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CHICAGO (AP) — Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles are playing in the WNBA All-Star Game for the last time. Candace Parker and Kahleah Copper are looking for some bragging rights. Some of the league’s biggest stars get to try for a 4-point shot.
And everyone is thinking about one person: Brittney Griner.
Griner’s continued detention in Russia is front and center as the WNBA holds one of its marquee events in Chicago for the first time. Bird and the rest of the All-Stars wore T-shirts with Griner’s name and No. 42 for practice Saturday, and the league also plans to continue its push for Griner’s release during Sunday’s game at the home of the defending champion Sky.
“I think for all of us, we just want to always keep BG’s name at the forefront in everything we do,” Bird said. “Yeah, every now and then we’ll answer questions about All-Star and talk about the basketball, but you’re going to see her name on the back of all of our shirts, and so like I said, it doesn’t really shift. We want it to always be there.”
Griner, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges in a case that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. That same day, Bird watched her fiancée, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.
Rapinoe had BG and a rose stitched on her jacket for the occasion, and Bird sported a “WE ARE BG” pin. Bird said she didn’t get any “personal time” with President Joe Biden, but she said Rapinoe “has taken the opportunities in those moments when she’s been able to speak to the President to talk about BG, so I do know that.”
Griner was first detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February, when she was returning to play basketball in Russia. Police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. Speaking through an interpreter, Griner told the court Thursday she had no intention of committing a crime and acted unintentionally because she had packed in a hurry. The trial was then adjourned until Thursday.
Griner’s guilty plea could be an effort by her and her advisers to expedite the court proceedings.
“Obviously she’s part of our family and our No. 1 priority is getting her home,” All-Star guard Arike Ogunbowale said. “She shouldn’t be there. She’s been there too long. So obviously we’re going to talk about her any chance we get.”
Griner’s detention comes at a low point in relations between the United States and Russia. The State Department’s designation of Griner as wrongfully detained put her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Biden called Griner’s wife, Cherelle, on Wednesday to assure her that he’s doing all he can to win Brittney’s release as soon as possible. They spoke after Biden read a letter from Brittney Griner in which she said she feared she’d never return home.
“We talk about ‘We are BG’ and what that means to us,” All-Star guard Skylar Diggins-Smith said. “Just trying to embody her spirit, carry her legacy on and just stay alert for her as far as what we can do in our efforts to help bring her home and really get that message out there.”
Griner is an honorary starter for her eighth All-Star selection. It’s No. 13 for Bird and No. 8 for Fowles, two pillars of the WNBA who plan to retire after this season.
Bird will play alongside Seattle Storm teammate Breanna Stewart on Team Stewart, while Fowles joins longtime friend Parker and Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson on Team Wilson. Parker and Courtney Vandersloot will go up against Copper and Emma Meesseman in a matchup of Sky teammates.
“I definitely want to beat them,” Copper said. “I’ve been talking trash to Candace all week, so definitely looking forward to winning.”
Copper is among a group of WNBA shooters who could take aim from a 4-point circle — one of three rule changes for the game. The shot clock has been trimmed to 20 seconds, and no free throws will be attempted until the final two minutes and overtime if necessary. Players will be credited with the maximum available points in free-throw situations before that time period.
The WNBA “might have created some monsters” with the 4-point shot, Diggins-Smith cracked.
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John is joined by Marianne Hanson from the Portage Chamber of Commerce, and they discuss the golf courses of Portage, plus dining and drinks, desserts, plus upcoming events.
John is joined by Marianne Hanson from the Portage Chamber of Commerce, and they discuss the golf courses of Portage, plus dining and drinks, desserts, plus upcoming events.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Bobby Shapiro ran down Central Avenue in socks, moving toward the street corner where gunfire had erupted just moments before. At first, he only wanted to confirm that what he was hearing was real — a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park.
Any sense of disbelief vanished with the sight of bone fragments, blood and pieces of flesh lying in the street where a parade was marching just minutes before. Then he saw the bodies.
“It was pure horror. It was a battle zone,” Shapiro, 52, said in an interview. When the gunshots first went off, he had been changing out of his cycling shoes about 100 yards away.
Emergency vehicles and first responders were not yet at the scene, so Shapiro, a tech salesman with no medical training, began doing whatever he could to help.
From the bystanders who tied tourniquets and administered CPR to the fleeing paradegoers who rescued and cared for an orphaned two-year-old covered in blood, people from every corner of the Highland Park community sprung into action on July 4 in the wake of unspeakable tragedy.
Nearly a dozen people, including off-duty doctors, nurses and a football coach, were among the first to administer lifesaving assistance to victims of the parade shooting.
“Things happen so quickly that your brain can’t possibly comprehend that there is an active shooter in your town, in your sleepy little neighborhood,” said Dr. Wendy Rush, an anesthesiologist with decades of experience working in trauma centers.
Rush joined Shapiro in trying to save an elderly man who had a gunshot wound in his thigh and another that left a gaping hole in his abdomen.
While Rush used a ventilation mask and bag to help the elderly man breathe, Shapiro and another bystander took turns giving chest compressions and holding pressure on his wounds.
All the while, “We didn’t know where the shooter was. We knew he wasn’t dead,” Rush said.
Nearly 30 minutes later, Rush boarded an ambulance alongside the dying man, and Shapiro, in shorts stained with blood, walked back to the bench where he’d been changing his shoes what felt like hours earlier.
The man died at the hospital, and was later identified as Stephen Straus, an 88-year-old financial advisor.
Rush’s husband and son were also on the scene. As members of Highland Park’s Community Emergency Response Team, both men have training in first aid and basic life support. They were working the parade expecting to assist with the regular crowd control and the occasional lost child.
Rush’s son cared for people with less critical gunshot wounds, applying tourniquets and pressure to stop their bleeding. Her husband, Rush said, spent most of his time caring for Keely Roberts, a school superintendent shot twice in her foot and leg.
Roberts’ 8-year-old son Cooper, shot in the chest, remains in serious condition at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital with a severed spine.
His twin brother, Luke, was nearby.
“I’ll never forget his face. He was just hysterical. He kept saying, ‘Don’t let my mommy die, don’t let my mommy die. Don’t let her lips turn blue like my brother.’ It was the worst you could ever imagine,” Eddie Rush told Fox 32 Chicago.
Football coach Brad Hokin was at his usual spot at the beginning of the route when the shooting started. He took off running down the bloodied street past those with minor injuries and toward the people he could tell needed assistance most urgently.
When his wife, nurse practitioner Jacquie Toia, called from their seats about a quarter mile away to make sure he was OK, Hokin simply told her, “Get up here. We need you.”
Toia, 58, hurried to the scene still unsure of what was happening. When she saw the destruction, her instincts kicked into gear. As a nurse for 36 years, Toia had experience working in an emergency setting.
By that point, paramedics on scene had equipment, and Toia and another nurse on the scene began to administer IVs.
Meanwhile Hokin, with no prior medical training, was holding pressure on gunshot wounds and helping EMTs load the wounded onto gurneys until all the victims were safely en route to hospitals.
“We did what we could to take care of the immediate needs, and that’s probably the real tragedy – we didn’t have enough hands to do what needed to be done,” Toia said. Responders were overwhelmed by the sheer number of casualties.
“Thirty-six years in medicine is enough that loss is not a stranger to me,” Toia said. “This was so different. This was hell.”
Dr. David Baum, an OBGYN and longtime attendee of the parade, was sitting with his family when the shooting started. The doctor rushed to help, and found bodies destroyed by bullets. Baum recalled trying to move people to ambulances and seeing wounds unlike anything he’d dealt with before.
“These were wartime injuries,” Baum said.
Baum and Toia both expressed their frustrations that the shooter had such easy access to high-capacity weapons. “You should never have to worry about being killed in your street on the Fourth of July at a parade,” Toia said.
Dr. Rush’s son, Shane Selig, said everyone is still processing what happened.
“There are those that feel guilty they didn’t do more,” he said, while adding, “at least I could do something.”
But it is hard, this aftermath. People, he said, will be “forever scarred by this.” And it makes him angry.
The images of the hurt and dying haunt those who ran to help.
Shapiro wakes up and when he opens his eyes, “It’s the ’bang, bang, bang, bang, bang of the shooting and initial panic again.”
For Toia, “The children’s faces running and screaming and crying and falling will never escape me.”
Still, Hokin says it won’t deter him next year from joining with the community he loves.
In his 58 years, he’s been to the parade 52 times. Even during the pandemic when the parade was canceled, he went out just to say he was there.
“I’m sure next Fourth of July, I’ll be on the corner at 8 o’clock, waiting for the parade.”
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This story was updated to correct Jacquie Toia’s age. She is 58, not 64.
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Associated Press reporters Heather Hollingsworth, Grant Schulte, and Claire Savage contributed to this report. Venhuizen reported from Madison, Wisconsin; Hollingsworth from Kansas City; Savage from Chicago; and Schulte from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Savage and Venhuizen are corps members 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.
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Thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing towns and cities on the eastern front as Russian soldiers inch closer. But more Ukrainians say they're staying. Many had already fled war eight years earlier.
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Thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing towns and cities on the eastern front as Russian soldiers inch closer. But more Ukrainians say they're staying. Many had already fled war eight years earlier.
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With 'Dear Poetry' podcast, journalist finds reprieve from burnout Published July 9, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:27 NPR's Miles Parks speaks to Luisa Beck, a reporter in Berlin, about her new podcast, Dear Poetry. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.wvpublic.org/2022-07-09/with-dear-poetry-podcast-journalist-finds-reprieve-from-burnout | 2022-07-09T23:21:27Z | https://www.wvpublic.org/2022-07-09/with-dear-poetry-podcast-journalist-finds-reprieve-from-burnout | true |
Conservative leadership race: Shapps, Javid, Zahawi and Hunt enter crowded field to replace Johnson as prime minister
Four more Conservatives have entered the Tory leadership race to replace Boris Johnson. The bookies' favourite, Ben Wallace, announced on Saturday that he would not be standing.
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Four more Conservative MPs have joined the Tory leadership race, widening the field to eight.
Nadhim Zahawi, the newly appointed chancellor, Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, and the ex-health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid all announced their bids on Saturday.
Earlier in the day Ben Wallace, who was the bookies' favourite to succeed Mr Johnson, announced that he would not be standing.
Eight Tories have now thrown their hat into the ring, including Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor.
Unveiling his bid, Mr Zahawi, who was born in Iraq and "came here aged 11 without a word of English", said he would "steady the ship and stabilise the economy".
In a statement setting out his vision for the country, he also said the "burden of tax is simply too high".
Mr Shapps, meanwhile, said he wanted to make the economy the biggest in Europe by 2050.
He also pledged to tackle rising inflation, but added the state should "get out of the way" in some areas.
Launching his campaign in The Sunday Times, Mr Shapps said: "We should trust people and allow them to spend their money as they wish."
Mr Hunt, who was health secretary under Theresa May, has pitched himself as the only candidate who can win back trust, as he is the only major candidate who has not served in Mr Johnson's government.
He also pledged to cut business taxes to the lowest level in the Western world.
"By choosing me," he said, "the Conservative Party is sending a signal to those voters that we have listened to your concerns and we have changed.
Mr Javid's resignation as health secretary on Tuesday kicked off the avalanche of departures that forced Mr Johnson out.
His pitch for leader focuses on cutting taxes. Announcing his bid in The Sunday Telegraph, he said he would cut corporation tax by 1% a year to eventually reach 15%.
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Mr Javid said the "tax rate now is already almost a 70-year high - and that's happened under the Conservatives".
Mr Sunak announced his bid on Friday, vowing to "restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country". He resigned from the Treasury shortly after Mr Javid.
He has won the endorsement of the former Tory chairman Oliver Dowden and ex-cabinet minister Liam Fox.
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Tom Tugendhat, the former soldier and chair of the foreign affairs select committee, became the first MP to enter the race on Thursday.
The former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has also announced she will run, unveiling plans to radically cut the size of the state and preside over a "limited government focused on essentials".
Suella Braverman, the attorney general, promised "rapid and large tax cuts" to ease inflation as she unveiled her bid in the Daily Express.
Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister, is understood to have ruled himself out of the race, as has former levelling up secretary Michael Gove, who was sacked by Mr Johnson ahead of his own resignation.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
458 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Eastland County through 530 PM CDT...
At 458 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Eastland, moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Rising Star and Carbon.
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.
LAT...LON 3236 9892 3229 9872 3218 9873 3208 9892
3209 9904 3216 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 020DEG 6KT 3226 9885
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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LAS VEGAS — The Celtics on Saturday afternoon officially completed their trade for Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon, re-signed forward Sam Hauser and forward/center Luke Kornet, and signed rookie guard JD Davison to a two-way contract.
The Celtics traded center Daniel Theis, forwards Aaron Nesmith, Malik Fitts, and Juwan Morgan, guard Nik Stauskas, and a 2023 first round draft choice to the Pacers in exchange for Brogdon, who averaged 19.1 points, 5.9 assists, and 5.1 rebounds in 36 games last season.
“We are very excited about what Malcolm brings both on and off the court,” Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said in a statement. “His résumé speaks for itself. He is the kind of playmaker, shooter, and impact defender that we need in our continued pursuit of Banner 18.”
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Davison, the 53rd overall pick of last month’s draft, could still have a chance to play his way into one of the Celtics’ final three roster spots. Boston still has one open two-way slot remaining, too.
The Celtics did not release the terms of Hauser’s deal, but a league source said last week that he agreed to a three-year contract worth approximately $6 million, with the last two seasons fully guaranteed. Hauser started last season on a two-way contract before having it converted to an NBA deal in February.
“He has a chance to make a real impact with his size, feel, and shooting — both stationary and on the move,” Stevens said. “He’s hard-working, unselfish, and competitive, a great combination for a young player.”
Kornet, who appeared in 12 games with the Celtics last season, signed a partially guaranteed two-year deal.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Hudspeth County in western Texas...
* Until 545 PM MDT.
* At 506 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
Cornudas, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Desert Haven.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Sajid Javid: I'm the man with the new Tory plan
- Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid launched his leadership bid last night
- Vying with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for title of ‘most experienced candidate’
- Mr Javid’s resignation helped to trigger crisis which led to PM’s political demise
Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid launched his leadership bid last night by pledging that he has ‘the integrity, experience and the plan’ to win the support of Conservative MPs.
Vying with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for the title of the ‘most experienced candidate’ in the leadership race – Ms Truss has the longest continuous Cabinet service, but Mr Javid has held six portfolios compared to her five – an ally said: ‘Drawing on his record as the most experienced candidate, he will set out a plan to cut taxes, tackle the cost of living and smash the slow-growth trap we currently face.
'At the heart of his plan is cancelling the scheduled rise in Corporation Tax, ensuring the UK remains internationally competitive.’
Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid launched his leadership bid last night by pledging that he has ‘the integrity, experience and the plan’ to win the support of Conservative MPs
Mr Javid’s resignation on Tuesday evening over Boris Johnson’s leadership helped to trigger the crisis which led to the Prime Minister’s political demise – it was followed minutes later by that of Rishi Sunak.
Mr Javid’s campaign launch comes as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries claimed that Mr Javid had told colleagues that Mr Sunak had resigned nearly eight hours before it was officially announced, fuelling claims it had been a co-ordinated ‘suicide attack’ by the two ministers.
Ms Dorries, who is reportedly considering launching her own leadership bid, wrote on Twitter yesterday: ‘Sajid held a meeting in Rishi’s private Chancellor’s office hours before Rishi resigned and said ‘it’s ok to come in here, Rishi’s gone already’.
Vying with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for the title of the ‘most experienced candidate’ in the leadership race – Ms Truss has the longest continuous Cabinet service, but Mr Javid has held six portfolios compared to her five
That claim was denied last night by a spokesman for Mr Javid, who said: ‘The words claimed are not correct.
'They did not speak to each other, and there was not any co-ordination’.
It was also reported yesterday that Mr Sunak’s supporters were trying to persuade the ex-Health Secretary to stand aside from the race to give the former Chancellor a clear run to win the leadership contest.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
602 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARION AND
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Caddo
Parish, eastern Marion and northeastern Harrison Counties through 645
PM CDT...
At 603 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Smithland, or 21 miles northeast of Marshall, moving southeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Blanchard, Oil City, Mooringsport, Smithland, Karnack, Gray,
Uncertain, Jonesville, Caddo Lake, Bethany and Leigh.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3282 9428 3288 9412 3288 9407 3259 9385
3247 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 335DEG 12KT 3280 9415
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
518 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Crockett and southwestern Sutton Counties through 545 PM CDT...
At 517 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17
miles southwest of Sonora, moving south-southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Crockett and southwestern Sutton Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3029 10110 3045 10122 3057 10089 3042 10078
3028 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 059DEG 11KT 3046 10091
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-7-3, FIREBALL: 1
(four, seven, three; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-7-3, FIREBALL: 1
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Three-star Koby Keenum commits to Kentucky and the Big Blue Wall
Published: Jul. 9, 2022 at 6:46 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Kentucky has picked up its third Class of ‘23 recruit in one week.
Three-star OT Koby Keenum announced his commitment to Kentucky, choosing the Cats over Louisville.
Rivals ranked Keenum as the No. 3 center in the country.
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ANGOLA — Be an environmentally conscious lake resident or visitor with helpful tips from the local lakes’ watchdogs.
As the summer holidays take place and the lake season shifts into high gear, there are a lot of incidents that can damage the lakes and make them mucky for other lake visitors. Local lake conservancies and associations are doing their best to keep the lake properties natural and healthy but they can only do so much without the help of the community.
Participating to provide information about keeping lakes cleaner: Rod Edgell of the Department of Natural Resources, Bridget Harrison with Clear Lake, Jeff Bell with Lake James, Matt Minnick with Lake George, Amy Oberlin with 101 Lakes Trust and Jon Zirkle of the Wood-Land-Lakes Land Trust, which serves multiple counties in northern Indiana.
There are many ways individuals can help keep the lakes clean and safe while they are out at the beaches or on a boat.
The more obvious things like cleaning up litter and not leaving trash are big helps but there are a few things that people can do to take that extra step.
Perhaps one of the more visible programs is on Lake James.
Cleaning up after yourself and limiting the amount of bodily fluids that go into the lake can improve water quality. If you go out to Lake James be sure to keep an eye out for the boaters with blue buckets.
“We gave out 50 (blue buckets) the first year and we didn’t know how successful it was going to be. It’s for them to put on their boats, or to walk the roadways around the lakes and pick up trash or throw your trash in there. We just passed out almost another 100 buckets, so that’s one thing we do to promote clean water, safety and boating responsibility,” said Bell. “I mean things fly out of your boat when you’re driving down the lake fast and stuff like that happens. People will see a lot of people on lakes with their blue buckets and they’ll pull over and pick up a plastic bottle or some trash and throw it in their bucket.”
This program was created to help keep litter down on the Lake James chain. Even if you are not on Lake James this is a great way to personally keep litter out of the lake. The association bought five gallon buckets and put their label on them. As a boater you could get buckets and decorate them to match your boat and contribute with your own bucket program.
The shorelines are also a common area of damage to the lakes and Minnick suggested keeping the lawn scraps from shoreline yards away from the water.
“Locally on the lake, obviously it’s how you treat your yard. That no phosphorus, zero content, phosphorus lawn fertilizers and fertilizer as least as you can. We’ve got somewhat of a big issue now with a couple of the contractors that take care of people’s yards,” said Minnick. “We’ve seen them over the last couple years is blowing the debris into the lake and the weeds. The leaves that are blowing in the lake either sink and become muck or they go to the other side of the lake and people have to clean it up.”
Minnick isn’t the only one suggesting that residents of the lake use little or no fertilizer and especially non-phosphorus fertilizer. Harrison, Edgell and Zirkle all agree that not fertilizing your lawn can save the lake in many ways.
