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In his three decades at ESPN, Karl Ravech has seen Major League Baseball go through many phases.
Ravech, the play-by-play announcer for the network’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast, said the sport’s current era favors the Orioles.
“It’s a young man’s game,” Ravech said. “There’s no doubt about it. Athleticism plays, and the Orioles have showed it.”
Baltimore has spent the past week as the best team in the American League, and Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees is a result of that success. The young Orioles — led by Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson and a cadre of other current or former top prospects — are hosting ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” for the first time in nearly five years.
The last time Camden Yards hosted the national broadcast was Aug. 26, 2018, when the last-place Orioles played the Yankees, a game Baltimore dropped en route to a 115-loss season. The circumstances will be much different Sunday night when Ravech commentators Eduardo Pérez, a 13-year MLB veteran, and David Cone, a former pitcher for the Yankees, announce the game from Oriole Park.
In conversations with The Baltimore Sun, Ravech, Pérez and Cone discussed the Orioles’ success, the trade deadline and whether Baltimore has what it takes to win the World Series this year. Questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.
Obviously, the Orioles have been one of the majors’ best teams this season. What stands out to you about how they’re playing of late and how they’ve played all year?
Ravech: Well, you could kind of see it coming last year sort of towards July. I think all the teams in the American League East were above .500 at that point. Obviously, there was fading going on, but I think when [general manager] Mike Elias got hired there, I really do think the drafting of Rutschman, I’ve seen Adley play a lot of different levels, especially at the College World Series. I knew there was something very unique about his ability to put bat to ball, to play on a big stage and succeed on a big stage and certainly to bring a great deal of confidence to a pitching staff through his ability to call a game and, maybe more important, his reactions and interactions with the players.
We’ve obviously been at ESPN for a long time and have seen some catchers who have just been difference-makers, from Jason Varitek with the World Series in Boston to Buster Posey in San Francisco to [the Kansas City Royals’] Salvador Perez, most of those teams that have prolonged success have that guy behind the plate, and I think Rutschman changed the entire to a stratosphere that the Orioles are going to live in for several years.
Pérez: They’re beating the good teams. They’re beating the teams that are above .500, and they’re doing it in different ways. It’s not just one guy. Also what stands out is you’ve got the [second-lowest] payroll in the game but big-time talent. When you have players that believe in each other and you have the leadership of Adley behind the plate, you can tell that he’s been doing the work with pitching. That plays in a major way. This is a team that is hungry, it has a lot of talent at the minor league level, it’s got a lot of talent at the major league level. They’re not afraid to bring [the prospects] up. They brought him up and put him in positions to succeed.
Cone: I think the thing that stands out more than anything is there’s kind of this energy from their youth movement there that makes them really fun to watch. They have a good aura, a good energy about them. I think everybody has just taken note of the back of their bullpen. [Félix] Bautista is just so good, historically good. He just jumps right out at you when you look at the numbers, when you watch them play, when they get a lead. Other teams know it. The good teams I played on all had that. We had Mariano Rivera at the back end of our bullpen. You saw if you got a lead, you’re going to win, and I think the Orioles have that feeling now.
Have you been surprised at all about how good they’ve been this season and how quickly they’ve been able to go from the worst team in the majors two years ago to having the best record in the AL?
Ravech: It doesn’t happen a lot. I will say I think one of the valuable lessons we’ve learned through baseball the last few years is if you spend a lot of money it just about assures that you will be in a race — just about assures, it doesn’t guarantee it. And when you don’t spend a lot, it almost guarantees that you’re not. In the end, if you have the ability like Mike Elias and his staff have done and you draft players that are really good and you hit on them, prior to them demanding a lot of money and the system affording them the opportunity to make a lot of money, you have a chance to win.
They’re not all 21 or 22 [years old], some of them are, but Ryan O’Hearn has figured it out, and some organizations have unique abilities to take one one of these guys who had all the talent in the world, but it was almost like you were digging for oil and until you strike the right vein, you’re kind of flailing. They struck the right vein. He’s 30 years old, and he’s been a huge part of this.
Pérez: I’m not, and the reason I’m not is because I do know Mike Elias and Sig [Mejdal] really well. I was with them with the [Houston] Astros the year we lost 111 games, I was the bench coach. It was about the process, it was about identifying, it was about bringing in quality players, it was about bringing in a specific type of player. And all of a sudden, Baltimore was able to pluck those outliers and put them as the general manager and the assistant general manager and start the process. It would be ugly at the beginning, but if you look at the years, it’s pretty much almost mirrored at how success has happened in Baltimore and how it happened in Houston from the time that Jeff Luhnow took over and Sig and Mike were a part of their player development side of it.
When I look at it, they are actually right on point now. What the skeptics were wondering was whether in the American League East, can that play? Can that same recipe happen? I think there are a couple things that came into play in a major way. One was “Walltimore” that changed dramatically the way that pitchers are perceived there and the way guys approach their hitting, and the way that they’ve drafted and signed international players and [developed pitchers]. The other part is also the schedule. I think having a balanced schedule has played in their favor, even though, yes, they have beat a lot of teams that are above .500, they don’t have to go out and play 18 to 19 times against the same teams within the division.
Cone: I think the surprise was more last year. We kind of saw this coming after last year a little bit. We did the [Little League Classic], and I got a chance to talk to Brandon Hyde a little bit. You could just sense that he was excited about what they had there and what was coming. To me, it’s nice to see Brandon hang around for the good times because he went through the bad times. A lot of managers don’t get the chance to hang around for the turnaround after a rebuild. To me, he’s one of the most deserving managers around for what he’s done there and what he’s been through.
The trade deadline is two days away. Executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said the Orioles are operating as buyers with an eye on pitching. What do you think Baltimore should do at the deadline?
Ravech: I think every team that is currently in a race could use bullpen help. I don’t think it’s a surprise that the [Atlanta] Braves last year went out and got bullpen help late. I don’t think it’s a surprise that the Braves this year went out already and got two relievers. The Red Sox traded Kiké Hernández for two relievers.
As you know, teams approach the postseason differently. You will see a starter come out of the bullpen, we see it all the time, but as many arms as you can get would help. I don’t know what the Orioles get from John Means, if he’s anything, but it’s a nice name to have come back [from Tommy John elbow reconstruction] if he can be anything. If you really want to make a splash and the [New York] Mets are selling, I’m doing everything I can to bring [Justin] Verlander back to that Virginia area. It gives you a horse, it gives you experience, it’s a staff that could certainly use somebody like that.
Pérez: Look, they have the funds for it, right? With a $61 million payroll, they do definitely have the funds for it. The thing with this is that people sometimes don’t understand is they look at what they need now. But if you know that you have a really good shot in the postseason, it’s about making sure that you have the flexibility for your postseason roster. You have to protect yourself from any type of injury that happens in the next two months.
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When you look at the Orioles, you have to look at the depth. They brought in Aaron Hicks, I think it played huge for them. But you still need those arms. You can never have enough of them. You have the top three arms in the bullpen, and they just added [Shintaro Fujinami] to it, you have him and [Yennier] Cano and Bautista. Those two guys have done great in the regular season with little to no experience in the postseason. So maybe look at the roster and say, ‘OK, do I need a veteran presence?’ I know those conversations are going to be had. The good thing is, Mike and Sig have experienced the postseason, so they know also how to build a postseason roster.
Cone: I guess the short answer is yes. I’ve seen what a front-line starter can do. You know the back end of the game is secure with Bautista and Cano. It’s a balance of power changer. Verlander from the [Detroit] Tigers to Houston in 2017. History is sort of littered with examples of that. A front-line start can be a difference-maker for them.
The Orioles are overachieving for the second straight year. Do you think they have what it takes to win a World Series this season?
Ravech: You have to look around, and when you look at the Houston Astros, who have a Framber Valdez, and you look at the Atlanta Braves, who have Spencer Strider and Max Fried, and you wonder if the Orioles are equipped to go up against those teams. And the answer to that question is you likely lose those games. You don’t necessarily have that ace, and I do think you need those power pitchers to win a World Series.
Pérez: They have the best record in the American League, don’t they? All you have to do is get your foot in the door. Sometimes it’s names that you expect to get hot. October is where heroes are made. You saw it with [Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Randy] Arozarena a couple years ago, we saw it with Kiké Hernández when he got hot, and I think we’ll continue to see it throughout the history of the game. Of course they have a chance, and so do the other [five] that get in in the American League.
Cone: Anything can happen, obviously. I know that’s kind of a cop-out answer. I don’t think anybody who watches the Orioles feel like they’re a finished product by any means. We know there are more prospects on the way, and we know there’s more to be done. This is really their first crack at being really serious contenders at the trade deadline to be able to add or have the wherewithal to add or be in a position to add. They’re not a finished product, but they can make some noise right now, absolutely. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/bs-sp-orioles-espn-sunday-night-baseball-20230730-my6jn7zx2japddjkrjzxlmmicy-story.html | 2023-07-30T19:10:02 | 0 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/bs-sp-orioles-espn-sunday-night-baseball-20230730-my6jn7zx2japddjkrjzxlmmicy-story.html |
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand striker Hannah Wilkinson has helped create two milestones at the Women’s World Cup.
With her 48th-minute goal in the tournament opener against Norway, she led the co-host Football Ferns to their first win in six trips to the Women’s World Cup. She’s also one of at least 95 out members of the LGBTQ+ community competing in this year’s tournament, according to a count being kept by Outsports, a website that covers the LGBTQ+ sports.
The Ferns were greeted with a fan-made sign at their next match in Wellington: “Gay for soccer, gay for Wilkie,” it read.
The 95 out participants make up roughly 13% of the 736 total players at the Women’s World Cup, more than doubling the 40 players and coaches Outsports counted in 2019.
The 2023 tournament also is hosting the first openly trans and non-binary player in either a men’s or Women’s World Cup, Quinn of Canada.
“Last World Cup was so big, especially with the visibility of the U.S. women’s national team winning and (Megan Rapinoe) fighting with (Donald) Trump. So I think that was a huge year for LGBTQ+ visibility,” said Lindsey Freeman, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
“It’s just the ad hoc, fun culture of women’s soccer that you’re seeing in this World Cup,” said Freeman, who is in New Zealand conducting research on the topic.
Jim Buzinski, co-founder of Outsports, agreed. “In the Western world, it’s such a non-issue that it really just doesn’t get talked about,” he said. “And I think that’s in a good way.”
Visibility
Prior to the start of the tournament, FIFA designated eight socially conscious armbands team captains could wear throughout the Women’s World Cup. The decision came after “One Love” armbands were denied to men’s teams in Qatar in 2022.
The armbands being used this year include anti-discriminatory sayings and multiple colors, but the rainbow version Germany wanted to use is not allowed. None of the available options explicitly mention LGBTQ+ rights.
The decision has led many players to express their support in more creative ways across Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand midfielder Ali Riley was interviewed on the official Women’s World Cup broadcast after her team’s upset of Norway. Her painted fingernails, left hand in the colors of the pride flag and right hand as the trans flag, were clearly visible as she held her head and fought back tears.
“She’s such an advocate and she’s definitely someone who uses her platform in such a positive way. We are all so proud of her and the way she represents the LGBTQ+ community,” teammate CJ Bott said. “Good on her. We’re all backing her, and we all back the community as well.”
The Philippines, making its Women’s World Cup debut, took home its own historic win over New Zealand 1-0 thanks to the foot of Sarina Bolden. Bolden’s Instagram bio reads, “i just wanna have fun n b gay.”
Irish star Katie McCabe wowed fans with a goal directly from a corner kick. She’s also made tabloid news for her relationships with other players.
Thembi Kgatlana, who has scored in the tournament for South Africa, has a patch of her hair dyed rainbow colors.
“My personality is very big for me, and my hair has become a part of my personality,” Kgatlana said. “And I did this rainbow because I want to represent all the people that are part of the LGBTQ and cannot talk while in countries where they’re oppressed.”
Fan experience
Kristen Pariseau and her wife started a U.S. women’s national team supporters group on Facebook ahead of traveling to this year’s Women’s World Cup. Aside from some hateful users she blocked, it’s been “super LGBT friendly.”
She and her wife did not go to Qatar for the 2022 men’s World Cup to avoid referencing each other as friends and receiving questions on their sexuality. In New Zealand, she said she’s met many same-sex couples at games and while traveling around the country.
“Everywhere you turn, it’s like, ‘Oh, my wife, my girlfriend.’ It’s been so welcoming and open,” Pariseau said. “In a way, it is kind of cool to be where there’s a lot of other people like you.”
Kelsie Bozart took her own pride flag armband to the United States’ second match in Wellington, along with a pride scarf.
“If you look back a couple years, I feel like it just wasn’t really talked about or there just wasn’t much of a presence,” Bozart said. “But moving forward I feel like, especially for the U.S., they’ve done an amazing job of just incorporating pride and LGBTQ.”
Not universal
Though this year’s tournament has highlighted vast gains for the LGBTQ+ community in women’s soccer, advocates feel there is still work to be done.
According to Buzinski and Outsports, there were at least 186 LGBTQ+ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. Women outnumbered men by a 9:1 ratio. There also were no confirmed out players at the 2022 men’s World Cup.
“I think women’s sports have always been open,” Denmark striker Pernille Harder said, adding that there are many role models for women who want to come out.
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Freeman said it would be good to see men feel the same level of comfort.
“What can happen in the women’s game, I would love to spill over to the men’s game,” she said. “Because obviously, there’s way more queer players in the men’s game and it’s just not safe for them to come out.
“If you want to say that you’re in an inclusive space, you really have to be an inclusive space,” Freeman added. “And I think that that includes also holding the World Cup in places where it’s fine to be a queer person.”
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Max Ralph is a student in John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.
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Contributing reporters included Joe Lister in Wellington and Rafaela Pontes in Auckland, students in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State, and Clay Witt in Sydney, Australia, a student at the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ct-world-cup-lgbtq-20230730-qkovb7c2njef3chcejy7ucnuwq-story.html | 2023-07-30T19:10:09 | 0 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ct-world-cup-lgbtq-20230730-qkovb7c2njef3chcejy7ucnuwq-story.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated.
Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters. “Barbie” took in a massive $93 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Oppenheimer” stayed in second with a robust $46.2 million. Sales for the two movies dipped 43% and 44%, respectably — well shy of the usual week-two drops.
“Barbenheimer” has proven to be not a one-weekend phenomenon but an ongoing box-office bonanza. The two movies combined have already surpassed $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore, call it “a touchstone moment for movies, moviegoers and movie theaters.”
“Having two movies from rival studios linked in this way and both boosting each other’s fortunes — both box-office wise and it terms of their profile — I don’t know if there’s a comp for this in the annals of box-office history,” said Dergarabedian. “There’s really no comparison for this.”
Following its year-best $162 million opening, the pink-infused pop sensation of “Barbie” saw remarkably sustained business through the week and into the weekend. The film outpaced Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” to have the best first 11 days in theaters of any Warner Bros. release ever.
“Barbie” has rapidly accumulated $351.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, a rate that will soon make it the biggest box-office hit of the summer. Every day it’s played, “Barbie” has made at least $20 million.
And the “Barbie” effect isn’t just in North America. The film made $122.2 million internationally over the weekend. Its global tally has reached $775 million. It’s the kind of business that astounds even veteran studio executives.
“That’s a crazy number,” said Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros. “There’s just a built-in audience that wants to be part of the zeitgeist of the moment. Wherever you go, people are wearing pink. Pink is taking over the world.”
Amid the frenzy, “Barbie” is already attracting a lot of repeat moviegoers. Goldstein estimates that 12% of sales are people going back with friends or family to see it again.
For a movie industry that has be trying to regain its pre-pandemic footing — and that now finds itself largely shuttered due to actors and screenwriters strikes — the sensations of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” have showed what’s possible when everything lines up just right.
“Post-pandemic, there’s no ceiling and there’s no floor,” said Goldstein. “The movies that miss, really miss big time and the movies that work really work big time.”
Universal Pictures’ “Oppenheimer,” meanwhile, is performing more like a superhero movie than a three-hour film about scientists talking.
Nolan’s drama starring Cillian Murphy as atomic bomb physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer has accrued $174.1 million domestically thus far. With an additional $72.4 million in international cinemas, “Oppenheimer” has already surpassed $400 million globally.
Showings in IMAX have typically been sold out. “Oppenheimer” has made $80 million worldwide on IMAX. The large-format exhibitor said Sunday that it will extend the film’s run through Aug. 13.
The week’s top new release, Walt Disney Co.’s “Haunted Mansion,” an adaptation of the Disney theme park attraction, was easily overshadowed by the “Barbenheimer” blitz. The film, which cost about $150 million, debuted with $24 million domestically and $9 million in overseas sales. “Haunted Mansion,” directed by Justin Simien (“Dear White People,” “Bad Hair”) and starring an ensemble of LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rosario Dawson, struggled to overcome mediocre reviews.
“Talk to Me,” the A24 supernatural horror film, fared better. It debuted with $10 million. The film, directed by Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, was a midnight premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and received terrific reviews from critics (95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). It was made for a modest $4.5 million.
While theaters being flush with moviegoers has been a huge boon to the film industry, it’s been tougher sledding for Tom Cruise, the so-called savior of the movies last summer with “Top Gun: Maverick.” “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I,” which debuted the week before the arrival of “Barbenheimer,” grossed $10.7 million in its third weekend. The film starring Cruise and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, has grossed $139.2 million domestically and $309.3 million oveseas.
Instead, the sleeper hit “Sound of Freedom” has been the best performing non-“Barbenheimer” release in theaters. The Angel Studios’ release, which is counting crowdfunding pay-it-forward sales in its box office totals, made $12.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its haul thus far to nearly $150 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Barbie,” $93 million.
2. “Opppenheimer,” $46.2 million.
3. “Haunted Mansion,” $24.2 million.
4. “Sound of Freedom,” $12.4 million.
5. “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” $10.7 million.
6. “Talk to Me,” $10 million.
7. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” $4 million.
8. “Elemental,” $3.4 million.
9. “Insidious: The Red Door,” $3.2 million.
10. “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani,” $1.6 million.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades.
Median rent rose just 0.5% in June, year over year, after falling in May for the first time since the pandemic hit the U.S. Some economists project U.S. rents will be down modestly this year after soaring nearly 25% over the past four years.
A closer look, however, shows the trend will likely be little comfort for many U.S. renters who’ve had to put an increasing share of their income toward their monthly payment. Renters in cities such as Cincinnati and Indianapolis are still getting hit with increases of 5% or more. Much of the new construction is located in just a few metro areas, and many of the new units are luxury apartments, which rent for well north of $2,000.
Median U.S. rent has risen to $2,029 this June from $1,629 in June 2019, according to rental listings company Rent, which tracks rents in 50 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Demand for apartments exploded during the pandemic as people who could work remotely sought more space or decided to relocate to another part of the country.
The steep rent increases have left tenants like Melissa Lombana, a high school teacher who lives in the South Florida city of Miramar, with progressively less income to spend on other needs.
The rent on her one-bedroom apartment jumped 13% last year to $1,700. It climbed another 6% to $1,800 this month when she renewed her lease.
“Even the $1,700 was a stretch for me,” said Lombana, 43, who supplements her teaching income with a side job doing educational testing. “In a year, I will not be able to afford living here at all.”
Lombana’s rent is now gobbling up nearly half her monthly income. That puts her in a category referred to as “cost-burdened” by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, denoting households that pay 30% or more of their income toward rent. Last year, the average rent-to-income ratio per household rose to 30%. This March, it was 29.6%.
Lombana hasn’t had any luck finding a more affordable apartment. While South Florida is one of the metropolitan areas seeing a rise in apartment construction, the units are mostly high-end and not a viable option.
That scenario is playing out across the nation. Developers are rushing to complete projects that were green-lit during the pandemic-era surge in demand for rentals or left in limbo by delays in supplies of fixtures and building materials. Nearly 1.1 million apartments are currently under construction, according to the commercial real estate tracker CoStar, a pace not seen since the 1970s.
Increasing the supply of apartments tends to moderate rent increases over time and can give tenants more options on where to live. But more than 40% of the new rentals to be completed this year will be concentrated in about 10 high job growth metropolitan areas, including Austin, Nashville, Denver, Atlanta and New York, according to Marcus & Millichap. In many areas, the boost to overall inventory will be barely noticeable.
Even within metros where there’ll be a notable increase in available apartments, such as Nashville, most of it will be in the luxury category, where rents average $2,270, nationally. Some 70% of the new rental inventory will be the luxury class, said Jay Lybik, national director of multifamily analytics at CoStar.
That will leave most tenants unlikely to see a big enough reduction in rent to make a difference, industry experts and economists say.
“I think we’re in a period of rent flattening for 12 or 18 months, but it’s certainly not a big rent decline,” said Hessam Nadji, CEO of commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap.
“We’re building a multi-decade record number of units,” Nadji said. “It’s going to cause some softening and some pockets of overbuilding, but it’s not going to fundamentally resolve the housing shortage or the affordability problem for renters across the U.S.”
The surge in rents has made it difficult for workers to keep up with inflation despite solid wage gains the past few years and exacerbated a long-term trend. Between 1999 and 2022, U.S. rents soared 135%, while income grew 77%, according to data from Moody’s Analytics.
Realtor.com is forecasting that rents will drop an average of 0.9% this year. But while down nationally, rents are still rising in many markets around the country, especially those where hiring remains robust.
In the New York metro area, the median rent climbed 4.7% in June from a year earlier to $2,899, according to Realtor.com. In the Midwest, rents surged 5.6% in the Cincinnati metro area to $1,188, and 6.9% to $1,350 in the Indianapolis metro area.
The current spike in apartment construction alone isn’t going to be enough to address how costly renting has become for many Americans.
“For the rest of the 2020s rents will continue to grow because millennials are such a big generation and we’re very much in the hole in terms of building housing for that generation,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. “It will take many good years of new construction to build adequate housing for millennials.”
The bigger challenge is building more work force housing, because the cost of land, labor and navigating the government approval process incentivize developers to put up luxury apartments buildings.
Expanding the supply of modestly priced rentals would help alleviate the strain from so many new apartments targeting renters with high incomes, “although additional subsidies will be needed to make housing affordable to households with the lowest incomes,” researchers at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies wrote in a recent report.
Despite the overall pullback in U.S. rents, Joey Di Girolamo, in Pembroke Pines, Florida, worries that he’ll face more sharp rent increases in coming years.
Last year, the web designer left a two-bedroom, two-bath townhome he rented for $2,200 a month to avoid a $600 a month increase. This year, his rent went up by $200, a nearly 10% jump.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The discovery of four dead women in a drainage ditch just outside Atlantic City was shocking news in 2006.
International media flocked to the seaside gambling resort. More than 100 detectives and prosecutors were assigned to investigate. Casino guests worried about safety, and the victims’ fellow sex workers began carrying hidden knives.
But as the years passed, the public’s attention and fear faded, and the case of the “Eastbound Strangler” – so named for the direction the victims’ heads were facing – remained unsolved.
The arrest earlier this month of a man charged with killing three women whose remains were found on a Long Island beach in 2010 has breathed fresh life into another long-dormant case with obvious parallels; the Gilgo Beach serial killings involve a total of 11 victims, most of whom were young, female sex workers. Yet the recent breakthrough, and the rekindling of public interest, only highlights a painful truth: Many similar cases – like the one in Atlantic City — remain open.
The FBI would not say how many killings of sex workers in the U.S. remain unsolved. Media accounts and statements from local authorities show a long trail of open cases, from nine women whose bodies were found along highways in Massachusetts, to 11 found dead in New Mexico, and eight more found amid the crawfish farms and swamps of southern Louisiana. The killings of other sex workers in Chicago, New Haven, Connecticut and Ohio, among other places, also remain mysteries.
From the days of London’s Jack The Ripper in the 1880s, serial killers, particularly those preying on sex workers, have often gotten away with it, in part because their victims were easy targets living on the margins of society.
Gary Ridgway, the so-called Green River killer convicted of 49 killings in Washington state, said at during a 2003 court hearing in which he pleaded guilty that he chose sex workers as victims because he knew they would not be missed quickly, if at all.
“I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught,” he said.
Two women were out for an afternoon walk near Atlantic City in November 2006 when they found a body in a ditch. They called police, who quickly found three others nearby.
The $15-a-night motel in Egg Harbor Township behind which the four bodies were found is long gone. It was torn down in an attempt to clear a seedy area known for crime, drugs and disturbances – and the murders of Barbara Breidor, 42, Molly Jean Dilts, 20, Kim Raffo, 35, and Tracy Ann Roberts, 23.
Because it is near the ocean, like Gilgo Beach, the location has prompted much speculation by amateur detectives about a single killer, but some other online sleuths have pointed out that oceanside areas are often the remotest locations after hours on the densely packed East Coast. Gilgo Beach is about 3.5 hours drive from Atlantic City.
Gone in New Jersey are the four small wooden crosses someone erected on the site, along with the folded-up paper note bearing a Biblical quote promising justice that someone left there on one of the anniversaries of the discovery of the bodies.
For families left behind, each new day without word in the case of their loved one brings fresh pain.
“I kind of lost hope that anyone was even searching for the killer anymore,” said Joyce Roberts, whose daughter Tracy Ann was one of the four Atlantic City-area victims. “The first six months, the prosecutor did get on the phone with me and told me they were working on it.
“Then it just fell off the radar,” she said. “It was like nobody cared anymore.”
That is a sentiment echoed by Phoenix Calida, a former sex worker from Chicago who now advocates for them through the Sex Workers Outreach Project.
“Police departments often refer to it as an ‘NHI’ case: No humans involved,” she said. ”You feel like the only way you’ll be remembered is when they catch the serial killer who killed you, and then they’ll make five movies about him and no one will remember your name.”
Massachusetts State Police are investigating “nine unsolved homicides possibly committed by the same person,” said David Procopio, a spokesperson for the agency. He said two additional missing persons cases may be homicides related to the other nine.
Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department, said the New Mexico cases remain actively investigated, with “multiple detectives” working them. The 11 victims were all involved in drugs and prostitution, police said.
A reward of $100,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case, which involved two victims who were just 15 years old.
Despite the decade-long efforts of a local, state and federal task force, Louisiana has at least eight unsolved apparent homicide cases involving sex workers between the ages of 17 and 30. Their bodies were found in marshy areas in Jennings, a small town in the area known as Cajun Country, between 2005 and 2009.
Prosecutors in New York’s Suffolk County investigating the Gilgo Beach cases have been in touch with multiple law enforcement agencies, but District Attorney Ray Tierney would not say which ones.
“Everything is being examined and looked at, and this is an active investigation,” said Anthony Carter, Suffolk County’s deputy police commissioner. He would not say if his agency was investigating any connection between Heuermann and the Atlantic City murders.
Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds said the four cases from the drainage ditch outside Atlantic City remain active, with detectives assigned to them, but would not say how many. He declined comment on the Long Island case “as we are not involved.”
Joyce Roberts, the victim’s mother, said no one from law enforcement has called her since the arrest was made in the Long Island cases.
Police in Las Vegas, where Heuermann owns a time share, said they are investigating whether Heuermann may be involved in cases involving the killings of sex workers there.
In the months immediately after the bodies’ discovery near Atlantic City, the local prosecutor’s office and a dozen other law enforcement agencies had 140 people assigned to the cases, Ted Housel, who was prosecutor at the time, said in 2008. By the first anniversary, the total had fallen to 85, and those investigators were also working other cases.
Calida, the former sex worker from Chicago, said women involved the sex trade are frequently robbed by people who know they’re carrying cash, and are sometimes coerced into sexual activity by police in return for not being arrested.
She said an attacker “knows you can’t or won’t report it. You’re an easy target and they know it.”
Three of her friends who were also sex workers in Chicago also turned up dead.
“You see someone, you become friends with them and then one day they’re suddenly just not there,” she said. “We’d all go out asking around and looking for them, and then a few days later a body would be found. There’s always this specific fear that it’s a serial killer. Sometimes we never even get a body back to bury. And we wonder: Will law enforcement take it seriously because it’s ‘just another sex worker?’”
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AP writers Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque; Steve LeBlanc in Boston; Julie Walker and Robert Bumsted in Suffolk County, New York; Sara Cline in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this story.
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A “mass shooting” at a large party in Indiana early Sunday morning left one person dead, police said. A hospital said 19 people were being treated for injuries at its facility.
Muncie police responded to multiple reports of gunfire on the city’s east side just after 1 a.m., The Star Press reported. Police said in a news release that there was no active threat to the community and that “multiple” victims were injured, including some critically.
“Due to the number of victims and nature of the incident, multiple agencies were contacted to assist,” Muncie Deputy Police Chief Melissa Criswell said in a statement sent to The Star Press.
Many police officers from the nearby town of Eaton were among those who provided assistance, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. Eaton Police Chief Jay Turner called the incident a “mass shooting.”
Police did not say how many people were injured, but officials at Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie told The Associated Press that 19 victims were treated in their emergency department for injuries related to the shooting, and 13 remained at the hospital in stabilized condition Sunday morning. Criswell said some victims sustained critical injuries and were transferred by medical helicopter to other facilities.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters.
Plaintiffs in the high-profile redistricting case filed a written objection Friday to oppose Alabama’s new redistricting plan. They accused state Republicans of flouting a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black district or “something quite close to it” and enacting a map that continues to discriminate against Black voters in the state.
A special three-judge panel in 2022 blocked use of the the state’s existing districts and said any new congressional map should include two districts where “Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority” or something close. That panel’s decision was appealed by the state but upheld in June in a surprise ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which concurred that having only one Black-majority district out of seven — in a state where more than one in four residents is Black — likely violated federal law.
The plaintiffs in the case, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and other groups, asked the three-judge panel to step in and draw new lines for the state.
“Alabama’s new congressional map ignores this court’s preliminary injunction order and instead perpetuates the Voting Rights Act violation that was the very reason that the Legislature redrew the map,” lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the case wrote.
The new map enacted by the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature maintained one-majority Black district but boosted the percentage of Black voters in the majority-white 2nd Congressional District, now represented by Republican Rep. Barry Moore, from about 30% to 39.9%
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in the case wrote Friday that the revamped district “does not provide Black voters a realistic opportunity to elect their preferred candidates in any but the most extreme situations.” They accused state Republicans of ignoring the courts’ directive to prioritize a district that would stay under GOP control “pleasing national leaders whose objective is to maintain the Republican Party’s slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
Alabama has maintained the new plan complies with the Voting Rights Act, and state leaders are wagering that the panel will accept their proposal or that the state will prevail in a second round of appeals to the Supreme Court. Republicans argued that the map meets the court’s directive and draws compact districts that comply with redistricting guidelines.
The state must file its defense of the map by Aug. 4. The three judges have scheduled an Aug. 14 hearing in the case as the fight over the map shifts back to federal court.
The outcome could have consequences across the country as the case again weighs the requirements of the Voting Rights Act in redistricting. It could also impact the partisan leanings of one Alabama congressional district in the 2024 elections with control of the U.S House of Representatives at stake.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a statement that Alabama’s new map is a “brazen defiance” of the courts.
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DENVER (AP) — As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself with a misting fan to try to get through the heat. Gallegos, like many in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, doesn’t have air conditioning.
The 68-year-old covers his windows with mattress foam to insulate against the heat and sleeps in the concrete basement. He knows high temperatures can cause heat stroke and death, and his lung condition makes him more susceptible. But the retired brick layer, who survives on about $1,000 a month largely from Social Security, says air conditioning is out of reach.
“Take me about 12 years to save up for something like that,” he said. “If it’s hard to breath, I’ll get down to emergency.”
As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.S. and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival.
As Phoenix weathered its 27th consecutive day above 110 degrees (43 Celsius) Wednesday, the nine who died indoors didn’t have functioning air conditioning, or it was turned off. Last year, all 86 heat-related deaths indoors were in uncooled environments.
