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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
4-2-7
(four, two, seven)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
4-2-7
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ST. CLOUD, Fla. – There is a new option for getting your dog off the couch and outside for some exercise this summer.
Linden Hollow Sheep Farm in St. Cloud lets dogs tap into their wild side.
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Natalie Cole said her grandma started the unique business with shelties.
“We used to show Shetland sheepdogs in confirmation and we wanted to compete with them in herding as well. So, my grandma got a few sheep for herself to work her dog and we started from there when I was very little and have been going since then,” Cole said.
Cole gave News 6 anchors Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden a behind-the-scenes look at the training on Florida’s Fourth Estate.
She said when people bring their domesticated dogs out to the property, some of them act like “they are born and bred on a farm.”
“It’s just hard-wired (in their) DNA. So, when they say that they have their pup that lives in an apartment and they want to bring it out for herding lessons and it comes out and does what it is supposed to do, it doesn’t surprise me at all,” she added.
Ginger takes her dog Finn to the farm and says when he goes, he gets a great workout and comes home tired.
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Other than tapping into their natural instincts, Cole said dogs also get a boost in their confidence after visiting the farm.
“I will have some people come out that say, ‘You know, my dog is a little timid, my dog is a little afraid of people’ and stuff like that, so a lot of times, we’ll bring the dogs out here if they are bred for this and we get them on sheep and a totally different dog just comes alive. They are not afraid of things. They come out of their shell, they learn how to do this and it’s something that they love and it keeps their brain busy and it’s a good stimulation for them,” Cole said.
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By COSTAS KANTOURIS, DEMETRIS NELLAS and JOVANA GEC
Associated Press
PALAIOCHORI, Greece (AP) — Experts investigating the site of a cargo plane crash in northern Greece said Sunday they have found no evidence of dangerous substances but say there is still a lot of widespread ordnance.
The An-12 cargo plane from Serbia flown by a Ukrainian aviation crew smashed into fields between two Greek villages late Saturday. Its fuselage dragged on the ground for 170 meters (nearly 190 yards) before it disintegrated, authorities said. Locals reported seeing a fireball and hearing explosions for two hours after the crash.
Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told a news conference Sunday that all eight crew members were killed. He said the plane was carrying 11.5 tons of Serbian-made mortar ammunition to Bangladesh, which was the buyer. It had taken off from the Serbian city of Nis and had been due to make a stopover in Amman, Jordan.
The Greek Army’s Special Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Unit cleared two paths Sunday for forensics experts to move in before leaving. The new team was on the site Sunday afternoon collecting body parts. They have so far identified six of the eight crew members and aim to collect their evidence by sunset, authorities say.
Explosives disposal experts have also started working on the site, although it looks like they will have to resume their work at dawn Monday, local authorities said. It is only when their work is done that Civil Aviation Authority experts will try to retrieve the plane’s black box.
The fire service and police have created an extended security perimeter because of the widespread ordnance. Residents have been allowed to leave their homes since early Sunday, but have been told that their fields may not be safe to work in because of the likely presence of explosives. Nearby dirt roads have been closed to vehicles.
A plume of white smoke was still rising from the front end of the plane on Sunday morning.
The plane was operated by Ukrainian cargo carrier Meridian. The Ukrainian consul in Thessaloniki, who arrived at the crash site, told local officials that the crew were all Ukrainian.
“These were illuminating mortar mines and training (mines). … This flight had all necessary permissions in accordance with international regulations,” Stefanovic said.
The plane crashed shortly before 11 p.m. about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Kavala International Airport. Minutes before, the pilot had told air traffic controllers he had a problem with one engine and he had to make an emergency landing. He was directed to Kavala Airport but never made it there.
The plane is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop cargo carrier.
Drone footage shows that small fragments are all that is left of the plane. Firefighters who rushed to the scene Saturday night were prevented from reaching the crash site by smoke and an intense smell that they feared might be toxic.
Nearby residents were told to keep their windows shut all night, not to leave their homes and to wear masks.
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Nellas reported from Athens, Greece, and Gec from Belgrade, Serbia.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of couples whose weddings were derailed or scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic got a do-over at no less than a New York City landmark.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts hosted “Celebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding” for 500 couples on Sunday evening in the pavilion outside the center.
Lincoln Center’s website calls it ”a special day for newlyweds, those whose weddings were canceled or diminished, and people who want to recommit their love to their partners and the city we love.”
It featured a multicultural ceremony — not legally binding — as well as music, dancing and remarks from New York City Mayor Eric Adams. | https://www.twincities.com/2022/07/17/couples-derailed-by-virus-get-mass-re-wedding-in-new-york-2/ | 2022-07-17T20:35:27Z | https://www.twincities.com/2022/07/17/couples-derailed-by-virus-get-mass-re-wedding-in-new-york-2/ | true |
Biden in West Asia
Neither the Palestine question nor the Iran deal appear to be the U.S.’s priorities
In his first visit to West Asia as President, Joe Biden sought to strengthen America’s traditional partnerships and alliances in the region, involving Israel and Sunni Arab countries. In Israel, he promised that the U.S. would do everything it could to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb. In his brief visit to the Palestinian West Bank, he was careful not to criticise the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. He promised aid, but said the ground situation was not ready for reviving the peace process. In Saudi Arabia, Mr. Biden met Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince who, according to the CIA, ordered the 2018 killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The visit practically brought to an end Washington’s early attempts to punish and isolate Prince Mohammed. Later, in a summit with Arab leaders in Jeddah, he said the U.S. would not walk away from West Asia, leaving a vacuum which China, Russia or Iran would try to fill. President Biden may have said that “human rights will be the centre of our foreign policy”, but in West Asia, neither Israel’s violent occupation of Palestinian territories nor the abysmal rights records of the Sunni Arab dictators and monarchs stopped the American President from pursuing his administration’s foreign policy objectives.
Gone are the days when the Israel-Palestine issue dominated an American President’s foreign policy agenda towards West Asia. Barack Obama, after his initial peace plan failed, focused his energy on the Iran nuclear talks. Donald Trump’s proposal ignored the Palestinians and his focus was on the Abraham Accords, which saw the normalisation of ties between Israel and Sunni Arabs. Mr. Biden did not even touch upon the Palestine question. He has two clear objectives — regional balance and energy security. As the Iran nuclear talks have hit an impasse, he seeks to accelerate cooperation between Israel and Sunni Arabs, the pillars of America’s West Asia policy. Mr. Trump launched this policy through the Abraham Accords, and Mr. Biden has wholeheartedly embraced it. Second, as the Biden administration seeks to punish Russia’s Vladimir Putin for his Ukraine invasion, it needs Saudi Arabia to pump more oil into the international market, disrupted by the western oil sanctions on Russia. But it remains an uncertain bet. Saudi Arabia, with its warm ties with Russia, has spare capacity, but it is not clear whether a Saudi production rise alone would stabilise the energy market if Russia prolonged the war. More importantly, building a bloc against Iran would not resolve the Iran problem. It would only worsen the security competition in West Asia. Meaningful solutions to Mr. Biden’s problems lie in ending the war in Ukraine and reviving the Iran nuclear deal, forcing the Islamic Republic and its rivals into a cold peace. The first is not in Mr. Biden’s hands and the second does not seem to be his priority.
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By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — As the U.S. national team has focused on developing young talent in anticipation of next summer’s World Cup, veteran forward Alex Morgan has assumed a more vocal role.
Morgan, 33, is now one of the more senior members of the team, which has brought in budding players like fellow forwards Sophia Smith, Mallory Pugh, and Trinity Rodman since the Tokyo Olympics.
“The younger players can hold their own. They’ve been doing amazing. I think the one thing that I would say I definitely have increased this tournament is vocally on the field, like helping players with positioning, set pieces, the things that this team takes pride in, the mentality, kind of just helping push players along a little bit,” she said.
Morgan and the defending World Cup champions are in Mexico preparing for a showdown with rival Canada on Monday night in the title game of the CONCACAF W Championship.
The United States and Canada have already qualified for next summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as top finishers at the tournament. But the winner of the final also earns one of the region’s berths at the 2024 Olympics in France.
Morgan is not slowing down by any means, as evidenced by her fantastic club season so far. She is back home in California, in her first season playing for the expansion San Diego Wave, and currently leads the National Women’s Soccer League with 11 goals in just 10 games.
At the W Championship, Morgan scored a pair of goals against Haiti in the group stage, for her 29th career multi-goal game. She has scored 21 goals in 22 qualification matches with the United States, third-most in team history. Overall, she has 117 goals and 47 assists in 195 career games.
“Alex has World Cup medals, Olympic medals. It’s something that she’s very, very good at, obviously, winning,” current U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said. “But also passing on the experience to some of the players that have never been in a situation like this, competing for first place and grinding out a win, or being able to win big tournaments.”
Morgan said the team is gaining momentum and doing a better job of reading the field after incorporating the new faces on the team and adopting Andonovski’s tactical approach, which is tailored to each opponent.
“We also do need to understand, though, what the coach has given us,” Morgan said. “We all have to buy in, we can’t have one or two players not doing what they’re supposed to do because that ruins the whole flow of the game if we’re going to play in certain structures. I think that’s important to know — it’s playing free but knowing your role, and that’s going to change from game to game.”
Morgan is easily one of the most recognizable and popular players on the team. In Mexico, she has been greeted with loud cheers. Among her admirers was a 2-year-old named Luca, whose mom posted video of the toddler hollering her name.
Morgan saw the video and sent Luca an autographed jersey. Then Luca met his favorite player following the match against Haiti.
But among those touching moments there’s a job to do. Canada has increasingly challenged the United States on the international stage.
Canada won the gold medal at the Tokyo Games, beating Sweden on penalties in the final after edging the world’s top-ranked U.S. team 1-0 in the semifinals. The United States won the bronze medal, which afterward the U.S. recognized was an honor while still acknowledging that it didn’t meet the team’s standards.
“I mean, the rivalry has definitely heated up the last couple of years. So it will be a great game. But it’s really not about looking back, it’s about looking forward,” Morgan said. “At the same time, look at this squad, there’s a lot of girls that weren’t even there last year. So, this will be an opportunity for us to punch our ticket to the Olympics and prove to ourselves and the world why we have the No. 1 ranking.”
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
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5 p.m.
Rory McIlroy is nine holes away from getting his name engraved on the silver claret jug again.