“One common thing that we recommend is if you’re going to fertilize your lawn, use phosphorus free fertilizer. So the number on the center of the bag should be zero and that will indicate that it’s phosphorus free. Essentially why we recommend that, is it’s well known that phosphorus is plant food and that goes for your lawn but also for aquatic plants, too,” said Harrison. “If you use a fertilizer and it has phosphorus in it and you get a big rain event and it washes into the lake, you’re essentially feeding the plants and you know that can contribute to more aquatic plants than you might want to see on a lake.”
As a fisherman there are a lot of things you can do to help the fish populations and the cleanliness of the lake.
“Making sure you know your boats are in good repair and not leaking anything is a big one because petroleum products aren’t good, you know. Also being a conscientious fisherman when fishing, catch and release, trying to not hold the fish too long,” said Minnick. “We tend to get over-fished, if you will. We have a lot of bass tournaments on the lake, which is all well and good and is indicative of a healthy lake with a lot of good fishing on it. However, the fish get caught time and time again and they’ll eventually die. You know you see them floating and they’re just worn out.”
Whether you are a fisherman or not it is important to keep the boats coming in and out of the water clean. When moving a boat, invasive species, bacteria and other substances can stick to the boat and be transferred from one lake to another. This can cause overpopulation of invasive species or the growth of aquatic plants in the water.
“One really important thing to do is to come with a clean boat. So invasive species travel with boats, so you can before and after, just make sure if there’s a wash station to make use of that, empty ballasts and check your props for any kind of plant material or zebra mussels. They are a good example because they can attach and just be a traveler and go from lake to lake and can create a nuisance,” said Harrison.
While nothing has been done legislatively to stop certain boats and their activities, Oberlin said the 101 Lakes Trust would like to curtail wake boats.
“The 101 Lakes Trust discourages the use of wakeboards. While wakeboarding has become a popular sport nationwide, the large waves created by the boats play havoc on the lakeshore, eating away at what bits of natural environment remain. The waves created by human activities ripple across the lake then bounce off the shoreline,” said Oberlin, secretary at 101 Lakes Trust. “The bigger the wave, the more severe the impact. Legislation has been proposed the past two legislative sessions in Indiana concerning wakeboarding, though the bills have ultimately been voted down with pressure from the recreational vehicle manufacturing sector.”
Many lakes have the same root problems and the community can have a big hand at repairing these issues.
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Red Sox All-Star 3B Devers to miss two games with sore back
Red Sox All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers will miss the next two games against the New York Yankees because of a sore back that forced him to make an early exit.
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BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers will miss the next two games against the New York Yankees because of a sore back that forced him to make an early exit.
Boston manager Alex Cora said before Saturday night’s game that “he’s out today and tomorrow. We’ll see how he feels on Monday. We’ve got to take care of him.”
On Friday, the 25-year-old Devers was selected as the American League’s starting third baseman for the second straight year.
Hours later, Devers hurt his back crashing into a side rail going for a foul ball at Fenway Park. He looked awkward taking a swing in his next at-bat before leaving the game.
Devers leads the club in both batting average (.327) and homers (19) with 51 RBIs. He entered Saturday second in the majors with 106 hits.
Boston has lost the first two games of a four-game series against their AL East-leading rivals.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
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4:15 p.m.
Shingo Kunieda of Japan and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina won the men’s wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon.
Kunieda and Fernandez beat Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid of Britain 6-3, 6-1 on No. 3 Court.
Kunieda is considered to be the greatest wheelchair tennis player of all time. He won his third doubles title at Wimbledon, but he is still looking for his first title in singles at the All England Club. He will face Hewett in the singles final.
Kunieda has won 11 singles titles at the Australian Open, eight at the French Open and eight at the U.S. Open. In doubles, he has won eight at the Australian Open, eight at the French Open and two at the U.S. Open.
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3:57 p.m.
Elena Rybakina has won the women’s title at Wimbledon by beating Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Rybakina is the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title. She was born in Russia but switched nationalities in 2018.
The 17th-seeded Rybakina dropped only two sets in her seven victories at the All England Club.
Rybakina, who turned 23 last month, is the youngest woman to win the Wimbledon title since a 21-year-old Petra Kvitova in 2011.
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3:19 p.m.
Elena Rybakina has won the second set of the women’s final at Wimbledon to even the score against Ons Jabeur at one set apiece.
Rybakina won the set 6-2 on Centre Court. Jabeur won the first set 6-3.
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2:41 p.m.
Ons Jabeur has won the first set of the women’s final at Wimbledon 6-3.
Jabeur is facing Elena Rybakina in the title match on Centre Court.
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2:25 p.m.
American junior player Liv Hovde has won the girls’ singles title at Wimbledon.
Hovde beat Luca Udvardy of Hungary 6-3, 6-4 on No. 1 Court to become only the second American girl to win the title at the All England Club in the last 30 years.
Claire Liu won the title in 2017.
In the girls’ doubles final, Angella Okutoyi of Kenya and Rose Marie Nijkamp of the Netherlands beat Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko of Canada 3-6, 6-4 (11-9).
In the boys’ doubles final, Sebastian Gorzny and Alex Michelsen of the United States defeated Gabriel Debru and Paul Inchauspe of France 7-6 (5), 6-3.
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2:08 p.m.
The women’s final at Wimbledon between Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina has started.
Jabeur is looking to become the first Arab woman and first African woman to win a major tennis title. Rybakina, who was born in Russia but switched nationalities to Kazakhstan in 2018, would become the first Grand Slam champion from her adopted country.
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1:15 p.m.
Diede de Groot has won her seventh straight Grand Slam title in women’s wheelchair singles and her fourth at Wimbledon.
The top-seeded Dutch player beat Yui Kamiji of Japan 6-4, 6-2 on No. 3 Court.
De Groot started her run at the 2021 Australian Open. She won all four major titles last year and has won the first three so far this year.
De Groot also won the singles title at the All England Club in 2017 and 2018. She won doubles titles in 2018 and 2019.
The Dutchwoman has also reached the doubles final this year and will team with Aniek van Koot against Kamiji and Dana Mathewson of the United States.
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12:55 p.m.
The women’s final at Wimbledon will produce a first-time Grand Slam champion.
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan will play on Centre Court for the title.
Jabeur is looking to become the first Arab woman and first African woman to win a major tennis title. Rybakina, who was born in Russia but switched nationalities to Kazakhstan in 2018, would become the first Grand Slam champion from her adopted country.
The men’s doubles final will follow the women’s singles on Centre Court. Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell of Australia will face Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic of Croatia.
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VIDEO: Watch Musical Highlights from Broadway-Bound & JULIET
& Juliet will open on Broadway on November 17, 2022 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, The Olivier Award-winning original musical & Juliet will have its highly anticipated Broadway premiere this fall. Currently playing a long-awaited pre-Broadway engagement in Toronto, & Juliet will transfer directly to Broadway, with previews beginning October 28, 2022 ahead of a November 17, 2022 opening at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street).
& Juliet had its World Premiere in September 2019 at the Manchester Opera House in England, before moving to London's West End. It began performances in November 2019 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it continues to play to sold-out houses. In addition to the UK Production and the pre-Broadway Toronto production, a production of & Juliet will premiere in Australia in February 2023 at Melbourne's Regent Theatre.
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Alex Miller got his big break in season 19 of American Idol, and the 19-year-old country music artist is making the most of it. The Garrard County native's debut album called "Miller Time" is climbing the charts, and the single "Through with You" is in the top 50 of the Billboard charts. This summer, Alex performed on the Grand Old Opry stage during CMA Fest Week. He will also be performing at state fairs and musical festivals as well as opening for Brooks and Dunn. He joins Jennifer Palumbo from his home studio in Lancaster, Kentucky and performs his single "Girls Must Be Clumsy." You can follow Alex and get his tour dates at Alex Miller (alexmillercountry.com).
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired three-star Army general has been suspended from his duties as an adviser to active-duty officers, an Army spokeswoman said Saturday. The suspension followed reports that his social media account carried a comment critical of first lady Jill Biden.
Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky was serving as an HQE-SM, a highly qualified expert-senior mentor, when he was suspended by Lt. Gen. Theodore Martin, commanding general of the Combined Arms Center, according to a statement from Army spokeswoman Cynthia O. Smith. She did not give a reason for the suspension, which was pending the outcome of an inquiry, and no other details were provided.
USA Today reported that a Twitter account under Volesky’s name carried a reply to a statement by the first lady following the Supreme Court’s action last month overturning the abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade. “For nearly 50 years, women have had the right to make our own decisions about our bodies. Today, that right was stolen from us,” Biden said.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Hood County in north central Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Granbury, and
is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Granbury, Pecan Plantation, Oak Trail Shores and Tolar.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
If on or near Lake Granbury, get away from the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Do not be caught on the water in a
thunderstorm. High winds and waves can capsize boats.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics were held to four hits for a fourth consecutive game and made it hold up for for rookie Zach Logue in a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
Oakland’s batting average dropped to .209, on track to break the major league low of .211 set by the dead-ball era 1910 Chicago White Sox. The A’s got three singles and a double off Framber Valdez.
“We grinded that win. We really did,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “We took advantage of their mistakes and played a good, clean game to come out on top.”
Logue pitched five innings of three-hit ball after being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and dealt the Astros their second loss in 12 games. The 26-year-old left-hander allowed two runs and set down his final 10 batters he after Martín Maldonado’s second-inning sacrifice fly.
“I did a decent job of limiting the damage and our offense took over from there,” Logue said. “I just tried to keep executing and tried to get us through five or six.”
Kotsay praised Logue for following the team’s directive that he focus on his command while in the minors.
“It looked like he had more life on his fastball,” Kotsay said. “For him to go through that lineup and give us five innings, he did a great job today. He did have better command in my mind. Everybody that came in did a great job throwing strikes and we got a W.”
Sean Murphy had two hits and made a heads-up running play to score the A’s first run off Valdez, helping Oakland to its first win in five tries this season against AL West-leading Houston.
Aledmys Díaz doubled and scored for the Astros.
Five relievers combined for four innings of two-hit ball. Lou Trivino worked the ninth for his seventh save in eight chances, retiring pinch-hitter J.J. Matijevic on a game-ending flyout with two on.
“That’s how you draw it up,” Murphy said. “Get the lead early and let the bullpen finish it off from there. We used all the back-end guys today and they all came in and did their jobs.”
Oakland loaded the bases with two singles and a walk in the fourth, then scored three runs without getting the ball past the mound in what Astros manager Dusty Baker called “as strange an inning as I’ve ever seen.”
Murphy singled leading off the inning and came home on Seth Brown’s chopper in front of the plate. He ran around Maldonado on the third-base line and slid in with his left hand touching the plate.
Elvis Andrus scampered home on a passed ball that glanced off Maldonado’s glove and Stephen Piscotty came in on a wild pitch.
“They scored three runs and none of them went 10 feet,” Baker said. “And then you hit balls on the nose like we did at the end there and have nothing to show for it.”
Valdez (8-4), who pitched a two-hitter against the A’s on May 30, went the distance again and tied Miami’s Sandy Alcantara as the only pitchers with two complete games.
Valdez couldn’t overcome his wildness in the fourth. The lefty allowed three runs — two earned — and worked around two walks.
“I wasn’t trying to focus on getting a lot of strikeouts, just try to get a lot of weak contact,” Valdez said. “I was able to do that for most part.”
The Astros frustrations boiled over in the eighth when Baker was ejected by plate umpire Ben May after Maldonado struck out looking leading off the inning. Maldonado shouted at May as he walked away but May looked into the Astros dugout and signaled to toss Baker, who came out to argue.
Chas McCormick hit an RBI single and Maldonado had a sacrifice fly in the second to put the Astros ahead 2-0.
MAKING MOVES
The A’s traded INF Christian Bethancourt to the Rays for a pair of minor leaguers. Bethancourt hit .249 average with four homers and 19 RBIs in 56 games with the A’s after beginning the season in the minors. Oakland also optioned LHP Sam Sellman to Las Vegas to make room for Logue.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: INF Jeremy Peña, who came out of health and safety protocols Friday, was held out.
UP NEXT
Astros RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-2, 4.04) pitches the series finale Sunday in his second start since coming off the Injured List. Odorizzi allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings against the Royals on Monday. Cole Irvin (3-6, 3.55) has one win in nine starts since coming off the injured list on May 22, although the A’s left-hander has a 1.49 ERA at the Coliseum.
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NEW YORK (AP) — About an hour before addressing the packed house at Citi Field, a concentrated Keith Hernandez stared in deep study at his index cards in a mostly empty interview room — his big brother sitting just a step away.
Always prepared. Always a pro. Always with Gary by his side.
A rock-steady leader for the New York Mets’ last championship team, Hernandez received a rare honor Saturday when the club retired his No. 17 jersey before a game against the Miami Marlins.
“This is just a great moment for me. I never dreamed I’d be here this long, in the organization,” Hernandez said from a podium between the pitcher’s mound and second base. “I am absolutely humbled and proud that my number will be up in the rafters for eternity.”
Moments later, No. 17 in blue with orange trim was unveiled along the Citi Field roof in the left-field corner, just to the left of the No. 36 retired for pitcher Jerry Koosman last year.
Hall of Famers Tom Seaver (41) and Mike Piazza (31) are the only other Mets players to have their numbers retired by the team. Former managers Casey Stengel (37) and Gil Hodges (14) were also so honored.
“I thank you,” the 68-year-old Hernandez, now a popular Mets broadcaster, said to the cheering and chanting sellout crowd of 43,336 during a 30-minute ceremony. “I’m truly overwhelmed.”
Beloved by Mets fans for his work both on the field and in the booth, Hernandez spent seven of his 17 major league seasons with New York from 1983-89 and batted third for the 1986 World Series champions.
The next year, he was chosen the first captain in club history.
Hernandez ranks second in Mets annals with a .297 batting average and 10th in RBIs. He won a team-record six of his 11 Gold Gloves at first base in New York and was elected to the Mets’ Hall of Fame in 1997.
“He practically rewrote the manual on how to play first base,” longtime Mets radio announcer Howie Rose said. “He didn’t simply play first base, he performed it — a virtuoso.”
Following the ceremony, Hernandez threw out the first ball from first base to his brother Gary, who caught it with a weathered first baseman’s mitt Hernandez wore during the second half of the ’86 season.
Hours before the game, fans in No. 17 jerseys with Hernandez’s name across the back stood in long lines waiting for the gates to open.
Wearing a blue suit, Hernandez said he’d been awake since 3:40 a.m. after getting a text from someone in a a different time zone. Nervous about his speech, he couldn’t fall back asleep and started writing it about 8:30 a.m.
“Hopefully I’ll get through it in five minutes, if I don’t break down,” Hernandez said.
He choked back tears as he mentioned his family and the glowing comments he’d read from former teammates about him in feature stories leading up to his big day.
Thanks to his personal broadcast style and entertaining appearances on “Seinfeld” and elsewhere, many Mets fans feel a unique kinship to Hernandez. He tells home-improvement stories, shares cuddly pictures of his cat, Haji, and expounds on his lengthy, traffic-filled rides on the Long Island Expressway to and from his Sag Harbor home.
A recorded message of congratulations from Jerry Seinfeld even played on the large video board in center field in the middle of the first inning.
Hernandez also credits some of his clutch hitting in a Mets uniform to advice from revered brother Gary, who pumped his left arm in the air emphatically while receiving a huge ovation from the crowd as he was introduced with about a dozen members of Hernandez’s family, including three daughters and two grandchildren.
“He was always my good-luck charm,” Keith Hernandez said.
Hernandez has broadcast Mets games since 1999 and won three Emmys for Best Sports Analyst. The bobbleheads handed out Saturday at Citi Field featured Hernandez, with his familiar salt-and-pepper mustache, at the broadcast desk holding a microphone.
“Keith connected with Mets fans in a way that few others ever have,” Rose said.
Hernandez was presented with a gift by owner Steve Cohen and manager Buck Showalter — a large mosaic portrait made out of 6,000 Keith Hernandez baseball cards and Strat-O-Matic game cards of 1986 Mets players.
Piazza was on hand for the ceremony along with a few of Hernandez’s former Mets teammates, including Mookie Wilson, Tim Teufel, Ed Lynch and Ron Darling — now a TV broadcast partner as well.
Hernandez also won a World Series title with the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals and was inducted into their Hall of Fame last year. He was acquired by the Mets in a pivotal June 1983 trade, charged with leading the turnaround of a team that had been a laughingstock for years and teaching its rising young talent how to win.
Groomed for such a role in St. Louis by Hall of Famer Lou Brock, that’s exactly what Hernandez did — in Queens instead.
“I’m just kind of a fiery player,” said Hernandez, who was unhappy about the trade at first.
“What did I know? A life and career-changing event.”
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ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Wright was in command early in counts, and it made all the difference for the Atlanta Braves starter.
Wright threw a first-pitch strike to 26 of the 28 batters he faced, equating to a first-pitch strike percentage of 92.8. That rate marks the highest by any major league pitcher in a start this season.
“Any time you get strike one, that’s the best pitch in baseball,” Wright said. “From there you don’t have to be as fine and can be aggressive with some stuff. To get that many — I think that’s definitely why I had a good day today.”
Austin Riley homered off Patrick Corbin, Wright pitched seven-plus innings to win his 10th game, and Atlanta held on to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Saturday.
The defending World Series champion Braves, moving a season-high 16 games over .500, improved to 28-8 since June 1, best in the NL over that span. They began the day 2½ games behind the first-place New York Mets in the NL East.
Atlanta leads the NL with 132 homers, trailing only the New York Yankees (143) for the major league lead.
“It’s fun,” Riley said. “I feel like it’s part of our game. We drive the ball. At any point, anybody in the lineup can send one out, and I think that’s what allows us to stay in games.”
Ronald Acuña Jr. singled before Riley hit his 22nd homer, a two-run shot to left that sailed 422 feet and came off his bat at 108 mph in the first. The Braves have outhomered the Nationals 22-8 in eight head-to-head games this season.
Juan Soto connected for the 17th time and second straight day, his opposite-field shot to left trimming the lead to 2-1 in the third.
Atlanta scored twice to take a 4-1 lead in the fourth. After Riley and Travis d’Arnaud singled, Riley scored from second on a throwing error by shortstop Luis García, and d’Arnaud scored from third on Orlando Arcia’s single.
Riley is batting a major league best .487 over his last 10 games and has multiple hits in eight of those games. His average is up to .278, a big swing after it was .224 through his first 40 games of the season.
Wright (10-4) gave up eight hits and two runs, leaving after he walked Soto to begin the eighth. The Braves are 7-1 over Wright’s last eight starts, and he has a 3.28 ERA over that span.
Wright stranded two runners in the third when Lane Thomas struck out, and he allowed just three runners to get in scoring position. He gave up Yadiel Hernandez’s sixth homer, which sailed 413 feet to center field, to make it 4-2 in the seventh.
Braves manager Brian Snitker was impressed with Wright’s high number of first-pitch strikes.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that,” Snitker said. “It was good. The (defensive) guys behind him were really good. Those guys had a lot of fun. They were involved. Those guys were throwing strikes, and they were ready to make plays. And they did.”
Will Smith allowed Josh Bell’s double that advanced Soto to third in the eighth, and Nelson Cruz cut the lead to 4-3 with a single. A.J. Minter faced five batters in the ninth to earn his third save in five chances, getting Bell to ground out with runners on first and second to end it.
Corbin (4-11) lost his eighth consecutive start against the Braves and has a 7.07 ERA over that span. Corbin’s first career 27 2/3 innings against Atlanta were all scoreless.
Corbin, who had gone 1-0 with a 1.20 ERA with 16 strikeouts and four walks over his previous two starts, was charged with eight hits and four runs in six innings.
“That’s a good team over there, a good lineup,” Corbin said. “I think in the first inning there it was just a bad breaking ball that Riley hit out, but other than that, I feel like I did pretty good.”
HE’S HOT
Soto has hit safely in 12 straight games and is batting .415 with four doubles, three homers, six RBIs, 14 walks and 12 runs scored over the streak.
