlement supporters like Ben-Gvir, has intensified steps to solidify Israel's hold on territories that Palestinians seek for a future state, angering Israel's top ally, the United States, and dimming hopes for Palestinian statehood.
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Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior bishops squirmed in the auditorium's front-row seats.
During a live television broadcast, the experts reported in February that at least 4,815 boys and girls had been abused since 1950, most aged 10-14.
Before the stunning findings, senior Portuguese church officials had maintained there had been only a handful of cases of clergy sex abuse. They lost even more credibility with a response so clumsy and hesitant that victims were inspired to form Portugal's first survivor advocacy group to press for compensation.
Pope Francis will wade into the quagmire of Portugal’s reckoning with its legacy of clergy abuse and cover-up when he arrives in Lisbon next Wednesday to participate in World Youth Day, the international Catholic youth rally. While there is no mention of the scandal on the pontiff’s official agenda, he is expected to meet with victims during his visit.
Francis will also visit the shrine at Fatima, a rural Portuguese town that is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular pilgrimage destinations. In 1917, three Portuguese shepherd children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary above a tree there, a singular event of 20th century church history.
Antonio Grosso, who says he was sexually abused at a former religious shelter for boys in Fatima in the 1960s, chafes at the contrast in the church’s approach.
Church officials “don’t believe what victims tell them, but they do believe little children who say they’ve been listening to the lady above (a tree),” the 70-year-old retired bank employee says.
Portugal is the latest country to confront decades of abuse by priests and cover-ups by bishops and religious superiors. Yet Portuguese church leaders seem to have learned little from their fellow bishops in the U.S., Europe and Latin America who faced similar crises.
Since the report’s release, the Portuguese hierarchy has flip-flopped over the possible – and still unresolved — issue of payment of reparations to victims. It has balked at suspending active members of the clergy named in the report.
Anne Barrett Doyle of BishopAccountability.org, a U.S. group that maintains an online archive on abuse in the Catholic Church, said Portugal's bishops had expected the independent commission would help them restore trust by revealing the history of abuse and cover-up while allowing them to “apologize, give assurances of reform, and move on.”
“Their plan backfired terribly,” she said in an email. "With its finding of nearly 5,000 victims and its startling claim of accused priests still in ministry, the commission turned out to be more independent than the bishops bargained for ... It was a disastrous miscalculation.”
With the shocking results, church authorities at first argued that possible reparations were a matter for the courts, which in Portugal are backlogged and notoriously slow to reach decisions, often taking many years. Lisbon Cardinal Manuel Clemente said the church would do only what courts determined it must do.
“Everything that can be done in accordance with the law will be done according to the law,” Clemente explained. “But don’t expect us to do anything else, because we can’t do anything else.”
He and other officials also remarked that under Portuguese law, the perpetrator is liable for any compensation payments — not the institution to which that person belongs.
Clemente said it would be “insulting” to offer reparations to victims. Furthermore, he and other church officials claimed that none of the victims in an online questionnaire created by the commission of experts said they were seeking reparations. The commission told The Associated Press that’s not true.
By April, the church had softened its position, saying it didn’t rule out reparations. It promised to “make help available” for victims and said if convicted perpetrators couldn’t pay, the church would. Officials have not elaborated on those plans.
Clemente also claimed the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, a group of experts set up by Portuguese church authorities, had handed the church just a list of names of alleged abusers that was not backed up by factual evidence.
That comment irked the experts, who said they took pains to ground their findings and provide supporting documentation, including witness statements admissible in court.
Also, church authorities said active clergy named as alleged abusers could be suspended from their duties only after due legal process where they could present their defense, presumably in a courtroom. Officials, under public pressure, later suspended four of the two dozen priests identified in the report.
The church promised last March to build a memorial to the victims that would be unveiled during the World Youth Day celebrations. A few weeks before the pope’s arrival, in another embarrassment, it scrapped that plan and said vaguely that something would be done later.
Grosso, the abuse victim, says he and others were so “outraged and deeply upset” by the church’s response that they created a lobby group, called the Silenced Heart Association, to help victims obtain reparations. The group is also to provide psychological support and pro bono legal aid.
Grosso’s personal journey has taken him from would-be priest studying as a child at a Portuguese seminary to co-founder of the first church sex abuse victim association in Portugal. As a child, he says, he enjoyed Mass so much that he re-enacted it at home.
But between the age of 10 and 12, studying away from home, Grosso says he was sexually abused first by a priest and later by a Franciscan friar.
Wracked by guilt and trauma, for 10 years he never spoke to anyone about what had happened. As a teen, he had episodes of “rage, humiliation, shame,” he says. The upshot: a boy who wanted to be a priest became an adult atheist.
Only as a young adult did he begin to broach the subject with friends. He told his girlfriend, who became his wife. They had two daughters.
When Grosso publicly recounted his story in a 2002 Portuguese magazine interview, having felt encouraged to do so by revelations of church sex abuse emerging around the world, his then 27-year-old daughter Barbara sent him a handwritten letter. He has kept it folded up in his wallet for the past two decades. The letter salutes his courage and tells him his daughter is proud of him. Reading it aloud, he tears up.
He feels moved to act now, he says, because the church reacted with “contempt” to the torment of victims and is still trying to cover up the truth. He would like to see Pope Francis speak about the issue while in Portugal.
The church in Portugal has apologized for the abuse. It is working with Portugal’s main victims’ support association and is establishing procedures and tailoring its responses to sex abuse in the church. Staff at the World Youth Day are receiving specific training on how to prevent and spot abuse.
The problem, however, extends far beyond Portugal, says Barrett Doyle.
Portugal’s reckoning lags behind what has already happened in the United States, Australia, France and Germany, she said, but is on a par with the church responses in Spain and Poland and most countries in South America, Central America, and Africa.
“In other words, and sadly, the Portuguese hierarchy is not an outlier; it’s representative,” she said.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two firefighters were injured while battling a 2-alarm blaze in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
It happened on the 6000 block of Lansdowne Avenue in West Philadelphia around 10:15 p.m.
Heavy smoke was showing from the middle of a row of storefront buildings, firefighters say.
The fire was placed under control just after 11 p.m.
Two firefighters were injured during the incident, Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Fire Department Derek Bowmer told Action News.
One was treated for heat exhaustion.
Their conditions are unknown at this time.
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A man was shot and killed in Northeast Philadelphia Saturday night.
At 9:20 p.m. police responded to a shooting in Frankford on the 1300 block of Arrott Street, police said.
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When police arrived they found a 22-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the back. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:45 p.m., according to the police.
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Police recovered a gun at the scene, but no arrests have been made at this time.
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Candy Land comes to life in Sherman
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - From the sweet mints of candy cane lane, to the colorful swirls of the lollipop woods, all the way through the popsicles at the chilling ice palace, there was fun around every corner in Sherman on Saturday.
To celebrate the end of their summer reading program, the Sherman Public Library brought the colors and characters of Candy Land to life for kids to fulfill their dreams of making their journey to King Kandy’s castle.
Kids took turns spinning for colors and making their way through the board, earning candy from characters like Princess Lolly and Queen Frostine along the way.
Melissa Eason is the Library Services Administrator for the library and she says that fun events like this help keep kids excited about reading.
“It’s easiest to build a reader from early childhood,” Eason said. “A child who reads will typically read their whole life. They learn that love of reading as a child.”
After the kids made their way through the ice palace, their final stop was entering the Candy Castle and meeting King Kandy himself.
Along with all of the candy they collected on their way, their final stop at candy castle earned them a goodie bag, officially ending their journey through Candy Land.
Although the summer reading program is officially over, the Sherman Public Library still has plenty more fun stuff planned as we all gear up for back-to-school season. You can find all of the information on what they have planned on their Facebook page.
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Local fire department recognized
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:47 PM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - The Lake Murray Village Volunteer Department has been awarded the Emergency Response Agency of the Year by the Oklahoma Emergency Medical Technicians Association.
Their assistance chief, Chad McMillan was also named first responder of the year.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow dodged questions about a new contract after the first day of training camp on Wednesday, telling reporters that “it gets done when it gets done.”
The team had hoped to reach a long-term deal with the franchise quarterback that could make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid players. But negotiations have run into training camp while other star quarterbacks have inked rich extensions.
The field seemed to be set for Burrow on Tuesday when Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert became the highest-paid quarterback by annual salary, agreeing Tuesday to a five-year, $262.5 million extension, a person close to the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Chargers did not release the financial details.
Herbert’s total value and $52.5 million average per season surpasses the $260 million, five-year extension ($52 million average) Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson signed three months ago. Deshaun Watson agreed to a fully guaranteed $230 million deal with Cleveland in 2022.
Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes is in the third year of a 10-year contract worth $450 million, the largest overall deal for a quarterback.
Burrow said the fact that the process has run into training camp won’t be a distraction for him.
“I’m able to hyper-focus on a lot of different things at different times,” Burrow said. “And when it’s time for one, I can completely focus on that and forget about everything else.”
The 26-year-old Burrow led the Bengals to a Super Bowl after the 2021 season, a 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Last season, Cincinnati finished 12-4, winning the AFC North for the second straight year, with Burrow setting franchise single-season records for completions, pass attempts and passing touchdowns.
“Obviously, that’s the goal when you get into the league is you get a second contract and play well on your first one,” Burrow said. “I’ve played well. I’ve done everything I can do. So when it happens, it happens. I’m just excited to be back playing football again.
Coach Zac Taylor said Burrow seems as focused as always.
“Right now, he’s got the same urgency I’ve always seen from him, the same edge, and those are good qualities to have in a quarterback,” Taylor said.
A PRIVATE GUY
Burrow said he declined to participate in the second season of “Quarterback,” the Netflix documentary that followed the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, the Vikings’ Kirk Cousins and the Falcons’ Marcus Mariota throughout last season.
But he didn’t rule out possibly doing it down the road.
“If you guys know anything about me, you know media is not my favorite thing to do,” Burrow said.
“The process of doing that show is very intense,” he said. “There’s a lot of time you have to put into that, time that I’m not ready to give right now.”
He said he hasn’t watched the eight-episode show and doesn’t know if he will.
AWUZIE IS BACK
The Bengals got some good news on the first day of camp with cornerback Chidobe Awuzie cleared to practice with the team. The team’s best cornerback, Awuzie injured his knee last Halloween against the Browns.
“There won’t be real practice reps, but he’ll be there for some walk-throughs, do some individual stuff, so it will be a slow increase over time,” Taylor said.
The Bengals kick off the preseason schedule against the Green Bay Packers on Aug. 11. The two teams will scrimmage on the practice field two days before.
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HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) — A man is being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg, Cabell County Dispatchers say.
The incident happened at 10:20 p.m. Saturday in at a home in the 2600 block of Piedmont Avenue.
There is no word about a suspect at this time.
The Huntington Police Department is investigating.
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CALDWELL, Idaho — A 14-year-old boy was arrested after reportedly shooting a child at a home on Galveston Street Friday morning, according to the Caldwell Police Department.
Police said the child was taken to West Valley Medical Center with a gunshot wound. Officers called to the hospital at 10:45 a.m. Friday learned the teenage suspect was associated with the home where the shooting took place.
Other law enforcement agencies in the area were notified of the shooting and asked to beware of the suspect. The 14-year-old was arrested shortly after 12 p.m. Friday by the Nampa Police Department.
Caldwell Police said the child is expected to recover from the gunshot wound.
The 14-year-old boy is in juvenile detention, facing charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (two counts), juvenile in possession of a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm in city limits, destruction of evidence and disorderly conduct.
"My heart is heavy as we try to understand why a child was shot today in our city," Caldwell Chief of Police Rex Ingram said. "My thoughts are with him and his family as they navigate through this horrific incident."
The age of the child injured in the shooting has not been released.
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Kaibab and Coconino National Forests seek public comment on proposed wildlife crossings
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Elk, deer, and pronghorns are just some of the animals roaming around the high country that make it such a special place to travel. But when those animals get close to highways, they can put both themselves and drivers at risk.
Three proposed wildlife highway crossings in the Flagstaff area hope to provide a safer alternative for these animals. “We’ve seen reductions in collisions with elk by as high as 98%,” Arizona Game and Fish research biologist Jeff Gagnon said.
That’s why even though it would take several years and several millions of dollars to build three more wildlife crossings in the high country, Gagnon believes in the long run, it’s worth it. “We know that we can reduce those collisions and that they’ll pay for themselves over time by having people not hitting animals on the road,” he said.
Gagnon says there are around 200 elk and deer collisions per year in the Flagstaff area. The three proposed crossings would be located on I-17 south of Kachina Village, I-17 north of the Willard Springs exit, and I-40 west of Parks.
After just one day of presenting this proposal to Arizonans, the Coconino National Forest’s Mike Dechter says he already received over 100 comments. Pretty much all of those comments were in favor of building these crossings. “Our goal here is to streamline this project,” Dechter said. “It’s hugely supported, people see the need for it, and they see the huge benefit both to public safety and to wildlife.”
Dechter says some animals, such as pronghorn, have been blocked off from where they want to go for decades because of the I-17 or I-40. “We want to make sure we’re connecting those populations and making sure they have full access to the habitat up there so they’re not separated from water sources by the interstate,” Dechter said. “And they can get to all parts of that habitat that they depend on.”
Assuming the public continues to be on board with these crossings, the next big step is getting federal funding for them. But while that’s been an issue in the past, Dechter and Gagnon believe the timing is right to start the building process.
“I think we’re at a pretty good place for that,” Dechter said. “Congress recently passed some infrastructure bills.” “There are opportunities that weren’t there before,” Gagnon added. “And we’re hoping to continue the planning of these overpasses.”
Those interested in sharing any thoughts on these proposed crossings have until Aug. 29 to do so through these four options:
- E-mail: send to comments-southwestern-coconino@usda.gov (include “NAZ Crossings” in the subject line);
- Regular mail: send to the Coconino Forest Service, Attention: Mike Dechter, 1824 South Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001;
- Fax: send to (928) 527-3620; Attention: Mike Dechter, NAZ Crossings;
- In person at the Coconino’s Supervisor’s Office, 1824 South Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
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Police search for 4 suspects accused of attacking and robbing 14-year-old in Phoenix
PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Police are searching for four teens accused of attacking and robbing a 14-year-old in Phoenix in May. The attack happened on Saturday, May 29, around 6:30 p.m., as a 14-year-old boy was riding his bike near 45th Avenue and Oraibi Drive, south of Beardsley Road.
Silent Witness video shows the boy riding his bike and walking with another person when two older teens on bikes ride up to him and demand his sandals and bike. The boy refuses, and one of the teens pushes him off his bike and then violently assaults him, picking the boy up and slamming him onto the ground.
The video also captured two more teens passing by on a bike during the assault. The suspect then takes the boy’s sandals before leaving with the other three suspects on a mini dirt bike.
Police say they are searching for two Black 16-year-old boys and two white 16-year-old boys. Anyone with information is asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish Speakers.
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Man injured after shooting
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 11:54 PM EDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - One man is recovering from his injuries after being shot in Huntington, Cabell County 911 dispatchers say.
The incident happened along Piedmont Avenue Saturday evening around 10:20.
The man got shot in the leg and was taken to the hospital, dispatchers say.
Dispatchers tell WSAZ police have a suspect in custody.
Keep checking the WSAZ app for the latest updates>>>
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FUKUOKA, Japan — Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she'd ever swum — wasn't quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I'm just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself," she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It's fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool," Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy's time was quicker than Dressel's winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
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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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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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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.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-french-president-macron-visits-his-counterpart-in-sri-lanka/ | 2023-07-30T04:27:04 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-french-president-macron-visits-his-counterpart-in-sri-lanka/ |
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) —
Tonight, overnight lows will struggle to reach the upper to mid 70s, some areas may even stay right at 80 degrees. Cloud cover is expected to thin out as the night progresses. The chance for rain will be near zero until tomorrow and winds wills be light and variable.
Tomorrow, daytime highs will be blistering, likely reaching the upper 90s and potentially break 100 degrees. The chance for rain is non-zero, but obsoletely not widespread, mostly isolated in the afternoon hours of the day. A light breeze will be predominantly out of the west. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/latest-videos/evening-forecast-saturday-july-29th/ | 2023-07-30T04:27:09 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/latest-videos/evening-forecast-saturday-july-29th/ |
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD)— On NBC 10 News at 10; Sports Reporter Jeremy Bryant recaps day two of Louisiana Tech University Football training camp and how players and coaches are amazed by their new quarterback Hank Bachmeier.
Louisiana Tech University and the University of Louisiana-Monroe both featured players on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana women’s basketball teams. Keiunna Walker and Anna Larr Roberson were named to the second and third team to represent the Lady Techsters; Emma Merriweather was also named to the second team to represent the Warhawks.
The Ruston Sweetees 6U Softball kicked off the Dixie Softball World Series with a slugfest and surged to victory with a final score of 18-15. Dixie Softball World Series.
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DALLAS — "The Iron Claw," the upcoming biopic depicting the tragic rise and fall of the Von Erichs, who were pro wrestling superstars in the '80s in North Texas, finally has a release date.
Starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickson as Kevin, Kerry and David Von Erich, respectively, the A24-produced film will be released in theaters on Dec. 22, the production company announced Thursday. Sean Durkin, who previously directed "Martha Marcy May Marlene" is directing the film.
The film will follow the rise and fall of the Von Erichs and their influence on wrestling from the '60s through to the present day. The three brothers' father, Fritz Von Erich, promoted World Class Championship Wrestling, which ran shows in North Texas on a weekly basis for decades, often out of the Dallas Sportatorium, with its biggest annual shows being held at Texas Stadium.