McIlroy made only one birdie and missed a few good chances on the front nine. But he didn’t have to do much. Viktor Hovland remains the only player at St. Andrews who has yet to make a birdie in the final round of the British Open. He dropped a shot on the fourth, ending his streak of 26 straight holes without a bogey.
Cameron Smith and Cameron Young have joined the fight for the final two hours.
McIlroy was at 17-under par, two clear of Hovland, Smith and Young. McIlroy is trying to end eight years without winning a major. His last one was the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
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4 p.m.
Rory McIlroy has opened a two-shot lead on the front nine of the British Open.
Viktor Hovland was the first to blink when he badly missed his approach on the fourth, leaving himself 8 feet from the hole. He three-putted for a bogey. On the next hole at the par-5 fifth, Hovland was in the downslope of the rough and couldn’t reach the green in two. He made par, while McIlroy two-putted for birdie to reach 17 under.
Cameron Young and Cameron Smith were each 2 under for their rounds and three shots behind.
The only player going the wrong direction was Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. He found a pot bunker off the tee at the par-5 fifth and three-putted for a bogey. He made another bogey at the next hole and was eight shots behind.
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3:20 p.m.
Filippo Celli has won the silver medal as the low amateur at the British Open.
The 21-year-old Italian shot 1-under 71 in the final round to finish the week at 5 under, six strokes ahead of Aaron Jarvis.
Celli started the day at 4 under and bogeyed two of his first three holes. He finished the front nine at 4 under with three birdies and three bogeys.
His breakthrough came on the par-5 14th when he put his second shot within 9 feet of the pin and then sank the eagle putt. He bogeyed the 17th but barely missed an eagle on 18. He then made the 2-foot birdie putt.
Celli won the European Amateur Championship in Spain in June. Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia are previous winners of that tournament.
McIlroy also won the silver medal as low amateur at the 2007 British Open.
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2:52 p.m.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland have teed off on the final day of the British Open at St. Andrews.
McIlroy and Hovland lead the tournament at 16-under par, four strokes ahead of Cameron Smith.
McIlroy won the claret jug in 2014 at Royal Liverpool. Hovland is trying become the first Norwegian man to win a golf major.
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2:40 p.m.
Sadom Kaewkanjana of Thailand and Abraham Ancer of Mexico both shot 7-under 65 in the final round of the British Open to move to 11 under, five shots behind co-leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.
Both Kaewkanjana and Ancer, who were playing together, entered the day 12 strokes behind the leaders at 4 under. McIlroy and Hovland have not yet started their final rounds.
The 24-year-old Kaewkanjana is playing in his first British Open. Ancer is playing at the tournament for the fourth time. He missed the cut in 2018 and 2019 but finished in a tie for 59th last year at Royal St. George’s.
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10:20 a.m.
A gray sky and light rain greets the final day of the British Open at St. Andrews, though it’s not expected to stick around by the time Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland tee off.
They are tied for the lead at 16-under par. McIlroy is trying to win his second claret jug and his first major in eight years. Hovland is trying to win his first major, and a first for Norway.
And so concludes a big week at the home of golf. The R&A has harshly criticized the Saudi-funded rival league and suggested changes to the criteria. Tiger Woods crossed the Swilcan Bridge for what may be the last time after missing the cut.
All that’s left is to crown a “champion golfer of the year.” Four players were within five shots of McIlroy and Hovland. That includes Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. Nick Faldo is the only other player to have won at Augusta National and St. Andrews in the same year.
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Almost 400 officers at Texas school shooting but 'failed to prioritise victims' safety over their own'
In the response to May's Texas primary school shooting, nobody knew who was in overall charge, there were "systemic failures" and "ultimately poor decision-making", according to a damning new report.
Sunday 17 July 2022 21:40, UK
A damning new report into the Uvalde school massacre has condemned the almost 400 law enforcement officers who arrived for "failing to prioritise innocent victims' safety over their own".
High school dropout Salvador Ramos killed 21 people, including 19 children, at Robb Elementary School in Texas on 24 May.
A 77-page report was released on Sunday detailing what happened, after complaints that it had taken more than an hour to bring down 18-year-old Ramos.
It showed blame rested on almost every agency who attended, highlighting "systemic failures" and "ultimately poor decision-making" from officers both inside and outside the school.
There was no overall command, "chaos," and a lack of unity in decision-making.
And it also singled out the school for errors - saying security doors weren't properly locked and some "active shooter" protocols weren't followed.
There was a general "lackadaisical approach", it said, adding: "At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritise saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety."
But it also went on to say there were no individual "villains".
"Other than the attacker, the committee did not find any 'villains" in the course of its investigation," it said.
"There is no-one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making."
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The report was written after a Texas House investigative committee had been asked to look into the incident.
It is the first to criticise both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in Uvalde, for the inaction at the school.
Around 40 people testified behind closed doors, including members of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief and officers, the district superintendent, the school's principal, a teacher and custodial staff.
For the first time, it detailed how many officers were on site by the end of the shooting - 376.
This included 149 border patrol agents, 91 state troopers, 25 Uvalde police offices, and a number of US Marshals and Drug Enforcement Agency staff.
Calls for accountability
The report is the result of one of several investigations into the shooting, including another led by the Justice Department.
Another earlier this month, by tactical experts at Texas State University, alleged an Uvalde police officer had a chance to stop the gunman before he went inside the school armed with an AR-15.
But in an example of the conflicting statements and disputed accounts since the shooting, Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin has said that never happened.
A nearly 80-minute hallway surveillance video published by the Austin American-Statesman this week publicly showed for the first time a hesitant and haphazard tactical response, which the head of Texas' state police has condemned as a failure and some Uvalde residents have labelled cowardly.
Calls for police accountability have grown in the small town since the shooting. So far, only one officer from the scene of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history is known to be on leave.
A teacher who survived the school shooting has said he will never forgive the police for taking over an hour to enter his classroom after the gunman first opened fire. | https://news.sky.com/story/almost-400-officers-at-texas-school-shooting-but-failed-to-prioritise-victims-safety-over-their-own-12653955 | 2022-07-17T20:44:09Z | https://news.sky.com/story/almost-400-officers-at-texas-school-shooting-but-failed-to-prioritise-victims-safety-over-their-own-12653955 | true |
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Hasbro to allow fans to print their faces on action figures
PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Ever wonder what you would look like as an action figure?
Hasbro Inc. will soon roll out the "Selfie Series," described as a new personalization platform that allows fans to 3D print their faces on some of their favorite collector-grade 6-inch action figures. A selection of character costume designs will include G.I. JOE, Ghostbusters, Power Rangers, and Marvel, as well as designs inspired by Star Wars™ heroes.
The experience will launch in Fall 2022 and will be exclusively available on the Hasbro Pulse mobile app for fans 16 years and older.
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Fans can preview and be among the first to create the Hasbro Selfie Series figures at the San Diego Comic-Con from July 21 to July 24.
"We are super excited to dive into the world of personalization and customization with Hasbro Selfie Series. We have done extensive research to truly understand the fan’s ask for a personalized product, and the team has done a fantastic job at making that dream a reality," Brian Chapman, Hasbro President of Design, Development and Innovation, said in a news release. "The innovation on this proprietary technology is truly remarkable, and we cannot wait to give fans the opportunity to add themselves to their collections."
"Hasbro Selfie Series is giving us a new way to engage with the fans," Kwamina Crankson, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Hasbro Direct, added. "We are just scratching the surface when it comes to customization, and we’re excited to see where this new, innovative platform takes us."
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ROME (AP) — Pleas were piling up Sunday in Italy aimed at persuading Premier Mario Draghi to stay in office instead of resigning as he tried to do last week after being let down by a populist coalition partner.
Hundreds of mayors have signed an open letter. Union leaders and industrialists, who often have opposing agendas, have been united in pressing Draghi to keep on governing. Italy and other European nations are facing soaring energy costs, steep inflation, surging COVID-19 cases and the war in Ukraine. In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.
By Sunday afternoon — three days after populist 5-Star Movement senators boycotted a confidence vote tied to an government energy relief bill — more than 80,000 citizens had signed a “Draghi stay” online petition, launched by former Premier Matteo Renzi, who heads a small centrist party in Draghi’s 17-month-old government.
”Let’s mobilize ourselves in every way to bring back Draghi to Chigi Palace (the premier’s office),” Renzi tweeted.
The letter originally grouped 11 mayors, including from Rome and Milan, but soon gained support from several hundred mayors of cities and towns, state TV said Sunday. The mayors cited the problems of everyday citizens as some of the “good reasons” Draghi should stay put. Financial markets consider the former European Central Bank chief as a pillar of solid fiscal governance for Italy, which is receiving billions in European Union pandemic recovery funds.
If Draghi has been moved by the entreaties, he wasn’t saying.
The premier has been holed up in a countryside home mulling over what he’ll tell Parliament on Wednesday. President Sergio Mattarella, who last week rebuffed Draghi’s resignation, told him to lay out the political situation before lawmakers.
Clearly not budging was Giuseppe Conte, Draghi’s predecessor, who triggered the crisis by having his 5-Star lawmakers walk out of the Senate vote because it contained a provision to build an incinerator in trash-choked Rome that the populists oppose.
Depending on support from his coalition partners ranging from the left to the right, Draghi had been forging ahead with economic and other reforms that are a requirement for Italy to receive 200 billion euros ($200 billion) in EU pandemic recovery funds.
His steadfast support for Ukraine, including sending military aid despite grumbling by the populists, has earned him statesman status in Europe.
Conte, whose left-leaning ruling coalition crumbled in 2021 amid pandemic struggles, over the weekend refused to pledge unwavering support for Draghi’s national unity government. After huddling for hours with his squabbling Movement, Conte demanded that Draghi give the 5-Stars “guaranteed conditions of respect” and said his lawmakers could vote “from time to time” in favor of government measures.
Five-Star Sen. Gianmauro Dell’Olio insisted Sunday that if Draghi “wants to offer us peanuts, I don’t believe that it’s opportune for us to carry on with this government.”
Ultimately, Mattarella must decide what to do if Draghi on Wednesday insists on resigning.
Mattarella could dissolve Parliament, triggering an early election as soon as late September. He could also see if there is political support for a limited-agenda government to stay in place until Italian lawmakers pass the national budget, necessary by year’s end. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/pleas-pile-up-in-italy-for-pm-draghi-to-rethink-exit/ | 2022-07-17T20:46:41Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/pleas-pile-up-in-italy-for-pm-draghi-to-rethink-exit/ | true |
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a report from investigators released Sunday.