“To explain it fairly simply: Heat kills,” said Kristie Ebi, a University of Washington professor who researches heat and health. “Once the heat wave starts, mortality starts in about 24 hours.”
It’s the poorest and people of color, from Kansas City to Detroit to New York City and beyond, who are far more likely to face grueling heat without air conditioning, according to a Boston University analysis of 115 U.S. metros.
“The temperature differences … between lower-income neighborhoods, neighborhoods of color and their wealthier, whiter counterparts have pretty severe consequences,” said Cate Mingoya-LaFortune of Groundwork USA, an environmental justice organization. “There are these really big consequences like death. … But there’s also ambient misery.”
Some have window units that can offer respite, but “in the dead of heat, it don’t do nothing,” said Melody Clark, who stopped Friday to get food at a nonprofit in Kansas City, Kansas, as temperatures soared to 101, and high humidity made it feel like 109. When the central air conditioning at her rental house went on the fritz, her landlord installed a window unit. But it doesn’t do much during the day.
So the 45-year-old wets her hair, cooks outside on a propane grill and keeps the lights off indoors. She’s taken the bus to the library to cool off. At night she flips the box unit on, hauling her bed into the room where it’s located to sleep.
As far as her two teenagers, she said: “They aren’t little bitty. We aren’t dying in the heat. … They don’t complain.”
While billions in federal funding have been allocated to subsidize utility costs and the installation of cooling systems, experts say they often only support a fraction of the most vulnerable families and some still require prohibitive upfront costs. Installing a centralized heat pump system for heating and cooling can easily reach $25,000.
President Joe Biden announced steps on Thursday to defend against extreme heat, highlighting the expansion of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which funnels money through states to help poorer households pay utility bills.
While the program is critical, said Michelle Graff, who studies the subsidy at Cleveland State University, only about 16% of the nation’s eligible population is actually reached. Nearly half of states don’t offer the federal dollars for summer cooling.
“So people are engaging in coping mechanisms, like they’re turning on their air conditioners later and leaving their homes hotter,” Graff said.
While frigid temperatures and high heating bills birthed the term “heat or eat,” she said, “we can now transition to AC or eat, where people are going to have to make difficult decisions.”
As temperatures rise, so does the cost of cooling. And temperatures are already hotter in America’s low-income neighborhoods like Gallegos’ Denver suburb of Globeville, where people live along stretches of asphalt and concrete that hold heat like a cast-iron skillet. Surface temperatures there can be roughly 8 degrees hotter than in Denver’s wealthier neighborhoods, where a sea of vegetation cools the area, according to the environmental advocacy group American Forests.
This disparity plays out nationwide. Researchers at the University of San Diego analyzed 1,056 counties and in over 70%, the poorest areas and those with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations were significantly hotter.
About one in 10 U.S. households have no air conditioning, a disparity compounded for marginalized groups, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. Less than 4% of Detroit’s white households don’t have air conditioning; it’s 15% for Black households.
At noon on Friday, Katrice Sullivan sat on the porch of her rented house on Detroit’s westside. It was hot and muggy, but even steamier inside the house. Even if she had air conditioning, Sullivan said she’d choose her moments to run it to keep her electricity bill down.
The 37-year-old factory worker pours water on her head, freezes towels to put around her neck, and sits in her car with the air conditioner on. “Some people here spend every dollar for food, so air conditioning is something they can’t afford,” she said.
Shannon Lewis, 38, lived in her Detroit home for nearly 20 years without air conditioning. Lewis’s bedroom was the only place with a window unit, so she’d squeeze her teenager, 8-year-old and 3-year-old-twins into her queen-size bed to sleep, eat meals and watch television.
“So it was like cool in one room and a heat stroke in another,” Lewis said. For the first time, Lewis now has air conditioning through a local non-profit, she said. “We don’t have to sleep or eat in the same room, we are able to come out, sit at the dining room table, eat like a family.”
After at least 54 died during a 2021 heat wave, mostly elderly people without air conditioning, in the Portland area, Oregon passed a law prohibiting landlords from placing blanket bans on air conditioning units. By and large, however, states don’t have laws requiring landlords to provide cooling.
In the federal Inflation Reduction Act, billions were set aside for tax credits and rebates to help families install energy-efficient cooling systems, but some of those are yet to be available. For people like Gallegos, who doesn’t pay taxes, the available credits are worthless.
The law also offers rebates, the kind of state and federal point-of-sale discounts that Amanda Morian has looked into for her 640-square-foot home.
Morian, who has a 13-week-old baby susceptible to hot weather, is desperate to keep her house in Denver’s Globeville suburb cool. She bought thermal curtains, ceiling fans and runs a window unit. At night she tries to do skin-to-skin touch to regulate the baby’s body temperature. When the back door opens in the afternoon, she said, the indoor temperature jumps a degree.
“All of those are just to take the edge off, it’s not enough to actually make it cool. It’s enough to keep us from dying,” she said.
She got estimates from four different companies for installing a cooling system, but every project was between $20,000 and $25,000, she said. Even with subsidies she can’t afford it.
“I’m finding that you have to afford the project in the first place and then it’s like having a bonus coupon to take $5,000 off of the sticker price,” she said.
Lucy Molina, a single mom in Commerce City, one of Denver’s poorest areas, said her home has reached 107 degrees without air conditioning. Nearby, Molina’s two teenage children slurped popsicles to cool off, lingering in front of the open freezer.
For Molina, who bustled around her kitchen on a recent day when temperatures reached 99 degrees outdoors, it’s hard to see any path to a cooling respite.
“We’re just too poor,” she said.
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Associated Press writers Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City, Kansas, and Corey Williams in Detroit contributed to this report.
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A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns.
Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil.
“Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “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.”
A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday is it “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.”
In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.”
It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed.
Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti’s worsening situation.
WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti.
“It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays told the station. “She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-in-haiti-people-warned-not-to-travel-there/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:13 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-in-haiti-people-warned-not-to-travel-there/ |
Gage Park mini-train closes as excessive heat creates issues with track
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 1:49 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Gage Park mini-train will temporarily stop accepting riders as excessive heat has created issues with the railroad track.
Shawnee County Parks + Recreation announced that the Gage Park mini-train would not run on Sunday, July 30, after officials were forced to temporarily close the ride.
Issues were reported with the track late Saturday as a result of the ongoing excessive heat. Officials noted that heat can cause the metal in the tracks to expand.
Officials told 13 NEWS that a team would check the tracks on Monday morning, however, the train would be closed for the entirety of Sunday.
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(NEXSTAR) — For five days this year, all national parks will be offering free admission to all visitors. One of those special days is nearly upon us.
The National Park Service announced the 2023 free days late last year. There are more than 400 parks, monuments, seashores and other NPS lands, the majority of which do not require an entrance fee. For the roughly 100 that do, these free admission days open the gates to everyone.
We’ve already had two free days this year: Jan. 16, which is Martin Luther King Day, and April 22, which was the first day of National Park Week.
Now, on Friday, Aug. 4, we’ll have another, which marks the anniversary of the Great Americans Outdoors Act.
The act, GAOA, was signed in 2020 and brought bipartisan investments to “improve visitor experiences, bolster climate resilience, and invest in the economy by creating good-paying jobs” at the parks, the Department of the Interior explains.
In honor of the bill signing anniversary, you won’t need to pay entrance fees at parks that usually require them. Fees will, however, still be necessary for overnight camping, cabin rentals, transportation, group day use and use of special areas.
The next two free admission days are Sept. 23, National Public Lands Day, and Nov. 11, Veterans Day.
Last year, there were roughly 312 million recreational visits to 395 national parks that track attendance, a 15 million increase over 2021. The most visited park was Blue Ridge Parkway, which received 15.7 million visits last year, edging out the Golden Gate National Recreation Area by slightly more than 72,000 visits. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/you-can-get-into-the-national-parks-for-free-this-week-heres-when/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:19 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/you-can-get-into-the-national-parks-for-free-this-week-heres-when/ |
At 24, Alberto Rodriguez has grandparents younger than Joe Biden. But he’s more interested in the 80-year-old president’s accomplishments than his age.
“People as young as me, we’re all focusing on our day-to-day lives and he has done things to help us through that,” Rodriguez, a cook at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, said of Biden’s support among young voters. Rodriguez pointed specifically to federal COVID-19 relief payments and government spending increases on infrastructure and other social programs.
Voters like him were a key piece of Biden’s winning 2020 coalition, which included majorities of young people as well as college graduates, women, urban and suburban voters and Black Americans. Maintaining their support will be critical in closely contested states such as Nevada, where even small declines could prove consequential to Biden’s reelection bid.
His 2024 campaign plans to emphasize messages that could especially resonate with young people in the coming weeks as the anniversary of the sweeping Inflation Reduction Act approaches in mid-August. That legislation includes provisions that the White House will embrace to argue that Biden has done more than any other president to combat climate change.
Such efforts, however, could collide with Biden’s personal reality — like when he recalled that, while attending a St. Patrick’s Day parade at age 14, he appeared in a photo with President Harry S. Truman.
“Purely by accident — I assume it was an accident — the photographer from the newspaper got a picture of me making eye contact with Harry Truman,” Biden said to chuckles last week at the Truman Civil Rights Symposium in Washington.
In 2020, 61% of voters under age 30 — and 55% of those between 30 and 44 — supported Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of the electorate.
It’s an age group with which Republicans hope to make inroads. Former President Donald Trump, who is the early front-runner in the GOP presidential primary and is only 3 1/2 years younger than Biden, said Friday, “We are hitting the young person’s market like nobody’s ever seen before.”
Kevin Munoz, a spokesman for Biden’s campaign, referred to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement in arguing that “young people are acutely impacted by the issues front and center in this election, driven by the extreme MAGA agenda.” He said that included inaction on climate change, gun violence and student debt.
“We will meet younger Americans where they are and turn their energy into action,” Munoz said in a statement.
That might not defuse questions about age, though, when it comes to Biden or Trump.
“There’s a frustration and exhaustion that they feel with the rematch,” Terrance Woodbury, co-founder & CEO of the Democratic polling firm HIT Strategies, said of young voters.
“That’s more of a problem than either of those two candidates individually, is that a system can just keep reproducing,” Woodbury added. “And I think a lot of people just find that untenable.”
An April poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that just 25% of Democrats under 45 said they would definitely support Biden in a general election, compared with 56% of older Democrats. A majority of Democrats across age groups said they would probably support him as the party’s nominee, however.
Biden’s campaign is relying heavily on the Democratic National Committee, which during last year’s midterms, hired campus organizers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and other battleground states and offered weekly youth coordinating meetings to encourage in-class contacts and “dormstorms.” The DNC sees young people as some of the most critical voters it will need to reach in 2024 and promises “significant investments” to mobilize them. Plans are underway to expand on its work last cycle, including trainings it held on how best to turn out voters.
The Republican National Committee is trying to use Biden’s age against him, posting online videos of Biden seeming frail or making verbal gaffes, such as when he declared in June “God save the queen,” nearly nine months after the death of England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
Rodriguez shrugged off online attacks, “People can make all the hit pieces and memes and TikToks all they want.”
A starker contrast might be between the president and rising Democrats such as 46-year-old California Rep. Ro Khanna and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 41, one of Biden’s primary rivals in 2020. Neither seriously entertained running for the White House in 2024 and have backed Biden’s reelection.
“The only thing that really matters is your ability to do the job,” Buttigieg, who was 37 when he launched his 2020 presidential bid, said recently on CNN. Khanna told Fox News Channel that age will “obviously” be a 2024 factor, but suggested that Biden’s staff “overprotects” him and “the more he’s out there, the better.”
Other top young Democrats have lined up to back Biden. Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost, who was elected to Congress last year at 26, is on the Biden campaign’s advisory board, as is Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, 44. New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, 33, recently endorsed Biden.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a progressive who says strong turnout among young voters helped him win a runoff election this spring, said Biden’s policies transcend his age. Johnson noted that the president’s work “around climate justice speaks not just to this generation, but generations to come.”
“The excitement that I believe that we’re going to have is going to speak to the incredible work and organizing that we are committed to doing as a party,” said Johnson, 47. “And we’re looking forward to working with the president over the course of his next four years.”
Still, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, acknowledged that even the president’s supporters understand how demanding the White House can be.
“People worry about Joe Biden. They worry like you would worry about a beloved father or grandfather,” said Weingarten, 65. “What you normally hear from Democrats is this sense of, ‘OK, I just want him to be OK.’ And you’re hearing just the consternation of, ’This is a hard job.’”
Biden said he “took a hard look” at his age while deciding to seek a second term. But he’s also tried to suggest his age and experience are assets rather than liabilities by joking repeatedly about them. That’s a departure from 2020, when Biden called himself a “transition candidate” and pledged to be a “bridge” to younger Democrats.
Santiago Mayer, the founder of Voters of Tomorrow, which has 20-plus chapters nationwide and works to increase political engagement among young voters, argues that Biden is not defying his past promise by running for reelection, but keeping it.
“He just needs more time,” said Mayer, who graduated from California State University at Long Beach in May. “I think the second term is a very important part of that pledge. He’s building a progressive future for young people and he can’t actually pass the baton until that’s done.”
One key policy piece of Biden’s efforts to appeal to young voters, providing student debt relief, was recently struck down by the Supreme Court. The White House has launched a new effort, but it will take longer.
“Of course it’s going to dampen some of that because people are disappointed,” Weingarten said of the ruling’s effect on enthusiasm for Biden. But she said the decision could also motivate young Biden supporters anxious show their support for the president’s alternative plan.
“It is also about the fight,” Weingarten said “not just about the results.”
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AP polling director Emily Swanson in Washington contributed to this report. | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/ap-joe-biden-americas-oldest-sitting-president-needs-young-voters-to-win-again-will-his-age-matter/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:25 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/ap-joe-biden-americas-oldest-sitting-president-needs-young-voters-to-win-again-will-his-age-matter/ |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With less than a month to go until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, seven candidates say they have met qualifications for a spot on stage in Milwaukee.
But that also means that about half the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the cut.
To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee: at least 1% in three high-quality national polls or a mix of national and early-state polls, between July 1 and Aug. 21, and a minimum of 40,000 donors, with 200 in 20 or more states.
A look at who’s in, who’s (maybe) out and who’s still working on making it:
DONALD TRUMP
The current front-runner long ago satisfied the polling and donor thresholds. But he is considering boycotting and holding a competing event.
Campaign advisers have said the former president has not made a final decision about the debate. One noted that “it’s pretty clear,” based on Trump’s public and private statements, that he is unlikely to appear with the other candidates.
“If you’re leading by a lot, what’s the purpose of doing it?” Trump asked on Newsmax.
In the meantime, aides have discussed potential alternative programming if Trump opts for a rival event. One option Trump has floated is an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who now has a program on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
RON DESANTIS
The Florida governor has long been seen as Trump’s top rival, finishing a distant second to him in a series of polls in early-voting states, as well as national polls, and raising an impressive amount of money.
But DeSantis’ campaign has struggled in recent weeks to live up to the sky-high expectations that awaited him when he entered the race. He let go of more than one-third of his staff as federal filings showed his campaign was burning through cash at an unsustainable rate.
If Trump is absent, DeSantis may be the top target on stage at the debate.
TIM SCOTT
The South Carolina senator has been looking for a breakout moment. The first debate could be his chance.
A prolific fundraiser, Scott enters the summer with $21 million cash on hand.
In one debate-approved poll in Iowa, Scott joined Trump and DeSantis in reaching double digits. The senator has focused much of his campaign resources on the leadoff GOP voting state, which is dominated by white evangelical voters.
NIKKI HALEY
She has blitzed early-voting states with campaign events, walking crowds through her electoral successes ousting a longtime incumbent South Carolina lawmaker, then becoming the state’s first woman and first minority governor. Also serving as Trump’s U.N. ambassador for about two years, Haley frequently cites her international experience, arguing about the threat China poses to the United States.
The only woman in the GOP race, Haley has said transgender students competing in sports is “the women’s issue of our time” and has drawn praise from a leading anti-abortion group, which called her “uniquely gifted at communicating from a pro-life woman’s perspective.”
Bringing in $15.6 million since the start of her campaign, Haley’s campaign says she has “well over 40,000 unique donors” and has satisfied the debate polling requirements.
VIVEK RAMASWAMY
The biotech entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam” is an audience favorite at multicandidate events and has polled well despite not being nationally known when he entered the race.
Ramaswamy’s campaign says he met the donor threshold earlier this year. He recently rolled out “Vivek’s Kitchen Cabinet” to boost his donor numbers even more, by letting fundraisers keep 10% of what they bring in for his campaign.
CHRIS CHRISTIE
The former New Jersey governor opened his campaign by portraying himself as the only candidate ready to take on Trump. Christie called on the former president to “show up at the debates and defend his record.”
Christie will be on that stage, even if Trump isn’t, telling CNN this month that he surpassed “40,000 unique donors in just 35 days.” He also has met the polling requirements.
DOUG BURGUM
Burgum, a wealthy former software entrepreneur now in his second term as North Dakota’s governor, has been using his fortune to boost his campaign.
He announced a program this month to give away $20 gift cards — “Biden Relief Cards,” as a critique of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy — to as many as 50,000 people in exchange for $1 donations. Critics have questioned whether the offer violated campaign finance law.
Within about a week of launching that effort, Burgum announced he had surpassed the donor threshold. Ad blitzes in the early-voting states also helped him meet the polling requirements.
MIKE PENCE
Trump’s vice president has met the polling threshold but has yet to amass a sufficient number of donors, raising the possibility that he might not qualify for the party’s first debate.
Pence and his advisers have expressed confidence he will do so, noting that most other Republican hopefuls took a month or two of being active candidates to meet the mark. Pence entered the race on June 7, the same day as Burgum and one day after Christie.
“We’re making incredible progress toward that goal. We’re not there yet,” Pence told CNN in a recent interview. “We will make it. I will see you at that debate stage.”
ASA HUTCHINSON
According to his campaign, the former two-term Arkansas governor has met the polling requirements but is working on satisfying the donor threshold. As of Wednesday, Hutchinson marked more than 11,000 unique donors.
Hutchinson is running in the mold of an old-school Republican and has differentiated himself from many of his GOP rivals in his willingness to criticize Trump. He has posted pleas on Twitter for $1 donations to help secure his slot.
FRANCIS SUAREZ
The Miami mayor has been one of the more creative candidates in his efforts to boost his donor numbers. He offered up a chance to see Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi’s debut as a player for Inter Miami, saying donors who gave $1 would be entered in a chance to get front-row tickets.
Still shy of the donor threshold, he took a page from Burgum’s playbook by offering a $20 “Bidenomics Relief Card” in return for $1 donations. A super political action committee supporting Suarez launched a sweepstakes for a chance at up to $15,000 in tuition, in exchange for a $1 donation to Suarez’s campaign.
Suarez’s campaign did not return a message seeking details on his number of donors or qualifying polls.
LARRY ELDER
The conservative radio host wrote in an op-ed that the RNC “has rigged the rules of the game by instituting a set of criteria that is so onerous and poorly designed that only establishment-backed and billionaire candidates are guaranteed to be on stage.”
His campaign last week declined to detail its number of donors, saying only that there had been “a strong increase the last few weeks.” He has not met the polling requirements.
PERRY JOHNSON
Johnson, a wealthy but largely unknown businessman from Michigan, said in a recent social media post that he had notched 23,000 donors and was “confident” he would make the debate stage. He added that all donors were “eligible to attend my free concert in Iowa featuring” country duo Big & Rich next month.
Johnson, who has reached 1% in one qualifying poll, has also offered to give copies of his book “Two Cents to Save America” to anyone who donated to his campaign.
WILL HURD
The former Texas congressman — the last candidate to enter the race, on June 22 — has said repeatedly that he would not pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, a stance that would keep him off the stage even if he had the qualifying donor and polling numbers.
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Do you have a red flag? Americans weighed in on deal breakers they’ve ignored when getting into a relationship.
"Wanting the man to pay for everything." Howard, from New York City, told Fox News.
When getting into a relationship, there are often qualities about your partner that are concerning, but you think you can live with it.
But later, you realize, you can’t. Those traits are called red flags.
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"She openly told me she was emotionally unavailable, and she would work on it," Ryan, from North Carolina, told Fox News.
"And me in my right mind, I listened." he said.
Chessie, visiting New York City, said her biggest deal breaker is if her partner doesn't like animals.
A survey from a dating app, Badoo, revealed that in the beginning of a relationship 86% of people actively look for red flags.
The survey showed that the most common deal breakers were dishonesty and withholding information from a partner.
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Arthur, visiting New York, told Fox News his biggest red flag is when his partner keeps secrets from him.
But some say they look at their partner's family for warning signs.
"A crazy mom usually ends up having a crazy daughter." Jay, from New York, told Fox News.
"Weird friends, or surrounding characters being suspect," he said.
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According to a study by Pew Research Center in 2019, the top deal breakers are someone who lives far away, has a significant amount of debt, or who voted for Donald Trump.
"When my partner has a type A personality," Josh, from California, told Fox News.
"They act like the decision maker, and they think that they kind of own the relationship." he said.
But some are more concerned about their travel plans.
"My biggest concern when getting into a relationship is having different tastes in choosing our holiday vacations." Thomas, visiting New York City, told Fox News.
Perry, from Nebraska, told Fox News his biggest red flag was his partner's age. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/age-and-crazy-mom-what-are-the-big-red-flags-you-ignored-when-starting-a/article_79954eac-1663-5539-8b27-d55d92a3b536.html | 2023-07-30T19:11:37 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/age-and-crazy-mom-what-are-the-big-red-flags-you-ignored-when-starting-a/article_79954eac-1663-5539-8b27-d55d92a3b536.html |
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing the country’s former colonial power, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd.
The Russian mercenary group Wagner is operating in neighboring Mali, and President Vladimir Putin would like to expand his country’s influence in the region. The new junta’s leaders have not said whether they would move toward Moscow or stick with Niger’s Western partners.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that attacks on France and its interests would not be tolerated and anyone who attacks French citizens will see an immediate response.
Niger, a French colony until 1960, had been seen as the West’s last reliable partner battling jihadists in Africa’s Sahel region. France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with the Nigeriens. The United States and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
At an emergency meeting Sunday, the West African bloc known as ECOWAS said that it was suspending relations with Niger, and authorized the use of force if President Mohamed Bazoum is not reinstated within a week. The African Union has issued its own 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the democratically elected government.
Shortly after the ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Chadian President Mahamat Deby arrived in Niger to lead mediation efforts, according to the Chad state radio station.
ECOWAS has struggled to make a definitive impact on the region’s political crises in the past but Bazoum was democratically elected two years ago in Niger’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from France in 1960.
Members of the Niger military announced on Wednesday that they had deposed Bazoum and on Friday named Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader, adding Niger to a growing list of military regimes in West Africa’s Sahel region.
Some leaders of the mutiny said they overthrew Bazoum because he wasn’t able to secure the nation against growing jihadi violence. But some analysts and Nigeriens say that was a pretext for a takeover driven by internal power struggles.
“We couldn’t expect a coup in Niger because there’s no social, political or security situation that would justify that the military take the power,” Prof. Amad Hassane Boubacar, who teaches at the University of Niamey, told The Associated Press.
He said Bazoum wanted to replace the head of the presidential guard, Tchiani. Tchiani, who also goes by Omar, was loyal to Bazoum’s predecessor, and that sparked the problems, Boubacar said.
Niger’s dire security situation is not as bad as that in neighboring Burkina Faso or Mali, which have also been battling an Islamic insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Last year, Niger was the only one of the three to see a decline in violence, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Some taking part in Sunday’s rally warned outside bodies to stay away.
“I would like also to say to the European Union, African Union and ECOWAS, please, please stay out of our business,” Oumar Barou Moussa said at the demonstration. “It’s time for us to take our lives, to work for ourselves. It’s time for us to talk about our freedom and liberty.”
Niger has the most at stake of any country in the Sahel if it turns away from the West, given the millions of dollars of military assistance it has received from abroad.
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the continued security and economic cooperation with the U.S. hinges on the release of Bazoum — who remains under house arrest — and “the immediate restoration of the democratic order in Niger.”
Macron said he’d spoken to Bazoum and his predecessor on Sunday. On Saturday France suspended all development and financial aid to Niger.
The 15-nation ECOWAS bloc has unsuccessfully tried to restore democracies in nations where the military took power in recent years. Four nations are run by military regimes in West and Central Africa, where there have been nine successful or attempted coups since 2020.
While the bloc has struggled to have much impact, the measures placed on Niger Sunday show the gravity of the situation, said Andrew Lebovich, a research fellow with the Clingendael Institute.
“The strenuous measures they have put in place or threatened to put in place show not only how seriously they are taking this crisis, but also the urgency the regional body and larger international community feel in trying to force a return to normal that will likely prove elusive,” he said.
The response from the bloc towards Niger differs from how it dealt with recent coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, which did not involve the threat of force if constitutional rule wasn’t reinstated.
In the last few decades it has sent troops into member countries a handful of times.
In the 1990s, ECOWAS intervened in Liberia during its civil war. In 2017 it intervened in The Gambia to prevent the new president’s predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, from disrupting the handover of power. Approximately 7,000 troops from Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal entered, according to the Global Observatory, which provides analysis on peace and security issues.
Economic sanctions could have a deep impact on Nigeriens, who live in the third-poorest country in the world, according to the latest U.N. data. The country relies on imports from Nigeria for up to 90% of its power, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. The sanctions would suspend all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS member states and Niger.
In a televised address Saturday, Col. Major Amadou Abdramane, one of the soldiers who ousted Bazoum, accused the meeting of making a “plan of aggression” against Niger and said the country would defend itself.
“Tensions with the military are still ongoing. There could be another coup after this one, or a stronger intervention from ECOWAS, potentially military force,” said Tatiana Smirnova, a researcher in conflict resolution and peace missions at the Centre FrancoPaix. “Many actors are also trying to negotiate, but the outcome is unclear.”
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Associated Press reporters Angela Charlton in Paris and Chinedu Asadu in Abuja, Nigeria and Edouard Takadji in N’Djamena, Chad contributed. | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-as-regional-and-global-powers-decry-nigers-coup-the-countrys-future-remains-uncertain/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:40 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-as-regional-and-global-powers-decry-nigers-coup-the-countrys-future-remains-uncertain/ |
Things got a little hot for Carson Hocevar after the 20-year-old picked up the third win of his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career on Saturday night in Richmond.
Hocevar held off Ty Majeski and Zane Smith for the win at the Worldwide Express 250. But his celebration raised the temperatures on an already scorching night in Virginia. Hocevar’s burnout led to the track near the start-finish line catching fire. Hocevar pretended to get warm as the fire raged.
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"I suck at this place and we at Niece Motorsports suck at this place – we’re terrible. My splitter’s gone because I got a flat tire before we even went (green)," Hocevar said after the race, via Motorsport.com.
"We passed every single truck here," Hocevar said after the race, via the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "(Majeski) was the class of the field, but I thought we were second and won with the second-best truck because I have the first-best pit crew and first-best crew chief on the box."
Hocevar led 64 laps on his way to the victory.
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Majeski led 168 laps but ended up finishing a bit behind Hocevar.
"Just didn’t have enough there," he said, via the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Obviously made a mistake there, speeding on pit road, but we had a chance to win even with the penalty. It’s just so disappointing. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a dominant vehicle that much faster than the field, and to not win with it is so hard."
The NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs will begin on Aug. 11. The Richmond race was the last event before the postseason. Matt Crafton finished in seventh place and gained the final playoff spot. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/carson-hocevar-starts-fire-at-richmond-during-victory-celebration/article_92819c96-4244-52c6-97dc-18b9a332a13b.html | 2023-07-30T19:11:43 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/carson-hocevar-starts-fire-at-richmond-during-victory-celebration/article_92819c96-4244-52c6-97dc-18b9a332a13b.html |
BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting raged Sunday in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon, killing at least five people and wounding seven, Palestinian officials said.
UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, put the death toll at six, and Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two children were among those wounded.
The Palestinian officials, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the fighting broke out after an unknown gunman tried to kill Islamist militant Mahmoud Khalil, killing a companion of his instead.
Later, Islamist militants shot and killed a Palestinian military general from the Fatah group and three escorts as they were walking through a parking lot, another Palestinian official told AP.
Ein el-Hilweh is notorious for its lawlessness and violence is not uncommon. The U.N. says about 55,000 people live in the camp, which was established in 1948 to house Palestinians displaced by Israeli forces during the establishment of Israel.
On Sunday, factions blazed away with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers and lobbed hand grenades in the camp as ambulances zoomed through its narrow streets to take the wounded to the hospital.
The fighting stopped for several hours in the morning, though state media said there was still sporadic sniper fire, but fighting erupted again after the killing of the Palestinian general and his escorts.
Some residents in Sidon neighborhoods near the camp fled their homes as stray bullets hit buildings and shattered windows and storefronts. The public Sidon General Hospital evacuated its staff and patients.
The Lebanese army said in a statement that a mortar shell hit a military barracks outside the camp and wounded one soldier, whose condition is stable. Military commandos deployed near the camp’s entrances as clashes continued into the night.
UNRWA said two of its schools that serve some 2,000 students were damaged in the fighting. It said it suspended all its operations in Ein el-Hilweh.
Fatah in a statement condemned the killing of its security official, saying the attack was part of a “bloody scheme that targets the security and stability of our camps.” It vowed to hold the “perpetrators accountable.”
In Ramallah, the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement decrying violence in a camp for Palestinian refugees.
“No one is allowed to intimidate our people and tamper with their security,” it said. “We support what the Lebanese government is doing to impose law and order, and we affirm our commitment to Lebanon’s sovereignty, including the Palestinian refugee camps, and maintaining security and the rule of law.”
Late in the day, the factions said in a joint statement that they had agreed to a ceasefire during a mediation meeting hosted by the Lebanese Shiite Amal movement and militant Hezbollah group in Sidon. But local media said fighting continued. A spokesperson from the Palestinian militant group Hamas told AP that the groups were working to implement the truce.
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, condemned the clashes. “We call on the Palestinian leadership to cooperate with the army to control the security situation and hand over those meddling with security to the Lebanese authorities,” Mikati said in his statement.
Palestinian factions in the camp for years have cracked down on militant Islamist groups and fugitives seeking shelter in the camp’s overcrowded neighborhoods. In 2017, Palestinian factions engaged in almost a week of fierce clashes with a militant organization affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group.
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Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-1-killed-6-wounded-in-overnight-clashes-in-crowded-palestinian-refugee-camp-in-lebanon/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:46 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-1-killed-6-wounded-in-overnight-clashes-in-crowded-palestinian-refugee-camp-in-lebanon/ |
Kentucky Congressman James Comer, R., joined Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures' to discuss the latest in the Biden Family business dealings investigation and former Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer's testimony before the House Oversight Committee, telling host Maria Bartiromo that Archer has the 'opportunity' to share the truth and be a 'hero.'
MARIA BARTIRTOMO: What are you expecting to get from Devon Archer tomorrow? Let's talk about that on the record testimony.
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REP. JAMES COMER: … Yeah, well, I don't want to put words in Devon Archer's mouth, but I'll say this. He has an opportunity to come tomorrow to the House Oversight Committee and tell the truth. He has an opportunity to be a hero, like the two whistleblowers were, like the judge in Delaware was, who rejected the sweetheart plea deal from the Department of Justice to Hunter Biden. Devon Archer could be in that category of Americans that just come and tell the truth. That's all we want. We know that Devon Archer was on the board of Burisma with Hunter Biden. We know that Devon Archer has met and communicated many, many times with Joe Biden about Burisma and other things. So this is going to be an opportunity for Devon Archer, just to tell the truth. We have other bank statements that we've obtained that we have questions about pertaining to countries that we believe Archer may have knowledge of.