A wave of tragedy followed the fame and success of the Von Erichs. It began when Fritz's first son, Jack Adkisson Jr., died at the age of 6 after being shocked unconscious by an exposed wire and drowning in a puddle.
His later sons – Kevin, David, and Kerry – would become the three most well-known of the Von Erich sons, with Kerry even winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Ric Flair at one time.
But two of them would see early deaths.
David died at 25 in 1984 while wrestling in Tokyo. There are conflicting reports on what caused the death but the U.S. Embassy's death report states he died of acute enteritis.
Kerry would later die, as well, in 1993 after shooting himself on his father's ranch in Van Zandt County. His suicide came after two other Von Erich children's suicides – Mike Von Erich, who took a fatal dose of tranquilizers in 1987, and Chris Von Erich, who shot himself in the head in 1991.
Kevin is the sole surviving son of Fritz Von Erich and has two sons of his own, who are wrestlers themselves to this day. His sons, Marshall and Ross Von Erich, both wrestle in Major League Wrestling, where they are former tag team champions. The youngest Von Erichs recently announced that they, along with their father, would be moving back to Texas, after living in Hawaii for years.
Kevin Von Erich will also be hosting a one-man show on Sept. 1 at the Majestic Theatre, his first public appearance in Dallas in more than 20 years. | https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/movies/von-erich-biopic-the-iron-claw-release-date/287-1fdf8d23-7996-4257-8480-d27723a02fc6 | 2023-07-30T04:28:38 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/movies/von-erich-biopic-the-iron-claw-release-date/287-1fdf8d23-7996-4257-8480-d27723a02fc6 |
SEATTLE — An archeological dig in north Seattle is hoping to reclaim a lost piece of Japanese American history.
Researchers with Edmonds College and Seattle colleges are working to relocate a pre-World War II community center that is on the site of North Seattle College in hopes of learning more about the Japanese American community before the war. The artifacts uncovered will eventually be housed at the Burke Museum.
“It sort of got lost, and we’re bringing it back into current memory,” said Alicia Valentino, an associate faculty member with Edmonds College.
So far, researchers have found a debris layer, which they believe is evidence of a community center structure.
The Kumasaka family owned the property from 1919 to 1968 when it was sold to North Seattle College, which turned it into a park.
Beatrice Asako Kumasaka said the property became the “center of the Japanese community” during that time, housing farms, shops and other businesses. Kumasaka’s family ran the Green Lake Gardens Company and lived on the site as well.
A small percentage of Japanese Americans lived north of the Ship Canal, but the community that did got to be known as “Green Lakers,” Kumasaka said.
“It was a vibrant community,” Kumasaka said.
Kumasaka’s grandparents leased the property in the 1910s, as alien land laws prevented them from purchasing the land outright. When Kumasaka’s father was 16, he bought the property as a naturalized citizen.
The Green Lake Gardens Company grew flowers and vegetables, and Kumasaka said the family had one crop they grew year after year: celery. The western side of the property was reserved for celery.
When Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, the family was sent to Minidoka, Idaho. While they were in Idaho, a family friend served as executor, leasing out the property. At one point, Kumasaka said a potbelly stove overheated, caught fire and burned the facility to the ground.
“When [my grandmother] came back I remember she stood on the edge of the property and started crying because she said, ‘I have to start all over again,’” Kumasaka said.
And now, that family history that Kumasaka said is so important to her relatives is part of a larger story that researchers are digging into.
Valentino said she likes to teach students about what happened on the site decades ago and show the relevance of that history to the modern world.
“I think it’s important to learn from history,” Valentino said. “What happened in the past, what’s happening now, there are themes that are continuous through civilization.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/community/seattle-archeological-dig-japanese-american-history/281-461a405f-e9cd-4b1e-b630-46cb426ec711 | 2023-07-30T04:28:44 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/community/seattle-archeological-dig-japanese-american-history/281-461a405f-e9cd-4b1e-b630-46cb426ec711 |
FUKUOKA, Japan — Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she'd ever swum — wasn't quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I'm just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself," she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It's fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool," Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy's time was quicker than Dressel's winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/507-a7750f56-2a2d-4696-8048-afe9293dc5ed | 2023-07-30T04:28:48 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/507-a7750f56-2a2d-4696-8048-afe9293dc5ed |
SEATTLE — The annual Canoe Journey is making its return to Washington this year after a hiatus of four years.
About 100 canoes landed in Suquamish in front of the Tribe’s House of Awakened Culture on Friday. Organizers are anticipating about 9,000 people from tribes across the Pacific Northwest and British Colombia to stay for two days before the final landing at Alki Beach in Seattle.
Families will be released on Sunday morning for the final stage of the journey to Alki Beach. Suquamish canoes joined the other families in Bellingham on Lummi land as they paddle to the last leg of the 2023 journey.
Kate Ahvakana, a Suquamish tribal member, discussed what makes the canoe journey special, saying people tap into their ancestral culture. That includes activities like performing traditional songs and dance, eating traditional foods and distributing wealth.
"When you go on canoe journeys, as you pull on the highways of our ancestors, things come back,” Ahvakana said.
The annual Canoe Journey has not resumed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Paddle to Muckleshoot is a cultural event for Indigenous people along the West Coast that celebrates their way of life.
Here were the stops and dates for the 2023 Canoe Journey:
- Lummi (July 23)
- Sammish (July 24)
- Swinomish (July 25)
- Tulalip (July 26 and July 27)
- Suquamish (July 28 and 29)
- Muckleshoot (July 30)
- Muckleshoot Community Center (July 31 - Aug. 6)
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SAN ANTONIO — We met the sweetest little boy this week, ten year old Darreon.
He's been in the child welfare foster system for the majority of his young life, and that's to say his toddler days. We met him over at Hardbarger Park and he had the best time feeding the birds and playing on the park playground. He was also promised a brownie from his caseworker after his KENS interview which was delivered after he finished talking with us!
Darreon smiles big, and I was impressed with his interview skills! He was articulate for a little boy, and his answers tug at the heartstrings.
"I'm a big boy," he said. "I wish I had a mom and dad because I want one. I'd have someone to watch over and love me. That tells you that they are caring for you, and that you will always know that they will protect you, and that they are caring for you." Darreon told us on the scale of one to ten that being is adopted is a ten.
If you'd like to learn more about Darren please email adoptbelong@sjrctexas.org.
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Lightning struck early Saturday night at Richmond Raceway, and Carson Hocevar struck late.
Hocevar raced past Ty Majeski with four laps remaining to win the Worldwide Technology 250, the regular-season finale in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Majeski was on cruise control for much of the race, which was delayed because of lightning in the area. He started from the pole and won both stages, but he was caught speeding on pit road following the second stage, which sent him to the back of the field.
The No. 98 team then turned to fuel strategy – Majeski didn’t pit again – and he took the lead when Hocevar pitted for the final time on Lap 211.
But Hocevar’s fresher tires eventually caught Majeski on Lap 246, allowing the 20-year-old from Portage, Michigan, to pull away for his third victory of the season.
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Majeski led a race-high 168 laps.
Rounding out the top five were Zane Smith, Jake Garcia and Matt Mills.
Corey Heim, who finished sixth, earned 15 bonus playoff points by clinching the regular-season championship in his first fulltime season in the series. Matt Crafton, Nick Sanchez, Grant Enfinger and William Sawalich completed the top 10.
The nine drivers joining Heim in the playoffs are Hocevar, Smith, Christian Eckes, Enfinger, Hocevar, Ben Rhodes, Majeski, Sanchez, Matt DiBenedetto and Crafton.
This story will be updated. | https://richmond.com/sports/professional/hocevar-rallies-for-craftsman-truck-series-win-at-richmond-raceway/article_3842ae1c-2e8d-11ee-9c8a-3bbf3bc525b1.html | 2023-07-30T04:28:50 | 0 | https://richmond.com/sports/professional/hocevar-rallies-for-craftsman-truck-series-win-at-richmond-raceway/article_3842ae1c-2e8d-11ee-9c8a-3bbf3bc525b1.html |
SALEM, Ore. — There are currently only two states in the U.S. that don't allow drivers to pump their own gas. At some point in the next week, that number will drop to just one.
The Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2426 earlier this year to legalize self-service gas statewide, and Gov. Tina Kotek signaled Friday that she intends to let the bill go into effect, either by signing it at some point in the next week or allowing it to become law without her signature when it reaches an Aug. 4 deadline for her to take action.
HB 2426 includes an emergency clause that will make it take effect immediately upon becoming law, which means gas stations throughout Oregon will be free to start offering self-service gas next weekend at the latest, although they're not required to do so. The law will also prohibit them from charging different prices for full service and self service.
Even at stations that choose to offer self-service, the attendants aren't going away; stations will still be required to offer full service on half their pumps, and they can't offer self-service without providing full service at the same time, e.g. a station can't leave the pumps running for self-service overnight unless it's also staffed for full service all night.
The rules are different in certain rural counties, where overnight self-service was legalized by a 2015 law and expanded to a 24/7 option in a 2017 update — although rural stations are still required to offer full service as an option during daytime hours.
Drivers who spoke to KGW at a Chevron gas station on Friday all said the change will make getting gas more efficient, and said they plan to use self-service when gas stations are busy.
"Where we're from in the lower part of Oregon, it takes probably 15 to 20 minutes to get someone to come out and pump your gas, no matter where you're at," said customer Freida Hasko, adding "I can't tell you how many times I've had to go to a different gas station just because there's nobody available."
Some customers expressed concern that jobs would be lost in the switch, although station attendant Johnny Connor said he wasn't concerned about that because stations have had trouble hiring enough attendants anyway.
"I like it because people have choice now," he said. "Theoretically everyone should be happy about that."
The announcement of Kotek's intentions for HB 2426 comes in the form of a planned veto list that her office released on Friday. During a news conference on Thursday, Kotek said the list would include all pending legislation that she intends to veto before the Aug. 4 deadline, so the gas bill's absence from the list confirms that she doesn't intend to block it.
Friday's confirmation comes after weeks of speculation and questions about the future of the bill following the end of the legislative session in June. Kotek's office previously declined to indicate which way the governor was leaning on the bill, and said she was still evaluating a large amount of mixed feedback about the bill from constituents.
Self-serve gas is a contentious topic in Oregon; voters have previously weighed in and opted to stick with mandatory full service, but more recent polls have suggested that public opinion may have shifted to favor adding a self-serve option. Kotek's office said it received a large amount of feedback about HB 2426 in the past month that showed Oregonians are still closely split on the issue.
The urban-rural divide
Oregon has required that gas station attendants pump gas for over 70 years, since 1951. It's been a little more complicated since new rules went into effect in 2018, allowing gas stations in a number of rural eastern Oregon counties to allow self-service at all hours of the day, and in three coastal counties during overnight hours.
Under HB 2426, there will still be a few fiddly rules that divide up the state by urban and rural counties. In 16 of the state's more populated counties, gas stations can designate up to half of their pumps as self-service. This means that they still need to keep at least one gas attendant on-site at all hours to pump for customers who don't want to do it themselves.
In 20 of Oregon's less-populated counties, no attendant is required — meaning stations could go fully self-service if they want to. Regardless, stations across the state have to charge the same price for gas whether it's being pumped by an attendant or by drivers.
Here are the "rural" counties that don't have to provide attendants: Baker, Clatsop, Crook, Curry, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler.
The push to divide Oregon up this way came from a bipartisan effort to bridge the divide between the state's metro areas and rural counties. That's according to two of the bill's chief sponsors in the Oregon Senate — one Democrat and one Republican. KGW spoke to them both back in March after the bill passed in the House.
"I really appreciate giving Oregonians opportunity to see Democrats and Republicans working together on issues, and I think this is one example of that, (one) out of many," said Sen. Janeen Sollman, a Democrat from Hillsboro. "And I just appreciate hearing all different perspectives, and that we see the issue and we come together and try to find a solution for that. So I've enjoyed this."
"I think the bill really highlights that the rural-urban divide isn't always a negative thing," agreed Sen. Daniel Bonham, a Republican from The Dalles. "That sometimes it just means some extra consideration. I mean the bill calls out 16 counties to do one thing and 20 counties to do another, and it's responsive to different parts of the state. And I think, to Senator Sollman's point, that ability for us to come together and work together and take into consideration what the local needs are, it's so important. And so, you know, sometimes divide is good and and we can cater a piece of legislation to accommodate the local need."
KGW Reporter Thomas Shults contributed to this story. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/kotek-oregon-self-serve-gas-decision/283-d612cb4f-930e-48f8-b9b8-d41edaf0cbef | 2023-07-30T04:28:54 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/kotek-oregon-self-serve-gas-decision/283-d612cb4f-930e-48f8-b9b8-d41edaf0cbef |
PORTLAND, Oregon — A family is mourning the loss of a mother after another deadly shooting in Portland. Laura Guerrero-Rafaela, 41, was shot several times around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening in Southeast Portland's Powell-Hurst Gilbert neighborhood.
Family members said Guerrero-Rafaela was a loving mother of four who was also very involved in the lives of her nieces and nephews. She spoke on the phone to her sisters daily, and even took care of one who was suffering from arthritis.
Family members said Guerrero-Rafaela was also a bright and fun-loving person.
"She would always be the first one on the dance floor,” her niece, Arleth Pacheco said.
Guerrero-Rafaela treated her nieces and nephews like they were her own children, family members said. Pacheco said her aunt raised one of her nephews like her own son.
She said Guerrero-Rafaela used to talk about her death. She would urge her family members not to cry when she was gone.
“She just said it as like a joke but we never thought she was actually going to be taken from us in such a horrible way," Pacheco said.
Family members said Guerrero-Rafaela was shot four times. They said security footage shows a man shooting Guerrero-Rafaela three times in the back, before he stepped closer and shot the 41-year-old woman for a fourth time.
"All this family is hurt," Guerrero-Rafaela’s step-father Raul Melgarejo said.
Melgarejo said there needs to be justice for his step-daughter’s death.
"This person that did this to her, they shouldn't be out there."
He said the family knows who shot Guerrero-Rafaela. But family members said police have told them they don’t have enough evidence yet to charge anyone.
"It's not fair to my family to know that the guy who killed her is still running around," Pacheco said.
There have been 50 homicides in Portland this year, 43 have been shootings. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/family-seeks-justice-portland-woman-shot-killed/283-03a9c3b5-24c2-4bad-90e4-b8e4b066247a | 2023-07-30T04:28:56 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/family-seeks-justice-portland-woman-shot-killed/283-03a9c3b5-24c2-4bad-90e4-b8e4b066247a |
SAN ANTONIO — July 29, 2020, a beloved convenience store clerk was murdered.
It happened during an overnight shift at the E-Z Mart in the 19500 block of FM 3009 in Garden Ridge.
40-year-old Pam Smotherman was shot, and the masked suspect still roams free.
On the three year anniversary, Smotherman's sister is adding another approach to help capture the killer.
"It's just surreal to think that it's been three years," said Smotherman's sister, Harriett Rehman.
Rehman says a store clerk was the only job Smotherman ever had due to her disability. Their mother begged Smotherman to stop working at the E-Z Mart out of fear, but her daughter refused. Smotherman's customers were family.
"As a society, we tend to be reactive as opposed to proactive," said Rehman. "I felt this is an area where we can actually do something for good without it costing any lives "
Since our last interview with Rehman, she's made progress in enacting change.
Her goal is for Texas to pass a law protecting convenience store employees, instead of these protections relying on local ordinances. She's in touch with State Senator Donna Campbell's office.
"They're asking me what my ideas were as far as convenience store safety," Rehman explained. "Three days ago I sent her a response email proposing my ideas.''
Rehman believes if these convenience stores close at night, or if they add another employee to the overnight shift with more security, it could save lives.
"The employee is locked in the store," Rehman said. "Nobody can come in, nobody can go out. It's just a matter of using a teller door like you would at a bank."
Rehman still talks with detectives monthly. She says they've hit road blocks along the way, but she won't give up in her pursuit of justice.
"I have in my vehicle still pictures from the [surveillance] video and I drive around and I ask people in random spots on the street, I say, 'Does this person look familiar?'"
Rehman's next move is purchasing billboards to try and find the suspect.
The man was caught on the E-Z Mart security camera holding a gun to Smotherman's head. Even though he was given the cash and lottery tickets, he still fired his weapon.
"My mother has become exponentially sick," said Rehman. "It obviously took her mentally in the beginning, but I think that grief is actually taking her physically. So in our eyes, I feel like the murderer didn't kill one person that day. He killed two."
If you have any information on this case, call Garden Ridge Police at 210-651-6441. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/murder-of-beloved-store-clerk-unsolved-three-years-later/273-b1b8193c-7cb4-401d-bfe8-7f4718402feb | 2023-07-30T04:28:56 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/murder-of-beloved-store-clerk-unsolved-three-years-later/273-b1b8193c-7cb4-401d-bfe8-7f4718402feb |
PHOENIX — PHOENIX (AP) — Rookie sensation Corbin Carroll is among the National League's leaders in homers, triples and stolen bases.
If there was a category for being a big ol' pain in the rear end on the basepaths, he'd be right near the top of that leaderboard as well.
Carroll started an eighth-inning rally with some distracting base running, Dominic Canzone brought his fellow rookie home with a single for the go-ahead run and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Saturday night.
Carroll started the decisive rally in the eighth with a walk off reliever Andrés Muñoz. The All-Star then advanced to second on a balk by Muñoz (2-4) and stole third against the flat-footed Mariners infield a few pitches later. Seattle pulled its infield in with one out before Canzone delivered a chopper that bounced through to break the 3-all tie.