The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the South Texas town for the bewildering inaction by heavily armed officers as a gunman fired inside a fourth-grade classroom.
“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety,” the report said.
The gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building, and it is “almost certain” that at least 100 shots came before any officer entered, according to the report.
The report — the most complete account yet of the hesitant and haphazard response to the May 24 massacre at at Robb Elementary School — was written by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives and released to family members Sunday.
According to the report, 376 law enforcement officers massed at the school. The overwhelming majority of those who responded were federal and state law enforcement. That included nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials.
“Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any ‘villains’ in the course of its investigation,” the report said. “There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”
The report noted that many of the hundreds of law enforcement responders who rushed to the school were better trained and equipped than the school district police — which the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the state police force, previously faulted for not going into the room sooner.
“In this crisis, no responder seized the initiative to establish an incident command post,” the report read.
A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety did not immediately return a request for comment Sunday.
Family members of the victims in Uvalde received copies of the report Sunday before it was released to the public.
“It’s a joke. They’re a joke. They’ve got no business wearing a badge. None of them do,” Vincent Salazar, grandfather of 11-year-old Layla Salazer, said Sunday.
The report followed weeks of closed-door interviews with more than 40 people, including witnesses and law enforcement who were on the scene of the shooting.
Flowers that had been piled high in the city’s central square had been removed as of Sunday, leaving a few stuffed animal maps scattered around the fountains alongside photos of some of the children who were killed.
No single officer has received as much scrutiny since the shooting as Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief who resigned from his newly appointed seat on the City Council after the shooting. Arredondo told the committee he treated the shooters as “barricaded subject,” according to the report, and defended never treating the scene as an active-shooter situation because he did not have visual contact with the gunman.
Arredondo also tried to find a key for the classrooms, but no one ever bothered to see if the doors were locked, according to the report.
“Arredondo’s search for a key consumed his attention and wasted precious time, delaying the breach of the classrooms,” the report read.
The report criticized as “lackadaisical” the approach of the hundreds of officers who surrounded the school and said that they should have recognized that Arredondo remaining in the school without reliable communication was “inconsistent” with him being the scene commander. The report concluded that some officers waited because they relied on bad information while others “had enough information to know better.”
A nearly 80-minute hallway surveillance video published by the Austin American-Statesman this week publicly showed for the first time a hesitant and haphazard tactical response, which the head of Texas’ state police has condemned as a failure and some Uvalde residents have blasted as cowardly.
Calls for police accountability have grown in Uvalde since the shooting. So far, only one officer from the scene of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history is known to be on leave.
The report is the result of one of several investigations into the shooting, including another led by the Justice Department. A report earlier this month by tactical experts at Texas State University alleged that a Uvalde police officer had a chance to stop the gunman before he went inside the school armed with an AR-15.
But in an example of the conflicting statements and disputed accounts since the shooting, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has said that never happened. That report had been done at the request of the Texas Department of Public Safety, which McLaughlin has increasingly criticized and accused of trying to minimize the role of its troopers during the massacre.
Steve McCraw, the head of Texas DPS, has called the police response an abject failure.
The committee didn’t “receive medical evidence” to show that police breaching the classroom sooner would have saved live, but it concluded that “it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue.”
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Weber reported from Austin, Texas. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/uvalde-families-to-receive-new-report-on-police-failures/ | 2022-07-17T20:47:25Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/uvalde-families-to-receive-new-report-on-police-failures/ | false |
Are slam or medicine balls best?
When you think of working out, exercises like weightlifting or jogging on a treadmill might be the first that come to mind. However, if you’re looking for alternative workout methods, don’t overlook the simplicity and effectiveness of exercise balls.
Slam balls and medicine balls are affordable workout tools that can help strengthen core muscles, but which is better? It depends on the kind of exercises you want to perform, but the key difference is that a slam ball is designed for throwing.
Slam ball
A slam ball is a weighted rubber ball that adds resistance to dynamic exercises like squats. Slam balls can weigh anywhere between 2-50 pounds and are ideal for tossing and throwing workouts. They’re filled with sand and are available with different textured surfaces.
Slam ball pros
Slam balls have a hard rubber shell that prevents them from bouncing or rolling, making them ideal for various kinds of exercises. Slam balls are versatile enough for nearly any medicine ball exercise and weightlifting in place of free weights such as dumbbells. Also, since they’re usually smaller, slam balls are generally less expensive than medicine balls.
Slam ball cons
A slam ball toss can be noisy and disruptive if you live in an apartment above someone else. Also, slam balls are heavy, so transporting them is a hassle if you want to work out in a different location.
Best slam balls
This slam ball has a super-thick rubber shell and a tire-like textured surface, so it’s easy to grip. It’s durable and absorbs harsh impacts effectively, so it’s perfect if you want a ball with little to no bounce back.
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Amazon Basics Exercise Slam Ball
If you’re looking for a durable slam ball designed to withstand tossing exercises and improve your core strength, then look no further. This slam ball has a sturdy PVC shell and is excellent for CrossFit workouts. It’s available in several weight options and sports a slightly textured but smooth surface for superior grip and control.
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This is one of the most affordable slam balls, and it has a soft exterior coating over a rugged and durable rubber vinyl shell. It’s built to last long and has a textured surface for improved grip.
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Medicine ball
Medicine balls are like slam balls, but they’re not meant to be thrown on the ground or bounce. They can be used for throwing and strength or endurance exercises, but they’re not ideal for high-impact activities. They’re available in different shapes and sizes and can be made with materials other than hard rubber, such as vinyl, plastic and leather.
Like slam balls, the best medicine balls are textured and durable enough to withstand various exercises and make excellent free weight substitutes.
Medicine ball pros
Medicine balls are generally larger, lighter and have softer surfaces than slam balls. Some medicine balls even come with handles, creating possibilities for more diverse workouts.
Due to their surface and construction, they’re better suited for workouts like push-up variations, planks and V-ups than slam balls, although performing all three is possible with either type of ball. Also, medicine balls are better free-weight replacements than slam balls due to their shape.
Medicine ball cons
Unlike slam balls, most medicine balls can roll and bounce, so they shouldn’t be used for throwing and catching exercises. They’re also much less durable and not as effective at absorbing high-impact shocks. Throwing a medicine ball with enough force against a hard surface will crack it and cause it to leak sand, which doesn’t typically occur with a slam ball.
Best medicine balls
It’s a basic medicine ball, but if you want to improve your cardiovascular strength, it’ll get the job done. It has a tough rubber exterior with a textured surface and can sustain ground tossing. It’s excellent for Russian twists, squats, sit-ups, planks and many other exercises.
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This ball boasts a stylish black and yellow design and a durable rubber build. It’s one of the more versatile medicine balls as it has a dual-textured surface for a superior anti-slip grip and can handle being slammed.
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Yes4All Soft Weighted Toning Ball
This is an excellent ball for beginners looking to improve their flexibility and strength. It boasts a rigid PVC shell and weighs just 4 pounds, so it’s convenient for traveling and storage. It’s available in four stylish color designs and is also offered in a textured-surface option.
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Should you get a slam ball or a medicine ball?
Most medicine balls these days are durable enough to handle some slamming and throwing exercises. However, unless they’re marketed as slam balls, they’re not ideal for those kinds of exercises. So consider which activities you’ll be doing more.
A slam ball is more versatile since you can use it for all kinds of medicine ball exercises; not all medicine balls can be used for all slam ball exercises. They’re also cheaper, so if you plan on performing throwing activities, the clear choice is the slam ball.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school.
But "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted and killed.
It is the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in Uvalde, Texas, for the bewildering inaction at Robb Elementary School.
The report was written by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives and released to family members Sunday.
According to the nearly 80-page report, the gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building, and it is "almost certain" that 100 shots came before any officer entered.
The Texas Tribune reported that those who responded to the scene included about 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials.
Investigators spoke to more than 40 people in interviews conducted behind closed doors, which included those who were at the school the day of the shooting.
The report's release comes days after the Austin American-Statesman published a hallway surveillance video that showed what was transpiring inside the school and what law enforcement was doing during the shooting. | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/systemic-failures-in-uvalde-school-massacre-report-finds | 2022-07-17T20:50:45Z | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/systemic-failures-in-uvalde-school-massacre-report-finds | false |
DEFIANCE, Ohio (WKBN) – A lawsuit has been filed against four people who Ohio Attorney General David Yost said ran a fishing lure business that didn’t deliver what they promised and signed people up for a service they never asked for.
The lawsuit names Cole Dockery, Jakob Schoenauer, Alexandria McGlaughlin and Wyatt Puffinberger, all of northwest Ohio.
Yost said 84 people have filed complaints against the National Anglers Association (not to be confused with the legitimate National Professional Anglers Association), an unregistered business in Defiance County that sold fishing lures and bait.
The business is accused of signing customers up for a subscription service without their knowledge and making false claims in advertising.
The business used several online platforms, including social media, to advertise its merchandise, claiming that it partnered with small businesses throughout the United States to provide high-quality lures and baits.
The Better Business Bureau turned over consumer complaints to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and an investigation was launched.
The Consumer Protection investigation found that many payment platforms refused to allow Dockery, the leader of the scheme, to continue to accept payments due to many charge-backs and issues with shipping. When this happened, another defendant would set up an account to accept payments on behalf of NAA.
NAA no longer appears to be in business, but if you believe you have been victimized by NAA – or by another unfair or deceptive business practice – contact the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at www.OhioProtects.org or 800-282-0515. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/lawsuit-targets-group-for-fishy-business-in-ohio-2/ | 2022-07-17T20:51:43Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/lawsuit-targets-group-for-fishy-business-in-ohio-2/ | true |
Living chess set featuring 32 actors turns heads at London´s ChessFest
A group of 32 professional actors turned heads in Trafalgar Square by featuring in a living chess set.
Sunday’s performance in London was part of ChessFest, which claims to be the UK’s largest one-day chess event.
Organisers said the living chess pieces would perform a re-enactment of Bobby Fischer’s game three victory against Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship, marking its 50 year anniversary.
They also planned to revisit a game between former world champion Garry Kasparov and his robotic nemesis Deep Blue.
The event took place from 11am and was free of charge.
It included free chess lessons, giant chess sets and the chance to challenge a Grandmaster at speed chess. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11022745/Living-chess-set-featuring-32-actors-turns-heads-London-s-ChessFest.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-17T20:55:06Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11022745/Living-chess-set-featuring-32-actors-turns-heads-London-s-ChessFest.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck obtain wedding license in Nevada
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have obtained a marriage license in Nevada, according to Clark County records posted Sunday.