… So, you know, my hat's off to Devon Archer when he shows up tomorrow. I know it's tough. I know he's been intimidated by the Biden legal team, but hopefully he saw what happened in that courtroom in Delaware last week. And there are good people in the justice system. And we saw that judge stand up and reject the obvious sweetheart plea deal that the Department of Justice gave the President's son. I know that the President's legal team has been telling our witnesses that they don't need to cooperate with the committee, that nothing's going to happen to the Bidens. I don't think that's true. And I think we saw that play out in the courtroom next week. So we're excited about Devon Archer. and I appreciate his willingness to come.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Ten people — including three children — died after high winds tore through central Russia, emergency services and a local official reported Sunday.
Eight of the dead were part of a group of tourists camping close to Lake Yalchik in the Mari-El region when the storm hit Saturday, Russia’s emergencies ministry said.
The strong winds caused a large number of trees to fall in the area, including where the group’s tents had been pitched on a stretch of wild beach inside the Mariy Chodra National Park, regional leader Yuri Zaitsev wrote on social media. He said that three children were among the dead. Russia’s investigative committee has opened a criminal case to determine whether unsafe or sub-standard services provided by the park’s management company contributed to the deaths.
Across the wider Volga Federal District, 76 people were injured in the storm, with thousands of households losing power, emergency services said. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-9-die-including-3-children-as-strong-winds-hit-tourist-camp-in-central-russia-officials-say/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:52 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-9-die-including-3-children-as-strong-winds-hit-tourist-camp-in-central-russia-officials-say/ |
An activist from Italy says more than 100 trans men have entered the Miss Italy pageant in protest of its new policy requiring entrants to be "a woman from birth"
The policy came on the heels of a transgender contestant's win in the Miss Netherlands pageant, but the move also coincides previous efforts to crack down on entry requirements, including a 2012 ban on plastic surgery.
"I was kind of amused by it, because I was like, ‘Yeah, well, I was assigned female at birth, but they would reject me because I look like a boy, and they would consider me as a boy,’" trans activist Federico Barbarossa, an Italian resident and the first person to start the protest, told NBC News.
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To protest the policy, Barbarossa elected to join the pageant using his name given at birth, then took to social media to share the news.
According to NBC, he posted an email confirming his pageant entry on Instagram. It was later picked up by an LGBTQ+ group he works with and was shared on Facebook as the group encouraged other trans men to make the same move.
Not only have over 100 trans men applied to participate in the Miss Italy pageant, but the outlet also reported Barbarossa's claim that some of the applicants have been called to selections – essentially the next step in the pageant's contestant search.
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He added that every application must be reviewed and says he hopes the protest will make pageant organizers "think better next time."
Miss Italy Official Patron Patrizia Mirigliani said during an interview with a local outlet that was later reported by Newsweek that, since she was born, the competition "has foreseen in its regulation the clarification according to which one must be a woman from birth."
"Probably because, even then, it was foreseen that beauty could undergo modifications, or that women could undergo modifications, or that men could become women," she added.
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Earlier this month, transgender competitor Rikkie Valerie Kollé took home the crown at the Miss Universe Netherlands pageant, becoming the first in history to do so.
"I DID IT," the 22-year-old said in an Instagram statement at the time. "It's unreal, but I get to call myself [Miss Netherland] 2023. It was an educational and beautiful journey… I'm so proud and happy I can't even describe it. Making my community proud and showing it can be done."
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KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — An explosion at a political rally on Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan killed at least 44 people and wounded nearly 200 in a Sunday attack that a senior leader said wanted to weaken Pakistani Islamists.
The Bajur district near the Afghan border was a stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban — a close ally of Afghanistan’s Taliban government — before the Pakistani army drove the militants out of the area. Supporters of hardline Pakistani cleric and political party leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, whose Jamiat Ulema Islam generally supports regional Islamists, were meeting in Bajur Sunday in a hall close to a market outside the district capital. Party officials said Rehman was not at the rally but organizers added tents because so many supporters showed up, and party volunteers with batons were helping control the crowd.
Officials were announcing the arrival of Abdul Rasheed, a leader of the Jamiat Ulema Islam party, when the bomb went off in one of Pakistan’s bloodiest attacks in recent years.
“There was dust and smoke around, and I was under some injured people from where I could hardly stand up, only to see chaos and some scattered limbs,” said Adam Khan, 45, who was knocked to the ground by the blast around 4 p.m. and hit by splinters in his leg and both hands.
The Pakistan Taliban, or TTP, said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that the bombing was aimed at setting Islamists against each other. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, said on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that “such crimes cannot be justified in any way.”
The Afghan Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021 emboldened the TTP. They unilaterally ended a cease-fire agreement with the Pakistani government in November, and have stepped up attacks across the country.
The bombing came hours before the arrival of Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Islamabad, where he was to participate in an event to mark a decade of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC, a sprawling package under which Beijing has invested billions of dollars in Pakistan.
In recent months, China has helped Pakistan avoid a default on sovereign payments. However, some Chinese nationals have also been targeted by militants in northwestern Pakistan and elsewhere.
Feroz Jamal, the provincial information minister, told The Associated Press that so far 44 people had been “martyred” and nearly 200 wounded in the bombing.
The bombing was one of the four worst attacks in the northwest since 2014, when 147 people, mostly schoolchildren, were killed in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar. In January, 74 people were killed in a bombing at a mosque in Peshawar. n February, more than 100 people, mostly policemen, died in a bombing at a mosque inside a high-security compound housing Peshawar police headquarters.
Prime Minister Sharif and President Arif Alvi condemned the attack and asked officials to provide all possible assistance to the wounded and the bereaved families.
Maulana Ziaullah, the local chief of Rehman’s party, was among the dead. JUI leaders Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin were also on the stage but escaped unhurt.
Rasheed, the regional chief of the party, said the attack was an attempt to remove JUI from the field before parliamentary elections in November, but he said such tactics would not work. The bombing drew nationwide condemnation, with the ruling and opposition parties extending condolences to the families of those who died in the attack.
Rehman is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad. Meetings are being organized across the country to mobilize supporters for the upcoming elections.
“Many of our fellows lost their lives and many more wounded in this incident. I will ask the federal and provincial administrations to fully investigate this incident and provide due compensation and medical facilities to the affected ones,” Rasheed said.
Mohammad Wali, another attendant at the rally, said he was listening to a speaker address the crowd when the huge explosion temporarily deafened him.
“I was near the water dispenser to fetch a glass of water when the bomb exploded, throwing me to the ground,” he said. “We came to the meeting with enthusiasm but ended up at the hospital seeing crying, wounded people and sobbing relatives taking the bodies of their loved ones.”
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Riaz Khan reported from Peshawar. Associated Press writer Munir Ahmad contributed from Islamabad. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-a-bomb-at-a-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan-kills-10-people-and-wounds-more-than-50/ | 2023-07-30T19:11:58 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-a-bomb-at-a-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan-kills-10-people-and-wounds-more-than-50/ |
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced an "official criminal referral" to the Department of Justice regarding Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Paul pointed to an email from February 2020 in which Fauci detailed a call with British medical researcher Jeremy Farrar, who was director of the Wellcome Trust at the time. According to Fauci, those on the task force call, including Francis Collins, former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, and other "highly credible" scientists with expertise in evolutionary biology, expressed concern about the "fact upon viewing the sequences of several isolates of the nCoV, there were mutations in the virus that would be most unusual to have evolved naturally in the bats and that there was a suspicion that this mutation was intentionally inserted."
"The suspicion was heightened by the fact that scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan," Fauci wrote, according to a screenshot of the newly unredacted email shared by RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Wegmann.
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"This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie. That’s why I sent an official criminal referral to the DOJ," Paul wrote on "X," formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday.
In July 2021, Paul reminded Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and medical adviser to the president, that lying to Congress is a federal crime, suggesting the NIAID director had done so regarding COVID-19 gain-of-function research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
During a heated exchange, Fauci insisted he had "never lied before Congress" during a prior testimony that May, telling Paul, "you don't know what you're talking about." Fauci further denied the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded gain-of-function research, despite Paul citing a journal article titled, "Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses."
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Paul noted how the paper’s author credits the NIH and lists the actual number of the grant given by the NIH. The author took two bat coronavirus spike genes and combined them with SARs related backbone to create new viruses that are not found in nature. The lab-created viruses were then shown to replicate in humans, Paul, who graduated from Duke University School of Medicine and was a practicing doctor before being elected to Congress, surmised of the article during the congressional hearing.
"Viruses that in nature only infect animals were manipulated in the Wuhan lab to gain the function of infecting humans," Paul said.
Fauci said the paper Paul referred to "was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function."
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"Let’s read from the NIH definition of gain of function. This is your definition that you guys wrote. It says that ‘scientific research that increases the transmissibility among mammals is gain of function.’ They took animal viruses that only occur in animals, and they increased their transmissibility to humans," Paul said. "How you can say that’s not gain of function – it’s a dance, and you’re dancing around this because you’re trying to obscure responsibility for 4 million people dying around the world from a pandemic." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/rand-paul-announces-official-criminal-referral-claims-email-shows-fauci-covid-testimony-absolutely-a-lie/article_63b0a0ea-b152-503d-a4d1-65720b92adbb.html | 2023-07-30T19:12:01 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/rand-paul-announces-official-criminal-referral-claims-email-shows-fauci-covid-testimony-absolutely-a-lie/article_63b0a0ea-b152-503d-a4d1-65720b92adbb.html |
RICHMOND, Va. — The NASCAR Cup Series will return to action at Richmond Raceway with all eyes on Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson after their run-in at Pocono Raceway.
Hamlin took the lead by diving to the inside in a maneuver that shoved Larson out of the groove, prompting the latest chapter in a neverending debate over racing etiquette.
Larson still was wrestling Saturday with his emotions about the incident, which he said has lingered longer than any in his two-decade racing career “because it’s happened more often with him than any other driver in my career.”
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With five races remaining before the 16-driver playoff field is set, there’s much at stake for winless drivers who want to qualify for the 10-race championship run.
Tyler Reddick is on the pole position after qualifying first for the fifth time in his 132 Cup starts. It’s the first pole of the season for the 23XI Racing driver, who will be starting alongside Kyle Busch (click here for the starting lineup).
Hamlin, a Chesterfield, Virginia, native who grew up 20 minutes south of the 0.75-mile oval, qualified third. Larson will start 14th.
Given their Richmond records, a Hamlin-Larson rematch for the checkered flag certainly is possible. Hamlin has four victories at his hometown track (most recently on April 3, 2022), and Larson was the most recent winner at Richmond on April 2 (his second win here).
Prerace coverage will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA with the green flag at 3:16 p.m. ET.
Follow along below for updates throughout Sunday from the racetrack.
After being put on pause during the pandemic, NASCAR returned to having prerace drivers meetings this season.
This reporter attended his first drivers meeting in nearly four years, and it was a familiar sight: Sponsor VIPs, drivers smiling for photo ops with fans and a crowded room.
The narrative naturally starts with Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson.
In the wake of Hamlin moving him out of the lead for his 50th career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series, Larson still is going through some things.
There’s a lot to process — aside from losing out on his third victory of the season (and five more playoff points), Pocono marked his latest run-in with a close friend who is his golfing buddy off the track and seemingly the bane of the Hendrick Motorsports driver’s existence on the track.
And it has other drivers re-evaluating the lengths they’ll go to earn a victory.
Other angles to watch in Richmond:
—Since the track moved to two annual daytime races last season, Richmond has become a race laden with strategy predicated on tire degradation. NASCAR on NBC analyst Steve Letarte will need to be on top of the myriad calls for two and four tires over 400 laps.
—Though they were less high-profile, Pocono also delivered skirmishes between Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick and Ryan Preece and Corey LaJoie. NASCAR met with all four drivers Saturday to defuse any lingering tensions, but it still is worth monitoring.
—Kevin Harvick’s most recent victory was at Richmond last August. With 15 races remaining in his Cup carer, is the future NASCAR Hall of Famer poised to end his winless streak in 2023? | https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/live/live-updates-nascar-cup-series-richmond-denny-hamlin-kyle-larson-chase-elliott-tyler-reddick-martin-truex-jr-william-byron-kevin-harvick-kyle-busch-austin-dillon | 2023-07-30T19:12:05 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/live/live-updates-nascar-cup-series-richmond-denny-hamlin-kyle-larson-chase-elliott-tyler-reddick-martin-truex-jr-william-byron-kevin-harvick-kyle-busch-austin-dillon |
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war there.
Putin in a press conference late Saturday following the Russia-Africa summit said Russia’s termination of the grain deal earlier this month caused a rise in grain prices that benefits Russian companies. He added that Moscow would share some of those revenues with the “poorest nations.”
That commitment, with no details, follows Putin’s promise to start shipping 25,000 to 50,000 tons of grain for free to each of six African nations in the next three to four months — an amount dwarfed by the 725,000 tons shipped by the U.N. World Food Program to several hungry countries, African and otherwise, under the grain deal. Russia plans to send the free grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, Eritrea and Central African Republic.
Fewer than 20 of Africa’s 54 heads of state or government attended the Russia summit, while 43 attended the previous gathering in 2019, reflecting concerns over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine even as Moscow seeks more allies on the African continent of 1.3 billion people. Putin praised Africa as a rising center of power in the world, while the Kremlin blamed “outrageous” Western pressure for discouraging some African countries from showing up.
The presidents of Egypt and South Africa were among the most outspoken on the need to resume the grain deal.
“We would like the Black Sea initiative to be implemented and that the Black Sea should be open,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “We are not here to plead for donations for the African continent.”
Putin also said Russia would analyze African leaders’ peace proposal for Ukraine, whose details have not been publicly shared. But the Russian leader asked: “Why do you ask us to pause fire? We can’t pause fire while we’re being attacked.”
The next significant step in peace efforts instead appears to be a Ukrainian-organized peace summit hosted by Saudi Arabia in August. Russia is not invited.
Africa’s nations make up the largest voting bloc at the United Nations and have been more divided than any other region on General Assembly resolutions criticizing Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Delegations at the summit in St. Petersburg roamed exhibits of weapons, a reminder of Russia’s role as the top arms supplier to the African continent.
Putin in his remarks on Saturday also downplayed his absence from the BRICS economic summit in South Africa next month amid a controversy over an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court. His presence there, Putin said, is not “more important than my presence here, in Russia.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-african-leaders-leave-russia-summit-without-grain-deal-or-a-path-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine/ | 2023-07-30T19:12:05 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-african-leaders-leave-russia-summit-without-grain-deal-or-a-path-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine/ |
FIRST ON FOX: Tim Tebow — athlete, humanitarian and founder of the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF) — has announced a major new campaign to fight human trafficking and rescue child sex victims, given the horrors that are occurring right now to some of the most innocent individuals all around the world.
"This is something that's near and dear to my heart, even though this is about probably some of the worst stuff you could talk about," Tebow told Fox News Digital in an exclusive on-camera interview this week from South Africa. (SEE the video at the top of this article.)
Tebow and his foundation picked Sunday, July 30, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, as the date to announce their new initiative. He's also about to turn 36 — and each year he uses his birthday to help shine a light on the needs of others, as he did last year as well.
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The day is recognized worldwide as a time to raise awareness about the disturbing developments and growth of human trafficking — estimated to be a $150 billion industry, with some 50 million people trapped in bondage, Tebow and his team noted.
Tebow's new "unKNOWN" campaign seeks to identify and rescue the scores of children suffering from sexual abuse and torture — with some of them even victims at the hands of family members.
"It's so important that we talk about these things — some things that are very hard to talk about it, but it's worth it and it's needed," said Tebow.
"We have to create more awareness and more people who are standing on the line against what we believe is one of the biggest evils in the world — and that is this fight against trafficking, child trafficking, and against CSAM, which is very similar. And that is Child Sexual Abuse Materials."
He added, "This is rampant against the world. Boys and girls are not having a childhood."
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He said, "They're being abused. They're being tortured. There are terrible things that are being done to them."
And "we know that at TTF, that we have been called to this fight. We know that our partners have been called to this fight."
Tebow said his foundation has been engaged in this fight for a decade already, the last three years very publicly. The group said it is "blessed to be a part of 20 safe homes around the world with 22 in progress. Through our partners and teams, we have been able to help rescue more than 1,000 victims."
However, said Tebow, "We're called to do it for a lot longer … This is just something that's so personal to us. Every one of these lives that we know we're called to help is infinitely valuable to God, we believe — and they better be to us."
He said it's critical for "all the boys and girls that we've fallen in love with, that we know their story, that we've hugged them, that we've cared for them and that we've been able to give them long-term restoration and counseling and therapy."
Said Tebow, "You fall in love with them. You fall in love with their smiles and their joy. And they go from such a place of hurt and anguish and pain to smiles and laughter and joy."
The children, once found and rescued and cared for, can then move to becoming involved in the normal everyday interests and cares of kids and young people everything "from basketball or plays or singing or whatever their passions are," said Tebow.
"And you get to see what hope and joy can do in a life," said Tebow.
"Every boy and girl is worthy and deserving of having that chance," he said. "And that's why we're so passionate about what we've been called to every day."
Tebow explained why his birthday campaign this year is called "unKNOWN." He said, "It's disappointing that we even have to title it that."
But the reason he's titled it "unKNOWN" is "because of CSAM — Child Sexual Abuse Material. And in just one of the law enforcement databases," added Tebow, "there are at least 50,000 boys and girls whose images of them being abused, tortured, raped — at least 50,000 of these boys and girls are unidentified and their location is unknown."
And "that's why we have called this ‘unKNOWN.’ Because we believe that every single one of those boys and girls are known to God — and it is worth us doing anything and everything possible so that they're known, so that they're located, so that they're cared for and rescued, so that they can have the love that they deserve."
Of his very strong faith beliefs, Tebow said, "My faith encourages me on this because so much of it is hard. There's so much evil. And every day we're dealing with so many people in desperation that you want to help and get to as many people as we can."
He said, "There's so much pain and anguish. But the hope that we have is in Jesus — and God loves every single one of these lives more than I will ever love them, more than any one of us will ever love them. And we know that there is a heavenly Father that loves every single one of these lives."
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And everyone is "so loved … And I believe they have infinite value and worth."
"Our heavenly Father sent his Son on a rescue mission for all of humanity," said Tebow.
"And I believe that is why Jesus came to us — to rescue us from what we could not rescue ourselves from. And one thing that my pastor says is, ‘Guys, do you know that once you’ve been rescued, you're now on the rescue team?'"
And "that was something that, the first time I heard that, it just pricked my heart," said Tebow.
"And it's true — it's true that as we live out our faith, it's a foundation for us — not just in a spiritual sense, but in a literal sense, for so many people" in "their darkest hour of need."
Tebow said that the mission statement for his foundation is "one of the clearest things I ever wrote."
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And that is, he said, "To bring faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need."
Tebow said this mission statement could not be more real in 2023 when it comes to victims of human trafficking, of child sex trafficking and of CSAM.
"People need faith, hope and love — and they need really to be loved in their darkest hour of need."
He said it is his fervent hope that many others will join him in this "unKNOWN" campaign, to help others in need — "to choose the best interest of another person and act on their behalf."
He said there are numerous ways people can be part of this.
"Number one is prayer," he said — meaning prayer for all those trapped in "horrific situations, in places of terror" — but also prayer for those engaged on the front lines in the fight for others' lives.
He also said more people need to talk about the problems — "we need more awareness of these issues that lead to change."
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And then also, he said, people can give.
His goal is to raise $1 million this year so that the TTF and its partners — "this is a major effort of many amazing groups and people," he said — can help free others from places of pain and horror and get them the help and care they need to be restored.
There is "power," said Tebow, "when people come together" to do good works.
Anyone seeking more information can check out the website of the nonprofit Tim Tebow Foundation. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/tim-tebow-launches-major-new-campaign-to-save-and-restore-human-trafficking-and-child-sex/article_a9ad95bb-bd33-5cbd-aeb1-36e390650538.html | 2023-07-30T19:12:08 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/tim-tebow-launches-major-new-campaign-to-save-and-restore-human-trafficking-and-child-sex/article_a9ad95bb-bd33-5cbd-aeb1-36e390650538.html |
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted that security tapes at his Mar-a-Lago club and residence in Florida were not deleted, and in fact were handed over to Special Counsel Jack Smith.
"Mar-a-Lago security tapes were not deleted," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "They were voluntarily handed over to the thugs, headed up by deranged Jack Smith. We did not even go to court to stop them from getting these tapes. I never told anybody to delete them. Prosecutorial fiction & misconduct! Election interference!"
"Same as the Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. They knowingly accuse you of a fake crime, a crime that they actually make up, you fight these false charges hard, and they try and get you on ‘obstruction.’ We are dealing with sick and evil people!" he added in a second post.
Trump attorney Alina Habba also denied any tapes were deleted during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday."
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"What was the obstruction of justice? Because no tapes were deleted. He turned them over, he cooperated as he always does. But they would like the American public to believe in these bogus indictments," Habba told host Shannon Bream.
"When he has his turn in court, and when we get to file our papers, you will see that every single video, every single surveillance tape that was requested was turned over," she added. "If President Trump didn't want something turned over, I assure you, that is something that could have been done. But he never would act like that. He is the most ethical American I know."
Trump, who has remained the GOP 2024 presidential front-runner thus far, had already denied any wrongdoing during an interview with conservative radio host John Fredericks on Friday.
"These were security tapes. We handed them over to them," Trump said, responding to the three new charges filed Thursday. "I'm not even sure what they're saying."
A superseding indictment was made public Thursday, hours after Trump said his attorneys met with DOJ investigators probing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Despite the anticipation, the only charges filed Thursday were in Florida, not Washington.
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Trump is alleged to have asked for the Mar-a-Lago footage to be deleted after FBI and DOJ investigators visited in June 2022 to collect classified documents he took with him after leaving the White House. Prosecutors accuse Trump of scheming with his valet, Walt Nauta, and a Mar-a-Lago property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, to conceal the footage from federal investigators after they issued a subpoena for it.
The Trump campaign issued a statement claiming the three new charges were "nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their Department of Justice to harass President Trump and those around him."
"They went after two fine employees yesterday, fine people," Trump said during Friday’s radio interview, according to Reuters. "They're trying to intimidate people so that people go out and make up lies about me. Because I did nothing wrong."
The superseding indictment also charges Trump with an additional count of willfully retaining national defense information, arising from a document he is said to have showed off to visitors at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club during a July 2021 interview for a memoir of his onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Prosecutors have described the document as a Pentagon plan of attack. Meadows, in his subsequent book, said the country it concerned was Iran.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/trump-says-mar-a-lago-security-tapes-were-not-deleted-accuses-special-counsel-of-prosecutorial/article_ac1c58c2-9ffe-5874-a154-e1e8c80c8626.html | 2023-07-30T19:12:14 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/trump-says-mar-a-lago-security-tapes-were-not-deleted-accuses-special-counsel-of-prosecutorial/article_ac1c58c2-9ffe-5874-a154-e1e8c80c8626.html |
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Central African Republic went to the polls Sunday in a highly anticipated vote on a new constitution, which would remove presidential term limits.
President Faustin Archange Touadera wants to extend presidential terms from five to seven years and remove the previous two-term limit, enabling him to run again in 2025.
The new constitution would replace the one adopted at Touadera’s inauguration in 2016, when the country was in a civil war and 80% of it was not under state control. If the new constitution is passed, it could entrench the ruling party’s power indefinitely, analysts say.
“This referendum basically confirms the fears of authoritarian drift (in CAR),” said Enrica Picco, Central Africa project director with the International Crisis Group. The new constitution would weaken checks on the executive by opposition parties, closing the space for Central Africans to participate in democratic decision-making, she said.
The proposed changes also would lift requirements that executive decisions be debated by the legislative and permit Central Africans with dual nationalities to vote.
The mineral-rich but impoverished nation has faced intercommunal fighting since 2013, when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power and forced then-President Francois Bozize from office. Mostly Christian militias later fought back, also targeting civilians in the streets. The United Nations, which has a peacekeeping mission in the country, estimates the fighting had killed thousands and displaced over a million people, one fifth of the country’s population.
When Touadera won re-election in 2020, barely a third of Central Africans made it to the polls, largely due to threats of violence by rebel groups. Touadera’s government has relied on support from UN peacekeepers, soldiers from neighboring Rwanda and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group to keep rebels out of the capital Bangui.
“Now that there is peace … the time has come for us to take action,” said Fidel Gouandjika, a presidential advisor.
Opposition groups accuse the ruling party of making a draft of the new constitution publicly available too late for people to make informed decisions, less than three weeks before the referendum, said Picco.
Together with opposition parties they are calling on Central Africans to vote against the proposed constitution, or abstain from the referendum.
“Touadera wants to see himself as an emperor, and he wants to make our country what he wants, not what Central Africans want,” said former Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-constitutional-referendum-to-remove-presidential-term-limits-divides-central-african-republic/ | 2023-07-30T19:12:13 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-constitutional-referendum-to-remove-presidential-term-limits-divides-central-african-republic/ |
Giants pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux is now happy with how he played as a rookie last year.
Thibodeaux, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft, was highly critical of his own play in comments to reporters today and said he expects to be significantly better in year two.
“Last year’s film kind of disgusts me a little when I look at myself. I get a little cringe feeling. It definitely is a platform to continue to grow,” Thibodeaux said, via Jordan Raanan of ESPN.
Thibodeaux started 14 games as a rookie and showed flashes of the talent that made him such a high pick, but he finished the season with only four sacks. He thinks he’s going to get a lot more in 2023. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/kayvon-thibodeaux-watching-last-years-film-kind-of-disgusts-me | 2023-07-30T19:12:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/kayvon-thibodeaux-watching-last-years-film-kind-of-disgusts-me |
Colombian soccer player Linda Caicedo bounced back from a scary moment at practice earlier in the week to lift her squad to a 2-1 win over Germany at the Women’s World Cup on Sunday.
Caicedo broke the scoreless tie in the second half of the match with a goal in the 52nd minute. Colombia had the 1-0 lead until Alexandra Popp scored on a penalty in the 89th minute. Somehow, Manuela Venegas put one past Merle Frohms in the seventh minute of extra time.
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"This is something historic for us. We've been feeling the whole time the backing from the fans from our country," Colombia assistant coach Angelo Marsiglia said. "Today we were playing as a home team."
Caicedo had a health scare earlier in the week when she dropped to the ground, holding her chest in a practice session. Team officials said it was fatigue and days later she was celebrating one of the biggest goals for Colombia in the tournament.
Caicedo was credited with a goal on Tuesday in a 2-0 win over South Korea.
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"Linda Caicedo is a fantastic player. We knew that before the World Cup," Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said of the 18-year-old Real Madrid star. "We needed to be very attentive.
"It was a good goal. I have to admit that. But we definitely should be better. We should keep ball."
Caicedo did need some medical attention in the 84th minute and was checked by trainers. She got up and started walking to the bench but, after signaling she was OK, she went back onto the field and continued the match.
Germany now needs a win over South Korea to stay alive in the tournament. Colombia has Morocco on its docket to move on to the knockout stage.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/colombias-linda-caicedo-scores-clutch-womens-world-cup-goal-after-health-scare/article_17fa3a7b-92c6-5363-966b-430b2f6e31ee.html | 2023-07-30T19:12:20 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/colombias-linda-caicedo-scores-clutch-womens-world-cup-goal-after-health-scare/article_17fa3a7b-92c6-5363-966b-430b2f6e31ee.html |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews started towing a burning cargo ship loaded with thousands of cars to a temporary anchorage location off the northern Dutch coast on Sunday after smoke pouring from the stricken vessel eased, authorities said.
On Saturday night, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management had said the Fremantle Highway was unlikely to be moved because of a southeasterly wind blowing smoke from the days-old fire over tugboats.
But that changed Sunday.
“The smoke from the cargo ship subsided considerably this afternoon and the salvage combination Multraship/Smit Salvage immediately made use of this,” the ministry said in a statement referring to two salvage companies involved in the operation.
The ship was being slowly towed by two tugs to a temporary anchor point about 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the Dutch islands of Schiermonnikoog and Ameland.
Experts are continuously monitoring the ship’s stability and a specialized boat used to clean up oil is nearby in case there is a spill, the ministry added.
The salvage teams ultimately want to tow the stricken ship to a port but it is not yet clear where or when that will happen.
The crews on Saturday attached a second towing cable to the ship, which was transporting 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, from the German port of Bremerhaven to Singapore.
The ship has been burning since Tuesday. Firefighters decided not to douse the flames with water for fear of making the nearly 200-meter (219-yard) ship unstable as it floats close to North Sea shipping lanes and a world-renowned migratory bird habitat.
One crew member died and others were injured after the fire broke out. The crew was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday.
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CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian factions met Sunday in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts as violence in the occupied West Bank surged between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The main groups, Hamas and Fatah, have been split since 2007 and repeated reconciliation attempts having failed, so expectations for the one-day meeting were low.
Participants at the closed-door meeting gave no indication of what was discussed. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who initiated the session in the Egyptian city of el-Alamein on the Mediterranean Sea, said at its conclusion only that the meeting was a “first and significant step” in efforts to end the long-running division.
It came amid soaring violence in the West Bank, where Abbas and his Fatah group are based and exert limited self-rule. Israel has been staging near-nightly raids in Palestinian areas of the territory in what it says is an attempt to stamp out militancy, especially in areas where Abbas’ security forces have less of a foothold.
Those raids have led to some of the worst fighting in nearly two decades in the West Bank. Palestinians also say the Israeli raids undermine their own security forces and weaken their leadership.
The meeting in Egypt was chaired by Abbas, presenting the aging and longtime Palestinian leader with a chance to portray an image of control and statesmanship to both Palestinians and the international community at a time when he is deeply unpopular at home and his room for maneuver is constrained by the Israeli incursions.
The meeting was attended by other Palestinian leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. Fatah and Hamas have been rivals since Hamas violently routed forces loyal to Abbas in Gaza in 2007, taking over the impoverished coastal enclave. Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on the territory.
For Hamas, joining the meeting was an opportunity to show Gazans that it is making an effort to mend the rift, even if nothing changes as a result.
Another key group playing a central role in the fighting with Israel, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, boycotted the gathering to protest the detentions by the Palestinian Authority of its members, said to the group’s leader, Ziyad al-Nakhala.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish government researchers said Sunday they had identified 357 foreign fighters who went missing during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the conflict that foreshadowed World War II.
Researchers confirmed the names of 212 fighters from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, according to a statement from the government Sunday. Some 102 are of German origin, 70 Austrian and 40 Dutch. It gave no information on how many people of other nationalities had been identified.
The identified combatants fought within the International Brigades, military units set up by the Communist International to fight against General Francisco Franco’s fascist forces. Some 40,000 foreign men and women joined up as volunteers, fighting alongside the forces of the democratic Second Spanish Republic and against the rise of fascism in Europe in late 1930s.
The findings are based on a year of research in records held in documentary archives in Spain and Russia. Researchers combed through the daily lists of casualties and missing soldiers compiled by officers in the International Brigades.
The names of private soldiers were frequently omitted from the lists, making the research process more difficult. These lists are held in the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History, in Moscow. Researchers also dipped into the main archives on the Spanish Civil War located in Spain.
By cross-referencing documents, researchers were also able to identify the likely area where the soldiers died or were badly wounded. It is an important step toward locating their remains inside mass graves scattered across the country.
This research provides “very valuable information that gives us the opportunity to contact the families of the missing combatants and, in the future, to intervene in the mass graves that have been located,” said Alfons Aragoneses, head of the project.
All those identified were part of the Thälmann Brigade, a Communist unit made up largely of anti-Nazi Germans. The battalion was active on the Ebro River front in northeastern Spain between March and September 1938, the site of the longest and deadliest battle of the war.