“It's just a classic case of being prepped and being ready,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said about Carroll's aggressive baserunning. “He's capable of doing that against any pitcher at any time. It was the difference in the game.”
Carroll has 32 stolen bases and 21 homers this season, consistently causing problems for opposing teams with his power-speed combo. Canzone had two RBI singles, coming through with his clutch hit in the eighth in just his 14th big league game.
“I was just trying to hit anything hard and maybe get a little lucky,” Canzone said. “And I did get a little lucky.”
It was a much-needed win for the D-backs, who are still just 7-15 in July.
The Mariners had their three-game winning streak snapped. Seattle was trying to jump to four games above .500 this season, but couldn't get it done after going 0 for 11 at the plate with runners in scoring position.
Seattle had a great chance to score in the ninth after a one-out triple by Cade Marlowe, but José Caballero whiffed for the second out. J.P. Crawford then walked before Scott McGough struck out All-Star Julio Rodríguez to end the game.
“We've been having quality at-bats the past few days,” Crawford said. “Today, we just couldn't get them in. It was just one of those days.”
Seattle scored twice on sacrifice flies before Tom Murphy's solo homer to left made it 3-0 in the fourth. Murphy has been on a recent tear, with extra-base hits in four straight games. He also has seven homers in his past 20 games.
But the D-backs quickly clawed back, scoring two runs in the fourth and then tying the game in the fifth on Carson Kelly’s RBI single.
“You've got to figure out a way to win these games,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “We were right in there, doing a lot of good things offensively. Just the big hit late — we weren't able to do it tonight.”
Arizona rookie right-hander Brandon Pfaadt gave up three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking one. Pfaadt's had two encouraging starts in a row after a rough start to his big league career.
“I think it went super well,” Pfaadt said. “We built on our last start. There were a lot of positives to take out of it.”
The D-backs bullpen of Kyle Nelson, Miguel Castro, Kevin Ginkel (4-0), Andrew Chafin and McGough combined to throw 3 1/3 scoreless innings.
Seattle righty Bryan Woo gave up three runs on seven hits over five innings, walking two.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 3B Evan Longoria was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained lower back. IF Josh Rojas was called up from Triple-A to take his spot.
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The three-game series concludes Sunday. The Diamondbacks will send RHP Merrill Kelly (9-4, 3.12 ERA) to the mound, while the Mariners counter with RHP Luis Castillo (6-7, 3.02 ERA) | https://www.king5.com/article/sports/mlb/mariners/all-star-rookie-corbin-carroll-uses-his-speed-to-help-the-diamondbacks-beat-the-mariners-4-3/281-9f83eebd-670d-4c18-b4ea-11bcb99e19f4 | 2023-07-30T04:29:00 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/sports/mlb/mariners/all-star-rookie-corbin-carroll-uses-his-speed-to-help-the-diamondbacks-beat-the-mariners-4-3/281-9f83eebd-670d-4c18-b4ea-11bcb99e19f4 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Legacy Health announced that it will be increasing security across all of its locations after the death of Bobby Smallwood at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland last weekend.
"Over the past week, our hearts have been heavy with grief and sadness in the wake of the tragic shooting that occurred," said Legacy President and CEO Kathryn Correia in a statement Saturday. "The emotional toll of this shooting continues to ripple across our 14,000 Legacy employees and into the communities we serve."
Correia said that over the past several days, senior leaders have worked on developing a comprehensive plan to further bolster Legacy's already strong safety policies and practices.
Legacy will be installing metal detectors at all of its hospitals that would require a bag search for all patients and visitors who enter. Some locations will see metal detectors as soon as Monday, Correia said.
"We will install bullet-slow film on the hospital main entrances and emergency departments and on glass in internal entrances," she said in the statement.
Additionally, lead security officers have been equipped with tasers. Correia said, Legacy will expand the use of tasers to all security officers once proper training and certification is completed.
Each Legacy hospital location will still have room to create unique solutions that best serve their facilities and communities.
RELATED: Timeline | Legacy hospital shooting: What happened during the police search for the suspect
On the morning of July 22, a suspect allegedly shot and killed a security officer and injured a hospital employee in a shooting on the fifth floor of Good Samaritan Medical Center.
The injured security guard, Smallwood, 44, was transferred to a trauma center where he later died from his injures.
A few hours after leaving the medical center, police in Gresham stopped the suspect. There was a standoff and officers opened fire, shooting and killing the suspect. No officers were injured.
Gresham police later confirmed the suspect's identity as PoniaX Kane Calles, previously known as Reginald Kane Jackson. The Oregonian reported that he had threatened hospital staff in the days before the shooting. A friend of Calles told KGW that he agreed to give the man a ride to Gresham, not realizing he was a shooting suspect until police caught up with them.
According to court documents obtained by KGW, Ashley Heil has three children with Calles: two young daughters, ages eight and one, and a newborn son whom she gave birth to last week at Good Samaritan. She was still in the hospital two days later when Calles allegedly shot and killed Smallwood.
"We have begun to develop a second phase of actions, and that work will continue over the next several months," said Correia.
The second phase will include making safety improvements at Legacy medical office buildings and community-based clinics. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/legacy-safety-changes-following-fatal-shooting-security-officer-portland/283-11d5ded2-84f0-4de4-bab2-ec7a28ba15c6 | 2023-07-30T04:29:02 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/legacy-safety-changes-following-fatal-shooting-security-officer-portland/283-11d5ded2-84f0-4de4-bab2-ec7a28ba15c6 |
ST HEDWIG, Texas — The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found on a property in the eastern part of the county.
Sheriff Javier Salazar said on Saturday that the landowner was checking on his property on East Farm to Market Road 1518 South in Saint Hedwig when he saw what he thought was a pile of trash. He realized it was a decomposing body, and called authorities.
Salazar that first responders believe the victim was a homeless man who frequented the area, and at this time he doesn't believe that there was foul play. The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy, but Salazar said it appeared to be a heat-related death or a medical episode. The victim has not been identified.
This is a developing story.
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NEW YORK — The Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets on Saturday night, an all-in move for the surprise leaders in the AL West, a person with knowledge of the deal said.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been announced.
The Rangers added the 39-year-old Scherzer with another former Mets pitcher with Cy Young credentials, two-time winner Jacob deGrom, sidelined by Tommy John elbow surgery, possibly all the way through the end of next season.
According to multiple reports, the deal nets New York one of the top Texas prospects in infielder Luisangel Acuña, the younger brother of Atlanta star Ronald Acuña Jr.
As part of the deal, Scherzer agreed to opt in on the final year of his contract in 2024 at $43 million, according to reports that also said the Mets were paying about $35 million of the remaining $58 million on the right-hander's contract.
The Mets, one of baseball's biggest disappointments, unloaded Scherzer two days after sending closer David Robertson to Miami for two minor leaguers.
New York began the season with the highest payroll in baseball at $353 million but started the day 17 games behind Atlanta in the NL East and 6 1/2 games back in the wild-card race.
Texas has emerged from six consecutive losing seasons to lead the AL West all but one day in three-time World Series champion Bruce Bochy's first season as manager.
The Rangers made the first notable move of this trading season by getting once-dominant closer Aroldis Chapman from Kansas City in June. Chapman has stayed in a setup role with Will Smith handling most of the closing duties.
Now Texas has bolstered the rotation knowing deGrom might be out until Scherzer's contract expires at the end of next season. | https://www.king5.com/article/sports/mlb/mariners/rangers-get-scherzer-from-mets-in-all-in-blockbuster-from-surprise-al-west-leaders/281-4d2dd9dd-5ee2-4166-bde5-32f8cf835309 | 2023-07-30T04:29:06 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/sports/mlb/mariners/rangers-get-scherzer-from-mets-in-all-in-blockbuster-from-surprise-al-west-leaders/281-4d2dd9dd-5ee2-4166-bde5-32f8cf835309 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — It's a summer of fun and learning for a group of Portland students.
A service project through the Portland non-profit Wonderfolk, a youth development organization, is giving a diverse group of students from lower-income backgrounds a chance to grow by doing new things. Including learning new moves in a recent Costa Rica trip and documenting all of it along the way.
“It’s a lot of these kids’ first time abroad, first time on a plane, with the passport, even sleeping away from home for the night,” said Wonderfolk Executive Director Mark Bennett.
He said the global leadership pillar is just part of the program, which focuses on self-expression through arts and culture, identifying and developing strengths, and creating change. Participants are selected for the program after a rigorous application and interview process.
Participants are called "fellows" and Mildred Castillo Bojorquez is one of them, who traveled to the Central American country.
“It was really fun and I’m a native Spanish speaker and I really enjoyed seeing everyone learn Spanish and speak to their home state parents,” said Castillo Bojorquez.
Now back home in Portland Castillo Bojorquez and the group are taking all the material they gathered documenting their trip and working with non-profit Metro East Media to put it all together. The editing system is a challenge.
“But we're learning, and same with everything we've done, we didn't know how to do it at the beginning, but you can tell when we're learning and then we get the hang of it and then we just fly off from there,” said Castillo Bojorquez.
A big part of the growth is the opportunity to try new things, according to Bennett.
“We want them to learn how they have inherent strengths and values that can be put into any new space that they step into.”
Stepping into life experiences and telling their story.
“You know, learn how to create a narrative because so much of the narrative is created about them,” said Bennett.
That works for Castillo Bojorquez, who said for her the storyline for the documentary they're creating is straightforward, and meaningful.
“We went to Costa Rica and I helped different communities there. And we had a lot of fun there, we traveled, but we went with the purpose of helping and that's the most important thing.”
This Wonderfolk summer project and some of the students involved are helped by grants from the Pacific Power Foundation. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-students-document-costa-rica-trip-wonderfolk-youth-program/283-7a81eb96-e750-4b6b-94c6-a4eca2779030 | 2023-07-30T04:29:08 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-students-document-costa-rica-trip-wonderfolk-youth-program/283-7a81eb96-e750-4b6b-94c6-a4eca2779030 |
FUKUOKA, Japan — Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she'd ever swum — wasn't quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I'm just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself," she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It's fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool," Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy's time was quicker than Dressel's winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/nation-world/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/507-a7750f56-2a2d-4696-8048-afe9293dc5ed | 2023-07-30T04:29:08 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/nation-world/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/507-a7750f56-2a2d-4696-8048-afe9293dc5ed |
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The United States heads into its final group match at the Women's World Cup with questions swirling about the team's tactics.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski started the same lineup against Netherlands on Thursday that he rolled out for the opening match against Vietnam. While it was enough for the United States to beat the Vietnamese 3-0, it was less successful against the stronger Dutch, and the Americans settled for a 1-1 draw.
That lineup had never played together before the World Cup.
The tie meant that the United States will likely need a more decisive outcome on Tuesday against Portugal to finish atop Group E and secure a favorable path in the knockout round. Going into the game, advancing out of the group wasn't a given for the two-time defending World Cup champions.
In addition to the same starters, Andonovski made just one substitution in the game against the Dutch, bringing on midfielder Rose Lavelle to start the second half. But no fresh legs were subbed in even after players showed fatigue. Forwards Lynn Williams and Megan Rapinoe remained on the sidelines.
He was asked about the strategy afterward.
“I just didn’t want to disrupt the rhythm at that point because sometimes a substitute comes in and it might take a minute or two to get into a rhythm,” he said. “We just didn’t want to jeopardize anything because I thought all three of our forwards were very good, dangerous, created opportunities and were a handful.”
It was the first time that the United States had made just one or fewer substitutions in a World Cup game since 2007.
Known in 2019 for jumping on World Cup opponents early, the Americans did not score against the Dutch until the second half when they were already down 1-0.
Lavelle is one of the team's top midfielders and made an immediate impact in the game — boosting the energy and feeding the attack — and the United States looked like that 2019 championship team again. She served up a corner kick to Lindsey Horan, angry about getting knocked down by a Dutch player moments before, for the game-tying goal in the 62nd minute.
Lavelle had a knee injury going into the World Cup and hadn't played since April. She's been on a minutes restriction and Andonovski has been starting Savannah DeMelo, one of the teams' 14 players making their first-ever appearance in the World Cup.
DeMelo hadn't played in a match with the national team until the send-off game against Wales in San Jose, the day the team departed for the World Cup.
“I think we weren’t in sync," midfielder Andi Sullivan said. “That happens, and we were able to adjust and respond. Hopefully, we can do that earlier in the future. And I think that’s also a great strength of this team -- we have lots of different ways we can do that together.”
Andonovski said the team can build off that second half against the Dutch in Wellington.
“Even though it didn’t finish the way we wanted to finish I thought it was a very good match for our team and especially for a group of young players. They grew throughout the game, individually, but also as a team we grew throughout the game as well,” Andonovski said. “I’ve said this before, this team is not just young. This team is also a fresh team that hasn’t spent a lot of minutes together. What you saw in the second half is what you’re going to see going forward as a best baseline. I think that we’re just going to get better from game to game and we’re gonna be a lot more efficient as well.”
Portugal fell 1-0 in its opening match against the Dutch, then defeated Vietnam 2-0 on Thursday in Hamilton. The victory knocked Vietnam out of the next round.
The United States sits atop Group E, even on points — four — with the Netherlands but edging the Dutch on goal differential. Portugal, third in the group with three points, could leap in front of the U.S. with a win at Auckland's Eden Park.
The Dutch play Vietnam in an earlier game Tuesday in Dunedin.
Telma Encarnacao and Kika Nazareth each scored in the match against Vietnam, which made history as Portugal's first win in its first World Cup appearance.
“We are aware of what awaits us, but we are focused on ourselves, which is very important,” Nazareth told reporters at training on Saturday. “We will enter the field respecting the opponent, with humility, but always with character and personality. The work will be there, the talent is there. And I think you also always need a little bit of luck. It’s believing.” | https://www.king5.com/article/sports/soccer/us-faces-portugal-with-womens-world-cup-future-still-up-in-the-air-knockout-stage/507-6403953b-33b2-4d89-b452-919cd9f37dac | 2023-07-30T04:29:12 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/sports/soccer/us-faces-portugal-with-womens-world-cup-future-still-up-in-the-air-knockout-stage/507-6403953b-33b2-4d89-b452-919cd9f37dac |
Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, four days after the teenager went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California.
The 18-year-old plays a brief melody in front of his family, smiles and gets up without speaking in the video posted on his father's Instagram account. The video doesn't indicate where or when it was shot.
“A man of many talents,” the Los Angeles Lakers superstar can be heard saying in the background as Bronny finishes playing with his two younger siblings looking on.
TMZ posted photos of Bronny out to dinner with his family, which it says were taken Friday night. They show the teenager with his father outside celebrity hot spot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.
Wearing black pants and a zip-up hoodie, Bronny carried his phone while standing outside the Italian restaurant.
Bronny was released from the hospital on Thursday. He will continue to undergo tests to determine the cause of his cardiac arrest, which occurred Monday morning during a workout at USC’s Galen Center.
"We have our family together, safe and healthy, and we feel your love," LeBron wrote on social media Thursday. "Will have more to say when we’re ready but I wanted to tell everyone how much your support has meant to all of us!"
Bronny, whose full name is LeBron James Jr., committed to USC in May after the 6-foot-3 guard became one of the nation’s top prospects out of Sierra Canyon School in nearby Chatsworth.
TEGNA's Val Lick contributed to this report. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/bronny-james-update-after-cardiac-arrest/507-3280e25d-0548-45c6-b647-40568b3c99ea | 2023-07-30T04:29:14 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/bronny-james-update-after-cardiac-arrest/507-3280e25d-0548-45c6-b647-40568b3c99ea |
ARLINGTON, Texas — In the early evening hours of Saturday night, the Texas Rangers struck for a big trade as they agreed to acquire three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer from the New York Mets.
The deal was agreed to earlier in the afternoon, but was contingent upon Scherzer waiving his no-trade clause to be dealt to the Rangers. Once Scherzer did that, the only remaining details were how much money would be involved, as it was reported that the players going from Texas to New York were already agreed upon.
In the end, Max Scherzer was dealt from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash and Double-A IF Luisangel Acuña.
Coming to Texas
The name Max Scherzer will eventually be etched in Cooperstown, but that’s some time away, as the 39-year old might be nearing the twilight of his career, but he surely isn’t done being competitive.
In 2023, Scherzer, in his second season with the Mets, has made 19 starts while tossing 107 ⅔ innings (averaging just under 6 innings per start). He’s been a far cry from the pitcher that he was for the Mets last season, with a much lower strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.03 this year against 7.21 last year), is already 10 hits allowed away from his entire total from last season, leads the National League starters in home runs allowed with 23, and has a career-high in home runs allowed per 9 innings at 1.9.
Scherzer missed a month and a half of the 2022 season with an oblique injury and while he hasn’t officially been placed on the injured list this year, Scherzer has been pitching through back problems all season long.
However, those stats don’t paint the full picture as the eight-time All-Star still possesses the ability to be one of the game’s elite pitchers. He’s posted 121 strikeouts, despite a 4.01 ERA and has an incredible playoff pedigree, pitching in nine different postseasons, culminating in a 2019 World Series win with the Washington Nationals.
Going to New York
Luisangel Acuña, brother of Atlanta Braves’ outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr, was Texas’ No. 3 ranked prospect. He’s a 21-year old middle infielder with everyday starter upside and has been praised for his defense, arm strength, hitting ability, and baseball instincts. Acuña played in High-A Hickory and Double-A Frisco last season, slashing .277/.369/.426 with 11 homers, 47 RBI and 40 stolen bases.
This season, solely at Frisco, Acuña has played in 84 games and is slashing .315/.377/.453 with 7 homers, 51 RBI and 42 stolen bases. It’s clear that Acuña is a run producer and someone who makes things happen and now he goes to New York where he will join the same division as his brother.
