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Skittles contain known toxin, unfit for human consumption, lawsuit claims
Published: Jul. 16, 2022 at 4:23 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - A new lawsuit claims that Skittles are unsafe to eat.
A consumer in California has filed a lawsuit in federal court against candy maker Mars that alleges that Skittles are made with a known toxin, titanium dioxide, that’s unfit for human consumption.
In 2016, Mars said it planned to eliminate the chemical compound from its products. However, the lawsuit claims it is still being used in products, including Skittles.
A Mars spokesperson released the following statement regarding the lawsuit:
“While we do not comment on pending litigation, our use of titanium dioxide complies with FDA regulations.”
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Twitter users were quick to spot Liz Truss seemingly recreating an outfit of Margaret Thatcher’s for her appearance at Channel 4’s Tory leadership debate.
The Foreign Secretary donned a black blazer and white shirt with a large bow for the event on Friday, matching exactly what the former Conservative prime minister wore in a 1979 election broadcast.
Hundreds of viewers took to the social media platform to point out the striking similarity.
One tweet, which garnered more than 4,500 likes, wrote: “Liz Truss has recreated Margaret Thatcher’s appearance from her 1979 election broadcast down to the last detail.”
Another joked: “Liz Truss’s Margaret Thatcher Tribute Act is available for hire”.
Ms Truss joined fellow Tory leader contenders Tom Tugendhat, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch and Penny Mordaunt for the first live televised debate, hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
Asked when she had stood up for integrity and honesty, Liz Truss told the debate: “I stood by Boris Johnson, of course, I raised issues with him in private, but I supported him for the leadership election.”
“I was part of his Cabinet and I owed him my loyalty.”
She also appeared to take a swipe at Mr Sunak’s record as chancellor in her final remarks.
Speaking after the ex-chancellor, she said: “We face grave challenges as a country, the worst economic crisis for a generation, an appalling war perpetrated by Russia in Ukraine, after decades of very slow growth.
“Now is not the time for a continuity of our current economic policy.
“We need to be bold, we need to do things differently, we need to cut taxes, we need to unleash growth, and we need to unleash the potential of all of the people across our great country.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3500008/twitter-spots-liz-truss-recreating-thatcher-outfit-at-tory-leadership-debate/ | 2022-07-16T21:27:24Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3500008/twitter-spots-liz-truss-recreating-thatcher-outfit-at-tory-leadership-debate/ | true |
Why look for motivation outside?
If you are from a poor or lower middle-class family, then that situation is your inspiration
It was my second time appearing for the CA Intermediate Group 2 examination, and guess what? I could not clear it this time either. I was sad about the results, but then I thought about something and started preparations again.
But what was that?
I thought about my family’s present circumstances. I belong to a very small village in a district called Hissar in Haryana, where my father and grandfather are farmers. We live in a small house. Our financial condition is very poor, but they are still trying hard so that my three siblings and I can get a good education. I feel from within that I must change our present situation, and that is the only thing that inspires me.
There are millions of people in the world who look for motivation and, just for that, attend seminars and webinars. But the motivation they get from these is like a fire which gets extinguished after some time. And to achieve a goal, we need constant motivation that comes from within.
Trust me, your existing circumstances are your biggest motivation. If you are a person who belongs to a poor or lower middle-class family, then this situation is your inspiration. You don’t need any external motivation as you know that you must change your existing circumstances, so whenever you feel demotivated, just recall your situation.
Second, everybody loves their parents, and most people say that they want to do something for their parents. Then why do you need something else for inspiration? Your parents are your inspiration. Just think about what they have done for you, and now it’s your turn to give back to them everything they deserve. Always keep your parents’ photo with you. Whenever you feel demotivated, just look at them and I am sure you will feel inspired.
And last, think about what reward you are going to get after achieving the desired aim. Finally, we all do something for reward. It may be an internal as well as an external reward.
It’s true that your existing situation and your parents are your inspiration, and you also know the same. If they are unable to inspire you, then nothing in the world can keep you inspired for a long time.
So, good luck to all of you!
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 16, 2022
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Full-back Jordie Barrett is confident New Zealand can bounce back to secure series success against Ireland after their second-Test loss led to some serious soul-searching.
The All Blacks blitzed the Irish 42-19 in the Auckland opener a fortnight ago but were powerless to prevent last weekend’s dispiriting 23-12 defeat in Dunedin levelling matters at 1-1.
New Zealand have not lost a home series since 1994 and face a battle to maintain that record in Saturday’s crunch clash in Wellington.
“It is our turn to respond now,” said 25-year-old Barrett. “We feel a lot of it is in our control and we can influence this match.
“We’ve got to put the performance on the park and get the job done because it’s not going to be easy.
“There’s no hiding. There was a lot of disappointment on Saturday night-Sunday morning, even leaking into Monday, but it’s a fresh week, an exciting opportunity, a series decider against a quality side.
“There’s some positive faces and positive moods in camp at the moment so we’re raring to go.
“We don’t have a second chance this week. The boys have had a good look in the mirror and gone away and worked on skills that we need to unfold and put on Ireland this weekend.”
New Zealand have made four personnel changes for the deciding Test at Sky Stadium.
Lock Sam Whitelock and tighthead prop Nepo Laulala have been recalled to Ian Foster’s forward pack, with winger Will Jordan and centre David Havili fit to start following recent positive coronavirus tests.
Head coach Foster, whose second-Test game plan was undermined by two yellow cards and the dismissal of replacement prop Angus Ta’avao, said: “These are the series we want to be part of.
“There’s a lot of excitement and a lot of that is the respect Ireland have gained with our public for the way they’ve played.
“It’s a great examination for us, so we’ve got to show we’re smart and learning as well.
“It’s an early litmus test for how we’ve grown over the last few weeks. We’re at a point now where each team has got a big prize at the end of it. That’s why you play this game,” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3497866/its-our-turn-to-respond-jordie-barrett-warns-all-blacks-ready-to-bounce-back/ | 2022-07-16T21:28:41Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3497866/its-our-turn-to-respond-jordie-barrett-warns-all-blacks-ready-to-bounce-back/ | false |
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Sunday will be partly cloudy with a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. The high will be 88 degrees.
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A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. An obstetrician delays inducing a miscarriage until a woman with severe pregnancy complications seems “sick enough.” A lupus patient must stop taking medication that controls her illness because it can also cause miscarriages.
Abortion restrictions in a number of states and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade are having profound repercussions in reproductive medicine as well as in other areas of medical care.
“For physicians and patients alike, this is a frightening and fraught time, with new, unprecedented concerns about data privacy, access to contraception, and even when to begin lifesaving care,’’ said Dr. Jack Resneck, president of the American Medical Association.
Even in medical emergencies, doctors are sometimes declining immediate treatment. In the past week, an Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies — when an embryo grows outside the uterus and can’t be saved — who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them. Ectopic pregnancies often become life-threatening emergencies and abortion clinics aren’t set up to treat them.
It’s just one example of “the horrible downstream effects of criminalizing abortion care,” said Dr. Catherine Romanos, who works at the Dayton clinic.
MEDICAL DILEMMAS
Dr. Jessian Munoz, an OB-GYN in San Antonio, Texas, who treats high-risk pregnancies, said medical decisions used to be clear cut.
“It was like, the mom’s life is in danger, we must evacuate the uterus by whatever means that may be,” he said. “Whether it’s surgical or medical — that’s the treatment.’’
Now, he said, doctors whose patients develop pregnancy complications are struggling to determine whether a woman is “sick enough” to justify an abortion.
With the fall of Roe v. Wade, “the art of medicine is lost and actually has been replaced by fear,’’ Munoz said.
Munoz said he faced an awful predicament with a recent patient who had started to miscarry and developed a dangerous womb infection. The fetus still had signs of a heartbeat, so an immediate abortion — the usual standard of care — would have been illegal under Texas law.
“We physically watched her get sicker and sicker and sicker” until the fetal heartbeat stopped the next day, “and then we could intervene,’’ he said. The patient developed complications, required surgery, lost multiple liters of blood and had to be put on a breathing machine “all because we were essentially 24 hours behind.’’
In a study published this month in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, doctors at two Texas hospitals cited the cases of 28 women less than 23 weeks pregnant who were treated for dangerous pregnancies. The doctors noted that all of the women had recommended abortions delayed by nine days because fetal heart activity was detected. Of those, nearly 60% developed severe complications — nearly double the number of complications experienced by patients in other states who had immediate therapeutic abortions. Of eight live births among the Texas cases, seven died within hours. The eighth, born at 24 weeks, had severe complications including brain bleeding, a heart defect, lung disease and intestinal and liver problems.
Before it overturned Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court never allowed states to ban abortion before the point when a fetus can survive outside the womb — roughly 24 weeks.
Chicago diversity executive Sheena Gray survived a harrowing pregnancy-ending experience last year, when doctors discovered she had an embryo in a fallopian tube and an eight-week fetus in her womb. They removed the embryo along with the affected fallopian tube, and told her they needed to abort the other fetus to save her life.
The decision to proceed with treatment was hers — abortion is still legal in Illinois. In fact, the state provides greater access to abortion than most others, and has been flooded with patients seeking abortions following the recent Supreme Court decision.
Gray said she’s heard about similar care being denied or delayed in other states, and fears the high court ruling will force other patients to face the same fate.
“No one should make these choices for a woman, period,” she said.
Her story has a much happier ending: Gray became pregnant again and gave birth July 8 to healthy identical twin girls.
CHOOSING STERILITY
Julie Ann Nitsch, a sexual assault survivor and community college trustee in Austin, Texas, is among many women in states with restrictive abortion laws who are taking drastic steps.
Nitsch says she chose sterilization at age 36 rather than risk getting pregnant by another rapist.
“I ripped my organs out’’ to avoid that, she said.
Nitsch said she “saw the writing on the wall” after Texas enacted a law last year banning most abortions after six weeks, even in cases of rape or incest. She said she sensed that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, so she had surgery to remove her fallopian tubes in February.
“It’s sad to think that I can’t have kids, but it’s better than being forced to have children,’’ Nitsch said.
Dr. Tyler Handcock, an Austin OB-GYN, said his clinic has heard from hundreds of patients seeking sterilization since the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision. Many choose this route because they fear long-acting birth control or other contraceptives could also become targets, he said.
His clinic scheduled a July 9 group counseling session to handle the surge, and every one of the 20 patients who showed up to hear about the risks and ramifications of fallopian tube-removal made an appointment to have the surgery.
Some physicians are reluctant to perform the surgery on young women with many reproductive years left, fearing they will change their minds later. Handcock said he heard from one 28-year-old woman who said six OB-GYNs declined to sterilize her.
Handcock said the choice should be up to patients.
“I will protect my patients and their rights however I can,’’ he said.
TARGETING MEDICATION
Becky Schwarz, of Tysons Corner, Virginia, found herself unexpectedly thrust into the abortion controversy even though she has no plans to become pregnant.
The 27-year-old has lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause the body to attack tissue surrounding joints and organs, leading to inflammation and often debilitating symptoms. For Schwarz, these include bone and joint pain, and difficulty standing for long periods of time.
She recently received a notice from her doctor saying she’d have to stop taking a medication that relieves her symptoms — at least while the office reviewed its policies for methotrexate in light of the Supreme Court ruling. That’s because the drug can cause miscarriages and theoretically could be used in an attempt to induce an abortion.
“For me to have to be essentially babysat by some policy, rather than being trusted about how I handle my own body … has made me angry,’’ she said.
The Arthritis Foundation and American College of Rheumatology have both issued statements of concern about patients’ access to the drug. Steven Schultz of the Arthritis Foundation said the group is working to determine how widespread the problem is. Patients having trouble getting the medication can contact the group’s helpline, he said.
CONFUSING LAWS
Many abortion laws are vague and they vary by state. That can leave physicians in a quandary.
“We’ve asked some legislators, ‘How are medical providers supposed to interpret the laws?’” said Dr. Dana Stone, who is based in Oklahoma, a state that recently banned almost all abortions.
“They say, ‘They’ll figure it out,'” she said.
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Associated Press Medical Writers Carla K. Johnson and Laura Ungar contributed to this report.
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HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A vehicle crash on Interstate 95 North is causing delays for southbound drivers in Hanover County.
The crash was first reported at 5:08 p.m. and is located in the town of Ashland near the England Street exit.
Both the north left lane and south left lane have been closed, according to VDOT.
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Houston second baseman Jose Altuve, San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodón, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and Miami Marlins second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr won’t be playing in Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
Altuve, an eight-time All-Star who was selected as a starter in fan voting, was struck on the left knee leading off Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. He was kept out of the lineup Friday night.
MLB announced Saturday that Altuve is being replaced in the starting lineup by Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez, who is making his first appearance. Toronto’s Santiago Espinal will replace Altuve on the AL roster.
Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson, who is 10-1 with a 2.96 ERA in 17 games with 81 strikeouts, is taking the place of Rodón on the NL roster, LA said in a news release. It wasn’t immediately clear why Rodón isn’t playing in the All-Star Game; he was originally added to the roster on July 12 in place of Milwaukee closer Josh Hader.
Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley, who has 100 hits and a .913 OPS this season, will replace Arenado on the NL team.
Arenado, a seven-time All-Star, said Saturday that he’s had lower back soreness for three to four weeks, that MRIs found nothing and that he’ll take the All-Star break to rest.
“It’s been a problem lately It didn’t really make sense for me to go do that,” said Arenado, who lives less than an hour from Los Angeles. “Probably made more sense for me to go home, relax and just chill. Go home. Get treatment. Get some work done. I’ve got some trainers. I’ve got a physical therapist back home, ready to go.”
Altuve said of his knee on Saturday that he was “waiting to see how it responded today and I think we all agree that we’re making the best decision.” He also said ”I don’t think we’re going to go” when asked if he was going to go to LA, adding “we’re going to do some treatment and get ready for the second half.”
Pittsburgh’s Jake Cronenworth will take the place of Chisholm, who has been on the injured list since June 29 with a right lower back strain.
Miami manager Don Mattingly said of Chisholm that “anybody that’s in the IL is in medical’s hands until they’re not.”
“I’m sure he’s disappointed he can’t play. He’s earned that right to play,” Mattingly said, adding that Chisholm is “getting better and hopefully he’ll have many more of these (opportunities.)”
The 23-year-old Giménez, who came to Cleveland last year as part of the trade that sent shortstop Francisco Lindor to the New York Mets, is having a standout season. He’s batting .299 with 10 homers and 43 RBIs in 78 games while playing solid defense. He’s also been clutch, batting .384 with runners in scoring position.
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AP Sports Writers Kristie Rieken in Houston and Tom Withers in Cleveland contributed to this report. Warren Mayes in St. Louis and Santos Perez in Miami also contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON — In 2019, then presidential candidate Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden for not doing enough in his career for abortion rights and decried as “outrageous” the overall lack of attention to the issue in the Democratic debates.
“Women are the majority of the population in this country,” she declared to applause after bringing up the subject on her own in response to a separate health care question at the fourth debate. “Not nearly one word ... on women’s access to reproductive health care, which is under full-on attack in America today.”
Now, as vice president, Harris is the chief messenger and organizer for Biden’s administration on abortion rights following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Abortion rights advocates say there couldn’t be a better fit for the job, calling Harris — the first woman and first woman of color to serve as vice president — exactly the leader needed at a perilous time when a nearly 50-year-old federal right for women has been stripped away. The moment is also a significant opportunity for Harris to bolster her public image after 18 months of at-times negative headlines and falling approval ratings.
But Harris has a difficult task before her, trying to organize and satisfy a demanding coalition of elected officials and activists facing steep odds of restoring abortion rights nationwide. And there are questions about whether an administration led by a president she once criticized as behind the times on abortion rights — a Catholic who once described his views on the issue as “middle of the road” — will be willing to go far enough for the mission to succeed.
“Every crisis gives leaders a chance to be known in another context,” said Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat. “And overturning Roe is the crisis of the past half century. Many people will get to know Kamala again through this fight. And I’m glad of that — I think she has a lot to say.”
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Harris has a deep history with abortion rights, dating back to her time in California as a prosecutor and the state attorney general. Her focus has intensified since a draft of the opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked in May showing the court’s conservative majority was poised to overturn Roe. In fact, the day before the final court decision was released in June, Harris hosted seven Democratic state attorneys general at the White House to discuss ways they could use their authority to mitigate the impact of such a ruling.
Since late last year, Harris has held more than 10 meetings, calls, or events with different figures in the abortion rights movement, including state lawmakers, attorneys general, activist groups, medical providers, faith leaders, and privacy experts. Her staff has been included in most White House meetings on the issue. She’s taken the administration’s message to four states already, with significantly more travel expected. People who have attended those meetings said Harris has done a lot of listening and asked others to share what they’re experiencing on the ground, as well as prodding them for ideas about what to do next.
Advocates say such meetings aren’t just photo ops — they argue Harris is playing an important if not publicly appreciated role of bringing different coalitions together and using the spotlight that follows her to highlight diverse voices.
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“Shining a light on it, hearing from people directly, that’s how you create good policy, that’s how you deliver on a good response,” said Shaunna Thomas, executive director of the progressive feminist advocacy group UltraViolet.
Harris is seen as more willing to test the boundaries of executive power, a tendency not always shared by Biden himself. The two clashed on the campaign trail over how far a president could and should go in the absence of congressional action. In a September 2019 primary debate, disagreeing over what a president could do to reduce gun violence, Harris said, “Hey, Joe, instead of saying no, we can’t, let’s say yes, we can,” before he fired back, “Let’s be constitutional.”
“As a former attorney general, I know the work of these extraordinary leaders, and it is the work of being charged with great responsibility — the responsibility to safeguard some of our most fundamental rights and freedoms,” Harris said in the meeting Democratic state attorneys general, noting they have a broad range of authority on abortion rights, such as litigation and opting not to enforce abortion bans.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul attended that meeting and is one of the officials who pledged not to enforce the centuries-old ban on abortion still on the books in the state.
“My impression is that she and we all wanted to identify ways that we could be proactive in minimizing the harm from the decision we all thought was coming and ultimately to restore access to safe and legal abortion where it was going to be impaired,” Kaul said of the conversation.
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Harris’s staff says she is looking into all avenues to produce results, but that most significant change is going to require voters exerting their power in elections.
“She looks at it as the various levers you can pull,” said Josh Hsu, counsel to the vice president. “The focus on the states is not by accident; it’s where you can get something concrete done in the moment.”
Activists and abortion rights advocates say Biden is smart to make Harris the administration’s face on the issue.
“There is no white knight on a horse, there is no such thing at this point, but in terms of a guardian with a spear, that’s her,” said Diane Sands, a Wyoming state senator who has promoted abortion rights since before Roe and who met with Harris at the White House this month. “She is uniquely suited in this historic moment to play that role, and it means a tremendous amount to all of us who have fought this battle year after year and decade after decade.”
The fight also is a potential turning point in her vice presidency as questions swirl about whether Biden, 79, should run for reelection in 2024. A combination of Harris’s own missteps, politically difficult assignments such as the ongoing border crisis, flagging approval for the administration, societal challenges for women and women of color, and a right-wing ecosystem designed to amplify any mistakes has made for a bumpy first year-and-a-half as vice president.
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Abortion rights, however, are broadly popular with the American public and if Harris can rally the public behind the administration’s efforts, it could change the narrative about her political future. At 57 years old and in the second-highest office in the country, she is widely seen as a logical standard bearer for the party after Biden, even though her performance as a presidential candidate in 2020 was underwhelming and spurred persistent questions about her ability to head the party’s ticket.
“She’s the same person, right, but it’s an opportunity to see her in this moment of crisis and see her leadership,” said Karen Finney, a veteran Democratic strategist and vice chair of the board for the pro-abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America. “The fact that she has deep credibility is a huge asset to the administration and I believe the administration has recognized that.”
But seizing the opportunity comes with plenty of potential pitfalls. Already, activists have been frustrated with the pace and scope of action from the administration, though they do praise what has been done so far, including expanded access to federally approved abortion medication, and setting up a Justice Department task force. But Biden is facing pressure to go further, including declaring a public health emergency and exploring how federal lands could be used to expand abortion access as sites for clinics beyond the reach of state officials.
“What I say is, ‘I’m delighted with everything they’re doing, but they’ve got to do more,’” said Representative Madeleine Dean, a progressive Democrat from Pennsylvania.
Activists say their protests are part of pushing the White House to be bolder but also designed to give it support. But Thomas, of UltraViolet, said the decision to give Harris the lead role for the administration has been smart.
“I actually wonder if there would be significantly more pressure on the White House to do more if she wasn’t there,” Thomas said. “She would be helped enormously were the administration to be delivering in a more aggressive and concrete way.”
Ultimately, Harris and Biden say their goal is passing a federal law to ensure abortion rights nationally. That’s a virtual impossibility with the Democrats’ narrow congressional majorities unless an exception is made in the Senate’s filibuster rules, which the party lacks the votes to do right now. Killing the filibuster would also enable Republicans to push through a national ban, should they gain control of Congress.
In a recent interview with CBS, Harris seemed to struggle when asked if it was a failure of Democrats to not have codified Roe v. Wade when they had larger majorities.
“I think that, to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believed that certain issues are just settled,” Harris said. Some progressives ridiculed her answer for being too cautious, a sharp contrast with the forceful Harris criticism of the party’s stalwarts on those 2019 debate stages.
did past Dems fail by not codifying Roe v. Wade over the past five decades?
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 8, 2022
Harris: I think that, to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled.
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But abortion rights advocates hope that Harris lives up to the potential they see in her in this moment, while noting she can’t do it alone.
”I think that people are ready and honestly in need for her to be the leader that we all know that she can be,” said Amanda Brown Lierman, executive director of Supermajority, a progressive women’s advocacy and political organization. “[It’s] a tremendous opportunity for her, but also for women across the country to ... give her the backing and the confidence to get this over the finish line.”
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
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8:25 p.m.
Cameron Smith started the third round of the British Open with a two-shot lead and ended it four strokes behind.
The Australian parred the last for a 1-over 73 and was 12 under overall.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland will play in the final group and start out on 16 under.
Smith’s playing partner, Cameron Young, shot 71 and was tied for third with Smith.
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8:15 p.m.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland will share the lead heading into the final round of the British Open.
What remains to be seen is how far they’ll be ahead.
Both players tapped in for birdie at No. 18 for 6-under 66s. They were 16 under for the tournament and four shots clear of Cameron Smith and Cameron Young, who were about to play the last.
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7:17 p.m.
Rory McIlroy is in the lead at the British Open for the first time this week at St. Andrews.
McIlroy’s approach on the par-5 14th got over the steep hump and set up a two-putt birdie to reach 16-under par. He was one shot ahead of Viktor Hovland, whose 8-foot birdie putt spun around the lip.
Ahead of them and behind them was calamity.
Dustin Johnson putting over the mound on the 14th with so much pace it went off the green and into a pot bunker. He made a second straight bogey and fell six shots behind.
Cameron Smith was caught trying to do too much and it cost him. Smith had to stand in a pot bunker to try to play a shot with the ball in the grass about waist high. Instead of chipping back to safety, he smothered the shot into a hill. The third shot found more rough and he made double bogey. Smith started with a two-shot lead. He’s now five behind.
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6:15 p.m.
Rory McIlroy holed a bunker shot from 30 yards for eagle at No. 10 and is tied for the lead with Viktor Hovland at the British Open.
They are two strokes clear of Cameron Smith, who made his first birdie of his third round at the ninth hole.
McIlroy’s tee shot at the par-4 10th bounced into a bunker on the right of the fairway. His bunker shot landed short of the pin and rolled into the cup. He held up his left arm and punched the air.
McIlroy and Hovland are 15 under.
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5:15 p.m.
Viktor Hovland is riding a hot putter. Cameron Smith’s has gone cold.
Hovland rolled in a putt from 20 feet at No. 6 for a fourth straight birdie and a two-shot lead on 14 under at the British Open.
Smith, who made 253 feet of putts in his second round, led by two strokes overnight and is 1 over for his third round after five holes. He is 12 under, tied for second place with Cameron Young and Rory McIlroy, who has birdied Nos. 5 and 6 like playing partner Hovland.
Hovland has missed the cut at his last two events, the U.S. Open and last week’s Scottish Open. His last top 10 was at The Players Championship in March.
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4:40 p.m.
Viktor Hovland made back-to-back 40-foot putts for birdies to tie the lead at the British Open.
The putts came at Nos. 3 and 4 and Hovland joined Cameron Smith on 12 under. They are a shot clear of Cameron Young.
None of the three have won a major championship.
Rory McIlroy has opened with four straight pars and was on 10 under with Dustin Johnson.
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4:10 p.m.
Cameron Smith started his third round at the British Open with his two-stroke overnight lead intact.
He immediately gave a shot back.
The Australian missed a par putt from 4 feet at No. 1 and dropped to 12 under. Cameron Young, playing with Smith in the final group, made par and is still in second place on 11 under.
Ahead of them, Dustin Johnson birdied the second hole and moved to 10 under for a share of third place with Viktor Hovland and Rory McIlroy.
Tommy Fleetwood is 5 under for his round after 16 holes and is tied for sixth.
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3:30 p.m.
Shane Lowry chipped in for eagle on successive holes around the turn at the British Open to provoke some of the biggest roars on the Old Course and move into contention for another claret jug.
The 2019 champion hit a wedge from wispy rough to the left of the green at No. 9 and the ball landed short of the pin before rolling in.
His pitch at No. 10 was from the fairway and took a similar line into the hole.
The Irishman is the first player to have back-to-back eagles at the British Open since Phil Mickelson at Royal Lytham in 2001. They came on back-to-back par 5s.
Lowry jumped to 9 under for the tournament and was four shots off the lead held by Cameron Smith, who has yet to tee off.
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2:35 p.m.
As an academy professional and senior instructor at St. Andrews, Scott Herald has played at the home of golf countless times.
Nothing compared to his latest round at the Old Course.
Herald was informed late Friday that because of the uneven number of players — 83 — to make the cut at the British Open, he could be a marker with Richard Mansell in the first group out in the third round.
“Definitely special. Goosebumps, really,” said Herald, whose tee shot at the first almost went out of bounds.
He closed with a birdie.
Herald tried to get into the Open through local qualifying but missed out. He says he has been a pro for 14 years, playing on the minor tours.
Herald will play with Mansell again on Sunday, provided there are no withdrawals.
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1:20 p.m.
It’s shaping up to be a day of low scoring at a sunny St. Andrews.
Kevin Kisner, out in the second group of the day, had an eagle putt from 21 yards for a 63 that would have tied the low round at a major at the home of golf.
He wound up making par at No. 18 and settled for a 7-under 65. Kisner’s playing partner, fellow American Trey Mullinax, shot 66.
Richard Mansell went out alone to start the third round and shot 68.
Of the first nine players to complete their rounds, six shot in the 60s — including 2018 champion Francesco Molinari’s 66.
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10 a.m.
The Old Course is vulnerable without much wind at the British Open. If anyone needs proof, just take a look at Kevin Kisner. The American made the cut on the number at even par. He already has five birdies through the opening seven holes.
The R&A has been tucking pins throughout the week when the forecast is for little wind, and there are a few tough ones for Saturday’s third round.
Kisner’s great start is little more than that. Cameron Smith was still six hours from starting his round with a two-shot lead.
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Relatively calm conditions and a defenseless Old Course has set the stage for what is, if nothing else, the most clear-cut major championship Sunday of the season with a cast of would-be Champion Golfers of the Year that range from the well pedigreed (Rory McIlory and Scottie Scheffler) to the untested (Viktor Hovland and Cameron Young).
Three days and 54 holes has delivered a reason to pay attention – the rest is likely up to Mother Nature and the rub of links turf. In no particular order, these are the five most compelling storylines for Sunday at the 150th Open Championship:
Defense!
Although the summer wind freshened late in the day on Saturday, it still wasn’t enough and the field inched toward what is starting to feel like an inevitable record scoring week.
Tiger Woods holds the scoring record for The Open at St. Andrews with his 19-under 269 total in 2000 and that number is well within reach with McIlroy and Hovland at 16 under.
Sunday’s forecast does call for more winds (something in the 18 mph range) and the expectation is for the R&A to tuck hole locations on every ledge, hump and hollow in an attempt to slow the assault but it hasn’t worked yet.
Those who have lamented the impact of modern equipment and better conditioned athletes on the Old Course should start sharpening their knives.
A do-over
Rory McIlroy called The Open at St. Andrews the “holy grail” this week, and given his history with the championship and the ancient links, it doesn’t take much imagination to realize what Sunday will mean for the Northern Irishman.
His history at St. Andrews paints a snake-bitten picture that’s impossible to ignore starting with his first Open on the Old Course in 2010. McIlroy started that week with a scorching 63 for a commanding lead before finding himself on the wrong side of a brutal weather draw and a second-round 80.
In 2015, he was pegged as the clear favorite following a fast start to the season, but he injured himself playing soccer and was forced to miss the championship at St. Andrews.
Although he leaned into the cliched notion of process and patience late Saturday, the truth was far more compelling.
“I think it's appreciating the moment as well and appreciating the fact that it's unbelievably cool to have a chance to win The Open at St Andrews," he said, "It's what dreams are made of. And I'm going to try to make a dream come true tomorrow."
Full-field scores from the 150th Open Championship
An exclamation point
Bobby Jones said that a golfer’s resume was not complete until he won an Open at St. Andrews. It’s a lofty goal that probably doesn’t resonate with many modern players, but for Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick Sunday does create an interesting possibility.
Both can put an impressive exclamation point on already stellar seasons with Scheffler looking to become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2005 to win the Masters and The Open in the same year and Fitzpatrick poised to go back-to-back following his victory at last month’s U.S. Open.
They will need some help from McIlroy and Hovland but there are plenty of reasons for both players to remain focused.
A divide
The Old Course and the game’s oldest championship have done well this week to move the narrative away from the rift LIV Golf has created in professional golf, but circumstances have brought the conversation back.
McIlroy has become the unofficial spokesperson for the pro-PGA Tour set while Dustin Johnson, one of the originals who joined the Saudi-backed LIV circuit, is six shots back after a third-round 71.
Johnson will need something dramatic to happen to have any chance, but the significance beyond the claret jug of DJ and McIlroy going head-to-head on Sunday at the game’s St. Andrews is impossible to ignore.
A coronation
Hovland kept pace with McIlroy with a third-round 66 and never seemed intimidated or overwhelmed by the moment, even when the Northern Irishman chipped in for eagle at No. 10 to ignite the crowd.