The research is ongoing and it is funded by Catalan regional government, with the aim of contributing to the country’s historical memory. The second phase of the project will try to identify missing militiamen from Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and the United States. The final step would require opening the graves in search of bodies.
Historians estimate nearly 10,000 foreign volunteers died in combat on Spanish soil during the war. How many are still unidentified, buried inside graves, remains unknown.
The Spanish Civil War served as a testing ground for Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy prior to World War II. This triggered an international outcry to try to save the Republic’s democratic government, which eventually succumbed to Franco in 1939. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-spain-identifies-212-german-austrian-and-dutch-fighters-who-went-missing-during-spanish-civil-war/ | 2023-07-30T19:12:32 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-spain-identifies-212-german-austrian-and-dutch-fighters-who-went-missing-during-spanish-civil-war/ |
Rare Beauty products by Selena Gomez are going viral
Since its debut in 2019, Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty company has taken the makeup industry by storm, mostly by dominating social media. The brand offers tinted moisturizer, bronzer, highlighter, setting powder, blush and other facial products; eye makeup such as eyeshadow, mascara and eyebrow pencils; products to enhance the lips, including lipstick, lip liner, lip oil and more. We researched the trendiest, most popular products from this celebrity-owned beauty brand worth adding to your makeup routine.
Shop this article: Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush, Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer, and Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara
About Rare Beauty
Selena Gomez’s vision for Rare Beauty breaks down unrealistic standards of perfection in the makeup industry. The brand’s mission is to help wearers celebrate the rarity that is their individuality, the main objective being “to create a safe, welcoming space in beauty — and beyond — that supports mental well-being across age, gender identity, sexual orientation, rare, cultural background, physical or mental ability and perspective,” according to the Rare Beauty site.
Rare Beauty products are cruelty-free, meaning they were developed without experimentation on animals. Depending on the product type, they’re also ophthalmologist- and/or dermatologist-tested. Many of the products have noncomedogenic ingredients that won’t clog or block pores, and there are various options for sensitive skin. Rare Beauty has a selection of vegan products, as well. They’re a skin-friendly, self-aware brand that wants to make the world a better place.
Top Rare Beauty products, according to customers
Rare Beauty Kind Words Matte Lipstick
This buttery matte lipstick comes in 10 pigment-rich shades ranging from natural to bold. Suitable for sensitive skin, the creamy formula lasts all day while keeping lips soft and moisturized throughout wear.
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Rare Beauty Kind Words Matte Lip Liner
This creamy, waterproof lip liner defines and shapes the lips while staying put all day — it’s perfect for outlining the lips or coloring them in. The lightweight formula keeps the lips feeling soft and won’t smudge. It features a built-in sharpener and comes in the same 10 shades as the Kind Words Matte Lipstick for effortless color matching.
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Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush
This lush liquid blush is Rare Beauty’s top-seller, having received Allure’s Best of Beauty award in 2022. The lightweight, buildable formula gives you a soft flush of color with long-lasting pigments for all-day wear. It’s suitable for sensitive skin and has 13 beautiful matte and dewy finishes.
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Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer
This medium-coverage concealer hides blemishes, dark circles, redness and fine lines while evening out skin texture. It’s made with botanical ingredients that soothe and nourish the skin. The creamy formula is lightweight, buildable and sweat-resistant, with 48 shades to match virtually every skin tone.
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Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation
This liquid foundation feels like a serum with a layerable, medium-coverage formula and a blend of botanical ingredients that soothe and nourish the skin. It’s best used with normal and combination skin types, available in 48 shades that accommodate nearly every skin tone.
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Rare Beauty Positive Light Liquid Luminizer
This silky liquid highlighter feels like a second skin, creating a dewy, healthy-looking glow with superfine, light-catching pearls. Botanical ingredients have a soothing and nourishing effect on the skin. It layers well over makeup and provides all-day coverage with seven luminous shades.
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Rare Beauty Warm Wishes Effortless Bronzer Stick
This cream bronzer gives you a sun-kissed glow and adds gentle warmth to the skin with its natural finish. The formula is buildable, water-resistant and won’t clog your pores. It features Rare Beauty’s signature botanical ingredients for a calming and hydrating effect on the skin. The brand sells seven natural-looking shades, and the stick application makes it easy to use.
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Rare Beauty Always an Optimist Soft Radiance Setting Powder
This loose setting powder smooths skin texture, blurring the look of pores and controlling shine for a radiant yet natural finish. It helps makeup stay in place all day and is especially useful for those who struggle with oily skin. The container has a locking sifter for keeping the application process and storage mess-free. This setting powder comes in five sheer shades.
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Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara
This volumizing mascara was created for all lash types, featuring castor oil that conditions and nourishes your lashes. The unique curvy brush design combines long bristles that add length and short bristles for increasing volume. It’s an ultra-black, buildable, water-resistant formula that performs well all day. This mascara is safe for those with sensitive eyes and contact lenses.
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Rare Beauty Positive Light Under Eye Brightener
If you struggle with dark circles or discoloration under the eyes, this liquid brightener will visibly brighten and smooth out the under-eye area for a refreshed look. The lightweight formula is enriched by hydrating white peony and vitamin E extracts. It’s easy to blend and layer using your fingertip, with six shades covering various skin tones.
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Rare Beauty Positive Light Tinted Moisturizer
This tinted moisturizer blurs and evens skin tone while minimizing the look of pores and fine lines. It offers glowy, light to medium coverage, with a hydrating formula containing vitamin E and SPF 20 broad-spectrum sunscreen. The long-lasting moisturizer is nongreasy and comes in 24 flexible shades.
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Rare Beauty Always an Optimist 4-In-1 Mist
This unique facial mist contains a layer of water-based active ingredients and another with nourishing oils that work together to hydrate, prime and set the skin. The refreshing mist boosts the foundation’s performance, and the natural, radiant finish won’t feel greasy. Suitable for sensitive skin, this versatile product comes in 0.12- and 2.87-fluid-ounce bottles.
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Worth checking out
- With a glossy finish and gentle plumping effect on the lips, the Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil is a beauty-lover favorite.
- If you prefer using a powder highlighter, the Rare Beauty Positive Light Silky Touch Highlighter is an excellent option for a soft, natural-looking glow.
- The award-winning Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable Melting Blush offers a natural satin finish with a subtle blurring effect.
- The Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Longwear Gel Eyeliner is a waterproof product that will stay in place — even on the waterline — with a built-in sharpener for precise application.
- The waterproof Rare Beauty Brow Harmony Precision Pencil is another stellar pick among fans for fuller-looking, more defined brows.
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Bouldering equipment for beginners
Bouldering is gaining in popularity throughout the world. It’s an exciting and rewarding way to strengthen your muscles, increase flexibility and improve coordination. It lets you explore new locations and meet new people. Though it may seem intimidating when starting out, one of the best aspects of bouldering is the minimal equipment required. By investing in a few core pieces of climbing gear, you can tackle your next adventure and work your way up a challenging route.
Shop this article: La Sportiva Men’s TarantuLace Climbing Shoe, Black Diamond Circuit Crash Pad and Sukoa Chalk Bag
Bouldering vs. rope climbing: what’s the difference?
There are a few main differences between bouldering and traditional rock climbing. Most importantly, bouldering doesn’t require the use of any ropes since most routes are less than 15 feet in height. If you do happen to fall, you land on either a cushioned gym floor or a crash pad in outdoor situations. Traditional climbing requires the use of ropes, a harness, carabiners and often a partner to help belay while you make your ascent.
Bouldering also often uses different techniques and climbing moves compared to big wall climbs. It can be a great way for beginner climbers to build up their stamina and endurance before attempting longer routes or “boulder problems.”
Bouldering tips to get started
Here are five tips for bouldering.
- Know the scales: Most bouldering routes have a rating that corresponds to their difficulty. The two most common grading scales are V-scale and Font scale. V-scale is the system most commonly used in the United States and grades the difficulty on a scale of V0 to V16. While V0 is usually considered the easiest, you may sometimes encounter a route rated as VB, meaning it is for beginners.
- Start slow: As with most new sports or athletic activities, it’s always a good idea to start off slow and work your way up as you gain strength and experience. While it may seem tempting to tackle a hard boulder problem right out of the gate, overdoing it can lead to an increased risk of injury.
- It’s fine to fall: Always take all safety precautions seriously and always use proper safety gear, such as a crash pad when bouldering outdoors. However, the occasional fall while attempting a climb is only natural. As long as you have the proper safety equipment, each fall can be a learning experience, helping you improve your climbing abilities.
- Practice different moves: Don’t get stuck climbing in one style. Trying out different moves and varying your grip can help improve your skills. This is especially important for beginners starting out in a gym setting before transitioning to outdoor climbs.
- Legs are important: It may seem like bouldering is all about arm strength for beginners, but that isn’t the case. Your legs and core muscles are equally important. Your legs can help tightly grip footholds and push your body upwards without relying solely on arm strength.
Beginner bouldering gear
The three main pieces of gear you need to start bouldering are climbing shoes, a crash pad and a chalk bag to keep your hands dry. Besides the big three, there are several accessories that can improve your bouldering experience.
Best climbing shoes
La Sportiva Men’s TarantuLace Climbing Shoe
These bouldering shoes are perfect for both beginner and intermediate climbers. The high-traction Frixion sole means you can grip the rock face with confidence. The quick-lacing system provides a comfortable fit.
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Scarpa Origin Women’s Climbing Shoe
These women’s climbing shoes are a great beginner option. They use a flat last and heel system that reduces pressure and tension so they aren’t painful on your feet after a full day spent bouldering.
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Best crash pads
Black Diamond Circuit Crash Pad
This crash pad is great for transporting to your favorite bouldering spot without being too heavy or bulky. The closed-cell PE foam is ideal for cushioning falls from various heights. It has backpack straps and easy-to-carry handles.
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This protective crash pad features 5 inches of padding and can even serve as a comfortable chair when not in use. You can choose between several fun colors.
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Best chalk bags and chalk
This budget-friendly chalk bag is great for beginners. It features two built-in pockets, letting you store important items while bouldering. The main compartment uses water-resistant materials. It’s spacious enough to accommodate larger hands.
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This simple chalk bag with a drawstring closure makes it easy to access your chalk with one hand. It is also available in several color options.
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This non-toxic chalk prevents any type of moisture from interfering with your climb, keeping your hands dry and your mind focused.
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Best climbing accessories
Using climbing tape can be helpful when getting your fingers and hands used to rough rock surfaces. This tape uses durable cotton and can prevent painful scrapes and scratches while building up callouses.
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Metolius Simulator 3D Training Board
An at-home training board can help you practice your grips on days when the weather isn’t cooperating, and you can’t make it to the gym. This Metolius model can be installed above your door frame and features a variety of holds in different sizes.
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PETZL Unisex Boreo Climbing Helmet
Not all people who boulder choose to wear a helmet, but they can help prevent a serious head injury in the event of an unexpected fall. This helmet has ventilation holes for breathability and sports a soft, comfortable headband.
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Which product helps prevent thigh chafing best?
Do you find your sense of style forever or athletic endeavors in conflict with the possibility of uncomfortable thigh chafing? You’re not alone. Sometimes a great outfit can be rendered completely unusable because you know your thighs will be left feeling red and raw after a little while. The same goes for people who do a lot of running or swimming. Fortunately, you no longer have to choose between what you want to do or wear and the toll it will take on your skin. There are creams, clothes and even creative accessories designed to soothe skin and prevent thigh chafing so you can live your life comfortably.
Shop this article: Monistat Care Chafing Relief Powder Gel, Body Glide Skin Glide Anti-Friction Cream and Undersummers by CarrieRae Women’s Shortlette
What causes thigh chafing?
The friction produced between the thighs when they rub together causes thigh chafing. It can make the skin red and cause irritation or even pain. Chafing, in general, is often considered an athlete concern, but it can be especially problematic for anyone during seasons when skirts and dresses are popular. Long pants usually lessen friction by providing a barrier of fabric between your thighs, which is why it’s often less of a problem when temperatures drop. Though inconvenient and uncomfortable, you can address thigh chafing and lessen or prevent it in a variety of ways.
What solutions are available?
These days, there are a few preventative measures you can take to avoid thigh chafing. There are rub-in creams or roll-on palms designed to do the trick, but if you’d prefer something wearable, there are shorts and bands that serve the same purpose.
Best rub-in thigh chafing preventatives
Monistat Care Chafing Relief Powder Gel
This is a non-greasy, fragrance-free formula that’s gentle on sensitive skin and combines the best of lotion and powder care. It protects skin, relieves irritation and is reliable for everyday use. It can be used for thigh chafing as well as underarm or breast chafing.
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Body Glide Skin Glide Anti-Friction Cream
This hypoallergenic hydrating cream doesn’t leave a greasy residue and creates a smooth barrier that protects sensitive skin. It won’t clog pores and washes off easily in the bath or shower. The cream prevents thigh chafing in both humid and dry climates.
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Though Aquaphor is mostly used for cracked skin, chapped lips and even tattoo care, it also makes for an excellent thigh chafing preventative. It’s incredibly nourishing for sensitive skin and it’s fragrance-free. A little goes a long way, and so a large jar like this one will last a while.
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Chamois Butt’r Original Anti-Chafe Cream
This anti-chafe cream is great for athletes or anyone experiencing uncomfortable thigh chafing. It’s gluten-free, paraben-free and has no artificial fragrances or colors in it. It also rubs into the skin smoothly and evenly.
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Blue Steel Sports Anti-Chafe Cream
This anti-chafing cream is called a “sports” cream but is made for anyone and includes natural tea tree oil. It’s water/sweat resistant, making it great for those planning on swimming or even just walking around on a hot day. It’s not greasy and won’t stain your clothes either.
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Best stick/roll-on thigh chafing preventatives
Vaseline All Over Body Balm Jelly Stick
This anti-friction jelly stick really nourishes dry skin. It can prevent chafing before it happens or soothes skin already sore from it. You can even use it on chapped lips or dry, cracked hands.
KT Tape KT Performance+ Anti-Chafing Stick
Here is a gel stick that is sweat-resistant, water-resistant and made to last up to 24 hours. It’s not sticky and holds up in both humid and dry climates. There are no sulfates, parabens, petroleum or dyes included in this formula.
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Zone Naturals Chub Rub All Natural Anti-Chafing Stick
This anti-chafing stick is made with all-natural ingredients that include coconut oil, Shea butter and aloe. It helps to protect and hydrate skin with the bonus of being paraben-free and fragrance-free.
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Squirrel’s Nut Butter All Natural Anti Chafe Salve Stick Applicator
Here is a salve popular with men and women for dry/sensitive skin. It’s in stick applicator form and great at preventing thigh chafing but can also be used for eczema, dry skin, diaper rash, razor burn and tattoo recovery.
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This anti-friction stick is designed specifically for thighs but you can use it anywhere to prevent chafing. It is made with aloe, pomegranate seed extract, Vitamin E and other natural ingredients. It’s sulfate, aluminum, paraben and phthalates-free.
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Best wearable thigh chafing preventatives
Hanes Men’s Comfort Flex Fit Total Support Pouch 3-Pack
Available in long leg or regular leg sizes, this package comes with three comfortable and breathable boxer briefs in assorted colors. They are made from a polyester/spandex blend and won’t ride up the thigh even after going through the washing machine.
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Wirarpa Women’s Anti Chafing Cotton Underwear
This set of three comes available in several color combinations and provides a comfortable fit for chafe-free thighs. The underwear is made from a cotton/spandex blend and it’s machine washable (though you should hang dry).
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Bandelettes Patented Trademarked Original Elastic Anti-Chafing Thigh Bands
Available in several colors and styles, this set of nylon/spandex blend bands is perfect for those who want their thighs protected but don’t want to wear long underwear or shorts beneath their clothes. They look delicate and flirty but are hand-wash only and line dry.
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Undersummers by CarrieRae Women’s Shortlette
This stretchy polyester/spandex shortlette protects thighs without causing extra friction that can be painful to the skin. It doesn’t ride up and comes in three colors (ecru, beige and black).
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Chicky Chaps Stretch-Mesh Breathable Thigh Bands
These mesh and lace thigh bands clip onto underwear to not fall and come in seven colors and styles. They aren’t the most durable chafe preventative, but if you’re looking for something sexier that looks like lingerie, these bands fit the bill. They are hand-wash only and line dry.
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WVU first baseman Grant Hussey has been crushing baseballs this summer in the Cape Cod League.
Over the weekend, Hussey showed just how powerful his bat can be in back-to-back showings.
On Friday, in the top of the seventh inning, the Wareham Gatemen infielder fell behind in the count early and was one strike away from ending the inning with the bases loaded. On that final pitch, he let one lose over the right field wall for his second grand slam of the season.
The following night, it took two pitches into his at-bat in the fifth inning for Hussey to blast another one over the fence, tallying homers in back-to-back games.
In 30 appearances, including the CCBL All-Star Game, Hussey has collected 32 hits, 11 doubles, four home runs and 27 RBI. He’s also swiped two bags. He’s batting .281 on the summer.
The West Virginia native has collected a hit in seven consecutive games, including a trio of multi-hit games.
Friday was the first game he tallied an RBI since July 10. He’s had two games this summer with a season-high six in that category. | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/grant-hussey-is-letting-them-fly-in-the-ccbl/ | 2023-07-30T19:12:57 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/grant-hussey-is-letting-them-fly-in-the-ccbl/ |
TORONTO (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward was placed on the 10-day injured list with facial fractures on Sunday, a day after he was hit by a 91 mph pitch from Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah.
Ward was taken to a Toronto hospital after being struck in the fifth inning of Saturday’s 6-1 loss. He was released from hospital Saturday evening.
Before Sunday’s game, Angels manager Phil Nevin said Ward did not have vision damage. Surgery is an option for Ward, but no decision has been made. It was not clear when Ward would be able to return to California. The Angels play a three-game series at Atlanta this week before returning home Thursday to host Seattle.
To replace Ward, the Angels selected the contract of infielder Kevin Padlo from Triple-A Salt Lake.
Batting with the bases loaded, Ward was hit by a 2-0 pitch from Manoah. The ball appeared to strike Ward next to his next left eye, knocking off his batting helmet.
Plate umpire Andy Fletcher motioned to the Angels’ dugout for the trainer as Ward went down, blood running down his face. Angels staff rushed to the plate and held a towel to Ward’s face. After a couple of minutes, Ward got to his feet and left the field on a cart. His left eye appeared to be swollen shut.
A six-year veteran who has spent his entire career with the Angels, Ward is batting .253 with 14 home runs and 47 RBI in 97 games.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU football has secured a commitment from one of the state’s top recruits in the 2024 class, linebacker Curtis Jones Jr.
“Staying home,” he wrote on Twitter.
The rising senior started his career at Huntington High School where he helped the Highlanders earn a spot in the 2021 Class AAA state title game. He has played running back and linebacker at Cabell Midland High School for the past two years.
Last season, Jones Jr. eclipsed 1000 rushing yards and scored 11 touchdowns. He is expected to play on defense for WVU.
He chose the Mountaineers over offers from programs like Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Marshall and Toledo.
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The Biden White House has tried to present itself as being above the fray of day-to-day squabbles, but increasingly, it’s jumping in, bashing the GOP and other critics at every opportunity.
The administration didn’t miss a chance this week to hammer Republicans over Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) floating that the House would move towards an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. They were quick with memos and statements to criticize the GOP attacks as a “clown carousel” and the idea of pursuing impeachment as “baseless.”
And the White House issued a scathing rebuke of Fox New host Greg Gutfeld, who said that Jews captured and tortured during the Holocaust survived by having skills and being useful, calling out his comments as a “dangerous, extreme lie.”
The new levels of punchy rhetoric preview the White House messaging strategy going into 2024, which is to fight back and call out what they consider extreme.
It’s a shift from their previous attitude, which was to let what they considered to be Republican chaos speak for itself.
“The cost is too expensive, both short and long term, to let them operate in a vacuum without showing that one, we know how to fight; two, that we will fight; three, we fight with facts and not with some flaming lies of information,” said Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist.
Early in Biden’s presidency, the White House was careful not to weigh in on controversial comments from the likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), hoping to avoid elevating her words and giving the far-right congresswoman more of a platform.
When McCarthy was struggling in January to get enough votes to be Speaker of the House, they sat back and watched it unfold.
Biden gently knocked the vote series at the time, saying, “It’s a little embarrassing it’s taking so long,” but also added, “that’s not my problem.” The White House had also insisted that Biden would not “insert himself” into the election, which ended up taking 15 ballots for McCarthy to finally clench enough votes.
But this week, when the Speaker signaled that the House could move forward with an impeachment inquiry, the White House came out with multiple statements and highlighted quotes from fellow Republicans in his conference pushing back on the idea.
It also released a memo about Republicans’ slams against the president overall, reflecting the Biden argument that the GOP is stepping up attacks on Hunter Biden and talk of impeachment because the economy is getting stronger and is now a less effective avenue for attack.
Hunter Biden appeared in a Delaware court Wednesday, where his plea deal was put on hold by a judge who questioned the scope of the agreement.
The White House this week touted “Bidenomics” after gross domestic product (GDP) numbers showed surprisingly strong economic growth. It rebuked GOP lawmakers for not embracing the data, pointing to Fox Business anchor Cheryl Casone, who said Thursday, “There goes that recession talk, right?”
“Even Fox Business is welcoming today’s blockbuster economic growth numbers, the latest in a long line of proof points that Bidenomics is delivering for middle class families,” spokesman Andrew Bates said in a memo. “That’s because this strong growth report is objectively good news for the American people, which elected officials should support regardless of their political party.”
In the past, the White House has called out what it deemed antisemitism, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff in particular has spearheaded the effort against hatred towards Jewish Americans. The rebuke of Gutfeld was particularly notable, considering it called the conservative media voice’s comments insulting to the memory of people who suffered the Holocaust.
Over the last week, Vice President Harris has gone on the attack against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a presidential candidate, over changes his administration has made regarding the way slavery is taught in his state. She quickly traveled to Jacksonville to deliver remarks over his recent moves.
And press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has turned Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) into an almost-daily punching bag, chastising him for blocking military promotions over his opposition to the Pentagon’s abortion policy.
Democrats argue that it’s significant the White House is getting punchier and not relying on the Biden reelection campaign to do it for them.
“I think the reason why it’s so important that it comes from the White House is because Joe Biden is a president for all people, and that White House works for all people,” Seawright said. “It helps weed out some of the foolishness, because I don’t think we can afford at this moment to let false information go unchecked or go numb to bad or false information for the sake of political gain.”
Another Democratic strategist argued the White House has picked its spots well, seeking to highlight when Republicans are fixated on issues that don’t resonate with most moderate voters. The strategist pointed to the GOP’s fixation on Hunter Biden as an example of something that is unlikely to move many mainstream voters.
Democratic communications strategist Katie Grant Drew noted the window for moving legislation closes early in election cycles so it “makes sense” the White House is preparing for 2024.
“They know they’re going to have to defend against Republicans’ insatiable appetite for investigations and impeachments, and the best defense is a good offense,” said Drew, a principal at Monument Advocacy. “When top Republicans continue to spout controversial rhetoric and spend time on divisive issues that the vast majority of Americans don’t agree with, the White House is going to use those moments to illustrate to the American people how extreme today’s Republican Party has become.”
Jim Kessler, co-founder of the centrist think tank Third Way, said Biden and his team are wisely both selling their own victories and highlighting Republican dysfunction.
Ultimately, though, Kessler argued the 2024 election will be decided by broader issues such as the economy, something the White House has leaned into with its recent messaging.
“This election is going to come down to the middle. The middle ideologically, the middle of the country geographically, and the middle class,” Kessler said. “These are places where Biden’s got to win.” | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/white-house-takes-the-gloves-off-ahead-of-2024/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:00 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/white-house-takes-the-gloves-off-ahead-of-2024/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Infections of brain-eating amoeba are on the rise — and the warming climate may only exacerbate the problem, according to one of the world’s preeminent experts on the subject.
“Yes, we are experiencing warmer temperatures, and these amoeba are thermal-tolerant … so the numbers of amoeba will be higher,” explains Dr. Dennis Kyle, the head of the cellular biology department at the University of Georgia and the scholar chair of antiparasitic drug discovery with the Georgia Research Alliance.
“Warmer climates means, yes, more exposure and more cases,” he added.
Kyle, speaking with Nexstar, confirmed that reported cases of Naegleria fowleri infection — more commonly known as an infection of brain-eating amoeba — have “significantly increased” over the past four to five years. But he warned that increased cases cannot be linked solely to warmer waters, but rather more awareness and fewer misdiagnoses than in previous years.
“There’s more recognition that these amoeba are possibly causing disease, when before, virologists were misclassifying these cases as bacterial meningitis or [other diseases],” he said.
Naegleria fowleri, the microscopic organism responsible for the infection, is primarily found in warm freshwater and soil, but also hot springs, improperly chlorinated pool water, improperly treated tap water, and, in lower concentrations, even cooler freshwaters. Infection of N. fowleri usually occurs after water is forced into the nose, allowing the organism to enter the nasal cavity and cross the epithelial lining into the brain, where it begins destroying the tissue of the frontal lobe.
This brain infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), can lead to symptoms including fever, headaches, stiff neck, seizures and hallucinations within two weeks of exposure. It is almost always fatal, with death occurring within another one to 18 days of the first symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Most infections tend to occur between June and September, but cases outside of these months are not entirely unheard of, Kyle said.
N. fowleri is also found in higher concentrations in warmer, smaller bodies of freshwater, but the organism can be found in pretty much any freshwater lake, including cooler, clearer waters, Kyle said. There was even a case in 2016 in which a teenager contracted a fatal infection of N. fowleri after going whitewater rafting — an activity generally undertaken in less-risky colder waters.
The highest concentrations, though, are generally found in freshwater with surface temperature readings of 75 degrees F or higher, especially for extended periods of time.
And climate change, as scientists have observed, is already having an impact on the temperature of the world’s freshwater lakes. The quality and color of the water can also change due to warming temperatures, recent studies have suggested.
“There’s a constant risk in warmer climates,” Kyle remarked.
The amoeba itself can’t be specifically targeted with current treatments either, leading to a fatality rate of 97%. In fact, Kyle only knows of four known cases in the U.S. where patients survived, and “maybe” seven globally.
“I’m not convinced that were any further along in getting better treatment,” Kyle told Nexstar of the current antifungal and antibiotic cocktails that are currently used. “But If people can get diagnosed earlier, even with the suboptimal treatments that we have, they have a better chance of survival.”
To that end, Kyle, and the families of some of the victims, are hoping to spread awareness of the disease. He and his colleagues have also worked to identify what they believe is a biomarker that can help doctors diagnose infection earlier than previously possible, but their test is not yet FDA-approved.
“Most tests use cerebral spinal fluid, but we don’t have to have that,” he told Nexstar. “We can use blood or even urine. In our analyst studies, we can detect it three or four days before symptoms develop. I’m pretty excited.”
Preventing infection in the first place is currently the best course of action, he added.
“Raising awareness helps. But I think any warm freshwater facility, or hot spring … and at splashpads, you have to look at it carefully,” he said. “It’s incumbent on people running these facilities to minimize risk and minimize exposure.”
People can also take precautions by avoiding bodies of warm freshwater, and especially refraining from jumping or diving into such waters, which increases the risk of having contaminated water forced into the nose. He also recommends using nose plugs, keeping your head above the surface, and properly cleaning and chlorinating wading pools, swimming pools and spas (or opting for salt-water pools or spa facilities).
Parents should also know that children are at the highest risk of infection, but likely for no other reason than that they’re more prone to be more active in the water.
“It’s difficult to define the risk,” Kyle said. “But think of it like a lightning storm. Everybody knows not to walk outside in a lightning storm with a golf club in their hands. But many parents don’t know the risk that their kids might be open to.” | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/brain-eating-amoeba-will-the-warming-climate-bring-more-cases/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:01 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/brain-eating-amoeba-will-the-warming-climate-bring-more-cases/ |
(The Conversation) – Should smartphones be allowed in classrooms? A new report from UNESCO, the education arm of the United Nations, raises questions about the practice. Though smartphones can be used for educational purposes, the report says the devices also disrupt classroom learning, expose students to cyberbullying and can compromise students’ privacy.
About 1 in 7 countries globally, such as the Netherlands and France, have banned the use of smartphones in school – and academic performance improved as a result, particularly for low-performing students, the report notes.
As school leaders in the U.S. wrestle with whether or not to ban smartphones, The Conversation has invited four scholars to weigh in on the issue.
Daniel G. Krutka: Use smartphones to encourage ‘technoskepticism’
While the issue of smartphone use in schools is complicated, evidence suggests that spending more time on smartphones is associated with young people being less happy and less satisfied with life.
Technology scholars have long argued that the key to living well with technology is in finding limits. However, in banning smartphones, I worry educators might be missing opportunities to use smartphones to encourage what I and other researchers refer to as technoskeptical thinking; that is, questioning our relationship with technology.
For example, students might be encouraged to consider the benefits and drawbacks of using navigational apps to travel from one place to another, as opposed to old-fashioned paper maps. Or, students might explore their social media feeds to critique what algorithms feed them, or how notifications get their attention.
In my research, I have looked at how teachers can encourage students to go on techno-fasts – that is, abstaining from the use of technology for a certain period of time. This, I argue, will give students time to reflect on the time they spend away from their devices.
Policy debates often focus on whether or not to put smartphones out of reach during the school day. But I believe educators might find it more beneficial to make the phones an object of inquiry.
Sarah Rose: Consult parents, teachers and students
While there is evidence that classroom phone usage can be a distraction, it can also promote engagement and learning. While research about the potential positive and negative consequences of classroom phones can be used to inform school phone policies, the views of those who are most directly impacted by the policies should also be taken into account.
The views of parents matter because their views may influence the extent to which their children follow the policy. The views of children matter because they are the ones being expected to follow the policy and to benefit from it. The views of teachers matter because they are often the ones that have to enforce the policies. Research shows that enforcing cellphone policies is not always a straightforward issue.
In my research, I have found that children – aged 10 and 11 years old – in collaboration with their parents, were able to come up with ideas for ideal policies and solutions to help enforce them. For example, one parent-child pair suggested mobile phone use in school could be banned but that a role of “telephone monitor” could be given to an older pupil. This “telephone monitor” would have a class mobile phone that children and parents could use to contact each other during the school day when necessary.
This recommendation reflected how parents and middle and high school students – whether from rural and urban areas – felt cellphones were important to keep in touch with each other during the school day. Beyond safety, children and parents also told us that phones were important for keeping in touch about changing plans and for emotional support during the school day.
I believe policies that simply ban phones in schools may be missing an opportunity to educate children about responsible mobile device use. When parents and children are involved in policy development, it has the potential to increase the extent to which these policies are followed and enforced.
Arnold L. Glass: Cellphone use in college lectures hurts performance in ways that are hard to see
The intrusion of internet-enabled electronic devices, such as laptops, tablets and cellphones, has transformed the modern college lecture. Students now divide their attention between the lecture and their devices. Classroom studies reveal that when college students use an electronic device for a nonacademic purpose during class, it hurts their performance on exams.
When attention is divided between an electronic device and the classroom lecture, it does not reduce comprehension of the lecture – at least, not when measured by within-class quizzes. Instead, divided attention reduces long-term retention of the classroom lecture, which hurts performance on unit exams and final exams.
When some students open electronic devices, it also negatively affects the performance of all the students around them. Research has shown that student performance on final exams was worse when electronic devices were permitted during classes that covered exam material versus when the devices were not.
Many students won’t think their divided attention is affecting their retention of new information. It may not be for the moment, but a couple of weeks later or down the line, research shows, it does.