The contract
Scherzer signed a two-year deal before the 2022 season to play for the Mets, a deal that also had a 2024 player option. For the rest of 2023, Mad Max is owed around another $15.5 million. As part of the trade, Scherzer has accepted his 2024 option to play with Texas next season, where he will command a $43.3 million salary in a season where he turns 40.
Texas will take care of $22.5 million of Scherzer’s contract, with the Mets paying down the rest. That plus Acuña going to the Mets secured Scherzer’s services for the playoff run and next season. In the end, the Rangers used one of their top prospects to land a veteran All Star as they try to fend off the Houston Astros and remain atop the AL West and give themselves security with another season of Scherzer in 2024.
What it means for Texas
In addition to landing a pitcher they will feel comfortable giving the ball in the first game of a playoff series, Scherzer opting in to play with the Rangers in 2024 means the Rangers did well to secure the righty for just Acuña and cash.
With Nathan Eovaldi, Dane Dunning and Jon Gray showing signs of fatigue, Texas will take care of $22.5 million of Scherzer’s contract, with the Mets paying down the rest. For Scherzer, he steps into the rotation for a team in first place and their sights set on more in October.
Are you happy with the Rangers’ trade for Max Scherzer? Share your thoughts with Matt on Twitter @FisherWritesMLB. | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/mlb/rangers/rangers-land-pitcher-max-scherzer-blockbuster-trade-mets/287-0c46c583-c2d0-491e-95c8-d74019ec61b5 | 2023-07-30T04:29:14 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/mlb/rangers/rangers-land-pitcher-max-scherzer-blockbuster-trade-mets/287-0c46c583-c2d0-491e-95c8-d74019ec61b5 |
FUKUOKA, Japan — Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she'd ever swum — wasn't quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I'm just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself," she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It's fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool," Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy's time was quicker than Dressel's winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/507-a7750f56-2a2d-4696-8048-afe9293dc5ed | 2023-07-30T04:29:20 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/katie-ledecky-passes-michael-phelps-for-most-individual-golds-at-world-championships/507-a7750f56-2a2d-4696-8048-afe9293dc5ed |
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The United States heads into its final group match at the Women's World Cup with questions swirling about the team's tactics.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski started the same lineup against Netherlands on Thursday that he rolled out for the opening match against Vietnam. While it was enough for the United States to beat the Vietnamese 3-0, it was less successful against the stronger Dutch, and the Americans settled for a 1-1 draw.
That lineup had never played together before the World Cup.
The tie meant that the United States will likely need a more decisive outcome on Tuesday against Portugal to finish atop Group E and secure a favorable path in the knockout round. Going into the game, advancing out of the group wasn't a given for the two-time defending World Cup champions.
In addition to the same starters, Andonovski made just one substitution in the game against the Dutch, bringing on midfielder Rose Lavelle to start the second half. But no fresh legs were subbed in even after players showed fatigue. Forwards Lynn Williams and Megan Rapinoe remained on the sidelines.
He was asked about the strategy afterward.
“I just didn’t want to disrupt the rhythm at that point because sometimes a substitute comes in and it might take a minute or two to get into a rhythm,” he said. “We just didn’t want to jeopardize anything because I thought all three of our forwards were very good, dangerous, created opportunities and were a handful.”
It was the first time that the United States had made just one or fewer substitutions in a World Cup game since 2007.
Known in 2019 for jumping on World Cup opponents early, the Americans did not score against the Dutch until the second half when they were already down 1-0.
Lavelle is one of the team's top midfielders and made an immediate impact in the game — boosting the energy and feeding the attack — and the United States looked like that 2019 championship team again. She served up a corner kick to Lindsey Horan, angry about getting knocked down by a Dutch player moments before, for the game-tying goal in the 62nd minute.
Lavelle had a knee injury going into the World Cup and hadn't played since April. She's been on a minutes restriction and Andonovski has been starting Savannah DeMelo, one of the teams' 14 players making their first-ever appearance in the World Cup.
DeMelo hadn't played in a match with the national team until the send-off game against Wales in San Jose, the day the team departed for the World Cup.
“I think we weren’t in sync," midfielder Andi Sullivan said. “That happens, and we were able to adjust and respond. Hopefully, we can do that earlier in the future. And I think that’s also a great strength of this team -- we have lots of different ways we can do that together.”
Andonovski said the team can build off that second half against the Dutch in Wellington.
“Even though it didn’t finish the way we wanted to finish I thought it was a very good match for our team and especially for a group of young players. They grew throughout the game, individually, but also as a team we grew throughout the game as well,” Andonovski said. “I’ve said this before, this team is not just young. This team is also a fresh team that hasn’t spent a lot of minutes together. What you saw in the second half is what you’re going to see going forward as a best baseline. I think that we’re just going to get better from game to game and we’re gonna be a lot more efficient as well.”
Portugal fell 1-0 in its opening match against the Dutch, then defeated Vietnam 2-0 on Thursday in Hamilton. The victory knocked Vietnam out of the next round.
The United States sits atop Group E, even on points — four — with the Netherlands but edging the Dutch on goal differential. Portugal, third in the group with three points, could leap in front of the U.S. with a win at Auckland's Eden Park.
The Dutch play Vietnam in an earlier game Tuesday in Dunedin.
Telma Encarnacao and Kika Nazareth each scored in the match against Vietnam, which made history as Portugal's first win in its first World Cup appearance.
“We are aware of what awaits us, but we are focused on ourselves, which is very important,” Nazareth told reporters at training on Saturday. “We will enter the field respecting the opponent, with humility, but always with character and personality. The work will be there, the talent is there. And I think you also always need a little bit of luck. It’s believing.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/soccer/us-faces-portugal-with-womens-world-cup-future-still-up-in-the-air-knockout-stage/507-6403953b-33b2-4d89-b452-919cd9f37dac | 2023-07-30T04:29:21 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/soccer/us-faces-portugal-with-womens-world-cup-future-still-up-in-the-air-knockout-stage/507-6403953b-33b2-4d89-b452-919cd9f37dac |
KALASIN, Thailand — It's a find millions of years in the making.
Scientists in Thailand have reportedly discovered the bones of what they believe to be a new species of dinosaur.
The new species, dubbed minimocursor phunoiensis in a paper about the find published in the journal "Diversity", is believed to be a part of the neornithischia group, and like other members of the group, it is thought to be herbivorous and bipedal. Scientists also believe it to be the oldest record of a species in the group discovered so far.
The name minimocursor phunoiensis comes from the Latin word "minimus", meaning "the smallest", and the suffix "-cursor", meaning runner.
The bones were found in the Late Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation in northern Thailand, which is considered one of the richest bone-beds in Southeast Asia. The bones are believed to be Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous in age, meaning they are likely around 145 to 161 million years old. The bones were reportedly actually discovered in 2012, but required years of study to determine that they were of a new species.
The skeleton is also remarkably intact, according to the scientists. The paper said the holotype recreation of the dinosaur, which was pieced together over a period of five years, is over 50% complete and is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found in Southeast Asia.
The paper said the holotype of the bones is made up of a "partially articulated skeleton comprising a series of vertebrae (from the last three cervical to the 10th caudal) with a few ossified tendons; left scapula and manus; entire pelvic girdle; left femur, tibia, and fibula; left tarsals and metatarsals; and a few displaced bones: right jugal, left surangular and angular, incomplete tooth (now considered lost), right femur, tibia and fibula, phalanx, and pedal ungual."
Based on how much of the skeleton was recovered, scientists were able to estimate that this specimen was likely around 60 cm, or just under two feet long. However, the researchers also believe the skeleton to be from a young specimen in the species and estimated that adults could have been up to two meters long.
Bones from two other dinosaurs believed to be of the same species were also found in the same fossil bed, although the scientists have not fully confirmed whether they also belong to minimocursor phunoiensis or not. Given the numerous remains of different sizes found at the location, scientists believe minimocursor phunoiensis was quite common to the area.
Scientists believe the discovery could help to chart the evolution of neornithischian dinosaurs and provide more data about the prehistoric ecosystem in the area.
The study was led by Sita Manitkoon from the Palaeontological Research and Education Centre at Thailand's Mahasarakham University, and aided by many other scientists and researchers.
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Alexis Markowski hosts youth basketball camp
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The start of women’s basketball season may be awhile away, but one of the players is making an impact ahead of the season.
Fundamentals and fun - its the theme behind the kids basketball camp led by Alexis Markowski.
“I hope that they just have fun and realize basketball isn’t as serious as it is.”
The Big Ten’s Leading Rebounder helped young girls improve their skills through a series of drills. The camp is held at Lincoln Pius the Tenth High School, Markowski’s Alma Mater.
“It’s really important for me being from Lincoln to give back to the girls in the community and I do really have a special connection with them.”
It’s a family effort for the Markowski’s - her mom and dad, former Nebraska men’s basketball player, Alexis’s younger sister Addison, and brother chipping in.
“My dad was my coach my whole life, I came out of the womb and I was playing basketball so for him to be here and help me out and help teach the girls what he taught me is really special.”
“Alexis has been around basketball forever and she kinda understands her role as a role model and she gets a lot of requests to do lessons and always struggles to find the time, so she really wanted to say hey lets put a camp on towards the end of the summer and capture more kids.”
Alexis has made a contribution back to Pius from the proceeds she made through the camp.
“I remember just as a kid coming her and shooting baskets with my dad, so now to have other little girls come here and teach them to play basketball and have them have fun and enjoy the game is really special.”
During her high school career she led Pius to two state championships. She’s going into her junior year at Nebraska as one of the top post players in the nation.
“I’m planning on staying around Lincoln for awhile and just having the influence I do and playing for Nebraska, I definitely want to give back to the community and host more camps like this.”
Alexis looks forward to making this an annual event as she continues her Huskers career.
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A-State’s Zane Butler helps Jonesboro Police Department, gives teen gift
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - An Arkansas State men’s basketball player helped the Jonesboro Police Department step in and give a teenager the gift of a new basketball goal Saturday.
It all started Friday when JPD responded to a call involving an argument between a 14-year-old and his mother.
“After talking to him for a bit, they found he didn’t have a lot of ways to express his anger,” the Facebook post said. “They learned he liked to play basketball but could not do so because of a broken goal. Ptl. Austin and Ptl. Chambers immediately went over to the goal and fixed it to the best of their ability. Upon completion, they encouraged him to play more and advised him that he may get a scholarship one day with perseverance.”
The department posted an update Saturday morning, with A-State men’s basketball player and Paragould native Zane Butler gifting the teen, Jayden, a new basketball goal.
“Thanks to ASU basketball player Zane Butler and his friend Kyler Morris, Jayden got his new goal installed with the help of two of our own,” the post said. “I will say he had some pretty sweet moves while shooting around with these heroes.”
Butler, a Greene County Tech alum, was added to the men’s basketball roster this offseason, transferring in from SIU-Edwardsville and Navarro Junior College.
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ORONO - Former Hampden Academy basketball star Bryce Lausier announced Saturday that he is transferring from St. Anselm College to Maine for his senior season.
Lausier scored over 1,200 points in his high school career and won Mr. Maine Basketball in 2020 after leading the Broncos to a state title. Lausier said via Twitter that he is, "Blessed to have the opportunity to represent [his] home state." | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/former-hampden-academy-star-bryce-lausier-transfers-to-maine-from-st-anselm/article_d9ff826a-2e7f-11ee-a73a-833b544a4368.html | 2023-07-30T04:32:30 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/former-hampden-academy-star-bryce-lausier-transfers-to-maine-from-st-anselm/article_d9ff826a-2e7f-11ee-a73a-833b544a4368.html |
AUGUSTA - Trenton Acadians' Junior and Senior Legion Baseball teams each won their respective state titles on Saturday in a sweep.
The Sr. Acadians wrapped up their first state title in team history by defeating the Hampden Riverdogs 2-0. A scoreless game until the sixth inning, an RBI single by Dawson Curtis put the Acadians was the eventual game-winning hit. Pitcher Hunter Curtis, in his first game on the mound in a full year, went for a complete game.
The Jr. Acadians won their title next against Capital Area 3-2, and in dramatic fashion. Trailing 3-2 most of the game, they rallied for two in the bottom of the seventh inning. A wild pitch scored Dawson Curtis, who switched games after the Sr. game ended, and DH Jackson Berry next hit a sacrifice fly that scored Brady Pert to walk it off.
The Jr. Acadians' season ends here, but the Sr. Acadians will begin their run towards a regional title starting on Wednesday in Shrewsbury, Mass. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/trenton-acadians-sweep-junior-senior-legion-baseball-state-titles/article_1e2f40ae-2e7d-11ee-bdca-6f33ea0bf8c0.html | 2023-07-30T04:32:36 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/trenton-acadians-sweep-junior-senior-legion-baseball-state-titles/article_1e2f40ae-2e7d-11ee-bdca-6f33ea0bf8c0.html |
UNITY - For the first time since 2017, Unity Raceway is back for a full-time summer season, and their first as a dirt track...the only one in the state.
"It's actually unreal when I stop and think about it," race director Brianna Giggey says. "It's incredible to be part of history."
"It feels great," track manager Joey Doyon says. "Our drivers are putting on a show every week [and] putting people in the seats."
Unity closed down after nearly 60 years of business in 2017, and its grand return started with Doyon who was heartbroken seeing his favorite track lie in ruins.
"I grew up here," Doyon tells. "This place means everything to me and it was tearing my heart apart to see the condition it was in. It was a complete mess when we started."
Doyon decided to lease the track from owners Ralph and Nancy Nason, and a team soon started to form.
"As soon as I heard that they were going to be opening up a dirt track, I figured I'd get on board and try to get as many cars and people as possible," driver Jason Porter says.
To start, though, it wasn't all roses. In last year's part-time schedule, they raced on Sunday afternoons during the hottest part of the summer. Not the best conditions for a dirt track.
"We have to night race because of the dust and heat," Giggey explains. "We water the track and, if we're in full sun, it's soaking it up completely."
So, in came the lights, and nearly 100 drivers registering for the first full-time season in the new digs.
"This is what I remember as a kid growing up," Porter says. "Friday night, under the lights, spending time with friends and family, and having a good time."
For the fans, it's an even bigger hit.
"We have some people that are here at four o'clock waiting to get in through the gate," Giggey says. "That's incredible. We don't start until seven!"
But for Doyon, who started all of this, one of the biggest points of pride is seeing his childhood heroes coming back into the fray.
"We've had a lot of old Unity faces coming back. They just like to see their track open again," Doyon says. "Those are the faces I remember as a kid around here. Seeing former racers that made this track what it is is a really cool feeling." | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/unity-raceway-rebuild-complete-first-full-time-season-in-five-years-underway/article_d7bc0b44-2e80-11ee-bb23-57395265d033.html | 2023-07-30T04:32:42 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/unity-raceway-rebuild-complete-first-full-time-season-in-five-years-underway/article_d7bc0b44-2e80-11ee-bb23-57395265d033.html |
Multiple agencies respond to crash
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 11:10 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Multiple agencies are on the scene of a crash on Highway 351 in Craighead County.
According to law enforcement, the call came in around 10:36 Saturday evening about a crash near county roads 769 and 771 on Highway 351.
A driver was pinned inside the car according to police.
The Brookland Fire Department, Arkansas State Police, Jonesboro Fire Department, Craighead County Sheriff’s Department, and Emerson Ambulance Service are all on the scene assisting with the crash.
A helicopter was requested to the scene but was declined because of weather conditions.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is available.
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Emmet Sheehan unleashes his ‘Bulldog’ tenacity in Dodgers’ win over Reds
Emmet Sheehan has a long way to go before he starts drawing comparisons to Orel Hershiser, but the rookie right-hander did well to channel the nickname — and the attitude that goes with it — of the former pitcher who was inducted into the Legends of Dodger Baseball on Saturday night: Bulldog.
Displaying an attacking mentality and a confidence that was noticeably absent in his previous start, Sheehan blanked the Cincinnati Reds on two hits over five innings, striking out five and walking one, in an eventual 3-2 Dodgers victory before a crowd of 51,015 in Chavez Ravine.
The Dodgers had just two hits, but both were Max Muncy home runs, a two-run shot to right field in the first inning and a tie-breaking, two-out, solo shot to right on a 3-and-0 pitch from Reds starter Luke Weaver in the sixth, giving the slugger 27 homers on the season and 14 multi-homer games in his career.
Nolan Arenado will not be traded to the Dodgers or anyone else ahead of Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline, a St. Louis Cardinals team executive says.
Muncy also staked Sheehan to an early lead last Sunday in Texas with a first-inning grand slam, but Sheehan pitched tentatively, yielding eight runs and eight hits in 3⅔ innings and walking five, all of whom scored, in an eventual 8-4 loss to the Rangers.
“When I see 92 [mph] on the radar gun, that’s showing me he’s aiming the baseball, and not being free and easy and attacking, and you see a lot of non-competitive pitches,” manager Dave Roberts said after that game. “Big-league hitters, they smell fear, they see blood, and when there’s a weakness, they’re gonna go after you.”
Sheehan was the aggressor Saturday night, from the 96.5-mph fastball he threw on his first pitch to Elly De La Cruz in the first inning to the 96.3-mph fastball he threw on his 82nd and final pitch to Luke Maile in the fifth.
His average fastball velocity of 96.2 mph was up from his season average of 95.5 mph and his 94.6-mph average against the Rangers last weekend. He retired the side in order in the first, fourth and fifth innings and pitched around Maile’s leadoff double in the third.