The Clark County clerk’s office in Nevada showed the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. A marriage license is not proof of marriage.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck did not immediately respond to messages.
In April, Lopez made their engagement public in a video posted to her fans showing off a green engagement ring. The marriage license filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.
Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s before rekindling their romance last year. They earlier starred together in 2003’s “Gigli” and 2004’s “Jersey Girl.” Around that time, they became engaged but never wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children. They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade after wedding in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/17/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-obtain-wedding-license-in-nevada-2/ | 2022-07-17T20:58:58Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/17/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-obtain-wedding-license-in-nevada-2/ | false |
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — For a very brief moment, Cameron Young was tied for the lead on the 18th hole on the final day of the British Open with only three other players still out on the course.
“Cameron was not going to miss that,” said Young, who shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday and lost to Smith by one stroke.
The eagle moved Young one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy, who missed a birdie putt on the 18th a few minutes later. But it wasn’t enough to catch Smith, who shot a 64 in the final round to win the claret jug and match the major championship record to par with his winning score.
“It probably hurts a little worse to come up one shot short. If you lose by eight you don’t really care,” said Young, a 25-year-old American who is from New York. “I would have signed up for 65 this morning. And to watch Cameron shoot what he did, it was pretty amazing.”
Young was at or near the top of leaderboard on all four days at St. Andrews. He opened with an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take the early lead, added a 69 in the second round and a 71 on Saturday.
Heading out for the final round on Sunday, he and Smith were tied for third, four strokes behind McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.
Two bogeys on the front nine — on the first and ninth holes — set him back, but seven total birdies before the eagle on the last kept him in contention to win his first major.
The bogey on 9 was a surprise considering Young had birdied that hole in all three previous rounds this week.
“I think I tried a little hard to get it to the green knowing that right is totally fine. I was just trying to hit one really hard and turning right to left and I just overdid it,” Young said. “Probably just maybe not the best decision I made. And not the best shot I hit today. Just one of those times.”
Young was playing at his first British Open. He has never made the cut at the Masters or the U.S. Open, but he did get some valuable major tournament experience at this year’s PGA Championship. He finished in a tie for third after a double bogey on the 16th at Southern Hills.
“At this point — not as much as some of those other guys — but I’ve at least been around the lead a lot this year,” Young said. “In the PGA Tour in a major, so it’s not the first time I’ve been in that situation.
“And the more I put myself there, I think I said at the PGA one of these times I’ll shoot 5 under on the back (nine) and that will be enough. And today I did. And it wasn’t. So I guess one of these times I’ll shoot 6 on the back on Sunday and that will be enough.”
Trying to get to that 5-under number on the back nine Sunday meant going all out on one last drive.
With the Old Course playing hard and fast all week, many of the par 4s have been drivable. Young knew he needed an eagle on the final hole to pressure Smith so he teed it up and went all out.
“I don’t know what that hole played to this week, but I’d imagine probably more than half of the people were making birdie. The way Cameron Smith chips and putts, I didn’t really think he would make a 4,” Young said. “So, yes, I kind of was just trying to get it there and trying to give myself some kind of look, because obviously you never know.”
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WEBSTER COUNTY, Mo. (KOLR) – A Missouri man is taking Bass Pro Shops to court over a pair of socks.
Kent Slaughter filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging that previously, when someone would return Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks, Bass Pro Shops would honor the lifetime warranty and provide a new pair at no charge.
The lawsuit goes on to say in 2021, Bass Pro Shops changed its practices and no longer honored the warranty.
Slaughter says that when you return the socks now, they are only replaced with a new, different pair that comes with a limited 60-day warranty.
The socks now have a different design, “presumably so that [Bass Pro Shops] employees know that no warranty will be honored for those 60-Day Socks beyond the limited warranty period,” the lawsuit alleges.
Included in the lawsuit is a picture of the socks in question. On the packaging, the brand advertises the garment as “the last sock you’ll ever need to buy.”
Slaughter’s lawsuit says Bass Pro Shops consumers “have been misled, induced and defrauded into spending money.”
Nexstar’s KOLR reached out to Bass Pro for a comment, but the company said it wouldn’t comment on ongoing litigation. | https://phl17.com/nmw/man-suing-bass-pro-shops-over-socks/ | 2022-07-17T21:07:09Z | https://phl17.com/nmw/man-suing-bass-pro-shops-over-socks/ | false |
Jill Zarin is in the ultimate catfight with Dorinda Medly.
After filming Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Season 2, Ex-Wives Club, with the fellow Real Housewives of New York alum, Jill told the press things could get "ugly" if both also appeared on the upcoming series RHONY: Legacy. Neither has been cast on the show
"It would be ugly because look what just happened," she exclusively told E! News at the Luxury Luncheon in The Hamptons event on July 16. "You know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result, so if I do another show in the same circumstances, for me to expect anything different makes me insane.
Insisting she actually likes Dorinda "very, very much," Jill said she wishes that Dorinda would make some changes in her lifestyle.
"I like her so much that I hope that all this visibility will help her see what we see," she said, "and then she , you know, can make some changes in her life."
While Jill, 58, admitted "nothing shocked" her while filming Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Season 2 at Dorinda's home, Bluestone Manor in the Berkshires, she did feel like the alcohol use amongst the women was excessive.
"The whole drinking thing was out of control," she said. "I don't drink alcohol so for me it's like foreign. I just can't talk to alcohol. I can't talk to it. I can talk to someone who hates me. I can talk to someone who's mad at me because I can have a rational conversation even if it's a negative one, but I can't talk to someone who is belligerent. And that was really hard for me."
Despite the drama in the Berkshires, Jill feels like executive producer Andy Cohen casted the show perfectly.
"Andy picked this group for a reason and I had to go with it knowing he knew what he was doing" she shared. "And he does know what he's doing. It was a great show. And I think that we could totally do a reunion next year. I could do it again."
Dorinda isn't the only housewife Jill is beefing with these days. Earlier this week, Tamra Judge was left fuming when Jill let it slip that the California native was returning to Real Housewives of Orange County during a since deleted livestream.
"I read online that she's coming back," Jill clarified at the luncheon. "I'm not a source. That's what I heard. I don't know anything. I don't know if she has a contract. That's what I heard from other people. I don't know anything about anything except myself.
Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Season 2, Ex-Wives Club is now streaming on Peacock, with new episodes dropping every Thursday.
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Phillies fourth. Nick Castellanos singles to center field. J.T. Realmuto reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Nick Castellanos out at second. Alec Bohm doubles to deep center field. J.T. Realmuto scores. Matt Vierling doubles to shallow left field. Alec Bohm scores. Didi Gregorius pops out to Garrett Cooper. Yairo Munoz homers to left field. Matt Vierling scores. Johan Camargo lines out to shallow left field to Miguel Rojas.
4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 4, Marlins 0. | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Philadelphia-Miami-Runs-17310856.php | 2022-07-17T21:16:27Z | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Philadelphia-Miami-Runs-17310856.php | false |
WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 18, 2022
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
129 PM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Elevated surf of 3 to 5 feet with sets to 6 feet and a
high risk of rip currents.
* WHERE...Beaches of San Diego County and Orange County.
* WHEN...Through Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...Surf and strong rip currents will create dangerous
swimming conditions.
* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...Surf will increase Monday night, and
peak Tuesday through Thursday. Additional products will be
issued as necessary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT
MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions. High temperatures in the San
Joaquin Valley 105 to 110 degrees both this afternoon and Monday
afternoon. High temperatures in the lower Sierra foothills and
Kern River Valley 99 to 104 degrees both this afternoon and
Monday afternoon.
* WHERE...The San Joaquin Valley, lower Sierra foothills, and the
Kern River Valley.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential
for heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck obtain wedding license in Nevada
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have obtained a marriage license in Nevada, according to Clark County records posted Sunday.
The Clark County clerk’s office in Nevada showed the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. A marriage license is not proof of marriage.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck did not immediately respond to messages.
In April, Lopez made their engagement public in a video posted to her fans showing off a green engagement ring. The marriage license filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.
Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s before rekindling their romance last year. They earlier starred together in 2003′s “Gigli” and 2004′s “Jersey Girl.” Around that time, they became engaged but never wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children. They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade after wedding in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together.
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Enjoy a warm fire no matter where you’re headed with one of these portable fire pits
There’s something about a roaring fire that sets the perfect mood for a party or gathering. But if you’re getting together with friends at the park, a festival or a campsite, you’ll need a fire pit that you can take on the go.
Some portable fire pits are more versatile than others, so you can cook food in addition to enjoying the light and warmth from the fire. You can also choose from both propane- and wood-fueled pits, depending on where you’re headed and what the fire regulations in the area are.
If you’re interested in buying a fire pit you can take to the park, beach or campsite, check out these 13 portable fire pits that create the right atmosphere for any party.
What to look for in a portable fire pit
Weight
A portable fire pit shouldn’t be too heavy, or you’ll have a tough time lugging it in and out of your car and to your party site. Some portable models weigh as little as 5 pounds, but others weigh as much as 30 pounds. In general, it’s best to choose a fire pit weighing no more than 20 pounds to ensure you can easily transport it wherever you need it to go.
Keep in mind that propane fire pits are usually heavier than wood-burning fire pits because of the propane tank’s weight. They’re easier to light, though, so you may want to put up with the added weight for the more user-friendly operation.
Folding design
Some portable fire pits have a foldable design, so they disassemble quickly when you want to take them on the go and fit easily in a bag or the back of your car. You can find some fire pits that fold completely flat, making them the easiest to pack and store. Other models have folding legs, so they aren’t as compact. But they often come with a carrying bag that makes transporting them easier.