NICE MOVES
Braves 2B Orlando Arcia turned a difficult double play in the third, running from shallow right field in the shift to catch third baseman Riley’s throw and make a jump throw to first. Soto homered in the next at-bat, so Arcia saved a run. … With the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth, Nationals 3B Ehire Adrianza moved quickly to his right to stab Dansby Swanson’s liner and end the threat.
UP NEXT
Nationals RHP Paolo Espino (02, 3.55 ERA) will face RHP Ian Anderson (7-5, 5.09) in the final game of a three-game series. Since joining the rotation, Espino is 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts. Anderson is 1-0 with a 3.37 ERA in two career starts against Washington.
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It didn’t matter that the Sounders outshot Portland 10-2 in the first half on Saturday afternoon. It didn’t matter that Seattle had nearly 65% of possession either.
Against the run of play, the Timbers scored on one of their only first-half chances. Seattle only made matters more difficult when young center back Jackson Ragen’s slide tackle earned him a second yellow card less than 30 seconds into the second half. His first yellow card came 30 seconds before halftime.
The 10-man Sounders pushed for an equalizer for most of the second half of their biggest rivalry game, but instead fell 3-0 after two more late Portland goals. The scoreline tied the Timbers’ biggest-ever margin of victory over the Sounders.
With the blowout loss, the home team in this matchup has now lost 13 of the last 15 meetings, and the Timbers now have a seven-game unbeaten streak in Seattle (regular season only) that dates back to 2017.
In the week of practice leading up to perhaps the biggest rivalry in Major League Soccer — where either Portland or Seattle has represented the Western Conference in the MLS Cup Final every year since 2015 — the Sounders struggled to explain the home-field disadvantage, of sorts.
“I have no answer for you,” Stefan Frei said. “[If I did], I would be sharing it with everybody and we probably wouldn’t have this dilemma right now.”
Coach Brian Schmetzer said on Friday that the team addressed the home-field situation “pretty heavily” throughout the week to try and counteract that trend.
It didn’t seem to work. Seattle dominated the first half, but the Timbers only needed a brief moment to punish the Sounders, combining passes up the middle of the field to draw Seattle’s center backs out of position before playing a long ball over the top.
Sebastian Blanco had space to deliver a precise cross from the right side, and Jaroslaw Niezgoda created separation from his defender, Yeimar, at the back post. Yeimar and Frei, in goal, could only watch as the Timbers forward headed the ball into the back of the net from point-blank range.
Portland sealed the victory by tacking on a penalty kick, courtesy of a Nouhou hand ball, in the 82nd minute and a successful counterattack three minutes later as Seattle pushed players forward.
In the first half, the Sounders continuously created a chance that seemed more dangerous than the previous one. None were successful, though. It started when Raul Ruidiaz received the ball and executed a nice turn to create shooting space from the top of the 18-yard box in the sixth minute. His shot sailed over the goal.
But better opportunities began to develop with the Sounders showing patience and dominating possession. They played balls up the flanks, sending left back Nouhou high up the field as well as right back Alex Roldan. Nico Lodeiro laid off a ball to Albert Rusnak near the penalty spot, but his 12th-minute shot was blocked.
Lodeiro has scored 36 career goals for the Sounders, but in 17 career games against Portland heading into Saturday’s matchup, he’d scored just once — a penalty kick in the 2018 playoffs. That drought will continue for the Sounders captain.
In the first half, he had perhaps his best chance to do so when Jordan Morris crossed a ball and Lodeiro flashed across the face of the goal, shooting straight at the goalie. Ragen used his towering, 6-foot-6 frame to head the ensuing corner kick, but a Portland defender cleared the ball off the goal line.
Most of the 47,000 fans at Lumen Field shouted to appeal for a penalty when Lodeiro went down in the box after a sliding challenge from Portland’s defender, but the referee waved it off.
And moments before halftime, Ruidiaz, who didn’t get many touches on the ball during the first frame, had a sure goal when Morris played him a ball just outside the 6-yard box. Instead, his shot crashed off the post.
There was a lot of traffic in front of the net, but Ruidiaz seemed a certain scorer in that situation. He’d notched 10 goals and two assists in 11 career games against Portland before Saturday’s game. Last year, he scored a brace in Seattle’s 6-2 win at the Timbers, including a thunderous free kick from the edge of the 18-yard box.
Ruidiaz made his return from a hamstring injury on Saturday after missing almost a month. But the striker couldn’t find the back of the net.
After the break, the search for an equalizing goal became all the more challenging when Ragen decided to slide tackle for the ball, but caught a Portland player instead. His first yellow card came when he elbowed a player in the head going for an aerial challenge.
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Gone but not forgotten.
Two years after the tragic death of Naya Rivera, the late actress' former Glee co-stars flooded Instagram with heart-warming tributes.
Heather Morris, who played cheerleader Brittany Pierce—the love interest of Naya's character Santana Lopez—on the beloved Fox series, posted two sweet throwback photos of the duo.
"Everyday my angel," she wrote on July 8. "I miss you every damn day."
In one pic, Heather and Naya pose for a selfie while making goofy faces. In another image, Naya rocks a top hat while Heater sports red sunglasses and a brunette wig.
Jenna Ushkowitz honored her late former co-star by posting a black-and-white photo of the actress dancing, while Kevin McHale shared a pic of Naya smiling ear-to-ear on a boat with the caption, "The best there ever was forever & ever."
On July 8, 2020, Naya disappeared while on a daytime boating trip on Lake Piru near Los Angeles with her son Josey. After the actress failed to return a rented pontoon boat, authorities found the then 4-year-old on board alone, wearing a life jacket.
A search-and-rescue team recovered Naya's body from the lake five days later. After completing an autopsy, the Ventura County Medical Examiner determined the cause of her death to be accidental drowning.
Earlier this year, on what would have been Naya's 35th birthday, Josey's father Ryan Dorsey opened up about the highs and lows of the grief he still feels today.
"At least once a day I find myself shaking my head, like it's still unbelievable, so surreal that she's gone," he wrote in a Jan. 12 statement to People. "It's hard to write this, tears coming out my eyes. Unf--king real."
But with the tears, the Big Sky actor, 38, who was married to Naya from 2014 to 2018, continues to find moments of happiness, especially when he looks at their now 6-year-old son.
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"She knew how willing Josey was to share his things but she'd be so proud to see how he'll give things he loves away to friends or donate them," Ryan shared. "He has this unique literal laugh-out-LOUD cackle of laugh when he's watching TV that's kind of obnoxiously endearing like hers was, but his even more so. No matter your mood, it would make anyone smile if you heard it."
That month, he also paid tribute to his ex on Instagram by sharing a black-and-white photo of Naya smiling with their son.
"You would've been XXXV," Ryan captioned the pic, along with what appears to be a poem. "Able to finally look at a couple videos today, I guess you can say I'm doing better…but better is just a better word for forever sad, this s--t is unbelievable forever." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1337421/naya-rivera-honored-by-heather-morris-and-other-glee-stars-2-years-after-her-death | 2022-07-10T00:34:53Z | https://www.eonline.com/news/1337421/naya-rivera-honored-by-heather-morris-and-other-glee-stars-2-years-after-her-death | true |
Lubbock police say Friday's crash not a hit-and-run, investigate as homicide
Lubbock's Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit and Major Crash Investigation Unit are now investigating the death of a 35-year-old that occurred at 35th Street and Avenue X as a homicide.
Lubbock police officers initially responded to a call for service for a reported hit-and-run collision. Upon arrival, officers found 35-year-old Michael Rozboril deceased in the roadway. The Major Crash Investigation Unit responded, and through the course of the initial investigation, determined the incident was not a hit-and-run collision, but rather an intentional act.
Due to this information, the Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit responded, and the two units continued the investigation together.
Investigators determined Rozboril jumped on the hood of a vehicle following a disturbance with the occupants of the vehicle. At some point, Rozboril left the hood of the vehicle and was found deceased.
Other details about the incident were not immediately available as the investigation is on-going. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/07/09/lpd-says-fridays-crash-was-not-a-hit-and-run/65370168007/ | 2022-07-10T00:41:03Z | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/07/09/lpd-says-fridays-crash-was-not-a-hit-and-run/65370168007/ | false |
NEW YORK, July 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain security startup BlockSec announced the completion of the Seed Plus funding round with $8M raised. The funding round was co-led by Vitalbridge Capital and Matrix Partners, with participation from investors Mirana Ventures (Venture Partner of Bybit), CoinSummer, and YM Capital.
Founded in 2021, BlockSec's mission is to provide security infrastructure for the entire blockchain ecosystem. With cutting-edge technologies, BlockSec enhances the security of decentralized applications, detects high-impact blockchain vulnerabilities, and blocks sophisticated security attacks.
Since last year, BlockSec has provided security audit services to more than one hundred clients, in both Solidity and Rust ecosystems. BlockSec has developed a real-time on-chain monitoring system to block ongoing attacks and rescued more than 5 million assets, including 3.8 million for the stablecoin DEX Saddle Finance [1]. BlockSec has identified multiple critical vulnerabilities on the Solana blockchain, with nearly one million bug US dolloar bounty awarded. Also, the flash loan monitoring system [2] and the transaction visualization system [3] developed by BlockSec are two public tools widely used by the blockchain security community.
With the raised funding, BlockSec plans to expand its research and production team and provide the on-chain monitoring and attack interception capability to more decentralized applications.
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Recall: 9-drawer chests sold at Costco recalled after tip-over incident involving child
(Gray News) - Thousands of nine-drawer chests sold at Costco stores are being recalled due to tip-over and entrapment hazards.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Samson International is recalling about 5,400 of its Universal Broadmoore Cayden Gentleman’s nine-drawer chests after a report of a tip-over incident involving a 10-year-old child.
According to the recall alert, the chests can be unstable if not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or serious injuries to consumers.
The chests included in the recall are brown and are about 49 inches tall with model/item number M71C3180 and the Costco customer item number 1335751.
The items were sold at Costco stores nationwide from December 2019 to April 2020 for about $700.
Consumers were advised to immediately stop using the recalled chests if they are not properly anchored to the wall and place them in an area where children could not access the item.
The recall notice said owners of the chests can contact Samson at 800-357-0701 for a full refund or for a free tip-over restraint kit. Consumers can also return the item to Costco warehouses for a full refund.
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Biden aims to 'strengthen a strategic partnership' with Saudi Arabia
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Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said Saturday he aims to "strengthen a strategic partnership" with Saudi Arabia during a controversial visit there next week, but added that he will hold true to "fundamental American values."
"I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to Saudi Arabia. My views on human rights are clear and long-standing, and fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when I travel abroad, as they will be during this trip," Biden wrote in a Washington Post opinion piece published Saturday.
While Biden is expected to press for increased Saudi oil production in the hope of taming spiraling fuel costs and inflation at home, his visit signals a shift: an apparent abandoning of efforts to ostracize the kingdom's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, over the horrific murder of a dissident.
As a presidential candidate, Biden said the 2018 murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi -- a Saudi-born US resident known for writing critical articles about the kingdom's rulers for The Washington Post -- had made the country a "pariah."
US intelligence findings released by the Biden administration identified bin Salman, often referred to as MBS, as mastermind of the operation.
Last month Biden had sought to distance himself from the upcoming encounter, stressing to reporters he was going to meet with King Salman and his team.
But the White House confirmed earlier this week that he will meet MBS as part of that larger delegation during the trip.
"As president, it is my job to keep our country strong and secure," the US leader wrote Saturday in the Washington Post.
"We have to counter Russia’s aggression, put ourselves in the best possible position to outcompete China, and work for greater stability in a consequential region of the world," he continued.
"To do these things, we have to engage directly with countries that can impact those outcomes. Saudi Arabia is one of them, and when I meet with Saudi leaders on Friday, my aim will be to strengthen a strategic partnership going forward that's based on mutual interests and responsibilities, while also holding true to fundamental American values."
Biden will also visit Israel and the West Bank during his July 13-16 trip, which he wrote will "start a new and more promising chapter of America's engagement" in the Middle East.
He said the region was "more stable and secure" than when he took over the US presidency in January 2021, citing in particular recent thaws in relations between Israel and some Arab nations.
"These are promising trends, which the United States can strengthen in a way no other country can," Biden said.
And he touched on the Iran nuclear deal, agreed with world powers in 2015 but abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump three years later.
"My administration will continue to increase diplomatic and economic pressure until Iran is ready to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, as I remain prepared to do," Biden wrote.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
24-25-33-51-52-59, Bonus: 50
(twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-three, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-nine; Bonus: fifty)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
24-25-33-51-52-59, Bonus: 50
(twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-three, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-nine; Bonus: fifty) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17294996.php | 2022-07-10T00:52:08Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17294996.php | true |
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Deputies responded to a call about a death at the Cloverleaf Motel on Dobbin Holmes Road in Fayetteville. Upon arrival deputies found Mia Nichole Street, 26, and Rodney Charles Folger, 34, unresponsive. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police arrested and charged Ember Nicole Davis, 33, and Preston Thomas Conley, 19, with two counts of first-degree murder.
Davis and Conley are set to appear in court on Monday.
If you have information regarding this investigation, please call the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, Homicide Detective Lieutenant A. BEAN at (910) 677-5496 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers' information may also be submitted electronically by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet or downloading the FREE "P3 Tips" app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play. | https://abc11.com/cloverleaf-motel-murder-dobbin-holmes-road-fayettevlille/12037549/ | 2022-07-10T01:09:19Z | https://abc11.com/cloverleaf-motel-murder-dobbin-holmes-road-fayettevlille/12037549/ | false |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
752 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Menard
and south central Concho Counties through 830 PM CDT...
At 751 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Eden, moving south-southwest at 30 mph. The storm may weaken as it
enters northwestern Menard County, but the leading outflow could
produce gusty winds across northwestern Menard County.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 45 to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Eden, Live Oak and Us-83 Near The Menard-Concho County Line.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3100 10012 3106 10012 3132 9990 3121 9973
3088 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 035DEG 29KT 3121 9987
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Gala for militant rail union barons erupts into boos at mention of Sir Keir Starmer's name
- RMT union boss Mick Lynch addressed the Durham Miners Gala yesterday
- Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer did not attend the left wing gathering in Durham
- When Mr Lynch mentioned Sir Keir's name, members of the crowd booed
Militant rail union barons led a loud chorus of boos at the mention of Sir Keir Starmer during the Durham Miners Gala yesterday.
The Labour leader had stayed away from the annual Left-wing gathering, citing a prior family engagement.
And it was perhaps just as well as firebrand RMT leader Mick Lynch told the crowd: ‘If the politicians of any stripe want to get in our way, we’ll roll them out of the way and give them our own politics.
‘So instead of Keir Starmer and the front bench… you need to find your voice and it’s got to be the voice of the working people in struggle.’
RMT leader Mick Lynch, pictured, addressed the Durham Miners Gala yesterday
Mr Lynch, pictured, said: 'I predict a whole summer of campaigns even going into winter until we get more equality in our economy’
The mention of Sir Keir’s name prompted loud jeers. By contrast, his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn was mobbed by supporters who chanted his name. The 73-year-old then stood on stage and uttered the single word ‘solidarity’ before retaking his seat.
Mr Lynch, whose union’s strikes crippled Britain’s rail services last month, warned: ‘I predict a whole summer of campaigns even going into winter until we get more equality in our economy.’ | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10998955/Militant-unions-boo-Sir-Keir-Starmers-name.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T01:14:28Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10998955/Militant-unions-boo-Sir-Keir-Starmers-name.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
728 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HOOD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Johnson County in north central Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 651 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Godley, or 8
miles northwest of Cleburne, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cleburne, Joshua and Godley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Coleman,
northwestern McCulloch and northeastern Concho Counties through 730
PM CDT...
At 650 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rockwood, moving west at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Gouldbusk, Rockwood, Doole, Ivie Reservoir Near Concho Park Marina,
Voss, Stacy, Waldrip, Leaday, Trickham, Mozelle, Whon, Fisk, Shields
and Us-283 Near The Mcculloch-Coleman County Line.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3174 9921 3146 9920 3138 9945 3139 9972
3166 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 074DEG 5KT 3154 9934
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
734 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact northeast and east central
portions of Tom Green, southwestern Runnels and extreme northwestern
Concho Counties through 815 PM CDT...
At 731 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Miles, moving southwest at 25 to 30 mph. This storm may weaken as it
approaches San Angelo, but the leading outflow could reach reach San
Angelo around 8 PM with gusty winds.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
San Angelo, Miles, Mereta, Veribest, Lowake, Wall, Vancourt, Harriet,
Goodfellow Air Force Base and The Intersection Of Ranch Road 380 And
Ranch Road 381.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3166 10018 3155 10002 3122 10026 3140 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 039DEG 25KT 3155 10016
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Gala for militant rail union barons erupts into boos at mention of Sir Keir Starmer's name
- RMT union boss Mick Lynch addressed the Durham Miners Gala yesterday
- Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer did not attend the left wing gathering in Durham
- When Mr Lynch mentioned Sir Keir's name, members of the crowd booed
Militant rail union barons led a loud chorus of boos at the mention of Sir Keir Starmer during the Durham Miners Gala yesterday.
The Labour leader had stayed away from the annual Left-wing gathering, citing a prior family engagement.
And it was perhaps just as well as firebrand RMT leader Mick Lynch told the crowd: ‘If the politicians of any stripe want to get in our way, we’ll roll them out of the way and give them our own politics.
‘So instead of Keir Starmer and the front bench… you need to find your voice and it’s got to be the voice of the working people in struggle.’
RMT leader Mick Lynch, pictured, addressed the Durham Miners Gala yesterday
Mr Lynch, pictured, said: 'I predict a whole summer of campaigns even going into winter until we get more equality in our economy’
The mention of Sir Keir’s name prompted loud jeers. By contrast, his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn was mobbed by supporters who chanted his name. The 73-year-old then stood on stage and uttered the single word ‘solidarity’ before retaking his seat.
Mr Lynch, whose union’s strikes crippled Britain’s rail services last month, warned: ‘I predict a whole summer of campaigns even going into winter until we get more equality in our economy.’ | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10998955/Militant-unions-boo-Sir-Keir-Starmers-name.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-10T01:28:04Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10998955/Militant-unions-boo-Sir-Keir-Starmers-name.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
642 PM MDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of western Texas, including the following
county, Hudspeth.
* WHEN...Until 845 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Some low-water crossings may become impassable. Ponding of water
in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 642 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream
flooding. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen.
- Additional rainfall of up to 0.5 inches is expected over the
area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fort Hancock and Acala.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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Daniel Charles Wilson believes the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were an inside job. The war in Ukraine is “totally scripted” and COVID-19 is “completely fake.” The Boston Marathon bombing? Mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas? “Crisis actors,” he says.
Wilson, a 41-year-old from London, Ontario, has doubts about free elections, vaccines and the Jan. 6 insurrection, too. He accepts little of what has happened in the past 20 years and cheerfully predicts that someday, the internet will make everyone as distrustful as he is.
“It’s the age of information, and the hidden government, the people who control everything, they know they can’t win,” Wilson told The Associated Press. “They’re all lying to us. But we’re going to break through this. It will be a good change for everyone.”
Wilson, who is now working on a book about his views, is not an isolated case of perpetual disbelief. He speaks for a growing number of people in Western nations who have lost faith in democratic governance and a free press, and who have turned to conspiracy theories to fill the void.
Rejecting what they hear from scientists, journalists or public officials, these people instead embrace tales of dark plots and secret explanations. And their beliefs, say experts who study misinformation and extremism, reflect a widespread loss of faith in institutions like government and media.
A poll conducted last year by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that just 16% of Americans say democracy is working well or extremely well. Another 38% said it’s working only somewhat well.
Other surveys reveal how many people in the United States now doubt the media, politicians, science and even each other.
The distrust has gone so deep that even groups that seem ideologically aligned are questioning each others’ motives and intentions.