Louis-Philippe Beland: Bans help low-achieving students the most
Numerous studies indicate that low-achieving students stand to benefit the most from the implementation of mobile phone bans in schools.
In a 2015 study, my co-author, Richard Murphy, and I examined the impact of banning mobile phones on student performance in high schools, using data from England. By comparing schools with phone bans to similar schools without the bans, we isolated the effect of mobile phones on performance. Our study found that banning mobile phones significantly increased test scores among 16-year-old students. The effect is equivalent to adding five days to the school year or an extra hour per week. Low-achieving students benefited more, while high-achieving students remained unaffected.
Similar studies in Spain and Norway using a similar approach demonstrated compelling evidence supporting the benefits of banning mobile phones. In Spain, grades improved and bullying incidents decreased. In Norway, the ban raised middle school students’ grade-point averages and their likelihood of attending academic high schools while reducing bullying. Evidence from Belgium suggests banning mobile phones can be beneficial for college student performance.
Psychological research sheds light on potential mechanisms behind the impact of mobile phones and technology on student performance. Multitasking, common with mobile phone use, has been found to hinder learning and task execution. Taking notes by hand has been shown to better enhance memory retention compared to typing on a computer.
In sum, banning mobile phones in schools can yield positive effects, improve academic performance and narrow the achievement gap between high- and low-achieving students. However, it is crucial to acknowledge that mobile phones and technology can also be valuable educational tools when used appropriately. | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/do-smartphones-belong-in-classrooms-four-scholars-weigh-in/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:01 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/do-smartphones-belong-in-classrooms-four-scholars-weigh-in/ |
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh should be a star at next year’s Paris Olympics, and she showed why Sunday on the closing day of the swimming world championships in Japan.
The 16-year-old McIntosh won her second gold of the event, taking the 400-meter individual medley after winning the 200 butterfly gold on Friday.
That made up for a slow start for the young Canadian, who finished fourth in the 400 free, where she held the world record until Australia’s Ariarne Titmus took it back. She also took bronze in the 200 free, at least getting a medal.
“Going into tonight I just wanted to see how hard I could push myself,” McIntosh said.
She did just that. Her time of 4 minutes, 27.11 seconds was the third fastest ever, not far off her world record of 4:25.87. She was also the defending world champion. American Katie Grimes took the silver in 4:31.41, with Jenna Forrester of Australia picking up the bronze in 4:32.30.
“It was definitely motivating,” McIntosh said of her first few days. “I try to turn everything that goes wrong into motivation somehow.”
Asked about Paris, she replied: “Right now I’m just thinking about a little break.”
McIntosh should be joined by other young stars in Paris like 21-year-old Frenchman Leon Marchand and Australia’s 22-year-old Kaylee McKeown. Marchand and McKeown each won three individual golds.
The Americans also closed fast.
After winning only four gold medals during the first seven days, they picked up three on the eighth and final day for a total of seven golds and 38 overall. The gold total is still their lowest in a worlds going back for around 20 years. They won only eight in the 2015 worlds.
Australia finished with 13 gold and 20 overall, and China had five gold and 16 overall.
“This is the cherry on top,” said American Regan Smith, part of the winning 4×100 women’s medley relay. “I love racing with these girls and I love relays so much and brining home a gold in the last event for Team USA means so much to me and all of us.”
The Americans finished in 3:52.08, followed by Australia (3:53.37) and Canada (3:54.12).
The United States also won the men’s 4×100 medley in 3:27.20, ahead of China (3:29.00) and Australia (3:29.62), and added another gold with Hunter Armstrong in the 50-meter backstroke (24.05).
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden made history with her victory in the women’s 50-meter freestyle. The gold gave Sjostrom 21 medals in individual races in the world championships, surpassing Michael Phelps who had 20.
Sjostrom, who set the world record in the semifinals on Saturday, powered home in the final 25 meters for the win, clocking 23.62. Shayna Jack of Australia picked up the silver in 24.10, while Zhang Yufei of China earned the bronze in 24.15.
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania set a world record on the way to winning gold in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke in 29.16. She equaled the old world mark of 29.30 the night before in the semifinals.
Meilutyte grabbed the early lead and was never challenged. American Lilly King claimed the silver in 29.94, while Benedetta Pilato of Italy picked up the bronze in 30.04. She shared the old record of 29.30 with Meilutyte.
Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia added the men’s 1,500-meter free gold to the 800 free he won earlier in the worlds, prevailing in an epic battle with American Bobby Finke that went down to the wire.
The 20-year-old Hafnaoui, the defending 400 free Olympic champion, captured the gold in 14:31.54, with Finke clocking 14:31.59 for silver. Sam Short of Australia rounded out the podium with the bronze in 14:37.28.
The mark was just off the world record by Sun Yang of China, 14:31.02, set in 2012. Sun has been suspended for a doping violation.
“Bobby (Finke) is so fast at the end of the race. he pushed us to do the 14.31,” Hafnaoui said. “It was so close to the world record. I mean I enjoyed the race and thanks Bobby for pushing me.”
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Honduran child travels alone to U.S. to reunite with mother, unaware of her passing
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 2:22 PM EDT|Updated: 50 minutes ago
EAGLE PASS, Texas (Gray News) – A child from Honduras made the dangerous trek to the United States up through Mexico on her own, according to authorities.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Facebook that their brush team encountered the Honduran child Thursday.
The department said the girl was found in Mexico by three undocumented women who crossed her illegally through the river.
Officials said the girl was traveling to the U.S. to find her mother. After an investigation, however, authorities determined the girl’s mother had sadly died three days before.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Frank Clark has reunited with Russell Wilson in Denver and now the outside linebacker has former teammate Patrick Mahomes in his sights instead.
The 30-year-old outside linebacker signed with Denver after being jettisoned by the Kansas City Chiefs in a cost-cutting move this offseason and the Broncos are counting on him to add some oomph to their pass rush.
Still in the AFC West, Clark gets two opportunities at beating his former team this season, something the Broncos haven’t done since 2015. Their 15-game skid against the Chiefs is the fourth longest by one team to a single opponent in NFL history.
Unlike his reunion with Wilson, revenge and rivalry aren’t top of mind for Clark as he embraces his fresh start in the Rocky Mountains.
“I wouldn’t call it a rivalry. A rivalry is competitive,” Clark interjected in his first public comments since signing a one-year, $5.5 million deal with Denver last month. “I’m (with) the Broncos now. I’ve been on the other side. We didn’t call it a rivalry then.”
And before anyone around Denver can call it that the Broncos will have to beat Mahomes, something they have a better shot at doing with Clark on their side.
The Chiefs parted ways with Clark just a year after signing him to a two-year, $30 million extension. The Broncos haven’t had a fearsome pass rush since trading Von Miller two years ago. And with Baron Browning sidelined by a knee injury and Randy Gregory coming off an injury-filled debut season in Denver, first-year head coach Sean Payton eagerly welcomed the veteran with 58 1/2 sacks.
Clark had 23 1/2 sacks in four seasons in Kansas City and another 10 1/2 in the playoffs, helping the Chiefs go 10-2 in the postseason and make three trips to the Super Bowl.
“What we did in Kansas City was special,” Clark said. “Four-year run, two Super Bowl (rings), three AFC titles. It was fun, but at the end of the day all good things come to an end.”
Bad things, too, he hopes. Such as Denver’s 15-game skid to the Chiefs.
One thing Clark insists isn’t nearing the finish line in his proclivity for getting after the passer even though his five sacks in 2022 and two-game suspension for gun possession incidents a year earlier meant an end to his three-year run as a Pro Bowler.
“I wouldn’t say it was the end” in Kansas City last season, Clark said. “It’s never the end when you get the job finished.”
Now he aims to help the Broncos and Wilson bounce back in 2023.
“He’s still dangerous. Don’t get it twisted,” Clark said of Wilson, whom he played with in Seattle from 2015-18. “Russ is a veteran. He’s a guy that’s won on multiple levels. … I was a part of Seahawks teams that were successful; I was a part of teams where we didn’t make the playoffs. But it was the same Russ.
“So don’t think a bad season’s going to shake a guy like Russ,” Clark added. “Naw, bro, we start fresh every year. Every summer’s a fresh start.”
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Two people killed in shooting near University of Florida campus
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 2:13 PM EDT|Updated: moments ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) - Two people were killed after gunshots rang out in a crowd early Sunday near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, WCJB reports.
Gainesville Police were near the Checkers and Bodytech on West University Avenue around 2:40 a.m. when they heard gunshots. There were three victims, two of which died from their injuries.
Police were seeking the public’s help for any information on the shooting.
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DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — The FBI has issued arrest warrants and released disturbing details in the armed home invasion and kidnapping of an elderly North Carolina couple and the theft of more than $150,000 of their cryptocurrency in April.
The incident took place at gunpoint at the couple’s home the morning of April 12 after thieves allegedly posed as construction workers and forced their way into the home, according to the Durham Police Department and the FBI.
According to an FBI criminal complaint obtained by Nexstar’s WNCN, the incident began when two men, dressed as construction workers, came to the victims’ home around 7:30 a.m. The duo claimed they would be inspecting pipes for damage and told the husband they would be “walking around the house.”
After a few minutes, the pair knocked on the door again and the wife answered the door. The suspects, who allegedly both had guns, then pushed their way inside.
“The men restrained and zip-tied the husband’s hands and the wife’s hands,” the FBI complaint said.
A man armed with a pink gun showed the wife it was loaded by opening the cylinder and then dragged her into a bathroom by her legs, the criminal complaint said.
The husband was taken to his Apple iMac and forced at gunpoint to log in and install a remote desktop application called AnyDesk. A person on the phone with a thief already knew “details about the account without being told,” the FBI complaint said.
The FBI believes the husband’s email account was compromised in the past, allowing the thieves to learn the details ahead of the trip to Durham and the home invasion.
The suspects were able to transfer $156,853 worth of cryptocurrency during the next 45 minutes, the FBI said. Before leaving, the thieves allegedly smashed the couple’s cellphones and the iMac.
The elderly couple managed to get out of their home and ask neighbors to call 911 for help. The pair suffered minor injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital, Durham police said.
The arrest warrants released Thursday for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping indicate two West Palm Beach, Florida, men are wanted — Jarod Gabriel Seemungal and Remy Ra St. Felix.
According to the FBI criminal complaint filed the same day, the suspects began targeting retirees who had cryptocurrency as early as February. The accused men even had the license plate number for the husband’s car, authorities said. A third man is also named in the criminal complaint, but no arrest warrant was issued for him as of Thursday.
Messages sent between those involved identified actual cryptocurrency amounts and their locations, the criminal complaint said. One suspect had a photo of the husband’s North Carolina driver’s license in his email account, according to the FBI.
The two suspects also discussed in internet messages how potential victims “have so much” money in accounts that it would be “retirement licks” — the FBI explained in the complaint that “licks” is slang for a robbery.
The thieves apparently rented a car in Florida and visited the Millennium Hotel in Durham a couple of days before the actual robbery, according to the complaint. Video from a home near the victims’ showed the thieves’ BMW SUV “conducting surveillance” at the couple’s home each of the three days before the alleged kidnapping, the FBI said.
The FBI also noted that a person driving a similar vehicle purchased costumes — a clipboard, reflective vest, sunglasses and a pair of khaki pants — at a nearby Walmart that allowed the suspected thieves to get into the victims’ home. Both suspects were seen on surveillance video from the store.
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DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand outshot Switzerland and even moved goalkeeper Victoria Esson into an attack position several times, but failed to break a 0-0 tie Sunday in the Women’s World Cup and became the first host nation to be eliminated in group play in tournament history.
The Football Ferns are co-hosting the World Cup with Australia, which must win Monday against Canada to avoid its own early elimination.
Switzerland advanced to the round of 16. The Swiss also played to a scoreless draw against Norway, but won the group with the draw against New Zealand, coupled with the Norwegians’ simultaneous 6-0 rout of the Philippines.
New Zealand controlled the pace for long stretches of the match and had its chances to score, outshooting Switzerland 12-3. Jacqui Hand knocked a shot off the right post in the 24th minute.
All 25,947 seats at Forsyth Barr Stadiums were filled — the only one of Dunedin’s six tournament matches to sell out. The raucous crowd stomped and cheered all night, to no avail.
The tournament began July 20 with New Zealand upsetting Norway 1-0, but the Ferns failed to score from the 48th minute of that match through two more games. They lost their previous match 1-0 against the Philippines.
KEY MOMENTS
Esson moved into an offensive position several times in the last minutes of the match as New Zealand pressed for a winner. She managed a header off a corner kick but was off target.
WHY IT MATTERS
Switzerland becomes one of two teams from Group A to advance to the round of 16. It’s only the team’s second time in the knockout round — the first was in the Swiss’ only previous Women’s World Cup in 2015.
The New Zealanders’ failure to score put an end to their Women’s World Cup run.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“Just gutted, I think. Obviously we talked and we were proud of ourselves and what we’ve been able to accomplish, but at the end of the day we wanted to get out of this group stage and we just didn’t. It’s just black and white. So, obviously gutted,” said New Zealand midfielder Malia Steinmetz of the elimination.
“We expected it to be really tough. New Zealand really tried everything they could, and I think we knew how to respond, especially defensively. We did a lot right,” said Inka Grings, Switzerland’s coach.
WHAT’S NEXT
Switzerland will play either Spain or Japan from Group C, pending a match between those teams on Monday to decide the top two places in that group.
New Zealand is done for the Women’s World Cup.
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Ellen McIntyre is a student in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.
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Cam Gallagher Player Prop Bets: Guardians vs. White Sox - July 30
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 1:25 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Cam Gallagher is available when the Cleveland Guardians take on Michael Kopech and the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
He returns to action for the first time since July 23, when he went 1-for-2 against the Phillies.
Cam Gallagher Game Info & Props vs. the White Sox
- Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- White Sox Starter: Michael Kopech
- TV Channel: NBCS-CHI
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +875)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +275)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +240)
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Cam Gallagher At The Plate
- Gallagher is batting .143 with five doubles and three walks.
- Gallagher has recorded a hit in 12 of 38 games this season (31.6%), including three multi-hit games (7.9%).
- He has not hit a long ball in his 38 games this season.
- In four games this season (10.5%), Gallagher has picked up an RBI, including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored in six of 38 games so far this season.
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Cam Gallagher Home/Away Batting Splits
White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 9.7 K/9, the first-best in the league.
- The White Sox have the 24th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.61).
- White Sox pitchers combine to allow 145 total home runs at a clip of 1.4 per game (fourth-most in the league).
- The White Sox are sending Kopech (4-9) to make his 20th start of the season. He is 4-9 with a 4.44 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 97 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent appearance on Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs, the right-hander tossed five innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- The 27-year-old has put together a 4.44 ERA and 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings across 19 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .224 to opposing hitters.
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CLEVELAND (WJW) – Verizon customers with older phone plans could see their bill go up next month.
According to the company, starting Aug. 29, some older plans will be charged an additional $3 or $5 per mobile phone line every month.
Customers with Go Unlimited 2.0, Beyond Unlimited 2.0, Above Unlimited, and 5G Start 1.0 plans will see the $3 monthly increase, while single basic phone plans will see the $5 monthly increase.
The company says unlimited plans that are currently available to new customers won’t get hit with the additional charge.
Verizon says lines with tablets, smartwatches, and other devices also won’t be affected.
This comes after a price hike back in April, which, as reported by USA Today, saw a $2 monthly increase for some wireless plans.
In June 2022, Verizon raised some plan fees in response to “pressure,” the company’s head of business said at the time. It led to a $1.35 increase on its administrative fees, and an “Economic Adjustment Charge” for companies using the business plans. It was the first time the fees had been increased since 2019. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/have-an-older-verizon-phone-plan-your-bill-could-increase-soon/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:21 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/have-an-older-verizon-phone-plan-your-bill-could-increase-soon/ |
NEW YORK — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated.
Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters. “Barbie” took in a massive $93 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Oppenheimer” stayed in second with a robust $46.2 million. Sales for the two movies dipped 43% and 44%, respectably — well shy of the usual week-two drops.
“Barbenheimer” has proven to be not a one-weekend phenomenon but an ongoing box-office bonanza. The two movies combined have already surpassed $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore, call it “a touchstone moment for movies, moviegoers and movie theaters.”
“Having two movies from rival studios linked in this way and both boosting each other's fortunes — both box-office wise and it terms of their profile — I don't know if there's a comp for this in the annals of box-office history," said Dergarabedian. “There's really no comparison for this.”
Following its year-best $162 million opening, the pink-infused pop sensation of “Barbie” saw remarkably sustained business through the week and into the weekend. The film outpaced Nolan's “The Dark Knight" to have the best first 11 days in theaters of any Warner Bros. release ever.
“Barbie” has rapidly accumulated $351.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, a rate that will soon make it the biggest box-office hit of the summer. Every day it’s played, “Barbie" has made at least $20 million.
And the “Barbie” effect isn't just in North America. The film made $122.2 million internationally over the weekend. Its global tally has reached $775 million. It's the kind of business that astounds even veteran studio executives.
“That's a crazy number,” said Jeff Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros. “There's just a built-in audience that wants to be part of the zeitgeist of the moment. Wherever you go, people are wearing pink. Pink is taking over the world."
Amid the frenzy, “Barbie” is already attracting a lot of repeat moviegoers. Goldstein estimates that 12% of sales are people going back with friends or family to see it again.
For a movie industry that has be trying to regain its pre-pandemic footing — and that now finds itself largely shuttered due to actors and screenwriters strikes — the sensations of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” have showed what's possible when everything lines up just right.
“Post-pandemic, there's no ceiling and there's no floor," said Goldstein. "The movies that miss, really miss big time and the movies that work really work big time."
Universal Pictures' “Oppenheimer,” meanwhile, is performing more like a superhero movie than a three-hour film about scientists talking.
Nolan’s drama starring Cillian Murphy as atomic bomb physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer has accrued $174.1 million domestically thus far. With an additional $72.4 million in international cinemas, “Oppenheimer” has already surpassed $400 million globally.
Showings in IMAX have typically been sold out. “Oppenheimer” has made $80 million worldwide on IMAX. The large-format exhibitor said Sunday that it will extend the film's run through Aug. 13.
The week’s top new release, Walt Disney Co.’s “Haunted Mansion,” an adaptation of the Disney theme park attraction, was easily overshadowed by the “Barbenheimer” blitz. The film, which cost about $150 million, debuted with $24 million domestically and $9 million in overseas sales. “Haunted Mansion,” directed by Justin Simien (“Dear White People,” “Bad Hair”) and starring an ensemble of LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rosario Dawson, struggled to overcome mediocre reviews.
“Talk to Me,” the A24 supernatural horror film, fared better. It debuted with $10 million. The film, directed by Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, was a midnight premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and received terrific reviews from critics (95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). It was made for a modest $4.5 million.
While theaters being flush with moviegoers has been a huge boon to the film industry, it’s been tougher sledding for Tom Cruise, the so-called savior of the movies last summer with “Top Gun: Maverick.” “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I,” which debuted the week before the arrival of “Barbenheimer,” grossed $10.7 million in its third weekend. The film starring Cruise and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, has grossed $139.2 million domestically and $309.3 million overseas.
Instead, the sleeper hit “Sound of Freedom” has been the best performing non-“Barbenheimer” release in theaters. The Angel Studios’ release, which is counting crowdfunding pay-it-forward sales in its box office totals, made $12.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its haul thus far to nearly $150 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Barbie,” $93 million.
2. “Oppenheimer,” $46.2 million.
3. “Haunted Mansion,” $24.2 million.
4. “Sound of Freedom,” $12.4 million.
5. “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” $10.7 million.
6. “Talk to Me,” $10 million.
7. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” $4 million.
8. “Elemental,” $3.4 million.
9. “Insidious: The Red Door,” $3.2 million.
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How to Watch the Orioles vs. Yankees Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 30
Adley Rutschman and the Baltimore Orioles meet Giancarlo Stanton and the New York Yankees on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
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Orioles vs. Yankees Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 7:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Orioles Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Orioles are 14th in MLB action with 122 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- Baltimore's .417 slugging percentage ranks 10th-best in baseball.
- The Orioles have the 17th-ranked batting average in the majors (.248).
- Baltimore has the No. 11 offense in MLB play, scoring 4.8 runs per game (502 total runs).
- The Orioles are 19th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .316.
- The Orioles' 8.3 strikeouts per game rank 11th in baseball.
- The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by Baltimore's pitching staff ranks 11th in the majors.
- Baltimore has the 15th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.19).
- The Orioles have the 19th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.302).
Yankees Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Yankees rank sixth in Major League Baseball with 144 home runs.
- New York is 18th in MLB with a slugging percentage of .404 this season.
- The Yankees rank 29th in MLB with a team batting average of just .230.
- New York ranks 21st in the majors with 454 total runs scored this season.
- The Yankees have an on-base percentage of .302 this season, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Yankees have shown patience at the plate this season with the seventh-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.1) among MLB offenses.
- New York averages the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.8) in the majors this season.
- New York pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.86 ERA this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.239 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
Orioles Probable Starting Pitcher
- Dean Kremer makes the start for the Orioles, his 22nd of the season. He is 10-4 with a 4.59 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out was on Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies, when the righty went seven innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing three hits.
- Kremer is trying to record his 11th quality start of the year.
- Kremer will look to secure his 18th matchup of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages 5.5 innings per appearance.
- In two of his appearances this season he did not allow an earned run.
Yankees Probable Starting Pitcher
- Luis Severino (2-4) will take the mound for the Yankees, his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, July 23, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Kansas City Royals.
- In 11 starts this season, he's earned three quality starts.
- Severino has pitched five or more innings in two straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has finished one appearance without allowing an earned run in 11 chances this season.
Orioles Schedule
Yankees Schedule
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CLEVELAND (WJW) – Verizon customers with older phone plans could see their bill go up next month.
According to the company, starting Aug. 29, some older plans will be charged an additional $3 or $5 per mobile phone line every month.
Customers with Go Unlimited 2.0, Beyond Unlimited 2.0, Above Unlimited, and 5G Start 1.0 plans will see the $3 monthly increase, while single basic phone plans will see the $5 monthly increase.
The company says unlimited plans that are currently available to new customers won’t get hit with the additional charge.
Verizon says lines with tablets, smartwatches, and other devices also won’t be affected.
This comes after a price hike back in April, which, as reported by USA Today, saw a $2 monthly increase for some wireless plans.
In June 2022, Verizon raised some plan fees in response to “pressure,” the company’s head of business said at the time. It led to a $1.35 increase on its administrative fees, and an “Economic Adjustment Charge” for companies using the business plans. It was the first time the fees had been increased since 2019. | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/have-an-older-verizon-phone-plan-your-bill-could-increase-soon/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:23 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/have-an-older-verizon-phone-plan-your-bill-could-increase-soon/ |
Orioles vs. Yankees Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 30
Sunday's contest between the Baltimore Orioles (63-41) and New York Yankees (55-49) squaring off at Oriole Park at Camden Yards has a projected final score of 5-4 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Orioles, so it should be a tight matchup. The game will start at 7:10 PM ET on July 30.
The Orioles will give the nod to Dean Kremer (10-4, 4.59 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 11 on the season, and the Yankees will counter with Luis Severino (2-4, 6.46 ERA).
Orioles vs. Yankees Game Info & Odds
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 7:10 PM ET
- Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN
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Orioles vs. Yankees Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Orioles 5, Yankees 4.
Total Prediction for Orioles vs. Yankees
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Orioles Performance Insights
- The Orioles have been the favorite once in the past 10 games and lost that contest.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Baltimore and its opponents have combined to hit the over four times.
- Oddsmakers have not set a spread for any of the Orioles' last 10 games.
- This season, the Orioles have won 33 out of the 47 games, or 70.2%, in which they've been favored.
- Baltimore has a record of 24-9, a 72.7% win rate, when favored by -135 or more by bookmakers this season.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 57.4% chance to win.
- Baltimore ranks 11th in the majors with 502 total runs scored this season.
- The Orioles have a 4.19 team ERA that ranks 15th among all league pitching staffs.
Yankees Performance Insights
- The Yankees have played as the underdog in three of their past 10 games and have gone 1-2 in those contests.
- When it comes to the total, New York and its foes are 5-5-0 in its previous 10 contests.
- The Yankees' previous 10 games have not had a spread set by bookmakers.
- The Yankees have come away with 13 wins in the 31 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- New York has a win-loss record of 8-8 when favored by +115 or worse by bookmakers this year.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 46.5% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- New York scores the 21st-most runs in baseball (454 total, 4.4 per game).
- The Yankees have pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Sophie Roman Haug’s hat trick kick-started Norway’s dormant offense and sparked a 6-0 blowout win over the Philippines on Sunday that moved the Norwegians into to the knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup.
The Philippines’ debut run in the tournament came to an end as Norway scored early and often, netting three goals in the first 31 minutes.
Norway’s spot in the round of 16 was secured when Switzerland and New Zealand simultaneously played to a 0-0 draw and the Norwegians. Norway and New Zealand were tied in Group A but Norway advanced on goal differential. New Zealand became the first host country to be eliminated in the group stage in tournament history.
Before the game, Norway had not scored in three consecutive Women’s World Cup matches dating to the quarterfinals of the 2019 tournament.
But Roman Haug one-timed a ball into the net in the sixth minute, and scored again 11 minutes later. Caroline Graham Hansen added a long-distance shot in the 31st minute.
Roman Haug completed the hat trick in injury time.
In the second half, an Alicia Barker own goal in the 48th minute and Guro Reiten’s penalty kick in the 53rd minute extended Norway’s lead to 5-0. Filipina defender Sofia Harrison received a red card in the 67th minute for using excessive force, and the Philippines played the rest of the match a player down.
Eden Park was turned into a makeshift home match for the Philippines, as the Filipina fans screamed in unison any time the Philippines touched the ball, even as the deficit grew.
The Philippines were fresh off of a historic 1-0 win over co-host New Zealand that marked the first Women’s World Cup win for the debutantes.
KEY MOMENTS
Roman Haug got the Norwegians off to a hot start. The first of her two goals was a left-footed volley from inside the six-yard box in the sixth minute. Eleven minutes later, Roman Haug scored a header delivered by a Vilde Boe Risa cross. Roman Haug’s header flew over the reach of Philippines goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel.
Graham Hansen scored on a long-distance strike that curled into the bottom left corner in the 31st minute to give Norway its third goal of the half.
From that point on, Norway was in control.
WHY IT MATTERS
The win advances Norway to the knockout stage after the Norwegians found themselves in last place in Group A heading into the Philippines match.
The Norwegians had yet to score in 2023 before their six-goal eruption.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“They showed some of their class today with their skill. They picked us apart and won a couple of battles in the air in the box early. We really released the pressure early and allowed them to, sort of, be a little more creative as the game went on,” Philippines head coach Alen Stajcic said.
“We’ve been talking quite a bit about having the first goal, then it will give us energy. We know in our attack, we are strong and have good combination play both on the right side and left side. Today was the day that, when we had the first one, we knew there could be more,” Norway head coach Hege Riise said.
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WHAT’S NEXT
Norway will play either Japan or Spain in the round of 16 next Saturday, depending on the results of a game between those Group C teams on Monday.
The inaugural tournament run ends for the Philippines, who needed at least a draw to have a chance of moving on.
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Zach Allen is a student in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.
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KHAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb ripped through a political rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader on Sunday in the country’s northwestern Bajur district, police and health officials said. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 200 wounded, including children, in one of the worst attacks in recent years.
Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers' convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place. AP video showed wounded people being carried from the scene in the chaotic aftermath of the explosion.
Bajur used to be a haven for Islamic militants. It is the former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, a militant group that is a close ally of the Taliban government of Afghanistan. The TTP was in recent years evicted from the area as a result of operations by the Pakistani military.
In a statement sent to The Associated Press, the TTP condemned the bombing, saying it was aimed at pitching Islamists against each other. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, also condemned the bombing. “Such crimes cannot be justified in any way,” he said in a message on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Though a separate group, the TTP remains a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021. The takeover emboldened the TTP. They unilaterally ended a cease-fire agreement with the Pakistani government last November and have since stepped up attacks across the country.
One of the victims, Adam Khan, 45, was hit by splinters in his leg and both hands. He said it was around 4 p.m. when the explosion knocked him to the ground.
“There was dust and smoke around and I was under some injured people from where I could hardly stand up, only to see chaos and some scattered limbs,” he said.
Initially, police said 10 people were killed but later more bodies arrived at a local hospital, bringing the death toll to 40. Feroz Jamal, the provincial information minister, told The Associated Press that so far 40 people had been “martyred” and nearly 200 wounded in the bombing.
The JUI workers' convention was arranged in a hall close to a market, but later tents were added because of the large number of supporters who turned out. The venue was being guarded by party volunteers with batons. An announcement was being made for the arrival of Abdul Rasheed, a senior leader of the party, when the bomb exploded.
The bombing was one of the four worst attacks in the northwest since 2014, when 147 people, mostly schoolchildren, were killed in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar. In January, 74 people were killed in a bombing at a mosque in Peshawar. More than 100 people, mostly policemen, died in a bombing at the city's mosque at police headquarters in February this year.
District health officer Dr. Faisal Khan said 40 bodies from the blast were at Khar's main hospital. Some of the wounded were in critical condition and were being transferred to a facility in Peshawar and the adjoining district of Dir, including by army helicopters.
Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif and President Arif Alvi condemned the attack and asked officials to provide all possible assistance to the wounded and the bereaved families.
Maulana Ziaullah, the local chief of Rehman's party, was among the dead. JUI leaders Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin were also on the stage but escaped unhurt. Party officials said Rehman was not at the rally.
Rasheed, the regional chief of the party, said the attack was an attempt to remove JUI from the field before parliamentary elections in November, but he said such tactics would not work.
Rehman is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad. Meetings are being organized across the country to mobilize supporters for the upcoming elections.
“Many of our fellows lost their lives and many more wounded in this incident. I will ask the federal and provincial administrations to fully investigate this incident and provide due compensation and medical facilities to the affected ones,” Rasheed said.
Mohammad Wali, another attendant at the rally, said he was listening to a speaker address the crowd when the huge explosion temporarily deafened him.
“I was near the water dispenser to fetch a glass of water when the bomb exploded, throwing me to the ground," he said. "We came to the meeting with enthusiasm but ended up at the hospital seeing crying, wounded people and sobbing relatives taking the bodies of their loved ones.”
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man died at a Disney Resort in Orlando on Wednesday.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call around 5:30 a.m. regarding an unresponsive person at Disney’s Contemporary Resort near Magic Kingdom.
The man, identified as 39-year-old Jeffrey Vanden Boom of Greendale, Wisconsin, was pronounced dead on the scene.
The Orange County Medical Examiner determined Vanden Boom fell from a hotel room balcony, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The fall was ruled as accidental.
Walt Disney World did not immediately respond to Nexstar’s request for comment.
The death remains an ongoing investigation.
Last fall, an 83-year-old man died after riding the Tomorrowland Authority PeopleMover at Disney World. Authorities said he experienced a “cardiac event,” and his death was “deemed natural” by medical officials.
Earlier this year, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Disneyland, accusing park employees of laughing at a 66-year-old disabled woman who fell while getting off the Jungle Cruise ride in 2021 and later died. | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/man-dies-at-disney-resort-deputies-investigating/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:29 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/man-dies-at-disney-resort-deputies-investigating/ |
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen enters the mid-season break in unstoppable form, after emphatically winning the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday for an eighth straight win and 10th overall of a crushingly dominant season.
Despite starting from sixth place he finished 22.3 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez to give Red Bull an easy 1-2. It moved Verstappen ominously closer to a third straight world title and his own F1 record of 15 wins from last year.
Verstappen is 125 points ahead of Perez after just 12 races, and his next target is matching Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight wins with a victory at the Dutch GP when the lopsided season resumes on Aug. 27.