Hovland’s short game remains a liability, albeit a liability that’s been mitigated by his ability to putt from virtually anywhere on the Old Course, and he’s never contended in a major.
The Norwegian has been, however, remarkably poised this week and appears comfortable playing alongside McIlroy.
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Cameron Smith stepped into a fairway bunker about 3 feet below his ball, which was perched precariously on the lip of the trap.
Play it safe and somehow get the ball back in play. Or go for the bold shot that had danger all over it.
He chose the wrong option.
Reaching up and out of the bunker with his iron, Smith skimmed a low, ugly shot about 100 yards into a heather bush and swung his club in anger. Then he hacked out into more rough on a bank in front of the green, and failed to get up and down.
A double-bogey 6 was the low point of a round that ended on No. 18 like so many holes did for the man with perhaps the most famous haircut in golf — Smith leaning over in anguish after missing a birdie putt.
He began Saturday with a two-shot lead, the lowest 36-hole total in a British Open at St. Andrews, and in a strong position for a run at a first major title.
He ended it four behind Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland, and with plenty of regrets after his 1-over 73 that left him tied for third place at 12 under.
“It wasn’t my day,” Smith said, “to get something like that (on No. 13) after an already frustrating 11 or 12 holes.”
Smith made 255 feet of putts on Friday, when he shot an 8-under 64, but only about 50 in his third round. He missed a par putt from 4 feet at the first hole and more short birdie putts at the fifth, 15th and 18th holes.
“It was quite frustrating,” Smith said. “It’s probably the best I’ve struck the ball all week. I had lots of opportunities.”
Also heading in the wrong direction late on Moving Day was Dustin Johnson, the former No. 1 who — as one of the players to have joined the Saudi-funded LIV Golf tour — is used to only playing 54 holes these days.
While Smith was making bad decisions in the rough on No. 13, Johnson was on the par-5 14th, rolling an eagle putt through the green and into a bunker, from which he had to splash out away from pin.
A realistic chance of a birdie turned into a tap-in for bogey, and that mistake seemed to get to him.
Johnson bogeyed two of his next three holes, then hit a drive lower than he wanted to on No. 18 and nearly struck Swilcan Bridge in front of the tee box. Somehow, Johnson emerged with a birdie for a round of 71 that started with birdies at Nos. 2 and 3, putting him one shot off the lead at the time.
Johnson was alone in seventh place, six shots off the lead. He is the best-placed LIV player but unlikely now to be lifting the claret jug, which will no doubt suit the R&A.
As the sun disappeared and the pressure mounted in the early evening, there were mistakes everywhere on the closing stretch of the Old Course on Saturday.
Take Cameron Young, the 25-year-old American playing in his first British Open and in the final pairing of the third round.
He was at 14 under and just a shot off the lead when he took on the flag at the par-4 No. 16, which was playing one of the toughest holes all day. Young’s ball bounced off to the right over the green, and his return chip flew past the pin and down the slope. He wound up with a double bogey.
Young looked like dropping another when he hit his second shot way too hard and through the 18th green, but managed to save par.
He starts the final round four shots off the lead, like he was at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in May where he finished in a tie for third.
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The flames ignited just before 6 a.m. on the 400 block of Custer Avenue.
Officials say the fire started on the porch and then quickly spread throughout the house.
The home was severely damaged, but everyone inside made it out safely.
There was no immediate word on a cause of this fire.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Weeks of heat and scant rainfall have left most of Indiana facing either drought or unusually dry conditions while farmers hope significant precipitation falls soon.
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows more than a third of Indiana with abnormally dry conditions and another 44% of the state gripped by a moderate drought centered over central, western and southwestern Indiana.
Moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions cover nearly 80% of the state as of Tuesday, according to Thursday's national drought update.
Despite some recent rainfall and a forecast of more on Sunday, Boone County farmer Gerald Mennen is waiting for some prolonged rains to help his stressed crops.
Mennen, who farms about 1,200 acres of corn and soybeans with his wife and son northwest of Indianapolis, said recently that the coming days are critical for his crops.
“The heat has been the worst thing,” he told WTHR-TV.
Many of Indiana’s crops were planted late this spring due to wet field condition. But that was followed in recent weeks by temperatures that soared to near 100 degrees.
“If we don’t get some significant rainfall and nice, slow and steady rain, then we can lose quite a bit,” said Dr. Pat Williams, an educator with Tippecanoe County’s Purdue Cooperative Extension Office.
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The New York Yankees face the Boston Red Sox in a regular season game on Saturday, July 16, 2022 (7/16/22) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.
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When: Saturday, July 16, 2022
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Mark Appel is proof that even for a No. 1 draft pick, the road to the major leagues is sometimes a bumpy one.
Appel was called up by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, nine years after he was drafted first overall by Houston. In between, he bounced around the minors, was traded in the 2015 deal that sent Ken Giles to the Astros — and even quit baseball for a bit.
He resurfaced last year and finally joined the Phillies this weekend, although he didn’t pitch. If the 30-year-old Appel does appear in a game for Philadelphia, he’ll be the fourth No. 1 overall selection to make his major league debut this year, joining 2017′s Royce Lewis (Twins), 2019′s Adley Rutschman (Orioles) and 2020′s Spencer Torkelson (Tigers).
Only one other time have four top picks made their debuts in one year. That was in 1989, when Andy Benes, Ken Griffey Jr. and Jeff King — the No. 1 pick in each of the previous three years — all began their big league careers. The other top pick to make his debut in 1989 was Ben McDonald, who had actually been drafted that same year by Baltimore.
With the draft coming up next month, here are a few other notes about the history of No. 1 overall picks, with some help from Baseball-Reference.com:
— Although so far, 1989 is the only year four top picks have made their big league debuts, there were other seasons when three No. 1s did it. Those were 2007 (Luke Hochevar, Justin Upton and Josh Hamilton) and 1987 (B.J. Surhoff, Shawn Abner and Tim Belcher).
— Although it was more common in the early days of the draft, McDonald is the last player to make his debut the same year he was drafted first overall. The longest wait belongs to Matt Bush, who was taken in 2004 by San Diego and finally pitched in the majors in 2016 for Texas. He’s still with the Rangers.
— Appel is one of a handful of No. 1 picks who haven’t played in the majors. Steve Chilcott, picked in 1966 by the New York Mets, and Brien Taylor, taken by the New York Yankees in 1991, had injury problems. Brady Aiken, selected in 2014 by Houston, is a more recent example. Last year’s top pick, Henry Davis, has reached Double-A in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ system.
TRIVIA TIME
Appel was drafted by two other teams (and didn’t sign) before the Astros picked him first overall. Who were those franchises?
LINE OF THE WEEK
Austin Hays had to beat the weather to hit for the cycle. On Wednesday night, Hays and the Orioles routed Washington 7-0 in a game shortened to six innings. That was enough time — he hit a single in the first, a homer in the third, a triple in the fourth and a double in the sixth.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
Down 2-0 with two outs in the ninth and nobody on, the Los Angeles Dodgers had a 1.1% chance of beating Atlanta on Sunday night, according to Baseball Savant. Then ex-Dodger Kenley Jansen allowed a pair of singles, putting men on first and third. After Chris Taylor stole second, Trayce Thompson’s single scored both runners to force extra innings.
Each team scored once in the 10th before the Dodgers finally won 5-3 in 11. Los Angeles won two of three in Freddie Freeman’s return to Atlanta.
TRIVIA ANSWER
The Detroit Tigers drafted Appel out of high school in 2009 in the 15th round. He was picked eighth overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2012 before returning to Stanford for his senior season and moving up to No. 1.
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(iSeeCars) – In the market for a used car? With used car prices at record highs, it’s more important than ever before to be confident in your used car purchase. Used vehicles can be diamonds in the rough, nightmares on wheels, or something in between. Knowing what to look for when buying a used car can go a long way toward understanding a car’s condition, and help you make a smart purchase decision.
Whether you’re buying from a dealership or a private party, here’s our comprehensive guide on what you should look for the next time you’re shopping for a used car.
Look for Accident Damage
We get it – everybody gets in a fender-bender now and then. But that doesn’t mean you want a previous owner’s poorly repaired car that previously doubled as a battering ram. Luckily, there are a few telltale signs of accident repair that can be easy to spot if you know what to look for.
The quality of the paint job is the first thing to inspect and is usually the easiest way to determine whether a car has been in some sort of collision. Look first to see if the coloring on one body panel is different in shading or tone than the rest of the car. If a fender looks lighter or darker than the rest of the car, there are very good odds it was repainted at some point or another.
Panel gaps can also be suggestive of accident repair. The average auto body shop likely won’t reassemble a damaged car to the exacting standards of the factory. This can be for a number of reasons: ill-fitting aftermarket parts, employee skill levels and time constraints, or structural ripple effects from the accident. But the end result will be the same: non-uniform panel gaps.
Look particularly close at the four corners of the car as well as the front and rear fascias – all common places for an accident to occur. Run your hand along the small gaps between the panels. Does it widen or narrow considerably? Is there anywhere you can stick your finger between two body panels? Do panels improperly align when they come to a junction?
Any suspicions of prior accident damage can often be confirmed by getting a vehicle history report. These comprehensive reports use the vehicle identification number (commonly referred to as the VIN) and should disclose any incidents that would have triggered insurance involvement. CARFAX is the best known purveyor of vehicle reports, but there’s plenty of other options as well such as Autocheck. You can learn about the differences between Autocheck Vs. CARFAX with our handy guide.
So how do you obtain a vehicle history report? Used car listings on iSeeCars.com include a free VIN check, which often links to a free CARFAX or Autocheck report when provided by the dealer. The VIN check will also provide you with important information about the car to complement the CARFAX report, such as listing history, pricing analysis, and projected depreciation.
Ask for Service Records
Along with a vehicle history report, ask about service records as well. Many fastidious owners keep receipts of all the maintenance records for services they may have performed on the car. This is the best way to ascertain what sort of mechanical condition the car is in.
Some service history may be found on a vehicle history report, but these reports typically only include work that was performed by a dealership and not by an independent mechanic.
Inspect the Tires
After you’ve taken a good look at the paint job and body, inspect the tires. You ideally want to see four matching tires. If it’s wearing multiple different kinds of tires, the different tread designs and asynchronous treadwear mean handling will be compromised, as will inclement-weather performance. A car drives best when equipped with one type of tire all the way around.
Another thing to look out for with tires is tread depth. Tires wear out as you drive on them. As they wear, the tread recedes. Keep running them long enough and you’ll eventually get bald tires – the term for tires that have no tread left. And when there’s no tread, there’s nothing gripping the road, which can be a severe safety hazard. Be sure to inspect the tires for good tread depth.
Evaluate the Interior
Inside, evaluate the interior. Inspect stitching, door pulls, and the lower plastics on the doors for scuffs, looseness, and general wear. Take a look at the upholstery for excessive cracks and tears. Make sure all the electrical features work – mirrors, windows, reading lamps, and whatever other gadgets the car might be equipped with. Run the air conditioning and make sure it’s cold, and do the same with the heat to verify it’s warm.
Remember that some wear is guaranteed; unless you’ve stumbled on a used car worthy to be a museum specimen, expect to find imperfections. But there’s no need to buy a car that shows signs of excessive wear and tear when there are plenty of other options out there. Find a car that looks like it was treated in the same manner that you intend to treat it.
Beware of Water Damage
Water damaged cars from a flood or even as a result of leaving windows or the sunroof open can pose a significant safety risk because water corrodes mechanical parts and can hinder important safety features like airbags and antilock brakes. While water damage may not be immediately obvious during a visual inspection, there are telltale signs if you know what to look for.
Along with a visual interior inspection, you should also perform an inspection with your nose. If the inside smells moist or like mildew, it could mean that there is water damage or leaks. Also beware of excessive car deodorizer, which can be an attempt to mask the smell.
Another indicator is new interior fabric or upholstery that is in far better condition than the rest of the vehicle. If the interior was replaced, the chances are good that water damage may have been the culprit. Be sure to pull back carpeting and look under floor mats for signs of staining.
Lastly, inspect vehicle lights to see if there are any visible water lines or if they appear foggy.
Check for Rust
Rust under the car can be another indicator of water damage, but it can also appear if a car was regularly exposed to harsh weather. Rust can be a sign of serious bodywork issues down the line. Rust negatively impacts the price of the car and most often appears around the wheel wells, at fastening points (wherever screws or bolts go through the panels), and underneath the vehicle at frame mounting points and around fasteners and connection points on the chassis.
Visually inspect for rust as best you can.
A professional mechanic should look more closely if the car passes your initial inspection. On a car’s body, rust is repairable but can be expensive if you aren’t a do-it-yourself bodywork expert. Rust on the working parts of an automobile can be a sign of serious issues coming soon, and it’s a good reason to pass on the vehicle’s purchase.
Delve Under the Hood
It might not be so important when buying a new car, but when you’re shopping for a used car it’s critical you pop the hood and take a look at the engine. Even if you don’t know an air filter from an air balloon, there are some universal red flags to keep an eye out for – and if you can spot them you’ll be saving yourself from unwanted expense and heartache.
The easiest place to start is with the fluid levels in all the reservoirs. When you’re poking around the engine bay you’ll see power steering fluid, brake fluid, windshield washer fluid, transmission fluid, and coolant. It’s no big deal if the wiper fluid is looking low, but all the others should read between the designated full/add marks clearly labeled on each reservoir, or on the dipstick in the case of engine oil.
Like the oil, the transmission fluid has its own dipstick (on automatic transmission models). Trans fluid can vary in color, but it’s usually red or green. It should be clean and at the correct level, according to the dipstick marks. More importantly, it should not smell burnt or metallic. Transmission fluid with questionable quality (dirty, of mixed color) or smelling burnt is reason to believe that expensive transmission problems are coming. The transmission dipstick is located under the hood in the engine compartment. It’s typically clearly marked with a transmission symbol or with a specific color.
It’s rare when power steering or brake fluid is low or dry, but coolant is a bit more fickle. Coolant keeps the engine operating at the right temperature. Some cars have been known to have coolant issues if the head gasket – an important bit of rubber that ensures a snug fit between the engine block and the cylinder head – begins to deteriorate. This is a common malady in old Subarus, for instance. If you don’t want a potential four-figure repair bill be sure to inspect the coolant. When the engine is cool, you can remove the cap and look at the fluid in the radiator. Vehicles equipped with an overflow can have that fluid inspected as well, but nothing beats looking at the fluid that’s actually circulating in the car. It should be a uniform color that’s clean and oil-free. Dirty coolant is not a reason to walk away from a purchase, but coolant that’s contaminated could indicate other problems, which can be worrisome.
It’s also important to inspect the condition of the coolant, not just how much is in the tank. Unlike the other fluids, coolant has a relatively short shelf life, and should be changed regularly according to the interval in the owner’s manual. Neglecting this can cause trouble down the road. Be sure to look at the coolant and confirm it’s a light, slightly opaque color. It should not look dark, muddy, or thick. That’s a serious sign of potential trouble. Be sure to also look at the condition of belts and hoses. These are rubber pieces; over time they become brittle and dry, especially with the temperature swings that regularly occur under the hood. You want these parts to have a little bit of give when you prod them with a finger, and you don’t want to see any cracks.
Don’t be afraid to pull the dipstick and double check the oil. Good oil has a golden brown color and it should be within the hashes, holes, or crosshatches that all might mark the acceptable range of oil. If you get a dry dipstick, oil that looks milky-white, or a dipstick encased in sludge, don’t walk away – run.
And an easy thing to forget but certainly worth doing is looking under the car for leaks. If you see any puddles that aren’t water from condensation near the air conditioning system, move on.
Are There Any Open Recalls?
While recalls are not that uncommon, it’s important you make sure that any recalls on the vehicle you’re looking at have been handled properly. If the seller doesn’t know, steer clear of this car. It could have untended safety recalls that could put you at risk. The iSeeCars VIN check includes a Free Recall Check that links to the NHTSA database and will identify if there is an open recall for any new or used cars. It also includes information about all past recalls that affected the vehicle. Along with presenting a safety hazard, unresolved recalls can result in a failed vehicle inspection. If a vehicle has an open recall, ask the dealership to address the recall notice, which will likely involve recall repairs.
Take a Test Drive
So you’ve done a thorough walk-around and the car looks good. Now it’s on to the most important aspect of the used-car buying process: the test drive.
It’s tempting to blast the radio and roll the windows down as if you’ve already signed the paperwork, but the test drive process needs to be approached more judiciously if you’re to learn whether the car is hiding any ugly secrets. To that end, there are a few good strategies to use that will help sniff out any trouble lurking behind a pretty paint job.
The first thing you want to do is start the car with the windows up and the climate control and radio turned off. Listen to the idle and look at the tachometer. Is the car idling smooth? Did it start right away? Are they any noises that seem suspect? Unless it’s very cold out, a good car will start quickly and promptly settle into an even idle, indicated by the tachometer needle hovering consistently at an appropriate increment.
You can also ask the seller to start the car for you as you stand outside and look closely at the exhaust pipe as it starts. A quick, small puff or steam or dark brown material isn’t an issue, but if white or blue smoke is emitted for more than a second or two it could indicate unwanted engine wear or other problems. Analyzing a car’s exhaust pipe and overall engine smoothness is particularly telling during a “cold start” (meaning after the car has sat for at least 12 hours without the engine running).
Once it’s idling without issue, double check the instrument cluster for any illuminated warning lights. You don’t want to see any lights on the dash other than the indicators for things like lights and drive modes.
Now get on the road. If the location allows for it you’ll want to drive on a mix of roads, from twisty narrow streets to the straight and open interstates. See how the car handles and reacts at various speeds and conditions. You’ll want to make note of any strange noises or erratic behaviors. Ensure the transmission shifts fine through all gears. If you hear the engine’s RPM get higher, but it doesn’t shift right away, it can be a warning sign for transmission problems. Check that features such as cylinder deactivation and start-stop are working properly, and that the brakes work well at various intensities, from a gentle slowing to a true panic stop. The pedal should provide a firm, linear feel from light to harder breaking, versus a soft or spongy feel.
A mix of road conditions is also important. If the suspension is working properly the ride will be consistent on smooth roads that aren’t speckled with cracks, frost heaves, potholes, or sewer caps. The real test happens on the ugly roads, the ones pockmarked with the ravages of old age and temperature swings. Driving over rough pavement will clearly expose any suspension issues.
Specifically, listen for a loud banging over bumps – that could be bad shocks or struts failing to dampen the impact. Vibrations at certain speeds – felt through either the seat or steering wheel – could be indicative of steering, alignment, or wheel bearing issues. If the steering wheel pulls in one direction or feels loose there could be issues with alignment or some of the steering components.
Pull into an empty parking lot and do some tight figure eights to further evaluate the condition of the steering and suspension systems. Even with the steering wheel cranked all the way to one side there shouldn’t be any noises or thumps – everything should function normally. Be sure to go full lock on the steering wheel in both directions (when idling with the car stationary or at a speed below 5 mph).
Even if it is a used car, you still expect it to handle nimbly, brake confidently, accelerate strongly, shift well, and provide a smooth ride. A thorough test drive across many conditions on different roads can offer insight into all of these factors. It might sound like a lot to look for, but such an evaluation shouldn’t take more than thirty minutes or so.
Remember to do all this with the windows up, the radio silenced, and the climate control off or otherwise programmed for a low, unobtrusive setting. You want to hear nothing but the car itself. Of course you should also put the climate control system through its paces after you’ve kept it off to listen for car noises. Make the fan speeds up and down when you change that control, and ensure the air blows both cold and hot when changing the temperature setting.
Final Thoughts
Buying a used car can be a daunting prospect. It is, after all, one of the most expensive things you’ll ever buy. But if you’re armed with the right information and do your due diligence, there’s no reason to feel pressured or intimidated by an enthusiastic salesperson or pushy car dealership. Read – and reread – all the points listed above. Be smart and objective. And most of all be ready to walk away if you see anything that raises your eyebrows.
If everything checks out, gain further peace of mind by having a trusted mechanic conduct a pre-purchase inspection on any car you’re tempted to pull the trigger on. Paying a professional $50 or $100 to mechanically look over your potential purchase might save you from bringing home a costly money pit.
Keep all these car-buying tips handy the next time you’re car shopping and you’ll be driving home the perfect new-to-you used car in no time at all.
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Forty-seven Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.The plaintiffs allege being blind-sided by arrests — sometimes at gunpoint — and in some cases spending time in jail. Some plaintiffs describe losing their jobs in the fallout from the arrests.The lawsuit alleges systematic flaws in Hertz's reporting of thefts, including not recording rental extensions, falsely claiming customers haven't paid, failing to track its own vehicle inventory and failing to correct false reports to police. The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Superior Court and comes on the heels of a court ruling that these cases could be pursued outside bankruptcy court. (Hertz had filed for bankruptcy in May 2020 before emerging in July 2021.)Hertz said in a statement that it disagreed with the ruling allowing the cases to be pursued outside bankruptcy court, and that it's committed "to do right by our customers.""We are reviewing and considering each claim brought against Hertz on its individual merits," Hertz spokesman Jonathan Stern said. "We have begun extending settlement offers to dozens of claimants and will continue to do so on a case by case basis."Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr admitted in April that "several hundred people" were impacted by the company's errors.Some of the plaintiffs say they were using Hertz rentals to make a living driving for Uber or Lyft, or to transport their families. One plaintiff, Bianca DeLoach, described being swarmed by police with their guns drawn at a gas station in March 2021 while her children watched from inside the rental she'd paid for. The complaint says DeLoach spent nine nights in jail. Charges were dismissed months later.Another plaintiff, Mary Lindsay Flannery, says she was in a car she'd rented from Hertz in 2020 when police pulled her over and told her that the vehicle was stolen. The car was impounded, the complaint alleges. Flannery was unable to get an explanation from Hertz despite repeated attempts. She was arrested weeks later, leaving her daughter alone without a parent because her father was deployed overseas, according to the complaint.Flannery had three panic attacks while in jail, was physically attacked by cellmates and bitten by bed bugs, the complaint says.The criminal case against Flannery was dismissed and she was released after 14 days.James Tolen was driving a Hertz rental in Houston in December 2020 when he was pulled over and told to open his door, the complaint alleges."When he opened the door at least 4 officers had guns pointed at him. They made him raise his shirt, then they patted him down and cuffed him in the back of a squad car," the complaint says. "It was humiliating and terrifying."Police later called Hertz and learned the car wasn't stolen -- Hertz had reported the car stolen months before renting it to Tolen's then-partner, the complaint says.Reginald Brown, driving a car he'd rented from Hertz for Lyft, was jailed overnight and lost his full-time job while he was being prosecuted, the complaint says. The case against him was dismissed almost two years later, the complaint says.Lyft and Uber did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Darnay Taper spent two nights in jail last year after being pulled over in March 2021 by eight police cars while during a Hertz rental and held at gunpoint, according to the complaint. Taper, who has heart disease, was denied access to his medication while in jail, the complaint says. The case against Taper was dismissed months later after Hertz didn't show at a preliminary hearing, the complaint alleges.
Forty-seven Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.
The plaintiffs allege being blind-sided by arrests — sometimes at gunpoint — and in some cases spending time in jail. Some plaintiffs describe losing their jobs in the fallout from the arrests.
The lawsuit alleges systematic flaws in Hertz's reporting of thefts, including not recording rental extensions, falsely claiming customers haven't paid, failing to track its own vehicle inventory and failing to correct false reports to police. The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Superior Court and comes on the heels of a court ruling that these cases could be pursued outside bankruptcy court. (Hertz had filed for bankruptcy in May 2020 before emerging in July 2021.)
Hertz said in a statement that it disagreed with the ruling allowing the cases to be pursued outside bankruptcy court, and that it's committed "to do right by our customers."
"We are reviewing and considering each claim brought against Hertz on its individual merits," Hertz spokesman Jonathan Stern said. "We have begun extending settlement offers to dozens of claimants and will continue to do so on a case by case basis."
Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr admitted in April that "several hundred people" were impacted by the company's errors.
Some of the plaintiffs say they were using Hertz rentals to make a living driving for Uber or Lyft, or to transport their families. One plaintiff, Bianca DeLoach, described being swarmed by police with their guns drawn at a gas station in March 2021 while her children watched from inside the rental she'd paid for. The complaint says DeLoach spent nine nights in jail. Charges were dismissed months later.
Another plaintiff, Mary Lindsay Flannery, says she was in a car she'd rented from Hertz in 2020 when police pulled her over and told her that the vehicle was stolen. The car was impounded, the complaint alleges. Flannery was unable to get an explanation from Hertz despite repeated attempts. She was arrested weeks later, leaving her daughter alone without a parent because her father was deployed overseas, according to the complaint.
Flannery had three panic attacks while in jail, was physically attacked by cellmates and bitten by bed bugs, the complaint says.
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Forty-seven Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.
The criminal case against Flannery was dismissed and she was released after 14 days.
James Tolen was driving a Hertz rental in Houston in December 2020 when he was pulled over and told to open his door, the complaint alleges.
"When he opened the door at least 4 officers had guns pointed at him. They made him raise his shirt, then they patted him down and cuffed him in the back of a squad car," the complaint says. "It was humiliating and terrifying."
Police later called Hertz and learned the car wasn't stolen -- Hertz had reported the car stolen months before renting it to Tolen's then-partner, the complaint says.
Reginald Brown, driving a car he'd rented from Hertz for Lyft, was jailed overnight and lost his full-time job while he was being prosecuted, the complaint says. The case against him was dismissed almost two years later, the complaint says.
Lyft and Uber did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Darnay Taper spent two nights in jail last year after being pulled over in March 2021 by eight police cars while during a Hertz rental and held at gunpoint, according to the complaint. Taper, who has heart disease, was denied access to his medication while in jail, the complaint says. The case against Taper was dismissed months later after Hertz didn't show at a preliminary hearing, the complaint alleges. | https://www.wcvb.com/article/hertz-lawsuit-customers-false-arrests/40627630 | 2022-07-16T22:38:28Z | https://www.wcvb.com/article/hertz-lawsuit-customers-false-arrests/40627630 | false |
National & World News A citizen journalist talks about covering gun violence on Twitter Published July 16, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 9:53 NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Larry Calhoun, who tracks and reports on gun crimes through his Twitter account, DC Realtime News. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-07-16/a-citizen-journalist-talks-about-covering-gun-violence-on-twitter | 2022-07-16T22:40:48Z | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-07-16/a-citizen-journalist-talks-about-covering-gun-violence-on-twitter | false |
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the World Premiere of Jessica Dickey's NAN AND THE LOWER BODY
An audience favorite at TheatreWorks’ 2019 New Works Festival!
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the World Premiere of Jessica Dickey's Nan and the Lower Body, an audience favorite at TheatreWorks' 2019 New Works Festival. When Pap smear inventor Dr. George Papanicolaou takes on a brilliant new assistant, Nan Day, he senses that she is hiding a secret. As Dr. Pap discovers the truth, he learns that he may hold the key to solving her greatest mystery. This frank and funny play explores the mysteries of the heart and provides a personal perspective to the revolutionary technology that has saved the lives of millions. Directed by TheatreWorks Artistic Associate and Director of New Works Giovanna Sardelli, Nan and the Lower Body will be presented July 13 - August 7, 2022 (press opening: July 16) at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. For tickets (starting at $30) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (877)-662-8978.
Joining the director and playwright for Nan and the Lower Body is an all-female design team including scenic design by Nina Ball, costume design by Cathleen Edwards, lighting design by Pamila Z. Gray, sound design by Jane Shaw, and wig design by Heather Sterling. TheatreWorks has also assembled a talented cast for Nan and the Lower Body. Reprising the role she originated in TheatreWorks' 2019 New Works Festival, Elissa Beth Stebbins returns to TheatreWorks as Nan Day. Stebbins was also seen in TheatreWorks' A Civil War Christmas as well as performances in TheatreWorks Education's Oskar tours. Stebbins won a Theatre Bay Area Award for her performance in You For Me For You at Crowded Fire Theater Company. Stebbins has also appeared in productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, California Shakespeare Theatre, Shotgun Players, New Conservatory Theatre Center, City Lights Theatre Company, Berkeley Playhouse, and more.
Christopher Daftsios makes his TheatreWorks debut as Dr. George Papanicolaou. Daftsios has performed onstage at New Light Theatre Project, Rattlestick Theater, Town Hall, New Jersey Repertory Company, Shadowland Theater, New Century Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, and Shawnee Playhouse. His film and TV credits include NBC's "Law and Order: SVU," NBC's "Law and Order," NBC's "Law & Order: Conviction," CBS's "The Equalizer," and Universal Cable Companies' "Royal Pains."
Lisa Ramirez makes her TheatreWorks mainstage debut as Mache Papanicolaou, Dr. Pap's wife. She performed her semi-autobiographical dance theartre piece pas de deux (lost my shoe) in TheatreWorks' 2021 New Works Festival Online. She has been seen onstage at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Rattlestick Theater, Vineyard Theater, Marin Theatre Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, Working Theater, and The Atlantic Theatre Company. She currently serves as Associate Artistic Director of Oakland Theater Project. She has received Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for her performances in Love and Anger and Buried Child. Her TV credits include roles on HBO's "The Flight Attendant" and FOX's "Almost Family." Jeffrey Brian Adams makes his TheatreWorks mainstage debut as Ted Day, Nan's husband. Adams has acted in productions at American Conservatoy Theater, San Francisco Playhouse, Hillbarn Theatre, San Jose Stage Company, and NYC Fringe. He appeared in the films Pale Blue Balloons, Mavis and Oren, and Bronsky.
For this production, Randall K. Lum serves as stage manager, George Psarras is the Dialect Coach, Maya Herbsman is the Intimacy Coordinator, Judith Nihei is the Artist Counselor, and Jeffrey Lo is Casting Director.
Jessica Dickey (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright whose writing was hailed by The New York Times as having "freshness, economy, cheeky vulgarity, with a fine measure of poetic insight," and the New Yorker magazine as "funny, smart, deep and sad." She recently signed a development deal with ABC and Touchstone (Fox21). Her plays include The Convent (premiered Off-Broadway with Rattlestick and Rising Phoenix) and The Rembrandt (sold-out run at Steppenwolf starring John Mahoney). Other plays Off-Broadway in New York and around the country: The Amish Project, Charles Ives Take Me Home, and Row After Row. In television, Dickey recently joined the writers room for Apple TV's comedy "Physical," starring Rose Byrne. She is also developing a show with Tom McCarthy's company, "Slow Pony," about young female clergy. Dickey is a member of the exclusive New Dramatists and a recipient of the prestigious Stavis Award.