On the day before Independence Day in Boston this year, a group of about 100 masked men carrying fascist flags marched through the city. Members proudly uploaded videos and photos of the march to online forums popular with supporters of former President Donald Trump and QAnon adherents, who believe a group of satanic, cannibalistic child molesters secretly runs the globe.
Instead of praise, the white supremacists were met with incredulity. Some posters said the marchers were clearly FBI agents or members of antifa — shorthand for anti-fascists — looking to defame Trump supporters. It didn’t matter that the men boasted of their involvement and pleaded to be believed. “Another false flag,” wrote one self-described conservative on Telegram.
Similarly, when an extremist website that sells unregulated ghost guns — firearms without serial numbers — asked its followers about their July 4th plans, several people responded by accusing the group of working for the FBI. When someone claiming to be Q, the figure behind QAnon, reappeared online recently, many conservatives who support the movement speculated that the new Q was actually a government plant.
This past week, when a Georgia monument that some conservative Christians criticized as satanic was bombed, many posters on far-right message boards cheered. But many others said they didn’t believe the news.
“I don’t trust it. I’m still thinking ff,” wrote one woman on Twitter, referencing “false flag,” a term commonly used by conspiracy theorists to describe an event they think was staged.
The global public relations firm Edelman has conducted surveys about public trust for more than two decades, beginning after the 1999 World Trade Organization’s meeting in Seattle was marred by anti-globalization riots. Tonia Reis, director of Edelman’s Trust Barometer surveys, said trust is a precious commodity that’s vital for the economy and government to function.
“Trust is absolutely essential to everything in society working well,” Reis said. “It’s one of those things that, like air, people don’t think about it until they realize they don’t have it, or they’ve lost it or damaged it. And then it can be too late.”
For experts who study misinformation and human cognition, the fraying of trust is tied to the rise of the internet and the way it can be exploited on contentious issues of social and economic change.
Distrust and suspicion offered obvious advantages to small bands of early humans trying to survive in a dangerous world, and those emotions continue to help people gauge personal risk today. But distrust is not always well suited to the modern world, which requires people to trust the strangers who inspect their food, police their streets and write their news. Democratic institutions, with their regulations and checks and balances, are one way of adding accountability to that trust.
When that trust breaks down, polarization and anxiety increases, creating opportunities for people pushing their own “ alternative facts.”
“People can’t fact check the world,” said Dr. Richard Friedman, a New York City psychiatrist and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College who has written about the psychology of trust and belief. “They’re awash in competing streams of information, both good and bad. They’re anxious about the future, and there are a lot of bad actors with the ability to weaponize that fear and anxiety.”
Those bad actors include grifters selling bad investments or sham remedies for COVID-19, Russian disinformation operatives trying to undermine Western democracies, or even homegrown politicians like Trump, whose lies about the 2020 election spurred the Jan. 6 attack.
Research and surveys show belief in conspiracy theories is common and widespread. Believers are more likely to to get their information from social media than professional news organizations. The rise and fall of particular conspiracy theories are often linked to real-world events and social, economic or technological change.
Like Wilson, people who believe in one conspiracy theory are likely to believe in others too, even if they are mutually contradictory. A 2012 paper, for instance, looked at beliefs surrounding the death of Princess Diana of Wales in a 1997 car crash. Researchers found that subjects who believed strongly that Diana was murdered said they also felt strongly that she could have faked her own death.
Wilson said his belief in conspiracies began on Sept. 11, 2001, when he couldn’t accept that the towers could be knocked down by airliners. He said he found information on the internet that confirmed his beliefs, and then began to suspect there were conspiracies behind other world events.
“You have to put it all together yourself,” Wilson said. “The hidden reality, what’s really going on, they don’t want you to know.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/technology/ap-technology/choose-your-reality-trust-wanes-conspiracy-theories-rise/ | 2022-07-10T01:35:46Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/technology/ap-technology/choose-your-reality-trust-wanes-conspiracy-theories-rise/ | false |
Rob Kardashian shares darling snaps of daughter Dream, five, as the duo join his sister Khloe Kardashian and her little girl True on tropical vacation
Rob Kardashian shared a number of snaps of his adorable five-year-old daughter Dream from an idyllic vacation spot on Saturday.
The 35-year-old television personality and his only child joined his older sister Khloe Kardashian, 38, and her daughter True, four, in the tropical destination this weekend.
He started off his photo dump with a picture of Dream standing on a boat with the stunning shoreline behind her.
Getaway: Rob Kardashian shared a number of snaps of his adorable five-year-old daughter Dream from an idyllic vacation spot on Saturday. The 35-year-old television personality and his only child joined his older sister Khloe Kardashian, 38, and her daughter True, four, in the tropical destination this weekend
The next snap showed a view of a large swimming pool located just steps away from the ocean at the family's rental house.
Dream - who Rob shares with ex-girlfriend Blac Chyna - later stood in front of the same pool as she soaked up the sun with her cousin.
Dream seemed to be enjoying the patio as she flashed a big smile while snacking at a picnic table. A multi-colored confectionary sat in front of Rob's daughter.
Rob later captured his daughter sipping on a colorful drink while wading out in the shallow water off the coast of the island.
Luxe: He included a view of a large swimming pool located just steps away from the ocean at the family's rental house
Pool time: Dream - who Rob shares with ex-girlfriend Blac Chyna - later stood in front of the same pool as she soaked up the sun with her cousin
Smiley: Dream seemed to be enjoying the patio as she flashed a big smile while snacking at a picnic table. A multi-colored confectionary sat in front of Rob's daughter
Refreshing: Rob later captured his daughter sipping on a colorful drink while wading out in the shallow water off the coast of the island
Rob also shared a snap of the beautiful view of the sunset and lit up swimming pool from the living room of their island rental property.
Also featured in the photo was what appeared to be a hookah pipe and other amenities.
A follow-up shot showed Rob from the waist down as he propped his feet up on a chair on a private jet.
He captioned the vacation snaps, 'Paradise with Dream #KampKoKo' followed by several emojis.
Wow! Rob also shared a snap of the beautiful view of the sunset and lit up swimming pool from the living room of their island rental property
Jetsetter: A follow-up shot showed Rob from the waist down as he propped his feet up on a chair on a private jet
Mother and father: Rob shares Dream with his ex Blac Chyna (pictured 2016)
Khloé also made a reference to 'Kamp Koko' - with 'Koko being her longtime nickname - in a recent Instagram post.
On Saturday the 38-year-old Good American founder took to Instagram to share outtakes from the swanky family getaway.
Along with a photo of her sitting on the ladder of the aircraft Khloe wrote, 'Wheels Up on Kylie Air.'
Fun! Khloe Kardashian was treated to a trip on her sister Kylie Jenner's private jet for her 38th birthday
She didn't say where the flight was headed but she added, 'Kamp KoKo is underway.'
Her niece North West celebrated her recent June birthday in a similar way, with mom Kim Kardashian flying the nine-year-old and her friends to Wyoming for a 'Camp North' retreat via Kim Air.
Kylie's pink and white jet was decked out in a balloon arch with different shades of pink.
Four pale pink balloons spelled out 'Koko' as they decorated the entrance of the airliner.
Mommy-daughter time! Khloe's four-year-old daughter True, who she shares with ex Tristan Thompson, joined her on the excursion
Khloe wore a chic, body-hugging all black outfit and large glamorous and sporty black sunglasses.
Her four-year-old daughter True, who she shares with ex Tristan Thompson, was seated next to her on the private plane. The tot was clad in a long-sleeved patterned pajamas.
Kim Kardashian's youngest daughter Chicago, four, also appeared to join Khloe, Rob and their cousins on the trip.
A good time: True appeared to have a blast on the private plane in her adorable pink pajamas
Festive: A birthday cake and macaroons awaited Khloe aboard the sleek aircraft
Last Sunday Khloe - who celebrated her 38th birthday on June 27 - thanked fans for their birthday wishes on her Instagram.
She flaunted her figure in a curve-hugging, Barbie-pink latex mini dress with matching pink pumps.
The denim designer posed for pictures in front of a balloon sculpture reading 'Happy birthday Khloe, love you.'
She wrote in her caption, 'Thank you all so incredibly much for all of the birthday love. I have been overwhelmed with love and blessings and I am so beyond thankful.'
Grateful: Last Sunday Khloe appeared on social media to thank fans for their birthday wishes
She continued, 'We took about 400 photos to try and get a few with the girls. Lol this is the best we have but I love them.'
She was referring to True and Chicago, who made appearances in some of the bright shots.
Khloe wore her blonde hair in a voluminous shoulder-length bob and wore glinting diamond jewelry around her neck and wrist. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10998815/Rob-Kardashian-daughter-Dream-join-sis-Khloe-daughter-True-tropical-holiday.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T01:37:21Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10998815/Rob-Kardashian-daughter-Dream-join-sis-Khloe-daughter-True-tropical-holiday.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Austin Hill earns victory at his home track
Radio trouble prevented driver Austin Hill from being able to speak to his Richard Childress Racing crew during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but he sure understood the final hand signal.
No. 1.
The Georgia native, 28, won at his hometown track for the first time in his NASCAR career, holding off JR Motorsports driver Josh Berry by a mere .111 seconds. It was the closest Xfinity Series race finish in track history and another fitting number nod to Hill's finish.
His 73 laps led in the No. 21 RCR Chevrolet was most on the day and the most of his young Xfinity Series career.
"Man, look at this crowd, I love the fans,'' a smiling Hill said looking toward the loud and enthusiastic grandstands. "What a car. Man, RCR has been working their ever-loving tails off to give me a car that will race really fast.''
Hill was so impressed and appreciative of the work of his crew, particularly to win on a day it had to overcome a major challenge. He came down pit road on the pace laps once the team realized his radio didn't work. Hill could hear the crew, but they could not hear him.
Even a new helmet didn't solve the problem, so he spent all of the eventful 163 laps around the 1.54-mile speedway listening only. They worked out hand signals for adjustments he wanted during the pit stops.
There were 17 lead changes in the race. Hill took the lead for good on a restart with 48 laps remaining and held off Berry, Ryan Truex, Daniel Hemric and Tyler Reddick - sure that they would try to pass him in the final lap.
The frontrunners got dicey as expected, but Hill was able to pull away and was never challenged heading to the checkered flag to take his second series victory in 2022.
Truex finished third, followed by Reddick - who became a first-time NASCAR Cup Series winner last week - and reigning Xfinity Series champion Daniel Hemric.
Noah Gragson and his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier were sixth and seventh, followed by Landon Cassill, Riley Herbst and A.J. Allmendinger
That 10th-place finish marked a solid comeback for Kaulig Racing's Allmendinger, who led the championship standings by a mere nine points going into the Atlanta race. A tire problem and slow pit stop put him down two laps in Stage 2, and it proved to be a long, challenging day for Allmendinger who methodically worked his way forward.
At one point, he briefly lost the championship lead to Ty Gibbs.
But Gibbs, Saturday's polesitter, had his own problems. Racing hard with Herbst at the front on a restart for the final stage, Gibbs' No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota hit the wall hard and suffered enough damage for him to take a DNF.
A four-race winner, Gibbs went into the race trailing Allmendinger by only nine points, but now he'll go to New Hampshire for next week's race 29 points out of the championship lead.
"We had a very fast Supra, we had a good car,'' Gibbs told PRN Radio. "The 98 (Herbst) slid up and wasn't clear and hooked us in the left front. It was hard racing and I just came home on the wrong side of it.''
The Xfinity Series moves to New England next week with the Crayon 200 on Saturday at the one-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell has won the last three New Hampshire Xfinity races.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - 2nd Annual Alsco Uniforms 250
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Hampton, Georgia
Saturday, July 9, 2022
1. (5) Austin Hill #, Chevrolet, 163.
2. (2) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 163.
3. (21) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 163.
4. (22) Tyler Reddick(i), Chevrolet, 163.
5. (16) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 163.
6. (6) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 163.
7. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 163.
8. (18) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 163.
9. (8) Riley Herbst, Ford, 163.
10. (3) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 163.
11. (4) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 163.
12. (15) Sheldon Creed #, Chevrolet, 163.
13. (13) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 163.
14. (14) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 163.
15. (9) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 163.
16. (29) Kyle Sieg #, Ford, 163.
17. (11) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 163.
18. (26) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 163.
19. (19) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Toyota, 163.
20. (23) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 163.
21. (36) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 163.
22. (28) David Starr, Ford, 163.
23. (12) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 162.
24. (30) Mason Massey, Chevrolet, 162.
25. (20) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 162.
26. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, 161.
27. (37) Natalie Decker, Ford, 161.
28. (34) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, 161.
29. (17) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 161.
30. (31) Joe Graf Jr., Ford, 161.
31. (38) Brennan Poole(i), Chevrolet, 159.
32. (27) Jesse Iwuji #, Chevrolet, 157.
33. (24) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, Accident, 119.
34. (10) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, Accident, 106.
35. (1) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, Accident, 93.
36. (35) JJ Yeley, Ford, Fuel Pump, 71.
37. (33) Matt Mills(i), Chevrolet, Engine, 64.
38. (25) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, Engine, 23.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 128.071 mph.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 57 Mins, 36 Secs. Margin of Victory: .111 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 6 for 28 laps.
Lead Changes: 17 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J. Berry 1-6;A. Allmendinger 7-21;A. Hill # 22-25;A. Allmendinger 26-34;J. Berry 35-36;A. Allmendinger 37;J. Berry 38-42;T. Gibbs 43;S. Creed # 44-47;T. Reddick(i) 48-68;S. Creed # 69-79;A. Hill # 80-82;S. Creed # 83;A. Hill # 84-86;T. Gibbs 87-92;R. Truex 93-100;A. Hill # 101-163.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Austin Hill # 4 times for 73 laps; AJ Allmendinger 3 times for 25 laps; Tyler Reddick(i) 1 time for 21 laps; Sheldon Creed # 3 times for 16 laps; Josh Berry 3 times for 13 laps; Ryan Truex 1 time for 8 laps; Ty Gibbs 2 times for 7 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 8,54,16,68,9,11,21,7,19,31
Stage #2 Top Ten: 21,2,68,48,7,19,54,18,10,26
--By NASCAR NewsWire, Special to Field Level Media | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10998969/Austin-Hill-earns-victory-home-track.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T01:45:10Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10998969/Austin-Hill-earns-victory-home-track.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
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A look at what's happening around the majors on Sunday:
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OH THOSE O'S!
Ryan Mountcastle, Trey Mancini and the surprising Baltimore Orioles try for their eighth straight win, which would match their best streak in 17 years.
The last time the O's won eight in a row was 2005 with a team that included Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa.
Dean Kremer combined with four relievers to pitch the O's past the Angels 1-0 Saturday at Camden Yards for their seventh straight victory. That equaled Baltimore's longest string of success since 2017.
Coming off a 52-110 record, the Orioles are 42-44 and only a few games out of a wild-card spot. They're 28-20 since a 14-24 start.
Los Angeles dropped to 1-7 on a nine-game trip and at 38-48 is a season-worst 10 games under .500. The Angels are 14-35 since a 24-13 start.
Orioles right-hander Austin Voth (0-1, 7.20), claimed on waivers from Washington last month, starts against lefty José Suarez (1-2, 4.30 ERA).
MIAMI ACE
A few hours before he’s likely to be picked for the NL All-Star team, Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara (9-3, 1.82 ERA) pitches against the Mets at Citi Field.
The 26-year-old Alcantara is a top contender to start for the National League on July 19 at Dodger Stadium. He struck out 10 in eight shutout innings of two-hit ball Tuesday against the Angels.
THE FOUR-A’S CLUB
The Oakland Athletics have gotten exactly four hits in four straight games, and have managed to win two of them.
The A’s beat AL West-leading Houston 3-2 on Saturday at the Coliseum. When the game ended, the top hitter in the Oakland lineup was Ramón Laureano — with a season average of .242.
The Athletics next face right-hander Jake Odorizzi (3-2, 4.04), who will pitch for the second time since coming off the injured list. He allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings against the Royals on Monday.
A’s lefty Cole Irvin (3-6, 3.55) has one win in nine starts since coming off the injured list on May 22.
DEVERS OUT
All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers will sit out Sunday night when Boston finishes its four-game series against the Yankees at Fenway Park.
Devers exited Friday night's loss because of a sore back that forced him to make an early exit. Boston manager Alex Cora says the team will see how Devers is feeling on Monday.
The 25-year-old Devers was selected Friday as the American League’s starting third baseman for the second straight year. Hours later, he hurt his back crashing into a side rail going for a foul ball.
Devers is hitting .327 with 19 home runs and 51 RBIs.
Jameson Taillon (9-2, 3.63 ERA) starts for the AL East-leading Yankees against Nick Pivetta (8-6, 3.68).
FRANCO AILING
Rays shortstop Wander Franco will see a doctor on Monday, two days after leaving a game because of discomfort in his right hand and wrist.
The 21-year-old Franco has played just 58 games this season, slow by a quadriceps and other leg trouble.
Franco is hitting .260 with five home runs and 23 RBIs.
CARD-NILS
Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals have gone 46 innings without scoring an earned run on a hit. The last one St. Louis got came on Nolan Gorman’s RBI single in the first inning on Tuesday at Atlanta.
The Cardinals have lost seven of nine. They got just two hits in a 1-0 loss at home to Philadelphia on Saturday.
Rookie right-hander Andre Pallante (2-4, 3.03 ERA) start for the Cardinals. Veteran reliever Nick Nelson (3-1, 4.17) start as an opener for the Phillies.
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Rays fifth. Isaac Paredes walks. Kevin Kiermaier flies out to deep center field to Nick Senzel. Taylor Walls walks. Isaac Paredes to second. Francisco Mejia singles to shallow right field. Taylor Walls to third. Isaac Paredes scores. Josh Lowe grounds out to second base, Jonathan India to Mike Moustakas.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 1, Reds 0.
Rays eighth. Francisco Mejia singles to first base. Josh Lowe walks. Francisco Mejia to second. Yu Chang singles to second base. Josh Lowe to second. Francisco Mejia to third. Harold Ramirez doubles to deep right field. Yu Chang to third. Josh Lowe scores. Francisco Mejia scores. Ji-Man Choi walks. Randy Arozarena pops out to shallow infield to Mike Moustakas. Isaac Paredes grounds out to shortstop. Ji-Man Choi out at second.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rays 3, Reds 0.
Reds eighth. Tyler Stephenson singles to center field. Kyle Farmer singles to left field. Tyler Stephenson to second. Matt Reynolds pinch-hitting for Mike Moustakas. Matt Reynolds flies out to deep right field to Josh Lowe. Tyler Stephenson to third. Donovan Solano hit by pitch. Kyle Farmer to second. Nick Senzel walks. Donovan Solano to second. Kyle Farmer to third. Tyler Stephenson scores. Jonathan India pops out to Ji-Man Choi. Brandon Drury singles to shortstop. Nick Senzel to second. Donovan Solano scores. Kyle Farmer scores. Tommy Pham strikes out on a foul tip.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rays 3, Reds 3.
Rays tenth. Yandy Diaz pinch-hitting for Yu Chang. Yandy Diaz flies out to deep right field to Tyler Naquin. Josh Lowe to third. Harold Ramirez doubles to left field. Josh Lowe scores. Ji-Man Choi walks. Randy Arozarena flies out to left field to Tommy Pham. Isaac Paredes flies out to right center field to Nick Senzel.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rays 4, Reds 3.
Reds tenth. Matt Reynolds singles to right field. Kyle Farmer to third. Matt Reynolds to second. Kyle Farmer scores. Donovan Solano singles to right center field. Matt Reynolds to third. Nick Senzel singles to second base. Donovan Solano to second. Matt Reynolds scores.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Reds 5, Rays 4. | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Tampa-Bay-Cincinnati-Runs-17294987.php | 2022-07-10T01:51:17Z | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Tampa-Bay-Cincinnati-Runs-17294987.php | false |
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities on Saturday charged 12 people in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a longtime government supporter who was behind the high-profile abduction of an American industrialist in the 1970s.