“I just want to have a nice time now, have a bit of time with family and friends,” Verstappen said.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished in third spot for a third podium of the season, with Lewis Hamilton in fourth for Mercedes ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.
George Russell was sixth for Mercedes, with Lando Norris (McLaren), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) completing the top 10.
Leclerc started on pole ahead of Perez, with Hamilton and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. behind them. McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri was on the next row alongside Verstappen — who was fastest in Friday’s qualifying but took a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change and had to avoid early traffic.
“It was just about surviving turn one. I could see it was all getting really tight,” Verstappen said. “I’ve been in that position before myself so I am just going to stay out of that and it worked out. From there onwards I made the right overtakes.”
Last year Verstappen won from 14th, and once he overtook Perez on Lap 17 of 44 his 45th career win was seemingly inevitable.
“Really enjoyable to drive once I got in the lead,” Verstappen said. “It was again a great race.“
Red Bull extended its record to 13 straight wins, including the final race of last season.
Hamilton came in on the penultimate lap for a tire change and the move paid off as he took the bonus point for fastest lap from Verstappen — a very minor blip for the dominant Dutchman.
It was yet another stellar weekend for Verstappen, who also won Saturday’s sprint race. The only issue was some more bickering with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase over radio, as they continued their spat from Friday’s qualifying.
“Don’t forget Max, use your head, please,” Lambiase told Verstappen when he questioned why Perez was making his first tire change on Lap 14.
Verstappen defused any talk of tension with Lambiase.
“It’s fine. We know each other very well and we have a very good relationship,” he said. “I think it’s really important.”
With some rain forecast, Verstappen boxed on the next lap and came out about 2 seconds behind Perez. Just minutes later he cruised past Perez and, as so often this season, the rest was just about control.
Perez, meanwhile, pledged to stay on the podium for the rest of the season.
“It’s been a bit of a rough patch,” the 33-year-old Mexican said. “I really need this summer break, it’s been really intense. I’ll come back really strong for Zandvoort.”
Conditions were dry for the race start, in stark contrast to the two previous days, which were impacted by heavy rain at the 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Leclerc, who won his first F1 race here in 2019, made a solid start but Perez’s extra pace soon put him in front.
“I knew it was quite crucial for my race to get Charles on Lap 1,” Perez said.
Verstappen rose two places to fourth after Sainz bumped into Piastri on the first corner.
Piastri had to retire, while Verstappen overtook Hamilton on Lap 6, Leclerc three laps later and made short work of Perez just before some rain fell briefly.
Some good overtaking from Ocon moved the Frenchman up from 10th to eighth in the closing stages.
It was an early end for Piastri, who had impressed with a second place in Saturday’s sprint race.
A bad day for Sainz saw him retiring on Lap 25 and Leclerc moving above him in the standings.
“Of course the race was good on my side, a shame for Carlos as we had good pace,” Leclerc said. “When you look at the Red Bulls we still have a lot of work to do … This was the best we could achieve today, no doubt.”
After the F1 break there will be 10 races left, but most of the competition for places will be behind Verstappen.
Alonso is one point ahead of Hamilton in third overall, with Leclerc and Russell level and Sainz seven points behind them.
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(NEXSTAR) — For five days this year, all national parks will be offering free admission to all visitors. One of those special days is nearly upon us.
The National Park Service announced the 2023 free days late last year. There are more than 400 parks, monuments, seashores and other NPS lands, the majority of which do not require an entrance fee. For the roughly 100 that do, these free admission days open the gates to everyone.
We’ve already had two free days this year: Jan. 16, which is Martin Luther King Day, and April 22, which was the first day of National Park Week.
Now, on Friday, Aug. 4, we’ll have another, which marks the anniversary of the Great Americans Outdoors Act.
The act, GAOA, was signed in 2020 and brought bipartisan investments to “improve visitor experiences, bolster climate resilience, and invest in the economy by creating good-paying jobs” at the parks, the Department of the Interior explains.
In honor of the bill signing anniversary, you won’t need to pay entrance fees at parks that usually require them. Fees will, however, still be necessary for overnight camping, cabin rentals, transportation, group day use and use of special areas.
The next two free admission days are Sept. 23, National Public Lands Day, and Nov. 11, Veterans Day.
Last year, there were roughly 312 million recreational visits to 395 national parks that track attendance, a 15 million increase over 2021. The most visited park was Blue Ridge Parkway, which received 15.7 million visits last year, edging out the Golden Gate National Recreation Area by slightly more than 72,000 visits. | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/you-can-get-into-the-national-parks-for-free-this-week-heres-when/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:35 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/national-news/you-can-get-into-the-national-parks-for-free-this-week-heres-when/ |
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bills continued training camp following an off day Saturday.
The defense continued their rotation at middle linebacker, cornerback, and right guard. Meanwhile, James Cook, Gabe Davis, and Jordan Poyer provided several highlights on day four. Here are my 4 observations from training camp.
Josh Allen and offense heat up
Day four may have been the offenses’ best performance of training camp so far. Early in practice, Allen threw a perfectly placed ball, hitting Cook in stride in the back of the end zone. Allen ended practice with a deep strike to Davis for a touchdown on the last play of the day. The Bills quarterback also mixed in a long touchdown run. All-in-all, the Bills offense was in rhythm all day.
Middle linebacker rotation
Coach Sean McDermott continues to mix and match with the first team defense. Tyrel Dodson was with the first-team again on Sunday. Dodson played with the starters on day one as well. Terrel Bernard and Baylon Spector got the first team reps the other two days. Spector showed his versatility bouncing back and forth from middle linebacker to WILL linebacker with the second team. Rookie Dorian Williams continues to work at WILL.
Big man TD, other defensive highlights
Poyer had an “oh-my” interception. Allen was looking for Stefon Diggs along the right side and Poyer made a great leaping interception. Dane Jackson was with the starters at cornerback. Allen looked for Gabe Davis deep down the left side, Davis had a step, the ball was well placed but at the last second Jackson raised his arm to break up the touchdown. Davis praised Jackson on the way back to the huddle and McDermott jogged out to give Jackson a high-five.
We also had a big man touchdown. Matt Barkley was looking to dump off a pass and it landed in the arms of defensive tackle Poona Ford. The 300 pound bowling ball rumbled down the field toward the end zone with Allen, who was on the sideline, chasing him down, to the delight of the crowd.
Top rookies show progress
It’s only been one week of training camp but it’s hard to say what more Dalton Kincaid could have done. The first round pick has consistently made plays down the field for Josh Allen. O’Cyrus Torrence, the Bills second round pick, is battling for the starting job at right guard and is holding his own.
Early in camp, Ryan Bates was getting most of the first-team reps but Torrence has slowed started to earn time with the starters. It will be interesting to see how the first-year players hold up when the pads go on for the first time Monday.
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Josh Reed is an award-winning journalist who has served as News 4’s Sports Director since 2015. See more here. | https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bills/4-observations-offense-heats-up-in-sunday-practice/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:40 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bills/4-observations-offense-heats-up-in-sunday-practice/ |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft pick Calijah Kancey was carted off the field at training camp Sunday morning with a right leg injury. After practice, head coach Todd Bowls told reporters the 22-year-old was diagnosed with a calf strain and will undergo an MRI.
Video footage shows Kancey pulling up during a drill early in the practice. He attempted to hop away on the other leg before grabbing his calf area and letting out a pained expletive.
Bucs first round pick Calijah Kancey was just carted off the field after going down during a drill early in Sunday’s practice. #Bucs pic.twitter.com/d3QKm2o5lC
— Dustin Lewis (@DustinLewisNG) July 30, 2023
This was Tampa Bay's first practice in pads this preseason but Kancey, selected 19th overall in this year's draft, was already getting rave reviews from members of the organization.
"The number of 'wow' plays that he had in shorts was more than I was even expecting," general manager Jason Licht said regarding Kancey's training camp performance, via ESPN. "That doesn't necessarily always translate to making a bunch of plays in the NFL his rookie season — I'm not saying that he's going to for sure be an All-Pro his first year or anything like that. But seeing this defense kind of mold into what Todd [Bowles] really does like in that explosive, penetrating front that can get pressure up the middle, as well as off the edge, with all the tools that we have with Devin [White] and Lavonte [David], it's going to be exciting, that's for sure."
Running back Rachaad White also praised Kancey, hailing him as "explosive" and "quick."
Kancey showed his speed during the combine in March, when he clocked a a 4.67. The time made him the fastest defensive tackle in combine history since NFL Network officially started logging combine measurements in 2003. At 281 pounds, he's also the record holder for anybody weighing in at 280-plus pounds.
The showing led some to compare him to Aaron Donald, a fellow Pittsburgh alum. During Kancey's time at Pitt, he recorded 91 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, one forced fumble, and three pass deflections.
At the end of his college career, he was named unanimous All-American. He also earned the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award. | https://www.star945.com/news/national/buccaneers-first/CZSMWLYSBQGDGCHVTJKSTWZI6Q/ | 2023-07-30T19:13:57 | 0 | https://www.star945.com/news/national/buccaneers-first/CZSMWLYSBQGDGCHVTJKSTWZI6Q/ |
Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton apologized Friday for his candid comments about the team's tumultuous 2022 season under now-New York Jets' offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. But his public "regret" wasn't enough to keep him from the wrath of Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
The four-time MVP took an opportunity to address Payton during a Sunday interview with Peter Schrager on NFL Network. Rodgers wasn't asked directly about Payton's comments, and that didn't make a difference either. Rodgers, 39, called Payton "insecure," deeming his comments "way out of line [and] inappropriate."
Rodgers ended the response by saying Payton needs to "Keep my coaches’ names out of his mouth.”
“He (Hackett) is arguably my favorite coach I’ve ever had in the NFL. I thought it was way out of line, inappropriate, and I think he needs to keep my coaches’ names out of his mouth.” - @AaronRodgers12 to me on Sean Payton’s quotes @nflnetwork @NFL pic.twitter.com/f7Aur2WgMc
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) July 30, 2023
Jets head coach Robert Saleh had a much more settled reaction to the comments, noting that "If you ain't got no haters, you ain't popping."
Rodgers' response could be due to his longstanding relationship with Hackett. The two became close during their time with the Green Bay Packers, where Hackett worked as offensive coordinator from 2019 to 2021.
"My love for Hack goes deep, you know, we had some great years together in Green Bay," Rodgers said. "(We) kept in touch, love him and his family, he's an incredible family man and an incredible dad. And on the field, he's arguably my favorite coach I've ever had in the NFL. Just his approach to it — he makes it fun, how he cares about the guys, just how he goes about his business with respect, with leadership, with honesty, with integrity."
Hackett led the Broncos to a 5-12 season before his firing, leading Payton to say it “might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL."
Rodgers were clear in asserting he felt it was below the belt.
"It made me feel bad that someone (Payton) who's accomplished a lot in the league is that insecure that they have to take another man down to set themselves up for some sort of easy fall if it doesn't go well for that team this year," Rodgers said.
In 16 seasons with the New Orleans Saints, Payton helped guide the team to three NFC Championship games (2006, 2009, and 2018), nine playoff berths with seven division titles and a victory in Super Bowl XLIV.
The interview that made Payton's comments on Hackett such blockbuster news began with him expressing his expectation for the Broncos to become a playoff team. On the way to that goal, Denver will meet the Jets in Week Five, a matchup that keeps getting juicier. | https://www.star945.com/news/national/jets-qb-aaron/ESZT6UX6LSCNME54HNKSDWYY6I/ | 2023-07-30T19:14:04 | 0 | https://www.star945.com/news/national/jets-qb-aaron/ESZT6UX6LSCNME54HNKSDWYY6I/ |
GRAYSVILLE, Ala. — Skeletal human remains that were found on a hunting property in Graysville, Alabama last December were identified earlier this week.
Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said on Friday, according to The Associated Press, that DNA testing helped investigations identify the human remains that were found on Dec. 13, 2022.
The remains were found just before 6 p.m. on a private hunting property in the 100 block of Sherry Street, the coroner said, according to AL.com.
The human remains were identified as Michael Lynn Dillard, 49, the AP reported.
Dillard was reported missing to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on April 1, 2020, according to AL.com. He was last known to be alive on Nov. 24, 2019.
The sheriff’s office is working to investigate the circumstances behind the missing person case as well as the man’s death, the news outlet reported.
A cause of death has not yet been released. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/skeletal-remains-found-hunting-property-last-december-identified-man-missing-since-2020/OS2DJHCME5DMLB2CZLVFMU3HQ4/ | 2023-07-30T19:14:10 | 0 | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/skeletal-remains-found-hunting-property-last-december-identified-man-missing-since-2020/OS2DJHCME5DMLB2CZLVFMU3HQ4/ |
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A woman in Flagstaff, Arizona was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after the death of her son in March 2020.
Elizabeth Archibeque, 26, was sentenced on Thursday after she pleaded guilty in May to first-degree murder and child abuse of her son, Deshaun Martinez, 6, according to the Arizona Republic.
Martinez died on March 2, 2020, according to the newspaper. The boy’s grandmother, Ann Martinez, called the police after his father, Anthony Martinez, found him not moving in the closet. Police reportedly found that he only weighed 18 pounds at the time of his death which is the “expected weight of a one-year-old.”
He was found in a small closet with his 7-year-old brother. According to USA Today, police said they believed that the boys were locked in the closet for up to 16 hours a day for around a month and were not given any food.
Martinez’s two sisters, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, were both found to be healthy in the apartment, The Associated Press reported.
Flagstaff police Detective Melissa Seay, according to the AP, testified about her examination of the closet the boy was in and stated that he “was just bones.”
“I have never seen something so horrific in all my life,” Seay said, according to the AP. An autopsy found that Martinez died from severe starvation.
Archibeque testified at her trial and said on Thursday that she accepted any sentence she was given and blamed herself for Martinez’s death, according to the AP.
Archibeque was sentenced to life in prison, according to the AP.
Her lawyer tried to ask that her sentence include the possibility of parole after 35 years since she agreed to plead guilty, the AP reported.
In addition to Archibeque, Anthony Martinez, and Ann Martinez, were also facing murder and child abuse charges, the AP reported. Both pleaded not guilty and are being tried separately. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/woman-sentenced-life-prison-after-her-son-starved-death/DTKQRFSJ6JENHM5EIHUWYLZX4I/ | 2023-07-30T19:14:18 | 0 | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/woman-sentenced-life-prison-after-her-son-starved-death/DTKQRFSJ6JENHM5EIHUWYLZX4I/ |
Brewers lose one starter to injury but expect to get another one back this week
ATLANTA – The Milwaukee Brewers placed starting pitcher Julio Teheran on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement and recalled reliever Peter Strzelecki Sunday afternoon prior to the series finale against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park.
Teheran was roughed up Saturday night, allowing six runs in the first inning en route to being tagged with nine runs over five frames in an 11-5 Brewers loss.
He said he’s been dealing with soreness in his hip since his outing July 18 in Philadelphia that hasn’t gotten any better.
“I’ve been feeling sore,” Teheran said. “I’ve been feeling that from three starts ago. It always happened after the third inning that I started feeling it. I thought it was normal, like a normal soreness, but it’s not getting any better. My pitches and even my stride, I’m getting a little bit crossed over because it was bothering me and not letting me pass my hips.”
After having a 1.53 ERA through his first six starts with the Brewers, Teheran has allowed 27 earned runs over his last five outings and 27 ⅓ innings.
He believes he was likely tipping his pitches in the first inning with his glove placement as he came set. After that inning, Teheran began alternating coming set with his glove close to or farther away from his body and threw scoreless innings in the second and third.
“I changed a little bit for the second and third inning and definitely saw a reaction,” Teheran said. “We all see that I threw the exact same pitch but with a different (glove) move and I struck them out. They saw something different. I was moving my glove closer, then I would separate my glove and I got two strikeouts in the second inning. I started playing with it to see what it was.”
Who's hurt?:Milwaukee Brewers players injury updates for 2023 season
Wade Miley to start Wednesday
The move to place Teheran on the injured list also comes as his spot in the rotation was set to be taken over by Wade Miley, who is returning from a 15-day IL stay with left elbow discomfort.
Miley is scheduled to start Wednesday in Washington, the Brewers announced Sunday.
By placing Teheran on the IL, it allows the Brewers to keep him in the organization in the event of needed depth going forward.
With Miley and Brandon Woodruff, slated to make what could be his final rehab start Tuesday with Class Triple-A Nashville, nearing returns, the hope for Milwaukee is that it won’t need that depth down the stretch, though. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2023/07/30/brewers-julio-teheran-goes-to-il-wade-miley-to-start-vs-nationals/70485878007/ | 2023-07-30T19:14:37 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2023/07/30/brewers-julio-teheran-goes-to-il-wade-miley-to-start-vs-nationals/70485878007/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated.
“Barbie,” the pink-infused pop sensation, has seen remarkably sustained business following its year-best $162 million opening. Its ticket sales dipped only 43%.
“Barbie” has also outpaced Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” to notch the best first two weeks in theaters of any Warner Bros. release. It’s rapidly accumulated $351.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, a rate that will soon make it the biggest box office hit of the summer. Every day it’s played, “Barbie” has made at least $20 million.
“Oppenheimer,” from Universal Pictures, again landed in second place with an estimated $46.2 million. It, too, held especially strong in its second weekend, with sales decreasing just 44%. Nolan’s three-hour drama starring Cillian Murphy as atomic bomb physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer has accrued $174.1 million thus far.
With an additional $72.4 million in international cinemas, “Oppenheimer” has already surpassed $400 million globally.
The week’s top new release, Walt Disney Co.’s “Haunted Mansion,” an adaptation of the Disney theme park attraction, was easily overshadowed by the “Barbenheimer” blitz. The film, which cost about $150 million, debuted with $24 million domestically and $9 million in overseas sales. “Haunted Mansion,” directed by Justin Simien (“Dear White People,” “Bad Hair”) and starring an ensemble of LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rosario Dawson, struggled to overcome mediocre reviews.
“Talk to Me,” the A24 supernatural horror film, fared better. It debuted with $10 million. The film, directed by Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, was a midnight premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January and received terrific reviews from critics (95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). It was made for a modest $4.5 million.
While theaters being flush with moviegoers has been a huge boon to a film industry still recovering ground it lost during the pandemic, it’s been tougher sledding for Tom Cruise, the so-called savior of the movies last summer with “Top Gun: Maverick.” “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I,” starring Cruise and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, grossed $10.7 million in its third weekend. Its domestic total stands at $139.2 million.
Instead, the sleeper hit “Sound of Freedom” has been the best performing non-“Barbenheimer” release in theaters. The Angel Studios’ release, which is counting crowdfunding pay-it-forward sales in its box office totals, made $12.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its haul thus far to nearly $150 million. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-20230730-lbvdnp4ypjb7xbcwbi6dhx7tpq-story.html | 2023-07-30T19:15:02 | 0 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-20230730-lbvdnp4ypjb7xbcwbi6dhx7tpq-story.html |
Clockwise from top: Gold butterfly with Tyrone turquoise wings and coral body, Yazzie Johnson (Navajo) and Gail Bird (Santo Domingo Pueblo/Laguna Pueblo), 2006; Gold and brown beadwork butterfly, Teri Greeves (Kiowa), 2006; Silver pin with turquoise, Perry Shorty (Navajo), 2001; Cicada of Kingman (wings) and Blue Gem (body) turquoise with coral eyes, Liz Wallace (Navajo/Maidu/Washo), 2003; Inlaid butterfly pin with wings of spiny oyster, turquoise and jet, attributed to Leo Poblano (1905-1959) (Zuni Pueblo), c. 1940s; Butterfly with Australian rhyolite wings, Lone Mountain turquoise eyes and Blue Gem turquoise body, Liz Wallace (Navajo/Maidu/Washo), 2006.
Clockwise from top right: Silver stamped bracelet with 14k gold appliqué diamonds, Jennifer Curtis (Navajo), 2008; Overlay inlay silver bracelet with prominent image of a bear, Preston Monongye (Mission/Mexican) and Lee Yazzie (Navajo), early 1970s; Silver and turquoise bracelet, “In Beauty it has Become,” Darryl Dean Begay (Navajo), 2007; Silver bracelet with eight rows of shaped eyes, Cippy Crazyhorse (Cochiti Pueblo), 1993; Silver bracelet inlaid with multiple stones including Kingman and Orville Jack turquoise, Raymond Yazzie (Navajo), 2012; Truck bracelet with movable tires, water barrel and squashed rabbit, Clarence Lee (Navajo), ca. 2000.
Clockwise from top: Gold butterfly with Tyrone turquoise wings and coral body, Yazzie Johnson (Navajo) and Gail Bird (Santo Domingo Pueblo/Laguna Pueblo), 2006; Gold and brown beadwork butterfly, Teri Greeves (Kiowa), 2006; Silver pin with turquoise, Perry Shorty (Navajo), 2001; Cicada of Kingman (wings) and Blue Gem (body) turquoise with coral eyes, Liz Wallace (Navajo/Maidu/Washo), 2003; Inlaid butterfly pin with wings of spiny oyster, turquoise and jet, attributed to Leo Poblano (1905-1959) (Zuni Pueblo), c. 1940s; Butterfly with Australian rhyolite wings, Lone Mountain turquoise eyes and Blue Gem turquoise body, Liz Wallace (Navajo/Maidu/Washo), 2006.
Courtesy of David Clapp
Truck bracelet with movable tires, water barrel and squashed rabbit, Clarence Lee (Navajo), ca. 2000.
Courtesy of David Clapp
Clockwise from top right: Silver stamped bracelet with 14k gold appliqué diamonds, Jennifer Curtis (Navajo), 2008; Overlay inlay silver bracelet with prominent image of a bear, Preston Monongye (Mission/Mexican) and Lee Yazzie (Navajo), early 1970s; Silver and turquoise bracelet, “In Beauty it has Become,” Darryl Dean Begay (Navajo), 2007; Silver bracelet with eight rows of shaped eyes, Cippy Crazyhorse (Cochiti Pueblo), 1993; Silver bracelet inlaid with multiple stones including Kingman and Orville Jack turquoise, Raymond Yazzie (Navajo), 2012; Truck bracelet with movable tires, water barrel and squashed rabbit, Clarence Lee (Navajo), ca. 2000.
Courtesy of David Clapp
Stamped silver spiral bracelet set with Morenci turquoise, ca. 1970s by Kenneth Begay.
Courtesy of Ben Cabaza
Cuff bracelet with coral and Lone Mountain turquoise, Kenneth Begay (Navajo), 1976.
When Ruth Schultz moved to Albuquerque from Louisiana with her husband Sidney, it was with considerable trepidation.
“She said she was a reluctant transplant, and she didn’t unpack for a year,” said Henrietta Lidchi, executive director of Santa Fe’s Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Then she discovered Native American art. | https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/wheelwright-exhibit-always-in-relation-showcases-a-couples-lifetime-love-of-indigenous-art/article_d5f43fae-2721-11ee-afa8-07c5508f0e5f.html | 2023-07-30T19:15:06 | 1 | https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/wheelwright-exhibit-always-in-relation-showcases-a-couples-lifetime-love-of-indigenous-art/article_d5f43fae-2721-11ee-afa8-07c5508f0e5f.html |
At 24, Alberto Rodriguez has grandparents younger than Joe Biden. But he’s more interested in the 80-year-old president’s accomplishments than his age.
“People as young as me, we’re all focusing on our day-to-day lives and he has done things to help us through that,” Rodriguez, a cook at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, said of Biden’s support among young voters. Rodriguez pointed specifically to federal COVID-19 relief payments and government spending increases on infrastructure and other social programs.
Voters like him were a key piece of Biden’s winning 2020 coalition, which included majorities of young people as well as college graduates, women, urban and suburban voters and Black Americans. Maintaining their support will be critical in closely contested states such as Nevada, where even small declines could prove consequential to Biden’s reelection bid.
His 2024 campaign plans to emphasize messages that could especially resonate with young people in the coming weeks as the anniversary of the sweeping Inflation Reduction Act approaches in mid-August. That legislation includes provisions that the White House will embrace to argue that Biden has done more than any other president to combat climate change.
Such efforts, however, could collide with Biden’s personal reality — like when he recalled that, while attending a St. Patrick’s Day parade at age 14, he appeared in a photo with President Harry S. Truman.
“Purely by accident — I assume it was an accident — the photographer from the newspaper got a picture of me making eye contact with Harry Truman,” Biden said to chuckles last week at the Truman Civil Rights Symposium in Washington.
In 2020, 61% of voters under age 30 — and 55% of those between 30 and 44 — supported Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of the electorate.
It’s an age group with which Republicans hope to make inroads. Former President Donald Trump, who is the early front-runner in the GOP presidential primary and is only 3 1/2 years younger than Biden, said Friday, “We are hitting the young person’s market like nobody’s ever seen before.”
Kevin Munoz, a spokesman for Biden’s campaign, referred to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement in arguing that “young people are acutely impacted by the issues front and center in this election, driven by the extreme MAGA agenda.” He said that included inaction on climate change, gun violence and student debt.
“We will meet younger Americans where they are and turn their energy into action,” Munoz said in a statement.
That might not defuse questions about age, though, when it comes to Biden or Trump.
“There’s a frustration and exhaustion that they feel with the rematch,” Terrance Woodbury, co-founder & CEO of the Democratic polling firm HIT Strategies, said of young voters.
“That’s more of a problem than either of those two candidates individually, is that a system can just keep reproducing,” Woodbury added. “And I think a lot of people just find that untenable.”
An April poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that just 25% of Democrats under 45 said they would definitely support Biden in a general election, compared with 56% of older Democrats. A majority of Democrats across age groups said they would probably support him as the party’s nominee, however.
Biden’s campaign is relying heavily on the Democratic National Committee, which during last year’s midterms, hired campus organizers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and other battleground states and offered weekly youth coordinating meetings to encourage in-class contacts and “dormstorms.” The DNC sees young people as some of the most critical voters it will need to reach in 2024 and promises “significant investments” to mobilize them. Plans are underway to expand on its work last cycle, including trainings it held on how best to turn out voters.
The Republican National Committee is trying to use Biden’s age against him, posting online videos of Biden seeming frail or making verbal gaffes, such as when he declared in June “God save the queen,” nearly nine months after the death of England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
Rodriguez shrugged off online attacks, “People can make all the hit pieces and memes and TikToks all they want.”
A starker contrast might be between the president and rising Democrats such as 46-year-old California Rep. Ro Khanna and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 41, one of Biden’s primary rivals in 2020. Neither seriously entertained running for the White House in 2024 and have backed Biden’s reelection.
“The only thing that really matters is your ability to do the job,” Buttigieg, who was 37 when he launched his 2020 presidential bid, said recently on CNN. Khanna told Fox News Channel that age will “obviously” be a 2024 factor, but suggested that Biden’s staff “overprotects” him and “the more he’s out there, the better.”
Other top young Democrats have lined up to back Biden. Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost, who was elected to Congress last year at 26, is on the Biden campaign’s advisory board, as is Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, 44. New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, 33, recently endorsed Biden.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a progressive who says strong turnout among young voters helped him win a runoff election this spring, said Biden’s policies transcend his age. Johnson noted that the president’s work “around climate justice speaks not just to this generation, but generations to come.”
“The excitement that I believe that we’re going to have is going to speak to the incredible work and organizing that we are committed to doing as a party,” said Johnson, 47. “And we’re looking forward to working with the president over the course of his next four years.”
Still, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, acknowledged that even the president’s supporters understand how demanding the White House can be.
“People worry about Joe Biden. They worry like you would worry about a beloved father or grandfather,” said Weingarten, 65. “What you normally hear from Democrats is this sense of, ‘OK, I just want him to be OK.’ And you’re hearing just the consternation of, ‘This is a hard job.’”
Biden said he “took a hard look” at his age while deciding to seek a second term. But he’s also tried to suggest his age and experience are assets rather than liabilities by joking repeatedly about them. That’s a departure from 2020, when Biden called himself a “transition candidate” and pledged to be a “bridge” to younger Democrats.
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Santiago Mayer, the founder of Voters of Tomorrow, which has 20-plus chapters nationwide and works to increase political engagement among young voters, argues that Biden is not defying his past promise by running for reelection, but keeping it.
“He just needs more time,” said Mayer, who graduated from California State University at Long Beach in May. “I think the second term is a very important part of that pledge. He’s building a progressive future for young people and he can’t actually pass the baton until that’s done.”
One key policy piece of Biden’s efforts to appeal to young voters, providing student debt relief, was recently struck down by the Supreme Court. The White House has launched a new effort, but it will take longer.
“Of course it’s going to dampen some of that because people are disappointed,” Weingarten said of the ruling’s effect on enthusiasm for Biden. But she said the decision could also motivate young Biden supporters anxious show their support for the president’s alternative plan.
“It is also about the fight,” Weingarten said “not just about the results.”
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AP polling director Emily Swanson in Washington contributed to this report. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-biden-young-vote-20230730-md3qtr2yjrcspmxelaixprctbi-story.html | 2023-07-30T19:15:06 | 0 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-biden-young-vote-20230730-md3qtr2yjrcspmxelaixprctbi-story.html |
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. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-china-us-taiwan-military-aid-20230730-spim5worszgmhk7p3amgwksqae-story.html | 2023-07-30T19:15:07 | 1 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-china-us-taiwan-military-aid-20230730-spim5worszgmhk7p3amgwksqae-story.html |
Honduran child travels alone to U.S. to reunite with mother, unaware of her passing
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 1:22 PM CDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
EAGLE PASS, Texas (Gray News) – A child from Honduras made the dangerous trek to the United States up through Mexico on her own, according to authorities.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Facebook that their brush team encountered the Honduran child Thursday.
The department said the girl was found in Mexico by three undocumented women who crossed her illegally through the river.
Officials said the girl was traveling to the U.S. to find her mother. After an investigation, however, authorities determined the girl’s mother had sadly died three days before.
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QUESTION: What can you tell me about green funeral options? At age 80, I would like to preplan my funeral and make it as natural as possible.
ANSWER: Green funeral options are becoming increasingly popular in the United States as more and more Americans are looking for environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional funerals. Here’s what you should know about “green burial” and “green cremation” options, along with some tips to help you locate services in your area.
Green burial
If you wish to be buried, a green/natural burial will minimize the environmental impact by forgoing the embalming chemicals (which is not required by law), traditional casket and concrete vault. Instead, you’ll be buried in either a biodegradable container or shroud with no vault, and you won’t be embalmed. This allows the body to decompose naturally and become part of the earth.
If you want to temporarily preserve the body for viewing or a memorial service, instead of embalming, you can request dry ice or Techni ice, a refrigeration unit, or a nontoxic embalming agent.
You’ll also be happy to know that green burials are much cheaper than traditional funerals, which average around $8,000 in 2023. By scrapping the coffin, vault and embalming, which are expensive, you’ll save yourself several thousand dollars on your funeral costs.
To find green burial services in your area, a good first step is to see if there’s a certified green funeral home in your area and contact them. The Green Burial Council offers an online directory of providers and other resources at GreenBurialCouncil.org.
If there isn’t one nearby, your next step is to contact several traditional funeral homes to see if they offer green funeral service options – many do.
You’ll also need to find a green cemetery. There are nearly 100 green cemeteries throughout the U.S., along with more than 300 traditional (hybrid) cemeteries that offer green burials, too. To find them, the New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education and Advocacy website has a list at NHfuneral.org. Or, if you own rural property you may be able to have a home burial there, if your state and county allow it.
If, however, there are no green cemeteries nearby you can still make your burial more environmentally friendly by not being embalmed. And, if the cemetery allows, using a biodegradable casket or shroud and skipping the vault. If a vault is required, ask to have holes drilled in the bottom, or use a concrete grave box with an open bottom so the body can return to the earth.