But Roberts wouldn’t let Sheehan go through the Reds order for a third time, replacing him with left-hander Caleb Ferguson to start the sixth.
A 2-0 Dodgers lead quickly evaporated in a rally that began with De La Cruz’s double to left center and TJ Friedl’s infield single. Ferguson struck out Matt McLain looking at a 95-mph fastball, but pinch-hitter Kevin Newman lofted a sacrifice fly to medium right field to score De La Cruz and cut the lead to 2-1.
Dodgers right fielder Jason Heyward air-mailed a throw home in an attempt to get the speedy De La Cruz, but he would have been better off throwing to second to keep the potential tying run at first base.
Instead, Friedl took second on the throw and scored on Spencer Steer’s soft single to left center for a 2-2 tie. Ferguson walked Joey Votto on four pitches and was pulled in favor of right-hander Joe Kelly, who got a huge ovation in his return to Los Angeles after Friday’s trade from the Chicago White Sox.
Kelly threw a wild pitch that advanced the runners to second and third and walked Christian Encarnacion-Strand to load the bases but struck out pinch-hitter Will Benson looking at a 99-mph fastball to end the inning, eliciting another roar from the home crowd.
Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol got five outs in the seventh and eighth innings, and Evan Phillips got the last out in the eighth and threw a scoreless ninth for his 13th save, getting the dangerous De La Cruz to fly out to left field with a runner on first to end the game.
The Dodgers (59-44) won for only the second time in six games and maintained their three-game lead over the San Francisco Giants in the National League West.
Clayton Kershaw close
Left-hander Clayton Kershaw, sidelined since late June because of a shoulder injury, threw about 40 pitches to hitters in a three-inning simulated game on Saturday, moving the three-time National League Cy Young Award winner a step closer to a return.
If Kershaw, who is 10-4 with a 2.55 ERA in 16 starts, remains asymptomatic over the next few days and confident about his stuff, he will be activated for next weekend’s series in San Diego. If not, he will probably throw another simulated game of four innings before returning.
Short hops
Mookie Betts was scratched because of a sore right ankle, an injury the leadoff man sustained while performing what Roberts called a “matrix move” to avoid a pitch at his head on Friday night. Betts, who started 98 of the team’s first 102 games and is batting .277 with a .942 OPS, 27 homers and 68 RBIs, is listed as day-to-day. … Reliever Phil Bickford, who went 2-3 with a 5.14 ERA in 36 games this season, was designated for assignment to clear a roster spot for reliever Joe Kelly, the hard-throwing right-hander who was acquired with starter Lance Lynn from the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
Orel Hershiser put on a pitching display over the final two months of the 1988 season that should never be forgotten. And yet, it has increasingly been overlooked.
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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has been denied Secret Service protection and is casting the decision as an outrage. But there’s a lot more that goes into getting a protective detail than just asking for it — and Kennedy falls short on much of the Secret Service’s public criteria.
Secret Service protection has been extended to candidates for president — and not just presidents themselves — since a law was enacted in 1968, following the assassination of Kennedy’s father during his presidential campaign. According to Secret Service guidance published for the 2020 election, “major presidential and vice presidential candidates” are “eligible” for protection.
But the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has wide latitude to decide who qualifies and why, after consultation with an advisory committee. The committee is comprised of high-level members of the government including the speaker of the House, the House minority leader, the Senate majority leader, the Senate minority leader and one additional member chosen by the committee.
The Secret Service laid out a number of other factors explaining why not every declared presidential candidate gets a Secret Service detail and what goes into making that decision. The 2020 guidance lists polling thresholds for primary candidates or third-party general election nominees. And it also says the decision could be guided by a specific assessment of threats against that candidate.
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Then-candidate Donald Trump received Secret Service protection almost one year prior to the 2016 general election, after being approved in 2015, along with fellow GOP contender Ben Carson, in the lead-up to the Iowa caucuses. In 2020, now-President Joe Biden said that candidates should receive protection earlier than normal, after a protester rushed the stage at an event and his wife ran toward them in defense of her husband.
Like Biden in 2020, Mike Pence once had Secret Service protection as vice president but doesn't have it currently on the campaign trail, nor has he requested it as of now, according to his campaign. Federal law states that vice presidents lose their Secret Service protection six months after leaving office.
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Brookings edges Sioux Falls East to reach State A Legion Championship
Bandits win 4-3 and will play for second ever Legion title
YANKTON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Brookings Bandits will play for the second State A Legion Baseball Championship in program history after a nervy, nailbiting 4-3 victory over Sioux Falls East on Saturday morning at the State A Tournament in Yankton.
Sioux Falls East struck quickly in the first with an RBI single from Myles Rees and an RBI sac fly from Andrew Glovich to go up 2-0.
That lead held until the third when Brookings rallied for three runs on a Breck Hirschoff RBI groundout, a game-tying triple from Peyton Winghart and a two-out go-ahead single from Justin Cofell. The Bandits added an insurance run in the sixth on an RBI double from Nolan Miles to go up 4-2.
East finally go their bats going in their final at-bat. After the first two batters reached Brayden Olson drove a sacrifice fly to right that cut the deficit to 4-3.
The next man for East reached to put the tying run at second and the winning run at first. After a mound visit, though, Brookings starter Austin Clark finished the game by getting back-to-back groundouts to retire the side and send Brookings to the title game in quest of the program’s second championship. The Bandits claimed their lone crown in 2012.
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CHAMPIONSHIP WALKOFF!! Harrisburg rallies past Brookings to claim first ever Legion state title
Post 45 Gold team wins State A Championship 3-2 and will go to Central Plains Regional in Rapid City
YANKTON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A Legion baseball season that began with Harrisburg Post 45 splitting into two teams ended with them on top of Class A for the first time in program history.
Harrisburg’s Gold team rallied from two down against Brookings Post 74 and claimed the 2023 South Dakota State A Legion Baseball Championship on a walkoff single by Coen Cook on Saturday in Yankton.
With the victory Harrisburg will head to the Central Plains Regional in Rapid City. They will face the Minnesota State Champion (who will be determined tomorrow) on Wednesday at 4:00 PM CST.
After Brookings took a wild 12-9 extra inning game over Harrisburg in the Friday night semifinal there figured to be less scoring in the championship with ace pitchers Breck Hirschoff (Brookings) and Eli Kokenge (Harrisburg) on the mound.
Brookings drew first blood in the second with an opposite field two-run double from Nolan Miles in the second inning to go up 2-0.
That lead held until the fourth inning when Harrisburg began to chip away. Jack Riley ripped an RBI single to score Max Carlson to cut the deficit in half at 2-1. Two innings later the first three batters for Harrisburg reached base and Post 45 tied the game when Noah Boschee hit into a double play that allowed Carlson to score and knot the game at two.
After Kokenge set Brookings down in order in the seventh Harrisburg got leadoff man Tate Larson aboard to start the bottom of the seventh and advanced him to second on a wild pitch. Cook came up with one out and blasted a Hirschoff pitch to deep left center, narrowly missing a homerun as the ball bounced off the wall. Not that it really mattered to anyone on the Harrisburg side as the walkoff single sparked a mad dash to Cook and dogpile celebration.
Kokenge would be named Tournament MVP after winning two games on the mound.
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Dakota Alliance celebrate their national championship
Parade at Yankton Trails Park for 17U girls team
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:59 PM CDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A week after winning their first United States Youth Soccer National Championship in Florida, the Dakota Alliance 17-and-under girls team celebrated back home with a parade at Yankton Trails Park.
The title is the latest sign of just how good soccer has gotten in South Dakota and should help drive even more girls toward the sport.
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Lake Country evens series with Canaries
Birds fall 17-2
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:57 PM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Lake Country raced out to a 6-0 lead after half an inning and never looked back as they defeated the Canaries 17-2 on Saturday.
Darnell Sweeney and Wyatt Ulrich each delivered RBI singles in the third and fourth innings, respectively, but that’s as close as Sioux Falls would get. The DockHounds added four runs in the sixth inning and scored seven times in their half of the ninth.
Welington Dotel and Ozzie Martinez each finished with two hits as the Canaries dip to 31-37 overall. The Birds will wrap up their six-game homestand Sunday at 12:05pm.
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Eau Claire 19U Legion Baseball falls in State Championship
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:46 PM CDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Eau Claire 19u Post 53 fell in the Legion Baseball State Championship game to Janesville 4-3.
After falling behind 4-0, a Sam Knickerbocker home run and Brayton Thillman double brought the team back within a run in the 6th inning.
The rally ultimately fell short. However, by reaching the state championship game, they clinched their spot in the national regional tournament next week.
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SPD Investigating Major Crash Off of North Tamiami Trail
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 12:28 AM EDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police Department is currently investigating a crash that happened shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday evening.
The crash took place near the intersection of 24th Street and North Tamiami Trail.
SPD said traffic on North Tamiami Trail is being rerouted in both directions at Dr. Martin Luther King Way and Bradenton Road.
SPD said to avoid the area if possible. This crash remains under investigation.
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Ex-Badgers star Jonathan Taylor reportedly asks Colts for trade
Former University of Wisconsin star Jonathan Taylor has formally asked the Indianapolis Colts for a trade, according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport.
Taylor met with Colts owner Jim Irsay on Saturday. The running back is entering his fourth NFL season, the last on his rookie contract. He led the league in rushing in 2021 and earned first-team All Pro, then saw his numbers backslide in 2022, when he appeared in 11 games and rushed for 861 yards, an average of 78.3 per game, after 106.5 the year before.
The revelation comes against the backdrop of tension between the league and its running backs, many of whom haven't been seeing the massive contacts they've desired. The league has adopted the position that running backs don't have the same level of value as previously assessed, something reflected in players like Giants rusher Saquon Barkley and Oakland's Josh Jacobs commanding less than anticipated.
Irsay himself said Wednesday it was inappropriate for running backs trying to renegotiate the collective bargaining agreement to address their devaluation and that agents are selling "bad faith."
Taylor and several other running backs expressed dismay two weeks ago when the league's deadline to franchise tag players came and went without the New York Giants' Saquon Barkley and the Las Vegas Raiders' Josh Jacobs getting new contracts.
Taylor's agent subsequently made comments suggesting the relationship between the running back and the franchise had soured. Taylor has opened training camp on the physically unable to perform list, and it was unclear if his dissatisfaction played a part.
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Irsay said the Colts have no intention of trading Taylor.
"We're looking forward to a great season and hoping Jonathan's a part of that," Irsay said.
"If I die tonight and Jonathan Taylor's out of the league, nobody's going to miss us," Irsay added. "The league goes on. We all know that. The National Football League rolls on. It doesn't matter who comes and who goes, and it's a privilege to be a part of it."
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New Hampshire nurse, her child kidnapped in Haiti, faith-based organization says
The kidnapping happened on Thursday near the organization's Port-au-Prince campus
A New Hampshire woman and her child were abducted Thursday while "serving in our community ministry," near Haiti’s capital, a faith based organization said. The news comes the day the U.S. told American citizens to leave Haiti immediately due to high gang violence and kidnappings.
Alix Dorsainvil and her child were kidnapped Thursday morning near Port-Au-Prince, according to the organization. El Roi Haiti. Dorsainvil, a community nurse, is the wife of the organization's director and was working when she was abducted along with her child. Authorities did not say how old Dorsainvil's child is.
El Roi Haiti president and co-founder Jason Brown said in a statement that Dorsainvil worked tirelessly as a nurse and at the school "in the name of Jesus."
HAITI GANG VIOLENCE LEAVES 187 DEAD IN 11 DAYS
"Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family," Brown said in a statement on Saturday. "Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus."
The U.S. State Department ordered non-emergency staff at it's embassy in Port-au-Prince to leave Haiti with their eligible family members on Thursday, July 27.
A "Do Not Travel" advisory, the highest level, advised U.S. citizens to leave the country immediately due to kidnaping, crime, civil unrest and poor health care infrastructure. The order and advisory come after recent armed clashes between criminal groups and police in the country’s capital.
‘LAWLESS’ HAITI PLAGUED BY CORRUPTION AND DEADLY GANG VIOLENCE FUELS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
The advisor noted that kidnapping is "widespread" with victims "regularly including U.S. citizens." The Department of State said that kidnappers may use, "sophisticated planning or take advantage of unplanned opportunities."
The department said kidnapping cases often involve ransom negotiations with family members and loved ones paying thousands of dollars to rescue their family members.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge is giving the New York Yankees an immediate boost — at a time when their front office has some tough decisions to make.
Judge homered and singled twice in his second game back from the injured list and the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-3 on Saturday night. Giancarlo Stanton and Kyle Higashioka went deep as well for New York, which is still 3 1/2 games behind Toronto and Houston for the last two wild cards in the American League.
That's a tricky spot with Tuesday's trade deadline approaching.
“We've had years where we stick with who we got. We've had years where we get some bullpen arms, starters, a big bat,” Judge said. “It comes down to us doing our job on the field and then letting them take care of the rest. We'll see what happens."
The Yankees knocked out struggling Orioles starter Tyler Wells (7-6) in the third inning. In the sixth, Isiah Kiner-Falefa capped a 10-pitch at-bat with a three-run double to make it 8-3.
Judge has three walks and three hits in nine plate appearances since returning Friday from the toe injury that kept him out since early June.
Ryan Mountcastle homered for the Orioles, but Clarke Schmidt (7-6) made it through five tough innings and the New York bullpen took it from there.
The Orioles remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay atop the AL East.
Judge walked three times Friday night, but the Yankees lost that game 1-0 on a ninth-inning homer by Baltimore's Anthony Santander. New York's offense was relentless a night later.
Stanton's first-inning drive easily cleared the big wall in left field at Camden Yards. Mountcastle tied it in the second, and Baltimore went ahead 2-1 on an RBI infield single by Ramón Urías. That lead was short-lived.
Judge hit a two-run shot — 442 feet to center field — in the third. Then Gleyber Torres added a sacrifice fly an inning later.
Santander made it 4-3 with an RBI groundout in the fifth, but New York broke the game open in the sixth. Cole Irvin allowed a leadoff homer by Higashioka — his third hit of the night — and then one-out singles to Judge, Stanton and Anthony Rizzo.
Bryan Baker came in and struck out DJ LeMahieu, but after fouling off five pitches, Kiner-Falefa cleared the bases with a line drive to left.
“One of the best at-bats of the season right there,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Wells entered the game with a major league-leading WHIP of 0.99, but he allowed three runs, three hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings. In three starts since the All-Star break, he's lasted just nine innings total.
“I think we’re going to be talking about a lot of things here coming up,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Obviously, we’re in a weird week. He’s had tough times his last few starts. I think there are going to be discussions going on.”
Boone said he's leaning toward giving Judge a day off in the series finale Sunday night. The Yankees are in a stretch of 13 games in 13 days.
“I kind of look at it as, hopefully he's in a position to start nine or 10 of them," Boone said. “Forget the toe. He hasn't come close to playing games for almost two months. As much as I want him in there, we've got to be smart here a little bit, especially in this run.”
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The Orioles used catcher Adley Rutschman in the leadoff spot because of his ability to get on base. He was hit by a pitch, walked and scored a run.
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New York's Luis Severino (2-4) starts Sunday night against Baltimore's Dean Kremer (10-4). It's the final game of the season series, which is tied 6-all.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of Anchorage after their rent shot up to $800 a month. Now they live in a tent encampment by a train depot, and as an Alaska winter looms they are growing desperate and fearful of what lies ahead.
A proposal last week by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson to buy one-way plane tickets out of Alaska’s biggest city for its homeless residents gave Steik a much-needed glimmer of hope. He would move to the relative warmth of Seattle.
“I heard it’s probably warmer than this place,” said Steik, who is Aleut.
But the mayor's unfunded idea also came under immediate attack as a Band-Aid solution glossing over the tremendous, and still unaddressed, crisis facing Anchorage as a swelling homeless population struggles to survive in a unique and extreme environment. Frigid temperatures stalk the homeless in the winter and bears infiltrate homeless encampments in the summer.
A record eight people died of exposure while living outside last winter and this year promises to be worse after the city closed an arena that housed 500 people during the winter months. Bickering between the city’s liberal assembly and its conservative mayor about how to address the crisis, and a lack of state funding, have further stymied efforts to find a solution.
With winter fast approaching in Alaska, it's “past time for state and local leaders to address the underlying causes of homelessness — airplane tickets are a distraction, not a solution,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said in a statement to The Associated Press.
About 43% of Anchorage’s more than 3,000 unsheltered residents are Alaska Natives, and Bronson’s proposal also drew harsh criticism from those who called it culturally insensitive.
“The reality is there is no place to send these people because this is their land. Any policy that we make has to pay credence to that simple fact. This is Dena’ina land, this is Native land," said Christopher Constant, chair of the Anchorage Assembly. "And so we cannot be supporting policies that would take people and displace them from their home, even if their home is not what you or I would call home.”
Bronson's airfare proposal caps a turbulent few years as Anchorage, like many cities in the U.S. West, struggles to deal with a burgeoning homeless population.
In May, the city shut down the 500-bed homeless shelter in the city's arena so it could once more be used for concerts and hockey games after neighbors complained about open drug use, trespassing, violence and litter. A plan to build a large shelter and navigation center fell through when Bronson approved a contract without approval from the Anchorage Assembly.
That leaves a gaping hole in the city’s ability to house the thousands of homeless people who have to contend with temperatures well below zero for days at a time and unrelenting winds blasting off Cook Inlet. At the end of June, Anchorage was estimated to have a little more than 3,150 homeless people, according to the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. Last week, there were only 614 beds at shelters citywide, with no vacancies.