Among those charged was the wife of the slain man, Carlos Lanz. Authorities said she conspired with a boyfriend to pay hit men $8,000 to murder her husband in 2020.
Lanz led a cadre of guerrillas who in 1976 kidnapped William Niehous, who ran the Venezuela operations of Toledo, Ohio-based Owens-Illinois Inc. Niehous was rescued three years later and Lanz spent nearly a decade in jail for the crime.
When leftist Hugo Chavez won the presidency in 1999, he put Lanz in charge of initiatives to create farm cooperatives. Later, Lanz took up teaching and wrote on topics such as “non-conventional warfare," by the U.S., cultural insurgency and agricultural development.
In 2020, the 74-year-old Lanz disappeared near his home in Aragua state. His body was later found at a ranch in a nearby state with two bullets to the head — a crime that shocked many inside Nicolas Maduro's government who revered the aging Marxist scholar and thought his slaying might have been carried out by foreign mercenaries.
“The investigation is ongoing,” Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a press conference earlier in the week announcing a breakthrough in the case. “I don't rule out there could be more arrests.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Venezuela-charges-12-in-murder-of-former-17295019.php | 2022-07-10T02:14:49Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Venezuela-charges-12-in-murder-of-former-17295019.php | false |
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities on Saturday charged 12 people in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a longtime government supporter who was behind the high-profile abduction of an American industrialist in the 1970s.
Among those charged was the wife of the slain man, Carlos Lanz. Authorities said she conspired with a boyfriend to pay hit men $8,000 to murder her husband in 2020.
Lanz led a cadre of guerrillas who in 1976 kidnapped William Niehous, who ran the Venezuela operations of Toledo, Ohio-based Owens-Illinois Inc. Niehous was rescued three years later and Lanz spent nearly a decade in jail for the crime.
When leftist Hugo Chavez won the presidency in 1999, he put Lanz in charge of initiatives to create farm cooperatives. Later, Lanz took up teaching and wrote on topics such as “non-conventional warfare," by the U.S., cultural insurgency and agricultural development.
In 2020, the 74-year-old Lanz disappeared near his home in Aragua state. His body was later found at a ranch in a nearby state with two bullets to the head — a crime that shocked many inside Nicolas Maduro's government who revered the aging Marxist scholar and thought his slaying might have been carried out by foreign mercenaries.
“The investigation is ongoing,” Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a press conference earlier in the week announcing a breakthrough in the case. “I don't rule out there could be more arrests.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Venezuela-charges-12-in-murder-of-former-17295019.php | 2022-07-10T02:23:51Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Venezuela-charges-12-in-murder-of-former-17295019.php | true |
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay a brief condolence visit to Japan next week following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the State Department said Sunday.
Blinken will travel to Tokyo on Monday to pay his respects to the former leader and meet with senior Japanese officials before returning to Washington from an Asian tour that he is now wrapping up.
“Secretary Blinken will travel to Tokyo, Japan, to offer condolences to the Japanese people on the death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and to meet with senior Japanese officials,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement. “The U.S.-Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and has never been stronger.”
Blinken is in Thailand on a pre-scheduled visit and had been in Indonesia on Friday attending a Group of 20 nations' foreign ministers meeting in Bali when Abe was shot and killed. He will be the most senior U.S. official to visit Japan in the aftermath of Abe’s death.
On Saturday in Bali, Blinken said Abe's killing was a “tragedy” for the world and, like many other current and former U.S. officials, lauded the former prime minister for his vision.
“Prime Minister Abe was a transformative leader, a statesman, someone of truly global stature,” Blinken told reporters. He added that Abe's death had shaken the G-20 meeting with many of his foreign minister colleagues expressing shock and distress at the news.
Shortly after Abe was pronounced dead, Blinken met in Bali with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin to review strategy mainly related to North Korea. In that meeting and again on Saturday, Blinken underscored the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship.
“The alliance between Japan and the United States has been a cornerstone of our foreign policy for decades and as I said yesterday, Prime Minister Abe really brought that partnership to new heights,” he said.
“The friendship between the Japanese and American people is likewise unshakable,” Blinken said. “So we’re standing with the people of Japan, with the prime minister’s family, in the aftermath of a truly, truly appalling act of violence.” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Top-US-diplomat-to-pay-Abe-condolence-visit-to-17295040.php | 2022-07-10T02:23:58Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Top-US-diplomat-to-pay-Abe-condolence-visit-to-17295040.php | false |
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A look at what's happening around the majors on Sunday:
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OH THOSE O'S!
Ryan Mountcastle, Trey Mancini and the surprising Baltimore Orioles try for their eighth straight win, which would match their best streak in 17 years.
The last time the O's won eight in a row was 2005 with a team that included Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa.
Dean Kremer combined with four relievers to pitch the O's past the Angels 1-0 Saturday at Camden Yards for their seventh straight victory. That equaled Baltimore's longest string of success since 2017.
Coming off a 52-110 record, the Orioles are 42-44 and only a few games out of a wild-card spot. They're 28-20 since a 14-24 start.
Los Angeles dropped to 1-7 on a nine-game trip and at 38-48 is a season-worst 10 games under .500. The Angels are 14-35 since a 24-13 start.
Orioles right-hander Austin Voth (0-1, 7.20), claimed on waivers from Washington last month, starts against lefty José Suarez (1-2, 4.30 ERA).
MIAMI ACE
A few hours before he’s likely to be picked for the NL All-Star team, Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara (9-3, 1.82 ERA) pitches against the Mets at Citi Field.
The 26-year-old Alcantara is a top contender to start for the National League on July 19 at Dodger Stadium. He struck out 10 in eight shutout innings of two-hit ball Tuesday against the Angels.
THE FOUR-A’S CLUB
The Oakland Athletics have gotten exactly four hits in four straight games, and have managed to win two of them.
The A’s beat AL West-leading Houston 3-2 on Saturday at the Coliseum. When the game ended, the top hitter in the Oakland lineup was Ramón Laureano — with a season average of .242.
The Athletics next face right-hander Jake Odorizzi (3-2, 4.04), who will pitch for the second time since coming off the injured list. He allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings against the Royals on Monday.
A’s lefty Cole Irvin (3-6, 3.55) has one win in nine starts since coming off the injured list on May 22.
DEVERS OUT
All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers will sit out Sunday night when Boston finishes its four-game series against the Yankees at Fenway Park.
Devers exited Friday night's loss because of a sore back that forced him to make an early exit. Boston manager Alex Cora says the team will see how Devers is feeling on Monday.
The 25-year-old Devers was selected Friday as the American League’s starting third baseman for the second straight year. Hours later, he hurt his back crashing into a side rail going for a foul ball.
Devers is hitting .327 with 19 home runs and 51 RBIs.
Jameson Taillon (9-2, 3.63 ERA) starts for the AL East-leading Yankees against Nick Pivetta (8-6, 3.68).
FRANCO AILING
Rays shortstop Wander Franco will see a doctor on Monday, two days after leaving a game because of discomfort in his right hand and wrist.
The 21-year-old Franco has played just 58 games this season, slow by a quadriceps and other leg trouble.
Franco is hitting .260 with five home runs and 23 RBIs.
CARD-NILS
Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals have gone 46 innings without scoring an earned run on a hit. The last one St. Louis got came on Nolan Gorman’s RBI single in the first inning on Tuesday at Atlanta.
The Cardinals have lost seven of nine. They got just two hits in a 1-0 loss at home to Philadelphia on Saturday.
Rookie right-hander Andre Pallante (2-4, 3.03 ERA) start for the Cardinals. Veteran reliever Nick Nelson (3-1, 4.17) start as an opener for the Phillies.
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New COVID-19 cases above 20,000 for 2nd day
SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 20,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday amid growing concerns about a resurgence in infections nationwide.
The country added 20,410 new COVID-19 infections, including 250 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,511,845, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
The KDCA reported 19 more deaths from the virus, putting the death toll at 24,643. The fatality rate stood at 0.13 percent.
The number of critically ill patients came to 67, up from the previous day's 61.
South Korea has seen a marked drop in infection numbers from the peak of more than 620,000 in mid-March, with the daily counts staying mostly in four digits in June.
But the numbers began to rise again, hitting over 10,000 on June 29 and over 20,000 on Saturday.
Health authorities confirmed that the country has entered a new wave of COVID-19, citing the fast spread of the highly contagious mutation of the omicron strains.
The government is reportedly considering a new set of antivirus measures.
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There's a saying that "Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination". You could make a case for former Old Dominion basketball player Hamchetou Maiga-Ba. It was about 24 years ago she ventured just over 4,500 miles across the Atlantic to Norfolk and play for the then Lady Monarchs. Maiga-Ba always had a fascination with basketball, but it came with a catch.
"I was fortunate because my parents valued education", she said from her home in Long Island, New York. "Whether I liked it or not, I didn't have a choice. For me to play basketball, I had to do well in school".
Maiga-Ba's passion blossomed into her helping lead ODU to the Elite 8 as she won the Colonial Athletic Association Player Of The Year in 2001. She would go on to be the 12th overall pick in the first round of the WNBA Draft in 2002. Maiga-Ba went on to team up with another former Old Dominion great in Ticha Penicheiro and win a title with the Monarchs in 2005.
It would lead her to forming her own foundation named after her in her homeland of Bamako, Mali. "It started with Special Olympics", she said. "When I was in college, Coach (Wendy) Larry introduced us to Special Olympics and we used to do camps with them".
The foundation has had nearly 4,000 campers in her native country and Maiga-Ba's ultimate goal is to have an academy to give children options.
She comes from a family of 21 sisters and brothers, but has gained an additional sisterhood with former ODU players. "I've found another family". | https://www.abc10.com/article/sports/former-odu-great-maiga-bas-love-of-basketball-for-children/291-a283e273-9f16-4025-b24f-ef5eeb73df31 | 2022-07-10T02:27:18Z | https://www.abc10.com/article/sports/former-odu-great-maiga-bas-love-of-basketball-for-children/291-a283e273-9f16-4025-b24f-ef5eeb73df31 | false |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
752 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Menard
and south central Concho Counties through 830 PM CDT...
At 751 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Eden, moving south-southwest at 30 mph. The storm may weaken as it
enters northwestern Menard County, but the leading outflow could
produce gusty winds across northwestern Menard County.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 45 to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Eden, Live Oak and Us-83 Near The Menard-Concho County Line.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3100 10012 3106 10012 3132 9990 3121 9973
3088 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 035DEG 29KT 3121 9987
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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(WGN-TV) Shawn Mendes announced he is postponing his tour to focus on his mental health.
The 23-year-old singer posted a message on his Instagram profile on Friday and said he is postponing the next three weeks of shows “until further notice.”
“This breaks my heart to have to say this,” his post began. “After speaking with my team and health professionals, I need to take some time to heal and take care of myself and my mental health, first and foremost.”
Mendes was schedule to play the All State Arena in Rosemont on Friday, July 15. The tour also included a stop at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 12.
The All State Arena’s website did not have any further information other than the show was postponed.
His post also said, “I’ve been touring since I was 15 and to be honest it’s always been difficult to be on the road away from friends and family. After a few years off the road, I felt like I was ready to dive back in, but that decision was premature and unfortunately the toll of the road and the pressure has caught up to me and I’ve hit a breaking point.”
Shows in St Paul, Omaha, St Louis and other cities are also postponed.
As of now, the tour is set to resume July 31 in Toronto. A list of schedule tour dates is on his official website.
“As soon as there are more updates I promise I will let you know,” his post said. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/shawn-mendes-postpones-tour-dates-citing-mental-health/ | 2022-07-10T02:29:52Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/shawn-mendes-postpones-tour-dates-citing-mental-health/ | false |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
859 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
Hot temperatures will continue across the advisory area the next
several days, but not as hot as seen in recent days along with
lower humidity.
Continue to remain hydrated and wear light-colored and
lightweight clothing when outdoors for any prolonged periods of
time. In addition, continue to take frequent breaks in an air-
conditioned vehicle or building, or in the shade to prevent heat
exhaustion and heat stroke.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SUNDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 111 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and south central
Texas.
* WHEN...For the Excessive Heat Warning, until 9 PM CDT this
evening. For the Heat Advisory, from 9 PM this evening to 9 PM
CDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity will increase the
risk for heat-related illnesses to occur, particularly for
those working or participating in outdoor activities.
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.
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 109 and temperatures up to 105.
* WHERE...Stephens, Comanche, Hamilton, Mills, Eastland,
Lampasas, Coryell and Erath Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT Sunday.
Hot temperatures will continue across the warning area the next
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Skyler Weber brings an inward approach when it comes to baseball. Whether the Lincoln Saltdogs catcher is behind the plate or in the batter's box, he's focused on the mental game.
Weber was hitting a season-low .167 in early June but has raised his average to .252 heading into Saturday's contest against the Kansas City Monarchs at Haymarket Park.
“It's mainly mental,” Weber said. “At this age, there are very few adjustments a hitter can make with mechanics. It's mainly mental adjustment and trusting my work ethic and hands at the dish. Not trying to do too much with a good lineup behind me.”
In his second year with the Saltdogs, Weber was hitting .196 on June 26 before reeling off a stretch of 14 hits in his next 33 at-bats.
After early struggles in his first season with Lincoln, Weber has found his calling again as a batter and getting on base any way possible.
Weber has drawn 21 walks, recorded 34 hits including six doubles this season in 39 games and has found a solidified spot in Lincoln's two-hole spot in the batting order.
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“My main adjustment was just getting on base,” Weber said. “Get on base more, try to steal a couple bags for (Josh) Altmann and (Ryan) Long batting behind me so we can get some runs on the board.
“It's 'Hey, don't try to do too much. Don't try to be a hero.' Just get on base, do your job, catch, control the pitching staff and let the hitters hit. There is a joke going around that two-hole Webby rakes, but I don't think it's the two-hole. I think it's just my mental approach, to be honest with you.”
Weber had a similar start in the 2021 season with a low batting average before turning it on in the second half of the season. His average was .183 on July 7, 2021, before finishing with a .260 average.
Even then, Saltdogs manager Brett Jodie could still see the confidence in Weber.
“That's one thing he's never really lost,” Jodie said. “He's strong-minded in that, never really got down on himself and obviously knew he needed to do better. … That shows his maturity. I think he grew a lot with that last year. He was trying a little bit too hard early and then he ended up having a very successful year.
"This year he probably came in with the same mindset that you were going to pick up where you left off. It wasn't working that way and sometimes that can throw people for a loop a little bit. Again, there wasn't any panic in him. … I'm just proud of him for how hard he's been working. (Weber) has made some minor adjustments and really is that RBI producer and can be a tough AB (at-bat).”
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Power shortage: Lincoln hasn't hit a home run in its past five games, part of a 50-inning drought since Josh Altmann hit a three-run blast at Fargo-Moorhead on July 2. Lincoln is 18-9 when hitting a home run while 7-15 without a long ball.
Holding on tight: Lincoln is 20-0 when holding a lead after eight innings. On the other hand, the Saltdogs are 0-19 when trailing after eight innings. | https://journalstar.com/sports/saltdogs-baseball/around-the-bases-when-struggles-hit-saltdogs-skyler-weber-looks-inward-and-a-hot-streak/article_dfdedfa6-987d-598f-8d98-41428a736ed9.html | 2022-07-10T02:45:19Z | https://journalstar.com/sports/saltdogs-baseball/around-the-bases-when-struggles-hit-saltdogs-skyler-weber-looks-inward-and-a-hot-streak/article_dfdedfa6-987d-598f-8d98-41428a736ed9.html | false |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
1st:1 Gold Rush-2nd:7 Eureka-3rd:5 California Classic, Race Time: 1:43.08
(1st: 1 Gold Rush, 2nd: 7 Eureka, 3rd: 5 California Classic; Race Time: one: 43.08)
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Carlos Rodón retired 22 of the final 23 batters to finish a three-hitter for his third career complete game and Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for the San Francisco Giants, who beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Saturday.
Rodón (8-5) was brilliant after allowing his only run in the second inning. He got Kim Ha-seong to ground into a double play to end the second, and then was one out away from throwing seven perfect innings to end it before he walked Luke Voit. The left-hander struck out Jorge Alfaro to end his brilliant afternoon.
Rodón had 10 of his 12 strikeouts from the third inning on. He walked two. Rodón struck out Padres All-Star Manny Machado in three straight at-bats.
The left-hander allowed three singles in the second to load the bases, and the Padres got their only run on first baseman Brandon Belt's error.
San Diego's Yu Darvish allowed a run in the second and then settled down to blank the Giants for five innings before making way for Luis Garcia starting the eighth.
Garcia walked All-Star Joc Pederson with one out before Flores drove a 1-2 pitch into the left field seats, his 10th.
The Giants loaded the bases with no outs in the second and came away with just one run, on Brandon Crawford's sacrifice fly. Darvish retired Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Wynns to get out of the jam.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: Placed RHP Zack Littel on the 15-day IL with a strained left oblique. Recalled RHP Yunior Marte from Sacramento. Reinstated OF Luis Gonzalez from his rehab assignment and the 10-day IL. Designated LHP Jake McGee for assignment.
Padres: Placed RHP Craig Stammen on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Wednesday, with right shoulder inflamation. Recalled RHP Dinelson Lamet from Triple-A El Paso.
UP NEXT
Giants LHP Alex Wood (5-7, 4.83) and Padres LHP MacKenzie Gore (4-3, 3.18) are scheduled to start the series finale on Sunday.
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Jaden Ivey's injury overshadows Pistons' Summer League victory over Wizards
Las Vegas — The outcome of the game wasn’t as important as the status report on first-round pick Jaden Ivey. It’s always scary when a player lands awkwardly on a play. When it’s a top draft pick, it’s intensified.
Jaden Ivey, the No. 5 overall pick, suffered an ankle injury after attempting a 3-pointer in the first quarter of Saturday’s Summer League matchup against the Washington Wizards. He hobbled to the locker room and did not return to play, though he did return to the bench in the second half.
The Pistons were cruising in the first half but had to hold on in the fourth quarter for a 105-99 victory at Thomas & Mack Center.
The injury bug is hitting the roster hard, as Ivey (right ankle) and Saben Lee (left ankle) didn’t return to the game, and Killian Hayes didn’t play.
The Pistons (2-0) had enough depth to withstand the injuries, with Isaiah Livers leading the way with 20 points and five rebounds, Braxton Key 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists and Isaiah Stewart 14 points and nine rebounds.
After building a 27-point lead in the first half and looking to put the game away, the Wizards chipped away at the lead behind Jordan Schakel (24 points) and Jordan Goodwin (20 points and five rebounds).
The Wizards (0-1) got within 91-90 with 3:44 left on a pair of free throws by first-round pick Johnny Davis, but Stewart answered with a 3-pointer. Schakel hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one again, but Key scored on a back-door cut off a nifty pass from Jalen Duren (13 points and six rebounds) and Livers added a 3-pointer to push the lead back to six with 1:50 remaining.
Washington followed with a jumper by Goodwin and a pair of free throws from Schakel to make it 99-97, but Stewart had a tip-in and Livers added two free throws to give the Pistons some breathing room.
The concern about Ivey was at the forefront, though.
On the play, Ivey landed on the defender’s foot and was writhing on the court for a few seconds. He got up and slammed the scorer’s table in frustration after the injury. After hobbling around for a few more seconds, he was examined by the medical staff.
The defender was called for a flagrant foul, and Ivey stayed in the game and made all three free throws, then headed to the locker room for further examination.
Ivey was having a solid first quarter, with 11 points, including a 3-pointer, a three-point play and five free throws.
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India vs England: MS Dhoni Visits Indian Dressing Room In Edgbaston, Pic Goes Viral
After the second T20I against England, former India skipper MS Dhoni visited the Indian dressing room and he was seen interacting with opening batter Ishan Kishan
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated: July 10, 2022 08:10 AM IST
Team India have been at their best in the ongoing three-match T20I series against England as they now have an unassailable 2-0 lead. The Rohit Sharma-led side defeated the hosts by 49 runs in the second T20I and now both teams will square off in the third and final match on Sunday. After the game ended, former India skipper MS Dhoni visited the Indian dressing room in Edgbaston where he was seen interacting with opening batter Ishan Kishan.