Best portable fire pits
Under $100
UCO Flatpack Portable Stainless Steel Grill and Fire Pit
This durable stainless steel fire pit and grill is available in small and medium sizes and folds to just 1.5 inches thick. It takes only 30 seconds to set up and has a stable base with wind-break sides to keep the fire burning even in windy conditions. Sold by Amazon
Bad Idea Pyro Cage Mini Portable Fire Pit and Campfire Stove
Made of 14 gauge steel, this portable fire pit is fully enclosed, so you can enjoy your fire outdoors responsibly. The design keeps the fire off the ground for safer burning and better airflow. It also has integrated handles that make it easy to carry. Sold by Amazon
$100-$150
Flame King Portable Propane Outdoor Gas Fire Pit
This propane fire pit takes only minutes to set up and doesn’t require any tools for assembly. It has a self-igniting system, so you can start your fire quickly. It also comes with a UV and weather-resistant cover and a fabric handle to make it easier to transport. Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Sunnydaze Steel Portable Folding Wood Burning Fire Pit
With folding legs and a carrying case, this fire pit is lightweight and easy to take with you on the go. It’s made of steel and has a high-temperature paint finish, so it’s durable enough to stand up to regular use. Sold by Home Depot
Camplux Portable Propane Fire Pit
This lightweight fire pit assembles quickly without any tools at the park or your campsite, so it’s an excellent portable option. It uses propane, allowing for a clean, smokeless burn. It also comes with natural lava rocks to enhance the look of the flames. Sold by Amazon
Campfire Defender Pop-Up Fire Pit
This portable pop-up fire pit takes less than 60 seconds to set up without any tools. It can use wood or charcoal for fuel and features stainless steel mesh to promote effective airflow without letting the ashes fall through. Sold by Amazon
Heininger Portable Propane Gas Fire Pit
This lightweight propane fire pit makes it easy to take the fire with you to the park, beach or campsite. It’s made of galvanized steel and has a gloss enamel finish to improve its durability. It’s also suitable for all weather conditions and includes decorative rocks to enhance its appearance. Sold by Home Depot
$150-$200
Camp Chef Redwood Portable Propane Gas Fire Pit
This sturdy, portable propane fire pit has a matchless ignition and produces smokeless flames for a fuss-free fire. It’s made of heavy-gauge steel and features a heat control knob that easily adjusts the temperature. It also comes with a carrying bag. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kohl’s
Ignik Outdoors FireCan Portable Fire Pit
This compact fire pit can be set up nearly anywhere and creates a safe fire by elevating it above the ground. It has mesh sides to improve airflow for larger flames and comes with a hose that has an adjustable regulator. The legs collapse for easy storage, too. Sold by Backcountry
Outland Living Portable Propane Fire Pit
This propane fire pit allows you to enjoy a lively fire without any mess afterward. It’s lightweight and easy to set up, so you can take it wherever you go. It also features matchless auto-ignition, allowing you to start your fire without any hassle. Sold by Amazon
This fire pit folds up for easy transport and storage. It has durable steel construction and ventilated side panels to block the wind. It also comes with a grilling grate for cooking. Sold by Backcountry
$200 and up
This stainless steel fire pit has a double-walled design that helps improve airflow and the burning process. It has an ash pan that prevents clogs and keeps the ground from getting too hot. It weighs just 20 pounds, too. Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
This lightweight fire pit has built-in handles that make it easy to carry to the park, beach, lake or campsite. It’s made of 16-gauge stainless steel and has a weatherproof powder-coated exterior for improved durability. It also has an ash pan for easy cleanup. Sold by Amazon
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WASHINGTON — As Americans ramp up their summer travels without their masks, two COVID-19 subvariants are causing a surge in cases.
BA.5, which accounts for 65% of cases, and BA.4, which is 16% of cases, are omicron's smarter cousins. The two subvariants are evading antibodies and even vaccine protections, as they are the one of the most contagious versions of the virus yet.
"It knows how to trick our immune system," said TEGNA's medical expert Dr. Payal Kohli.
Since the subvariants derived from the original omicron variant, symptoms fall under the same umbrella. However, symptoms still vary depending on vaccination status, age, prior infection, medication and other factors, said Kohli.
Data collected from the Zoe app in the UK show most symptoms mimic the common cold, with sore throats and runny noses. Kohli said a significant change in symptoms for the subvariants are heightened amounts of sneezing, something not seen in earlier forms of the COVID-19 variant.
"Now, interestingly enough, we're also anecdotally seeing that there may be a slightly higher degree of loss of taste, and loss of smell," Kohli said.
Without much of the "classic" COVID-19 symptoms like muscle aches, high fevers and chills, it becomes increasingly difficult to decipher whether you have COVID or simple allergies.
Consistent testing is the best way to confirm whether your symptoms are truly COVID-19, according to Kohli. For those who are vaccinated, things can get a little more complicated as immune systems in early days of infection can cause a false negative on at-home tests.
The subvariants responsible for the latest surge pose a different threat as it also has higher rates of reinfection.
"Even if you've had infection recently, with omicron, or you've had what we call hybrid immunity, which is infection plus vaccination, which was thought to be the highest level of protection, we are seeing a higher rate of reinfection occurring even in those individuals," she said.
On Tuesday, the Biden administration urged Americans to get their booster shots as way to protect themselves from the new subvariants.
Now with Novavax, a more traditional protein-based vaccine approved by the FDA, and a COVID-19 pill, Americans have more resources than ever to protect themselves during another surge. However, nearly a quarter of Americans haven't gotten their COVID-19 shot.
"Even though the vaccines and the boosters that we have out there right now are really designed for the original Wuhan strain, and not so much for the subvariants, we are seeing that there's a high degree of efficacy at for the vaccines that keeping you out of the hospital," Kohli said.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention lists the most common symptoms for COVID-19:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/nation-world/what-to-know-about-ba5-ba4-variant/507-ac88576c-f99b-4125-9199-9616e9cbd71a | 2022-07-17T21:34:54Z | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/nation-world/what-to-know-about-ba5-ba4-variant/507-ac88576c-f99b-4125-9199-9616e9cbd71a | false |
WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 17, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
136 PM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...Gusty winds with low RH Sunday and Monday...
.An upper level trough will pass to our north today. This trough
will produce gusty winds this afternoon and Monday afternoon, that
when combined with very low relative humidities, will likely
result in critical fire weather conditions.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285...
The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag
Warning...which is in effect from 2 PM to 8 PM PDT Monday. The
Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* Impacts: Strong, gusty wind with low relative humidity and
critically dry vegetation will greatly increase the spread
potential of any new and existing fires.
* Affected area:
In Northern CA...Fire Weather Zone 285.
* Wind: Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph this
afternoon, then Southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph
on Monday.
* Humidity: 7 to 10 percent.
* View the hazard area in detail at:
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Avoid tossing burning cigarettes on the ground, parking hot
vehicles on dry vegetation, and using equipment that can cause
sparks. Follow all fire restrictions. Find links to restrictions
at weather.gov/medford/wildfire. One less spark, one less
wildfire.
Gather your fire evacuation kit now. Collect essentials you don't
want to lose and prioritize your checklist. Visit ready.gov/kit
for more information.
Familiarize yourself with your evacuation plan. Where will you go?
How will you get there? Who will you call to let others know your
are safe? Visit ready.gov/wildfires for more information.
A Red Flag Warning does not mean there is a fire. It means that
critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will
shortly. These conditions promote rapid spread of fire which may
become life threatening. Evacuate if ordered to, or if a fire
threatens.
FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284...
624 AND 625...
In Northern CA Fire Zone....284.
In South Central OR Fire Zones...624...625.
* Wind: Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* Humidity: 6 to 10 percent.
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron decried his Nazi-collaborator predecessors and rising antisemitism, vigorously vowing to stamp out Holocaust denial as he paid homage Sunday to thousands of French children sent to death camps 80 years ago for one reason alone: because they were Jewish.
Family by family, house by house, French police rounded up 13,000 people on two terrifying days in July 1942, wresting children from their mothers’ arms and dispatching everyone to Nazi death camps. France honored those victims this weekend, as it tries to keep their memory alive.
For the dwindling number of survivors of France’s wartime crimes, a series of commemoration ceremonies Sunday were especially important. At a time of rising antisemitism and far-right discourse sugarcoating France’s role in the Holocaust, they worry that history’s lessons are being forgotten.
A week of ceremonies marking 80 years since the Vel d’Hiv police roundup on July 16-17, 1942 culminated Sunday with an event led by Macron, who pledged that wouldn’t happen ever again.
“We will continue to teach against ignorance. We will continue to cry out against indifference,” Macron said. “And we will fight, I promise you, at every dawn, because France’s story is written by a combat of resistance and justice that will never be extinguished.”
He denounced former French leaders for their roles in the Holocaust and the Vel d’Hiv raids, among the most shameful acts undertaken by France during World War II.
Over those two days, police herded 13,152 people — including 4,115 children — into the Winter Velodrome of Paris, known as the Vel d’Hiv, before they were sent on to Nazi camps. It was the biggest such roundup in Western Europe. The children were separated from their families; very few survived.
In public testimonies over the past week, survivor Rachel Jedinak described a middle-of-the-night knock on the door, and being marched through the streets of Paris and herded into the velodrome in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.
She recalled her desperate mother shouting at police. Some French neighbors informed on Jews, others wept as they watched them being corralled like livestock.
Chantal Blaszka’s aunts and uncle were among the children rounded up: 6-year-old Simon, 9-year-old Berthe, 15-year-old Suzanne. Their names are now engraved on a monument at a garden where the velodrome once stood, along with some 4,000 other children targeted in the raids. Photos of the children hang from tree trunks, the result of years of painstaking research to identify and honor the long-anonymous victims.
Of the children deported from the Vel d’Hiv 80 years ago, only six survived.
“Can you imagine?” Blaszka asked, pointing at the names and shaking her head. “Can you imagine?”
Serge Klarsfeld, a renowned Nazi hunter whose father was deported to Auschwitz, spoke Saturday in the garden, calling it an “earth-shaking testimony to the horrors lived by Jewish families.” Klarsfeld, 86, stressed the urgency of passing on memories as more of the war’s witnesses pass on.
On Sunday, Macron visited a site in Pithiviers south of Paris where police sent families after the Vel d’Hiv roundup, before sending them onto the Nazi camps. A new memorial site honoring the deportees was inaugurated, including a plaque that reads: “Let us never forget.”
The president urged vigilance: “We are not finished with antisemitism, and we must lucidly face that fact.”
“It is showing itself on the walls of our cities” when they are vandalized with swastikas, he continued. “It is infiltrating social networks … it inserts itself into debates on some TV shows. It shows itself in the complacency of certain political forces. It is prospering also through a new form of historic revisionism, even negationism.”
Another ceremony was held at the Shoah Memorial in the Paris suburb of Drancy, home to a transit center that was central to French Jews’ deadly journey to Nazi camps. Most of the 76,000 Jews deported from France under the collaborationist Vichy government passed through the Drancy camp.