Green cremation
If you would rather be cremated, you have some green choices here, too. While cremation has always been touted as being more eco-friendly than a typical burial, a traditional cremation, which uses high heat to incinerate the body, does emit greenhouse gases into the air.
A green cremation, however, uses water and potassium hydroxide to reduce a deceased body to its basic element of bone ash within a few hours. This green technique, which is known as alkaline hydrolysis, is a little more expensive than traditional cremation but, unfortunately, it’s not legal in every state. Contact some local funeral providers to find out if this is available in your area, or Google “alkaline hydrolysis cremation” followed by your city and state.
Another green consideration is deciding what to do with the remains. Instead of scattering, which can be harmful to the environment, there are a wide variety of biodegradable urns that dissolve into the earth or water over time, and memorial urns that will grow a plant or tree in combination with your ashes.
From the Archives: Professional baseball in Richmond, 1953-1990
Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book. | https://richmond.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/savvy-senior-how-to-plan-a-green-funeral/article_5e2d3c9c-2d74-11ee-9dc6-3f24a24b33a7.html | 2023-07-30T19:17:18 | 1 | https://richmond.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/savvy-senior-how-to-plan-a-green-funeral/article_5e2d3c9c-2d74-11ee-9dc6-3f24a24b33a7.html |
Two people killed in shooting near University of Florida campus
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 1:13 PM CDT|Updated: 6 minutes ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) - Two people were killed after gunshots rang out in a crowd early Sunday near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, WCJB reports.
Gainesville Police were near the Checkers and Bodytech on West University Avenue around 2:40 a.m. when they heard gunshots. There were three victims, two of which died from their injuries.
Police were seeking the public’s help for any information on the shooting.
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...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Dougherty,
south central Lee and southwestern Worth Counties through 300 PM
EDT...
At 218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Turner City, or near Albany, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Albany, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner
City, Stocks, Radium Springs, Forrester, Sylvester Airport, South
Albany, Parkerville, Palmyra, Red Rock, Acree, Crestwood,
Williamsburg, Livingston, Century, Pecan City and Byne Crossroads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 110 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend Florida and
south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ to 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Georgia resident dies from rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials say
(CNN) — A Georgia resident who was likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond has died from a rare brain eating amoeba infection, the Georgia Department of Public Health said.
“A Georgia resident has died from Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection which destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death,” the health department said in a news release Friday. “The individual was likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia.”
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QUESTION: I just got out of the hospital. The doctors discovered that my sodium level was dangerously low. That explained why I was troubled with headaches, insomnia, muscle cramps, dizziness and severe fatigue.
Why do we get such conflicting messages about salt? I have been told for years to avoid sodium. During hot weather, we are also told to stay well hydrated. I try to drink eight glasses of water daily.
Now I’ve learned from my hospital stay that too much water on a low-salt diet in combination with the HCTZ I take to control my blood pressure could be a big mistake. The doctors in the hospital actually told me to eat more salt! Go figure.
ANSWER: We are glad to hear that you have recovered from an extremely serious complication. Low sodium, also called hyponatremia, can lead to brain swelling, seizures, coma or even death if it is not corrected promptly.
Thiazide diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide (HCT or HCTZ) can deplete the body of crucial minerals, such as magnesium, potassium, sodium and zinc. Your health care provider should be monitoring these electrolytes, especially during hot weather.
While hydration is critically important when temperatures soar, you can overdo it. Instead of plain water, you should include a solution containing electrolytes as part of your liquid intake.
Scientists discovered decades ago that a low-salt diet could interfere with normal sleep (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, March 1983). We fear this consequence of a low-sodium regimen has been overlooked.
QUESTION: I have a bad family history of cardiovascular disease. My brother died at age 45 of a heart attack. Consequently, I have tried to lower my own risk.
A preventive cardiologist whom I consulted prescribed statins, which gave me terrible leg cramps and brain fog. After a few years of that, I gave up on those drugs. I was still struggling with the low-fat, high-carb diet the dietician recommended. On it, I gained weight and felt tired. Eventually, I quit that, too.
A diet with good-quality fats helped me lose 15 pounds. Even better, my Lp(a) levels dropped significantly and are no longer too high. I get my fats from grass-fed meats, free-range eggs, avocados, olive and avocado oil, though I sometimes cheat with a little peanut butter or chocolate. Reading actual medical research on Lp(a) has been enlightening.
ANSWER: High levels of lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a) are now considered a major risk factor for atherosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes and heart valve calcification. Statins lower LDL cholesterol, but there is growing evidence that these medications may increase Lp(a) levels. A study involving more than 42,000 patients found that: “The use of statins was associated with an increased risk of Lp(a) elevation compared with non-statin use counterparts” (European Journal of Medical Research, July 1, 2023).
Diet is not supposed to lower Lp(a) levels, but a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Sept. 28, 2021) suggests that a low-carb diet can be helpful.
PHOTOS: Recognize anyone? 30 photos from the Times-Dispatch archives
Bellwood
Virginia State Library reading room, 1977
Sixth Street Market
WWII
ScrapMetal
Fort Lee
Spirit of '76 locomotive
Cigarettes
Racing
Ginter Park
Arena
Charter Change
Richmond Home for Boys, 1965
Sixth Street Market
Ashe
JFK High
Grace Street
Civil Rights
Red Cross cantten class, 1942
Restaurants
Powell
Agnes
Westhampton School
Air Raid
YMCA
Westhampton
Tredegar
Railroads
Armistice Day
Restaurants
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Orioles vs. Yankees Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 30
Sunday's contest at Oriole Park at Camden Yards has the Baltimore Orioles (63-41) matching up with the New York Yankees (55-49) at 7:10 PM ET (on July 30). Our computer prediction projects a close 5-4 victory for the Orioles, so it should be a competitive matchup.
The probable starters are Dean Kremer (10-4) for the Orioles and Luis Severino (2-4) for the Yankees.
Orioles vs. Yankees Game Info & Odds
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 7:10 PM ET
- Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Orioles vs. Yankees Score Prediction
Our prediction for this matchup is Orioles 5, Yankees 4.
Total Prediction for Orioles vs. Yankees
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Orioles Performance Insights
- The Orioles have been the favorite once in the past 10 games and lost that contest.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Baltimore and its opponents are 4-6-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Sportsbooks have not set a spread for any of the Orioles' last 10 games.
- The Orioles have entered the game as favorites 47 times this season and won 33, or 70.2%, of those games.
- Baltimore has entered 33 games this season favored by -135 or more and is 24-9 in those contests.
- The implied probability of a win from the Orioles, based on the moneyline, is 57.4%.
- Baltimore has scored 502 runs (4.8 per game) this season, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Orioles have a 4.19 team ERA that ranks 15th among all league pitching staffs.
Yankees Performance Insights
- In three games as the underdog over the last 10 matchups, the Yankees have a record of 1-2.
- In its last 10 matchups with a total posted by sportsbooks, New York and its foes are 5-5-0 when it comes to hitting the over.
- Oddsmakers have not posted a spread in any of the Yankees' past 10 games.
- The Yankees have been underdogs in 31 games this season and have come away with the win 13 times (41.9%) in those contests.
- This season, New York has come away with a win eight times in 16 chances when named as an underdog of at least +115 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 46.5% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- New York scores the 21st-most runs in baseball (454 total, 4.4 per game).
- The Yankees have pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
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There's a new pair of Kardashian cousin BFFs!
Kylie Jenner shared a photo of a sweet moment between her and Travis Scott's son Aire Webster and Tatum Thompson, Khloe Kardashian's second child with Tristan Thompson, after the family celebrated her nephew's first birthday.
"Happy belated birthday Tatum," the Kylie Cosmetics founder wrote on her Instagram Stories July 29, alongside a close-up pic of Aire, who is almost 18 months old, and his little cousin holding hands. "We love you."
Kylie added, "Aires best friend for life [sic]."
The Kardashian-Jenner family recently shared pics from Tatum's space-themed first birthday party, as well as personal tributes to the child. Tristan shared his first Instagram post dedicated to the toddler, his fourth child.
"Tatum!!" the NBA star wrote, alongside pics of the two. "Happy birthday my son! You are a reminder of what life represents to me. You have taught me every loss comes a lesson and you are my gift. You are my reminder of all of God's messages. You are the reason that I began my story."
The basketball player, who has been involved in multiple cheating scandals (which Khloe has forgiven) and who fathered another son, Theo, with Maralee Nichols, months before welcoming Tatum via surrogate, continued, "The mistakes along the way are lessons not failures. There is no expiration date to reinventing yourself. Tatum your sweet soul reminds me of God's grace. You are a future king my son and I am so blessed to be your DaDa!"
Tatum is Kris Jenner's 12th grandchild and the little brother of Khloe and ex Tristan's daughter True Thompson, 5, who herself is close with two cousins just a few months older than her—Kylie and Travis' daughter Stormi Webster and Kim Kardashian and ex Kanye West's daughter Chicago West. In addition to her fellow Kardashian "triplets," True is also BFFs with cousin Dream Kardashian, 6, daughter of Rob Kardashian and ex Blac Chyna.
Many fans and several members of the Kardashian-Jenner family have stated that Tatum resembles his uncle. "You are Rob's twin! LOL," Kim wrote on Instagram. "Your auntie loves you SO MUCH."
Khloe commented, "Our Armenian boy."
In her own post, Kris wrote, "I'm honestly in awe of how you look exactly like uncle Rob. It's wild and I love it!!!! I love you my amazing Tatum!!! I love you my sweet boy."
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...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Dougherty,
south central Lee and southwestern Worth Counties through 300 PM
EDT...
At 218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Turner City, or near Albany, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Albany, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner
City, Stocks, Radium Springs, Forrester, Sylvester Airport, South
Albany, Parkerville, Palmyra, Red Rock, Acree, Crestwood,
Williamsburg, Livingston, Century, Pecan City and Byne Crossroads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 110 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend Florida and
south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ to 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
ALBANY -- The Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has announced that Barbara Rivera Holmes, president & CEO of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, has graduated from the program and has received the recognition of IOM.
Awarded to all graduates of the Institute program, the IOM Graduate Recognition signifies the individual’s completion of 96 credit hours of course instruction in nonprofit management. In addition, participants can earn credit hours towards the Certified Chamber Executive or Certified Association Executive certifications. Nearly 1,000 individuals attend the institute annually. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/albany-chambers-holmes-graduates-from-u-s-chamber-leadership-program/article_b8e640e8-2f04-11ee-9b1e-5f4fcf831d3c.html | 2023-07-30T19:17:30 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/albany-chambers-holmes-graduates-from-u-s-chamber-leadership-program/article_b8e640e8-2f04-11ee-9b1e-5f4fcf831d3c.html |
As nationwide rents slow, Detroit area goes one better
Los Angeles — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades.
Median rent rose just 0.5% in June, year over year, after falling in May for the first time since the pandemic hit the U.S. Some economists project U.S. rents will be down modestly this year after soaring nearly 25% over the past four years.
Metro Detroit can attest to that trend. Median rents here were down 1.06%, year-over-year, to $1,638, according to rental listings company Rent, which tracks rents in 50 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas.
A closer look, however, shows the trend will likely be little comfort for many U.S. renters who’ve had to put an increasing share of their income toward their monthly payment. Renters in cities such as Cincinnati and Indianapolis are still getting hit with increases of 5% or more. For all of Michigan, median rent was up 6.4% to $1,361.
Much of the new construction is located in just a few metro areas, and many of the new units are luxury apartments, which rent for well north of $2,000.
Median U.S. rent has risen to $2,029 this June from $1,629 in June 2019, according to Rent. Demand for apartments exploded during the pandemic as people who could work remotely sought more space or decided to relocate to another part of the country.
The steep rent increases have left tenants like Melissa Lombana, a high school teacher who lives in the South Florida city of Miramar, with progressively less income to spend on other needs.
The rent on her one-bedroom apartment jumped 13% last year to $1,700. It climbed another 6% to $1,800 this month when she renewed her lease.
“Even the $1,700 was a stretch for me,” said Lombana, 43, who supplements her teaching income with a side job doing educational testing. “In a year, I will not be able to afford living here at all.”
Lombana’s rent is now gobbling up nearly half her monthly income. That puts her in a category referred to as “cost-burdened” by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, denoting households that pay 30% or more of their income toward rent. Last year, the average rent-to-income ratio per household rose to 30%. This March, it was 29.6%.
Lombana hasn’t had any luck finding a more affordable apartment. While South Florida is one of the metropolitan areas seeing a rise in apartment construction, the units are mostly high-end and not a viable option.
That scenario is playing out across the nation. Developers are rushing to complete projects that were green-lit during the pandemic-era surge in demand for rentals or left in limbo by delays in supplies of fixtures and building materials. Nearly 1.1 million apartments are currently under construction, according to the commercial real estate tracker CoStar, a pace not seen since the 1970s.
Increasing the supply of apartments tends to moderate rent increases over time and can give tenants more options on where to live. But more than 40% of the new rentals to be completed this year will be concentrated in about 10 high job growth metropolitan areas, including Austin, Nashville, Denver, Atlanta and New York, according to Marcus & Millichap. In many areas, the boost to overall inventory will be barely noticeable.
Even within metros where there’ll be a notable increase in available apartments, such as Nashville, most of it will be in the luxury category, where rents average $2,270, nationally. Some 70% of the new rental inventory will be the luxury class, said Jay Lybik, national director of multifamily analytics at CoStar.
That will leave most tenants unlikely to see a big enough reduction in rent to make a difference, industry experts and economists say.
“I think we’re in a period of rent flattening for 12 or 18 months, but it’s certainly not a big rent decline,” said Hessam Nadji, CEO of commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap.
“We’re building a multi-decade record number of units,” Nadji said. “It’s going to cause some softening and some pockets of overbuilding, but it’s not going to fundamentally resolve the housing shortage or the affordability problem for renters across the U.S.”
The surge in rents has made it difficult for workers to keep up with inflation despite solid wage gains the past few years and exacerbated a long-term trend. Between 1999 and 2022, U.S. rents soared 135%, while income grew 77%, according to data from Moody’s Analytics.
Realtor.com is forecasting that rents will drop an average of 0.9% this year. But while down nationally, rents are still rising in many markets around the country, especially those where hiring remains robust.
In the New York metro area, the median rent climbed 4.7% in June from a year earlier to $2,899, according to Realtor.com. In the Midwest, rents surged 5.6% in the Cincinnati metro area to $1,188, and 6.9% to $1,350 in the Indianapolis metro area.
The current spike in apartment construction alone isn’t going to be enough to address how costly renting has become for many Americans.
“For the rest of the 2020s rents will continue to grow because millennials are such a big generation and we’re very much in the hole in terms of building housing for that generation,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. “It will take many good years of new construction to build adequate housing for millennials.”
The bigger challenge is building more work force housing, because the cost of land, labor and navigating the government approval process incentivize developers to put up luxury apartments buildings.
Expanding the supply of modestly priced rentals would help alleviate the strain from so many new apartments targeting renters with high incomes, “although additional subsidies will be needed to make housing affordable to households with the lowest incomes,” researchers at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies wrote in a recent report.
Despite the overall pullback in U.S. rents, Joey Di Girolamo, in Pembroke Pines, Florida, worries that he’ll face more sharp rent increases in coming years.
Last year, the web designer left a two-bedroom, two-bath townhome he rented for $2,200 a month to avoid a $600 a month increase. This year, his rent went up by $200, a nearly 10% jump.
“That blew me away,” said Di Girolamo, 50. “I’m just kind of dreading what it’s going to be like next year, but especially 3 or 4 years from now.” | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/07/30/as-nationwide-rents-slow-detroit-area-goes-one-better/70494876007/ | 2023-07-30T19:17:30 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/07/30/as-nationwide-rents-slow-detroit-area-goes-one-better/70494876007/ |
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Dougherty,
south central Lee and southwestern Worth Counties through 300 PM
EDT...
At 218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Turner City, or near Albany, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Albany, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner
City, Stocks, Radium Springs, Forrester, Sylvester Airport, South
Albany, Parkerville, Palmyra, Red Rock, Acree, Crestwood,
Williamsburg, Livingston, Century, Pecan City and Byne Crossroads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 110 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend Florida and
south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ to 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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The city of Albany, with the assistance of Dougherty County officials, will activate Operation Safe Place to give citizens places to cool off during the day Sunday and Monday.
ALBANY – The city of Albany, with the assistance of Dougherty County officials, will activate Operation Safe Place to give citizens places to cool off during the day Sunday and Monday.
According to current weather reports, the heat index will reach dangerous temperatures both days, spurring city and county officials to offer shelter from the heat to those who need it. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/albany-dougherty-county-officials-initiate-operation-safe-place/article_bbae86c4-2ef4-11ee-9b8a-5f0ee0b5270d.html | 2023-07-30T19:17:34 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/albany-dougherty-county-officials-initiate-operation-safe-place/article_bbae86c4-2ef4-11ee-9b8a-5f0ee0b5270d.html |
Sarah Jessica Parker is always so busy with her fashionable appearances and her fragrances and her shoes and her charity work and the Sex and the City revival And Just Like That......
And Matthew Broderick is always busy doing a play or a movie...
It can be easy to forget that these two award-winning actors go home to each other at the end of those long days. But now is not the time to take one of the most enduring couples in show business for granted.
"I love Matthew Broderick," Parker declared in Harper's Bazaar in 2013. "Call me crazy, but I love him. We can only be in the marriage we are. We're very devoted to our family and our lives. I love our life. I love that he's the father of my children, and it's because of him that there's this whole other world that I love."
And what of this whole other world, the one that complements the world in which SJP wears a glittery nativity scene on her head to the Met Gala?
The actors met in November 1991 when Broderick directed a play for the Naked Angels Theater Company, which was founded by Parker's big brothers Pippin and Toby (she's one of eight siblings). He was best known to the masses then as the sweet-faced but wily class-cutter in Ferris Bueller's Day Off but was already a veteran star of the stage. Parker, who once dated John F. Kennedy Jr., had recently broken up with Robert Downey Jr. after a storied tumultuous relationship (RDJ takes full credit for the rocky bits) and Broderick's past girlfriends included Helen Hunt and Jennifer Grey.
Some months went by, though, before he finally drummed up the nerve to call her for a date on Feb. 1, 1992. "Then he left a very charming, very self-effacing message on the machine," Parker told The New York Times. "You know, 'Hi, it's Matthew Broderick.' You had to use your last name."
After which she and Broderick set off together, armed with their mutual love of New York, the stage (Parker played Annie on Broadway and Broderick won his first Tony at 21 for Brighton Beach Memoirs), baseball and each other.
"I do remember first meeting her…we went to a movie together," Broderick, who grew up in Greenwich Village, told the YES Network in 2012. "And I still remember very clearly seeing her walk down the street toward the movie theater…it's very unique, because I wouldn't remember most people the first time I saw them come down the street. [But] I remember it as clear as day." (It didn't even matter that he grew up rooting for the Mets and she was a Yankees fan.)
As Parker gushed to the Los Angeles Times in March 1996, "He's probably the funniest fellow I've met in my whole life. He's so bright, so handsome, I think he's the most handsome man I've seen in my life. And he inspires me. I'm mad for him, totally."
She was about to star opposite Broderick in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, her first time singing onstage in 16 years.
"I'm so nervous acting opposite him," she admitted. "I don't know how we're going to manage this without laughing hysterically at each other. We do not discuss it. I don't even want to rehearse—I'm going to go onstage with a big blinder on my head—I don't know what I'm thinking."
It was a running joke of his, she said. "We work together, we eat together, we sleep together, we wake up together, we work together, we eat together, we sleep together..." Parker said during their Broadway run. "It occurred to me that that was a dangerous part of this, that our world would become very small. There was always something nice about sharing your experiences. Now, all of a sudden our experiences are the same, and I don't feel like I'm bringing a lot to the table."
Just over a year later, they married on May 19, 1997, at Angel Orensanz Synagogue on the Lower East Side, with Broderick's minister sister Jane officiating in front of 100 surprised guests, none of whom knew they were gathered for a wedding.
And the bride wore black.
"Oh, I wish it was because I was badass," Parker said on Watch What Happens Live in 2016. "I just was too embarrassed to spend any time looking for a wedding dress. There was a store that I liked that I knew, and I just went and got whatever they had hanging."
The dress wasn't label-less—it was by Morgane Le Fay—but Parker has had a few twinges of regret about the lack of thought she put into it. Or the fact that at the time she actually went with black in hopes of not drawing too much attention to herself...on her wedding day. (She didn't entirely buck tradition, though: She had an old coin, a new dress, a borrowed handkerchief and her teal-blue velvet Robert Clergerie shoes.)
"If I were getting married today, I'd likely wear cream, just to have that bridal experience," Parker told Martha Stewart Weddings in 2015. "Now I would want my dress to have an Oscar de la Renta feel, pockets below the waist, a very fitted bodice, a huge skirt, in taffeta or duchesse satin. That silhouette appeals to me because it's old-fashioned yet can look very modern."
Admittedly, when it came time to tie the knot, Parker "never thought about a wedding dress," she told People. "Had not one daydream about it. At one point I just simply remember thinking, 'God, I really hope he asks me to marry him.' I don't know when or why. It was fairly early on."
Meanwhile, when they got married, Parker's professional life was on the verge of changing forever.
Through most the '90s, the charming actress was movie-famous, known simultaneously for smart (Honeymoon in Vegas, Ed Wood) and silly (L.A. Story, Hocus Pocus, First Wives Club), albeit scene-stealing, supporting roles. She had her doubts about doing a TV series, and she has credited her longtime agent Kevin Huvane and her husband for encouraging her to accept the role of Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City.
At the 2004 Emmys, the couple, holding hands while the nominees were being read, shared a long, celebratory kiss when Parker won after the series' final season. Her acceptance speech began with an apparent inside joke—"Matthew, James Wilkie, sweet"—and Broderick looked tickled.
By then they had become parents to son James Wilkie, now 20, Carrie having gone through a high- or no-waist dress phase on SATC in 2002 to cloak Parker's growing bump.
"I'd rather be just having tea with an actress because it's very nerve-wracking to be half-naked, pretending to have sex," Broderick later told Parade. "I don't get those kind of moments very often in movies. My wife does a lot more than I do. But Sarah Jessica and I are both pretty grown-up about watching each other's love scenes on the screen."
Broderick has also expressly called Parker a "very positive person" and "very unbitchy," while he has to work harder on containing his flair for the negative. He told Parade, "When I've been unhappy, usually something good happens and it cheers me up. But I've also gotten help through books that I've read, and I've gone to psychiatrists. I've done everything I can think of to improve my attitude, so there isn't only one thing that always cheers me up."
When they reached their 10th anniversary in 2007, Parker couldn't believe it—in a good way.
"I mean, I knew that we had exceeded everybody's expectations—kidding," she said, laughing, on The Oprah Winfrey Show a few days before the milestone. "But he was the one that reminded me last week." As for their plans, "we have no ideas and we have no babysitter. But I expect that we'll probably cook dinner and spend a better part of the evening with James Wilkie."
They had also promised each other that they wouldn't buy presents because there was nothing either needed. "I would love a note," Parker said. "So few of us actually write anything down now. There's so little documentation of our feelings because everything's emails."
Then it's a good thing she's said such lovely things about her husband in interviews! Though, as she has acknowledged, she purposely has never said too much. Nor does she share too many intimate family moments on Instagram, figuring it's important to keep most things private.
Funny enough, she told Harper's Bazaar in 2013, "People have asked me about my marriage, 'How do you make it work, and I say, 'We don't talk about it.' That's not really true. It's sort of a nasty response."
Seven years after James Wilkie was born, the family grew again on June 22, 2009, when they welcomed twin daughters Marion Loretta and Tabitha via surrogate.
"We tried and tried and tried and tried to get pregnant [again]," Parker later told Vogue, "but it just was not to be, the conventional way—I would give birth as often as I could, if I could. I cherished all the milestones, the good and the bad."
The process was yet another bonding experience for her and Broderick. "We couldn't talk about the fact that we were having children to anybody for sooo long!" she said. "All the stuff that matters is secretive and worrisome. You can't talk about how you feel about the woman who's carrying your children; you can only talk about it to your husband. And he just doesn't want to talk about it as much as you do."
Fame continued to be a mixed bag, in that their work both financed their fantastic life and also meant people followed harassed their surrogate while she was pregnant, looking for dirt. "The most unsavory things have been done," Parker lamented to Access Hollywood before the babies were born. "She's had her phone hacked, her personal computer information hacked, she's had threats against her and true harassment… She's had friends threatened and family threatened and she's had family of friends threatened."
But when the babies were born, "I don't remember anything but the blanket on the bed that they were lying on and my husband's face and their faces and my son's," she told Vogue. "It's literally as if sound is sucked from the room. Time stands still. It's so different, and equally extraordinary."
Moreover, she told Stella magazine, "We were just hopeful that we would have one healthy child. It was a wonderful shock getting two; the cherry on the sundae… [but] going from one to three children is a much bigger adjustment than becoming a mother in the first place. One child in retrospect seems a cake walk compared to where I stand today."
And yet she seemed to have it handled.
"We painted our patio furniture ourselves.... I make my children's food myself," she told Vogue in 2010. "We put together their high chairs ourselves; we do a lot ourselves! We do our own grocery shopping, we go to the market ourselves, you know? I do my laundry."
She shared with Vogue in 2011 that they didn't have any live-in help, but employed a nanny for the twins and another babysitter-assistant-type staffer who saw to then 8-year-old James Wilkie's schedule. "We're pretty hands-on parents," Parker said. "That's something that's important to both of us, and we don't shirk it, because what's the point in having a family if you're not going to really participate in it, you know?"
Answering Vogue's 73 Questions in 2014 at their West Village townhouse, Parker noted they'd been in the neighborhood for 13 years. (The following year they flipped a Greenwich Village property, for $18.25 million. In 2012 they added a residence in Brooklyn Heights to their portfolio, and in 2016 they reportedly snatched up two adjoining townhouses on their current street with an eye on creating one huge mega-mansion.)
Because Parker went on to be star on a show called Divorce, interviews while she was on the promotional circuit inevitably gravitate toward musings on family and marriage—namely what makes it work and what doesn't. Having been married for more than two decades make Parker and Broderick the object of much romantic fascination anyway, but the personal questions actually aligned, at least partially, with the craft. (She was married the entire time she played the single lady, Carrie Bradshaw, after all.)
"There is an enormous amount of discussion and dissection and introspection [between Matthew and I] about it. We have common interests and we still really enjoy each other's company," Parker told London's Telegraph in 2016. "We are suited to each other"—she reportedly shrugged—"at least for the time being."
"I know it sounds dreary and not sexy, but I think the most important part of it is companionship," Parker added. "For me, it's about asking myself: who do I want to sit with, in Ireland? 'Who do I want to see those ruins with? Who is still the most challenging to me? Who do I like best?'"
About that very particular pitfall that almost all couples run up against after a long time, "It's very normal to be interested in other people," the actress said. "But it doesn't mean you have to follow through."
Parker and Broderick have weathered their own tough times and been the subject of split speculation—an inevitability in their line of work. When they bought their house in Brooklyn, the end was rumored to be coming, and there were rumors some years ago that Broderick cheated, about which SJP reflected to Harper's Bazaar in 2013, "Yeah, I didn't comment on it."
Recalling a simpler time when she and her husband were just a couple of young actors trying to do good work, she added, "So when our marriage came up in conversation, it wouldn't occur to us that we were obligated to respond to allegations or gossip. You have to be a bit circumspect, but you also have to take up a position, and you have to stick to it."
Despite convincingly playing a character who has experienced the unraveling of a long marriage, Parker sounds blissfully un-jaded in her optimism about marriage's potential for greatness.
"I think marriage has a lot of vitality," she told People in February 2018. "If you're fortunate, it's like this dazzling organism."
She and Broderick don't go everywhere together—they happily do red carpets, but the Met Gala, for instance, is SJP's thing—but they still share the same interests that they did back in the day (art, culture, theater, etc.) and are of course devoted to their three kids.
But over all these years they seem to like each other as much as ever and having such busy—yet still pretty geographically cohesive—schedules has helped them grow individually and as a couple.
"I know this sounds nuts, but we have lives that allow us to be away and come back together," Parker said in 2018 on Sophia Amoruso's Girlboss Radio podcast. "His work life takes him here, and mine takes me there. In some ways, I think that that's been enormously beneficial because we have so much to share in a way... anytime that any relationship is hard, it's the point in which you're deciding, is this worth the investment getting through whatever that thing is?"
"Relationships are hard," she acknowledged. "I always felt that I wanted to invest more. I love him, and I think he's brilliant. I'm sure I annoy him. He annoys me sometimes. I'm enormously proud of the person he is. I think the longer you can last, the more invested you just are."
This story was originally published on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 10:22 a.m. PT. | https://www.eonline.com/news/936242/inside-sarah-jessica-parker-and-matthew-broderick-s-unusual-love-story?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories | 2023-07-30T19:17:34 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/news/936242/inside-sarah-jessica-parker-and-matthew-broderick-s-unusual-love-story?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories |
Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
Denver – As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself with a misting fan to try to get through the heat. Gallegos, like many in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, doesn’t have air conditioning.
The 68-year-old covers his windows with mattress foam to insulate against the heat and sleeps in the concrete basement. He knows high temperatures can cause heat stroke and death, and his lung condition makes him more susceptible. But the retired brick layer, who survives on about $1,000 a month, says air conditioning is out of reach.
“Take me about 12 years to save up for something like that,” he said. “If it’s hard to breath, I’ll get down to emergency.”
As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.S. and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival.
As Phoenix weathered its 27th consecutive day above 110 degrees (43 Celsius) Wednesday, the nine who died indoors didn’t have functioning air conditioning, or it was turned off. Last year, all 86 heat-related deaths indoors were in uncooled environments.
“To explain it fairly simply: Heat kills,” said Kristie Ebi, a University of Washington professor who researches heat and health. “Once the heat wave starts, mortality starts in about 24 hours.”
It’s the poorest and people of color, from Kansas City to Detroit to New York City and beyond, who are far more likely to face grueling heat without air conditioning, according to a Boston University analysis of 115 U.S. metro areas.
“The temperature differences … between lower-income neighborhoods, neighborhoods of color and their wealthier, whiter counterparts have pretty severe consequences,” said Cate Mingoya-LaFortune of Groundwork USA, an environmental justice organization. “There are these really big consequences like death. … But there’s also ambient misery.”
Some have window units that can offer respite, but “in the dead of heat, it don’t do nothing,” said Melody Clark, who stopped Friday to get food at a Kansas City, Kansas, nonprofit as temperatures soared to 101. When the central air conditioning at her rental house broke, her landlord installed a window unit. But it doesn’t do much during the day.
So the 45-year-old wets her hair, cooks outside on a propane grill and keeps the lights off indoors. At night she flips the box unit on, hauling her bed into the room where it’s located to sleep.
As far as her two teenagers, she said: “They aren’t little bitty. We aren’t dying in the heat. … They don’t complain.”
While billions in federal funding have been allocated to subsidize utility costs and the installation of cooling systems, experts say they often only support a fraction of the most vulnerable families and some still require prohibitive upfront costs. Installing a centralized heat pump system for heating and cooling can easily reach $25,000.
President Joe Biden announced steps on Thursda y to defend against extreme heat, highlighting the expansion of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which funnels money through states to help poorer households pay utility bills.
While the program is critical, said Michelle Graff, who studies the subsidy at Cleveland State University, only about 16% of the nation’s eligible population is actually reached. Nearly half of states don’t offer the federal dollars for summer cooling.
“So people are engaging in coping mechanisms, like they’re turning on their air conditioners later and leaving their homes hotter,” Graff said.