The official handle of BCCI shared the photos of Dhoni visiting the Indian dressing room and the images have now gone viral.
"Always all ears when the great @msdhoni talks! #TeamIndia," tweeted BCCI.
Always all ears when the great @msdhoni talks! #TeamIndia | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/YKQS8taVcH
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 9, 2022
Dhoni's IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings also shared the photo and captioned the post as: "‘Keeping' in touch with the Youngbloods."
‘Keeping' in touch with the Youngbloods! #ENGvIND #WhistlePodu
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) July 9, 2022
: @BCCI pic.twitter.com/LRVsK7GpdJ
Earlier this week, the former India skipper had also visited Wimbledon to watch the quarterfinal between Rafael Nadal and Taylor Fritz.
Talking about the match between India and England, the former was asked to bat first and the side posted 170/8 in 20 overs, owing to Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten knock of 46. Captain Rohit Sharma had also played a knock of 31 while Rishabh Pant scored 26 off just 15 balls.
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For England, Chris Jordon took four wickets while debutant Richard Gleeson took the prized scalps of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Rishabh Pant.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
823 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central and
eastern Tom Green County through 900 PM CDT...
At 819 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms from just north of Veribest to just northeast of San
Angelo. This cluster of storms was moving to the southwest at 30
mph. The storms may weaken as the leading outflow moves out ahead of
the storms. But strong, gusty winds are expected with the arrival of
this outflow as it moves south across Tom Green County.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
San Angelo, Christoval, Mereta, Veribest, Wall, Knickerbocker,
Vancourt, Twin Buttes Reservoir, Lake Nasworthy, Tankersley, Harriet
and Goodfellow Air Force Base.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3122 10070 3132 10069 3161 10033 3153 10013
3111 10018 3110 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 033DEG 33KT 3143 10035
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Watch: Curious bear gets himself a snack from Florida homeowner's garage
SANFORD, Fla. - Here in Florida, alligators, bears, and snakes are part of neighborhood sometimes, and in one neighborhood, a curious – and maybe hungry – bear decided to fetch himself a snack.
Jason Mickel shared some video with FOX 35 of a bear appearing to rummage through a fridge in his garage Saturday evening. Watch the video above.
"Going through my fridge I see, aren't you?" he appears to ask the bear in the video. "Take call my food?"
The video walked out of the garage towards the yard, while a few snacks were left behind in the driveway.
In a second video, the bear is laying down in the grass enjoying a snack.
In a Facebook message, Mickel told FOX 35 that he eventually followed the bear in his vehicle as it went by a few other houses in the neighborhood, and then made its way back into the woods.
BEAR SAFETY
To be clear, it is illegal to intentionally feed bears in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
"Bears are opportunistic feeders and will remember where to find easy food and return to the location. If they continue to gain access to human provided foods (e.g., garbage, pet food, bird seed) they can be become food conditioned and habituated," read the FWC's website.
Bears that keep returning can then be declared a public safety risk and have to be killed. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/watch-curious-bear-gets-himself-a-snack-from-florida-homeowners-garage | 2022-07-10T02:59:29Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/watch-curious-bear-gets-himself-a-snack-from-florida-homeowners-garage | true |
A long-running dispute involving train guards has been resolved, it was announced on Saturday.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said its members working as guards on Merseyrail had agreed a “historic” deal which secured 220 jobs.
The union said the agreement means a new class of train can be rolled out and the role of the train manager has been protected for the long-term future.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “We congratulate the dogged determination of our members to secure the crucial role of the onboard train manager.
“After a five-year dispute and 16 days of industrial action stoppages, our members have job security and can make an important contribution to the running of this new train fleet for the travelling public of Merseyside.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/business-environment/business/3476566/jobs-secured-as-five-year-rail-dispute-is-resolved/ | 2022-07-10T03:08:07Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/business-environment/business/3476566/jobs-secured-as-five-year-rail-dispute-is-resolved/ | false |
U.S. 278 in Blount County closed due to crash
Published: Jul. 9, 2022 at 8:50 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Authorities with ALEA say All lanes of U.S. 278 in Blount County near the 97 mile marker have been closed.
Officials say this is due to a two-vehicle crash that happened around 6:41 p.m. So far, no word on how long the road will be closed.
We will continue to update this story as we learn more information.
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LAS VEGAS — Rui Hachimura deserved bonus points for sticking around as a spectator during the Washington Wizards’ NBA Summer League debut against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday. He outlasted Deni Avdija, Kyle Kuzma, Daniel Gafford and new point guard Monte Morris, all of whom showed their support from the sideline before dispersing to schmooze with agents, fellow players and other NBA power brokers who flock to the desert for the league’s annual summer spectacle.
But Hachimura stuck it out. His reward was a front-row seat to Johnny Davis’s first game and a second-half scoring bonanza that came up short in a 105-99 loss.
Davis will be a strong focal point of this summer’s games, and not just because he was the Wizards’ first-round pick (10th overall) in last month’s draft. None of the team’s young core will play in Las Vegas, a move that gives summer league coach Zach Guthrie — a Wizards assistant who focused primarily on the offense during the 2021-22 season — plenty of time with Davis, forward Isaiah Todd and a handful of G League players whom Washington favors.
Here’s what to know from Saturday’s game:
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving pulls up to Las Vegas Summer League pic.twitter.com/qsnclp8BmZ
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 10, 2022
Davis gets his feet wet
Davis took his time getting acquainted Saturday. The Wizards’ front office and coaching staff noted his strong decision-making through a three-day mini camp ahead of the Summer League, but the 20-year-old spent more time setting his teammates up than looking for his own shot against the Pistons.
Davis didn’t take a shot in the first quarter and went 1 for 9 from the floor for six points, and he had five rebounds and two assists. Guthrie wasn’t too worried after given that it was Davis’s first taste of pro basketball.
Defense starts slow
Quarters are only 10 minutes long as opposed to the normal 12, which makes it even more, er, impressive that Detroit scored 39 points in the first. Washington’s squad should have some built-in chemistry already as the roster was populated with Capital City Go-Go players, but it looked lost at times in the first half. The Pistons ended with 14 three-pointers and shot 55 percent from the field — and that was without fifth overall pick Jaden Ivey for much of the game. Ivey left with a sprained ankle after five minutes but still managed to score 11 points. Every Pistons starter scored in double figures.
Cade Cunningham, who sent minor shock waves through the NBA Twittersphere when he was named to the Summer League roster, did not play. He was probably only named to the team so he could practice with the group.
G League players make waves
The roster consists primarily of Go-Go players looking to impress Wizards brass, and Jordan Goodwin and Jordan Schakel both did just that Saturday.
Schakel, a shooting guard who appeared in four games last season as a call-up during a coronavirus outbreak, was aggressive throughout, drawing contact to get to the free throw line nine times. He scored a team-high 24 points and hit three three-pointers.
Goodwin, another shooting guard who appeared in two games as a call-up last season, had 20 and fueled the Wizards’ second-half comeback on the heels of a Devon Dotson three-pointer at the buzzer heading into the fourth quarter. Washington fought back from a 22-point deficit.
The starters
Guthrie started Davis at shooting guard alongside Schakel, Todd, big man Vernon Carey Jr. and point guard Pierria Henry. Henry is a particularly interesting character — he went undrafted out of UNC Charlotte in 2015 but has spent the past few years establishing himself as one of the more noteworthy perimeter defenders in the EuroLeague.
The Wizards like the experience Henry adds to the group in addition to his defensive prowess (though that wasn’t on display much Saturday). Henry, at 29 the oldest player on the roster, led Istanbul-based squad Fenerbahce to the 2021-22 Turkish League title. He had three points and two assists in just under 15 minutes in his debut. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/09/johnny-davis-makes-his-wizards-debut-nba-summer-league/ | 2022-07-10T03:13:34Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/09/johnny-davis-makes-his-wizards-debut-nba-summer-league/ | true |
Festivalgoers have been left queuing for hours to get into the second day of Glasgow’s Trnsmt festival.
Revellers keen to get into Glasgow Green to see bands like Wet Leg, The Strokes, and Foals, were stuck in the long queues as they waited to get in.
As fans queued in the 20C heat, festival organisers said they were handing out water and “doing our best to get everyone through security” quickly.
A festival spokesman said: “There are currently longer than average waiting times for fans entering the festival.
“Our welfare teams are handing out water to those queuing and we’re doing our best to get everyone through security and inside as quickly and safely as possible.
“We’re grateful for the patience of those waiting, and ask anyone who needs assistance to get the attention of the stewards or welfare teams.”
Festivalgoers writing on social media they had been waiting for around two to three hours, with many worried they would miss the bands they wanted to see.
The second day will also see The Snuts, Fontaines D.C, and Maximo Park play in Glasgow.
The first day of the festival saw Sam Fender, Nile Rodgers and chart-topping Scot Paolo Nutini on the main stage.
And on Sunday, the final day of the three day festival, Lewis Capaldi will headline.
But ScotRail have warned there will be no trains after it finishes, with the newly-nationalised rail firm having told revellers to check their travel options. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/3477238/long-queues-outside-trnsmt-lead-to-festival-organisers-handing-out-water/ | 2022-07-10T03:15:15Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/3477238/long-queues-outside-trnsmt-lead-to-festival-organisers-handing-out-water/ | true |
The Duchess of Cambridge has greeted junior players and staff as she arrived at Wimbledon for the historic ladies single final.
Kate, patron of the All England Club, looked summery in a yellow Roksanda dress as she greeted the group in the Millennium building on Saturday before walking across the bridge to Centre Court, where she will watch Saturday’s match in the royal box.
The duchess spoke with two semi-finalists in the inaugural 14 and under junior championships – Great Britain’s Isabelle Britton, 14, and the USA’s Carel Ngounoue, 13.
The group could be heard talking about British number one Cameron Norrie’s loss in the semi-final on Friday, with Kate saying: “He had such a good game, he really did.”
Afterwards, the youngsters said they also talked with Kate about their experience playing at Wimbledon and she congratulated them on getting so far.
Carel said: “She asked us how our experience was here and if we’re hoping to play here when we get older – like the actual competition.
“It’s definitely an honour to meet her, it’s great to have this opportunity to meet someone so important.”
Isabelle said: “She was saying that it was good that we were getting this far, that it’s a really good experience for the future as well.”
The duchess also talked to Gabia Sakaviciute, 13, who was nominated to do the coin toss by charity Jigsaw4U for caring for family and neighbours during the pandemic, and 19-year-old coin designer Edward Roberts.
Mr Roberts showed her the coin and they discussed its design before Kate said to Gabia: “It must have been so proud a moment when you heard you had been selected.”
Gabia later told the PA news agency that Kate was “really sweet” and a “kind person who brings up the mood”, adding: “I’m surprised what a normal chat it was.”
The duchess also spoke to two staff members – guest services host Rachael Williams and estate management support Dave Tulloch – who were acknowledged for going above and beyond during the tournament.
She told them: “What an amazing event to be a part of.”
History will be made at Wimbledon on Saturday with Tunisian player Ons Jabeur and Russian-born Elena Rybakina, who is representing Kazakhstan, both attempt to win their maiden grand-slam title.
The duo had never made it beyond the quarter-finals of a major before this summer but they have had SW19 spectators on their feet applauding their contrasting styles.
As patron, the Duchess of Cambridge will present trophies to both the winner and runner-up in a ceremony on Centre Court after the match.
This means she will be presenting a trophy to Moscow-born Rybakina in a year in which Russians and Belarusians are banned from Wimbledon due to the invasion of Ukraine.
Also expected in the royal box at Wimbledon to watch the final is a host of former ladies champions, including Billie Jean King, Martina Hingis and Angela Mortimer.
Actors Tom Cruise, Jodie Comer and Dame Maggie Smith will also watch the action alongside Kate in the royal box.
Third seed Jabeur, 27, is favourite given her standing as the world number two and success on Centre Court would see her become the first woman from an Arab country and the continent of Africa to win a grand slam singles title.
Rybakina is also attempting to make history by becoming the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a major, but her appearance is not without controversy.
The 23-year-old was born and raised in Russia and played under the flag of her birth country until 2018 when the lure of greater funding from Kazakhstan saw her switch international allegiance.
On the prospect of meeting Kate, Rybakina said: “It’s an honour and I’m going to be very excited for this moment no matter if I win or lose. I think it’s just something to remember and it’s going to be amazing.”
Rybakina had flown under the radar this summer but it was after success over Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter-finals that her Russian background came under scrutiny.
The 17th seed did call for the war in Ukraine to “stop as soon as possible”, but questions about her alleged continued residence in Moscow, following an excellent last-four win over Simona Halep, were answered coyly.
She responded: “I think I’m based on tour because I’m traveling every week.”
The Duchess of Cambridge attended Wimbledon earlier in the week with the Duke of Cambridge to watch the men’s quarter-final matches – Novak Djokovic against Jannik Sinner and Cameron Norrie against David Goffin.
William and Kate, who was wearing a blue polka dot dress and pearl earrings, stood up out of their seats to cheer for the British number one Norrie after he secured a place in the semi-final by beating Belgium’s Goffin.
British hopes for a singles winner came to an end on Friday when Norrie was knocked out by top seed Djokovic in a tense match on Centre Court. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3476782/kate-greets-junior-players-as-she-arrives-at-wimbledon-for-ladies-final/ | 2022-07-10T03:17:54Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3476782/kate-greets-junior-players-as-she-arrives-at-wimbledon-for-ladies-final/ | false |
This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET's guide for everything you need to know and how to find the best deals.
Ahead of Prime Day 2022, Apple has discounted a couple different models of its popular AirPods. The AirPods Pro are available for $200 on Amazon right now (down from $249), while the AirPods Max headphones are down to $479 (from $549). If you're looking for a new pair of Bluetooth headphones and use Apple devices, there aren't many better choices than a pair of AirPods.
Apple AirPods Pro earbuds come with a MagSafe charging case and feature about 24 hours of listening time total. On a single charge, the AirPods Pro earbuds can last up to 4.5 hours. AirPods Pro also feature spatial audio, active noise cancellation and a Transparency mode, the latter of which allows you to hear your surroundings while you listen to your music or podcasts. This is a great feature for people who need to hear street traffic or construction when doing activities like running or walking your dog.
AirPods Max headphones, on the other hand, can last up to 20 hours of listening time without needing to charge at all. Like the AirPods Pro, the Max also features spatial audio, active noise cancellation and Transparency mode.
My personal favourite AirPods feature is the ability to connect them to all of your Apple devices and switch between them quickly with no fuss. I have my AirPods Pro connected to my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro, and being able to quickly joining a Zoom meeting on my MacBook Pro after walking my dog and listening to a podcast on my iPhone is a game-changing experience. All you have to do is open the device you're planning on using, and your AirPods connect in a matter of seconds. | https://www.cnet.com/deals/apple-airpods-pro-and-max-get-sweet-deals-before-prime-day/ | 2022-07-10T03:18:21Z | https://www.cnet.com/deals/apple-airpods-pro-and-max-get-sweet-deals-before-prime-day/ | true |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
859 PM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
Hot temperatures will continue across the advisory area the next
several days, but not as hot as seen in recent days along with
lower humidity.
Continue to remain hydrated and wear light-colored and
lightweight clothing when outdoors for any prolonged periods of
time. In addition, continue to take frequent breaks in an air-
conditioned vehicle or building, or in the shade to prevent heat
exhaustion and heat stroke.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT SUNDAY...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 111 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and south central
Texas.
* WHEN...For the Excessive Heat Warning, until 9 PM CDT this
evening. For the Heat Advisory, from 9 PM this evening to 9 PM
CDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity will increase the
risk for heat-related illnesses to occur, particularly for
those working or participating in outdoor activities.
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.
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 109 and temperatures up to 105.
* WHERE...Stephens, Comanche, Hamilton, Mills, Eastland,
Lampasas, Coryell and Erath Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT Sunday.
Hot temperatures will continue across the warning area the next
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More Tories have declared their allegiances in what is gearing up to be a fierce race for the top job, as a Cabinet minister previously tipped to be a front-runner has ruled himself out of the contest.
So far ministers past and present have thrown their hats into the ring, but Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced that after “careful consideration” and discussion with colleagues and family, he will not be running to be leader and the next prime minister.
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak, Attorney General Suella Braverman, ex-minister Kemi Badenoch and senior Tory Tom Tugendhat have all launched their bids with further announcements anticipated over the coming days.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is widely expected to stand, while other potential front-runners include trade minister Penny Mordaunt, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, and former health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt.
It was reported on Saturday that Boris Johnson intends to stand down as Prime Minister on Monday in order to run again for Tory leader.
But this suggestion was knocked down by a spokesperson for Mr Johnson as completely untrue.
Tory MP Mark Francois has said he believes at least 12 people will put their names forward.
He told GB News: “I haven’t yet decided who I am going to vote for.
“It looks like this is going to be the Grand National but without the fences, so we are probably heading for at least a dozen candidates at the moment.”
In a statement on social media, Mr Wallace said: “After careful consideration and discussing with colleagues and family, I have taken the decision not to enter the contest for leadership of the Conservative Party.
“I am very grateful to all my parliamentary colleagues and wider members who have pledged support.
“It has not been an easy choice to make, but my focus is on my current job and keeping this great country safe.
“I wish the very best of luck to all candidates and hope we swiftly return to focusing on the issues that we are all elected to address.”
Ms Badenoch announced her campaign in The Times, with a plan for a smaller state and a government “focused on the essentials”.
She is backed by Lee Rowley, the MP for North East Derbyshire, and Tom Hunt, the MP for Ipswich.
Former minister Steve Baker has thrown his support behind Ms Braverman’s bid, despite previously saying he was seriously considering putting himself forward for the top job.
Those publicly backing Mr Sunak include Commons Leader Mark Spencer, former Tory Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden, former chief whip Mark Harper, ex-ministers Liam Fox and Andrew Murrison, and MPs Sir Bob Neill, Paul Maynard and Louie French.
Other potential contenders have also received endorsements from Tory ranks, despite not yet launching a bid of their own.
MPs Chloe Smith, Julian Knight and Jackie-Doyle Price have backed Ms Truss, while Tory peer and minister Lord Goldsmith has said Mr Zahawi “stands apart from most rivals”.
Gosport MP Dame Caroline Dinenage has declared her support for Ms Mordaunt, while former ministers Chris Philp and Rachel Maclean have said Mr Javid would be their choice for PM.
The leadership bids to date have coincided with some controversy over the appointment of new ministers to Mr Johnson’s caretaker Cabinet.
Labour shadow minister Steve Reed lashed out at the Conservative Party after Sarah Dines, who reportedly asked an alleged victim of Chris Pincher if he was gay, was made parliamentary under-secretary of state jointly at the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice.
Meanwhile, Mr Spencer said it was up to Andrea Jenkyns to “justify” her actions after she was caught on camera appearing to make a rude gesture while entering Downing Street.
The Tory MP made the sign with her hand as she walked through the black gates, prior to being named education minister.
Ms Dines said she was “honoured” by her appointment, while Ms Jenkyns said she was looking forward to working with the team at the Department for Education.
Mr Sunak announced his bid for leader on Twitter on Friday afternoon, saying: “Let’s restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country.”
He had come under fire from Johnson loyalists even before the launch, with Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg denouncing him as a “high tax chancellor” who failed to curb inflation.
The absence of a clear front-runner in the leadership race has tempted a number of less-fancied contenders to step forward with backbencher John Baron saying he will be “taking soundings” over the weekend.
Tory MP and newly-appointed minister Rehman Chishti also confirmed on Saturday he is “actively considering” running for the post.
As candidates have started to make their move, Tory MP Sir Charles Walker said it is incumbent on those running for leader that they “don’t knock lumps out of each other”.
“They are all Conservatives. I think we’ve got to get through the thinning process very, very quickly,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today.