TheatreWorks Artistic Associate and Director of New Works Giovanna Sardelli's (Director) many directing credits at TheatreWorks include this season's It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play and the March 2020 Northern California Premiere of They Promised Her the Moon, as well as Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph's Archduke (2019), FINKS (2018), The Velocity of Autumn and Crimes of the Heart (2016), Joseph's The Lake Effect (2015), Somewhere by Matthew Lopez (2013), and the World Premiere of Joseph's The North Pool (2011). She is an award-winning director who has worked on numerous plays by Rajiv Joseph including the world premiere of Archduke (Mark Taper Forum) and Guards at the Taj (Geffen Playhouse; 2016 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play) and the World Premiere of the Obie Award winning play Describe The Night (2014 New Works Festival, Alley Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company in NYC). She has directed world premieres of plays by Theresa Rebeck, Lynn Rosen, Joe Gilford, Jeff Augustine, Lauren Yee, Zayd Dohrn, Melissa Ross, Lila Rose Kaplan, Matthew Lopez, and Zoe Kazan among others. Sardelli recently directed "Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show!," a podcast series by Marvel Entertainment and Sirius XM.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley was founded in 1970 by Robert Kelley and has grown from an original Silicon Valley start-up to become one of the region's leading professional nonprofit theatre companies. TheatreWorks was honored as the recipient of the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award, the highest honor bestowed on a non-Broadway theatre. Now in its 51st season and led by Artistic Director Tim Bond and Executive Director Phil Santora, TheatreWorks presents a wide variety of contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizes great works of the past, and serves more than 100,000 patrons per year. TheatreWorks also champions new work, offering artists support and a creative home as they develop new stories for the American theatre. Offstage, TheatreWorks' arts education programs in local schools and arts engagement programs in Silicon Valley neighborhoods uplift its audiences and strengthen community bonds. Whether onstage or off, TheatreWorks seeks to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity of the Silicon Valley community.
Nan and the Lower Body was originally commissioned by the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Support for this production provided by funding from The Edgerton Foundation and it is supported in part by the National Endowment of the Arts. Media sponsor for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 2021/2022 season is San Francisco Chronicle.
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Amber Alert: North Texas 12-year-old abducted in Chevy Silverado
Published: Jul. 16, 2022 at 4:41 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
CORINTH, Texas (KWTX) -The Corinth Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find an abducted teen taken in a Chevy truck.
Angie Carrasco, 12, was last seen at 1:45 a.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of Cherokee Trail.
Carrasco is described as a Hispanic girl who is 5′1″, 120 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair, last seen wearing a T-shirt, black shorts and black croc-style shoes.
Police say they are looking for an unknown suspect driving a 2015-2016 Chevy Silverado.
Anyone with information is asked to call (940) 279-1503.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning after Adam Ottavino worked out of a tricky jam, helping the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Saturday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
The Cubs lost their eighth in a row.
Alonso, who also drove in New York's first run in the fourth, came up with runners on the corners and no outs in the 11th. He lofted a medium flyball to right against Mychal Givens (5-1), and Luis Guillorme scampered home with the go-ahead run.
All-Star closer Edwin Díaz then got three outs for his 20th save for the NL East leaders.
Chicago had five hits, one more than the Mets. The Cubs had a chance to close it out in the 10th, but Ottavino (4-2) retired three in a row after pinch-runner Nelson Velázquez stole third.
Patrick Wisdom struck out swinging and P.J. Higgins looked at a called third strike. Rookie Christopher Morel then hit a grounder to third, and Eduardo Escobar made a great stumbling stop and throw to first for the out in a close play.
New York got another solid performance by Taijuan Walker, who pitched six innings of four-hit ball. The right-hander is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in his last seven starts.
Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman pitched 4 1/3 innings of one-hit ball against his former team. It was Stroman's second start since coming off the injured list.
Cubs manager David Ross was ejected by umpire Ramon De Jesus after the second inning. It was unclear why Ross was thrown out, but each side had issues with De Jesus' strike zone at various points.
Ross also was ejected from the series opener. Friday afternoon's game was postponed by rain, leading to the doubleheader.
New York jumped in front on Alonso's double in the fourth, a liner into the gap in right-center that drove in Francisco Lindor from first. Alonso's 15th double this season gave him 75 RBIs, snapping a tie with David Wright for the franchise record before the All-Star break.
Chicago got its only run in the bottom half. Nico Hoerner reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored when Frank Schwindel beat a shift with a bouncer into center for an RBI single.
MAKING MOVES
The Cubs brought up left-hander Steven Brault from Triple-A Iowa. Right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. was sent down, and right-hander Matt Swarmer was designated for assignment.
Brault, 30, signed a minor league contract in March. He missed the first three months of the season with a left triceps strain.
Right-hander Anderson Espinoza served as the 27th man for the Cubs for the doubleheader, and right-hander Yoan López was the 27th man for the Mets.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (stress reaction, right scapula) is slated to throw live BP on Tuesday in Florida. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner pitched four innings of one-run ball in a rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday. ... 1B Dominic Smith departed after he appeared to hurt his lower left leg while scrambling back to second as the automatic runner in the 10th. He was replaced by J.D. Davis.
UP NEXT
Right-hander Max Scherzer (6-1, 2.15 ERA) starts the second game for New York, and left-hander David Peterson (5-2, 3.48 ERA) takes the mound in Sunday's series finale. Left-hander Drew Smyly (2-5, 4.43 ERA) starts for Chicago in the nightcap, and right-hander Adrian Sampson (0-1, 3.33 ERA) pitches on Sunday.
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Fire at Don-Wes Flea Market in Donna
Multiple agencies are at the Don-Wes Flea Market in Donna battling a blaze.
The fire broke out Saturday afternoon at the flea market, located near business 83 and N. Victoria Road.
Channel 5 News has a crew at the scene, stay tuned for updates. | https://www.krgv.com/news/fire-at-don-wes-flea-market-in-donna | 2022-07-16T22:49:44Z | https://www.krgv.com/news/fire-at-don-wes-flea-market-in-donna | true |
Jul 15, 2022
Wheat Falls to Pre-War Low With Food Shipments Surging in Crimea
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,(Bloomberg) -- Chicago wheat futures extended losses back to the lowest since before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, capping its worst week in a decade with surging shipments of agricultural goods in Crimea underscoring how grain is still entering world markets despite the war.
Shipments of food out of Russian-occupied Crimea were 50 times normal for this time of year, likely signaling that stolen Ukraine supplies are moving on to importing countries. The news comes as negotiators were seeking a solution to resume Ukrainian shipments at Black Sea ports.
Futures slumped as much as 3.7%, briefly wiping out all of the gains from 2022, before trimming losses and settling 1.8% lower at $7.81 a bushel. That’s well off the record of almost $13 notched up in the weeks after the invasion and marks the biggest one-week drop since March 2011.
Sliding wheat prices are giving hopes for relief from the worst food inflation in four decades, with estimates for Russia’s grain crop climbing and US farmers harvesting.
“We’ve taken the war premium out the market and now we need to find out what wheat’s worth,” Adam Knosalla, a grain broker at Frontier Futures in Minneapolis, said by phone. “The market is searching for demand.”
In other markets, corn and soybean futures each notched up small gains as traders assessed dry weather that could damage crops.
Heat in France will intensify from Sunday and temperatures next week could top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some areas, according to Meteo France. In the US, about a third of the corn-growing region is affected by drought, and surges of heat are expected in the western growing belt, a US Department of Agriculture forecast said.
That poses a particular risk for corn fields, which are entering their vital development period. Global supplies have already been dented by the war in Ukraine, which is limiting exports from one of the world’s major shippers.
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KCR asks party MPs to expose Centre’s discrimination
HYDERABAD July 16, 2022 19:51 ISTCentre faulted for revising borrowing limit after budget approval
Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the Members of Parliament (MPs) of the party to voice their concern against the “discriminatory and vengeful” attitude of the Centre towards Telangana during the monsoon session of Parliament starting Monday.
“Instead of encouraging the State for its progressive policies and its economic progress the Centre is acting with vengeance against Telangana development,” the Chief Minister said at a meeting with party MPs ahead of the Parliament session. He gave directions on the party’s strategy for the session, particularly to expose the Centre for its failure to keep the bifurcation promises and acting against the constitutional rights of the State.
He told party MPs to speak against the anti-people policies of the Centre impacting the development of the country adversely. Instead of encouraging Telangana going ahead with fiscal prudence, the BJP Government at the Centre was conspiring against the State’s progress and creating hurdles.
The Chief Minister explained to the MPs that Telangana’s borrowings were less than 22 other States’ in the country and the State Government was following financial discipline well within the limits prescribed by acts such as Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM). The State had a clean record of not defaulting on repayments (debt servicing) even on one occasion during the last eight years, he said.
Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was envying the progress made by Telangana, he sought to know whether it was not a fact that there was a huge demand for bonds issued by Telangana Government in the bids conducted by RBI for open market borrowings. He also sought to know how the Centre’s decisions against Telangana were reaching the BJP’s social media groups in advance. He alleged that the Centre was willfully leaking the information instead of keeping such matters confidential.
Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao wondered how the Centre could revise the FRBM borrowing limit of Telangana to ₹23,000 crore after announcing it at ₹53,000 crore for the current financial year after approval of the State budget as it was. He told the MPs to expose such conspiracies of the Centre against the State.
He also criticised the Centre for exerting pressure on States to help friendly corporate companies in the name of electricity reforms. He accused the Centre of neglecting the recommendations of NITI Aayog and Finance Commission made for encouraging Telangana based on its economic and social progress. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kcr-asks-party-mps-to-expose-centres-discrimination/article65647923.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-16T23:08:53Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kcr-asks-party-mps-to-expose-centres-discrimination/article65647923.ece/amp/ | false |
Twins first. Luis Arraez homers to center field. Carlos Correa flies out to shallow left field to Tim Anderson. Byron Buxton strikes out swinging. Max Kepler lines out to second base to Tim Anderson.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Twins 1, White sox 0.
Twins third. Gary Sanchez singles. Luis Arraez strikes out swinging. Carlos Correa homers to left field. Gary Sanchez scores. Byron Buxton singles to shallow right field. Max Kepler singles to shallow infield. Byron Buxton to second. Jorge Polanco homers to center field. Max Kepler scores. Byron Buxton scores. Alex Kirilloff grounds out to first base to Jose Abreu. Nick Gordon flies out to deep right center field to Gavin Sheets.
5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Twins 6, White sox 0.
White sox fourth. Tim Anderson strikes out on a foul tip. Yoan Moncada singles to shallow infield. Andrew Vaughn doubles to deep right field. Yoan Moncada to third. Jose Abreu grounds out to shallow infield, Jorge Polanco to Luis Arraez. Andrew Vaughn to third. Yoan Moncada scores. Gavin Sheets pops out to Gary Sanchez.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Twins 6, White sox 1.
White sox sixth. Adam Engel flies out to deep center field to Nick Gordon. Tim Anderson singles to third base. Yoan Moncada doubles to shallow left field. Tim Anderson to third. Andrew Vaughn singles to deep right field. Yoan Moncada scores. Tim Anderson scores. Jose Abreu walks. Andrew Vaughn to second. Gavin Sheets reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Jose Abreu out at second. Andrew Vaughn to third. AJ Pollock lines out to right field to Max Kepler.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Twins 6, White sox 3. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Chicago-White-Sox-Minnesota-Runs-17309856.php | 2022-07-16T23:12:29Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Chicago-White-Sox-Minnesota-Runs-17309856.php | true |
Question: We have a 3½-year-old daughter, and each night we have a routine we go through with her — bath, pajamas, brush, choose two books and read them, sing a couple of songs and pray before lights out.
Bedtime typically falls between 7:30 and 8 p.m. each night, and she sleeps soundly for about 11 to 12 hours. We try to go through the routine calmly, but most evenings she finds some way to deviate from it. Almost every evening, she ends up having a screaming meltdown because we’ve told her the next step, given her time to respond and she procrastinates in a big way.
We’ve tried skipping books and songs as a consequence, to no avail. Last night, for instance, when it was time to go to her room to read, she threw herself on the floor and screamed bloody murder. We ended up having to carry her into her room.
What can we do to make bedtime happier and calmer? I don’t want her last thoughts as she closes her eyes to be about the meltdown that just ensued.
Answer: Oh, let me assure you that if the last thought before she closes her eyes and goes to sleep is about what horrible parents you are, it’s fine. That is not likely to be her last presleep thought, by the way.
But if it is, so what?
That your little maniac sleeps for 12 hours after a tantrum clearly means she isn’t traumatized by her meltdowns or having nightmares of the two of you turning into golems.
Relax. Take a load off. Your job is not to make sure everything in her life is OK from her point of view. In fact, if you make that your job, she will quickly become a tyrant who wants more and more things “her way or the highway.”
If anything, your bedtime routine is too long. Eliminate a story and all but one verse of one song. My general rule of thumb for bedtime routines is less than five minutes. Any more than that and you’re looking for trouble.
At this point, however, even if you cut the routine to five minutes, she is still going to throw a fit. After all, bedtime tantrums are now a habit. In a sense, they are part of her bedtime routine.
So when she begins throwing her tantrum, and at whatever point during the bedtime routine, simply tell her, “Oh, honey, the doctor says that if you start screaming at bedtime, you have to go to bed right away.” (The doctor should be every parent’s default fall guy.) Stop the routine and put her to bed and let her scream herself to sleep thinking of what horrible parents you are and the horrible doctor you’ve been talking with. Kidding!
I predict a two-week cure, but that is predicated on not threatening her with bedtime if she begins to throw a fit but simply interrupting the routine, putting her immediately to bed, and leaving the room.
As with many things concerning toddlers, there is no easy-peasy way to do this. While she is screaming, just sit in a comfortable chair and repeat the following words: “No pain, no gain.” Or, sing “All Things Must Pass” by George Harrison loud enough to drown out the noise. | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/family/if-bedtime-routine-invites-trouble-shorten-it/article_78fe0094-014f-11ed-a1b0-bff520742b77.html | 2022-07-16T23:15:58Z | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/family/if-bedtime-routine-invites-trouble-shorten-it/article_78fe0094-014f-11ed-a1b0-bff520742b77.html | true |
Danny Care's hopes of landing a spot at next year's World Cup squad take a major hit after becoming the latest England player to be hooked by Eddie Jones before half-time in a Test
- Danny Care's hopes of making England's World Cup squad took a hit in Australia
- The Harlequins scrum-half was replaced by Jack Van Poortvliet 37 minutes in
- Eddie Jones confirmed that Care's early removal was not down to an injury
Danny Care's hopes of earning a place at next year's World Cup are hanging by a thread after he became the latest England player to be withdrawn by Eddie Jones before half-time in a Test.
The 35-year-old Harlequins scrum-half was replaced by Jack Van Poortvliet in the 37th minute at the Sydney Cricket Ground - ending his comeback tour in demoralising fashion.
Care had a kick charged down in the opening seconds of the third Test and that set the tone for an uncomfortable outing, as the veteran succumbed to handling errors and defensive lapses.
Danny Care's hopes of earning a place in next year's World Cup are hanging by a thread
England head coach Eddie Jones confirmed removal of his No 9 had not been due to any injury
After the game, head coach Jones confirmed that the removal of his No 9 had not been due to any injury, and said: 'It was tactical. We were always going to use the two [scrum-halves] for 80 minutes, so that is not something that is unusual.'
Pressed on the fact that the change came so early, Jones said: 'You usually go 55-25, so I went 35-45.'
Care was recalled last month after almost four years in Test exile, but after an encouraging cameo against the Barbarians at Twickenham, he was unable to impose his high-tempo game as England lost the series opener in Perth.
Care was replaced by Jack van Poortvliet before the half-time break in decider versus Australia
He was a replacement in Brisbane and was restored to the starting XV for Sydney as Jones believed the match would suit Care's attributes.
It did not pan out that way, which will not aid his prospects of extending his career to the next World Cup.
When England last toured Australia six years ago, Jones illustrated his ruthless streak in the first and third Tests when he replaced replacing Luther Burrell and Teimana Harrison respectively before half-time. Burrell never played for England again. Two years later, Nick Isiekwe became the next England player to suffer a first-half exit. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-11021037/Danny-Cares-hope-earning-place-years-World-Cup-squad-takes-hit-early-withdrawal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-16T23:17:56Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-11021037/Danny-Cares-hope-earning-place-years-World-Cup-squad-takes-hit-early-withdrawal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Armed robber shot, killed by customer at convenience store, police say
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) - Police in Missouri are investigating a violent crime spree in St. Charles that ended with an armed robber being shot and killed.
The St. Charles Police Department reports the crime spree started during the early morning hours on Saturday at a convenience store where a 26-year-old went into the business with a knife and told the clerk he was robbing her.
Police said the man held the knife to the clerk’s throat while she opened the register. He then pushed the clerk to the floor and stole money from the register. He dragged her toward the back of the store, asking the location of the safe.
According to authorities, the clerk did not have access to the safe, so the thief forced the worker to open a second register before stealing that cash and leaving the scene.
Officials said first responders took the clerk to a hospital for lacerations on her left wrist, right hand and neck.
Police said they were on their way to that scene when reports of another armed robbery came in at a Phillips 66 gas station. Officers said they found broken glass that looked like a burglary had occurred.
St. Charles police said a third burglary call then came in regarding an armed robbery at a QuikTrip convenience store where shots had been fired.
According to police, arriving officers found the 26-year-old suspect shot by a customer during that attempted robbery. First responders took the suspected thief to the hospital, where he later died.
Authorities said they interviewed the customer, a 26-year-old man, who told police he stopped at the gas station to use the restroom and buy something. However, he was walking back to his car from the store when he saw a black SUV drive quickly into the parking lot.
The customer said he saw a man carrying a backpack while running into the store and threatening the clerk with a knife, according to police.
Officials said the 26-year-old customer grabbed his gun and went back into the store. He then confronted the thief, who grabbed for his backpack.
According to authorities, the suspect reportedly told the customer, “I have something for you,” and came around the counter when he was shot and killed by the customer.
Investigators said the customer and the clerk were both uninjured in the incident and the suspect’s car came back as stolen in an armed robbery on Friday, with stolen items also found in the vehicle.
St. Charles police did not immediately release the suspect’s identity but urged anyone with further information on the incidents to contact them at 636-949-3300.
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Joey King risks a wardrobe malfunction in a barely there string top and leather jacket as she attends the Bullet Train photocall in Paris
Joey King turned heads while attending a photocall at Bateau L'Excellence, Port Debilly in Paris on Saturday.
The actress, 22, looked gorgeous in a barely there string top which she layered with a black leather blazer.
Joey completed the striking look with matching trousers as she posed alongside her co-stars in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower.
Racy: Joey King, 22, risked a wardrobe malfunction in a barely there string top and leather jacket as she attended the Bullet Train photocall in Paris on Saturday
The actress showed off her edgy sense of style with a chunky padlock chain as her straight styled caramel tresses blew in the wind.
The Kissing Booth star opted for a dewy make-up look with lashing of mascara and a stylish nude lip.
In the action movie Joey plays The Prince, a British assassin posing as a schoolgirl on a high-speed train from Tokyo to Kyoto.
Fashion forward: Joey layered the look over matching trousers as she posed alongside her co-stars in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower
Trendy: She showed off her edgy sense of style with a chunky padlock chain as her straight styled caramel tresses blew in the wind
Also at the event was the film's lead Brad Pitt, 58, who put on an eye-catching display in a vibrant orange blazer, matching trousers and a t-shirt.
Brad looked effortlessly cool in a pair of orange rimmed sunglasses and accessorised with a gold chain.
The Oscar winner stars in the David Leitch–directed film as a hitman with the codename Ladybug who is looking to go straight, until he's lured back to retrieve a special briefcase on bored the moving train.
Strike a pose: The actress posed up a storm in front of the iconic landmark
Stunning: The Kissing Booth actress opted for a dewy make-up look with lashing of mascara and a stylish nude lip
In disguise: In the action movie Joey plays The Prince, a British assassin posing as a schoolgirl on a high-speed train from Tokyo to Kyoto
The thrilling movie also includes appearances by Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Logan Lerman, Michael Shannon, Zazie Beetz and Bad Bunny.
Bullet Train was originally slated for an April 2022 release, but several delays have pushed it back to an August 5 release date.
The film's bright trailer suggests it will be a candy-coloured affair, in contrast with the dark and violent subject matter.
Big names: The thrilling movie also includes appearances by Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Logan Lerman, Michael Shannon, Zazie Beetz and Bad Bunny
Beaming: The Kissing Booth actress beamed for the cameras during the event
Hello! Also at the event was the film's lead Brad Pitt, 58 (left) who put on an eye-catching display in a vibrant orange blazer, matching trousers and a t-shirt (Joey and Brad pictured with their co-star Brian Tyree Henry)
The film is about five assassins who all end up on a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka. There are only a few stops in between which makes fleeing impossible.
But over time the assassins realize their jobs are intertwined as they are all going after a strange silver briefcase and they eventually go on the hunt to find out who is behind the plan.
In the meantime, no one trusts each other and everyone is looking over their shoulder in case they become a target.
Bold: Brad looked effortlessly cool in a pair of orange rimmed sunglasses and accessorised with a gold chain
Famous friends: (L-R) Brad Pitt, Joey King, Bryan Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor-Johnson all appeared in high spirits as they posed for the camera
Director David Leitch has previously shown off his action bona fides by working as an uncredited co-director on the first John Wick films, while going solo to direct Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2 and the Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw.
He has a special connection to Brad, as he served as the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood star's stunt double in several films before moving behind the camera.
Bullet Train is in cinemas July 29.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother to his eldest children, died accidentally from blunt impact injuries to her torso, the New York City medical examiner’s office said Friday.
Police had been looking into whether she fell down the stairs, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they could not discuss the matter publicly.
The medical examiner’s brief report did not specify when the accident took place. Donald Trump announced Thursday that Ivana died at her home near Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She was 73.
Her son Eric Trump said it was “a very sad day, a very sad day,” as he left the home Thursday.
A Czech-born ski racer and businesswoman, Ivana Trump was born Ivana Zelnickova in 1949.
She was married to the former president from 1977 to 1992, and they had three children together: Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric.
The Trumps became a 1980s power couple, and she managed one of his Atlantic City casinos as well as helped with the décor of Trump Tower. Their marriage ended in a messy, public divorce after Donald Trump met his next wife, Marla Maples.
But in recent years, Ivana Trump had been on good terms with her ex-husband. She wrote in a 2017 book that they spoke about once a week.
Her death came during a fraught time for the Trump family. Two of her children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, as well as the former president were due to appear in the coming days for questioning in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the family’s business practices. But the attorney general’s office agreed to postpone the depositions — a term for out-of-court questioning under oath — because of Ivana Trump’s death.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda Championship.
Reavie had a 19-point round in the modified Stableford scoring system event at Tahoe Mountain Club, getting five points for the eagle and 14 for seven birdies. A point is deducted for bogey and three taken away for double bogey or worse.
“It’s actually 2 1/2 birdies, so if you can make an eagle, you can kind of leapfrog guys on the leaderboard,” Reavie said. “I hit an OK tee shot kind of up the right side, so I had a little further in. Had to hit a 5-wood, so I kind of favored toward the right bunker side, and I just missed the bunker and had to chip across the green and was fortunate to knock it in.”
Reavie played the back nine first in his morning round, making four birdies. He added birdies on Nos. 3 and 4, had the eagle on No. 6 and birdied No. 8 to take a 28-point total into the weekend in the event co-sanctioned by the European tour. He’s the only bogey-free player after 36 holes.
“I think really having control of the golf ball out here really helps you,” Reavie said. “You’ve got to be in the fairway. Once you get in the rough, with the greens being firm, you can’t really be aggressive with your irons, so you have to drive the ball in the fairway.”
The 40-year-old from Mesa, Arizona, has two PGA Tour victories, taking the 2008 Canadian Open and the 2019 Travelers Championship.
Mark Hubbard, tied for the first-round lead with Charley Hoffman with 13 points, was tied for second with Henrik Norlander at 25 points. Hubbard had a 12-point round, and Norlander a 14-pointer.
The 33-year-old Hubbard is winless on the PGA Tour. He was third last week in Kentucky in the Barbasol Championship, the first of two straight U.S. events co-sanctioned by the European tour.
“It was tough early, man, with the cold and the elevation,” Hubbard said. “It’s hard to know how far the ball is going, and it seemed like every pin on our front nine, the back nine, was front with water short, so you couldn’t really play with it. So it was just tough to get the ball close early. Once it heated up and started going another 10 percent, I started making some birdies.”
Norlander had seven birdies in a bogey-free round. The 35-year-old Swede, also winless on the PGA Tour, made a weekend cut for only the third time in his last 16 starts. He had missed five straight cuts.
“I’m very pleased,” Norlander said. “It’s, first of all, nice to not make travel arrangements on Friday afternoon. I’ve been sort of used to that lately. Just a lot better attitude this week. …
”There’s a lot of bad voices in there, I’m not going to lie. But I think the key for me is to like accept that and then move from there. When I get bad, I try to avoid those voices, but they’re there.”
Kevin Tway had 21 points. He birdied the first five holes in a 15-point day. Maverick McNealy and Martin Trainer followed at 19.
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A Marblehead woman pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of a woman who was killed after a car crashed into her family’s farm stand in Newbury in May, according to court records and the Essex district attorney’s office.
Janet Bach, 70, was arraigned Tuesday in Newburyport District Court and was released on personal recognizance, according to Carrie Kimball, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office. Bach was ordered not to drive pending the ongoing case, Kimball said.
Susan Sforza Nico, 47, was working at Byfield Greenhouses on May 21 when a vehicle driven by Bach reversed direction and crashed into the business’s checkout area. Two others, a 57-year-old man and an 8-year-old girl, were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries and were in stable condition the following day, authorities said.
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John Morris, an attorney for Bach, said Saturday that they believe a mechanical problem with the car led to the crash.
“The car is being analyzed because we believe it was a mechanical error,” Morris said when reached by phone on Saturday.
Nico managed Byfield Greenhouses with her father for 15 years and was remembered by her family as a “beloved daughter,” the youngest of her six siblings, according to an obituary. Nico was married eight months before her death and had become a mother to two children, according to the obituary.
In a post on the Byfield Greenhouses Facebook page Saturday, Nico’s family said “We are unpacking a lot of grief all at once and are having trouble processing this nightmare.”
The post said the family had hoped Bach “would accept charges and let us grieve, but she has not done that.”
“Instead, our elderly parents are now forced to relive their daughters brutal death over and over and over,” the post said.
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Bach is due to appear back in court Sept. 13, according to court records.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles’ winning streak ended at 10 as Christian Bethancourt hit his first home run for Tampa Bay and the Rays rallied for a 5-4 victory Friday night.
The winning streak was the Orioles’ longest in a single season since they won 13 straight in 1999.
Ramon Urías homered twice for the Orioles, the first multi-home run game of his career, and Trey Mancini also connected. But Baltimore also left the bases loaded without scoring in the first and fifth innings.
“We just a bad inning on the mound and we left too many runners on base early in the game,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said.
The Rays trailed 2-1 in the sixth when they got four straight extra-base hits with two outs.
Josh Lowe and Yu Chang doubled off Tyler Wells (7-5) to tie it. Francisco Mejia greeted Cionel Pérez with a go-ahead double.
Bethancourt then launched a pinch-hit home run off the left-field foul pole that was measured at 318 feet, the shortest over-the-fence home run at a major league venue since Houston’s Yuli Gurriel hit one 315 feet off Boston’s Pesky Pole on June 10, 2021.
“It was kind of a weird one down the line,” Hyde said.
Baltimore left fielder Anthony Santander almost caught the ball in the corner, and it took a replay challenge to overturn the original call of foul ball.
“I didn’t think it was good enough for a homer, and then I thought he might have knocked it out and I had a double or something,” said Bethancourt, who took a delayed trip around the bases.
“I was looking at the ball and looking at (Santander) and I just didn’t see it land in fair territory so I was a little confused when I saw everybody celebrating in our dugout. I was just standing there and I didn’t know what to do,” he said.
Bethancourt hit four homers for Oakland this season before being traded to the Rays last week.
Matt Wisler (3-3) got the win in relief and Brooks Raley pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances. Wells lost for the first time in nine starts since May 25.
Mancini and Urías homered early off Rays starter Luis Patiño for a 2-0 lead.
Urías’ second homer of the game and ninth of the season came off Colin Poche with Austin Hays on base in the eighth.
Patiño was reinstated to the active roster Friday and pitched for the first time since April 11, when he faced three Oakland batters before leaving with a left oblique strain. He gave up two runs on four hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Wells gave up three runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out six.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: RHP Jordan Lyles said he felt good after throwing 101 pitches in Tuesday win at Chicago, and consequently will pitch Sunday’s series finale. Lyles has thrown 100 or more pitches in four straight starts.
Rays: 2B Brandon Lowe (lower back discomfort) and RHP Pete Fairbanks (right lat strain) rejoined the team after rehab assignments and might be activated this weekend. . . . C Mike Zunino (left shoulder inflammation) was moved to the 60-day IL to open a 40-man roster spot for Patiño. Zunino will try to resume baseball activity after the All-Star break.
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RHP Dean Kremer (3-1, 2.15) will make his eighth start of the season for the Orioles on Saturday against LHP Ryan Yarbrough (0-4, 5.82), who will be activated after spending three weeks on the injured list with left groin tightness.
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America they are already in US territory to face a string of matches against sports powers. The first rival in turn is the Chelsea FC of England in a confrontation that will take place at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas corresponding to the friendly tournament FC Series 2022, where the English Arsenal also participate, and for the United States, Charlotte FC and Orlando City.
The painting that directs Ferdinand Ortiz will be measured against three of the best teams in the world because, in addition to the Blueshas two more games scheduled against the defending Premier League champion, Manchester City and the champion of LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid. Against the Londoners, there are two precedents where the Mexicans were defeated on both occasions (America 1-2 Chelsea in 2007 and America 0-2 Chelsea in 2009).
Thus, the Eagles will begin a brief tour of the American Union with the Opening 2022 of Liga MX in progress. In fact, in order to attend their match against Chelsea, Coapa’s men had to bring forward their commitment to date three a few days (they faced the Devils of Toluca and achieved victory with a last-minute goal by Richard Sánchez).