The Drancy Shoah memorial actively documents the Holocaust, especially for younger generations. This work is especially important at a time when Jewish communities are increasingly worried about rising antisemitism in Europe. France’s Interior Ministry has reported a rise in antisemitic acts in France over recent years, and said that while racist and anti-religious acts overall are increasing, Jews are disproportionately targeted.
Anxiety has worsened for some since the far-right National Rally party made a surprising electoral breakthrough last month, winning a record 89 seats in France’s National Assembly. Party co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted of racism and downplaying the Holocaust. His daughter Marine, who now leads the party, has distanced herself from her father’s positions, but the party’s past still raises concerns for many Jews.
During the campaign for this year’s French presidential election, far-right candidate and pundit Eric Zemmour propagated the false claim that Adolf Hitler’s Vichy collaborators safeguarded France’s Jews.
It took France’s leadership 50 years after World War II to officially acknowledge the state’s involvement in the Holocaust, when then-President Jacques Chirac apologized for the French authorities’ role in the Vel d’Hiv raids.
“The policy, from 1942 onward, was to organize the murder of the Jews of Europe and therefore to organize the deportation of the Jews of France,” said Jacques Fredj, director of the Paris Shoah Memorial. “Most of the time, the decisions were made by the Nazis … but the management was French.”
Macro spelled it out clearly Sunday: “Let us repeat here with force, whether self-styled revisionist commentators like it or not.”
None of France’s Vichy wartime leaders, he said, “wanted to save Jews.”
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Le Deley reported from Drancy, France. Boubkar Benzebat in Pithiviers, France and Masha Macpherson in Paris contributed. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/holocaust-survivors-mark-80-years-since-mass-paris-roundup/ | 2022-07-17T21:39:06Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/holocaust-survivors-mark-80-years-since-mass-paris-roundup/ | false |
(WTAJ) — An asteroid the size of a skyscraper will pass Earth Sunday, making its closest approach to our planet in almost 100 years, according to NASA.
Asteroid 2022 KY4 is between 220 and 492 feet in diameter and it travels at an estimated 16,900 mph. KY4 is considered an Amor-class asteroid, meaning it orbits between Earth and Mars.
NASA says the giant rock will miss our planet by about 3.8 million miles.
In the past, the rock has made close encounters with earth, most recently in 1959. After Sunday, we won’t see it this close until May 2048.
It still reaches NASA’s classification of “potentially hazardous” because it orbits within 4.7 million miles of Earth and measures greater than 140 meters in size.
There are no asteroids that currently pose a significant risk of impacting Earth within the next 100 years, according to NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
Meanwhile, one of the most popular meteor showers – the Perseid Meteor Shower – is underway. While it won’t reach its peak until August, you still have the chance to see dozens of meteors streak through the night sky, as long as the moon isn’t too bright. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/skyscraper-sized-asteroid-to-pass-earth-sunday/ | 2022-07-17T21:40:15Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/skyscraper-sized-asteroid-to-pass-earth-sunday/ | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — On restoring access to abortion, President Joe Biden says his hands are tied without more Democratic senators. Declaring a public health emergency on the matter has downsides, his aides say. And as for gun violence, Biden has been clear about the limits of what he can do on his own.
“There’s a Constitution,” Biden said from the South Lawn in late May. “I can’t dictate this stuff.”
Throughout this century, presidents have often pushed aggressively to extend the boundaries of executive power. Biden talks more about its limits.
When it comes to the thorniest issues confronting his administration, the instinct from Biden and his White House is often to speak about what he cannot do, citing constraints imposed by the courts or insufficient support in a Congress controlled by his own party — though barely.
He injects a heavy dose of reality in speaking to an increasingly restive Democratic base, which has demanded action on issues such as abortion and voting rights before the the November elections.
White House officials and the president’s allies say that approach typifies a leader who has always promised to be honest with Americans, including about how expansive his powers really are.
But Biden’s realpolitik tendencies are colliding with an activist base agitating for a more aggressive party leader — both in tone and substance. Although candidate Biden sold himself as the person who best knew the ways of Washington, he nonetheless is hamstrung by the same obstacles that have bedeviled his predecessors.
“I think that if you hesitate from important actions like this just because of a legal challenge, then you would do nothing,” said Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., who has been pressing for more administrative actions on abortion. “People all across the country are expecting us — the leaders — to do something.”
Biden’s cautionary approach could be to protect himself if the White House falls short — like Democrats did in negotiating a party-line spending package centered on the social safety net and climate provisions. That sweeping effort had been steadily thwarted due to resistance from two moderate Democrats, one of them West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who on Thursday scuttled for the time being a scaled-back effort that focused on climate and taxes.
That development prompted calls from Democratic senators for Biden to unilaterally declare a climate emergency. In a statement Friday while in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Biden pledged to take “strong executive action to meet this moment” on climate.But in recent weeks, that gap between “yes, we can” and “no, we can’t” has been most glaring on abortion.
Since the Supreme Court last month overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling from 1973 with its constitutional protections for abortion, the White House has come under considerable pressure to try to maintain access to abortion in conservative states that are set to outlaw the procedure.
For instance, advocates have implored Biden to look into establishing abortion clinics on federal lands. They have asked the administration to help transport women seeking abortions to a state that offers the procedure. And Democratic lawmakers are pressing the White House to declare a public health emergency.
Without rejecting the ideas completely, White House aides have expressed skepticism about such requests. And even as he signed an executive order last week to begin addressing the issue, Biden had one clear, consistent message: that he could not do this on his own, shifting attention to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
“The only way we can secure a woman’s right to choose and the balance that existed is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade as federal law,” Biden said shortly after the court struck down Roe. “No executive action from the president can do that.”
Shortly after declaring that the filibuster — a Senate rule that requires 60 votes for most legislation to advance — should not apply for abortion and privacy measures, Biden acknowledged during a meeting with Democratic governors that his newfound position would not make a difference, at least not right away.
“The filibuster should not stand in the way of us being able to do that,” Biden said of writing the protections of Roe into federal law. “But right now, we don’t have the votes in the Senate to change the filibuster.”
Biden, who served for 36 years in the Senate, is an institutionalist to his core and has tried to operate under the constraints of those institutions — unlike his predecessor, Donald Trump, who repeatedly pushed the boundaries of executive power.
But some advocates don’t want to hear from Biden about what he can’t do.
Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive director of the group We Testify, which advocates for women who have had abortions, said the administration should proceed with a public health emergency even if it’s eventually blocked by the courts.
“It tells those people who need abortions that the president is trying to help them, and that the thing that’s stopping him is the court, not himself, or his own projections on what could possibly happen,” she said, later adding: “The fact that he’s an institutionalist and cannot look around and see the institutions around him are crumbling is the problem.”
Democratic lawmakers have also continued to prod senior administration officials behind the scenes. In a virtual meeting this past week, Chu urged Xavier Becerra, the health and human services secretary, to have the administration enact a public health emergency. Proponents of the idea say it would unlock certain powers and resources to not only expand access to abortion but to protect doctors who provide them.
Though Becerra did not rule out the idea, he told Chu and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus that the administration had two main questions: How would the administration replenish money for the public health emergency fund and what would this move actually accomplish?
The skepticism has not deterred Democratic lawmakers. But some of the most ardent proponents of expansive executive actions on abortion have similarly cautioned their voters and activists to be realistic.
“It’s unrealistic to think that they have the power and the authority to protect access to abortion services in every part of this country because of what the Supreme Court has done,” said Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.
In one sense, the recent success on gun s was a validation of Biden’s art-of-the-possible approach, advocates say. Rather than promising what he could not achieve, Biden instead spoke of his limitations and cautioned that any substantive changes would require the support of at least 10 Senate Republicans — a goal that seemed implausible at the start.
That culminated this past week with a ceremony marking the signing of the first substantial gun restrictions into law in roughly three decades.
“I think that the president has struck the absolute right balance,” said John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Concerns about the limitations on Biden’s executive powers aren’t mere hypotheticals. His administration’s efforts to tame the coronavirus pandemic, for example, were repeatedly foiled by the courts, including a requirement to wear masks on mass transit and a vaccination mandate for companies with at least 100 workers.
Then-President Barack Obama sounded similar warnings when confronted by immigration activists urging him to use his power to issue a deportation reprieve for millions of young immigrants who did not have legal status in the U.S.
Obama in 2012 unilaterally enacted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which is still standing today. Two years later, Obama more fully embraced the pen-and-phone strategy, signaling to Congress that he would not hesitate to use executive orders if lawmakers continued to imperil his domestic agenda.
“Nobody thinks he’s got a magic wand here. Folks understand there are limitations,” said Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co-executive director of the Indivisible Project. “What they want to see is him treating this like the crisis it is for folks in red states losing access to abortion.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/bidens-realism-approach-runs-head-on-into-liberal-pressure/ | 2022-07-17T21:40:21Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/bidens-realism-approach-runs-head-on-into-liberal-pressure/ | false |
WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 17, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
110 PM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Highs from 110 to 114.
* WHERE...San Diego County Deserts and Coachella Valley.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
* WHAT...Dangerously hot with highs 105 to 110.
* WHERE...San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
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Sarah Cohen, CEO of Route 11 Potato Chips, speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about the company's sunflower seed oil deficit because of the Russian conflict in Ukraine and how the business is coping.
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Sarah Cohen, CEO of Route 11 Potato Chips, speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about the company's sunflower seed oil deficit because of the Russian conflict in Ukraine and how the business is coping.
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Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus
July 18, 2022 00:25 ISTThis is only the second outbreak of Marburg in West Africa.
Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month.
Tests conducted in Ghana came back positive on July 10, but the results had to be verified by a laboratory in Senegal for the cases to be considered confirmed, according to the World Health Organization.
“Further testing at the Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal has corroborated the results,” Ghana Health Service (GHS) said in a statement.
GHS is working to reduce any risk of the virus spreading, including the isolation of all identified contacts, none of whom have developed any symptoms so far, it said.
This is only the second outbreak of Marburg in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus in the region was detected last year in Guinea, with no further cases identified.
“(Ghanaian) health authorities have responded swiftly, getting a head start preparing for a possible outbreak. This is good because without immediate and decisive action, Marburg can easily get out of hand,” said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa.
The two patients in southern Ghana’s Ashanti region both had symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting, before dying in hospital, the WHO said.
There have been a dozen major Marburg outbreaks since 1967, mostly in southern and eastern Africa. Fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks depending on the virus strain and case management, according to the WHO.