Following elections to the executive of the backbench 1922 Committee on Monday, the new body will draw up a timetable for the leadership election.
Sir Charles said the process of selecting a new Tory leader could be “truncated” by waving regional hustings.
But he said this would favour the better known candidate, adding: “It would require the less well known candidate to say, ‘OK, I’m happy with that’, because they will see the hustings around the country where the membership are invited to as a chance to build their profile and reputation, if that makes sense.
“You could say no hustings, end of July straight to the membership, we’ll have this done and dusted, say, by the end of the first week of August.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3476767/more-tories-declare-loyalties-as-wallace-rules-himself-out-of-leadership-race/ | 2022-07-10T03:22:23Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3476767/more-tories-declare-loyalties-as-wallace-rules-himself-out-of-leadership-race/ | false |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
1-5-3, WB: 4
(one, five, three; WB: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
1-5-3, WB: 4
(one, five, three; WB: four) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17295095.php | 2022-07-10T03:22:51Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17295095.php | true |
Gregor Townsend warned Argentina that Scotland were just “scratching the surface” after levelling their three-match Test series with a comprehensive 29-6 success in Salta.
Scotland ran in four tries through Hamish Watson, Mark Bennett, Matt Fagerson and Sam Johnson and scored 21 unanswered second-half points as Los Pumas were blown away on Independence Day in Argentina.
The series will now be decided in Santiago del Estero next Saturday, with head coach Townsend insisting the best is yet to come from Scotland.
“There’s a lot of togetherness in the squad, it’s a group that cares about each other and playing for their country,” Townsend told Sky Sports.
“We knew we’d get a response this week. The way the players have trained, how committed they were to improving.
“We are scratching the surface with that performance, we’ll be working to bring our best performance next week.”
Scotland’s first ever three-Test summer series had started with an opening 26-18 defeat.
On a very hot and blustery afternoon in north-west Argentina, there appeared to be more trouble ahead as Scotland were careless in possession and the hosts led 6-3 just before the break.
But man-of-the-match Watson marked his 50th cap with a seventh Test try, and the visitors’ forward power told from that point.
Fagerson powered over for a first Test try and centres Bennett and Johnson delivered great running angles to put Scotland in command.
Townsend added: “We started the game well. It was a mixed performance after that, but at the start of the second half we really took the ball to them.
“I thought some of the running lines and the effort in contact was outstanding.
“(There are a) lot of areas to improve, but to win a Test match in Argentina takes a lot of hard work. So real credit to our team for that.
“We knew it would be a tough challenge but our pack was outstanding, the back row in particular, against a quality side away from home in tiring conditions.
“Good foundations to build on for next week and for next season. That third quarter we had a lot of ball, a real credit to our maul and scrum performances.”
The only downside were injuries to backs Rory Hutchinson and Kyle Rowe.
Townsend declared Hutchinson doubtful for the series decider, while expressing fears that London Irish wing Rowe had suffered a “serious injury” after coming on to win his first cap.
Scotland skipper Grant Gilchrist said: “We bounced back from last week, but we came here to win a series and we won’t get ahead of ourselves.
“That was a lot more like it. But there’s more growth in this team and we’ll need it next week.
Argentina captain Julian Montoya said Los Pumas paid the price for a lack of accuracy and efficiency.
“The first half was pretty even,” said Leicester hooker Montoya. “The second half they scored simple tries and we need to be more determined on our goal line.
“When we were in their 22 we weren’t able to score. Some forward passes and knock ons.
“They scored too easy and we are going to work hard for the next game.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3477532/more-to-come-from-scotland-warns-gregor-townsend-after-rout-of-argentina/ | 2022-07-10T03:26:59Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3477532/more-to-come-from-scotland-warns-gregor-townsend-after-rout-of-argentina/ | false |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Megabucks" game were:
03-17-24-37-43-48
(three, seventeen, twenty-four, thirty-seven, forty-three, forty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $5,900,000
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Megabucks" game were:
03-17-24-37-43-48
(three, seventeen, twenty-four, thirty-seven, forty-three, forty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $5,900,000 | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Megabucks-game-17295098.php | 2022-07-10T03:44:38Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Megabucks-game-17295098.php | false |
IMF closely monitoring situation in Sri Lanka; hopes for political crisis resolution to resume bailout deal talks
Colombo July 10, 2022 09:00 ISTSri Lanka is going through the worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948
The IMF on July 10 said that it was closely monitoring the ongoing developments in Sri Lanka and hoped that the political crisis will be resolved soon to allow for the resumption of dialogue on an IMF-supported programme in the cash-starved country.
Thousands of irate anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort area after breaking the barricades, as they demanded his resignation over the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory. The protesters also torched the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe even after he offered to resign.
The IMF has concluded a round of policy-level talks with Prime Minister Wickremesinghe who is also Finance Minister and there were some financial issues to be resolved. At the same time, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said the monetary programme targets were wrapped up.
“We are closely monitoring the ongoing developments in Sri Lanka,” Peter Breuer, IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, and Masahiro Nozaki, IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka said in a statement on Sunday.
“We hope to resolve the current situation that will allow for the resumption of our dialogue on an IMF-supported programme, while we plan to continue technical discussions with our counterparts in the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Sri Lanka,” Economy Next reported on Sunday.
An interim budget was also due in July or August.
Sri Lanka is going through the worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948 and needs to obtain at least $4 billion to tide over the acute shortage in foreign exchange reserves.
On July 9, protestors overran the Presidential palace, and his office and also torched Prime Minister Wickremesinghe’s private residence after a police special task force squad suddenly attacked a group of journalists covering the protests.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told reporters on Saturday night that President Rajapaksa had agreed to step down on July 13. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said he would resign as soon as an all-party government was ready to take over.
Sri Lanka’s inflation topped 50% in June after two years of money printing and an attempted float botched with a surrender requirement which sent the rupee sliding to 360 to the U.S. dollar from 200.
“We are deeply concerned about the impact of the ongoing economic crisis on the people, particularly the poor and vulnerable groups, and reaffirm our commitment to support Sri Lanka at this difficult time, in line with the IMF’s policies,” the IMF statement said.
The IMF will formally agree to a deal until re-structuring discussions with creditors are initiated but a staff-level deal was expected around August 2022. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/imf-closely-monitoring-situation-in-sri-lanka-hopes-for-political-crisis-resolution-to-resume-bailout-deal-talks/article65622678.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-10T03:45:52Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/imf-closely-monitoring-situation-in-sri-lanka-hopes-for-political-crisis-resolution-to-resume-bailout-deal-talks/article65622678.ece/amp/ | true |
Episode one of Koffee with Karan, seemed to confirm this thesis. It featured Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, a casting almost as full of frisson as the casting of Silsila. I mean here are two people married to two ex-lovers
Illustration/Uday Mohite
Recently, Karan Johar remarked in an interview with the film critic Anupama Chopra on the Film Companion channel, that stardom no longer exists. He defined stardom as an inherent magnetism and mystique, so amplified, that it fills the big screen, and fills the largest room. He diagnosed the cause as easy access of social media that renders artistes ordinary and takes away the aura of stardom. “I’m not saying it’s good or bad, but that’s how it is,” he said, suggesting that stardom might be an irretrievable part of the past, like youth.
Episode one of Koffee with Karan, seemed to confirm this thesis. It featured Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, a casting almost as full of frisson as the casting of Silsila. I mean here are two people married to two ex-lovers. Alas, the episode was a placid pool without undercurrents. The two share a heartwarming friendship, how nice. Alia nattered on about her wedding. How sweet, how sanskari. Ranveer Singh briefly enlivened the proceedings with his marvellous mimicry of Hrithik Roshan and others, his loudness the right volume for entertainment. There were endless shots of them all laughing, in lieu of actual hilarious moments—a laugh track in search of a sitcom.
What KJo didn’t say, but did communicate, about stardom, was what stars fill us, the audience, with. The star reveals themselves to us and we reveal ourselves to ourselves. They fill us with pleasure, desire and emotion. This immense emotional sensuality disconnects us for some time from our everyday realities and brings us breathtakingly close to our inner desires. That’s intimacy which fills us with longing and longing sometimes, leads to the adventurous choice away from convention, makes us feel more alive. A lot of queer people can testify to this journey, right?
The lack of stardom on screen is of a piece with the lack of intimacy that besets all our screens. People feel ennui at dating apps and complain that love no longer exists. Influencers make reels parodying influencers, as if forecasting their own demise. That’s because connections happens less for its own self, more for some third party purpose. Stars speak of themselves primarily for brand building and marketing. We consume, without feeling joy or love, and so, feel contempt for them and ourselves.
In a parallel cultural debate, someone mentioned how Indians have an irreverent relationship with our gods and so, even abuse them at times. This is not irreverence, but intimacy. Love gives you a claim, a right to express anger and be heard. But, just as stars no longer function in a private bond of pleasure with the audience, so gods are rarely invoked to flood us with spiritual intimacy with ourselves that might lead us down unexpected, better roads. More frequently, they are used as instruments in the contest of left and right, acts of war, not love.
The early minutes of the KwK premiere had an unintentional moment of authenticity, where KJo looked infinitely bored for two seconds, at the cycle of tedium pretending to be fun content. The answer to this boredom lay in his own interview though, where his candour, insights and emotional communication, created a fleeting but genuine intimacy with us, the audience. Liberation from ennui and disconnection might come if we can declare #BoreMatKarYaar, to once again dance, implausibly but intimately, among the stars.
Paromita Vohra is an award-winning Mumbai-based filmmaker, writer and curator working with fiction and non-fiction. Reach her at paromita.vohra@mid-day.com | https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/less-koffee-more-intimacy-23235180 | 2022-07-10T03:53:33Z | https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/less-koffee-more-intimacy-23235180 | true |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
3-8-8-6
(three, eight, eight, six)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
3-8-8-6
(three, eight, eight, six) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Evening-game-17295121.php | 2022-07-10T03:55:33Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Evening-game-17295121.php | false |
Tackling homophobia on and off the rugby field
An inclusive rugby club will swap the scrum caps for sequins to host a drag fundraiser
The winger will lip-sync a hit by the queen of pop, the loose head prop will be wearing high heels, and the outside centre will be known as Greta Hunberg for the night.
“I can’t say how ecstatic I am,” said Glaswegian Frankie Miller, who’ll swap his scrum cap for sequins this week in a ruck with a difference down on the city’s pink triangle. “I’ll finally be performing Vogue as a lip-sync as Countess Gay von Catalogue.”
Miller, a 38-year-old civil servant, is one of half a dozen rugby players who’ve been rehearsing dance moves for their transformation into drag queens at the inaugural Rugby Meets Drag event.
Glasgow Raptors expect to draw from a squad of 50 members for their schedule of friendly matches around the UK
The gig is no stag-do stunt, nor has it sprung from the towel-flicking japery which characterises | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tackling-homophobia-on-and-off-the-rugby-field-3ct39xkz0 | 2022-07-10T04:13:28Z | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tackling-homophobia-on-and-off-the-rugby-field-3ct39xkz0 | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-08-11-41-43
(three, eight, eleven, forty-one, forty-three)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-08-11-41-43
(three, eight, eleven, forty-one, forty-three) | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17295119.php | 2022-07-10T04:14:02Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17295119.php | true |
Self-checkout growing even though no one likes it
(CNN) - Despite the fact that both consumers and retailers aren’t always happy with self-checkout, it’s a trend that is here to stay.
Retail analysts say COVID-19 hastened the growth of self-checkout as customers avoided interactions with cashiers. The labor shortage is also responsible for its rise.
Of shoppers surveyed last year, 67% said they had issues with self-checkout. The service now accounts for 29% of grocery sales.
For retailers, self-checkout hasn’t saved as much money as anticipated, with the increase in losses due to error or theft.
Still, Walmart, Kroger and Dollar General are pilot testing stores that only offer self-checkout.
Retail trends indicate – like it or not – scanning and bagging your own purchases is here to stay and likely to become even more common.
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SportScene 13 for Saturday, July 9th 2022
Published: Jul. 9, 2022 at 10:38 PM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Express are on a tear in the second half of the Northwoods League season. On Saturday, they look to keep rolling against the Bismarck Larks.
Plus, the River City Classic legion tournament continues at Carson Park, with Eau Claire Pizza Hut facing off with Green Bay.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-12-13-30
(three, nine, twelve, thirteen, thirty)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-12-13-30
(three, nine, twelve, thirteen, thirty)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17295142.php | 2022-07-10T04:17:42Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17295142.php | false |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were:
02-17-19-23-39, Mega Ball: 5
(two, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-three, thirty-nine; Mega Ball: five)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were:
02-17-19-23-39, Mega Ball: 5
(two, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-three, thirty-nine; Mega Ball: five) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperLotto-Plus-game-17295111.php | 2022-07-10T04:21:36Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperLotto-Plus-game-17295111.php | false |
Dear Amy: My wife and I are both retired Asian American professionals. Several months ago, a homeless person in a famous outdoor market came up to my wife and spit hot coffee in her face.
My problem is that now my wife is afraid to go out in public without me. Other Asian women have been attacked randomly in our city.
She is at the point where she worries about me when I run errands. Given that we are just emerging from our covid caves, I need to find a way to have her feel safe without arming her.
Also, I’m concerned that if someone attacks us, I will actually harm this mentally ill person, and I would be the one who would be sent to jail.
— Anonymous
Anonymous: The history of hate crimes against Asian Americans is long and heartbreaking.
Quoting from a recent story published by PBS, “There are 22.9 million Asian Americans and 1.6 million Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders across the U.S. American history is pockmarked with anti-Asian exclusion, discrimination and prejudice, particularly when economic times are tough or during other times of great unrest.”
A recent survey suggested that up to 1 in 6 Asians have been targets of hate crimes or hate incidents, representing a dramatic rise in attacks over the course of the pandemic.
I believe that the answer — to your safety and to your sense of well-being — lies in solidarity, activism and empowerment.
The Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, passed last year, aims to empower communities to fight anti-Asian hate crimes.
The organization Stop AAPI Hate (stopaapihate.org) has some useful safety tips on its website.
The Asian Mental Health Collective has a database of therapists who might work with your wife (asianmhc.org).
I also suggest contacting your local community center and seeing if there are self-defense classes or other groups your wife could join to experience community and solidarity. See if a group of women could come to your home to visit with her, to make her feel safer and to encourage her to go out in a group.
I also suggest that you do your best to advocate with the police and through the media to demonstrate what steps they are making to assist your community.
Dear Amy: I am in a very awkward situation, and I want to handle it with grace, dignity and love. I am not finding the right words to express to people how I feel right now.
Let me try to explain. I am dying of cancer. My family and closest friends know. But I also have a birthday coming up shortly.
Everyone wants to celebrate this “milestone” birthday with a party and gifts.
I am happy to spend this time with the people I love and care about, and to share time with these loved ones, but the gifts portion of this “celebration” makes me extremely uncomfortable.
I have anywhere from four months to a year remaining (according to my doctor), and I would much rather see this money put to a good use after my death.
Is there anything that I can say to express my gratitude at the thought of gifts, without actually receiving them? How can I make sure they know what my wishes are, without being or sounding ungrateful or simply rude to these truly wonderful and thoughtful people in my life?
— Grateful, but Unnecessary
Grateful: You are already handling your burden with abundant grace, through this expression of concern about others’ feelings. I admire this.
One way around the gift-issue is to give guests a specific request and a little task to perform: “Please do not bring material gifts to this celebration, but if you can, write a paragraph or two about a memory we’ve shared.”
You can also ask people to donate to your favorite charity in your honor.
This will be made much easier if you have a friend or family member assisting.
I wish you the very best.
Dear Amy: I’m seeing the term “gaslight” everywhere lately. What’s that about?
— Confused
Confused: “Gaslighting” refers to one person or entity making another person question their own reality. In the context most often seen here, one partner convinces another that their suspicions of cheating (for instance) are the result of irrational jealousy.
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This Summer’s To Do List, Six Flags Great Adventure Wild Safari Drive-Thru in Jackson, NJ
Last weekend I piled the family and friends in the car and it was a "great adventure", once again. We went through the drive-thru safari.
If you've never been or it's been years like me, do it. It's about an hour and a half to two hours through the drive-thru safari at Six Flags Great Adventure. It's amazing every time we do it.
Within the last two years, probably because of Covid, their Off-Road Safari ride inside the park was changed so we can drive-thru the safari again. I like it so much more that we can drive-thru, take our time and enjoy every single animal.
So many memories came rushing back. I remember taking Abby in our car with my parents when she was a baby. She loved it then and she loved it now. Tickets are $19.99 / per person. If you have Season Passes or a Membership, it's free.
The drive-thru safari gives you options on other fun things to do while visiting Six Flags Great Adventure. Feed giraffes, VIP experiences with the animals, and so much more. If you haven't done this in a while or it's been years for you, do it. You won't be sorry. You will enjoy every second of it. From the elephants to the giraffes walking in the middle of the road, it's an experience every New Jersian should do at least once.
Click here to get your Six Flags Great Adventure tickets and your Wild Safari Drive-Thru Adventure tickets.
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WA quarantine facility could house workers
Western Australia has no use for its new $200 million quarantine centre, with accommodation for overseas workers among the options under consideration.
The 500-bed facility, built by the former Morrison government at Bullsbrook in Perth's north, is due to be handed over to the West Australian government next month.
It had been expected to house returned travellers who were subject to restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the removal of travel and vaccination edicts has left Premier Mark McGowan pondering what to do with the centre.
"This was a decision of the Morrison government to build this. It was on the basis that we may well need it," he told reporters on Sunday.
"At this point in time, it's not needed for quarantine purposes but it may be needed for some of those purposes in the future. So the state government has agreed to operate it for the course of one year.
"What we will do is look for a purpose."
WA is in the midst of a major recruiting drive for overseas workers but has also grappled with a shortage of affordable housing.
Mr McGowan, who recently returned from a trip to Europe to promote the state, said the centre could provide short-term accommodation for skilled workers with the greatest need in healthcare, hospitality and construction.
"We all know one of the biggest problems we face is not enough people for the jobs that are out there," he said.
"So attracting people, giving them somewhere to stay is one of the options we're looking at.
"We're currently going through a process to work out how that might happen and whether it's actually feasible or not, considering the location of the centre."
The Centre for National Resilience COVID-19 quarantine facility in the Northern Territory closed last month.
Victorian authorities are in talks with the Albanese government about using Melbourne's purpose-built quarantine hub to house refugees fleeing war-torn Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Mr McGowan meanwhile confirmed WA would not mandate a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose after eligibility was expanded to people aged 30 and over. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10999189/WA-quarantine-facility-house-workers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T04:43:37Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10999189/WA-quarantine-facility-house-workers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)–The annual Automobilia Car show is a big event for downtown Wichita. More than 1,000 cars hit the streets this year, and business owners are happy about the revenue this event brings in for them as well.
“We’re slammed all the time but it’s just a different flow,” The Anchor owner Schane Gross said.
The hot rods weren’t the only thing bringing the heat on Saturday with temperatures reaching 92 degrees. Some people were looking for a place to cool down, and that’s good for business, too.
“Increase our territory, increase the amount of people that know about us,” Mark Daniels, Wichita Cheesecake Company co-owner, said. “The exposure is what helps our business grow.)
Some businesses even noticed more first-time customers than people returning.
“Earlier in the day it was just kind of people setting up their cars, and they were awesome,” Gross said. “Now it’s just people that are kind of wandering in, wandering out.”
Justin Wilson hit the road from Johnson County this morning. He didn’t have any intentions of checking the car show out and enjoyed the air-conditioning for the day but he did have his eyes on one small business.
“Cheesecake Factory is okay, but then I saw Wichita Cheesecake Company,” Wilson said. “I saw the pictures and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’”
While these businesses are seeing success with the car show, they recognize others may not be as lucky.
“Saturdays are their busiest days so I can see someone up the road–they might not appreciate this as much,” Gross said. “It might divert traffic from them completely for a day.”
For a Saturday downtown, it’s an opportunity they couldn’t pass up.