With three friendly games and two of the local tournament to come, the azulcremas will have a significant physical load as they will play five games in two weeks, an average meeting every three days. That is why the Tano Ortin indicated that he will make use of variants with respect to the players that he usually lines up in Liga MX.
“Obviously yes there will be rotations because we came from a game no less than 72 hours ago, but those who are going to enter the field of play know that we seek to show that America is a great team. I have a squad of players prepared to face all the matches during the week, so that gives me peace of mind that whoever is on the field of play is going to do it in the best way”, said the coach at a press conference.
When and at what time? Saturday, July 16 at 9:00 p.m. Central Mexico time.
Where? At Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States
Where to see it? Through the signals of TUDN and channel 9.
For its part, the squadron commanded by Thomas Tuchel He is in full preseason and against the azulcremas it will be his first duel of the 2022-23 season. The strategist made reference to this when mentioning that the physical states of both teams are in different phases because America is already in a competitive rhythm. In addition, the German confessed that he knows little about Mexican soccer.
América is already playing league games and is in a different physical moment from ours, usually it is a very physical and aggressive team. Let’s see what happens, but we expect a very intense game. I don’t know much to be honest (about Liga MX). My interest in Mexican soccer comes from individual players. There are many players in the Champions League, many players who have a great career there (Europe)”, commented the coach of the Blues.
Among the figures of the London team, there are names like the American Christian Pulisic, the Italian-Brazilian Jorge Luiz Frello jorginho, the German Timo Werner or the French Édouard Mendy. On the American side, names such as Guillermo Ochoa and Miguel Layún stand out, both Mexicans, the Chilean Diego Valdés, the Colombian Roger Martínez or the Peruvian Pedro Aquino.
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Boeing cuts 20-year industrywide outlook for planes
By David Shepardson
LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. airplane maker Boeing Co trimmed its projected industrywide demand for airplanes over the next 20 years, but said it expects deliveries to be stable excluding the Russian market.
Boeing projects airlines worldwide will need 41,170 new airplanes over 20 years with half of the deliveries for replacement aircraft, and with single-aisle aircraft accounting for about 75% of planes.
Boeing's new market outlook, released on Sunday ahead of the Farnborough Airshow, is down from its previous rolling 20-year-forecast of 43,610 deliveries.
The new estimate excludes the Russian market and its projection of 1,540 airplanes, because of the war in Ukraine and uncertainty about when manufacturers could again sell planes to Russian carriers.
Boeing slightly boosted its forecast for demand over the next 10 years to 19,575 airplane deliveries -- a higher projection even excluding the Russian market.
"That's a function of a depressed environment in 2021 falling off and a new trend year in 2031 being added," Darren Hulst, Boeing vice president for commercial marketing, told reporters in a briefing ahead of the Sunday release. "It comes very close to our 2019" outlook if Russia was included.
Boeing also dropped its industrywide passenger traffic forecast growth rate slightly to 3.8% from 4%, but boosted its cargo growth forecast to 4.1% from 4% last year. It cut its fleet growth forecast to 2.8% from 3.1%. Its forecast for widebody deliveries over 20 years fell from 7,670 to 7,230.
Boeing still projects the global airline fleet by 2041 will nearly double as it still sees a worldwide aviation demand COVID-19 recovery by early 2024.
Over the next 20 years Boeing said "long-term fundamentals remain intact."
"Our view of medium-term recovery -- when the industry gets back to 2019 levels of global airline traffic -- is largely unchanged" since 2020, Hulst said. "Overall, we still see late 2023, early 2024 as the time where the industry recovers to full or at least the level of pre-pandemic traffic."
Boeing sees strong near-term demand for aircraft despite recession risks.
"The global industry is still on a recovery trajectory back to where the normal relationship of GDP and traffic would be," Hulst said. "Any small blip from an economy standpoint would be probably overwhelmed by the demand that exists as a result of those normal economic relationships."
Boeing also projects the freighter fleet will grow 80% by 2041. Air cargo is performing at "historic levels," Hulst said, saying it is in part "a function of the increasing strategic value of air cargo relative to supply chains that are challenged and shipping that is challenged."
Boeing sees e-commerce networks as helping to drive a "strategic shift to air cargo even into the medium- and long-term. ... This isn't just a blip in terms of shipping versus air."
Hulst said the number of routes with more than one airline operating has more than doubled over the last two decades -- representing 70% of all capacity. It demonstrates "the continuous innovation that airlines need to have to continue to compete at lower costs to attract more and more traffic."
Air cargo still only accounts for 1% of global trade. "A small shift in terms of mode of transportation, of key elements of trade, makes a big impact in terms of demand for air cargo," Hulst said. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11021183/Boeing-cuts-20-year-industrywide-outlook-planes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-16T23:39:51Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11021183/Boeing-cuts-20-year-industrywide-outlook-planes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Originally published July 15 on IdahoCapitalSun.com
Individuals not affiliated with Idaho Republican Party Chairman Tom Luna’s campaign for a second term distributed flyers advertising free pizza to local shelters for people facing homelessness, causing confusion at a campaign event on Thursday night, party officials said.
Luna’s event, called “Pizza and Patriots,” was advertised to all delegates at the Idaho Republican Party Convention in Twin Falls. Jake Miller, director of communications for the party, said Luna discovered an alternate flyer was distributed to at least one local homeless shelter with the title, “Pizza for the hungry.” Miller said he did not know who distributed the flyers.
An alternate flyer advertising a free meal at a Tom Luna for chairman campaign event was distributed to at least one Twin Falls homeless shelter with the title, “Pizza for the hungry.” (Courtesy of Tyler Hurst)
Rep. Dorothy Moon, R-Stanley, ran against Luna for the position; Delegates selected her on Saturday. Moon could not be reached for comment on Friday.
Luna, who was elected as Idaho’s superintendent of public instruction in 2006 and served two terms, was elected as the Idaho Republican Party chairman in 2020. Moon was elected to the Idaho Legislature in 2016 and ran for secretary of state in the May Republican primary, narrowly losing to Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane.
Tyler Hurst, a Republican campaign staffer, organized the Pizza and Patriots event for Luna and said he was sitting in the hotel where the event took place and saw a child come up to the front desk and ask if it was the place where they could get pizza for dinner.
When he realized what was happening, Hurst said he told them there was free pizza for everyone and that it was a town hall event.
“I didn’t want them to feel out of place or embarrassed. These are people who left their homes behind, and they’re just looking for something to eat,” Hurst said. “I don’t care about being politically punked, but what was really sad is the position it put these little kids in.”
Hurst said he spoke with Moon, who told him she had no knowledge of the action and thought it was terrible.
A representative of Valley House, one of the major shelters for people facing homelessness in Twin Falls, confirmed that a man had dropped off the alternate flyers on Thursday. She didn’t know who the person was but said she thought it was great and distributed them to shelter residents.
In a statement, Luna said it was a shameful act.
“We can’t allow this behavior to be tolerated. My heart goes out to those families and children in need who showed up at our event,” Luna said in the statement. “I hope, I ask every Republican to stand up for what is right and not reward this kind of behavior.”
Luna has publicly stated that he was unhoused and lived in a tent at one point when he was growing up — that he used to go to school hungry with unkempt hair and clothing. That fact added to his anger, Hurst said.
“His first instinct was, ‘How dare you use people who are already in a tough spot as pawns,’” Hurst said. “This is stupid. What we do here is a hobby, and this is people’s lives. It’s horrible.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/pizza-for-the-hungry-gop-flyers-cause-confusion-for-people-facing-homelessness-in-twin-falls/article_c4c5e47e-d1b7-5659-89ec-ad2bf5fce777.html | 2022-07-16T23:42:18Z | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/pizza-for-the-hungry-gop-flyers-cause-confusion-for-people-facing-homelessness-in-twin-falls/article_c4c5e47e-d1b7-5659-89ec-ad2bf5fce777.html | true |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo joined in on celebrating World Snake Day on Saturday.
WANE 15’s Charles Benberry headed over to the zoo to talk about the different snakes they have there and what makes each of them unique.
Snake’s are important members of our ecosystem. They control rodent population, which is important because rodents can carry disease and eat crops. A large rat snake can save over 1,500 pounds of food in a year by eating mice.
The Fort Wayne Zoo has eight different species of snakes living there. Five of those species are on exhibit for quests to see.
To learn more, you can visit the zoo at 3411 Sherman Blvd or visit their website at www.visitfortwayne.com/zoo/. | https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/watch-fort-wayne-zoo-celebrates-world-snake-day/ | 2022-07-16T23:45:45Z | https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/watch-fort-wayne-zoo-celebrates-world-snake-day/ | true |
Inside Sydney's meth hell as city becomes one of the biggest hotspots on the planet for the evil drug - with housewives and young professionals caught up in its scourge
- Crystal meth or ice is nation's number one illegal drug, ahead of coke and weed
- City slicker partygoers have made Australia a crystal meth capital of the world
- Has shed its stereotype junkie image to reach the young, rich and respectable
- Even housewives from upmarket suburbs are falling under its life-wrecking spell
- Police finding 100s of kgs at a time as they clamp down on $10billion/year trade
- Bikies are now moving to south-east Asia to try to dominate and control supply
Hardcore drug 'ice' has shaken off its 'bogan coke' tag to become a party-night high for the young, rich and respectable as Australia is named a crystal meth capital of the world.
A blockbuster new report found Australia has the highest meth use out of 25 countries in Europe, Asia and Oceania, with Sydney and Perth the biggest hotspots.
Experts have warned the scourge of once-taboo methamphetamine is now gripping all levels of society - and is just a text, a social media message or a phone call away.
Crystal meth is offered alongside weed, coke and MDMA from dial-a-dealer services delivering direct to partygoers wanting an extra kick to get them through the night.
'It's just another item on the menu of a night out,' drug counsellor Shane O'Neill told Daily Mail Australia. 'Twenty years ago it would have been something on the fringes.
'But today it's just normal for people in their 20s and 30s - and these are people who would never consider themselves addicts.
'It's absolutely insidious and widespread.'
Experts have warned the scourge of once-taboo methamphetamine is now gripping all levels of society - and is just a text, social media message or a phone call away (pictured, 400kg of ice worth $300million, discovered being smuggled into Sydney in a 2019 raid)
Hardcore drug 'ice' has shaken off its 'bogan coke' tag to be a party-night high for the young, rich and respectable as Australia is named a crystal meth capital of the world
Crystal meth is offered alongside weed, coke and MDMA from dial-a-dealer services delivering direct to partygoers wanting an extra kick to get them through the night
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission found ice use in cities had overtaken rural areas in the latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring study.
Ice is now the most widely used illegal drug in the country, overshadowing all other drugs except nicotine and alcohol.
'It is a very resilient market that poses a wicked problem across Australia,' said ACIC principal drugs advisor Shane Neilson.
'[Ice] was significantly higher in terms of consumption than most other illicit drugs.'
Sewage water testing found Perth locals were using 1,300mg of crystal meth every single day per 1,000 people, with Sydneysiders getting through 1,000mg daily.
The boom in use has sparked huge demand and helped fuel the current bikie wars as rival gangs scrap for supply and control of Sydney's lucrative $3.7billion drug trade, worth $10billion nationally
The boom in use has sparked huge demand and helped fuel the current bikie wars as rival gangs scrap for supply and control of Sydney's lucrative $3.7billion drug trade, worth $10billion nationally.
Detectives probing bikie Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad's death swooped on an address in Sydney's south-west in May and allegedly found 25kg of ice and $200,000 cash.
A 49-year old Wetherill Park man was charged in June with planning Ahmad's murder last April and with drug offences over the ice stash.
In October, police allegedly found 300kg of ice, worth an estimated $184million, hidden inside a digger being imported into Sydney from Hong Kong.
Raids on suspects linked to the drugs haul allegedly found another $300,000 in cash hidden in homes in Merrylands, Prospect and Rydalmere in Sydney's west.
Cops allegedly uncovered another $1.1million in cash next to 220kg of ice when plumbers stumbled on the illicit cache while fixing a leaky toilet at a Canterbury unit in Sydney's inner west.
'Had this drug seizure made its way to Australian streets, countless lives would have been affected,' AFP Acting Commander Matthew Ciantar said.
'Methylamphetamine causes extensive harm to users and the wider community – including the families that are torn apart.'
The use of the drug has spread beyond those seeking a cheap rush and is now used by young urban partygoers and even housewives.
Virginia Perkins was an apparently respectable middle-aged mother from Sydney's northern beaches who ended up bankrupt in a drug-induced psychosis after breaking bad at the age of 44.
The use of the drug has spread beyond those seeking a cheap rush and is now used by young urban partygoers and even housewives
'On the surface I was a successful, adventurous, functional professional woman,' she revealed in a warning speech to businesswomen.
Virginia Perkins was an apparently respectable middle-aged mother from Sydney's northern beaches who ended up in a drug-induced psychosis at the age of 44
'Behind closed doors, I was little more than a barely functional, emotionally crippled, alcoholic and drug addict.
'Despite the beautiful home, established career, busy social and family networks, I had lost myself.'
She revealed she had transitioned from drinking at home to experimenting with drugs until she found herself using ice after a friend offered it to her.
'She used the drug to maintain her figure,' said Ms Perkins. 'It started harmlessly, a few women sharing recreational drugs a couple of nights a week.
'I continued to use ice to relax and socialise.'
But she said within a year, it had spiralled hopelessly out of control.
'I developed a methamphetamine addiction that quickly escalated to costing several thousand dollars a week, saw me mixing with criminals, admitted to hospital with drug-induced psychosis and literally sent me spiritually, emotionally and finally financially bankrupt within a matter of less than 12 months,' she said.
'Ice addiction is very much about the gradual grinding down of the border between fantasy and reality.
'Many users, myself included, then become psychotic or so deluded they lose all self-awareness, not realising they have become hooked on this insidious drug.'
She added: 'Addiction brought me to my knees and cost me so, so much.
'I've come to terms with that and no longer carry romantic notions of harmless recreational drug use. It nearly destroyed me.'
Experts stress not all ice users end up addicts or psychotic, and stereotypical side effects such as tooth loss and skin issues depend on the quality of the product and the frequency of use
Counsellors and medical experts stress not all ice users end up addicts or psychotic, and stereotypical side effects such as tooth loss and skin issues depend on the quality of the product and the frequency of use.
But it does have inherent dangers, admits professor Nadine Ezard, clinical director at St Vincent’s Hospital drug and alcohol service in Sydney.
'It's such a potent drug to keep you awake that people can stay up for days,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
'Ice addiction is very much about the gradual grinding down of the border between fantasy and reality,' former user Virginia Perkins said
'Basically, if you keep anybody up for several days, there is a risk of psychosis.'
She added: 'We get all different kinds of people. It's across the social spectrum. We're seeing a maturing of the epidemic.
'We're starting to see some people that have been using for really quite a long time.
'Some people have got good jobs, they still have their families intact, and they're trying to retain those, so they're coming forward for counselling.
'Some come for a physical and mental health checkup - through to people who recognise they are really out of control.'
But she admitted rehabilitation was down to the users themselves.
'The majority of people who use methamphetamine only use occasionally,' she said.
'But no-one can tell anyone to stop using drugs. We can't even keep them out of jail.'
Sydney drug rehabilitation centre The Cabin has an upmarket treatment villa in Thailand where the city's rich and famous can recover in luxury and privacy.
'Studies have shown that there has been a drastic increase in the use of methamphetamines in its crystal form,' says their website.
Their main clients are usually struggling with cocaine and alcohol but counsellor Shane O'Neill admits they also see meth users too now.
'It's pretty constant,' he said. 'It's an interesting one. It's just normal now for people who aren't necessarily addicts to have ice in their arsenal.
'If they go out, there's coke, there's meth, drink - it just depends on the age group. It's just a normal thing now. It's not the kind of, "Oooh, ice!" It's just there.'
No-one was safe from its clutches, he said, but many manage to hide their habits from the world.
He added: 'They have jobs, have gone to uni, have families - whatever...but they are just kind of functioning.
'The level of high functioning addicts in Sydney has probably never been higher. It's just how it is... it's out of control.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11011989/Sydneys-ice-hell-party-city-one-biggest-hotspots-planet-drug.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-16T23:50:37Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11011989/Sydneys-ice-hell-party-city-one-biggest-hotspots-planet-drug.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
The family of a 9 year old girl is filing a lawsuit against the popular social media platform Tik Tok.
The Arroyo family of Milwaukee claims in the suit that the platform didn’t doing enough to warn its younger users about the deadly risk of these acts, resulting in several deaths. One of those users included 9-year-old Arriani Arroyo.
Arriani was later found dead after she took part in a challenge called “Blackout,” in which children and teens choke themselves until they are unconscious.
In an ABC News Exclusive, Arriani’s mother Christal says that her family has lost something they can never get back with the girl’s sudden death as a result of the TikTok.
“We just never thought that there was a darker side to you know, what TikTok allows on its platform,” Arroyo says. “We sat at a table of four chairs. We sit now at three.”
The attourney for the Arroyo family, Matthew Bergman, says at the end of the day, the family’s lawsuit is all about keeping kids safe and preventing another tragic death like Arriani’s.
“The most important thing is just deadly this TikTok blackout challenge is and how predictable it was,” Bergman explained.
A TikTok spokesperson referred ABC News to a statement released last year on the challenge, saying in part the challenge “predates the platform” and that the app remains committed to user safety. | https://wtmj.com/homepage-showcase/2022/07/16/lawsuit-filed-for-death-of-milwaukee-girl-from-tik-tok-challenge/ | 2022-07-16T23:55:25Z | https://wtmj.com/homepage-showcase/2022/07/16/lawsuit-filed-for-death-of-milwaukee-girl-from-tik-tok-challenge/ | true |
By AAMER MADHANI, AYA BATRAWY, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Associated Press
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Before stepping foot in Saudi Arabia, President Joe Biden knew there would be trouble.
Biden was risking criticism by visiting a country he had vowed to make a “pariah” for human rights abuses, and there was no guarantee the visit would immediately yield higher oil production to offset rising gas prices.
He decided to face the blowback anyway, hoping to use the visit to repair strained ties and make clear to wary Arab leaders that the United States remains committed to their security and the region’s stability.
His visit to Saudi Arabia was occasionally uncomfortable but, in Biden’s view, ultimately necessary. Although he’s been focused on confronting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and limiting China’s expanding influence in Asia, those goals become far more difficult without the partnerships that he was tending to here.
“It is only becoming clearer to me how closely interwoven America’s interests are with the successes of the Middle East,” the president said Saturday at a summit in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
It was a belated recognition of geopolitical reality that, for nearly a century, has kept the United States deeply invested in the energy-rich region, most recently with ruinous wars that stretched over two decades. Biden tried to turn the page on those conflicts while insisting that the U.S. would remain engaged.
“We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran,” Biden said. “We will seek to build on this moment with active, principled, American leadership.”
The summit, where Biden announced $1 billion in U.S. funding to alleviate hunger in the region, was the final destination on Biden’s four-day trip, which included stops in Israel and the West Bank.
His travels were shadowed by a steady stream of grim news from Washington, where Democratic plans to address climate change floundered on Capitol Hill and there was fresh evidence that inflation had reached historic levels.
And at every step along the way, Biden confronted a far different region than existed when he served as vice president.
President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal reached under President Barack Obama, and Tehran is believed to be closer than ever to building a nuclear weapon.
The threat, which Biden has struggled to address through renewed negotiations, has deepened coordination between Israel and its Arab neighbors, who have found common cause in confronting Iran.
The budding ties have also opened the door to greater economic and security integration, recasting the Middle East’s fractious politics at the same time that Arab leaders were fearing the U.S. had become a less reliable ally. They distrusted Obama’s outreach to Iran and Trump’s erratic behavior, then viewed Biden as neglectful toward the region once he took office.
Biden’s challenge has been to recognize the shifting landscape and persuade leaders in the Middle East to remain aligned with U.S. interests — without being dragged back into a corner of the world that the American public has largely turned away from after the end of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Although Biden expressed a renewed commitment to the region by saying “the United States is not going anywhere,” he also seemed to acknowledge its limitations.
“The United States is clear-eyed about the challenges in the Middle East and about where we have the greatest capacity to help drive positive outcomes,” he said.
Besides announcing the new funding for hunger relief, he met individually with several of his counterparts, some for the first time since he became president.
He also invited Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who recently became president of the United Arab Emirates, formalizing his role at the helm of major policy decisions, to visit the White House in the coming months.
It was another effort to smooth ties that have become strained, in part because of Biden’s actions. For example, although the U.S. has played a key role in encouraging a monthslong cease-fire in Yemen, the Emiratis have criticized his decision to reverse a Trump-era move that had listed the Iran-backed Houthis as a terrorist group.
The centerpiece of Biden’s outreach in the Middle East was his first meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia and heir to the throne held by his father, King Salman.
The encounter began Friday with a fist bump outside the royal palace in Jeddah, a chummy gesture that was swiftly criticized because of Prince Mohammed’s history of human rights abuses. In addition to cracking down on his critics in Saudi Arabia, the prince, according to U.S. intelligence, likely approved the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi nearly four years ago.
Biden rejected the notion that he was abandoning human rights by meeting with the crown prince, and said he brought up Khashoggi’s murder during their conversation. The topic created a “frosty” start to the meeting, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the private meeting and insisted on anonymity.
The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya news network, citing an unnamed Saudi source, reported that Prince Mohammed responded to Biden’s mention of Khashoggi by saying that attempts to impose a set of values can backfire. He also said the U.S. had committed mistakes at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where detainees were tortured, and pressed Biden on the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a recent Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin.
The atmosphere between the two eventually became more relaxed, the U.S. official said, as they spoke about energy security, expanding high-speed internet access in the Middle East and other issues.
The regional summit in Jeddah and Biden’s visit provided Prince Mohammed with the opportunity to showcase his country’s heavyweight role in the Middle East, and his position at the helm of the world’s largest oil exporter.
He hinted that the kingdom could pump more oil than it currently does, something Biden wants to see when existing production quotas among OPEC+ member countries, which include Russia, expire in September.
“I’m doing all I can to increase the supply for the United States of America, which I expect to happen,” Biden said Friday. “The Saudis share that urgency, and based on our discussions today, I expect we’ll see further steps in the coming weeks.”
He also tried to draw Arab nations onto his side over the invasion of Ukraine by releasing satellite imagery indicating that Russian officials visited Iran in June and July to see weapons-capable drones that it could acquire.
The disclosure appeared aimed at drawing a connection between the war in Europe and Arab leaders’ own concerns about Iran.
So far, none of the countries represented at the summit has moved in lockstep with the U.S. to sanction Russia, a foreign policy priority for the Biden administration. If anything, the UAE has emerged as a sort of financial haven for Russian billionaires and their multimillion-dollar yachts. Egypt remains open to Russian tourists.
Meantime, there are sharp divisions on regional foreign policy among the heads of state who attended the summit.
For example, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE are trying to isolate and squeeze Iran over its regional reach and proxies. Oman and Qatar have solid diplomatic ties with Iran and have acted as intermediaries for talks between Washington and Tehran.
But before ending his speech at the summit, Biden expressed hopes for a new era of cooperation.
“This is a table full of problem solvers,” he said. “There’s a lot of good we can do if we do it together.”
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Batrawy reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Megerian and Miller reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.
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A Baltimore man running for U.S. Senate is criminally charged in Harford County after authorities there allege he made a false report about child sex trafficking at an adult store.
Ryan Dark White, 54, who is known as Jon McGreevey, faces charges including making false statements to a law enforcement officer. Harford Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler’s office announced the charges Friday.
Officials said they received information April 13 about the store in the 3000 block of Pulaski Highway in Edgewood.
“The information provided to detectives claimed an older adult male was in the business with a young girl, 10-12 years of age, forcing the child to perform sexual acts on male customers,” officials said in a news release.
White, who goes by McGreevey on his campaign website, is an employee of the store, Gahler’s office said. He was identified “as the source of the information.”
White, a Republican, did not respond Saturday to requests for comment.
The sheriff’s office said detectives with the county’s Child Advocacy Center conducted an investigation and found “at no time were any sex acts performed or offered by any of the individuals in the establishment as reported by White.” Detectives interviewed White July 7.
White was arrested Friday and has since been released on $5,000 bail, said Kyle Andersen, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office.
Gahler said his deputies’ time was wasted by the report.
“Fearmongering and antagonism caused wasted time and energy by our personnel, whose time would have been better served protecting the citizens of Harford County, instead of investigating lies,” the Republican sheriff said in a statement.
Andersen, the sheriff’s spokesman, said investigators identified the girl and man in the initial complaint. He did not know the girl’s age.
They determined that the man, who is related to the girl, had brought her inside the store so he could use the ATM, Andersen said. He is not being charged with a crime.
On Facebook, some people have promoted protests at the adult store, called The Mistress, because of the allegations of trafficking.
Afternoon Update
A person who answered the phone at the store said no one who could comment was available Saturday.
The sheriff called it “shameful that a candidate for public office would make up such a story and use it to further his own political agenda.”
“It is even more appalling, that another individual, who is running for a law enforcement position, would embrace such an obviously false narrative in an effort to gain political traction – nothing more,” Gahler said.
While Gahler didn’t name the other candidate, White – using the name McGreevey – has appeared in online videos with Andy Kuhl, a Republican sheriff’s candidate in Baltimore County.
“There has been a new system of child trafficking implemented when Covid began,” Kuhl’s campaign website states. “It is now across 26+ States! Jon McGreevey and I go undercover to expose these sick and heinous crimes against children. We must bring these criminals to Justice.”
In a phone interview, Kuhl said he had no political motivation in discussing trafficking allegations. He is running unopposed in the Baltimore County primary on Tuesday.
“I’m already the Republican nominee,” Kuhl said. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bs-md-cr-senate-candidate-charged-20220716-ld6xnowurvh7xfg27ptai3jpyi-story.html | 2022-07-16T23:59:44Z | https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bs-md-cr-senate-candidate-charged-20220716-ld6xnowurvh7xfg27ptai3jpyi-story.html | true |
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, whose country is mired in political crisis, says it is in Iraq’s interest to keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions.
Speaking to The Associated Press Friday evening, Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Iraq intended to keep up its role hosting talks between the two Mideast neighbors whose rivalry has often played out in Iraq, leading to perpetual paralysis.
“Iraq contributed to the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, and several sessions held were successful and fruitful, and a great rapprochement took place,” he said. He added Iraqi will continue to encourage dialogue between the two sides.
Al-Kadhimi spoke to the AP on the flight to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where U.S. President Joe Biden was set to meet with heads of state from six Arab Gulf countries, plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.
At a bilateral meeting with Biden Saturday, al-Kadhimi spoke about the “strategic, friendly relationship” between the U.S. and Iraq, and he thanked the U.S. for providing support to combat terrorist groups.
Biden said he wanted to support Iraq’s democracy.
“I want the press and you to know we want to be helpful as we can in doing that,” he said.
The U.S. and Iraq also renewed their committement to a bilateral strategic agreement overseeing security, economic and aid, according to a joint statement issued after their meeting. This also includes continued military assistance and training in the fight against the Islamic State. Biden also commended al-Kadhimi for his diplomatic efforts to broker talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Iraq has the deepest and strongest links to Iran of all the Arab countries. Iraq’s its presence at the meeting reflects Saudi efforts — supported by the U.S. — to bring Iraq closer to Arab positions and the so-called Arab fold. Iraq has hosted around five rounds of direct talks between Saudi and Iranian officials since Biden took office, though the talks have produced few results.
“We have seen positive reactions to the role played by Iraq by the Iranian and Saudi sides and also at the level of regional and international leaders,” al-Kadhimi said.
Iraq has been without a government since national elections were held in October. Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who won the most seats, withdrew from the government formation last month, following eight months of stalemate and jockeying with rival, Iran-backed Shiite factions. In line with his orders, the members of his parliamentary bloc resigned.
If the political crisis extends to August, it will be the longest that Iraq has gone without a government since elections.
Asked about normalization of ties between Israel and Gulf Arab states, al-Kadhimi said that did not involve Iraq nor would he express an opinion.
“Iraq believes in the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of countries and the non-interference of others in its affairs,” he said. Each country has its own policy, he said, adding that Saturday’s summit in Jeddah was not concerned with this issue.
At his private meeting with Biden Saturday, al-Kadhimi said he will stress Iraq’s interest in continuing political, economic and security cooperation between Iraq and the U.S. in the context of the strategic agreement signed between the two countries.
At the summit, he said Iraq will address several files related to strengthening peace and security in the region as well as economic cooperation between the countries of the Middle East. Among the ideas Iraq has been proposing is the establishment of a Middle East Development Bank, which al-Kadhimi said would contribute to building common ground for economic cooperation and financing major projects, especially in infrastructure. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/iraqs-pm-to-push-for-regional-dialogue-at-mideast-summit/ | 2022-07-17T00:02:06Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/iraqs-pm-to-push-for-regional-dialogue-at-mideast-summit/ | false |
By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — It took her three days by car to escape from Ukraine after the war started. Champion high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh can only guess at how long it will take to get back.
On her way out, Mahuchikh heard gunfire and could sometimes see shells raining down miles away. Though her hometown of Dnipro was far from the front lines of the Russian invasion, she could never shake the fear that when she said goodbye to her mom and dad and grandfather and sister, it might have been for the last time.
“When a war is going on,” Mahuchikh said, “it’s highly complicated to say that any city is safe.”
Four months after that harrowing trip to cross the border in Serbia, the 20-year-old is at the track and field world championships, a world away in Eugene, Oregon.
She easily made it through qualifying Saturday, and is a favorite to win a gold medal Tuesday in part because her main rival, three-time world champion Maria Lasitskene, is Russian and not allowed to compete because of the war.
World Athletics President Seb Coe said that given the difficulties the 22 Ukrainians competing in worlds have endured simply to make it to this point, it would be “inconceivable” to think the Russians would’ve been allowed here to go up against them.
Mahuchikh agrees. In a series of in-person interviews and email exchanges with The Associated Press, she said that though the relationship between herself and Lasitskene was always cordial, it was never warm. Now, it might never be repaired.
“She wrote that she can’t compete because she’s Russian,” Mahuchikh said of Lasitskene’s recent open letter that criticized Coe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. “And our people die because they’re Ukrainian. I don’t want to see, at the track, killers. Because it’s really killers, a lot of sportsmen who support this war.”