New tent cities have sprung up across Anchorage this summer: on a slope facing the city’s historic railroad depot, on a busy road near the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and near soup kitchens and shelters downtown.
Assembly members are slated to consider a winter stop-gap option in August falling far short of the need: a large, warmed, tent-like structure for 150 people.
Summer brings its own challenges: hungry bears last year roamed a city-owned campground where homeless people were resettled after the arena closed. Wildlife officials killed four bears after they broke into tents.
Bronson said he prefers to spend a few hundred dollars per person for a plane ticket rather than spending about $100 daily to shelter and feed them. He said he doesn’t care where they want to go; his job is to “make sure they don’t die on Anchorage streets.”
It’s not clear if his proposal will move forward. There is not yet a plan or a funding source.
Dr. Ted Mala, an Inupiaq who in 1990 became the first Alaska Native to serve as the state’s health commissioner, said Anchorage should be working with social workers and law enforcement to discover people’s individual reasons for homelessness and connect them with resources.
Buying the unsheltered a ticket to another city is a political game that's been around for years. A number of U.S. cities struggling with homelessness, including San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, have also offered bus or plane tickets to homeless residents.
“People are not pawns, they’re human beings,” Mala said.
The mayor's proposal, while focused on warmer cities, also would fund tickets to other Alaska locations for those who want them.
Clarita Clark became homeless after her medical team wanted her to move from Point Hope to Anchorage for cancer treatment because Anchorage is warmer. The medical facility wouldn't allow her husband to stay with her, so they pitched a tent in a sprawling camp to stay together.
Having recently found the body of a dead teenager who overdosed in a portable toilet, Clark yearns to return to the Chukchi Sea coastal village of Point Hope, where her three grandchildren live.
“I got a family that loves me," she said, adding she would use the ticket and seek treatment closer to home.
Danny Parish also is leaving Alaska, but for another reason: He's fed up.
Parish is selling his home of 29 years because it sits directly across the street from Sullivan Arena. Bad acts by some homeless people — including harassment, throwing vodka bottles in his yard, poisoning his dog and using his driveway as a toilet — made his life “a holy hell," he said.
Parish is convinced the arena will be used again this winter since there isn't another plan.
He, too, hopes to move to the contiguous U.S. — Oregon, for starters — but not before asking Anchorage leaders for his own plane ticket out.
“If they’re going to give them to everybody else," Parish said, “then they need to give me one.”
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While customers might typically visit Chicago's rudest hot dog for a meal or the one-of-a-kind experience, some stopped by on Saturday to meet one of the world's most famous singers.
Fans of Ed Sheeran flocked to The Wiener's Circle, the iconic Lincoln Park hot dog stand known for its sassy staffers, as he manned the counter. With little advanced notice, the singer-songwriter announced that he'd be giving away hot dogs at the establishment Saturday afternoon.
Photos taken by Telemundo Chicago showed a smiling Sheeran as he conversed with fans and customers, something the iconic establishment's employees might not typically do.
Given that, it appears Sheeran didn't live up to the business' standards.
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"Our newest trainee @edsheeran has a lot to learn, he’s way too proper and friendly," the Wiener's Circle tweeted.
Understandably, the new trainee's appearance kept the joint pretty busy.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an "ammunition depot" after the White House announced a $345 million military aid package for Taipei, and the self-ruled island said Sunday it tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores.
China's Taiwan Affairs Office issued a statement late Saturday opposing the military aid to Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.
“No matter how much of the ordinary people's taxpayer money the ... Taiwanese separatist forces spend, no matter how many U.S. weapons, it will not shake our resolve to solve the Taiwan problem. Or shake our firm will to realize the reunification of our motherland,” said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office.
“Their actions are turning Taiwan into a powder keg and ammunition depot, aggravating the threat of war in the Taiwan Strait," the statement said.
China's People's Liberation Army has increased its military maneuvers in recent years aimed at Taiwan, sending fighter jets and warships to circle the island.
On Sunday, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said it tracked six Chinese navy ships near the island.
Taiwan's ruling administration, led by the Democratic Progressive Party, has stepped up its weapons purchases from the U.S. as part of a deterrence strategy against a Chinese invasion.
China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, and Taiwan has never been governed by China’s ruling Communist Party.
Unlike previous military purchases, the latest batch of aid is part of a presidential authority approved by the U.S. Congress last year to draw weapons from current U.S. military stockpiles — so Taiwan will not have to wait for military production and sales.
While Taiwan has purchased $19 billion worth of weaponry, much of it has yet to be delivered to Taiwan. Washington will send man-portable air defense systems, intelligence and surveillance capabilities, firearms and missiles to Taiwan.
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A nurse and her child, both Americans, have been kidnapped amid crime and unrest in Haiti's capital, a nonprofit connected to the woman said Saturday.
The group, El Roi Haiti, said in a statement that Alix Dorsainvil, a community health nurse married to its founder and director, Sandro Dorsainvil, and the pair's child, were kidnapped Thursday morning from its location near Port-au-Prince.
The organization said the two were taken "while serving in our community ministry."
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The State Department said Saturday it's aware of reports of the kidnapping, is in contact with Haitian authorities, "and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners."
“The U.S. Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad have no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas," the department said in a statement.
The kidnappings took place the same day the State Department ordered nonemergency U.S. government employees and families to leave Haiti “due to kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
"This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn't matter," said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers' union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and televisions shows. But reruns aren't a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit "Never Have I Ever," said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
"Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like "a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there's the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It's not sustainable and I'll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
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Two horses were euthanized in two days after suffering injuries at the Del Mar Racetrack one week into the 2023 summer racing season, Mac McBride from the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club told NBC San Diego on Saturday.
A 5-year-old mare who came in third during last Saturday's Osunitas Stakes at the Del Mar Racetrack has died after being injured on Friday.
Nevisian Sunrise's death was the first of the 2023 summer season, which started on July 21.
Nevisian Sunrise got loose, ran off and collided with a stationary object. The attending veterinary team found her injuries inoperable and euthanized her, according to McBride.
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On Saturday, a 4-year-old filly (a young female horse) named Ghostem suffered a non-operable musculoskeletal injury to her front right leg during a workout on the main track. The veterinarian team made the decision to euthanize her, McBride told NBC San Diego.
Both bodies of the horses are undergoing necropsies. The results will be reported to the California Horse Racing Board.
The DMTC issued a statement: "Del Mar sends its condolences to the people who owned, trained and cared for both horses."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
"This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn't matter," said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers' union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and televisions shows. But reruns aren't a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit "Never Have I Ever," said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
"Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like "a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there's the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It's not sustainable and I'll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Terence Crawford knocked down Errol Spence Jr. three times Saturday night before finally ending the fight at 2:32 of the ninth round on a technical knockout to cement himself as one of the greatest welterweights in history.
The fight, the most-anticipated boxing match in several years, unified the division for the first time in the four-belt era that began in 2004.
Crawford (40-0, 31 knockouts) already owned the WBO belt, and took the WBC, WBA and IBF titles from Spence (28-1). Crawford also ran his KO streak to 11 matches, the second-longest active stretch.
Crawford, 35, has won titles in super lightweight and lightweight in addition to welterweight, capturing the latter after moving up in 2018. The Omaha, Nebraska, fighter became the first male boxer to become the undisputed champion in two divisions.
A big fight night on the Strip still brings out the stars, with recording artists Cardi B and Andre 3000 of Outkast, actor and Las Vegas resident Mark Walhberg, NBA star Damian Lillard and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at T-Mobile Arena. They were among the celebrities that also included former boxing champions such as Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
Eminem introduced Crawford and his song “Lose Yourself” played as he walked into the ring.
Spence was the aggressor early on, but Crawford sent him to the floor with a right hand with 20 seconds left in the second round. Then Crawford went after Spence, but time ran out before he could finish him off.
Crawford, a minus-154 favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, then took control of the fight, landing several major blows, often on counters. But Crawford also picked his spots to go after Spence, his punching power taking a heavy toll.
In the seventh round, Crawford knocked down Spence twice — with a short right at 1:02 and with another right with just a second left.
The 33-year-old Spence who lives in DeSoto, Texas, won the IBF title in 2017, claimed the WBC championship in 2019 and took the WBA championship last year.
In the co-main event, Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (25-2-1) of Mexico beat Chicago resident Giovanni Cabrera (21-1) by split decision in a WBC and WBA lightweight match. Judges Benoit Roussel (114-113) and Don Trella (115-112) scored the fight in favor of Cruz, and Glenn Feldman gave Cabrera the fight by a 114-113 score. Cruz had a point deducted because of a head butt.
Also, Alexandro Santiago (28-3-5) of Mexico won the vacant WBC bantamweight title with a 115-113, 116-112, 116-12 decision over Nonito Donaire (42-8), who lives in Las Vegas.
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 19-year-old man accused of killing a mother of three remains behind bars after being arrested on Friday.
Giovanni Medrano is charged with murder in the deadly drive-by shooting of 46-year-old Kimberly Lewis back in April. His bond was set at $500,000.
According to court documents, Lewis was found dead by her three sons in her bed with a gunshot wound to her head. Medrano confessed to the shooting when he was arrested and claimed Lewis was not the target.
In court, it was revealed that Medrano wanted to visit the house to scare Lewis' son who Medrano claims had bullied him since the ninth grade. Medrano and a 16-year-old allegedly drove to the home when Medrano got out and fired several shots with a Glock into the home before jumping back into a truck and taking off.
Surveillance video showed a dark-colored vehicle speeding along the street as the shooting happened. Authorities were able to track down a red Chevy Silverado truck that was allegedly driven by the 16-year-old during the shooting.
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SANTA MARIA DE JESUS, Guatemala (AP) — Presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo stood before a few hundred residents of this small Indigenous community on the slopes of the Agua Volcano and told them they could be the seeds of a brighter, more corruption-free spring in Guatemala.
The metaphor fits neatly with his political party, the Seed Movement, and allows the 64-year-old academic and former diplomat to riff on themes of renewal and growth.
But it also alludes to Guatemala’s “democratic spring," considered a more inclusive period in the country's history during the presidency in the 1940s and early 1950s of his late father, Juan José Arévalo.
Bernardo Arévalo won just 11% of the vote in the presidential election's first round June 25, but it was enough to give him the surprise second slot in the Aug. 20 runoff ballot. He will face Sandra Torres, a conservative and former first lady who was the leading vote-getter in the first round and is making her third bid for the presidency.
Arévalo's recent speech in Santa Maria de Jesus was similar to those he has given in Guatemala’s capital, but the imagery could be especially important in rural Indigenous communities as he seeks to rapidly expand his largely urban, youthful base before the runoff.
He won in Guatemala City and other important cities, including Sacatepequez and Quetzaltenango. It remains to be seen whether he can convince people in rural communities that he can address their daily problems.
The delayed certification of the first round results shortened the already small window that Arévalo has to reintroduce himself to much of the country as his opponents rush to paint their own negative picture.
“Do you feel what is happening?” Arévalo told the crowd in Santa Maria de Jesus. “The new spring is arriving, that’s what you feel, and you all are the seeds of that new spring."
“A new spring that is going to bring us well-being, the water we lack, the education they owe us, the health that they have denied us thanks to those corrupt contracts that serve few," Arévalo said, standing in front of an old, damaged Roman Catholic church, in a wide-brimmed hat and untucked shirt against the tropical heat.
Among those listening was Juana Orón, a 67-year-old homemaker of the Kaqchikel people. She is one of the older voters who remember hearing about Arévalo’s father, one of only two leftist presidents in Guatemala’s democratic era.
The elder Arévalo, who governed from 1945 to 1951, is credited with establishing key social programs that remain in place today, including Guatemala's labor code and social security. Guatemala’s democratic spring was cut short in 1954 by the CIA-backed overthrow of his successor, President Jacobo Arbenz.
Under Juan José Arévalo, the state advocated for rights for Indigenous peoples and others beyond the country’s small elite.
“I remember I was little and (my parents) said he had done good things,” said Orón whose first language as a child was Kaqchikel. If his father was good, Arévalo could be a good president, too, she said.
Opponents have tried to frame Arévalo’s candidacy as a step toward some of the region’s more notorious leftist regimes, such as Cuba and Nicaragua. They warn that the progressive candidate will bring expropriations, abortion and same-sex marriage to the conservative country.
Arévalo has been the election’s surprise.
In the days before the June 25 vote, he was polling below 3% and trailing at least seven of the other 21 candidates. But his anti-corruption message resonated in the country where gains against corruption have been erased and the justice system reoriented to pursue the prosecutors and judges who formerly led that fight.
In the month since that initial result, the Attorney General's Office announced an investigation into his party and had a judge suspend its legal status until the Constitutional Court stepped in to block that move.
In Santa Maria de Jesus, people wanted to compare Arévalo in person to what they were hearing about him. Some handed him flowers, posed for photos or reached out to touch him as he made his way through the throng.
Arévalo pushed back against attempts to frame him as a left-wing radical — he has said private property rights are not up for discussion — and pounded the issue of corruption.
“Let us work, let us get ahead on our own effort, let’s get rid of the corrupt once and for all,” he said.
For Francisco Jiménez, a political scientist at Rafael Landivar University, Arévalo will need concrete proposals to make inroads with the base of Torres, who has spent two decades assembling it.
“He will have to make governing proposals with a social agenda, where the people see that he is going to have an impact on their lives and communities,” Jiménez said. “The other part is continuing to present himself as the different model. That has been his success, someone totally different from the other candidates.”
Evangelical churches in Guatemala have painted Arévalo as an existential threat to the family.
Gladys Sunun, a 35-year-old Kaqchikel vendor from an evangelical family, said she came to hear Arévalo for herself. She said she had heard that Arévalo would convert Guatemala into another Cuba or Nicaragua, but left feeling that might not be true, though she wants to investigate more.
“He came to tell us not to worry,” she said. “It sounds real, but we don’t know.”
Her sister July Sunun said she wanted to hear more about Arévalo's positions on gender ideology. “As a mother I’m afraid, because we’ve grown up with a Christian background. I don’t want to marry my daughter with another woman," she said.
July Sunun acknowledged that Arévalo said he would respect the identities and decisions of the people, “but what he hasn’t said is that he won’t allow (same-sex marriage) to happen here."
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FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — The American swim team has had a so-so meet at the world championships in Japan. Meanwhile, Australia and China have been pouring it on.
The American gold-medal count at the worlds is the lowest in at least two decades, although the overall medal count of gold, silver, and bronze, is similar to most years.
“Obviously, we’d like to win more gold medals and I think we will,” American coach Bob Bowman said going into Sunday's final day.
The slight predicament for Bowman is that two of the swimmers he coaches at Arizona State University, Leon Marchand of France and Hungary's Hubert Kos, have won four gold medals. Marchand has three, and he's sure to be a star in next year's Paris Olympic, and Kos has one.
That's the same gold-medal total for the entire American team through seven of eight days — four gold. The average for the Americans over the last nine championships has been about 15 golds.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, two of the first three questions Bowman fielded were about Marchand and Kos, from French and Hungarian news outlets.
“If you look at swimming, every coach on the U.S. team is coaching a foreign swimmer, an international swimmer. There's always that dynamic," said Bowman, who has legendary status for helping Michael Phelps win 23 Olympic gold medals."
Bowman was cautious about taking credit for Kos, who came to Arizona State late last year. He went from being a good individual medley swimmer to a world champion a few days ago in the 200-meter backstroke.
“I think it’s just the Bob Bowman effect,” said Kos, son of an American father and Hungarian mother. ”That’s as simple as it is."
He said Bowman had a “magic” touch.“
Bowman played down his role.
“He (Kos) had an excellent coach at home for 10 years before me,” Bowman said. "He deserved the credit for this. I just helped a little bit at the end.”
Swimming is an individual sport, separate from team sports like soccer. It would be unthinkable for the coach of Real Madrid to be also coaching Barcelona players on the side. But it's normal in swimming, and Bowman said he was “ethically” comfortable with it.
“I mean, the bottom line is I get paid to coach these guys at ASU,” he said. “I’m representing my country for the love of my country and happy to do that. I don’t think there’s an ethical question. It’s not a zero-sum. I’m not taking away from the US guys.”
He said he was interested in coaching the Americans at next year's Olympics, but suggested any decision was still pending.
“I don’t think we know yet,” he said. "I have to go through this week, get home, think about what the scenarios look (like) and then we’ll decide. I always want to do. But we’ll see how it goes.”
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AUSTIN, Texas — As the back-to-school season is right around the corner, it's normal and understandable for children to experience anxiety about going back to school after a long summer break. Some may feel nervous about starting school for the first time.
Experts say there are steps parents can take to help ease the transition back to school by recognizing the symptoms of stress and anxiety and implementing some creative strategies.
Dr. Matthew Lederman, a board-certified internal medicine physician, expert in empathetic communication and NVC practitioner, recommends nonviolent communication (NVC) as a tool that can help ease the transition. Nonviolent communication can foster a stronger and more meaningful connection between parents and children, as it empowers parents and children to express emotions, needs and concerns more effectively.
"The connection happens in the heart, and we want to not only be in our hearts, but also be in the hearts with the children and help them get out of their heads and connect first to their anxiety. So we can say, 'Hey, I'm here and you're feeling really anxious,' or, 'I'm sensing you're feeling really anxious and I don't want you to have to hold that alone,'" said Lederman.
The seven steps include:
- Present a safe space: To create a safe space for your child, find a quiet place in the house where you can talk without distractions. Let your child know that they can discuss any concerns or feelings in this space. Avoid distractions from phones or television, or other members of the family. Focus on listening and being present with your child instead of thinking about what you need to do to fix the situation.