“We couldn’t blow off Automobilia and be amateurs,” Gross said.
Organizers estimate between 10,000 and 50,000 people attend the car show every year. Proceeds from this year will go towards Convoy of Hope of Wichita and Wichita’s Littlest Heroes. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/downtown-wichita-business-owners-revving-engines-for-automobilia/ | 2022-07-10T04:49:25Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/downtown-wichita-business-owners-revving-engines-for-automobilia/ | false |
Texas’ juvenile prison system is giving employees pay raises to address high staff turnover and staffing shortages that earlier this week prompted officials to stop accepting new children into its facilities.
Direct-care staff, including correctional officers and case managers, will be getting 15% pay raises. The salary increases had been temporary following an emergency measure in April but will now be permanent, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department announced Friday.
The permanent pay raises are “the first step in stabilizing the agency,” said Interim Executive Director Shandra Carter.
In a letter sent last month to Texas juvenile probation chiefs but only made public earlier this week, Carter had said her agency would have to temporarily halt the intake of youth to its five state facilities as the juvenile justice department was “hemorrhaging” staff.
Following media reports in 2007 that detailed physical and sexual abuse in state facilities and which raised concerns with state judges and lawmakers, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department has worked to improve conditions at its facilities.
In a May report to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, the agency’s ombudsman said a leadership overhaul due to “persistent problems” at the juvenile prison system, including an ongoing federal probe, has failed to address the primary cause of the agency’s current turmoil: chronic staff shortages. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-juvenile-prison-staff-to-get-pay-raises/3010503/ | 2022-07-10T04:50:56Z | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-juvenile-prison-staff-to-get-pay-raises/3010503/ | true |
Madrid Pride 2022: Europe's biggest pride event returns after two years of COVID restrictions
In its annual pageant of colour and joy, about one million people have flocked to the streets of Madrid to celebrate the city's 2022 Pride celebration.
Eccentric outfits, wild dance moves and the beat of drums heralded this year's motto: "In the face of hate: visibility, pride and resilience".
"We feel very fortunate because we can finally go out onto the streets to claim our rights," said one attendee.
Many believe homophobia and transphobia have grown stronger in the traditionally conservative Catholic nation with the growing popularity of the far-right Vox party, which is aligned with populist movements elsewhere in Europe.
But there was little sign of that sentiment at the march, thought to be the largest celebration of LGBTQ+ people in Europe.
Madrid Orgullo, as it's locally known, features a week of parties, concerts and community events in and around the capital's Chueca neighbourhood, leading to a huge parade, drawing participants from all around the world.
This year's march returned in full force after two years of disruptions due to the pandemic.
The parade was cancelled in 2020 and a small version adhering to coronavirus restrictions took place in 2021.
The fan favourite high-heeled race also made a comeback, where competitors mix speed and style by donning high heels and racing along cobbled streets in search of a $US600 (AU$875) prize.
Competitors must wear at least 15-centimetre heels, adding a wig and lipstick for the final.
AP/ABC | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-10/mardrid-pride-returns-after-two-years-of-pandemic-disruption/101224804 | 2022-07-10T04:58:03Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-10/mardrid-pride-returns-after-two-years-of-pandemic-disruption/101224804 | true |
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Ledyard, who had been battling normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain illness, for years, died in Annapolis, Md., his wife, Martha Kendall said. He was 75.
"It's what he did best," she said of her husband's work as an educational administrator.
Ledyard was born Aug. 1, 1946, in San Jose, Calif. He studied English language and literature at Princeton University, where he began mentoring high school students who might not otherwise have considered college as an option, said Peter Smith, one of Ledyard's friends.
That experience may have helped direct Ledyard to a career as a teacher and principal, Smith said.
Ledyard, who had taken part in ROTC programs in school, joined the U.S. Navy in June 1968 following his graduation. He served as a damage officer on an ammunition ship and served until June 1971.
Smith said while Ledyard did not talk about his military service much, he saw it as "something he should do and wanted to do and he did it — and he did it well."
Ledyard went on to complete a one-year graduate degree at Stanford University before returning to Princeton's teacher-preparation program, in which he supervised student teaching and taught prerequisite courses.
His nearly 40-year career as an educational leader included stints as a headmaster, including an 11-year run at the private Ravenscroft School in North Carolina.
When the New Mexico School for the Arts, the state's first residential charter school devoted to the arts, opened in 2010, school officials hired Ledyard as the first head of school.
Kendall said her husband loved the theater and travel, passions that may have been stoked by his grandmother, who took him on a European trip and introduced him to the arts when he was a teen.
Joey Chavez, who taught theater at NMSA for 12 years, said Ledyard was a "gracious person" who loved both the education world and the arts.
"He had a deep feeling for art, not just theater," Chavez said. When the two got together off campus for gatherings at Ledyard's house, they would not talk work or theater but about "navigating through the world in the position we were in as human beings."
Ledyard stayed with the arts school for one year, stepping down in the spring of 2011. He took over as head learner at Monte Del Sol Charter School the following school year. Under his leadership, the school was named one of the top high schools in the state by U.S. News and World Report in 2014.
Robert Jessen, a Monte Del Sol teacher who succeeded Ledyard as head of school, said his predecessor's energy helped calm some of the turmoil that had erupted due to changing leadership and other challenges.
"He knew how to get people working together," Jessen said. "He was amazingly patient with people. Irate teachers would go in and talk to him, and he would not respond in an equally irate fashion. He would listen to them. That was good [role] modeling for me when I became head of school.
"If he needed to find a solution, he didn't freak out," Jessen added. "He would get on the phone and find a solution."
Jessen said Ledyard would break the rules now and then if he thought it would benefit the school, like enrolling more students than were allowable under a state cap.
"Jim had been around the block enough that he wasn't afraid of bureaucracy and the Public Education Department and the powers that be, so he would do something that would be good for the school and ask permission afterward," he said.
He said Ledyard also coached tennis and enjoyed driving students in the school van on field trips.
Ledyard also had a wry sense of humor, friends say. When he and Kendall married in Santa Fe in 2010, guests attending the event expected it to be a lawn party, nothing more. Ledyard suddenly banged out the wedding march on a piano and announced they were getting married, and all present were to attend.
The guests "stood there with their mouth opens and cocktails in their hands," recalled Kendall.
Smith said Ledyard's work "changed the lives of his students and people he worked with."
Besides his wife, Ledyard is survived by two sisters, two children from his first marriage and Kendall's children and grandchildren. | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/educator-was-principal-at-two-santa-fe-charter-schools/article_23a4695e-fec4-11ec-a8a7-73bd72943b1f.html | 2022-07-10T05:03:02Z | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/educator-was-principal-at-two-santa-fe-charter-schools/article_23a4695e-fec4-11ec-a8a7-73bd72943b1f.html | false |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
02-04-07-08-10-11-13-15-17-20-22-24
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The death toll of migrants who have succumbed to the heat after being trapped in a tractor-trailer has risen to more than 50.
Discovered Monday night on a remote stretch on San Antonio’s Southwest Side, these migrants deserved a humane and fair immigration system — one that honors the rights of asylum workers, recognizes our workforce needs and reflects the inherent dignity in all people.
But what migrants navigate in the United States — whether in the back of a tractor-trailer, trekking across the desert or crossing the Rio Grande — is a broken and politicized immigration system that denies our shared humanity and forces many people to put their lives at risk.
We should all ask ourselves: Just what would it take to climb into the back of a tractor-trailer and risk such a perilous journey for a better life? Just what circumstances would lead a person to flee their home country? And just what hopes and dreams would that person be seeking?
We know many of the migrants who were found dead came from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Migrants from these countries, which have been rocked by cartels and gang violence, are likely to be expelled from the United States under Title 42, the deeply flawed public health policy masquerading as immigration policy to deny asylum claims and due process.
Border hawks like to hype Title 42 as a deterrent, but this isn’t the case. As we editorialized in May after a federal judge maintained Title 42, the public health law has fueled border crossings.
Why? Because it is a public health law, not an immigration law. Title 42 carries no legal consequences, and as such, it encourages people to risk crossing the U.S.-Mexico border again and again.
“The most likely outcome of an expulsion under Title 42 is simply going to be a bus ride back to Mexico, if you are caught. And that incentivized a lot of people to start crossing the border repeatedly, rolling the die every time,” Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior policy counsel with the American Immigration Council, told us in May.
In other words, Title 42 is often what leads people to attempt crossing the Rio Grande or climb into the back of a tractor-trailer despite suffocating heat.
Since its implementation in March 2020, Title 42 has led to some 2 million expulsions.
This tragedy, like those that have come before it, deserves an urgent humanitarian response. But it has instead received a predictable political one.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wasted no time in placing the blame on the White House, tweeting, “These deaths are on Biden. They are a result of his deadly open border policies.”
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, a San Antonio Republican, took to Twitter to call for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas to resign.
The Biden administration has been utterly incoherent on immigration and border security, but so have other recent administrations.
While this is the deadliest human-smuggling tragedy in San Antonio’s history, it is not the only one. In 2017, 39 immigrants were found in the back of a tractor-trailer on the South Side, and 10 of them died.
In 2018, more than 50 immigrants were discovered in the back of an air-conditioned tractor-trailer.
The United States desperately needs comprehensive immigration reform. One that would allow asylum-seekers to present themselves at ports of entry and honor their due process. One that offers legal pathways for workers. And one that addresses root causes of immigration.
As San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said, “The plight of migrants seeking refuge is always a humanitarian crisis.”
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GRAHAM, Rhonda
Age 60, of Dayton, OH, departed on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022. Born in Peru, Indiana, to the late Joseph Hamilton and Norma Lee Hamilton. Preceded in death by her sister Renita Shelton and brother Emory Hamilton. Survived by her daughter Meaghan Graham, grandchildren Malik Battle and Kayden Grandy, brother Yancy (Danotta) Hamilton and Josephine (Wille) Hamilton Green, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Rhonda was a selfless caring beautiful soul who gave her life for others. May she live in eternal paradise. Visitation 9 A.M. Funeral service to follow 10 A.M. at H. H. Roberts, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Interment Dayton Memorial Park.
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General Daily Insight for July 10, 2022
We can all take it easy at the moment. The Moon sets the tone for the day when she twirls into expansive Sagittarius, increasing our curiosity and our wittiness. This is followed by the sensitive Sun combining with spontaneous Uranus at 4:39 am EDT, allowing us to take a break from our routines and have more fun! Finally, the Moon trines vibrant Jupiter, upping the fun factor and possibly giving us a boost of energy so that we can take part in any camaraderie.
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Aries
March 21-April 19
A boost of self-confidence can give you the peace of mind to enjoy the day. You may hear from a family member with news that encourages you, or they might express how proud they are of your progress. You could even receive a small gift today -- and potentially have the free time to enjoy it, as well. Expressing your gratitude and indulging in self-care are both likely to be focuses for you, so don't try to fight them. Seize the day to give thanks!
Taurus
April 20-May 20
A spiritual cleansing could be necessary -- especially if you've been overburdened with worry recently. You may be allowing yourself to think about it far more than is healthy! Others around you might have begun to notice your intense stress as well. Consider engaging in some meditation, lighting some candles, or doing something as simple as taking a shower. Washing away the stress of your life by envisioning it running down the drain is a good way to reset your brain and start fresh.
Gemini
May 21-June 20
The universe wants to whisk you away from your troubles! Whether this takes the form of a platonic peer or romantic partner, a loved one will probably offer you a good time that could take your mind off of all your responsibilities. It may be a game, a movie, or just a change of scenery, but it should show up right on time. Try to let yourself be present and enjoy their company, instead of being mentally miles away with your problems.
Cancer
June 21-July 22
Holding your tongue might be difficult right now. You may have been swallowing a rant about a difficult relationship or tough situation in your life, but fortunately, someone should finally be here for you to vent to. Speaking your truth can be amazingly cathartic -- especially when you feel powerless to express yourself to the person that it's actually about, or when it's a situation that is no one's fault, but still unfortunate. Find a trusted listening ear and say what's on your heart!
Leo
July 23-August 22
Current responsibilities could be lifted off of your shoulders. Someone may volunteer to cover your regular shift at work so that you can have a day off, or they may have taken the initiative and helped you out with a chore that you weren't looking forward to doing. If this results in a little extra free time for you, don't feel guilty about not replacing it with something else productive. It's okay to relax -- just don't forget to show them your appreciation.
Virgo
August 23-September 22
Growing closer to someone is very possible at the moment. They might be someone that you've been trying to get to know, and today they may let you in on something they're planning or share personal information with you that no one else knows. Knowing things like that will likely make you feel special, especially if this person doesn't usually share sensitive things with others. Try to honor the private nature of what you've learned in order to strengthen your shared bond.
Libra
September 23-October 22
You might now want to be a social butterfly. People from all areas of your life may make an appearance during the day, and each person that you encounter will likely be happy to see you. You could find yourself catching up with people you haven't seen in a while, in addition to having a laugh with loved ones or peers that you see nearly every day. You may even be able to introduce some old friends to new ones! Prepare to make memories together!
Scorpio
October 23-November 21
Vitality can fill your heart and soul right now! You may find yourself with lots of energy left over once you've finished what you have to do for the day, and someone in your midst might need a favor that would be easy for you to complete. Taking a short time to help this person out could ultimately help you to grow closer, and it will likely feel nice to help them. The day should be smooth sailing, so take advantage of your momentum.
Sagittarius
November 22-December 21
Some peace and quiet could soothe your life at this time. Whether or not your life has been particularly hectic lately, a break from the hustle and bustle will probably be welcome in your eyes. You may be working on your own for most of the day or even spending time by yourself at home -- and while that might be boring at first, you could realize that you'd rather be left to your own devices in the end. Relax in the silence.
Capricorn
December 22-January 19
Current risks could pay off in big ways. Whether you're doing something that you wouldn't normally attempt or going for something that isn't a sure bet, things should turn out pretty great for you, potentially increasing your abundance in the end. Your luck is better than normal today -- you may be surprised by the fun you could have when you leave your comfort zone. Take the plunge as long as it's not too risky, and don't look back!
Aquarius
January 20-February 18
Inspiration could be the start of something wonderful today. You may feel like you're struck with a bolt of lightning when you have a great idea -- that said, it might be hard to tell if others want to take part in this great idea with you. Think about contacting the people in your life that you think would be on board to help manifest your designs. Even if that's not an option, you should still make an effort to turn this idea into reality!
Pisces
February 19-March 20
This is a great time to show other people what you can do. Whether it's a secret talent or a recent prideworthy accomplishment, don't hesitate to find your support system and show them how you shine. You may also know other people who accomplished something with you -- consider inviting them to join the potential festivities as a team! Whatever you do, try not to let the day end without celebrating yourself and your abilities, even if it's just a small party. | https://www.mcall.com/horoscopes/sns-daily-horoscopes-07102022-20220710-xre6l4iaxbe73djtgktbfjckty-story.html | 2022-07-10T07:11:23Z | https://www.mcall.com/horoscopes/sns-daily-horoscopes-07102022-20220710-xre6l4iaxbe73djtgktbfjckty-story.html | false |
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while making a campaign speech. Abe's governing party appeared to be cruising to a major victory.
As people voted, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors' office for further investigation. A day earlier a top regional police official acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed the attacker to get so close and fire a bullet at the still-influential former Japanese leader.
In a country still recovering from the shock, sadness and fear of Abe's shooting — the first former or serving leader to be assassinated in postwar Japan — polling started for half of the upper house, the less powerful of Japan's two-chamber parliament.
Abe was shot in Nara on Friday and airlifted to a hospital but died of blood loss. Police arrested a former member of Japan's navy at the scene. Police confiscated a homemade gun and several others were later found at his apartment.
The alleged attacker, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators he acted because of Abe's rumored connection to an organization that he resented, police said, but had no problem with the former leader's political view. The man had developed hatred toward a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that bankrupted a family business, according to media reports, including some that identified the group as the Unification Church.
Abe's body, in a black hearse accompanied by his wife, Akie, returned to his home in Tokyo's upscale Shibuya, where many mourners, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and top party officials, paid tribute. His wake and funeral are expected in coming days.
Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka on Saturday said that Abe’s assassination was the “greatest regret” in his 27-year career. He said problems with security were undeniable, that he took the shooting seriously and will review the guarding procedures.
Abe's assassination ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election shocked the nation and raised questions over whether adequate security was provided for the former prime minister.
Some observers who watched videos of the attack noted a lack of attention in the open space behind Abe as he spoke.
Experts also said Abe was more vulnerable standing on the ground level instead of atop a campaign vehicle, a standard for premier-class politicians, but that option was reportedly unavailable due to his hastily arranged visit to Nara.
Mitsuru Fukuda, a crisis management professor at Nihon University, said police were seen focusing frontward and paying little attention to what was behind Abe, noting that the suspect was approaching the former leader unnoticed until he fired the first shot.
“Clearly there were problems,” Fukuda said.
The first shot narrowly missed Abe and hit an election vehicle. The second entered from his upper left arm damaged his neck artery, causing massive bleeding and death.
Fukuda said that election campaigns provide a chance for voters and politicians to interact because “political terrorism” was extremely rare in postwar Japan. It's a key democratic process, but Abe’s assassination could prompt stricter security at crowded events like campaigns, sports games and others.
On Saturday, when party leaders went out for their final appeals under heightened security, there were no more fist-touches — a COVID-19 era alternative to handshakes — or other close-proximity friendly gestures they used to enjoy.
After Abe’s assassination, Sunday's election had a new meaning, with all political leaders emphasizing the importance of free speech and their pledge not to back down to violence against democracy.
“We absolutely refuse to let violence shut out free speech,” Kishida said in his final rally in northern city of Niigata on Saturday amid tightened security. “We must demonstrate that our democracy and election will not back down to violence.”
According to the Asahi newspaper, Yamagami was a contract worker at a warehouse in Kyoto, operating a forklift. He was described as a quiet person in the beginning but started ignoring rules that led to quarrels with his colleagues, then he started missing work and quit in April citing health problems. A next-door neighbor at his apartment told Asahi he never met Yamagami, though he recalled hearing noises like a saw being used several times late at night over the past month.
Japan is known for its strict gun laws. With a population of 125 million, it had only 21 gun-related criminal cases in 2020, according to the latest government crime paper. Experts say, however, some recent attacks involved use of consumer items such as gasoline, suggesting increased risks for ordinary people to be embroiled in mass attacks.
While media surveys had predicted a major victory for the governing Liberal Democratic Party amid fractured and weak opposition, a wave of sympathy votes from Abe's assassination could bring a bigger victory than Kishida's modest goal of winning the house majority.
Even after stepping down as prime minister in 2020, Abe was highly influential in the LDP and headed its largest faction. His absence could change the power balance in the governing party that has almost uninterruptedly ruled postwar Japan since its 1955 foundation, experts say.
“This could be a turning point” for the LDP over its divisive policies on gender equality, same-sex marriages and other issues that Abe-backed ultra-conservatives with paternalistic family values had resisted, said Fukuda.
Japan's current diplomatic and security stance is unlikely to change because fundamental changes had already been made by Abe. His ultra-nationalist views and realistic policy measures made him a divisive figure to many, including in the Koreas and China.
Abe stepped down two years ago blaming a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis he'd had since he was a teenager. He said he regretted leave many of his goals unfinished, including the issue of Japanese abducted years ago by North Korea, a territorial dispute with Russia, and a revision to Japan's war-renouncing constitution that many conservatives consider a humiliation because of poor public support.
Abe was groomed to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. His political rhetoric often focused on making Japan a “normal” and “beautiful” nation with a stronger military through security alliance with the United States and bigger role in international affairs.
He became Japan’s youngest prime minister in 2006, at age 52. But his overly nationalistic first stint abruptly ended a year later, also because of his health, prompting six years of annual leadership change.
He returned to office in 2012, vowing to revitalize the nation and get its economy out of its deflationary doldrums with his “Abenomics” formula, which combines fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and structural reforms. He won six national elections and built a rock-solid grip on power.
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