There are some Russian athletes who have backed the war, led by a handful of gymnasts including Ivan Kuliak, who wore a “Z” symbol in support of the war while standing only steps away from a Ukrainian athlete on a medal podium at a recent World Cup event. Shortly after, gymnastics officials stripped the medal from Kuliak and suspended him for a year.
Other Russians have promoted peace, including tennis player Daniil Medvedev, who was barred from competing at Wimbledon this year, and Alex Ovechkin, who plays for the NHL’s Washington Capitals.
In her letter, Lasitskene, who won last year’s Olympics to go along with her three straight world titles, commiserated with the plight of the Ukrainian athletes. They “are experiencing what no one human being should ever have to feel,” she wrote.
She also said keeping Russians out of sports did not stop the war “but on the contrary, it gave birth to a new one, around and inside the sports, which is impossible to contain.”
Missing in Lasitskene’s correspondence, Mahuchikh said, has been outreach to the Ukrainians themselves.
“Russia is an aggressor country that launched a full-scale invasion of my country,” she said. “Many coaches and athletes have gone to the Army to defend our country; some are in hot spots, and some are imprisoned or killed. Sports infrastructure in many cities is destroyed. We can’t train in our native country.”
That Mahuchikh — or any of the Ukrainians on start lists this week at worlds — have made it to Eugene can fairly be seen as a triumph of persistence, logistics and an otherworldly ability to separate the day-to-day threat posed to their families and country from the day-to-day challenges an elite athlete faces.
“They understand how important this is,” Mahuchikh’s coach, Tetiana Stepanova, told the AP through a translator. “They walk through the airport. People see their Ukrainian uniforms and they walk up to us and form their hands in the shape of a heart. It means a lot.”
After her perilous trip to Serbia, Mahuchikh resumed training again and tried to make things feel normal. Her mother, sister and niece made it out of the country and into Germany.
“It’s better for them there,” Mahuchikh said. “We can stay in touch, and they can send me things, and I can relax and stay focused knowing that they’re safe.”
Her father and grandpa stayed in Dnipro, located about 250 miles southeast of the Kyiv. Mahuchikh said they’re safe there for the time being.
For a time, she stayed in Dnipro, But after a few weeks, her regular job beckoned and she had to leave behind the trips to bring food and clothes to hospitals and shelters, and stopping at places around Dnipro to help animals (“they cannot leave,” she said).
She sends money to friends and family back home when she can. This summer, her life is spent toggling between a steady stream of news updates, underscored by constant worrying, and a training regimen that, at first, had all arrows pointed toward the world indoor championships in Belgrade in March.
By that point, policy had already been set regarding the Russians in sports. Bach said the IOC’s recommendation was as much for Russians’ safety as anything. Coe said the World Athletics decision, which also excluded athletes from Russian ally Belarus, was a fairness issue.
“It was made for from a very clear standpoint, and that was about the integrity of competition,” he said. “It would have been inconceivable to have a world championships here with athletes from Belarus and Russia, two aggressive nations who have moved into an independent state.”
Mahuchikh — who won bronze last year at the Tokyo Olympics and preceded that with wins at every junior level since 2017 — captured the gold medal at the indoor championships. It was about more than simply jumping high.
“I realized that on the track and jumping, I could show the power and strong spirit of the whole Ukrainian nation,” she said. “I could show worldwide that we will fight until the end. Until we win.”
Someday, Mahuchikh hopes to bring that gold medal back home. Maybe after Tuesday’s final, she’ll have two.
But there is no way to know when — of if — she’ll return or what her country will be like.
“It’s so bad, and it’s difficult mentally,” she said. “But I believe we will win and we will come back to our lives. And we will always remember this period of time.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
1-6-6-0, FIREBALL: 3
(one, six, six, zero; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
1-6-6-0, FIREBALL: 3
(one, six, six, zero; FIREBALL: three) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17309908.php | 2022-07-17T00:18:58Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17309908.php | false |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
4-2-4-5
(four, two, four, five)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
4-2-4-5
(four, two, four, five) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17309952.php | 2022-07-17T00:19:04Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17309952.php | true |
Rays first. Yandy Diaz grounds out to shortstop, Jorge Mateo to Ryan Mountcastle. Brandon Lowe singles to shallow infield. Harold Ramirez singles to deep right field. Brandon Lowe to third. Ji-Man Choi strikes out swinging. Brandon Lowe scores. Randy Arozarena singles to left center field. Harold Ramirez to third. Josh Lowe strikes out swinging.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rays 1, Orioles 0.
Orioles second. Anthony Santander doubles to deep center field. Austin Hays grounds out to third base, Isaac Paredes to Ji-Man Choi. Anthony Santander to third. Ramon Urias doubles to deep left center field. Anthony Santander scores. Tyler Nevin grounds out to shortstop, Taylor Walls to Ji-Man Choi. Robinson Chirinos strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Orioles 1, Rays 1.
Rays third. Brandon Lowe singles to left field. Harold Ramirez hit by pitch. Brandon Lowe to second. Ji-Man Choi grounds out to second base. Harold Ramirez out at second. Brandon Lowe to third. Brandon Lowe scores. Randy Arozarena homers to left field. Josh Lowe doubles to deep center field. Isaac Paredes grounds out to shortstop, Jorge Mateo to Ryan Mountcastle.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 3, Orioles 1.
Orioles fifth. Ramon Urias doubles. Tyler Nevin singles to left center field. Ramon Urias scores. Robinson Chirinos grounds out to shallow infield. Tyler Nevin out at second. Jorge Mateo pops out to shallow infield to Christian Bethancourt.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rays 3, Orioles 2.
Orioles eighth. Adley Rutschman pinch-hitting for Tyler Nevin. Adley Rutschman homers to right field. Rougned Odor pinch-hitting for Robinson Chirinos. Rougned Odor flies out to left center field to Randy Arozarena. Jorge Mateo strikes out swinging. Cedric Mullins grounds out to shallow infield, Isaac Paredes to Ji-Man Choi.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Orioles 3, Rays 3.
Orioles tenth. Ramon Urias pops out to Ji-Man Choi. Austin Hays to third. Adley Rutschman out on a sacrifice fly to right center field to Brett Phillips. Austin Hays scores. Rougned Odor strikes out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Orioles 4, Rays 3.
Rays tenth. Brett Phillips out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Adley Rutschman to Rougned Odor. Brandon Lowe to third. Ji-Man Choi singles to center field. Brandon Lowe scores. Randy Arozarena grounds out to shortstop. Ji-Man Choi out at second.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Orioles 4, Rays 4.
Orioles eleventh. Jorge Mateo triples to deep center field. Cedric Mullins walks. Trey Mancini pops out to Ji-Man Choi. Ryan Mountcastle singles to right field. Cedric Mullins scores. Jorge Mateo scores. Anthony Santander grounds out to shallow infield, Taylor Walls to Ji-Man Choi.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Orioles 6, Rays 4. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/Baltimore-Tampa-Bay-Runs-17309964.php | 2022-07-17T00:23:19Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/Baltimore-Tampa-Bay-Runs-17309964.php | false |
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With demand rebounding for international air travel following ongoing recovery in many domestic markets, Boeing [NYSE: BA] today projected demand for more than 41,000 new airplanes through 2041, underscoring aviation industry resilience two years after the pandemic began. Boeing released its 2022 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO), the company's annual long-term forecast, in advance of the Farnborough International Airshow.
The CMO forecasts a market value of $7.2 trillion for new airplane deliveries, with the global fleet increasing by 80% through 2041 compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels. Approximately half of passenger jet deliveries will replace today's models, improving the global fleet's fuel efficiency and sustainability. In addition, Boeing Global Services forecasts $3.6 trillion in demand in its market segments over the same time period, including strong demand for maintenance and modifications such as converted freighters; digital solutions that increase efficiency and reduce cost; and effective training to enable the supply of pilots and technicians.
"Despite the unprecedented disruption over the past two years, the aviation industry has shown incredible resilience adapting to the challenge," said Ihssane Mounir, Boeing's senior vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing. "The 2022 CMO draws upon our expertise forecasting market trends to demonstrate the strong demand for new airplanes and related services in the coming decades, providing a waypoint as the industry continues to navigate its recovery."
The 2022 CMO includes these regional projections in the next 20 years:
- Continuing their strong growth story, Asian markets account for roughly 40% of long-term global demand for new airplanes. Europe and North America each account for just over 20% of demand, with 15% of deliveries going to other regions.
- South Asia's fleet continues to lead global growth, at 6.2% annually. Led by India, the region's fleet will nearly quadruple from 700 airplanes in 2019 to more than 2,600 airplanes through 2041. Southeast Asia is projected to see the second-fastest growth with a near-tripling of its commercial fleet to 4,500 airplanes.
- This year's CMO does not include a forecast for airplane deliveries to Russia due to sanctions against aircraft exports. This change reduces global 20-year demand by about 1,500 airplanes compared to last year's CMO.
Single-aisle airplanes will account for 75% of all new deliveries, unchanged from last year's CMO, and totaling nearly 31,000 airplanes. Through 2041, new widebody airplanes will account for about 18% of deliveries with more than 7,200 airplanes, enabling airlines to serve new and existing markets, passenger and cargo, more efficiently than in the past.
The CMO also predicts continued robust demand for dedicated freighters to support global supply chains and growing express networks. Carriers will need 2,800 additional freighters overall, including 940 new widebody models in addition to converted narrow-body and widebody freighters over the forecast period.
Boeing has provided the CMO annually for more than 60 years. As the longest-running jet forecast, the CMO is regarded as the most comprehensive analysis of the commercial aviation industry. Learn more about the Commercial Market Outlook. In addition, Boeing will release its Pilot and Technician Outlook on July 25.
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Join our team and find your purpose at boeing.com/careers.
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FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Governor Doug Ducey is ordering Arizona National Guard troops to the Flagstaff area after flash flooding from monsoon storms inundated area homes.
In a statement Saturday, Ducey said the guard members will assist with flood mitigation measures like filling sandbags.
30 members will be on the ground Saturday afternoon. 30 more members will assist Sunday, and 40 will stay through the week to continue to help the efforts.
The governor's office also says the Arizona Department of Corrections also has people helping in Coconino County.
The main goal right now is to help fill sandbags, according to the governor, calling it an 'all-hands on deck' effort.
RELATED: National Guard requested to Coconino County following flooding in burn scar areas
Ducey added that his office is working around the clock with local officials to get all the needed help to Coconino County as soon as possible.
ABC15 spoke with residents in the Doney Park area, some of whom had their garages flooded.
Feet of mud covered several acres of Geoff Lloyd’s property that sits under the Pipeline burn scars along 89A.
Friends, and family came over to try and help clear the feet of mud, and debris left behind from Thursday’s flooding, “we need help over here,” he said, “this is not something you can tackle on your own.”
FULL STORY: here’s my full report on this family whose home was filled with mud.
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Allen Clark, the Arizona Division of Emergency Management director added that they're in constant communication with local officials and are coordinating with Governor Ducey's office "to ensure residents up north are safe." | https://www.kgun9.com/news/state/ducey-sends-az-national-guard-troops-to-flagstaff-after-flooding | 2022-07-17T00:28:22Z | https://www.kgun9.com/news/state/ducey-sends-az-national-guard-troops-to-flagstaff-after-flooding | true |
Team Boris plots revenge on Rishi: PM allies warn of 'consequences' for Sunak over barbs during his leadership campaign
- Prime Minister's allies unhappy that Rishi Sunak has cast doubt on his honesty
- One said Sunak worked in same building as parties 'so he must have known too'
- Another called him the 'Submarine Chancellor' for disappearing during crises
When Rishi Sunak used Friday night’s televised leaders debate to distance himself from Boris Johnson, the mood in the Prime Minister’s camp turned sulphurous.
Asked whether Mr Johnson was honest, the former Chancellor said that he had tried to give Mr Johnson ‘the benefit of the doubt for as long as possible but ultimately I reached the conclusion that I couldn’t and that’s why I resigned’.
Mr Johnson is keen to stay out of the contest, but his allies are clear: if Mr Sunak continues to cast doubt on Mr Johnson’s integrity, then there will be consequences.
One ally says: ‘Rishi is being extremely pious in his disapproval about the [lockdown] parties, but he was working in the same building the entire time, so he must have known about them too. And he picked up exactly the same number of fines as Boris.’
Allies of Boris Johnson, who was pictured earlier this week during a visit to RAF Coningsby, are said to have warned Rishi Sunak there would be 'consequences' over his barbs against the PM
It is clear that resentment is still boiling over at the manner of Mr Johnson’s eviction from Downing Street, catalysed by Mr Sunak’s resignation.
The PM is understood to have grown increasingly frustrated with Mr Sunak during the past year, complaining to aides that his Chancellor would go missing in a crisis.
One Government source said: ‘Sunak was constantly physically and emotionally absent from the project. He governed in a parallel universe, and would refuse to answer his phone when he was needed most.’
The source said that during the many crises which have dogged Mr Johnson’s time in power, he felt he could not rely on Mr Sunak for constructive advice.
Allies of Boris Johnson have shot back at Rishi Sunak, who was seen out and about on Saturday in Redcar, Teeside, as part of his campaign to become the next Prime Minister
A Johnson ally said: ‘If Rishi was asked about an issue in Cabinet, usually as either the very first or the very last person he turned to, Rishi would just say, “Oh you don’t need to hear from me” – and would often turn his back as he said it, probably unconsciously.
'And he was conspicuously absent from the media when the s*** hit the fan. He was the submarine Chancellor.’
Despite Mr Johnson’s vow not to interfere in the contest, his closest supporters have been critical of Mr Sunak.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who called Mr Sunak ‘the Socialist Chancellor’, and Nadine Dorries have both publicly backed Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race.
It has also been claimed that Mr Johnson would be open to Ms Mordaunt succeeding him if it meant that Mr Sunak did not win the leadership, with the Prime Minister voicing concerns that Mr Sunak would go soft on Vladimir Putin and ease sanctions on Russia.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who called Mr Sunak ‘the Socialist Chancellor’, and Nadine Dorries have both publicly backed Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race to become Prime Minister
Questions about Mr Johnson are dreaded by Mr Sunak and Ms Truss, having served in his Cabinet: both wriggled noticeably when asked the ‘honesty’ question, while Tom Tugendhat received a loud round of applause and shot to the top of snap polls by answering: ‘No.’
The Government source said: ‘Boris has no intention of becoming involved in the contest. But he is not the sort of person to hear his honesty being called into question and just let it lie.’
It came as Mr Johnson joined the UK’s Top Gun pilots for one of his final sorties before leaving Downing Street.
Pictures released yesterday showed Mr Johnson’s visit last week to RAF Coningsby, the home of two squadrons of combat-ready Typhoon fighters tasked with protecting Britain’s skies, where he was given a demonstration in the backseat of one of the 1,550mph jets.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was given a Typhoon fighter demonstration at RAF Coningsby
Wearing an olive green flightsuit – incorporating anti G-force trousers that offer protection during the jet’s tremendous acceleration – Mr Johnson strode across the tarmac in a scene reminiscent of the recent sequel to Top Gun, the 1980s Hollywood action film.
Located in rural Lincolnshire, Coningsby is one of two RAF stations that provide the Quick Reaction Alert. Fighter jets are on stand-by to scramble should Russian bombers approach British airspace. The base is home to No 11 Squadron, the world’s oldest fighter unit which was formed in 1915.
A spokesman for No10 said: ‘The PM visited RAF Coningsby on Thursday to thank the Quick Reaction Alert force for their constant and vigilant service.
'The Prime Minister met a number of personnel involved in keeping our skies safe and went on a Typhoon training flight to see a demonstration of the team’s capabilities.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11021215/Boris-Johnson-allies-warn-consequences-Rishi-Sunak-barbs-leadership-campaign.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-17T00:32:17Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11021215/Boris-Johnson-allies-warn-consequences-Rishi-Sunak-barbs-leadership-campaign.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
2-3-2, FIREBALL: 8
(two, three, two; FIREBALL: eight)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
2-3-2, FIREBALL: 8
(two, three, two; FIREBALL: eight) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17309907.php | 2022-07-17T00:37:16Z | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17309907.php | true |
Forty-seven Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.The plaintiffs allege being blind-sided by arrests — sometimes at gunpoint — and in some cases spending time in jail. Some plaintiffs describe losing their jobs in the fallout from the arrests.The lawsuit alleges systematic flaws in Hertz's reporting of thefts, including not recording rental extensions, falsely claiming customers haven't paid, failing to track its own vehicle inventory and failing to correct false reports to police. The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Superior Court and comes on the heels of a court ruling that these cases could be pursued outside bankruptcy court. (Hertz had filed for bankruptcy in May 2020 before emerging in July 2021.)Hertz said in a statement that it disagreed with the ruling allowing the cases to be pursued outside bankruptcy court, and that it's committed "to do right by our customers.""We are reviewing and considering each claim brought against Hertz on its individual merits," Hertz spokesman Jonathan Stern said. "We have begun extending settlement offers to dozens of claimants and will continue to do so on a case by case basis."Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr admitted in April that "several hundred people" were impacted by the company's errors.Some of the plaintiffs say they were using Hertz rentals to make a living driving for Uber or Lyft, or to transport their families. One plaintiff, Bianca DeLoach, described being swarmed by police with their guns drawn at a gas station in March 2021 while her children watched from inside the rental she'd paid for. The complaint says DeLoach spent nine nights in jail. Charges were dismissed months later.Another plaintiff, Mary Lindsay Flannery, says she was in a car she'd rented from Hertz in 2020 when police pulled her over and told her that the vehicle was stolen. The car was impounded, the complaint alleges. Flannery was unable to get an explanation from Hertz despite repeated attempts. She was arrested weeks later, leaving her daughter alone without a parent because her father was deployed overseas, according to the complaint.Flannery had three panic attacks while in jail, was physically attacked by cellmates and bitten by bed bugs, the complaint says.The criminal case against Flannery was dismissed and she was released after 14 days.James Tolen was driving a Hertz rental in Houston in December 2020 when he was pulled over and told to open his door, the complaint alleges."When he opened the door at least 4 officers had guns pointed at him. They made him raise his shirt, then they patted him down and cuffed him in the back of a squad car," the complaint says. "It was humiliating and terrifying."Police later called Hertz and learned the car wasn't stolen -- Hertz had reported the car stolen months before renting it to Tolen's then-partner, the complaint says.Reginald Brown, driving a car he'd rented from Hertz for Lyft, was jailed overnight and lost his full-time job while he was being prosecuted, the complaint says. The case against him was dismissed almost two years later, the complaint says.Lyft and Uber did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Darnay Taper spent two nights in jail last year after being pulled over in March 2021 by eight police cars while during a Hertz rental and held at gunpoint, according to the complaint. Taper, who has heart disease, was denied access to his medication while in jail, the complaint says. The case against Taper was dismissed months later after Hertz didn't show at a preliminary hearing, the complaint alleges.
Forty-seven Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.
The plaintiffs allege being blind-sided by arrests — sometimes at gunpoint — and in some cases spending time in jail. Some plaintiffs describe losing their jobs in the fallout from the arrests.
The lawsuit alleges systematic flaws in Hertz's reporting of thefts, including not recording rental extensions, falsely claiming customers haven't paid, failing to track its own vehicle inventory and failing to correct false reports to police. The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Superior Court and comes on the heels of a court ruling that these cases could be pursued outside bankruptcy court. (Hertz had filed for bankruptcy in May 2020 before emerging in July 2021.)
Hertz said in a statement that it disagreed with the ruling allowing the cases to be pursued outside bankruptcy court, and that it's committed "to do right by our customers."
"We are reviewing and considering each claim brought against Hertz on its individual merits," Hertz spokesman Jonathan Stern said. "We have begun extending settlement offers to dozens of claimants and will continue to do so on a case by case basis."
Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr admitted in April that "several hundred people" were impacted by the company's errors.
Some of the plaintiffs say they were using Hertz rentals to make a living driving for Uber or Lyft, or to transport their families. One plaintiff, Bianca DeLoach, described being swarmed by police with their guns drawn at a gas station in March 2021 while her children watched from inside the rental she'd paid for. The complaint says DeLoach spent nine nights in jail. Charges were dismissed months later.
Another plaintiff, Mary Lindsay Flannery, says she was in a car she'd rented from Hertz in 2020 when police pulled her over and told her that the vehicle was stolen. The car was impounded, the complaint alleges. Flannery was unable to get an explanation from Hertz despite repeated attempts. She was arrested weeks later, leaving her daughter alone without a parent because her father was deployed overseas, according to the complaint.
Flannery had three panic attacks while in jail, was physically attacked by cellmates and bitten by bed bugs, the complaint says.
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Forty-seven Hertz customers have filed a lawsuit against the rental company that describes horror stories after they were allegedly falsely reported as having stolen its rental cars, and in some cases even jailed.
The criminal case against Flannery was dismissed and she was released after 14 days.
James Tolen was driving a Hertz rental in Houston in December 2020 when he was pulled over and told to open his door, the complaint alleges.
"When he opened the door at least 4 officers had guns pointed at him. They made him raise his shirt, then they patted him down and cuffed him in the back of a squad car," the complaint says. "It was humiliating and terrifying."
Police later called Hertz and learned the car wasn't stolen -- Hertz had reported the car stolen months before renting it to Tolen's then-partner, the complaint says.
Reginald Brown, driving a car he'd rented from Hertz for Lyft, was jailed overnight and lost his full-time job while he was being prosecuted, the complaint says. The case against him was dismissed almost two years later, the complaint says.
Lyft and Uber did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Darnay Taper spent two nights in jail last year after being pulled over in March 2021 by eight police cars while during a Hertz rental and held at gunpoint, according to the complaint. Taper, who has heart disease, was denied access to his medication while in jail, the complaint says. The case against Taper was dismissed months later after Hertz didn't show at a preliminary hearing, the complaint alleges. | https://www.ksbw.com/article/hertz-lawsuit-customers-false-arrests/40627630 | 2022-07-17T00:39:04Z | https://www.ksbw.com/article/hertz-lawsuit-customers-false-arrests/40627630 | false |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 16, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Hanford CA
443 PM PDT Sat Jul 16 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of central California, including the following
counties, Fresno and Tulare. This includes Kings Canyon National
Park.
* WHEN...Until 530 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 440 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional storms will produce rainfall amounts of one half
to one inches over the area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Charlotte Lakes Ranger Station, Upper Tyndall Creek, Roaring
River Ranger Station, Tyndall Creek Ranger Station and
Charlotte Lake.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
1-6-6-0, FIREBALL: 3
(one, six, six, zero; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
1-6-6-0, FIREBALL: 3
(one, six, six, zero; FIREBALL: three) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17309908.php | 2022-07-17T00:40:34Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17309908.php | true |
Word from the Smokies: Partners help meet needs of Great Smoky Mountains park, visitors
Great Smoky Mountains National Park preserves more than 500,000 acres of treasured mountain landscape and roughly 2,900 miles of rivers and streams, all habitat for thousands of species of plants, animals, fungi, and more. In the midst of this impressive biodiversity are nearly 850 miles of trails and numerous iconic landmarks that regularly draw more than 12 million visitors each year — and a record of 14.1 million visits in 2021.
The National Park Service is charged with protecting and preserving this abundant and much beloved place, but thankfully it is not alone in its mission. It relies on four primary nonprofit partners to serve a growing number of visitors and care for a vast and varied park.
In describing Great Smoky Mountains Association’s role as one of these partners, GSMA CEO Laurel Rematore recalled a quote attributed to writer Freeman Tilden, whose work shaped the field of interpretation in national parks: "Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection.”
“To me,” said Rematore, “that means that as human beings, we instinctively protect what we care about. GSMA is in the business of helping visitors to better understand the cultural and natural resources found in this park so that they will be inspired to care about and become stewards of this land.”
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GSMA has been working side-by-side with the National Park Service since 1953 and has given more than $47 million in support to the park in that time. It supports NPS educational, scientific and historical preservation efforts by operating official bookstores inside the park and in gateway communities, publishing books and other media featuring cultural and natural resources, providing monetary support for park programs, and building an informed constituency of individuals and businesses that care about the park as part of an extensive membership program.
GSMA engages readers in park stories and gives voice to important topics through its publications — which include the new "Fishes of the Smokies" field guide, the chapter book "A Search for Safe Passage," the 2022 firefly-themed wall calendar and the award-winning Smokies Life biannual journal — and with its Smokies LIVE blog and Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music podcast. It also collaborates with the park on projects like the Smokies Smart initiative, an effort to promote visitor safety through education. As part of this project, GSMA-operated bookstores feature Smokies Smart hiking essentials, like backpacks and water bottles, to help hikers prepare for outdoor activities.
“We do not do this work alone,” Rematore said. “It takes a village of partners to meet the needs of millions of park visitors each year.”
Another educational partner, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont has been inspiring learning and curiosity for more than 50 years through its student and adult programs, workshops, and camps.
“While some visitors spend only minutes or a few hours outside their car exploring, we bring people into the park for days on end,” said Catey McClary, GSMIT president and CEO. “We encourage and invite them to take the time to get to know the plants, the streams, and the critters that make up the ecosystem that the park service works so hard to protect, fostering lifelong learners that will be both current and future stewards of our beloved Smokies.”
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GSMIT staffers witness first-hand the positive effects nature has on their campers and program participants, a fact that has become even more significant during a global pandemic that has drawn people outdoors and into the park in record numbers.
Friends of the Smokies is the park’s philanthropic partner. Since its founding in 1993, FOTS has provided more than $75 million through the individuals, businesses, and foundations that donate. The organization now supports some 70 park projects annually and recently made a 20-year agreement to continue its commitment to funding trail restoration, environmental education programming, wildlife research, hemlock treatment and other projects that might not be achieved without this assistance.
A successful NPS/FOTS partnership, Trails Forever supports the work of skilled trail crews to restore and rehabilitate trails, improving safety and sustainability for years to come. A new program recently introduced by FOTS called Forever Places will support a permanently funded historic preservation crew with an endowment goal of $9 million.
A fourth primary park partner, Discover Life in America, is on a mission to discover, understand, and conserve biological diversity in the Smokies, positioning itself as the park’s nonprofit science arm. In 2023, DLiA will celebrate 25 years during which it has more than doubled the park’s known species — from around 9,000 to more than 21,000 species found to exist within the park’s diverse habitats. Of that number, 1,049 are completely new to science.
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“You can't protect species if you don't know they exist,” said DLiA Executive Director Todd Witcher, “so the first step is the discovery, but we also have to determine species rarity and their roles in the ecosystem, and how that changes over time, so the park can better manage this unique space — a globally disappearing temperate rainforest. We've accomplished loads, but there is much more work to do here — and everywhere — when it comes to biodiversity conservation.”
DLiA’s newest initiative, Smokies Most Wanted, calls on the public to submit observations of lifeforms in the park through a simple phone app called iNaturalist and has already achieved more than 80 new park records.
These four nonprofit partner organizations work together with the National Park Service to ensure they are supporting the park in a complementary fashion, and there are enough unmet needs to go around.
“There’s an old adage that says, ‘No one person can do everything, but everybody can do something.’ That’s how I feel about the support and collaboration that the park receives from its four primary partners: Great Smoky Mountains Association, Friends of the Smokies, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, and Discover Life in America,” said Superintendent Cassius Cash. “It takes all of their combined missions working together to meet the needs of today’s visitors as we usher in the next generation of users, supporters, advocates … and even employees for the next century.”
Valerie Polk is a videographer and publications associate for the 29,000-member Great Smoky Mountains Association, an educational nonprofit partner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Reach her at valerie@gsmassoc.org. | https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/07/16/word-smokies-partners-help-meet-needs-park-visitors/10054116002/ | 2022-07-17T00:49:52Z | https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/07/16/word-smokies-partners-help-meet-needs-park-visitors/10054116002/ | true |
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY — Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Saturday who poured gasoline over himself and held authorities in an afternoon standoff, firing a gun at the ground and threatening to shoot anyone who came close, according to a report by WGHP-Channel 8.
The sheriff's office closed N.C. 87 north of Eden while authorities negotiated with the man who stood in his front yard.
Authorities were eventually able to take the man into custody without incident, the television station reported.
On Saturday at 8 p.m., the sheriff's office had not yet released the man's name or address or disclosed details of his incarceration or scheduled court date.
This is a developing story. Check back at RockinghamNow.com for updates. | https://greensboro.com/community/rockingham_now/news/man-arrested-after-dousing-himself-with-gas-firing-gun-in-eden-area-standoff/article_b9e403d2-0560-11ed-98b5-237d18b99477.html | 2022-07-17T00:56:29Z | https://greensboro.com/community/rockingham_now/news/man-arrested-after-dousing-himself-with-gas-firing-gun-in-eden-area-standoff/article_b9e403d2-0560-11ed-98b5-237d18b99477.html | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — After decades in prison, three men were cleared Friday in one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s — the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth.
A judge dismissed the murder convictions of Vincent Ellerbe, James Irons and Thomas Malik after prosecutors said the case was built on falsehood-filled confessions, shaky witness identifications and other flawed evidence.
The three confessed to and were convicted of murdering token seller Harry Kaufman in 1995. The case resounded from New York to Washington to Hollywood, after parallels were drawn between the deadly arson and a scene in the movie “Money Train,” which had been released four days earlier.
Malik and Irons, both 45, left court free for the first time in over a quarter-century. Ellerbe, 44, was paroled in 2020.
“What happened to us can never be fixed,” Ellerbe told the court as he quietly described the ordeal of prison. “They break you, or they turn you into a monster.”
Irons, leaving court, said only that he felt “great.” Malik said the dismissal was “definitely too little, too late, but everything takes time.”
“I just was happy that I was able to stand strong to endure this journey,” Malik continued. “But it was a rough journey.”
The men have long said they were coerced into falsely confessing in the case, which involved detectives who later were repeatedly accused of forcing confessions and framing suspects.
In fact, Irons was home with his mother, around the corner from the subway station, when he heard the explosion and called 911 — a call that was never played for jurors, said his lawyer, David Shanies.
While there were other potential suspects early in the investigation, it’s unclear whether police or prosecutors plan to — or can — pursue any further investigation decades later.
Kaufman was attacked Nov. 26, 1995, while working an overnight shift on overtime to put away extra money for his son’s future college tuition. The attackers first tried to rob him, then squirted gasoline through the tollbooth coin slot and ignited the fuel with matches, authorities said at the time. The booth exploded, and the 50-year-old Kaufman ran from it in flames. The married father died two weeks later.