- Do not interrupt: When listening to a child's concerns, be sure not to interrupt or judge. Show empathy by nodding, maintaining eye contact and using verbal cues like "I see," or "That sounds tough." This will help your child feel heard and validated.
- Validation: You can help the other person feel understood and less alone by validating their feelings. For example, you might say, "It sounds like you're feeling anxious about going back to school and worried about fitting in. Is that right?"
- Encourage sharing: Encourage your child to share their concerns and fears about returning to school by asking questions that require more than a yes or no response. For example, you might ask, "What specifically worries you about going back to school?" Most suffering stems not from unpleasant feelings but from holding unpleasant feelings alone.
- Find solutions, together: Brainstorm with your child about possible solutions to their problem. Listen to what they have to say, and let them know that you value their input and trust their ability to care for their own needs. This will empower them to solve problems on their own in the future.
- Try a mantra: Mantras are positive affirmations or phrases that can be repeated to a child when he or she is feeling anxious. Examples include "I am capable and strong," or "I can handle anything that comes my way." This helps regulate the nervous system and create self-connection that stimulates a sense of safety.
- Encourage self-care: Help your child develop self-care routines to manage stress and anxiety. Encourage them to practice deep breathing exercises, mindfulness, physical exercise or engaging in hobbies they enjoy. Taking care of their well-being can help them feel more resilient and grounded.
"I think that to me, the most important thing is I work with a lot of parents and teach the goal is to be with your child, not to fix your child. A lot of times we think it's our job to fix and it's really about being with them and empowering them to lead the way. But you're there with them so they're not alone," said Lederman.
Lederman said feelings are not a problem or bad. They're just feelings. For kids, letting parents, teachers or caregivers know they have needs that are not being met is crucial. Also, Lederman said the suffering happens when you have to hold your unpleasant feelings alone, so let children know they're not alone and they can be with you during their time of pain. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/ease-back-to-school-anxiety/269-7b3b8d16-04f8-4e94-8538-bf5fe641df38 | 2023-07-30T04:41:47 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/ease-back-to-school-anxiety/269-7b3b8d16-04f8-4e94-8538-bf5fe641df38 |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in early August seeking to find a way to start negotiations over Russia's war on the country, an official said Saturday night. The kingdom and Kyiv did not immediately acknowledge the planned talks.
The summit will be held in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as no authorization had been given to publicly discuss the summit.
Those taking part in the summit will include Ukraine, as well as Brazil, India, South Africa and several other countries, the official said. A high-level official from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration also is expected to attend, the official said. Planning for the event is being overseen by Kyiv and Russia is not invited, the official said.
Details regarding the summit, however, remain in flux and the official did not offer dates for the talks. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the summit, said the talks would take place Aug. 5 and 6 with some 30 countries attending, citing “diplomats involved in the discussion.”
Saudi officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press, nor did Ukraine's Embassy in Riyadh. News of the summit comes after U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan visited the kingdom on Thursday.
The official who spoke to the AP said the summit would be the next step after talks that took place in Copenhagen in June.
Saudi Arabia's hosting of the talks come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in May attended an Arab League summit in Jeddah to press those nations to back Kyiv. Arab nations largely have remained neutral since Russia launched the war on Ukraine in February 2022, in part over their military and economic ties to Moscow.
Saudi Arabia also has maintained a close relationship with Russia as part of the OPEC+ group. The organization's oil production cuts, even as Moscow's war on Ukraine boosted energy prices, have angered Biden and American lawmakers.
But hosting such talks also help raise the profile of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has sought to reach a détente with Iran and push for a peace in the kingdom's yearslong war in Yemen. However, ties also remain strained between Riyadh and the West over the 2018 killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, which U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Prince Mohammed ordered.
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FUKUOKA, Japan — Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she'd ever swum — wasn't quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I'm just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself," she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It's fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool," Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best at the worlds. Australia won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjöström said about her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy's time was quicker than Dressel's winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the 50 breaststroke.
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Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports around the Russian capital.
It was the fourth such attempt at a strike on the capital region this month and the third this week, fueling concerns about Moscow’s vulnerability to attacks as Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.
The Russian Defense Ministry referred to the incident as an “attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime" and said three drones targeted the city. One was shot down in the surrounding Moscow region by air defense systems and two others were jammed. Those two crashed into the Moscow City business district in the capital.
Photos from the site of the crash showed the facade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the attack “insignificantly damaged” the outsides of two buildings in the Moscow City district. A security guard was injured, Russia's state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.
No flights went into or out of the Vnukovo airport on the southern outskirts of the city for about an hour, according to Tass, and the air space over Moscow and the outlying regions was temporarily closed for any aircraft. Those restrictions have since been lifted.
Moscow authorities have also closed a street for traffic near the site of the crash in the Moscow City area.
There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials, who rarely if ever take responsibility for attacks on Russian soil.
Russia's Defense Ministry reported shooting down a Ukrainian drone outside Moscow on Friday. Two more drones struck the Russian capital on Monday, one of them falling in the center of the city near the Defense Ministry's headquarters along the Moscow River about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the Kremlin. The other drone hit an office building in southern Moscow, gutting several upper floors.
In another attack on July 4, the Russian military said four drones were downed by air defenses on the outskirts of Moscow and a fifth was jammed by electronic warfare means and forced down.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — In the early evening hours of Saturday night, the Texas Rangers struck for a big trade as they agreed to acquire three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer from the New York Mets.
The deal was agreed to earlier in the afternoon, but was contingent upon Scherzer waiving his no-trade clause to be dealt to the Rangers. Once Scherzer did that, the only remaining details were how much money would be involved, as it was reported that the players going from Texas to New York were already agreed upon.
In the end, Max Scherzer was dealt from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash and Double-A IF Luisangel Acuña.
Coming to Texas
The name Max Scherzer will eventually be etched in Cooperstown, but that’s some time away, as the 39-year old might be nearing the twilight of his career, but he surely isn’t done being competitive.
In 2023, Scherzer, in his second season with the Mets, has made 19 starts while tossing 107 ⅔ innings (averaging just under 6 innings per start). He’s been a far cry from the pitcher that he was for the Mets last season, with a much lower strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.03 this year against 7.21 last year), is already 10 hits allowed away from his entire total from last season, leads the National League starters in home runs allowed with 23, and has a career-high in home runs allowed per 9 innings at 1.9.
Scherzer missed a month and a half of the 2022 season with an oblique injury and while he hasn’t officially been placed on the injured list this year, Scherzer has been pitching through back problems all season long.
However, those stats don’t paint the full picture as the eight-time All-Star still possesses the ability to be one of the game’s elite pitchers. He’s posted 121 strikeouts, despite a 4.01 ERA and has an incredible playoff pedigree, pitching in nine different postseasons, culminating in a 2019 World Series win with the Washington Nationals.
Going to New York
Luisangel Acuña, brother of Atlanta Braves’ outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr, was Texas’ No. 3 ranked prospect. He’s a 21-year old middle infielder with everyday starter upside and has been praised for his defense, arm strength, hitting ability, and baseball instincts. Acuña played in High-A Hickory and Double-A Frisco last season, slashing .277/.369/.426 with 11 homers, 47 RBI and 40 stolen bases.
This season, solely at Frisco, Acuña has played in 84 games and is slashing .315/.377/.453 with 7 homers, 51 RBI and 42 stolen bases. It’s clear that Acuña is a run producer and someone who makes things happen and now he goes to New York where he will join the same division as his brother.
The contract
Scherzer signed a two-year deal before the 2022 season to play for the Mets, a deal that also had a 2024 player option. For the rest of 2023, Mad Max is owed around another $15.5 million. As part of the trade, Scherzer has accepted his 2024 option to play with Texas next season, where he will command a $43.3 million salary in a season where he turns 40.
Texas will take care of $22.5 million of Scherzer’s contract, with the Mets paying down the rest. That plus Acuña going to the Mets secured Scherzer’s services for the playoff run and next season. In the end, the Rangers used one of their top prospects to land a veteran All Star as they try to fend off the Houston Astros and remain atop the AL West and give themselves security with another season of Scherzer in 2024.
What it means for Texas
In addition to landing a pitcher they will feel comfortable giving the ball in the first game of a playoff series, Scherzer opting in to play with the Rangers in 2024 means the Rangers did well to secure the righty for just Acuña and cash.
With Nathan Eovaldi, Dane Dunning and Jon Gray showing signs of fatigue, Texas will take care of $22.5 million of Scherzer’s contract, with the Mets paying down the rest. For Scherzer, he steps into the rotation for a team in first place and their sights set on more in October.
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NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to primary Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden and urged them to halt Ukrainian military aid until the White House cooperates with their investigations into Biden and his family.
“Every dollar spent attacking me by Republicans is a dollar given straight to the Biden campaign,” Trump said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. The former president and GOP frontrunner said it was time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others he dismissed as “clowns” to clear the field, accusing them of “wasting hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans should be using to build a massive vote-gathering operation” to take on Biden in November.
The comments came two days after federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Trump as part of the case that accuses him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club and refusing to turn them over to investigators. The superseding indictment unsealed Thursday alleges that Trump and two staffers sought to delete surveillance at the club in an effort to obstruct the Justice Department's investigation.
The case is just one of Trump's mounting legal challenges. His team is currently bracing for additional possible indictments, which could happen as soon as this coming week, related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election brought by prosecutors in both Washington and Georgia. Trump already faces criminal charges in New York over hush money payments made to women who accused him of sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Nevertheless, Trump remains the dominant early frontrunner for the Republican nomination and has only seen his lead grow as the charges have mounted and as his rivals have struggled to respond. Their challenge was on display at a GOP gathering in Iowa Friday night, where they largely declined to go after Trump directly. The only one who did — accusing Trump of "running to stay out of prison" — was booed as he left the stage.
In the meantime, Trump has embraced his legal woes, turning them into the core message of his bid to return to the White House as he accuses Biden of using the Justice Department to maim his chief political rival. The White House has said repeatedly that the president has had no involvement in the cases.
At rallies — including Saturday's — Trump has tried to frame the charges, which come with serious threats of jail time, as an attack not just on him, but those who support him.
“They’re not indicting me, they’re indicting you. I just happen to be standing in the way,” he told the arena crowd in Erie, adding that, “Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists and fascists indict me, I consider it actually a great badge of honor.... Because I’m being indicted for you.”
But the investigations are also sucking up enormous resources that are being diverted from the nuts and bolts of the campaign. The Washington Post first reported Saturday that Trump's political action committee, Save America, will report Monday that it spent more than $40 million on legal fees during the first half of 2023 defending Trump and all of the current and former aides whose lawyers it is paying. The total is more than the campaign raised during the second quarter of the year.
"In order to combat these heinous actions by Joe Biden’s cronies and to protect these innocent people from financial ruin and prevent their lives from being completely destroyed, the leadership PAC contributed to their legal fees to ensure they have representation against unlawful harassment," said Trump's spokesman Steven Cheung.
At the rally — held in a former Democratic stronghold that Trump flipped in 2016, but Biden won narrowly in 2020 — Trump also threatened Republicans in Congress who refuse to go along with efforts to impeach Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said this past week that Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry into the president over unproven claims of financial misconduct.
Trump, who was impeached twice while in office, said Saturday that, “The biggest complaint that I get is that the Republicans find out this information and then they do nothing about it."
“Any Republican that doesn't act on Democrat fraud should be immediately primaries and get out — out!” he told the crowd to loud applause. “They have to play tough and ... if they’re not willing to do it, we got a lot of good, tough Republicans around ... and they're going to get my endorsement every singe time.”
Trump, during the 2022 midterm elections, made it his mission to punish those who had voted in favor of his second impeachment and succeeded in unseating most who had by backing primary challengers.
At the rally, Trump also called on Republican members of Congress to halt the authorization of additional military support to Ukraine, which has been mired in a war fighting Russia’s invasion, until the Biden administration cooperates with Republican investigations into Biden and his family’s business dealings — words that echoed the call that lead to his first impeachment.
“He’s dragging into a global conflict on behalf of the very same country, Ukraine, that apparently paid his family all of these millions of dollars,” Trump alleged. “In light of this information,” Congress, he said, “should refuse to authorize a single additional payment of our depleted stockpiles ... the weapons stockpiles to Ukraine until the FBI, DOJ and IRS hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the Biden crime family’s corrupt business dealings.”
House Republicans have been investigating the Biden family’s finances, particularly payments Hunter, the president’s son, received from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that became tangled in the first impeachment of Trump.
An unnamed confidential FBI informant claimed that Burisma company officials in 2015 and 2016 sought to pay the Bidens $5 million each in return for their help ousting a Ukrainian prosecutor who was purportedly investigating the company. But a Justice Department review in 2020, while Trump was president, was closed eight months later with insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.
Trump’s first impeachment by the House resulted in charges that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dig up dirt on the Bidens while threatening to withhold military aid. Trump was later acquitted by the Senate.
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KALASIN, Thailand — It's a find millions of years in the making.
Scientists in Thailand have reportedly discovered the bones of what they believe to be a new species of dinosaur.
The new species, dubbed minimocursor phunoiensis in a paper about the find published in the journal "Diversity", is believed to be a part of the neornithischia group, and like other members of the group, it is thought to be herbivorous and bipedal. Scientists also believe it to be the oldest record of a species in the group discovered so far.
The name minimocursor phunoiensis comes from the Latin word "minimus", meaning "the smallest", and the suffix "-cursor", meaning runner.
The bones were found in the Late Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation in northern Thailand, which is considered one of the richest bone-beds in Southeast Asia. The bones are believed to be Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous in age, meaning they are likely around 145 to 161 million years old. The bones were reportedly actually discovered in 2012, but required years of study to determine that they were of a new species.
The skeleton is also remarkably intact, according to the scientists. The paper said the holotype recreation of the dinosaur, which was pieced together over a period of five years, is over 50% complete and is one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found in Southeast Asia.
The paper said the holotype of the bones is made up of a "partially articulated skeleton comprising a series of vertebrae (from the last three cervical to the 10th caudal) with a few ossified tendons; left scapula and manus; entire pelvic girdle; left femur, tibia, and fibula; left tarsals and metatarsals; and a few displaced bones: right jugal, left surangular and angular, incomplete tooth (now considered lost), right femur, tibia and fibula, phalanx, and pedal ungual."
Based on how much of the skeleton was recovered, scientists were able to estimate that this specimen was likely around 60 cm, or just under two feet long. However, the researchers also believe the skeleton to be from a young specimen in the species and estimated that adults could have been up to two meters long.
Bones from two other dinosaurs believed to be of the same species were also found in the same fossil bed, although the scientists have not fully confirmed whether they also belong to minimocursor phunoiensis or not. Given the numerous remains of different sizes found at the location, scientists believe minimocursor phunoiensis was quite common to the area.
Scientists believe the discovery could help to chart the evolution of neornithischian dinosaurs and provide more data about the prehistoric ecosystem in the area.
The study was led by Sita Manitkoon from the Palaeontological Research and Education Centre at Thailand's Mahasarakham University, and aided by many other scientists and researchers.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy hit a pair of two-out homers, including a go-ahead shot in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Saturday night.
Muncy had the Dodgers’ only two hits. The rest of the lineup went 0 for 25, including Freddie Freeman and David Peralta who were each hitless in four at-bats.
Both of Muncy's homers came off Luke Weaver (2-3). Muncy gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first with a 400-foot shot to right. In the sixth, he snapped a 2-all tie with a 371-foot blast into the lower right-field seats.
The Reds had the potential tying run at second in the eighth. Matt McLain singled off reliever Brusdar Graterol and took second on pinch hitter Kevin Newman's groundout. After Graterol struck out Spencer Steer, Evan Phillips came on and retired Joey Votto on a groundout to first to end the inning.
Phillips got the final four outs to earn his 13th save.
The Dodgers bullpen wobbled in the sixth when the Reds tied it 2-all.
Caleb Ferguson gave up a leadoff double to Elly De La Cruz and TJ Friedl reached on an infield single to second. Newman's sacrifice fly to right scored De La Cruz.
Steer's RBI single scored Friedl with the tying run. Votto walked before Ferguson exited.
Joe Kelly (2-5) got the victory in his Dodgers debut after being traded from the Chicago White Sox a day earlier.
Kelly's wild pitch sailed to the backstop and moved Votto to second and Steer to third. The right-hander then walked Christian Encarnacion-Strand to load the bases.
Kelly retired pinch hitter Will Benson on a called third strike to end the inning, drawing cheers from fans who have fond memories of Kelly's previous stint with the team.
Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan gave up two hits over five scoreless innings, struck out five and walked one. After giving up a leadoff double to Luke Maile in the third, Sheehan retired his final nine consecutive batters.
Weaver allowed three runs — one earned — and two hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out two and walked two.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: 2B Jonathan India (left heel pain) was scratched shortly before the game.
Dodgers: RF Mookie Betts (right ankle soreness) was scratched a few hours before game time. ... LHP Clayton Kershaw (shoulder) threw a three-inning simulated game. There was no immediate decision on his next move.
HONORING OREL
Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Orel Hershiser was inducted into the Legends of Dodger Baseball in a pregame ceremony. Among those on hand were Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela, Rick Dempsey and more of Hershiser's teammates from the 1988 World Series championship team. Kirk Gibson, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015, spoke by video, saying he was in Alaska.
“It's nice to be recognized for all the times you tried to be your best in the past,” Hershiser said before the on-field presentation.
The honor recognizes former Dodger greats and their on and off the field impact on the franchise.
UP NEXT
RHP Graham Ashcraft (5-7, 5.64 ERA) makes his second start this season against LA in the series finale Sunday. He lost 6-0 on June 6, giving up three runs and three hits in 2 2/3 innings. RHP Michael Grove (2-2, 6.19) faces the Reds for the first time in his career.