It is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials, the WHO says. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/ghana-confirms-two-cases-of-highly-infectious-marburg-virus/article65651995.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-17T21:58:03Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/ghana-confirms-two-cases-of-highly-infectious-marburg-virus/article65651995.ece/amp/ | true |
BLOOMINGTON — The rain was pouring Sunday in the Twin Cities, but so was some locally-made soft-serve ice cream.
Sunday marked National Ice Cream Day, which was designated in 1984 by President Ronald Regan, according to the Illinois Dairy Foods Association.
Customers who made a trip into Theo’s Microcreamery on East Beaufort in uptown Normal were given raffle tickets to honor the occasion. Co-owner Mindy Theobald said they wanted to say thank you to their customers by giving winners gift cards for other local businesses. Some of those included the Pop Up Chicken Shop, Bloomington Meats and The Brass Pig Smoke and Ale House.
The owner said their best-selling flavors have included cookie monster, blueberry crumble and peach crisp.
She said they’re the “ultimate ice cream nerds" at Theo's, and they've attended a convention in Florida, an ice cream science class on North Carolina, and the opening day of a new ice cream museum in Chicago.
Preparing for the busy summer season means Theobald has to source products, which she said is currently difficult. For example, they order 55 pounds of peaches at a time for their peach crisp ice cream. She said that flavor was a big hit last year, and the peaches come from PrairiErth Farm in Atlanta, Illinois.
They also have to plan out their flavors for the season. Theobald said they try to mix in new flavors, as well as keep older favorites on the menu.
“You don’t need an excuse to eat ice cream, but if you do, today is the day,” said Theobald on Sunday.
Christina Doxsie made a stop Sunday to Theo’s with her two daughters, Matilda and Min Doxsie, plus their friend Addison Richardson. She said they’ve been there 20 times this summer, and traditionally get ice cream after going rock climbing.
Matilda had a scoop of blue moon, which she said had a vanilla flavor and was nice and sweet. Despite its blue hue, she said it doesn’t taste like blueberry.
“It’s a mystery ice cream flavor,” the 10-year-old said.
Min said the cookie monster flavor was her favorite. That’s because it has “1,000 cookies in one cream,” the 6-year-old said.
Her older sister also noted their friend has a role in the Community Players' musical production of “Matilda,” of which the title shares her name. Matilda Doxsie said she’ll be playing Veruca Salt in their upcoming production of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
So the little Miss Doxsie agreed that eating ice cream was a good way to research her theatrical character.
Frosty treats can also be had at several other local ice cream shops around Bloomington-Normal.
Manager Christi Thompson said they “make ice cream dreams come true” at Carl’s Ice Cream Factory, located on College Avenue in Normal. Another walk-up location is on Locust Street in Bloomington.
She said they offer 30 flavors of homemade, hand-dipped ice cream, as well as soft serve and yogurt options.
Hit sellers at Carl’s include buster brownies and cheesecake bars, Thompson said. She said they also have ice cream cakes.
Janet and Steve Severson, both of East Peoria, made their first visit Sunday to Carl’s on College Avenue. Mr. Severson got the vanilla-chocolate swirl cone, which he said was “fudgy,” and Mrs. Severson had the peach cone. She said it was both peachy and refreshing.
They came with her sister, Ann Adkins, and her husband Greg Adkins, both of Roanoke. The latter said he might get a peach ice cream cone to go.
Over in downtown Bloomington is Main Street Scoop at Main and Monroe streets. Owner Janet Mariani said they stayed open late this weekend and last for the Saturdays on the Square concert series.
Their top sellers are lavender honey, salted caramel and sweet cream and cookies. Her favorite is the lavender honey. She also noted they have three dairy-free options: chocolate, lemon sorbet and mango sorbet.
And they use eco-friendly utensils and tableware. Mariani said it’s all compostable.
The owner agreed her location is prime for catching foot traffic. She added people who live and work around downtown Bloomington are “so happy we’re here.
“And the kids are happier.”
Mariani said her goal was to offer more things for children in downtown Bloomington. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/twin-cities-parlors-get-scooping-for-national-ice-cream-day/article_523f53f8-060a-11ed-adf9-578bff07621f.html | 2022-07-17T22:00:13Z | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/twin-cities-parlors-get-scooping-for-national-ice-cream-day/article_523f53f8-060a-11ed-adf9-578bff07621f.html | true |
Cameron Smith won one of the most coveted prizes in sport on Sunday at St. Andrews: the claret jug.
Smith's one-shot victory at the 150th Open Championship also came with a $2.5 million winner's share of the $14 million purse, which was a 22-percent bump over the 2021 championship.
Here's a complete purse breakdown for Smith and the rest of the players who made the cut at St. Andrews: | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/2022-british-open-payout-cameron-smiths-claret-jug-comes-25-million | 2022-07-17T22:00:58Z | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/2022-british-open-payout-cameron-smiths-claret-jug-comes-25-million | false |
WEBSTER COUNTY, Mo. (KOLR) – A Missouri man is taking Bass Pro Shops to court over a pair of socks.
Kent Slaughter filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging that previously, when someone would return Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks, Bass Pro Shops would honor the lifetime warranty and provide a new pair at no charge.
The lawsuit goes on to say in 2021, Bass Pro Shops changed its practices and no longer honored the warranty.
Slaughter says that when you return the socks now, they are only replaced with a new, different pair that comes with a limited 60-day warranty.
The socks now have a different design, “presumably so that [Bass Pro Shops] employees know that no warranty will be honored for those 60-Day Socks beyond the limited warranty period,” the lawsuit alleges.
Included in the lawsuit is a picture of the socks in question. On the packaging, the brand advertises the garment as “the last sock you’ll ever need to buy.”
Slaughter’s lawsuit says Bass Pro Shops consumers “have been misled, induced and defrauded into spending money.”
Nexstar’s KOLR reached out to Bass Pro for a comment, but the company said it wouldn’t comment on ongoing litigation. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/man-suing-bass-pro-shops-over-socks/ | 2022-07-17T22:03:17Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/man-suing-bass-pro-shops-over-socks/ | false |
Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires top security chief and prosecutor
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As Russia's military pressed its efforts to expand into Ukraine's east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the head of the country's security service and its prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments.
"In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office and the SBU have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state," Zelenskyy said.
"Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the state's national security, and the links recorded between Ukrainian security forces and Russian special services raise very serious questions about their respective leaders,'' he said.
He dismissed Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, and replaced her with her deputy Oleksiy Symonenko. He also dismissed Ivan Bakanov, the head of Ukraine's security service, the SBU. Bakanov was a long-time friend of Zelenskyy's, according to Ukrainian news agencies.
Earlier Sunday, Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at Mykolaiv, a strategic city in southern Ukraine. Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said the missiles struck an industrial and infrastructure facility in the city, a key shipbuilding center in the estuary of the Southern Bug river. There was no immediate information about casualties.
Mykolaiv has faced regular Russian missile strikes in recent weeks as the Russians have sought to soften Ukrainian defenses.
The Russian military has declared a goal to cut off Ukraine's entire Black Sea coast all the way to the Romanian border. If successful, such an effort would deal a crushing blow to the Ukrainian economy and trade, and allow Moscow to secure a land bridge to Moldova's separatist region of Transnistria, which hosts a Russian military base.
Early in the campaign, Ukrainian forces fended off Russian attempts to capture Mykolaiv, which sits near the Black Sea coast between Russia-occupied Crimea and the main Ukrainian port of Odesa. Since then, Russian troops have halted their attempts to advance in the city but have continued to pummel both Mykolaiv and Odesa with regular missile strikes.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Sunday that Russian missiles destroyed a depot for anti-ship Harpoon missiles delivered to Ukraine by NATO allies, a claim that couldn't be independently confirmed.
The Russians, fearing a Ukrainian counteroffensive, also sought to reinforce their positions in the Kherson region near Crimea and in part of the northern Zaporizhzhia region that they seized in the opening stage of the war.
The British Defense Ministry said Sunday that Russia is moving troops and equipment between Kherson, Mariupol and Zaporizhzhia, and increasing security measures around Melitopol.
It added: "Given the pressures on Russian manpower, the reinforcement of the south whilst the fight for the Donbas continues indicates the seriousness with which Russian commanders view the threat."
For now, the Russian military has focused on trying to take control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of the Donbas, where the most capable and well-equipped Ukrainian forces are located.
Ukraine says its forces still retain control of two small villages in the Luhansk region, one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas, and are successfully fending off Russian attempts to advance deeper into the second one, the Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian military's General Staff said Sunday that Ukrainian troops thwarted Russian attempts to advance toward Sloviansk, the key Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk, and other attacks elsewhere in the region.
Yet Russian officials are urging their troops to produce even more territorial gains. During a visit to the front lines Saturday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu issued an order "to further intensify the actions of units in all operational areas."
The Russian military said it has struck Ukrainian troops and artillery positions in Donbas in the latest series of strikes, including a U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launcher. The Russian claims couldn't be independently verified.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, responded to Ukrainian officials' statements that Kyiv may strike the bridge linking Crimea and Russia, warning that that would trigger devastating consequences for the Ukrainian leadership.
"If that happens, the consequences will be obvious: They will momentarily face Doomsday," Medvedev said Sunday. "It would be very hard for them to hide."
Medvedev, who once was touted by the West as more liberal compared to Putin, said Russia will press its action in Ukraine until fulfilling its stated goal of "denazifying" and "demilitarizing" the country. He predicted that the continuing fighting will "undoubtedly lead to the collapse of the existing regime" in Kyiv.
While focusing on the Donbas, the Russians have hit areas all across the country with missile strikes.
Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians over the weekend not to fall for Russia's attempts to scare them with warnings of horrendous missile attacks to come, which he said were aimed at dividing Ukrainian society.
"It's clear that no Russian missiles or artillery will be able to break our unity or lead us away from our path toward a democratic, independent Ukraine," he said in his nightly video address Saturday to the nation. "And it is also clear that Ukrainian unity cannot be broken by lies or intimidation, fakes or conspiracy theories."
On Sunday in central Ukraine, relatives and friends attended a funeral for Liza Dmytrieva, a 4-year-old girl killed Thursday in a Russian missile strike. The girl with Down syndrome was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother when the missiles struck the city of Vinnytsia. At least 24 people were killed, including Liza and two boys, ages 7 and 8. More than 200 others were wounded, including Liza's mother, who remains in an intensive care unit.
"I didn't know Liza, but no person can go through this with calm," priest Vitalii Holoskevych said, bursting into tears as Liza's body lay in a coffin with flowers and teddy bears in the 18th-century Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia.