The attack bore some resemblance to a scene in “Money Train,” a comparison that prompted then-Senate Majority Leader and Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole to call for a boycott of the movie. Authorities gave mixed signals over the years about whether they believed the film had inspired the killing.
Police eventually came to question Irons, getting a confession that he acted as a lookout. He implicated Malik and Ellerbe as the ones who had torched the tollbooth.
The men maintained that they had been coerced into false confessions, with Malik saying Detective Louis Scarcella screamed at him and slammed his head into a locker. Scarcella testified that he cursed, pounded a table and was trying to scare the then-18-year-old Malik, but didn’t beat him.
Prosecutors said their review found that Scarcella and his partner fed crime scene details to Irons and Malik while shrugging off inconsistencies in their confessions.
For instance, Irons said he had been able to see his supposed accomplices jump into a getaway car, although it was parked a block away and around a corner. Ellerbe described four attackers and said he had sprayed gasoline on the tollbooth exterior, when in fact it was poured in the coin slot. Malik described the car differently from how a witness did.
The same witness’ identification of Malik was also problematic, partly because she had earlier pointed to someone else — a man an informant had named separately, prosecutors said.
“More than 25 years later, we do not have any confidence in the integrity of those convictions,” assistant District Attorney Lori Glachman told the court.
At the time, Scarcella was a star Brooklyn homicide detective in a city reeling from crime. Citywide, killings topped more than 2,200 at their 1990 peak; that compares to 488 last year and a low of 295 in 2018.
But after questions accumulated about Scarcella’s tactics, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office began in 2013 to review scores of cases that he had worked.
Scarcella, who retired in 2000, has denied any wrongdoing. While more than a dozen convictions in his cases have been overturned, prosecutors have stood by scores of others.
A message seeking comment was sent Friday to an attorney who has represented him.
Brooklyn prosecutors’ reexamination of old convictions is widely viewed as one of the most ambitious of its kind.
“This is no longer about one or two bad apples. This is about a systemic rot” at a time when panic about public safety made too many police, prosecutors and judges comfortable not asking enough questions, said lawyer Ronald Kuby, who represented Ellerbe and Malik.
“People, responsible people, who really did know better … all should have done something,” he said.
Ellerbe, now a chef, is the father of a 26-year-old daughter whom he didn’t get to see grow up. Malik, still stunned that the case was finally over, said he was heading to see his mother, who recently had surgery.
How to move forward? “One day at a time,” he said.
“Just keep it moving,” Ellerbe added. “You can’t look back.” | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/3-men-cleared-in-1995-killing-of-nyc-subway-token-clerk/ | 2022-07-17T01:01:23Z | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/3-men-cleared-in-1995-killing-of-nyc-subway-token-clerk/ | true |
LOUDON, N.H. – Justin Allgaier took the lead on lap 182 and cruised to victory in the Xfinity Series Crayon 200 on Saturday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Allgaier, who operates the No. 7 Brandt Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt’s Jr. Motorsports, engaged in a stage 3 duel with Landon Cassill before securing his 19th tour victory, third of the season and first at New Hampshire.
“Obviously this is a little bit of a weight off our shoulders because it is a place that we have not won as an organization,” said Allgaier. “That’s a big deal as competitive as our race team.
“Most importantly just getting in good track position at the end and we were able to make some passes that were difference makers.
Allgaier was runner-up in 2021 and he gave Chevy its first win at NHMS in 14 years. Trevor Bayne in the No. 18 Devotion Nutrition Toyota was runner-up with his highest finish of the season and best placement at New Hampshire. Cassill initially finished third in the No. 10 Carnomaly Chevrolet, 4.755 seconds off the pace, but his car was disqualified after the postrace inspection.
“I could tell the 10 car. . . he was trying to hang on as best he could and they are going to be a threat week in and week out as they always are,” said Allgaier.
The race went under caution nine times, neutralizing 54 of the 200 laps. Josh Berry, operator of the No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet, won the pole in qualifying but had to start the race in the rear because of damage sustained before the green flag. Berry weaved his way back into the lead on a restart on lap 112.
Berry’s day ended when the No. 8 was the first car taken out in a massive chain reaction cash on lap 126. Ryan Sieg, who won stage one and got a point in stage two, was also torn up in the wreck.
“It was kind of a race of attrition and I felt like some of the cars I thought would be battling up there towards the front had issues today whether that be crashes or mechanical failures,” said Allgaier.
Modified racing
Anthony Nocella of Woburn slipped by a collision at the finish line to secure an upset victory on the Whelen Modified Tour’s Manufactured in America 100. Leaders Patrick Emerling and Eric Goodale collided on the final straight and that opened the door for Nocella to steal his first tour victory.
The race was reduced to a battle between Lia and Goodale as the race crossed the halfway point. Lia enjoyed lengthy green flag clean air racing that followed and extended caution when veteran driver Ronnie Silk’s car had trouble 29 laps into the race.
The race went under caution with 18 laps remaining that allowed the field to make up ground on Lia and Goodale. Most of the field visited pit road for tires and fuel. Lia took only fuel and surrendered the lead to Goodale after the restart. Lia lost control on lap 94, spun out against the wall and dropped back to the 13th in the field, allowing Emerling to take the lead.
Patriot roadway
New England Patriots center David Andrews will drive the Toyota Camry pace car for the field of 40 racers in the Ambetter 301. Andrews is the seventh member of the Patriots organization to drive the pace setter at NHMS.
The group included wide receiver Julian Edelman (2014), linebacker Rob Ninkovich (2015), tackle Matt Light (2016), offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels (2017), safety Patrick Chung (2018) and punt returner Gunner Olszewski last year. Olszewski and driver Bubba Wallace entertained the masses by throwing footballs into the stands during a long rain delay.
“It was good and my shoulder was hurting after,” said Wallace. “It takes your mind off of racing and everybody needs a reset and interact with the fans.” | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/16/justin-allgaier-rallies-to-win-the-xfinty-tour-crayon-200/ | 2022-07-17T01:01:38Z | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/16/justin-allgaier-rallies-to-win-the-xfinty-tour-crayon-200/ | true |
BERLIN (AP) — The head of a major art show in Germany has resigned after an exhibit featuring antisemitic elements prompted an outcry at the event’s opening last month.
The board of the documenta fifteen show said Saturday that Sabine Schormann was leaving her post as chief executive by mutual agreement. It also expressed regret about what it described as “unambiguously antisemitic motifs” visible in one of the works shown at the opening weekend.
“The presentation of the banner ‘People’s Justice’ by the artists collective Taring Padi with its antisemitic imagery was a clear transgression and thereby caused significant harm to the documenta,” the board said.
The banner featured a soldier with the face of a pig, wearing a neckerchief with a Star of David and a helmet inscribed with the word “Mossad,” the name of Israel’s intelligence agency. It was taken down within days after widespread criticism from Jewish groups and German and Israeli officials.
The Taring Padi collective, based in Indonesia, has already apologized for the incident. It said the work — which it said was first exhibited at the South Australia Art Festival in Adelaide 20 years ago — was “in no way related” to antisemitism, but instead referred to the post-1965 dictatorship in Indonesia.
“We are sorry that details of this banner are misunderstood other than their original purpose. We apologize for the injuries caused in this context,” it said last month.
It acknowledged that the incident followed months of debate about alleged antisemitism, which it and the show’s organizers had strongly rejected.
Germany’s president raised the issue of antisemitism during his speech at the show’s opening, saying there were “limits” to what artists can do when they address political issues in a country that is still atoning for the Holocaust.
The board of the documenta, which is staged every four years in the central German city of Kassel, has called for a swift investigation into the incident. | https://www.yourbasin.com/entertainment-news/head-of-german-art-show-quits-after-antisemitic-piece-shown/ | 2022-07-17T01:10:12Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/entertainment-news/head-of-german-art-show-quits-after-antisemitic-piece-shown/ | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was almost hidden from the street as she stood behind a nondescript building in Queens that a local nonprofit is buying with federal money. But people spotted her anyway, slowly trickling up the sidewalk and forming a small line to get a picture with her.
The New York congresswoman wrapped up her visit, did a quick interview with a Bengali-language TV crew and posed for pictures with the people who were hovering nearby.
For most members of Congress, such swings through the district are routine, an opportunity to connect with voters back home and remind them of the tangible impact of their work on Capitol Hill, such as the $2 million Ocasio-Cortez helped the Queens nonprofit secure as part of a $1.5 trillion government-wide spending bill. But for Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most prominent progressive voices in U.S. politics, such visits carry added significance.
Four years ago, Ocasio-Cortez became famous when she toppled one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress with a message that he was more focused on his political ambitions in Washington than the working-class voters he represented in New York. As she seeks a third term this year and navigates the implications of being a celebrity in her own right, she’s determined to avoid any suggestion that she is losing touch with her constituents.
“It’s always a concern that that’s a perception,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview.
“I’ve never had any control over the fact that that kind of phenomenon started the moment I was elected,” she continued. “If anything, that’s why it’s really important for me to continue to be here in the community.”
The intensity of interest in Ocasio-Cortez — and the sometimes misplaced belief that she can solve any problem — is on display during her visits to the district.
A March town hall in the Bronx attracted people like Daron Jones, a 21-year-old who was among those lining up to get a photo with Ocasio-Cortez. He doesn’t live in the district — or even in New York. He drove about an hour from Hoboken, New Jersey, to see Ocasio-Cortez after having watched “Knock Down The House,” a Netflix documentary chronicling her 2018 campaign against then-Rep. Joe Crowley.
“I knew she was big,” he said. “It inspires me how she just is a regular person. She’s just here trying to help the community.”
As she ticked through a slideshow of local U.S. government projects and tax credits newly available under last year’s pandemic-relief laws, it was hard to miss the young people in the audience raising their phones to take pictures of her or the security guards stationed near her at the front of the room.
Nancy Johnson, who lived in the neighborhood, attended the event hoping Ocasio-Cortez could intervene in a dispute with her condominium board over elevator outages and other complaints. The congresswoman expressed sympathy for the challenge and said she was aware of the issue. But, noting that the condominium board was a private entity, she said her office could only counsel her and fellow residents on their options.
“I was very impressed with her and what she’s doing,” Johnson said, but “just a little disappointed that she couldn’t help us or even respond.”
Such high expectations of the 32-year-old Ocasio-Cortez were a reminder of how fame is both an asset and a liability for the congresswoman.
With 13 million followers on Twitter alone, a single social media post by Ocasio-Cortez can draw the type of attention that many veteran politicians can only dream of.
She has raised massive sums of campaign cash from mostly small-dollar donors that she distributes to candidates who share her progressive worldview. Her leadership political action committee has given at least $207,500 to other campaign committees since the start of 2021, according to federal election data.
But her attempts to use her platform to bring attention to candidates or causes she cares about sometimes land with mixed results. Her picks in several high-profile congressional primaries this year from Cleveland to south Texas were defeated by more moderate candidates backed by the Democratic establishment.
Even in her hometown of New York City, the Ocasio-Cortez-backed candidate for mayor was defeated by the more moderate Eric Adams in a crowded Democratic primary last year. The two have developed a fraught relationship, sparring over everything from the city budget and policing to his choice of words when describing some workers as “low skill.”
Perhaps most memorably, she drew scrutiny in September for wearing a dress to the celebrity-packed Met Gala with the words “Tax the Rich” scrawled across the back. While she earned praise from some for the bold message, she was also criticized by some who considered it hypocritical to attend the ultra-exclusive event full of the wealthy and connected.
Ocasio-Cortez is now at something of a crossroads moment.
With Democrats facing steep headwinds to maintain control of the House after this year’s midterms, she is poised to be in the minority for the first time. She is often mentioned as a potential Senate — or even presidential — contender. But she has opted against opportunities to seek higher office, including this year when there was speculation that she might challenge Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and Senate majority leader, in a primary.
With the need to appeal to both liberals in New York City and moderate voters upstate, Democrats who win statewide are often centrists, which would make it hard for Ocasio-Cortez to survive a primary if she sought higher office.
“Outside of the very online far-left, she’s not popular,” said Jon Reinish, a Democratic political strategist in New York. “She is considerably to the left of the vast majority of New York voters.”
Ocasio-Cortez said she doesn’t have a clear plan for what comes next for her.
“It’s a common question that I get and it’s not even an intention to be cagey or dismissive. It’s just — I really don’t know,” she said. “I really do try to assess the landscape and see how I can best serve.”
“Personally — this is — I’m already like way beyond anything that I ever thought was possible for my life,” she added. “And so, I do not have this internal craving.”
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Associated Press writer Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report. | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ocasio-cortez-navigates-the-expectations-that-come-with-fame/ | 2022-07-17T01:10:23Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ocasio-cortez-navigates-the-expectations-that-come-with-fame/ | false |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights office on Saturday expressed concern about rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent fighting between rival gangs in the Cite Soleil district alone.
The warning came hours after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution renewing the mandate of a U.N. office in the troubled Caribbean nation and calling on all countries to stop the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to anyone there supporting gang violence and criminal activity.
U.N. humanitarian agencies said they were ready to help embattled communities once it is safe to do so, and Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees, laid out those dangers.
“We have so far documented, from January to the end of June, 934 killings, 684 injuries and 680 kidnappings across the capital,” he said Saturday. In addition, “Over a five-day period, from 8-12 July, at least 234 more people were killed or injured in gang-related violence in the Cite Soleil area of the city.”
He said most of the victims “were not directly involved in gangs” but were targeted by them.
Separately, the U.N,’s humanitarian affairs office reported that 99 of the recent casualties in Cite Soleil were deaths.
Laurence called on gangs to halt the violence, while also urging Haitian authorities to ensure that fundamental human rights are “placed at the front and center of their responses to the crisis. The fight against impunity and sexual violence, along with the strengthening of human rights monitoring and reporting, must remain a priority”, he said.
The Security Council resolution drafted by the United States and Mexico was approved 15-0 Friday. It demanded an immediate cessation of gang violence and criminal activities — a point stressed by China.
“The heavily armed gangs are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their actions, conducting simultaneous, coordinated and organized attacks in different areas,” Laurence said.
The gpvernment, he said, has a duty to protect citizens’ right to life even from threats that come from private entities.
The U.N. agencies said some gangs even deny access to drinking water and food in order to control the population, aggravating malnutrition.
U.S. Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills said the new resolution will allow the U.N. mission to promote political dialogue and bolster the capacity of the Haitian National Police to control gang violence and protect human rights.
A year after the unsolved assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, gang violence has grown worse and many Haitians have tried to flee a country that seems to be in economic and social freefall. Attempts to form a coalition government have faltered, and efforts to hold general elections have stalled.
The United Nations has been involved in Haiti on and off since 1990, and the last U.N. peacekeeping mission was in the country from 2004 until October 2017. The political mission now there advises Haiti’s government on promoting political stability and good governance. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/un-decries-rising-death-toll-rights-violations-in-haiti/ | 2022-07-17T01:12:13Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/un-decries-rising-death-toll-rights-violations-in-haiti/ | false |
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Endurance icon Sifan Hassan wasn’t going for three medals this time. Now, she won’t even get two, and she’s OK with that.
The Dutch distance workhorse got outraced to the line in a fight-to-the-finish 10,000 meters Saturday in the world championships. She finished fourth, behind Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia, Hellen Obiri of Kenya and Obiri’s late-charging teammate, Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi.
Gidey won in 30 minutes, 9.94 seconds. Only 0.62 seconds separated the top four runners.
It means Hassan’s only chance for a medal will come next week in the 5,000 meters, a race in which she is the reigning Olympic champion. Given whet she accomplished last year, she wasn’t all that upset to finish out of the medals.
“I knew my practice hadn’t been the best I could get,” Hassan said. “I trained so hard during almost three years from 2019 to 2021 to get all the medals I won. So I really needed a break after the Tokyo Olympics. I was mentally crashed.”
The 29-year-old also won the 10,000 and took bronze in the 1,500 last summer in Tokyo, finishing a three-medals-in-three-races combo that had never been done before.
She scaled back this year, not wanting to repeat a series of six races that totaled nearly 25,000 meters — prelims and finals included — over the span of a week.
The 10,000, a distance at which she also won the world championship in 2019, seemed to be setting up perfectly for her as the runners reached the backstretch with about 200 meters to go.
In a five-woman phalanx battling for three medals, Hassan pulled out wide and drew into third place, just behind Gidey and Obiri. But she could not pass either, and over the last 40 meters, Kipkemboi put on a charge to pass Hassan on the inside.
“I know I’ve achieved important things personally and in sports, so I know you can’t be disappointed because of a fourth place,” Hassan said.
She is expected back on the track Wednesday for prelims in the 5,000, the distance she has never captured at worlds.
Gidey added this gold to a silver she won three years ago at worlds in Doha and a bronze from the Tokyo Olympics last year.
“I have had a dream of winning the gold since 2019, but Hassan has always been here,” Gidey said. “I also have the dream to win the gold at 5,000 meters and get the double”.
Gidey was the first champion on a day that also included the men’s 100 on the evening schedule. Fred Kerley ran a 9.79 in the opening round, setting himself up as a favorite in a race that will include defending world champion Christian Coleman and reigning Olympic champion Marcel Jacobs.
Also in the afternoon session, Poland’s Pawel Fajdek won his fifth world title in hammer throw. Other finals Saturday night were in the men’s long jump and women’s shot put.
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SARAH VINE: Camilla’s charm and charisma is perfect for stiff Charles
Every time the Prince of Wales puts his foot in it – something that even his greatest supporters would not deny he occasionally does – it prompts speculation about the Succession.
He’s been King-in-waiting for too long; he’s too old-fashioned and set in his ways; the monarchy needs new blood; why not skip straight to Prince William. And so on.
Luckily for the Prince, he has a secret weapon. Someone who cuts through all the pomp and circumstance, who understands not only the world around him, but also what makes him tick. Someone who knows how to handle his foibles – and who softens his rather stiff persona.
A wise head whose breezy charm and charisma perfectly complement his circumspection. And who will ensure that, whatever happens to the Royal Family over the next few years, he, Charles, will have the courage and confidence of his decisions.
That someone is his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall. Today, she celebrates her 75th birthday in the company of her family, a woman at the absolute peak of her powers.
Luckily for the Prince, he has a secret weapon. Someone who cuts through all the pomp and circumstance, who understands not only the world around him, but also what makes him tick. Someone who knows how to handle his foibles – and who softens his rather stiff persona
Over the past 17 years, since she and Prince Charles married in 2005, she has slowly but surely, and with great patience and humility, rebuilt her own story.
From being the wicked Jezebel who destroyed a marriage, a woman reviled by the late Princess Diana’s legions of fans, she has, through sheer hard work, dedication and a quiet sense of duty, recast herself as a Royal consort every bit as crucial to the safeguarding of the royal brand as the late Duke of Edinburgh or the Duchess of Cambridge.
And she has done all this by simply being herself. No spin, no games, no simpering media interviews. Just her straightforward, confident, unapologetic self. Through her openness, her self-deprecating humour, her sense of mischief, undimmed by age, she has finally shown the whole world what Prince Charles always saw in her, and why, ultimately, he could never forsake her.
Her most attractive characteristic is her authenticity. She never tries to be something she’s not, never compromises her values or behaviour for the sake of convenience. And it’s this inability to be anything other than true to herself that is so attractive in her. It’s not just a question of confidence. It’s also, in a world where trust in public figures seems to be at an all-time low, just very refreshing.
Her little joke the other day – where she started a speech with ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, if I’m allowed to call you that’ – perfectly encapsulates that attitude. As does her loathing of mobile phones, and her worries about children seeing stuff they shouldn’t online. At the same time she is not confused by the modern world, or scared of it. She’s perfectly happy to embrace the internet where necessary, such as her ‘reading room’ on Instagram, which boasts 142,000 followers.
She is also not afraid to put in the hours. She must have known, when she married Prince Charles, that she had a mountain to climb in order to rewrite her narrative. And climb it she has, step by step, day in, day out, come rain or shine, good or bad, happy or sad.
That’s something to respect. Unlike the Duchess of Sussex – who demanded the instant adoration of the public and the Royal Family, spouting lofty pronouncements but never underpinning them with concrete action, and running for the hills of California the second the going got even slightly tough – the Duchess of Cornwall stuck in there. If she now sits highly in the estimation of the Queen and the public, it’s because she’s earned it.
What a woman. And what a lucky man Prince Charles is. With Camilla by his side he will, when his time comes, be the best King he can possibly be. I know he knows this, but it bears repeating. Happy birthday, Ma’am.
When I read that Joanna Lumley had been made a Dame, I was shocked. I just assumed she already was one!
Joanna’s an icon and a great dame
When I read that Joanna Lumley had been made a Dame, I was shocked. I just assumed she already was one! With so many mediocrities making it on to these honours lists, it beggars belief that someone of her iconic status has had to wait this long.
Admittedly it is very hot, and admittedly we’re not used to this sort of thing in the UK. But do water companies really have to insult our intelligence by telling us not to overfill paddling pools? I think we can work that one out for ourselves. Especially when they spend most of their time filling our rivers and seas with sewage.
Phil a sight for sore eyes
Phillip Schofield delighted his fans by posting a photo of himself with an eye patch, following surgery for ‘incredibly frustrating floaters’.
I feel for the poor fellow. I’ve been blind as a bat all my life, being hopelessly short-sighted (minus 8.0) as well as astigmatic and now, joy of joys, also long-sighted (I didn’t think it was possible to be both at the same time, but it is). Over the years, my Mrs Magoo tendencies have landed me in a fair few scraps. I once jumped into an empty swimming pool, believing it to be full of water.
And the other day, having removed my lenses, I accidentally brushed my teeth with my son’s athlete’s foot cream. Maybe it’s time I finally made that appointment...
So farewell Ivana Trump, bouffant-haired queen of the ‘greed is good’ Eighties. It’s rather poignant that she was on her way to the hairdresser when she fell down the stairs. In death, as in life, always never knowingly under-groomed.
Rarely have I seen anything so embarrassing as the sight of the female Love Island contestants reacting this week to the news that a new ‘hunk’ was about to enter the villa. They ran around in their thongs, turning cartwheels and screeching like baboons on heat. Maybe next time they should just cut to the chase – and get David Attenborough to do the voice-over.
J K Rowling has offered her support to the parents of a severely disabled 16-year-old girl who were told their daughter no longer had the right to same-sex intimate care. That meant she might have to submit to a male member of staff for help with going to the toilet and menstruation. All in the name of diversity. In what world is humiliating a vulnerable young girl in this way – not to mention exposing her to potential abuse – a sign of progress?
Fleming’s rules are smashing
Ian Fleming’s 13 rules for life, jotted down in a notebook 60 years ago, reveal much about the man who created James Bond.
Some have a ring of truth, such as ‘Avoid people who call you “Old Boy”, and all politicians.’ Others hark back to a different era: ‘Cut down on your drink when your eyes get red and on your smoking when your breath feels short. Don’t worry about cirrhosis of the liver or cancer.’ My favourite is this pearl of wisdom: ‘Never eat scrambled eggs unless you make them yourself.’ Never was a truer word spoken.
The thing that most struck me about the first of the Tory leadership debates (apart from Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s intergalactic ego) was that the candidates the audience of alleged floating voters most warmed to – Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat – were the ones with the least support from the parliamentary party. It simply highlights the gaping chasm between what ordinary people think – and what short-sighted, self-interested MPs in Westminster want. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11021141/SARAH-VINE-Camillas-charm-charisma-perfect-stiff-Charles.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-17T01:29:47Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11021141/SARAH-VINE-Camillas-charm-charisma-perfect-stiff-Charles.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
The TinCaps continued to get production from the bottom of their batting order and matched their longest win streak of the season.
Adam Kerner ripped an RBI single off the wall in the fifth inning, providing the winning margin in Fort Wayne's 4-3 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts in the first game of a doubleheader at Parkview Field this afternoon. The game was seven innings in accordance with Minor League Baseball rules on doubleheaders and lasted 1:40.
The TinCaps (36-49, 9-10 second half) have won four games in a row and seven of their last eight. They have won five straight one-run games after starting 6-10 in such contests this season and have also won four games in a row in which the opposing team scores first after opening the campaign with 36 losses in their first 40 such games.
Fort Wayne is 13-3 against Lansing this season.
With the score tied at 3 entering the fifth, TinCaps right-fielder Agustin Ruiz lifted a fly ball to the left-field corner. Joshwan Wright couldn't quite get to it and it bounded to the wall, letting Ruiz cruise into second with a leadoff double.
Ruiz went 2 for 3, his first multi-hit game since June 21.
After a sacrifice bunt, Kerner, the No. 9 hitter, stepped to the plate and drilled a line drive so hard off the wall he was only able to get to first as Ruiz crossed the plate with what turned out to be the winning run.
Kerner went 1 for 1 with a walk and a run scored. He has been base multiple times in four consecutive starts after not starting for more than two weeks prior that streak. TinCaps No. 9 hitters have reached base eight times in four games in this series.
Trailing 1-0, Fort Wayne rallied in the third inning. Soft-tossing Lansing starter Jack Owen retired the first six hitters he faced, including three by strikeout. Fort Wayne's Agustin Ruiz broke up the burgeoning perfect game with a leadoff single up the middle and, after a fielder's choice that saw Olivier Basabe hustle to first to avoid a double play, Adam Kerner walked to put two on.
Leadoff hitter Max Ferguson followed and Owen started him with a curveball on the inner half. Ferguson got under it and yanked it deep down the right-field line. The ball carried in the warm afternoon air and landed a few feet on to the concourse, just behind the foul pole. Umpire Kenny Jackson emphatically called it fair and, after some complaint from Lansing manager Phil Pohl, the umpiring crew confirmed Ferguson's blast was indeed fair and a three-run home run.
The long ball was Ferguson's fifth of the season and second with the TinCaps in 16 games. It traveled 344 feet and put Fort Wayne in front 3-1.
Coming in off a stretch of nine starts in which he posted a 7.60 ERA, Fort Wayne starter Ryan Bergert had good stuff this afternoon. Touching 94 mph with his fastball and mixing in an effective changeup and hard-breaking curveball down and in to lefties. He gave up an unlucky run in the first after an infield single, a stolen base and a ground ball off the first-base bag for a double.
Bergert, the Padres' No. 15 prospect according to Fangraphs, settled in and went into the fifth with a two-run lead. After retiring the first hitter he faced, Drew Swift grounded in the hole between short and third, too far for Ferguson to range, and ended up with an infield single, Swift's third hit of the game. Bergert struck out Gabriel Maciel with an outstanding curveball, but catcher Tyler Soderstrom ripping a 1-1 curveball way out of the park to the lawn seats in right-center for a game-tying two-run home run.
Soderstrom, a first-round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, has 16 home runs this year, four of which have come against Fort Wayne. He has hit two this series.
Bergert let the lead get away, but worked into the sixth inning for the first time this season. He eventually pitched a season-high six frames, gave up three runs on eight hits and struck out four in his first quality start of the year. He notched his first victory of the campaign, as well, improving to 1-6.
Edwuin Bencomo pitched a scoreless seventh to earn his first save of the season.
What's Next?
These teams will meet again tonight at Parkview Field at approximately 6:55 for the second game of the doubleheader and the fifth game in the series. The TinCaps will send left-hander Jackson Wolf (3-5, 4.68 ERA) to the mound after he pitched 6 1/3 innings and gave up only two runs on two hits in his most recent start. The Lugnuts will counter with right-hander Blake Beers (0-3, 4.23 ERA), the No. 21 prospect in the Oakland farm system according to Fangraphs. | https://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/tincaps/full-count/tincaps-beat-lansing-4-3-for-fourth-straight-win/article_76011b8a-054e-11ed-a2f5-73ac9fbc3008.html | 2022-07-17T01:33:17Z | https://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/tincaps/full-count/tincaps-beat-lansing-4-3-for-fourth-straight-win/article_76011b8a-054e-11ed-a2f5-73ac9fbc3008.html | true |
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TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - People of all kinds cosplayed and met vendors at building 5 of the Tupelo Furniture Market on Saturday for day one of Tupelo-Con 2022.
The event started at 10:00 a.m. the morning of July 16.
Fans attending had a chance to join a cosplay competition, meet various different television and film actors, and buy merchandise of all kinds.
Jason Smith came to the con dressed as a Ghostbuster, complete with a custom patch featuring his last name.
"Oh, it's amazing. Because you know, you can't dress up like this every day. I know they say dress for the job you want...but it's always looked shunned of...'Oh, you're a child,' or, 'Oh you're,' you know, 'you're outcast,' Smith said. "But here we are, you know, and it's great to see us all come together and have a great time."
Other con fans, like Ian Rineheart, came with friends. He was dressed as Spider-Man, accompanying Eugeo from the anime Sword Art Online and the Doom Guy from the videogame series Doom.
"They're dressed as more mature things from different shows, but I'm Spider-Man so, a lot of kids will run up to you and everyone gets excited, so that's something special," Rineheart said.
Some con-goers were un-recognizable without their attire, like Bailey Banegas, who came wearing a full Ferrox (a mix between a ferret and a fox) Fur suit.
"I've been here since the opening of Comic-con. It's sort of a modge-podge of everything everybody likes without anybody judging anybody," Banegas said. "So, it's always fun to meet new people."
The convention continues Sunday, July 17, starting at noon.
Ticket pricing is available at the door. | https://www.wtva.com/news/pop-culture-fans-show-up-dressed-out-for-tupelo-con-day-1/article_76ad864a-055d-11ed-a533-6febeb7b2c29.html | 2022-07-17T01:43:07Z | https://www.wtva.com/news/pop-culture-fans-show-up-dressed-out-for-tupelo-con-day-1/article_76ad864a-055d-11ed-a533-6febeb7b2c29.html | false |
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Jessie James Decker has found her confidence once again.
The 34-year-old slayed the runway on July 15 during a fashion show for her Kittenish By Jessie James Decker Swim label during Miami Swim Week.
Showing off her fit figure, Jessie worked the catwalk in a peach-colored bikini with gold details from her own collection, styled with sky-high gold platforms and a beach-worthy wavy hairstyle.
Jessie's husband of nine years, Eric Decker—with whom she shares Vivianne, 8, Eric II, 6, and Forrest Decker, 4—was on hand to support her big moment. The former NFL star and the "I Look So Good" singer were photographed backstage kissing after the fashion show.
While she radiated confidence on the runway, Jessie has been open about her "vulnerabilities," including her mental health, body image and self-esteem.