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Sunny skies shine brightly today, with highs in the mid-80s, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
A cold front today brings seasonable temperatures and lower relative humidity, the NWS said. Tonight will be mostly clear and cool with a low temperature of 62 degrees.
Dry conditions continue into the work week with Monday once again having sunny skies. The high of the day will be 82 degrees, while the overnight will be mostly clear with a low around 60 degrees.
Tuesday brings another sunny forecast with highs in the mid-80s, followed by partly cloudy conditions overnight with a low around 61 degrees.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warm with a high near 85 degrees. A chance of rain showers is possible Wednesday night but otherwise will be mostly cloudy.
The low of the night will be 65 degrees.
The surface high and associated ridge will move east by mid-week, with a return to southerly flow and increased potential for showers and thunderstorms beginning Thursday, according to the NWS.
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SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man is dead after he was found unresponsive in a Sanger canal Saturday.
Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies received a call for the unresponsive man in the canal near Newmark and Annadale avenues at 7 p.m.
When deputies arrived, they quickly jumped into action and pulled him out of the water.
He was declared dead at the scene.
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NEW YORK — (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
"This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn't matter," said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers' union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and televisions shows. But reruns aren't a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit "Never Have I Ever," said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
"Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like "a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there's the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It's not sustainable and I'll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — (AP) — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of Anchorage after their rent shot up to $800 a month. Now they live in a tent encampment by a train depot, and as an Alaska winter looms they are growing desperate and fearful of what lies ahead.
A proposal last week by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson to buy one-way plane tickets out of Alaska’s biggest city for its homeless residents gave Steik a much-needed glimmer of hope. He would move to the relative warmth of Seattle.
“I heard it’s probably warmer than this place,” said Steik, who is Aleut.
But the mayor's unfunded idea also came under immediate attack as a Band-Aid solution glossing over the tremendous, and still unaddressed, crisis facing Anchorage as a swelling homeless population struggles to survive in a unique and extreme environment. Frigid temperatures stalk the homeless in the winter and bears infiltrate homeless encampments in the summer.
A record eight people died of exposure while living outside last winter and this year promises to be worse after the city closed an arena that housed 500 people during the winter months. Bickering between the city’s liberal assembly and its conservative mayor about how to address the crisis, and a lack of state funding, have further stymied efforts to find a solution.
With winter fast approaching in Alaska, it's “past time for state and local leaders to address the underlying causes of homelessness — airplane tickets are a distraction, not a solution,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said in a statement to The Associated Press.
About 43% of Anchorage’s more than 3,000 unsheltered residents are Alaska Natives, and Bronson’s proposal also drew harsh criticism from those who called it culturally insensitive.
“The reality is there is no place to send these people because this is their land. Any policy that we make has to pay credence to that simple fact. This is Dena’ina land, this is Native land," said Christopher Constant, chair of the Anchorage Assembly. "And so we cannot be supporting policies that would take people and displace them from their home, even if their home is not what you or I would call home.”
Bronson's airfare proposal caps a turbulent few years as Anchorage, like many cities in the U.S. West, struggles to deal with a burgeoning homeless population.
In May, the city shut down the 500-bed homeless shelter in the city's arena so it could once more be used for concerts and hockey games after neighbors complained about open drug use, trespassing, violence and litter. A plan to build a large shelter and navigation center fell through when Bronson approved a contract without approval from the Anchorage Assembly.
That leaves a gaping hole in the city’s ability to house the thousands of homeless people who have to contend with temperatures well below zero for days at a time and unrelenting winds blasting off Cook Inlet. At the end of June, Anchorage was estimated to have a little more than 3,150 homeless people, according to the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. Last week, there were only 614 beds at shelters citywide, with no vacancies.
New tent cities have sprung up across Anchorage this summer: on a slope facing the city’s historic railroad depot, on a busy road near the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and near soup kitchens and shelters downtown.
Assembly members are slated to consider a winter stop-gap option in August falling far short of the need: a large, warmed, tent-like structure for 150 people.
Summer brings its own challenges: hungry bears last year roamed a city-owned campground where homeless people were resettled after the arena closed. Wildlife officials killed four bears after they broke into tents.
Bronson said he prefers to spend a few hundred dollars per person for a plane ticket rather than spending about $100 daily to shelter and feed them. He said he doesn’t care where they want to go; his job is to “make sure they don’t die on Anchorage streets.”
It’s not clear if his proposal will move forward. There is not yet a plan or a funding source.
Dr. Ted Mala, an Inupiaq who in 1990 became the first Alaska Native to serve as the state’s health commissioner, said Anchorage should be working with social workers and law enforcement to discover people’s individual reasons for homelessness and connect them with resources.
Buying the unsheltered a ticket to another city is a political game that's been around for years. A number of U.S. cities struggling with homelessness, including San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, have also offered bus or plane tickets to homeless residents.
“People are not pawns, they’re human beings,” Mala said.
The mayor's proposal, while focused on warmer cities, also would fund tickets to other Alaska locations for those who want them.
Clarita Clark became homeless after her medical team wanted her to move from Point Hope to Anchorage for cancer treatment because Anchorage is warmer. The medical facility wouldn't allow her husband to stay with her, so they pitched a tent in a sprawling camp to stay together.
Having recently found the body of a dead teenager who overdosed in a portable toilet, Clark yearns to return to the Chukchi Sea coastal village of Point Hope, where her three grandchildren live.
“I got a family that loves me," she said, adding she would use the ticket and seek treatment closer to home.
Danny Parish also is leaving Alaska, but for another reason: He's fed up.
Parish is selling his home of 29 years because it sits directly across the street from Sullivan Arena. Bad acts by some homeless people — including harassment, throwing vodka bottles in his yard, poisoning his dog and using his driveway as a toilet — made his life “a holy hell," he said.
Parish is convinced the arena will be used again this winter since there isn't another plan.
He, too, hopes to move to the contiguous U.S. — Oregon, for starters — but not before asking Anchorage leaders for his own plane ticket out.
“If they’re going to give them to everybody else," Parish said, “then they need to give me one.”
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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police were called to investigate a bag left in the bushes at Highmark Stadium during a Riverhounds game.
According to a spokesperson from the Riverhounds the bag was found by stadium security and their K-9 unit near the parking lot.
Pittsburgh Police were called out of an abundance of caution.
The game was not interrupted and there turned out to be nothing harmful in the bag.
Channel 11 reached out to Pittsburgh Police for more information and is waiting to hear back.
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PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are signing linebacker Kwon Alexander pending a physical, according to Brooke Pryor of ESPN.
Kwon Alexander, 28, is an eight-year veteran that has played with four teams, most recently the New York Jets in 2022.
The 6-foot-1, 227-pounder was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of LSU and started as a 21-year-old rookie for the Bucs. Alexander led the NFL with 108 solo tackles in 2016 and made his first and only Pro Bowl in 2017.
Injuries slowed him down after that, with a torn ACL costing him most of the 2018 season. After signing a four-year, $54 million free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 2019, a torn pectoral muscle ended that season early.
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LOS ANGELES — “Let’s go Joe! Let’s go Joe!”
Cheers rang out in Dodger Stadium for the return of right-handed relief pitcher Joe Kelly, who was acquired by the Dodgers Friday in a trade with the Chicago White Sox.
In his first game after the trade, he played an important role in L.A's 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.
Kelly returns to the team he won the 2020 World Series with after a little over a year in Chicago. The UC Riverside product gained online notoriety in his last stint with the Dodgers after taunting Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa.
Ironically, the Dodgers traded for Kelly on the three-year anniversary of Kelly’s pouty-face meme.
Joe Kelly gets traded back to the Dodgers on the same day that this happened three years ago 👀 pic.twitter.com/rHySxRY55l
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 28, 2023
While seeing Kelly back on the mound brought back fond memories for Dodgers fans, his presence may be key to bolstering a struggling pitching staff.
Kelly was quickly brought in after fellow reliever Caleb Ferguson, the Dodgers’ second pitcher of the night, squandered a 2-0 lead in the sixth inning. Ferguson allowed three hits and two runs in only 2/3 of an inning.
Huge cheers at Dodger Stadium for Joe Kelly, who will enter for Caleb Ferguson.
— Christina Huang (@stina_huang) July 30, 2023
Kelly was acquired from the White Sox yesterday and returns to the team he won the 2020 World Series with. pic.twitter.com/gkCf6QqKjA
He quickly cleaned up for Ferguson, getting himself out of a bases-loaded jam to end the sixth.
Kelly instantly stifled the building Reds momentum on Saturday, but his signing may not solve everything for a thin Dodgers pitching rotation.
The Dodgers held a 4.47 team ERA coming into Saturday’s game, ranking 21st out of the league’s 30 teams. With the slew of injuries that Los Angeles has dealt with, it’s no surprise why the pitching is inconsistent.
Veteran pitchers Walker Buehler and Dustin May have been out for the year due to injury. Buehler, an NL Cy Young candidate in 2021, underwent his second Tommy John surgery in August 2022 and still has a shot to return this season. May needs elbow surgery and is likely out for the season.
Longtime ace Clayton Kershaw had an inflamed shoulder during the Rockies series last month, but he’s working his way back. Kershaw was spotted pitching a simulated game before Saturday’s matchup.
Clayton Kershaw pitching is simulated game. #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/Yxp8Y0zwE4
— David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) July 29, 2023
Young pitchers, like Saturday’s rookie starter Emmet Sheehan, have been forced to step up and take on more responsibility. To secure Saturday’s win over the Reds, the Dodgers needed five pitchers, with three guys pitching less than a full inning.
Sure, having Kelly back to get the team out of a bases-loaded jam is pretty helpful. Lance Lynn, who was acquired in the same trade as Kelly, could pitch as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday.
But as things stand, the Dodgers may still need extra pitching help. And they have until Tuesday's trade deadline to get a deal done. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/dodgers-trade/HVLRR6NH4GAD3RZJKGFKMOCFCI/ | 2023-07-30T04:45:57 | 0 | https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/dodgers-trade/HVLRR6NH4GAD3RZJKGFKMOCFCI/ |
FORT DAVIS, Texas — When you first get out to the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center, also known as the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, you’re going to see a whole lot of land but not a lot of buildings.
This is by design; too many buildings get in the way of all the nature.
“We’re on 507 acres and the hiking trails are back here behind me and over this way," said Lisa Gordon, executive director at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center. "We have five miles of hiking trails and the Botanical Garden’s 18 acres and it’s its own separate area.”
The founders of the Nature Center wanted all the nature they were researching at the time to be front and center, as well as open to the public to enjoy.
“It was started in 1973," Gordon continued. "And it was started by two professors at Sul Ross University: Dr. Powell and Dr. Scuddy. And they wanted a place to share their research and that was the whole idea behind the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute. Over the years it has evolved into a Nature Center when they acquired this land and then eventually built the visitor center and from there people started coming.”
But this place doesn’t just talk about the local wildlife and desert landscape.
The Nature Center also has an exhibit dedicated to the history of mining in this part of Texas.
“The Mining Exhibit talks about the mining heritage in the region all the way from Terlingua up through even the talc mines outside of Van Horn, silver mining outside of Van Horn also. There’s quite a lot of history,” Gordon added.
Outdoorsy types, those just wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life, or even those just curious will feel right at home at the Chihuahuan Nature Center.
Especially since the staff and volunteers at the Nature Center are just as passionate about the area.
“We love it out here," Gordon said. "If you talk to anyone that actually works here or our volunteers, we don’t consider it work because it’s such a beautiful sight. We love having visitors here, and we want people to come here and experience nature.” | https://www.newswest9.com/article/entertainment/places/uniquely-west-texas/what-you-can-expect-at-the-chihuahuan-desert-nature-center-in-fort-davis/513-1cee2d82-2573-417e-8e8a-b58fc10b1dad | 2023-07-30T04:46:02 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/entertainment/places/uniquely-west-texas/what-you-can-expect-at-the-chihuahuan-desert-nature-center-in-fort-davis/513-1cee2d82-2573-417e-8e8a-b58fc10b1dad |
CHICAGO — After being stolen several days ago, ‘Muddy’ the police dog statue was mysteriously returned sometime Friday evening to early Saturday morning to its resting place outside the Chicago Police Foundation Offices.
According to the Chicago Police Department, Muddy was taken from his location in the 700 block of North Dearborn Street in River North sometime Tuesday morning.
Police have not disclosed details yet on who may have stolen the statue — and eventually returned it — but Muddy is one of 200 German Shephard statues that were dedicated around the city of Chicago in 2017 as a part of the ‘K-9’s for Cops’ project.
In terms of furry four-legged friends on the force, CPD currently has around 65 dogs as members of their department. | https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/missing-muddy-the-cpd-police-dog-statue-returned/ | 2023-07-30T04:46:02 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/missing-muddy-the-cpd-police-dog-statue-returned/ |
Terence Crawford is the new king of the welterweight division after handing Errol Spence Jr. his first loss in a dominant performance to unify the belts at 147 pounds.
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CHICAGO — One person is dead and two more are in the hospital after a shooting that took place in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Saturday evening, according to the Chicago Police Department.
CPD said the shooting took place around 8 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Peoria Street and had three victims.
A 28-year-old man was shot in the face before being taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. An 18-year-old male was shot in the chest and also taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he is listed as being in serious condition. A third victim, a 24-year-old woman, was shot in the foot and taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where she is in good condition.
According to police, the 18-year-old was getting out of a vehicle when he heard shots and felt pain. The 24-year-old woman was driving in the area of South Peoria Street when she also heard shots and felt pain.
Police have no one in custody.
No other information is available at this time.
If you or someone you know has information that can help police make a breakthrough in the investigation of this incident, anonymous tips can be filed online at cpdtip.com. | https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/1-dead-2-in-hospital-after-auburn-gresham-shooting/ | 2023-07-30T04:46:08 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/1-dead-2-in-hospital-after-auburn-gresham-shooting/ |
QUINTANA, Texas — A massive, stranded loggerhead sea turtle was rescued by volunteers Saturday morning off the Texas coast.
Officials in Brazoria County said a friend of the park and a turtle rescue volunteer spotted it on Quintana Beach and immediately contacted the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research.
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The group was able to lift the loggerhead and transport it to the research center for care.
Park officials want to remind beachgoers that if they see an injured, stranded, or nesting sea turtle on the coast, call 1-866-TURTLE-5 and listen to the options until they can be connected with the proper rescue group in the area.
Loggerhead sea turtles are one of five species that inhabit the Gulf of Mexico. Adults grow about three feet long and weigh up to 350 pounds. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/life/animals/loggerhead-sea-turtle-rescued-quintana-beach-texas/285-23db1c12-9913-411d-9c48-21af05db2c53 | 2023-07-30T04:46:08 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/life/animals/loggerhead-sea-turtle-rescued-quintana-beach-texas/285-23db1c12-9913-411d-9c48-21af05db2c53 |
Derrick Lewis is nothing if not an entertainer.
The veteran UFC heavyweight notched his first win since 2021 on the main card of UFC 291 in the most demented of fashions, throwing out the rarely seen heavyweight flying knee to knock Marcos Rogério de Lima off balance. Thirty seconds and dozens of punches later, Lewis had a first-round TKO win.
DERRICK LEWIS CAME FLYING IN 😳#UFC291 LIVE on ESPN+ PPV pic.twitter.com/XLXJXYvK8r
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 30, 2023
Lewis then proceeded to get his money's worth out of the win, which was broke a record for most UFC knockouts with 14.
After losing his last three fights, Lewis yanked his shorts off — a move he's performed before — and threw down a crotch chop before jumping to the top of the Octagon.
AND HIS BALLS WAS HOT #UFC291 pic.twitter.com/uqz1Tqefxn
— UFC (@ufc) July 30, 2023
After being declared the winner, Lewis gave a postfight interview where, well, we'll just list off some highlights:
"I just said 'Imma throw some bulls*** and see if it lands.' It did."
"Your dickhead got a mind of its own."
"Shout out to my wife, I'm gonna come home and bust those guts up. Get ready girl."
Lewis also mentioned this was the final fight of his current UFC contract. As far as the promotion is concerned, he probably couldn't have represented himself better. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/ufc-291-derrick/QILIE5O3K6PZCMWRKKXADRRINQ/ | 2023-07-30T04:46:10 | 0 | https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/ufc-291-derrick/QILIE5O3K6PZCMWRKKXADRRINQ/ |
ODESSA, Texas — Pathway Baptist Church in Odessa gave out free back to school haircuts to kids today with some help from Odessa College.
“We're just thrilled to be able to do that," said senior pastor Charles McBryde. "To make Jesus known in our community is one of our core values, so whatever we can do to do that and so it just makes us feel good to be able to help in areas people need help.”
Odessa College School of Cosmetology volunteered their time to cut kids' hair so that they could look sharp for their upcoming first day back to school.
“It makes us feel good that people see a need that someone might have and they’re able to meet that need and so they volunteer their time, give money or supplies to be able to do that,” McBryde continued.
Pathway Baptist Church also provided families with free school supplies as well while the kids were getting haircuts.
“Anything we can do to help in our community, we want to do," McBryde added. "This is something that was needed this year.”
McBryde also says that they plan to make this an annual event at church from here on out for the community. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/community/local-odessa-church-helps-get-free-back-to-school-haircuts/513-685c4933-f090-4046-8e9e-6412223aea6e | 2023-07-30T04:46:15 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/community/local-odessa-church-helps-get-free-back-to-school-haircuts/513-685c4933-f090-4046-8e9e-6412223aea6e |