As temperatures rise, so does the cost of cooling. And temperatures are already hotter in America’s low-income neighborhoods. Researchers at the University of San Diego analyzed 1,056 counties and in over 70%, the poorest areas and those with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations were significantly hotter. That's in part because those neighborhoods lack tree coverage.
At noon on Friday, Katrice Sullivan sat on the porch of her rented house on Detroit’s westside. It was hot and muggy, but even steamier inside the house. Even if she had air conditioning, Sullivan said she’d choose her moments to run it to keep her electricity bill down.
The 37-year-old factory worker sometimes sits in her car with the air conditioner running. “Some people here spend every dollar for food, so air conditioning is something they can’t afford,” she said.
In the federal Inflation Reduction Act, billions were set aside for tax credits and rebates to help families install energy-efficient cooling systems, but some of those are yet to be available. Rebates are the kind of state and federal point-of-sale discounts that Amanda Morian has looked into for her 640-square-foot home.
Morian, who has a 13-week-old baby susceptible to hot weather, is desperate to keep her house in Denver's Globeville suburb cool. She got estimates from four different companies for installing a cooling system, but every project was between $20,000 and $25,000, she said. Even with subsidies she can’t afford it.
Instead, she bought thermal curtains, ceiling fans and runs a window unit. At night she tries to do skin-to-skin touch to regulate the baby’s body temperature.
“All of those are just to take the edge off, its not enough to actually make it cool. It’s enough to keep us from dying,” she said.
Associated Press writers Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City, Kansas, and Corey Williams in Detroit contributed to this report.
Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/30/record-heat-waves-illuminate-plight-of-poorest-americans-without-air-conditioning/70494810007/ | 2023-07-30T19:17:35 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/30/record-heat-waves-illuminate-plight-of-poorest-americans-without-air-conditioning/70494810007/ |
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Dougherty,
south central Lee and southwestern Worth Counties through 300 PM
EDT...
At 218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Turner City, or near Albany, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Albany, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner
City, Stocks, Radium Springs, Forrester, Sylvester Airport, South
Albany, Parkerville, Palmyra, Red Rock, Acree, Crestwood,
Williamsburg, Livingston, Century, Pecan City and Byne Crossroads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 110 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend Florida and
south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ to 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
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US mother, daughter reported kidnapped in Haiti; do-not-travel advisory issued
A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns.
Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program's director, Sandro Dorsainvil.
“Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “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.”
A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday is it “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti," adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.”
In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.”
It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed.
Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti's worsening situation.
WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti.
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French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
Niamey, Niger – Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing the country's former colonial power, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd.
The Russian mercenary group Wagner is operating in neighboring Mali, and President Vladimir Putin would like to expand his country's influence in the region. The new junta's leaders have not said whether they would move toward Moscow or stick with Niger's Western partners.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that attacks on France and its interests would not be tolerated and anyone who attacks French citizens will see an immediate response.
Niger, a French colony until 1960, had been seen as the West's last reliable partner battling jihadists in Africa’s Sahel region. France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with the Nigeriens. The United States and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
At an emergency meeting Sunday, the West African bloc known as ECOWAS said that it was suspending relations with Niger, and authorized the use of force if President Mohamed Bazoum is not reinstated within a week. The African Union has issued its own 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the democratically elected government.
Shortly after the ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, the President of Chad, Mahamat Deby arrived in Niger to lead mediation efforts, according to the state radio station in Chad.
ECOWAS has struggled to make a definitive impact on the region’s political crises in the past but Bazoum was democratically elected two years ago in Niger’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from France in 1960.
Members of the Niger military announced on Wednesday that they had deposed Bazoum and on Friday named Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader, adding Niger to a growing list of military regimes in West Africa’s Sahel region.
Some leaders of the mutiny said they overthrew Bazoum because he wasn’t able to secure the nation against growing jihadi violence. But some analysts and Nigeriens say that was a pretext for a takeover driven by internal power struggles.
“We couldn’t expect a coup in Niger because there’s no social, political or security situation that would justify that the military take the power,” Prof. Amad Hassane Boubacar, who teaches at the University of Niamey, told The Associated Press.
He said Bazoum wanted to replace the head of the presidential guard, Tchiani. Tchiani, who also goes by Omar, was loyal to Bazoum's predecessor, and that sparked the problems, Boubacar said.
Niger's dire security situation is not as bad as that in neighboring Burkina Faso or Mali, which have also been battling an Islamic insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Last year, Niger was the only one of the three to see a decline in violence, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Some taking part in Sunday's rally warned outside bodies to stay away.
“I would like also to say to the European Union, African Union and ECOWAS, please, please stay out of our business,” Oumar Barou Moussa said at the demonstration. “It’s time for us to take our lives, to work for ourselves. It’s time for us to talk about our freedom and liberty."
Niger has the most at stake of any country in the Sahel if it turns away from the West, given the millions of dollars of military assistance it has received from abroad.
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the continued security and economic cooperation with the U.S. hinges on the release of Bazoum – who remains under house arrest – and “the immediate restoration of the democratic order in Niger.”
Macron said he'd spoken to Bazoum and his predecessor on Sunday. On Saturday France suspended all development and financial aid to Niger.
The 15-nation ECOWAS bloc has unsuccessfully tried to restore democracies in nations where the military took power in recent years. Four nations are run by military regimes in West and Central Africa, where there have been nine successful or attempted coups since 2020.
While the bloc has struggled to have much impact, the measures placed on Niger Sunday show the gravity of the situation, said Andrew Lebovich, a research fellow with the Clingendael Institute.
“The strenuous measures they have put in place or threatened to put in place show not only how seriously they are taking this crisis, but also the urgency the regional body and larger international community feel in trying to force a return to normal that will likely prove elusive,” he said.
The response from the bloc towards Niger differs from how it dealt with recent coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, which did not involve the threat of force if constitutional rule wasn't reinstated.
In the last few decades it has sent troops into member countries a handful of times.
In the 1990s, ECOWAS intervened in Liberia during its civil war. In 2017 it intervened in The Gambia to prevent the new president’s predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, from disrupting the handover of power. Approximately 7,000 troops from Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal entered, according to the Global Observatory, which provides analysis on peace and security issues.
Economic sanctions could have a deep impact on Nigeriens, who live in the third-poorest country in the world, according to the latest U.N. data. The country relies imports up to 90% of its power from Nigeria, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. The sanctions would suspend all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS member states and Niger.
In a televised address Saturday, Col. Major Amadou Abdramane, one of the soldiers who ousted Bazoum, accused the meeting of making a “plan of aggression” against Niger and said the country would defend itself.
“Tensions with the military are still ongoing. There could be another coup after this one, or a stronger intervention from ECOWAS, potentially military force,” said Tatiana Smirnova, a researcher in conflict resolution and peace missions at the Centre FrancoPaix. “Many actors are also trying to negotiate, but the outcome is unclear."
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Lions' first-round picks reveal their song selections for popular rookie performance
Allen Park — The most memorable scene from the Detroit Lions' appearance on the HBO series "Hard Knocks" last summer was unquestionably Aidan Hutchinson's rookie performance, when the defensive end delivered an enthusiastic rendition of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
It was a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the playful hazing Detroit's first-year players undergo, being asked to cast aside inhibitions and embarrassment to entertain the coaches and their veteran teammates. We also got to see linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez's salsa dancing skills and undrafted receiver Kalil Pimpleton juggling.
Earlier in the week, Lions coach Dan Campbell offered some advice to this year's rookies ahead of their performances.
"They have big shoes to fill from last year," Campbell said. "I did tell those guys, 'Just do something. If you feel like you have a talent, it may not be, but you think it’s a talent, then just do that, and stay up there even if you get booed. Just stay all the way until the very end because you probably won’t get called back up because it’s so brutal it’s like, forget this. But if you start and then you laugh and stink and you get booed, they’re just going to keep bringing you back up.' They’ve been given that advice."
A few days later, Detroit's first-round picks Jahmyr Gibbs and Jack Campbell revealed they had performed, both opting to sing a song like Hutchinson last year. Gibbs chose Mario's 2004 hit "Let Me Love You," which came out just two years after the running back was born.
"It was good, no doubt," Gibbs said of his performance.
Campbell, an Iowa native, opted for the country classic, "A Country Boy Can Survive," by Hank Williams Jr.
The linebacker said his performance was well received by teammates and Gibbs gave his teammate a 10 out of 10. More than anything, Campbell was glad he didn't have the moment captured by TV cameras for public consumption.
"(I'm) kind of a more introverted person, yeah," Campbell said. "But you’ve just got to go through and enjoy the moment by just being yourself. Everyone has to do it, so you may as well go up there and have fun with it."
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Lions' star offensive tackle Penei Sewell in concussion protocol
Allen Park — Detroit Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell is currently in concussion protocol, which will keep him out of practice until Wednesday, at the very least.
Sewell, a Pro Bowler in 2022, was a surprising absence from the practice field on Saturday. A day earlier, coach Dan Campbell raved about what the young offensive lineman means to the franchise.
"I can’t say enough great things about Sewell," Campbell said. "... He’s our foundation. He’s one of those pillars that we talk about. I mean, he is something else. He’s a man on a mission. I feel like we’re a team on a mission, but he is a man on a mission and you talk about being wired right, a guy that comes in every day, puts in the work and he’s got so much ability, but he’s got the right attitude too and I think that’s what makes him dangerous if you’re the opponent.
"He’s shown up, he’s in shape, he’s lean, he’s mean and I’m glad he’s ours."
Sewell was temporarily replaced in the starting lineup by Matt Nelson, who started 11 games in 2021.
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California Salmon Festival will be missing something this year: Salmon
The Yurok Tribe has held its annual Klamath Salmon Festival in Northern California for more than half a century. But this August, salmon won’t be on the menu.
Tribal leaders say that’s because the Klamath River’s forecasted fish run is one of the lowest on record.
In a statement, the Yurok Tribe noted that Chinook salmon runs are in decline on the Klamath River and throughout the West Coast.
They cited a combination of factors including dams, habitat loss, disease outbreaks, excessive water diversions, water quality issues, fish passage barriers on tributaries, and environmental damage caused by past logging and mining operations.
“This decision reflects our sacred responsibility to take care of the Klamath River’s fish stocks,” Joseph L. James, the chairman of the Yurok Tribe, said in a statement. “In addition to not catching fish for the festival, we will not harvest any Klamath salmon this year to protect the fish population.”
This is the third time since 2016 that there will not be any salmon served at the festival, according to KRCR-TV. The festival typically draws about 3,500 attendees.
Similar issues are playing out across the state.
Earlier this year, salmon fishing was banned along the California coast as the population plummeted. It was only the second time in history that the ocean salmon fishery had been closed in California, and the decision reflected a major decline in fish populations after the state’s driest three-year period on record.
California’s Chinook salmon population is suffering, forcing the cancellation of the fishing season along the Pacific coast.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the estimated number of 3-year-old adults that were likely to return to the Sacramento River this year to spawn was less than 170,000, one of the lowest forecasts in the 15 years that officials have been using their current assessment method.
Officials estimated fewer than 104,000 fall-run Chinook were likely to return to the Klamath River, the second lowest estimate since 1997.
Earlier in June, the Yurok Tribe canceled its 2023 subsistence and commercial fisheries as a conservation measure. Since 2015, they have closed the commercial fishery every year, except one, to preserve fish runs, according to their statement.
“During all but one of the last eight years, the Tribe’s extremely limited subsistence harvests also did not come close to satisfying the needs of the Yurok people,” the statement read. “In many years, the subsistence quotas amounted to less than one fish per member of the Tribe.”
Many Yurok families depend on the fishery, officials said. The nearest grocery store is a one- to three-hour trip from the reservation’s population centers, they added. Another impact they cited is the loss of family time spent on the river participating in a traditional custom.
Deep in California’s coastal woods near the Oregon border, the reservation straddles the mighty Klamath River, the tribe’s lifeblood for centuries.
Despite those concerns, tribal leaders were also optimistic about the future. They pointed to construction crews who are dismantling four dams on the Klamath River “in what will be the largest salmon restoration project in world history.”
“By the end of 2024, the Klamath will flow free for the first time in more than a century and salmon will have access to approximately 400 miles of previously blocked salmon spawning habitat,” the statement read.
The Yurok Fisheries Department and Yurok Construction Corporation, along with the Trinity River Restoration Program and Hoopa Valley Tribe, are also implementing a large-scale restoration project on the Trinity River, the Klamath’s largest tributary, officials said.
As that work continues, the 59th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival will carry on. Set for Aug. 19, this year’s event has the theme, “Celebrating Dam Removal and the Healing of the Klamath River.”
Times staff writer Ian James contributed to this report.
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Poise, playmaking translating early for Lions' second-round pick Brian Branch
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions talk a lot about having a standard, a base level of expectations for the team's players on and off the field, but rookie defensive back Brian Branch carries an even higher level of expectation, placed on him by first-year cornerbacks coach Dre Bly.
"Coach Bly is an amazing coach," Branch said. "He teaches me the ins and out, the nuances having played the cornerback position. He also wore the No. 32, so he's always getting on me about living up to his number."
That's a lofty bar. Bly had a stellar career, earning a pair of Pro Bowl selections and racking up 43 interceptions in 11 seasons with the Rams, Lions, Broncos and 49ers. But even though Branch is weeks away from his NFL debut, he's making a strong impression in his first NFL training camp.
Despite missing rookie minicamp with an undisclosed injury, and an early training camp practice with a foot issue, the versatile defensive back hasn't been slowed down, showing a comfort level beyond his years. Seeing snaps at multiple spots on the field, he's broken up several passes the first week of camp, while also tallying a sack on a blitz.
"He’s one of those guys, you kind of see the lightbulb (coming on)," Lions coach Dan Campbell said. "What showed up on the tape in college is beginning to show up already, up here, quickly. He’s an instinctive guy. He’s got some ball hawk ability.
"...You can see him grow and he’s another guy that is wired correctly," Campbell continued. "He is wired right. He’s got a chip on his shoulder. He goes to work and he just wants more. He wants more, he wants more, he wants more. We’re happy with where he’s at, at this point."
On Friday and Saturday, the team's first padded practices of the offseason, the Lions put Branch to the test, asking him to cover the speedy, shifty Kalif Raymond in one-on-one drills. On the first day, Branch broke up one throw before conceding a hotly contested catch across the middle. The next morning, Raymond got the best of the rookie with a double move, getting significant separation before hauling in a deep pass.
"He’s a football-playing dude and he has a feel for it, he has a knack," Campbell said. "In the heat of the moment, he doesn’t panic. I mean we had some one-on-one reps out there that we put him outside and he’s covering and doing a pretty good job for a guy that that’s not necessarily where we see him. So, man, there’s not panic in him and he’s a worker. He loves it. He’s not worried about anything else other than getting better so, it’s a good start for him."
Raymond, who has caught nearly 100 passes the past two seasons, has been similarly impressed by Branch's moxie.
"He's got some talent for sure and he's been stepping up, for sure," Raymond said. "I'm excited for him. He works his butt off and he's very instinctual. You can tell by the poise. He doesn't have any fear in his eyes when he lines up across from you. He's had that since OTAs. He has a lot of football instincts, and when he's out there, he handles himself like he's done it before."
Viewed by most observers as the top safety in the most recent draft, the Lions were thrilled when Branch fell to them in the second round, pick No. 45 overall. General manager Brad Holmes, in the days after making the selection, noted he anticipated the Alabama standout might have come off the board in the later stages of the first round.
The pick certainly wasn't need-based. The previous month, the Lions had used free agency to retool its defensive backfield, including the signing of C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who has high-level production playing the hybrid safety/nickel role Branch thrived in for the Crimson Tide.
Gardner-Johnson's recent injury, which sidelined him a handful of practices before returning to action on Saturday, offered Branch an opportunity to get some first-team reps, hinting he might get to see the field more during his rookie season than originally anticipated. Regardless, Gardner-Johnson has been an eager mentor for the rookie, and the youngster is lapping up whatever knowledge the veteran is willing to offer up.
"CJ is a great leader," Branch said. "He's teaching me a lot of things I can put in my toolbox, and as a rookie, I'm just trying to soak all of that in from a guy like him, a vet like him, who has a ton of experience and excelled at this level."
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DOJ warns Texas of lawsuit over buoys in Rio Grande
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
President Joe Biden's administration told Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that the barrier installed this month near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, was "unlawful" in a letter dated Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press.
"The floating barrier poses a risk to navigation, as well as public safety, in the Rio Grande River, and it presents humanitarian concerns," reads the letter, which also informs the state that the Justice Department intends to sue if the barriers are not removed.
Abbott's office did not respond to a request for comment Friday, but on Twitter, the governor wrote that Texas was acting within its rights.
"Texas has the sovereign authority to defend our border," Abbott tweeted.
The buoys are the latest escalation of Abbott's multibillion-dollar operation to secure the state's 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) border with Mexico. Other measures have included razor-wire fencing and arresting migrants on trespassing charges. The mission known as Operation Lone Star came under new scrutiny after a trooper said migrants had been denied water and that orders were given to push asylum-seekers back into the Rio Grande.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said this week that the trooper's accounts, which were made in an email to a supervisor, are under internal investigation.
The buoy barrier covers 1,000 feet (305 meters) of the middle of the Rio Grande, with anchors in the riverbed.
Eagle Pass is part of a Border Patrol sector that has seen the second-highest number of migrant crossings this fiscal year with about 270,000 encounters — though that is lower than it was at this time last year.
The Biden administration has said illegal border crossings have declined significantly since new immigration rules took effect in May as pandemic-related asylum restrictions expired.
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DTE restores power to all but 6,700 customers
DTE Energy has restored power to most of its customers after severe thunderstorms Wednesday.
At 1:20 p.m. Sunday, DTE had 6,778 customers without power. About 1,000 of them were in the Ann Arbor area, according to DTE's outage map.
Ann Arbor for Public Power scheduled an emergency Town Hall at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Burns Park Shelter in response to "the DTE Power outage which left over 30,000 people throughout Washtenaw County without power for multiple days during a heatwave," a release from the organization said.
The nonprofit organization wants to establish a publicly owned electric utility of 100% renewable energy for Ann Arbor.
DTE could not be reached immediately for comment.
The National Weather Service forecasts a possibility for rain showers Sunday and Monday but otherwise "pleasant weather" over the next few days.
The weather will be clear and sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, it said.
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House of Representatives Votes to Overturn Trump's Emergency Declaration
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WESLACO – The House of Representatives voted to overturn President Trump’s national emergency declaration on Tuesday.
The veto threat, ignored by the party, overturns Trump’s bid for billions in funding for the proposed border wall.
The House’s 245-182 vote to block the funding included 13 republicans.
The votes in favor of the resolution fell short of the two-third majority needed to override the presidential veto.
The resolution now moves over to the Senate, where it must be brought to the floor for a vote within the next 18 days. | https://www.krgv.com/videos/house-of-representatives-votes-to-overturn-trump-s-emergency-declaration | 2023-07-30T19:18:32 | 1 | https://www.krgv.com/videos/house-of-representatives-votes-to-overturn-trump-s-emergency-declaration |
Honduran child travels alone to U.S. to reunite with mother, unaware of her passing
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 1:22 PM CDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
EAGLE PASS, Texas (Gray News) – A child from Honduras made the dangerous trek to the United States up through Mexico on her own, according to authorities.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Facebook that their brush team encountered the Honduran child Thursday.
The department said the girl was found in Mexico by three undocumented women who crossed her illegally through the river.
Officials said the girl was traveling to the U.S. to find her mother. After an investigation, however, authorities determined the girl’s mother had sadly died three days before.
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Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen enters the mid-season break in unstoppable form, after emphatically winning the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday for an eighth straight win and 10th overall of a crushingly dominant season.
Despite starting from sixth place he finished 22.3 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez to give Red Bull an easy 1-2. It moved Verstappen ominously closer to a third straight world title and his own F1 record of 15 wins from last year.
Verstappen is 125 points ahead of Perez after just 12 races, and his next target is matching Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight wins with a victory at the Dutch GP when the lopsided season resumes on Aug. 27.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished in third spot for a third podium of the season, with Lewis Hamilton in fourth for Mercedes ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso.
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George Russell was sixth for Mercedes, with Lando Norris (McLaren), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) completing the top 10.
Leclerc started on pole ahead of Perez, with Hamilton and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. behind them. McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri was on the next row alongside Verstappen — who was fastest in Friday's qualifying but took a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change and had to avoid early traffic.
“It was just about surviving turn one. I could see it was all getting really tight,” Verstappen said. “I’ve been in that position before myself so I am just going to stay out of that and it worked out. From there onwards I made the right overtakes.”
Last year Verstappen won from 14th, and once he overtook Perez on Lap 17 of 44 his 45th career win was seemingly inevitable.
Red Bull extended its record to 13 straight wins, including the final race of last season.
Golf
Celine Boutier carded a final round of 3-under 68 to win the Evian Championship by six shots for her first major title on Sunday.
The 29-year-old Boutier finished at 14-under 270 overall. She is the first Frenchwoman to win the tournament, which became a major in 2013.
Boutier, who had never finished better than 29th in six previous appearances at the tournament, was six shots clear of second-place Brooke Henderson, who was 8 under after her final round of 70.
Boutier took a four-shot lead into the final round and eased any worries she may have had with two birdies to start and another on the fifth hole.
Soccer
Manuela Vanegas scored in the seventh minute of stoppage time as Colombia upset Germany 2-1 at the Women’s World Cup on Sunday.
The defender headed in to settle a thrilling game and put her country on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage.
Alexandra Popp had scored an 89th-minute penalty and seemed to have earned Germany a 1-1 draw after 18-year-old Linda Caicedo had struck a stunning opener for Colombia.
But Vanegas came up with a late twist to huge celebrations among Colombia fans who dominated the Sydney Football Stadium crowd.
• Morocco made history in multiple ways during its 1-0 victory over South Korea in the Women's World Cup on Sunday.
Defender Nouhaila Benzina became the first player to wear a Hijab in a World Cup game at the senior level, and her teammate Ibtissam Jraïdi scored the Atlas Lionesses’ first World Cup goal. The Moroccans scored in the 6th minute and were able to make it stand up for the remainder of the match.
After a lopsided 6-0 loss against Germany, the victory keeps No. 72-ranked Morocco in contention to advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.
• New Zealand outshot Switzerland and even moved goalkeeper Victoria Esson into an attack position several times, but failed to break a 0-0 tie Sunday in the Women’s World Cup and became the first host nation to be eliminated in group play in tournament history.
The Football Ferns are co-hosting the World Cup with Australia, which must win Monday against Canada to avoid its own early elimination.
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ELKHART LAKE — Sam Mayer moved from Wisconsin to North Carolina as a teenager to pursue his racing dreams more seriously with JR Motorsports.
A return to his home state Saturday ended with the 20-year-old's first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.
Mayer pulled ahead for good in the next-to-last lap of a wild second overtime session to win at Road America, about an hour's drive from his hometown of Franklin, Wisconsin. That elusive first victory came in his 72nd Xfinity start.
“It took coming all the way back here to win one,” Mayer said. “It's super cool to have that happen, obviously. The fans and everyone in the stands and in victory lane, they were congratulating me non-stop, chanting my name. Stuff like that, you don't see that very often. And to have that happen today at home, it almost leaves you speechless.”
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Mayer won by 0.368 seconds over Parker Kligerman on the sprawling 14-turn, 4.048-mile road course. They were followed in order by Austin Hill, Sage Karam and Riley Herbst.
The race included eight caution flags, tying a track record. The final restart occurred during a second overtime session and followed a red flag to clean up oil on the track.
Justin Allgaier, Mayer's JR Motorsports teammate, took the lead on the sixth lap of the scheduled 45-lap race and stayed in front through all those restarts.
“He hauled the mail today,” Mayer said. “He was definitely the best car in the field. I think he set the pace for all for us.”
Then everything went haywire on the last one.
Karam passed Allgaier from the right. Mayer then took the lead as those cars briefly went three wide. Karam pulled back ahead soon thereafter. Kligerman then moved in front.
Then Mayer came from the right and passed Kligerman to regain the lead. Mayer stayed in front the rest of the way.
“It was definitely hectic — going back and forth, back and forth,” Mayer said. “Ending on top, thank God.”
The finish was so frantic in part because so many drivers were chasing milestones. Mayer, Karam and Kligerman all were seeking their first career Xfinity victories.
“We've been close multiple times,” Kligerman said. “If we keep putting ourselves in position like this, even leading for half a corner, one of these days we're going to get that checkered flag. Oh, I really, really wanted this one.”
Allgaier spun out soon after getting passed and faded to 18th place.
Other notable drivers in the field also had tough afternoons.
John Hunter Nemechek, who entered the day as the series’ points leader, got knocked out of the race about two-thirds of the way through after he went off course and damaged the nose of his car.
Hill now leads the standings by 14 points over Nemechek.
AJ Allmendinger took the pole position after setting a track record with his average lap speed of 111.666 mph during Friday’s qualifying. He separated from the pack as soon as the race started, but Allgaier passed him around the sixth lap and stayed in the lead until those frantic final moments.
Allmendinger ended up in ninth.
The day instead belonged to Mayer, who had plenty of history on this track after growing up so close to and having so many memories of this place. His father, Scott Mayer, won a Grand-Am race at Road America in 2013.
"It was super-cool to be a part of that and then, obviously, all the way up to now — to be the better Mayer,” Sam Mayer quipped after the race Saturday.
Until that dramatic finish, it seemed this race would be remembered primarily for all the cautions.
Near the race’s halfway point, an apparent brake failure caused Chandler Smith to go off course and crash into the wall.
With about seven laps left, Alex Labbe had an apparent brake issue that caused him to slam into the wall in Turn 1.
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Two people killed in shooting near University of Florida campus
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 1:13 PM CDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) - Two people were killed after gunshots rang out in a crowd early Sunday near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, WCJB reports.
Gainesville Police were near the Checkers and Bodytech on West University Avenue around 2:40 a.m. when they heard gunshots. There were three victims, two of which died from their injuries.
Police were seeking the public’s help for any information on the shooting.
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Waves crash against the shoreline on Simmons Island beach on Thursday, July 1, 2021.
An Illinois man died in a reported drowning following a water incident that occurred in Lake Michigan at Simmons Island Beach Saturday night.
The 58-year-old man was with his 28-year-old son, also from Illinois, when both were reportedly struggling while in the water shortly after 6 p.m., according to Sgt. Jeff Galley of the Kenosha Police Department.
“Someone operating a Wave Runner (Jet Ski) tried to get near them to help them out,” Galley said Sunday.
While the younger man was able to hold on as he was being rescued, the older man was not and “ultimately went under the water, Galley said.
“It sounds like he was under the water for 15 minutes before he was pulled out by the Coast Guard,” he said.
Kenosha Fire Department rescue personnel transported the older man to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital and continued to perform life-saving measures enroute to the medical center. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/illinois-man-drowning-victim-simmons-kenosha/article_ebb77442-2ef5-11ee-ae48-030969e35e3f.html | 2023-07-30T19:19:24 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/illinois-man-drowning-victim-simmons-kenosha/article_ebb77442-2ef5-11ee-ae48-030969e35e3f.html |
Orioles vs. Yankees Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 30
Sunday's contest at Oriole Park at Camden Yards has the Baltimore Orioles (63-41) matching up with the New York Yankees (55-49) at 7:10 PM ET (on July 30). Our computer prediction projects a close 5-4 victory for the Orioles, so it should be a competitive matchup.
The probable starters are Dean Kremer (10-4) for the Orioles and Luis Severino (2-4) for the Yankees.
Orioles vs. Yankees Game Info & Odds
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 7:10 PM ET
- Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN
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Orioles vs. Yankees Score Prediction
Our prediction for this matchup is Orioles 5, Yankees 4.
Total Prediction for Orioles vs. Yankees
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Orioles Performance Insights
- The Orioles have been the favorite once in the past 10 games and lost that contest.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Baltimore and its opponents are 4-6-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Sportsbooks have not set a spread for any of the Orioles' last 10 games.
- The Orioles have entered the game as favorites 47 times this season and won 33, or 70.2%, of those games.
- Baltimore has entered 33 games this season favored by -135 or more and is 24-9 in those contests.
- The implied probability of a win from the Orioles, based on the moneyline, is 57.4%.
- Baltimore has scored 502 runs (4.8 per game) this season, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Orioles have a 4.19 team ERA that ranks 15th among all league pitching staffs.
Yankees Performance Insights
- In three games as the underdog over the last 10 matchups, the Yankees have a record of 1-2.
- In its last 10 matchups with a total posted by sportsbooks, New York and its foes are 5-5-0 when it comes to hitting the over.
- Oddsmakers have not posted a spread in any of the Yankees' past 10 games.
- The Yankees have been underdogs in 31 games this season and have come away with the win 13 times (41.9%) in those contests.
- This season, New York has come away with a win eight times in 16 chances when named as an underdog of at least +115 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 46.5% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- New York scores the 21st-most runs in baseball (454 total, 4.4 per game).
- The Yankees have pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
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Honduran child travels alone to U.S. to reunite with mother, unaware of her passing
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 2:22 PM EDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
EAGLE PASS, Texas (Gray News) – A child from Honduras made the dangerous trek to the United States up through Mexico on her own, according to authorities.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Facebook that their brush team encountered the Honduran child Thursday.
The department said the girl was found in Mexico by three undocumented women who crossed her illegally through the river.
Officials said the girl was traveling to the U.S. to find her mother. After an investigation, however, authorities determined the girl’s mother had sadly died three days before.
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Two people killed in shooting near University of Florida campus
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 2:13 PM EDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) - Two people were killed after gunshots rang out in a crowd early Sunday near the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, WCJB reports.
Gainesville Police were near the Checkers and Bodytech on West University Avenue around 2:40 a.m. when they heard gunshots. There were three victims, two of which died from their injuries.
Police were seeking the public’s help for any information on the shooting.
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How to Watch the Orioles vs. Yankees Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 30
Adley Rutschman and the Baltimore Orioles meet Giancarlo Stanton and the New York Yankees on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
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Orioles vs. Yankees Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 7:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Orioles Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Orioles are 14th in MLB action with 122 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- Baltimore's .417 slugging percentage ranks 10th-best in baseball.
- The Orioles have the 17th-ranked batting average in the majors (.248).
- Baltimore has the No. 11 offense in MLB play, scoring 4.8 runs per game (502 total runs).
- The Orioles are 19th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .316.
- The Orioles' 8.3 strikeouts per game rank 11th in baseball.
- The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by Baltimore's pitching staff ranks 11th in the majors.
- Baltimore has the 15th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.19).
- The Orioles have the 19th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.302).
Yankees Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Yankees rank sixth in Major League Baseball with 144 home runs.
- New York is 18th in MLB with a slugging percentage of .404 this season.
- The Yankees rank 29th in MLB with a team batting average of just .230.
- New York ranks 21st in the majors with 454 total runs scored this season.
- The Yankees have an on-base percentage of .302 this season, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Yankees have shown patience at the plate this season with the seventh-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.1) among MLB offenses.
- New York averages the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.8) in the majors this season.
- New York pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.86 ERA this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.239 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
Orioles Probable Starting Pitcher
- Dean Kremer makes the start for the Orioles, his 22nd of the season. He is 10-4 with a 4.59 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out was on Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies, when the righty went seven innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing three hits.
- Kremer is trying to record his 11th quality start of the year.
- Kremer will look to secure his 18th matchup of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages 5.5 innings per appearance.
- In two of his appearances this season he did not allow an earned run.
Yankees Probable Starting Pitcher
- Luis Severino (2-4) will take the mound for the Yankees, his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, July 23, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Kansas City Royals.
- In 11 starts this season, he's earned three quality starts.
- Severino has pitched five or more innings in two straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has finished one appearance without allowing an earned run in 11 chances this season.
Orioles Schedule
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