"I've been battling some body image issues and when I really think about it, I probably always have," she wrote on Instagram in June. "I go from one extreme to being obsessed with working out and being muscular and thin to just giving up and gaining because the food makes me feel better and then ultimately, it's a cycle that just gets worse again."
She also opened up about challenges she faces in her multifaceted career, particularly feeling as if she still needs to prove herself as a country singer.
"I feel like I'm constantly in a battle with the rest of the industry to prove to them that I'm not just a TV personality or an influencer because that has outshined my music," she continued. "As a woman in 2022, I don't understand why I can't have a family, publish books, own a fashion brand, be an influencer, and do TV without being questioned if I take my music career seriously just because I've chosen to dream big."
After her candid post, which Eric called "inspiring and beautiful," Jessie told E! News' Daily Pop that by sharing her feelings, she felt "like a weight was lifted."
"It's been a couple years where I've just been having some things that happened and it really started to affect me," she said on June 27. "I've always been a really strong person and able to pretty much tackle anything, but I think it got to a place where all the outside things I was dealing with just got so heavy and it started to affect me and I wanted to address it with my fans because I think they started to notice." | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1338293/jessie-james-decker-walks-runway-in-bikini-at-her-miami-swim-week-fashion-show?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-07-17T01:57:20Z | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1338293/jessie-james-decker-walks-runway-in-bikini-at-her-miami-swim-week-fashion-show?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | false |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
04-30-44-52-55, Cash Ball: 4
(four, thirty, forty-four, fifty-two, fifty-five; Cash Ball: four)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
04-30-44-52-55, Cash Ball: 4
(four, thirty, forty-four, fifty-two, fifty-five; Cash Ball: four) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash4Life-game-17310014.php | 2022-07-17T01:59:25Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash4Life-game-17310014.php | true |
BERLIN (AP) — The head of a major art show in Germany has resigned after an exhibit featuring antisemitic elements prompted an outcry at the event’s opening last month.
The board of the documenta fifteen show said Saturday that Sabine Schormann was leaving her post as chief executive by mutual agreement. It also expressed regret about what it described as “unambiguously antisemitic motifs” visible in one of the works shown at the opening weekend.
“The presentation of the banner ‘People’s Justice’ by the artists collective Taring Padi with its antisemitic imagery was a clear transgression and thereby caused significant harm to the documenta,” the board said.
The banner featured a soldier with the face of a pig, wearing a neckerchief with a Star of David and a helmet inscribed with the word “Mossad,” the name of Israel’s intelligence agency. It was taken down within days after widespread criticism from Jewish groups and German and Israeli officials.
The Taring Padi collective, based in Indonesia, has already apologized for the incident. It said the work — which it said was first exhibited at the South Australia Art Festival in Adelaide 20 years ago — was “in no way related” to antisemitism, but instead referred to the post-1965 dictatorship in Indonesia.
“We are sorry that details of this banner are misunderstood other than their original purpose. We apologize for the injuries caused in this context,” it said last month.
It acknowledged that the incident followed months of debate about alleged antisemitism, which it and the show’s organizers had strongly rejected.
Germany’s president raised the issue of antisemitism during his speech at the show’s opening, saying there were “limits” to what artists can do when they address political issues in a country that is still atoning for the Holocaust.
The board of the documenta, which is staged every four years in the central German city of Kassel, has called for a swift investigation into the incident. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/head-of-german-art-show-quits-after-antisemitic-piece-shown/ | 2022-07-17T02:03:06Z | https://www.koin.com/news/international/head-of-german-art-show-quits-after-antisemitic-piece-shown/ | false |
ROME (AP) — Italy’s top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors’ efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the 2016 torture-slaying of an Italian doctoral student.
The Court of Cassation ruled in Rome on Friday evening that there were no grounds to appeal a lower court decision last year that the trial couldn’t go forward because the defendants hadn’t been officially notified of the charges and the trial date.
Giulio Regeni, 28, was researching labor unions for Cairo street vendors when he was abducted, tortured and slain, his mutilated body found along a highway days after his disappearance in the Egyptian capital.
The case strained relations between Italy and Egypt, an ally in Italian efforts to combat international terrorism. At one point, Italy withdrew its ambassador to press for Egyptian cooperation in the investigation. Italian prosecutors pursued the case, eventually winning indictment of the four Egyptians, to be tried in absentia in a Rome courtroom.
In a phone interview broadcast on Italian state TV Saturday, family lawyer Alessandra Ballerini called the latest decision a “wound for justice for all Italians.”
Defense lawyers had successfully argued that the defendants had never been formally notified because they didn’t provide their official addresses, a requirement in Italy’s justice system. Unless they can be notified, the trial remains suspended, effectively indefinitely halting the case in the courtroom.
The use of that loophole was particularly upsetting for the family and friends of Regeni because, they say, the defendants are widely known in Egypt due to their prominent roles in that country’s security apparatus.
“As citizens we can’t accept impunity for those who torture and kill,” Ballerini said.
On Friday morning, hours ahead of the ruling, Regeni’s family, friends and supporters of the pursuit of justice in his slaying had rallied in front of the courthouse.
Prosecutors had argued before the court of Cassation that there was a “reasonable certainty that the four Egyptian defendants had knowledge of the existence of the criminal case against them,” the Italian news agency ANSA said.
In the run-up to the ruling, Regeni’s supporters had appealed via social media for help in tracking down the legal addresses of the defendants.
His mother, Paola Regeni, has told reporters her son’s body was so badly mutilated by torture that she only recognized the tip of his nose when she viewed it.
Human rights activists have said the marks on his body resembled those resulting from widespread torture in Egyptian Security Agency facilities.
Italian prosecutors had accused police Maj. Sherif Magdy; police Maj. Gen. Tareq Saber, who was a top official at the domestic security agency at the time of Regeni’s abduction; Col. Hesham Helmy, who was serving at a security center in charge of policing the Cairo district where the Italian was living, and Col. Acer Kamal, who headed a police department in charge of street operation and discipline.
After Regeni’s body was found, Egyptian authorities alleged that the Cambridge University doctoral student was slain by a gang of robbers. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/italys-top-court-murder-trial-of-egyptians-cant-proceed/ | 2022-07-17T02:03:19Z | https://www.koin.com/news/international/italys-top-court-murder-trial-of-egyptians-cant-proceed/ | true |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks in recent weeks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power.
The Supreme Court last month limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Then late Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he wants to delay sweeping environmental legislation that Democrats have pushed as central to achieving Biden's ambitious climate goals.
Biden, who has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, said Friday that "action on climate change and clean energy remains more urgent than ever.''
If the Senate will not act to address climate change and boost clean energy, “I will take strong executive action to meet this moment,'' Biden said in a statement from Saudi Arabia, where he met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Biden did not specify what actions he will take on climate, but said they will create jobs, improve energy security, bolster domestic manufacturing and protect consumers from oil and gas price increases. “I will not back down,'' he promised.
Some advocates urged Biden to use the moment to declare a national climate emergency and reinstate a ban on crude oil exports, among other steps. Declaring a climate emergency would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar and speed the nation’s transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.
Climate advocates, including some of Manchin's Democratic colleagues in the Senate, slammed his opposition — noting that it was the second time he has torpedoed climate change legislation.
“It’s infuriating and nothing short of tragic that Sen. Manchin is walking away, again, from taking essential action on climate and clean energy,'' said Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. “The world is literally burning up while he joins every single Republican to stop strong action to cut emissions and speed the transition to clean energy.''
Other Democrats said Manchin's announcement that he cannot back the climate provisions in the Senate bill — at least for now — frees Biden of the obligation to cater to a powerful, coal-state senator eager to protect his energy-producing home state. Manchin's vote is decisive in the evenly divided Senate, where Republicans unanimously oppose climate action.
"Free at last. Let’s roll. Do it all and start it now,'' tweeted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. who has long pushed stronger action on climate. “With legislative climate options now closed, it’s now time for executive Beast Mode,'' Whitehouse wrote.
Whitehouse suggested a series of actions Biden could take, including “a robust social cost of carbon rule″ that would force energy producers to account for greenhouse gas emissions as a cost of doing business. The senator also urged Biden to require major polluters to use technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions and impose stronger pollution controls on cars, light trucks and heavy-duty vehicles.
Advocates also urged Biden to reject all onshore and offshore drilling on federal lands and in federal waters — a step he promised during the 2020 campaign but has not enacted — and restrict approval of natural gas pipelines and other fossil fuel projects.
“For too long, we’ve been waiting on a single legislative package to save us and a single legislator to determine our fate,'' said Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. “Now that it’s clear legislation to address our climate crisis is dead, President Biden needs to put us on an emergency footing to address this disaster.''
Citing Biden's campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands and waters, Merkley said, "Now is the time to show the American people he’s serious by saying ‘no’ to expanding our addiction to fossil fuels.''
Even before Manchin's apparent rejection of the climate measures, Democrats had slimmed their down their plan from about $555 billion in climate spending to just over $300 billion in a bid to secure his support. Proposed tax credits for wind, solar and nuclear energy, along with still-unproven carbon-capture technology, could reduce emissions by up to 40% by 2030, advocates said.
Manchin had already forced Democrats to drop two tax provisions he opposes: direct payments of clean energy credits and tax credits for drivers who purchase electric vehicles. Manchin forced other concessions last year, including killing a proposal that would have paid utilities that increase clean energy while penalizing those that do not.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said he still hopes to salvage the clean energy tax provisions and said failure “really is not an option here.”
Manchin's request to postpone action on the climate measure follows a June 30 ruling by the Supreme Court, which said in a 6-3 vote that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
The ruling by the court's conservative majority likely complicates the Biden administration’s plan to manage power plant pollution, but does not eliminate its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Michael Regan has said the agency is moving forward with proposed rules for power plants in the coming months.
Ann Clancy, associate climate policy director for Indivisible, a progressive advocacy group, said it was time for Biden to "stop waiting for corporate-backed Democrats and their bad faith negotiations and deliver real wins for the American people on climate.''
"We don’t have any more time to waste,'' Clancy said.
Manchin, in a radio interview Friday, said climate activists want an immediate end to U.S. use of oil, coal and gas. "That's crazy,'' he told West Virginia talk show host Hoppy Kercheval. “I’m not throwing caution to the wind. I think we need an energy policy that works for our country.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Biden-vowing-strong-climate-action-despite-dual-17309355.php | 2022-07-17T02:11:16Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Biden-vowing-strong-climate-action-despite-dual-17309355.php | true |
Eng vs Ind, 3rd ODI | India need to change batting approach in series decider
Manchester July 16, 2022 13:35 ISTThe ODI series between England and India is currently tied at 1-1 with a match to go in Manchester
Jolted by a thumping defeat in its last game, the Indian team is expected to tweak its batting template from cautious to a more fearless one in the series-deciding third ODI against England here on Sunday.
The team under Rohit Sharma did put up an ultra-aggressive batting show with a great degree of success during the recently concluded T20 International series but the manner in which it chased a below-par target of 247 in the second ODI has left a lot to be desired.
Rohit would put his hand up and admit that he and other veteran Shikhar Dhawan, were a bit on the defensive in the wake of some fine swing and seam bowling from Reece Topley and David Willey.
That Virat Kohli's endless saga of failures has only compounded the problems is also a big factor but senior openers playing out two maiden overs at the start, didn't indicate a positive mindset either.
Therefore a change in approach is required and for that a paradigm shift in the mindset while going for the tricky run-chases unlike the first game at the Oval where the game was singlehandedly won by Jasprit Bumrah's six-wicket haul.
"I want these guys to take the game on and see if they can find something different about their own game rather than looking at the team's role. If they get the team out of that situation imagine the confidence they are going to get from that," Rohit had said after the second game.
The approach of going for leather from the word "go" worked wonderfully in T20 Internationals and there is no reason that it can't work in the 50-over format which many teams see as an extension of two T20 innings.
In fact, even England's star-studded batting line-up has looked complete out-of-sorts in the two games and suddenly it seemed that hosts with power hitters of the calibre of Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone are playing an archaic one day game.
Dhawan, Kohli and concerns in ODI
But India won't mind as long as these formidable men are being kept under tight leash but the visitors would have to alter their playbook. And it will be a challenge in a morning ODI at the Old Trafford where the ball moves appreciably and India have their 2019 World Cup semi-final defeat in mind at this venue.
Rohit's approach in most of the games isn't a problem but Indian team management led by head coach Rahul Dravid will have its own set of issues if 37-year-old Dhawan is their choice going into next year's 2023 ODI World Cup.
The left-hander apart from Rohit and Kohli, has been the most prolific scorer, partly because he opens the batting but also because two supremely talented players in their prime in the last decade gave him a chance to play his natural game.
But with volume of bilateral ODIs shrinking considerably (most teams play three-match series) and Dhawan playing only one format, he is always having these forced breaks, which is certainly affecting his rhythm.
While ODI World Cup is still 15 months away it needs to be deliberated upon seriously whether Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli will be India's Nos. 1, 2 and 3 going forward.
Coming to Kohli, possibly he would be looking forward for this more than a month-long break after this game as he is expected to get back to the nets and to the drawing board to seek a solution to his problem of front-foot press and jabbing and poking at deliveries moving away from length.
The weakness is well documented but now the solution is needed as far as white-ball game is concerned.
In red ball, a particular shot can be avoided and runs can still be scored but in a format where time is of essence, a solution is needed as runs can be scored off particular deliveries like it happened at his peak.
Jadeja's ever-changing role
As far as India's bowling attack is concerned, it has performed as per expectations in at least four of the five white-ball games so far.
Bumrah has hit the straps and Mohammed Shami more often than not produces those unplayable wicket-taking deliveries. Yuzvendra Chahal has altered his technique as he is bowling a tad slower and letting the ball hang in the air to create deception.
Prasidh Krishna with his ability to get bounce even from length, will only get better and Hardik Pandya's bowling rhythm has certainly brought smiles back in the Indian camp.
The only worrying aspect will be Ravindra Jadeja's sharp decline as a potent left-arm spinner, which probably has gone unnoticed and papered over by impressive performance by the others.
Jadeja has transformed into a batting all-rounder and only time will tell if that will work for India in sub-continental conditions where at least two spinners will need to bowl 20 overs and the Saurashtra man is expected to be one among those two.
Teams:
England: Jos Buttler (C), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Craig Overton, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey.
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
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ON THE CLOCK
The Baltimore Orioles have the first pick in the amateur draft for the second time in four years -- and they’ll be looking for someone who can join 2019 top pick Adley Rutschman in the core of their next contender.
Many consider the best player available to be Georgia high school outfielder Druw Jones -- son of former Braves star Andruw Jones. Several other players have big league family connections, including Jackson Holliday (son of Matt), Justin Crawford (son of Carl) and Cam Collier (son of Lou). Right-hander and former Vanderbilt star Kumar Rocker is also back in this year’s class after failing to reach an agreement as the Mets’ first-round pick last summer.
Rounds 1 and 2 are set for Sunday night, with 3-10 on Monday and 11-20 on Tuesday.
M-M-M GOOD
The Mariners have won 13 in a row, two shy of matching the team record set in 2001 when Ichiro Suzuki, Edgar Martinez and Bret Boone led Seattle to 116 wins and its last playoff appearance.
J.P. Crawford hit an RBI single in the 10th inning as the Mariners beat Texas 3-2 on Saturday. Carlos Santana homered to help Seattle (50-42) win for the 21st time in 24 games.
The reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves hold the longest winning streak this season, taking 14 in a row last month.
Mariners right-hander Chris Flexen (6-8, 3.84 ERA), who is 4-0 with a 2.53 ERA in five career starts against Texas, opposes rookie righty Glenn Otto (4-5, 5.50) has given up no more than two runs in eight of his 12 starts overall.
HALFTIME
It's the final day of play before the All-Star break, with the Yankees, Astros and Dodgers holding big division leads and the Mets, Brewers and Twins on top in closer races.
Freddie Freeman, Trea Turner, Mookie Betts and Los Angeles face the Angels in the Freeway Series, two days before the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.
First-time All-Star Luis Arraez, Carlos Correa and Minnesota play the White Sox at Target Field. Dylan Cease (8-4, 2.30 ERA) starts for Chicago — he has allowed just three earned runs over his last nine starts and leads all starters with 13.09 strikeouts per nine innings, but hasn’t been picked for the All-Star Game. Minnesota is expected to activate and start RHP Chris Archer (2-3, 3.08). Archer has been out since July 2 left hip tightness.
SUNDAY SPECIAL
Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale faces Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (8-2, 3.05) in his second start of the season after being sidelined by a broken rib.
Sale pitched five scoreless innings against the Rays in his season debut Tuesday night, reaching 97 mph during his final inning. Manager Alex Cora was pleased with the arm strength and thought Sale succeeded despite some rust in his delivery.
Cole pitched seven shutout innings with 11 strikeouts against Cincinnati in a 4-3 loss Tuesday for the major league-leading Yankees.
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PARIS (AP) — Strong winds and hot, dry weather frustrated French firefighters’ efforts Saturday to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region for a fifth straight day, one of several wildfires scorching Europe this week.
Among the worst fires have been in Portugal, where the pilot of a firefighting plane died Friday when his plane crashed while on an operation in the northeast. It was the first fire fatality in Portugal this year but the blazes have injured more than 160 people this week and forced hundreds to be evacuated.
Fire season has hit parts of Europe earlier than usual this year after an unusually dry, hot spring that left the soil parched and which authorities attribute to climate change.
As the worst French fire moved closer to inhabited towns, some of the 11,000 people who evacuated in the region described fear and uncertainty about what they’d find when they get back home. Images shared by firefighters showed flames shooting across a mass of pine trees and black smoke stretching across the horizon.
Firefighters focused efforts Saturday on using fire trucks to surround villages at risk and save as many homes as possible, Charles Lafourcade, overseeing the French firefighting operation, told reporters.
Some 3,000 firefighters backed by water-dumping planes are battling the blazes in southern France, the president said, and Greece sent firefighting equipment to help.
French firefighters managed to contain one of the worst fires overnight, near the Atlantic coast resort of Arcachon that is popular with tourists, the regional emergency service said Saturday. But it said “tough meteorological conditions” thwarted efforts to contain the biggest fire in the region, which started in the town of Landiras, south of a valley of Bordeaux vineyards. Regional prosecutors suspect arson.
The two fires have burned at least 9,650 hectares (23,800 acres) in recent days.
In Portugal, more than 1,000 firefighters worked Saturday alongside ordinary citizens desperate to save their homes after a long week of battling multiple blazes around the country. The fires have been fanned by earlier-than-usual extreme temperatures and drought conditions.
Portuguese state television RTP reported Friday that the area burned this year — more than 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) — has already exceeded the total for 2021. Most of it burned in the past week.
Across the border, Spain was struggling to contain several fires, including two that have burned about 7,400 hectares (18,200 acres).
In southern Andalusia, 3,000 people were evacuated from villages in danger from a blaze that started near the village of Mijas in the province of Malaga. Around 200 firefighters supported by 18 aircraft tried to contain the fire. Authorities were investigating its cause.
For a sixth day, firefighters were also trying to bring under control a fire started by a lightning strike in the west-central Las Hurdes area. Some 400 people from eight villages were evacuated Friday as the flames approached their houses and threatened to spread into the nearby Monfrague National Park.
Croatia and Hungary have also fought wildfires this week, as have California and Morocco.
Many European countries are facing exceptional heat this month also attributed to climate change.
Temperature-related deaths have surged in Spain this week amid a heat wave that has kept highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many areas. According to Spain’s Carlos III Institute, which records temperature-related fatalities daily, 237 deaths were attributed to high temperatures from July 10-14. That was compared to 25 temperature-related deaths the previous week.
Portuguese authorities said a July national record high of 47 C (117 F) hit the northern town of Pinhao on Wednesday.
Britain’s Met Office weather agency has issued its first-ever “red warning” of extreme heat for Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures in southern England may reach 40 C (104 F) for the first time.
The British government was holding an emergency response meeting Saturday to plan for the high temperatures. People in the U.K. have already been warned not to travel unless absolutely necessary and schools and nursing homes have been told to take extra precautions.
“All heat waves studied so far in Europe are getting warmer,” said Robert Vautard of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute at the Sorbonne University. “As long as greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced to zero, heatwaves will continue to intensify, become more frequent and last longer.”
In Turkey — the scene of devastating wildfires last summer — local media reported fires in the western province of Izmir and in Hatay between the Mediterranean Sea and the Syrian border. Helicopters, planes and hundreds of firefighters tackled the blazes.
Fires fed by strong winds and scorching temperatures last year tore through Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean regions, killing at least eight people and leading to fierce criticism of the government for its inadequate preparation and response.
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Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain. Danica Kirka in London and Andrew Wilks in Istanbul contributed.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, whose country is mired in political crisis, says it is in Iraq’s interest to keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions.
Speaking to The Associated Press Friday evening, Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Iraq intended to keep up its role hosting talks between the two Mideast neighbors whose rivalry has often played out in Iraq, leading to perpetual paralysis.
“Iraq contributed to the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, and several sessions held were successful and fruitful, and a great rapprochement took place,” he said. He added Iraqi will continue to encourage dialogue between the two sides.
Al-Kadhimi spoke to the AP on the flight to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where U.S. President Joe Biden was set to meet with heads of state from six Arab Gulf countries, plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.
At a bilateral meeting with Biden Saturday, al-Kadhimi spoke about the “strategic, friendly relationship” between the U.S. and Iraq, and he thanked the U.S. for providing support to combat terrorist groups.
Biden said he wanted to support Iraq’s democracy.
“I want the press and you to know we want to be helpful as we can in doing that,” he said.
Iraq has the deepest and strongest links to Iran of all the Arab countries. Iraq’s its presence at the meeting reflects Saudi efforts — supported by the U.S. — to bring Iraq closer to Arab positions and the so-called Arab fold. Iraq has hosted around five rounds of direct talks between Saudi and Iranian officials since Biden took office, though the talks have produced few results.
“We have seen positive reactions to the role played by Iraq by the Iranian and Saudi sides and also at the level of regional and international leaders,” al-Kadhimi said.
Iraq has been without a government since national elections were held in October. Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who won the most seats, withdrew from the government formation last month, following eight months of stalemate and jockeying with rival, Iran-backed Shiite factions. In line with his orders, the members of his parliamentary bloc resigned.
If the political crisis extends to August, it will be the longest that Iraq has gone without a government since elections.
Asked about normalization of ties between Israel and Gulf Arab states, al-Kadhimi said that did not involve Iraq nor would he express an opinion.
“Iraq believes in the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of countries and the non-interference of others in its affairs,” he said. Each country has its own policy, he said, adding that Saturday’s summit in Jeddah was not concerned with this issue.
At his private meeting with Biden Saturday, al-Kadhimi said he will stress Iraq’s interest in continuing political, economic and security cooperation between Iraq and the U.S. in the context of the strategic agreement signed between the two countries.
At the summit, he said Iraq will address several files related to strengthening peace and security in the region as well as economic cooperation between the countries of the Middle East. Among the ideas Iraq has been proposing is the establishment of a Middle East Development Bank, which al-Kadhimi said would contribute to building common ground for economic cooperation and financing major projects, especially in infrastructure. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/iraqs-pm-to-push-for-regional-dialogue-at-mideast-summit/ | 2022-07-17T02:30:39Z | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/iraqs-pm-to-push-for-regional-dialogue-at-mideast-summit/ | true |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — I think it’s gonna be a long, long time until we see another songwriter and performer like Elton John.
Wrapping up a 50-plus year career with a farewell tour, the British pianist and vocalist has created some of the most memorable and enduring music in the history of pop-rock, songs burned into the collective DNA of humanity.
They may be quite simple, like the basic four-chord glory of “Crocodile Rock,” or dazzlingly complex like the 11-minute magnum opus “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.”
But now that it’s almost done, I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words how wonderful it has been to have Elton John on our radios and in our ears since the late 1960s.
The artist born 75 years ago as Reginald Kenneth Dwight kicked off the final leg of his North American farewell tour Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, home of baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies. And yes, he felt the love that night.
“America made me famous and I can’t thank this country enough,” he told the audience. “Thank you for the loyalty, the love, the kindness you showed me.”
He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, has played over 4,000 shows in 80 countries, and recorded one of the best-selling singles of all-time, his 1997 reworking of “Candle In The Wind” to eulogize Princess Diana, which sold 33 million copies.
Sir Elton (he was knighted in 1998) has scored over 70 top 40 hits, including nine No. 1s, and released seven No. 1 albums in the 3 1/2-year period from 1972 to 1975, a pace second only to that of the Beatles.
He has five Grammy awards, as well as a Tony award for “Aida.” His crooning of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” in “The Lion King” motion picture has serenaded millions of children, and will entertain future generations of little ones.
The outrageous costumes and oversized glasses he was known for in his early ‘70s heyday are gone now (he dressed as Donald Duck, Pac-Man, the Statue of Liberty, Minnie Mouse, and a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player, among others). And while the man has not met a sequin or a feather he doesn’t adore, his wardrobe is (by Elton standards) somewhat tamer these days.
He took the stage in a white tuxedo with black lapels, and purple sparkly glasses, walking somewhat tentatively to his shiny black piano to pound out the instantly recognizable opening chord to “Bennie And The Jets.”
Next up was “Philadelphia Freedom,” which he dedicated to the hometown crowd as “one of the greatest cities I’ve ever played in.” It was his 52nd concert in the City of Brotherly Love.
Throughout the night, John rolled out a dazzling array of smash hits spanning musical styles and genres. The gospel phrasings and cadences that so influenced his early work were evident on “Border Song” and “Take Me To The Pilot,” and even the straightforward radio staple “Levon” got a come-to-meeting revved-up ending.
He showed off the prototypical power ballad, “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me,” with its close cousin “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.”
And when longtime guitar sidekick Davey Johnstone donned an inverted Flying-V guitar, it was time for the power chord arena rockers, including Elton’s hardest-rocking song ever, “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting,” and the brash, boastful and Elton-to-the-bone anthem “The Bitch Is Back.”
Elton largely eschewed his famous falsetto; he still has 100 shows to go on the worldwide farewell tour that runs through next year, and he’s learned over the years how to conserve his voice without sacrificing his style and authenticity.
No matter: the crowd happily supplied the falsetto parts for him, including a mass sing-along of the “la-la-la” chorus on “Crocodile Rock.”
He reached back for only one deep track, “Have Mercy On The Criminal,” featuring Johnstone’s bluesy guitar licks, tucking it amid the dozens of smash hits.
And he avoided tear-jerkers like “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” and the gut-wrenching “The Last Song” about a farewell between a father and his son who’s dying of AIDS, in favor of an upbeat, celebratory mood.
“All The Girls Love Alice,” one of the earliest mainstream rock songs to focus on lesbian relationships in the early ’70s, is an enduring concert staple, as is the straight-from-the-heart “Your Song.”
Before the closing number, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Elton peered toward the finish line of his final tour.
“I’m really looking forward to spending the rest of my life with my children and my husband,” he said. “Be kind to yourself. Love each other.”
The consummate showman to the very end, Elton finished the song, and was elevated into the sky on a hydraulic lift as a hole opened in a brick wall atop the stage, engulfed him, and closed again.
So while Elton John will soon be gone from the stage, thank God his music’s still alive.
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Key dates in the Conservative leadership contest
Tory MPs hope to have reduced the search for Boris Johnson’s successor, due to be announced on September 5, to two possibilities in the coming days.
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak, trade minister Penny Mordaunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, senior backbencher Tom Tugendhat and former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch will face off in Sunday’s second debate.
Attorney General Suella Braverman, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt were eliminated in the first two rounds of voting.
Here is a timetable for the rest of the leadership contest.
– Sunday July 17: Second debate. ITV will host a televised debate at 7pm.
– Monday July 18: Third round of voting. The ballot on Monday and subsequent rounds on the following days will eliminate the contender with the fewest votes until only two remain – who will then go forward into a postal ballot of party members.
Bob Blackman, joint executive secretary of the 1922 Committee, said the aim was to have the contest down to a final two by Thursday, before the start of MPs’ summer holidays.
He told Sky News: “We’ve got to slim down the list of candidates pretty quickly to two.
“And the one thing that we’re committed to do is to achieve getting to two candidates by Thursday July 21.
“That means that we’ll hold a succession of ballots over the next few days in order to get to that position.”
– Tuesday July 19: Third debate at 8pm. Sky News’ Kay Burley is scheduled to host the debate.
– Friday July 22 onwards: Hustings are to take place around the country over the summer to help party members determine their choice for the new Conservative leader.
Mr Blackman said it is a “condition of nomination” for candidates to agree that they will contest the ballot of party members if they reach the final two.
This is to avoid a situation as in 2016, when Dame Andrea Leadsom dropped out, handing the leadership unchallenged to Theresa May before party members were given the opportunity to vote.
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EL DORADO, Ark. (KTVE/KARD)–South Arkansas Community College held their fifth annual Literary Festival at SACC’s Library on Friday, July 16th. The festival returns in person after a two-year hiatus.
Attendees also got a chance to speak with local keynote speakers, purchase books and get their books signed by those local authors.
SACC Library Director, Phillip Shackleford said, “We know that local history is important to our audience so we want to highlight the folks that are intimately involved with those stories and telling those stories and really highlight that content for our audience.”
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two Japanese marathon runners have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the race at the world championships.
World Athletics announced Saturday that two of the country's six athletes entered in the marathon tested positive along with the head coach and four members of the support staff.
All will have to be isolated for five days, a period that will run through the men's race Sunday and the women's race Monday.
The federation did not say which of the six Japanese runners entered in the marathons had tested positive.
Gaku Hoshi, Yusuke Nishiyama and Kengo Suzuki are entered in the men's race and Mao Ichiyama, Mizuki Matsuda and Hitomi Niiya are entered in the women's.
Athletes had to be fully vaccinated to be participate at the worlds. Organizers are recommending, but not requiring, masks to be worn in indoor areas during the championships. | https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/Japanese-marathon-runners-to-miss-worlds-due-to-17310031.php | 2022-07-17T02:44:17Z | https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/Japanese-marathon-runners-to-miss-worlds-due-to-17310031.php | true |
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
7-0-3-3
(seven, zero, three, three)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez and Minnesota’s Matt Wallner hit two-run homers in the third inning, leading the American League over the National 6-4 Saturday in the annual Futures Game of top prospects.
Dominguez, at 19 the second-youngest prospect at the game behind Miami pitcher Eury Pérez, tied the score 3-3 with his drive on a slider at the letters from San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison, who took the loss. Wallner homered three batters later on hanging sinker for a 5-3 lead.
Oakland’s Shea Langeliers, selected the game's MVP, added a solo homer in the fourth on a hanging changeup from Atlanta’s Jared Shuster
Jack Leiter, son of former major league pitcher Al Leiter, threw a 1-2-3 fourth, Selected second overall by Texas in last year's draft, Leiter reached 97.5 mph.
Darren Baker, son of Houston manager Dusty Baker, entered in the fifth and hit a liner that Chicago White Sox center fielder Oscar Colas grabbed with a tumbling catch.
Toronto's Yosver Zulueta faced one batter and got the win, retiring the Mets' Francisco Álvarez on a grounder that ended the third.
The teams played at Dodger Stadium, three days before the All-Star Game is held at the park.
Milwaukee's Joey Wiemer hit a ninth-inning sacrifice fly that Oakland's Denzel Clark caught against the eight-field wall. The Yankees' Ken Waldichuk got the save by retiring the Brewers' Jackson Chourio on a flyout.
Players, excited to be in a big league ballpark, watched while hanging over the dugout railings. Agent Scott Boras and his staff filled the first row a section behind home plate.
Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller struck out three in the first on two changeups and a curveball.
Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn made a 100.5 mph to first to throw out Houston’s Yainer Diaz in the second inning, faster than any throw in a big league game since Statcast started in 2015. The big league high is 97.8 mph by Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz on Thursday.
Texas prospect Dustin Harris had an RBI single in the first off Miller, but the NL built a 3-1 lead in the second after the Dodgers’ Diego Cartaya hit a two-out fly to the center field warning track was dropped by Dominguez on the warning track for a two-run error. San Diego’s Robert Hassell III followed with an RBI single that chased Hunter Brown.
Cleveland's George Valera ran into deep left to rob Hassell of a run-scoring extra-base hit in the first.
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Yeah, tough situation. Just west of hardened Montana. Behind me was the site of *** 21 vehicle accident. Now, Montana Highway Patrol saying around five p.m. This evening, the high winds and the rain kicked up dust throughout the area, causing near blackout Driving conditions. Again, 21 vehicles involved in that accident, six of those being semi trucks. Now, we can confirm at this hour through Montana Highway Patrol, six individuals have lost their lives in this accident. On Interstate 90 again, just west of hardened Montana, the governor keeping tabs on the situation, offering his condolences to all those involved and there are many other injuries that have been taking people have been taken to different hospitals throughout the Bighorn area. This is the situation we're gonna stick with through the night into the early morning and as soon as we get any information will deliver it to you.
Sheriff's deputy hits, kills woman who was stopped in car on Louisiana highway
Updated: 8:22 PM CDT Jul 16, 2022
A Louisiana woman sitting in her stopped car on a state highway died Friday after being hit by a Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office deputy responding to a call, according to a release from the Louisiana State Police.An initial investigation revealed that a 2004 Saturn Ion, driven by Christinia Estave, 33, was stopped in the left lane of LA 16 southbound for "unknown reasons," according to police."A Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy was driving south in the left lane of LA 16 in a fully marked 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe while responding to a call of service and struck the rear of the stopped vehicle," the release said.Estave, who was unrestrained, was taken to a hospital where she died, police said.The deputy who was involved in the crash was also not restrained when the crash took place, police said, and sustained minor injuries."While the deputy is not suspected of being impaired, a toxicology sample was collected from both drivers and will be submitted for analysis," police said. "This crash remains under investigation."The crash took place east of Baton Rouge.Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard issued a statement on Facebook regarding the incident, in which he said he is concerned about the deputy not being restrained at the time and will address it."My thoughts & prayers are with the families of all those involved," the post said. "Please know that we are fully cooperating with Louisiana State Police in its ongoing investigation. As we all await more details, I have been made aware that the deputy was unrestrained. That is a concern for me & will be addressed."
CNN — A Louisiana woman sitting in her stopped car on a state highway died Friday after being hit by a Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office deputy responding to a call, according to a release from the Louisiana State Police.
An initial investigation revealed that a 2004 Saturn Ion, driven by Christinia Estave, 33, was stopped in the left lane of LA 16 southbound for "unknown reasons," according to police.
"A Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy was driving south in the left lane of LA 16 in a fully marked 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe while responding to a call of service and struck the rear of the stopped vehicle," the release said.
Estave, who was unrestrained, was taken to a hospital where she died, police said.
The deputy who was involved in the crash was also not restrained when the crash took place, police said, and sustained minor injuries.
"While the deputy is not suspected of being impaired, a toxicology sample was collected from both drivers and will be submitted for analysis," police said. "This crash remains under investigation."
The crash took place east of Baton Rouge.
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard issued a statement on Facebook regarding the incident, in which he said he is concerned about the deputy not being restrained at the time and will address it.
"My thoughts & prayers are with the families of all those involved," the post said. "Please know that we are fully cooperating with Louisiana State Police in its ongoing investigation. As we all await more details, I have been made aware that the deputy was unrestrained. That is a concern for me & will be addressed." | https://www.kmbc.com/article/sheriffs-deputy-hits-kills-woman-who-was-stopped-in-car-on-louisiana-highway/40632300 | 2022-07-17T03:04:53Z | https://www.kmbc.com/article/sheriffs-deputy-hits-kills-woman-who-was-stopped-in-car-on-louisiana-highway/40632300 | false |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez and Minnesota’s Matt Wallner hit two-run homers in the third inning, leading the American League over the National 6-4 Saturday in the annual Futures Game of top prospects.
Dominguez, at 19 the second-youngest prospect at the game behind Miami pitcher Eury Pérez, tied the score 3-3 with his drive on a slider at the letters from San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison, who took the loss. Wallner homered three batters later on hanging sinker for a 5-3 lead.
Oakland’s Shea Langeliers, selected the game's MVP, added a solo homer in the fourth on a hanging changeup from Atlanta’s Jared Shuster
Jack Leiter, son of former major league pitcher Al Leiter, threw a 1-2-3 fourth, Selected second overall by Texas in last year's draft, Leiter reached 97.5 mph.
Darren Baker, son of Houston manager Dusty Baker, entered in the fifth and hit a liner that Chicago White Sox center fielder Oscar Colas grabbed with a tumbling catch.
Toronto's Yosver Zulueta faced one batter and got the win, retiring the Mets' Francisco Álvarez on a grounder that ended the third.
The teams played at Dodger Stadium, three days before the All-Star Game is held at the park.
Milwaukee's Joey Wiemer hit a ninth-inning sacrifice fly that Oakland's Denzel Clark caught against the eight-field wall. The Yankees' Ken Waldichuk got the save by retiring the Brewers' Jackson Chourio on a flyout.
Players, excited to be in a big league ballpark, watched while hanging over the dugout railings. Agent Scott Boras and his staff filled the first row a section behind home plate.
Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller struck out three in the first on two changeups and a curveball.
Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn made a 100.5 mph to first to throw out Houston’s Yainer Diaz in the second inning, faster than any throw in a big league game since Statcast started in 2015. The big league high is 97.8 mph by Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz on Thursday.
Texas prospect Dustin Harris had an RBI single in the first off Miller, but the NL built a 3-1 lead in the second after the Dodgers’ Diego Cartaya hit a two-out fly to the center field warning track was dropped by Dominguez on the warning track for a two-run error. San Diego’s Robert Hassell III followed with an RBI single that chased Hunter Brown.
Cleveland's George Valera ran into deep left to rob Hassell of a run-scoring extra-base hit in the first.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout has been scratched from the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup moments before the start of their final game before the All-Star break.
The three-time AL MVP missed the Angels’ three previous games with upper back spasms, and the injury forced him out of Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Trout was in the Angels’ posted pregame lineup as the center fielder, but was removed about three minutes before the first pitch.
Trout is scheduled to play in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium after his 10th selection to the Midsummer Classic. Trout is batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games this season, although he has just one multi-hit game and six total RBIs in the past three weeks.
Taylor Ward moved over from left field to take Trout’s place in center, and Brandon Marsh started in Ward’s place in left.
The Angels have lost 11 of 13 heading into the final game of the first half. They’ve been in a 15-39 skid since mid-May after starting the season well.
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ROME (AP) — Italy’s top criminal court has rebuffed prosecutors’ efforts to revive the trial of high-level Egyptian security officials in the 2016 torture-slaying of an Italian doctoral student.
The Court of Cassation ruled in Rome on Friday evening that there were no grounds to appeal a lower court decision last year that the trial couldn’t go forward because the defendants hadn’t been officially notified of the charges and the trial date.
Giulio Regeni, 28, was researching labor unions for Cairo street vendors when he was abducted, tortured and slain, his mutilated body found along a highway days after his disappearance in the Egyptian capital.
The case strained relations between Italy and Egypt, an ally in Italian efforts to combat international terrorism. At one point, Italy withdrew its ambassador to press for Egyptian cooperation in the investigation. Italian prosecutors pursued the case, eventually winning indictment of the four Egyptians, to be tried in absentia in a Rome courtroom.
In a phone interview broadcast on Italian state TV Saturday, family lawyer Alessandra Ballerini called the latest decision a “wound for justice for all Italians.”
Defense lawyers had successfully argued that the defendants had never been formally notified because they didn’t provide their official addresses, a requirement in Italy’s justice system. Unless they can be notified, the trial remains suspended, effectively indefinitely halting the case in the courtroom.
The use of that loophole was particularly upsetting for the family and friends of Regeni because, they say, the defendants are widely known in Egypt due to their prominent roles in that country’s security apparatus.
“As citizens we can’t accept impunity for those who torture and kill,” Ballerini said.
On Friday morning, hours ahead of the ruling, Regeni’s family, friends and supporters of the pursuit of justice in his slaying had rallied in front of the courthouse.
Prosecutors had argued before the court of Cassation that there was a “reasonable certainty that the four Egyptian defendants had knowledge of the existence of the criminal case against them,” the Italian news agency ANSA said.
In the run-up to the ruling, Regeni’s supporters had appealed via social media for help in tracking down the legal addresses of the defendants.
His mother, Paola Regeni, has told reporters her son’s body was so badly mutilated by torture that she only recognized the tip of his nose when she viewed it.
Human rights activists have said the marks on his body resembled those resulting from widespread torture in Egyptian Security Agency facilities.
Italian prosecutors had accused police Maj. Sherif Magdy; police Maj. Gen. Tareq Saber, who was a top official at the domestic security agency at the time of Regeni’s abduction; Col. Hesham Helmy, who was serving at a security center in charge of policing the Cairo district where the Italian was living, and Col. Acer Kamal, who headed a police department in charge of street operation and discipline.
After Regeni’s body was found, Egyptian authorities alleged that the Cambridge University doctoral student was slain by a gang of robbers. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/italys-top-court-murder-trial-of-egyptians-cant-proceed/ | 2022-07-17T03:20:16Z | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/italys-top-court-murder-trial-of-egyptians-cant-proceed/ | false |
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Many Somalis are reacting with horror — and a sense of understanding — at British runner Mo Farah’s tale of being trafficked to Britain as a child and forced to look after other children.
Olympic champion Farah was born in present-day Somaliland, a territory by the Gulf of Aden that has asserted independence from the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia. In a BBC documentary aired earlier this week Farah revealed how as a boy of 8 or 9 he was separated from his family and trafficked from neighboring Djibouti to the UK under a new name under which he eventually ran for glory.
Here, in the Somali capital Mogadishu, those who have heard of Farah’s account express sadness for what he went through as a child forced to work in servitude. But they also point out that he was not alone in facing exploitation.
Conflict, climate change and economic collapse are displacing record numbers of people around the world, pushing more and more migrants into the hands of criminals who profit by smuggling them into Britain, the European Union and the U.S.
Somalis, like their neighbors in Ethiopia and Eritrea, are often among the desperate — people fleeing conflict and hunger in hopes of safety and a better life. Convinced they have little to lose, the young, in particular, risk their lives on flimsy boats organized by human traffickers who get them across the English Channel to Britain.
Those who can afford it pay thousands of dollars to reach countries where they hope to find jobs and security. Others fall prey to criminals who force them into sex work, drug crimes and domestic servitude.
Wealthier countries lack robust policies to respond to this complicated situation. Britain has welcomed refugees from Ukraine, for example, while proposing to deport asylum seekers from other places to Rwanda. While Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Rwanda plan will break the business model of criminals who smuggle people across the Channel in inflatable boats, immigrant activists are suing over a plan they describe as illegal and inhumane.
Farah, who represented Britain at three straight Summer Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016, is a rare success story. Many others trying to escape poverty, hunger and violence in countries such as Somalia don’t get so lucky — the reason many activists here say efforts must be put into supporting local governments to eradicate the many reasons people wish to go.
“It is certainly sad that Mo Farah had such a bad experience as a boy,” said Ahmed Dini, who runs the Mogadishu-based children’s rights group Peace-Line. “It has become evident that there are many contributing factors to child trafficking, such as poverty, a lack of adequate education, and insufficient security.”
Farah still has family members — including his mother and two brothers — living on a farm near Hargeisa, the Somaliland capital. He said in the BBC film that his father was killed during unrest when the boy was 4.
In the documentary, produced by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, Farah said that when he left Africa he thought he was going to Europe to live with relatives and had a piece of paper with the contact details. But the woman he ended up with tore his papers and took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children.
Farah said his fortunes in Britain changed when he was finally allowed to attend school. A teacher who was interviewed for the documentary recalled a 12-year-old boy who appeared “unkempt and uncared for,” was “emotionally and culturally alienated” and spoke little English.
Farah eventually told his story to a physical education instructor. The teacher contacted local officials, who arranged for a Somali family to take him in as a foster child. He soon blossomed on the track.
Anti-slavery advocates say Farah is the most prominent person to come forward as a victim of modern-day slavery, a crime that is often hidden because it occurs behind closed doors and inflicts such trauma on its victims.
Now that a man of such celebrity has spoken of his experience, there can no longer be any doubt about the horror of child servitude even among ordinary Somalis who otherwise would find his account “unusual,” said Bashir Abdi, an academic based in Mogadishu.
“Children consistently face abuses, but the story this renowned athlete revealed has captured the attention of many people, including Somalis,” he said. “We often hear of child exploitations and I believe that significant (numbers of) Somali children go through domestic violence and abuses, but little is exposed to the public.”
Amina Ali, a stay-home mother of four in Mogadishu, told The Associated Press that it was tough for her to hear the story of a 9-year-old boy “so weak and helpless forced to clean house and change the diapers of other kids.”
“As a mother, I felt sadness for him once I have listened,” she said. “Praise be to Allah that he is no longer under those circumstances. However, he is now at some point where he can reveal his story and I wish those (who) committed that abuse to be brought before justice one day.”
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Associated Press writer Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda, contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/mo-farahs-story-draws-horror-understanding-in-somalia/ | 2022-07-17T03:23:57Z | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/mo-farahs-story-draws-horror-understanding-in-somalia/ | true |
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout has been scratched from the Los Angeles Angels' lineup moments before the start of their final game before the All-Star break.
The three-time AL MVP missed the Angels' three previous games with upper back spasms, and the injury forced him out of Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Trout was in the Angels' posted pregame lineup as the center fielder, but was removed about three minutes before the first pitch.
Trout is scheduled to play in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium after his 10th selection to the Midsummer Classic. Trout is batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games this season, although he has just one multi-hit game and six total RBIs in the past three weeks.
Taylor Ward moved over from left field to take Trout's place in center, and Brandon Marsh started in Ward's place in left.
The Angels have lost 11 of 13 heading into the final game of the first half. They've been in a 15-39 skid since mid-May after starting the season well.
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BERLIN (AP) — The head of a major art show in Germany has resigned after an exhibit featuring antisemitic elements prompted an outcry at the event’s opening last month.
The board of the documenta fifteen show said Saturday that Sabine Schormann was leaving her post as chief executive by mutual agreement. It also expressed regret about what it described as “unambiguously antisemitic motifs” visible in one of the works shown at the opening weekend.
“The presentation of the banner ‘People’s Justice’ by the artists collective Taring Padi with its antisemitic imagery was a clear transgression and thereby caused significant harm to the documenta,” the board said.
The banner featured a soldier with the face of a pig, wearing a neckerchief with a Star of David and a helmet inscribed with the word “Mossad,” the name of Israel’s intelligence agency. It was taken down within days after widespread criticism from Jewish groups and German and Israeli officials.
The Taring Padi collective, based in Indonesia, has already apologized for the incident. It said the work — which it said was first exhibited at the South Australia Art Festival in Adelaide 20 years ago — was “in no way related” to antisemitism, but instead referred to the post-1965 dictatorship in Indonesia.
“We are sorry that details of this banner are misunderstood other than their original purpose. We apologize for the injuries caused in this context,” it said last month.
It acknowledged that the incident followed months of debate about alleged antisemitism, which it and the show’s organizers had strongly rejected.
Germany’s president raised the issue of antisemitism during his speech at the show’s opening, saying there were “limits” to what artists can do when they address political issues in a country that is still atoning for the Holocaust.
The board of the documenta, which is staged every four years in the central German city of Kassel, has called for a swift investigation into the incident. | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/head-of-german-art-show-quits-after-antisemitic-piece-shown/ | 2022-07-17T03:39:08Z | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/head-of-german-art-show-quits-after-antisemitic-piece-shown/ | false |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — All-Stars Kahleah Copper and Emma Meesseman scored 23 points each and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Dallas Wings 89-81 on Saturday, despite missing Courtney Vandersloot.
Copper and Meesseman picked up the slack for the defending champions and Vandersloot, who was injured with a concussion last time out in the Sky's 80-68 win over the Los Angeles Sparks and is under the league's concussion protocol.
Copper grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds for her second double-double of the season as the Sky outscored Dallas 30-16 in the fourth quarter to wrap up their fourth straight win and improve to a league-best 19-6. Meesseman added eight rebounds and seven assists. Allie Quigley pitched in with 16 points and five assists. Candace Parker added 13 points and eight boards.
Marina Mabrey scored 22 to lead Dallas (11-14), which fell to 5-8 at home. Arike Ogunbowale scored 15 but sank just 4 of 16 shots. Allisha Gray hit both of her 3-pointers and scored 14.
The Wings took a 65-59 lead into the final quarter.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
07-23-28-29-32
(seven, twenty-three, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-two)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
07-23-28-29-32
(seven, twenty-three, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-two) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17310115.php | 2022-07-17T03:51:27Z | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17310115.php | false |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shea Langeliers is headed to the Hall of Fame, even before his big league debut.
A 24-year-old catching prospect, Langeliers was voted MVP of the All-Star Futures Game on Saturday after homering and throwing out a runner trying to steal third base in the American League’s 6-4 victory.
His Victus Pro Reserved DT29 maple bat, size 34-32, is headed to Cooperstown.
“It’s crazy, I came into today just excited to be here,” Langeliers said.
New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez and Minnesota’s Matt Wallner hit two-run homers in the third inning off San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison, who took the loss.
Dominguez, at 19 the youngest AL prospect at the game, tied the score 3-3 with his 415-foot drive on a slider at the letters. Wallner homered three batters later on hanging sinke r for a 5-3 lead, a 115.3 mph drive hit harder than any home run by the major league Twins this year.
‘In an ideal world, that’s what I would have done,” Wallner said.
Langeliers, the oldest player on either team, added a solo homer in the fourth on a hanging changeup from Atlanta’s Jared Shuster. Langeliers caught Shuster last year at Double-A Mississippi, before Oakland acquired Langeliers in the March trade that sent first baseman Matt Olson to Atlanta.
“I know how good he is,” Langeliers said. “He made my job really easy catching last year. It was cool being on the other side of it.”
He threw out Corbin Carroll, the No. 3 overall prospect, trying to steal third.
What was more satisfying?
“Throwing the runner out, for sure,” Langeliers said.
The Futures Game attracts top prospects. Julio Rodríguez played in last year’s game and is the youngest All-Star this year at 21, also picked for Monday night’s Home Run Derby.
Jack Leiter, son of former major league pitcher Al Leiter, threw a 1-2-3 fourth, Selected second overall by Texas in last year’s draft, Leiter reached 97.5 mph.
Darren Baker, son of Houston manager Dusty Baker, entered in the fifth and hit a liner that Chicago White Sox center fielder Oscar Colas grabbed with a tumbling catch.
Toronto’s Yosver Zulueta faced one batter and got the win, retiring the Mets’ Francisco Álvarez on a grounder that ended the third.
The teams played at Dodger Stadium, three days before the All-Star Game is held at the park.
Milwaukee’s Joey Wiemer hit a ninth-inning sacrifice fly that Oakland’s Denzel Clark caught against the eight-field wall. The Yankees’ Ken Waldichuk got the save by retiring the Brewers’ Jackson Chourio on a flyout.
Players, excited to be in a big league ballpark, watched while hanging over the dugout railings. Agent Scott Boras and his staff filled the first row a section behind home plate.
Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller struck out three in the first: Dominguez on a changeup, Anthony Volpe on a curveball and Wallner on a changeup.
Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn made a 100.5 mph to first to throw out Houston’s Yainer Diaz in the second inning, faster than any throw in a big league game since Statcast started in 2015. The big league high is 97.8 mph by Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz on Thursday.
Texas prospect Dustin Harris had an RBI single in the first off Miller, but the NL built a 3-1 lead in the second after the Dodgers’ Diego Cartaya hit a two-out fly to the center field warning track was dropped by Dominguez on the warning track for a two-run error. San Diego’s Robert Hassell III followed with an RBI single that chased Hunter Brown.
Dominguez, who learned Thursday he is being promoted from Tampa to Hudson Valley, was relieved when he homered.
“My mind said: Everybody forget this error,” he said.
WEB GEM
Cleveland’s George Valera ran into deep left to rob Hassell of a run-scoring extra-base hit in the first.
THWACK
Tony, Olivier and Emmy Award winner Bryan Cranston took a line drive to a shoulder off the bat of Grammy Award winner Anthony Ramos during batting practice before the celebrity softball game.
“It’s definitely going to bruise,” Cranston said after recovering in his trailer. “I might be more of a cheerleader in this game.”
Actor Simu Liu on his softball ability: “I’m all athleticism, zero technique.”
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AP freelance writer Jolene Latimer contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Simone Biles says she had an awkward moment with a flight attendant who offered her a kid's coloring book as she boarded a recent flight.
The 25-year-old superstar posted on Instagram stories about the embarrassing encounter, including a selfie of her making an annoyed face.
“Not the flight attendant trying to give me a coloring book when I board..... I said 'no I’m good I’m 25,'" the Olympian, who is 4 feet, 8 inches tall, wrote.
Biles didn't say where the cringey moment happened. But the seven-time Olympic medalist was in Washington, D.C., last week to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden on July 7.
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Kemi Badenoch to do `whatever it takes´ to deal with illegal Channel crossings
Kemi Badenoch has promised to do “whatever it takes to deal with the small boats issue” as she pitched controlling immigration at the centre of her campaign for the Tory leadership.
It came with the former equalities minister in fourth place but many MPs believing she is well-placed to pick up votes in the third round on Monday, having impressed many activists with her performances so far in the contest.
The MP for Saffron Walden outlined a focus on property ownership, border control and family as the “first, and best, source of welfare” as herself and the four other contenders still in the contest prepare for the second televised debate to be screened on ITV on Sunday evening.
“Property ownership should be spread as widely as possible. Nations need borders. The family is the first, and best, source of welfare,” she wrote in The Sunday Times.
“People – rightly – recognise that building more homes while doing nothing to bring immigration down is like running up the down escalator,” she added.
“We’ll never get to where we need to with that approach, and we won’t persuade people to accept more homes if it is being done due to immigration failures. If we can bring immigration down to a sustainable level, we can then protect green spaces for our children and precious agricultural land.
“And so controlling immigration is important to managing the pressures it puts on housing and public services. Building confidence in the Government’s ability to control immigration is an important foundation for ensuring a cohesive society.”
More than 14,000 migrants have made the 20-mile journey across the Channel so far this year, navigating the world’s busiest shipping lanes from France in small boats like dinghies, provisional Government figures show. The total for 2022 is anticipated to be 60,000.
Home Secretary Priti Patel in April signed a deal to send some migrants to Rwanda, however legal challenges have stopped any departures.
Former equalities minister Ms Badenoch said it was her belief in Britain’s sovereignity that led her to vote Leave in the Brexit referendum.
“I am a firm believer that we must control our own borders and laws. I will do whatever it takes to deal with the small boats issue,” she wrote on Sunday.
“I am not someone who starts fights to get headlines – and I want to focus on the people’s top priority, which is the economy. But economic issues around housing and immigration are inextricably linked.
“As is the link with the family. Family break-ups increase housing demand, and the unaffordability of housing in many areas stops people establishing the family life they want. Family is the first line of welfare, and strong families reduce the need for a larger state.”
Ms Badenoch vowed to “look at how our tax and benefit system can support family life and the joys it brings”, adding: “Coherent, Conservative conviction leadership is what I will bring if you elect me as prime minister.”
Her pitch came as leadership frontrunner Rishi Sunak tried to win over Brexiteers by pledging to scrap hundreds of remaining EU laws and regulations if he wins the race.
International trade minister Penny Mordaunt remains in second place, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is third and backbencher Tom Tugendhat sits in fifth. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11021511/Kemi-Badenoch-takes-deal-illegal-Channel-crossings.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-17T04:10:01Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11021511/Kemi-Badenoch-takes-deal-illegal-Channel-crossings.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Athletics-Ealey wins US women's shot put world title
By Amy Tennery
EUGENE, Ore., July 16 (Reuters) - One throw was all it took for Chase Ealey to make history on Saturday as she won the United States' first women's shot put title at the World Championships, denying China's Gong Lijiao a third successive gold medal.
The 27-year-old let out a roar as she threw 20.49 metres with her opening attempt, a mark that proved untouchable through six rounds, though Chinese Olympic champion Gong came close with her fifth try, which fell just 10cm short.
Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands produced a national record of 19.77m to clinch bronze. (Reporting by Amy Tennery in Eugene, Oregon; Editing by Peter Rutherford ) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11021479/Athletics-Ealey-wins-US-womens-shot-world-title.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-17T04:10:42Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11021479/Athletics-Ealey-wins-US-womens-shot-world-title.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Dear Amy: I have recently experienced much tragedy in my life. Our family is reeling.
I am young and tempted to just stay home and take care of my parents in their heartache, yet I am going crazy not going out and living my life, even if it’s just sitting in a coffee shop for a few hours.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m deeply hurting, too.
Do you have any advice for elegantly walking the line between grieving and living one’s life?
— Tightropes
Tightropes: Little about grieving is “elegant.” In my experience, grieving involves ugly-crying in the supermarket, rages that come out of nowhere, and always losing my keys.
No two people should be expected to grieve alike.
If you accept your role in the family as being younger and perhaps a little more resilient right now than other family members, then yes — if you also allow yourself some healing (or even simply normal) experiences, you might actually be of greater service to them, while also renewing your own strength.
Furthermore, I think it might be good for your sister, especially (if she is local), if you bring her a cup of coffee from the coffee shop, ask her to take a walk with you, and simply let her be however she needs to be in that moment.
Sometimes people who are grieving need to express their grief. Sometimes they need a few moments of “normal.”
Understand also that ultimately your duty is to take good care of yourself.
Dear Amy: I am a woman in my early 40s. I have not had children for a number of reasons related to fertility, medical, personal and financial circumstances. Now, as I approach the end of my childbearing years, I grieve that I do not have children and probably never will. But I am trying to move on and find other meaning in my life.
A friend from college who lives in another state often sends me pictures of her child. This is a child I met once only very briefly — years ago.
This friend is not that close, and she doesn’t ask how I’m doing when she texts. Her text messages are an unwelcome reminder that I don’t have children.
How do I tell her to stop sending me pictures, without going into details about the medical/fertility/personal issues I’m dealing with?
Honestly the reasons are none of her business and I don’t feel like getting that detailed with her over text messages.
Do you have a suggestion?
— Child-free
Child-free: I’m not sure you can achieve what you want without offering an explanation of some kind. Keep in mind that a brief explanation (“I’ve dealt with fertility challenges and it upsets me right now to see photos of your child …”) would probably be effective.
Otherwise, you might try: “I’m wondering if you could do me a favor and not continue to text me photos of your child. It’s just awkward for me since I don’t know her.”
This might bring on a response reflecting hurt feelings. Your college friend might feel offended.
There is some likelihood that she would stop texting you altogether, which might actually be your goal. She doesn’t sound at all interested in you.
You also might want to “mute” text messages from this person, to avoid the trigger.
Dear Amy: I’m responding to the question from “Mama’s Baby, Daddy’s Maybe,” who was wrestling with telling her adult daughter that the man who raised her wasn’t her biological father.
I am a 40-year-old man who recently found out through ancestry services that I was conceived with the help of a sperm donor. I found this a completely shocking and disorienting experience.
After a few months of soul searching, I came to love and appreciate my real dad — the man who bought me Christmas presents and taught me how to ride a bike — even more!
I am very grateful that my parents were still alive to process this with me.
I hope “Mama’s Baby” understands that the shock of this discovery will be much harder if their child finds this out when Mom is no longer around to provide any perspective or backstory.
— Ishmael
Ishmael: Being confronted with this knowledge can be quite destabilizing. Thank you for offering your wise perspective.
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Bamford missed training on Saturday with a view to featuring more heavily against Villa as Whites head coach Jesse Marsch manages the striker's return to football after an injury-ravaged 2021/22 campaign.
Bamford bagged 30 minutes in Thursday's friendly against Brisbane Roar and now captains the side against Villa.
Summer signing Tyler Adams also makes his first Whites start whilst Leif Davis starts at left back.
Captain Liam Cooper has a slight issue with the fat pad behind his Achilles and misses out.
Joe Gelhardt missed the final training session before today's game having experienced some soreness but the teen star makes the bench.
Leeds United v Aston Villa: Meslier; Kristensen, Koch, Llorente, Davis; Adams, Roca; James, Harrison, Aaronson, Bamford. Subs: Klaesson, Struijk, Hjelde, Drameh, Forshaw, Sinesterra, Klich, Gray, Gyabi, Summerville, Greenwood, Rodrigo, Gelhardt. | https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-v-aston-villa-team-news-patrick-bamford-call-as-summer-signing-makes-first-start-3771190 | 2022-07-17T04:18:15Z | https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-v-aston-villa-team-news-patrick-bamford-call-as-summer-signing-makes-first-start-3771190 | true |
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