''We know that evil cannot win,' he added.
In the Kharkiv region, at least three civilians were killed and three more were injured Saturday in a pre-dawn Russian strike on the city of Chuhuiv, just 75 miles from the Russian border, police said.
Lyudmila Krekshina, who lives in the apartment building that was hit, said a husband and wife were killed as well as an elderly man who lived on the ground floor.
Another resident said she was lucky to have survived.
"I was going to run and hide in the bathroom. I didn't make it and that's what saved me," said Valentina Bushuyeva. Pointing to her destroyed apartment, she said: "There's the bathroom — explosion. Kitchen — half a room. And I survived because I stayed put."
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Anna reported from Pokrovsk, Ukraine. | https://www.wtae.com/article/ukraines-zelenskyy-fires-top-security-chief-and-prosecutor/40634677 | 2022-07-17T22:05:51Z | https://www.wtae.com/article/ukraines-zelenskyy-fires-top-security-chief-and-prosecutor/40634677 | true |
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(KTLA) – A California woman has been arrested after she tried to steal an infant from a hospital, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Jesenea Miron, 23, impersonated a nurse at the Riverside University Health System – Medical Center at about 10:30 am. Thursday and went into a patient’s room, where she “attempted to take their newborn infant,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a press release.
“The suspect was confronted by hospital staff, who then notified security. The female fled the location before she was able to be apprehended by hospital security or law enforcement,” the release added.
The Sheriff’s Department identified Miron as the would-be kidnapper and arrested her early Friday morning in the 11000 block of Weber St. in Riverside, where investigators also found “additional items of evidentiary value,” according to the sheriff’s department and jail records.
Miron is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center. She faces a kidnapping charge and is due to appear in the Riverside Hall of Justice on Tuesday, according to jail records.
In a statement, RUHS – Medical Center CEO Jennifer Cruikshank said the hospital is working with the sheriff’s department to “investigate how the suspect accessed the patient’s room and interacted with the family.”
“Riverside University Health System– Medical Center has multiple layers of security to protect the safety and well-being of patients and staff, and we’re thankful those systems and our vigilant staff were able to thwart this suspect … Our security protocols have been reviewed and reinforced, and we have additional sheriff’s deputies on campus. We are also working with the family to address their concerns and ensure their emotional well-being,” Cruikshank said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Galvan or Master Investigator Merrill at 951-486-6700 or the Sheriff’s Department at 951-776-1099. | https://www.koin.com/news/woman-accused-of-pretending-to-be-nurse-trying-to-steal-newborn/ | 2022-07-17T22:14:43Z | https://www.koin.com/news/woman-accused-of-pretending-to-be-nurse-trying-to-steal-newborn/ | false |
Which sensory bin ideas are best for everyone to enjoy?
Sensory bins provide an engaging way for children and adults to safely interact with their environment. Fill a designated sensory bin with materials like water or sand to promote tactile exploration. The bins help to contain the potential mess into a designated area and also encourage curiosity and mental development. You can also upgrade and change the materials in the bins over time in order to retain the interest of children.
What are sensory bins?
Much like sensory toys, sensory bins can enrich the education of children through tactile exploration. They are usually made from plastic and can be seasonally themed or specifically designed with a school subject in mind. The bins are usually inexpensive, depending on the content and size of the actual bins.
Useful sensory bin items
Common sensory bin items range from water to sand to even rice or seeds. The content of the bins really depends on the theme and age range of the intended children. Smaller items that could pose as choking hazards are not recommended for younger children.
Age range of sensory bins
Sensory bins do not have a strict age range. The bins can change and vary depending on interest and age. Bins work best for most children over the age of 18 months old. However, even adults can interact with sensory bins that are specifically designed with adult interests and creativity in mind.
What you need for DIY sensory bins
Sensory bins work best with a combination of materials and accessories, such as spoons or rakes. The bins vary depending on personal interest and the amount of allotted space. Smaller and lighter sensory bins work best in areas that are multifunctional such as a dinner table or desk.
Homemade sensory bins work best for people interested in a creative and personalized experience. The bins can include plastic figurines or even natural material such as plants or wood, depending on preference. There are no strict rules to the requirements of a sensory bin, so feel free to get creative and include items that offer interesting textures.
What you need to buy
Rubbermaid Leak-Proof Brilliance Food Storage Set
This set includes two plastic containers that can hold just under 10 cups of food. The leak-proof clear containers are stackable and resistant to stains, so they are perfect for starting off your DIY sensory bin.
Where to buy: Amazon
Kinetic Sand The Original Moldable Sensory Play Sand
This play sand comes in reusable plastic bags with 2 pounds of kinetic sand, which is available in five different colors. The sand is non-toxic and recommended for children over the age of 4 years old.
Where to buy: Amazon and Macy’s
This set includes 30,000 small water beads with 15 larger water beads. The beads can be placed in water to expand. The longer they are left in water, the bigger they will grow! The set also includes additional accessories, such as shovels and a tweezer.
Where to buy: Amazon
Mont Pleasant Montessori Toys Sensory Bin Toys
This toy set is made from beech wood and is not recommended for wet areas or extensive sun exposure. Toys like tongs and cups can all be conveniently stored in a drawstring bag.
Where to buy: Amazon
Best premade sensory bins for kids
If you’re not in a DIY mood, there are also plenty of premade sets available that will let kids get to exploring right away. These sets generally include plastic figurines, sand, water and other creative accessories.
Top premade sensory bins for kids
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin Ocean and Sand
This ocean themed sensory bin includes water beads, sensory sand and additional accessories like sand molds and toy ocean animals. The set comes in a plastic bin that includes a lid for easy storage and preventing potential spills.
Where to buy: Amazon
This set includes two bags of non-toxic sand. It also includes 34 toy pieces, such as 10 toy dinosaurs that can all be stored in the portable bin.
Where to buy: Amazon
National Geographic Ocean Play Sand
This blue kinetic sand is attracted to the other sand particles and not clothing or skin. The set includes six different molds for shaping sand within the ocean-themed diorama.
Where to buy: Amazon
This set includes both a wooden sensory tray and nine wooden tools, such as a scoop and bowl. The items are smooth, splinter-free and designed with children on the autism spectrum in mind.
Where to buy: Amazon
Best premade sensory bin for adults
Sensory bins for adults and older children can provide a sense of relaxation and promote creativity. If you would like a more playful or creative bin, repurposing a bin designed for children is also an option.
Top premade sensory bin for adults
Kinetic Sand Kalm Zen Box Set for Adults
This set includes 2 pounds of sand with a rolling ball and shifter accessory. The kinetic sand is made from non-toxic, hypoallergenic material and natural sand. Zen Box keeps presentation in mind with a sophisticated design that makes the sensory bin a nice object to leave out on a desk.
Where to buy: Amazon
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Paul Bauman: Nuclear energy: Opinion correctly noted state’s power needs
As a lifelong Democrat, I agree with Republican candidate William DeOreo’s guest commentary urging policymakers to explore advanced nuclear reactors. Mr. DeOreo correctly points out Colorado will become over-reliant on intermittent renewable energy from wind towers and solar panels. Mr. DeOreo is also correct in focusing on the need for a clean energy supply system, not just one technology, particularly as we retire coal plants. And we conservationists in Boulder need to reflect on the huge amounts of land and environmental damage that an all-renewables approach will require. Indeed, smaller, cheaper, safer advanced nuclear reactors provide 24/7 clean energy, which renewables simply cannot do. Storage? The Tesla-created world’s largest battery in Australia would power the state of Arizona for less than one minute.
Unfortunately, Mr. DeOreo added a couple partisan and divisive comments about the “Democrat-led legislature” and Xcel Energy being oblivious to the need for clean energy from nuclear power. I think it’s more effective for environmental advocates to encourage Colorado energy policymakers to pursue clean energy goals, not just renewable energy as the only solution. And perhaps we can do so with a bi-partisan approach.
Paul Bauman, Boulder
Mike Brundage: Motorcycles: Publish crash helmet, safety gear information
I request on behalf of myself and fellow riders that when possible in news stories concerning motorcycle crashes, especially fatalities, the writer include information on helmet and safety gear that was being used by the injured motorcyclist at the time of the incident.
Mike Brundage, Boulder
Kevin Schaefer: John Eastman: Eliminate ‘conservative thought’ position
Yes, of course, the University of Colorado should investigate John Eastman. Last month’s public hearings revealed Eastman as a key architect in the January 6 coup attempt, the biggest threat to our democracy since the Civil War. Did Eastman use CU resources, like email and travel funds to plan the coup? Does CU have evidence, like documents and emails crucial to congressional and Department of Justice inquiries into the coup attempt? CU owes it to our country and the health of our democracy to investigate Eastman.
CU should eliminate the Chair of Conservative Thought immediately, in response to the lame argument that an investigation into Eastman would place the chair at risk. I work at CU and the Chair of Conservative Thought has been an embarrassment since the day the regents founded it. The regents created the chair to expand ‘diversity of thought,’ meaning conservative thought, since we cannot possibly tolerate liberal thoughts on campus. The embarrassment has increased because Eastman has now transformed the position into, what I see as, the Chair of Seditious Thought. The top three issues facing CU students today are tuition costs, rising fees and housing costs. Diversity of thought does not even rank in the top 100 issues facing CU. The time has come to eliminate the Chair of Conservative Thought and do something useful with the funds, simultaneously removing the stain placed on CU’s reputation by John Eastman.
Kevin Schaefer, Longmont
Carl Brady: Gas prices: Biden’s policy deserve some blame for increase
Gregory Iwan’s June 20th column, “A few facts about oil prices,” referenced a May 22nd letter of mine. I’m a bit bemused by his concluding sentences, “I respect Mr. Brady’s comments. But I question their validity.”
I began that letter with two quotes from historian Victor Davis Hanson regarding the left’s long-held belief that the only way to achieve their objective of discouraging driving was to encourage high fuel prices.
Next, I related my personal experience in 1997 of hearing high-level Clinton administration officials discuss using high gasoline prices to discourage Americans from driving. I said that showed the idea had been around a long time among the left. I’m puzzled by what part of what I wrote Mr. Iwan found invalid.
Mr. Iwan contends that our current high fuel prices are “due to Vladimir Putin and all of us.” By “all of us,” he seems to be claiming that increased demand from all of us driving more has driven gasoline prices up. The data does not support that. Less driving due to COVID lockdowns beginning in March 2020 does appear to be the reason for a dip in the average U.S. regular gasoline price, down to $1.77 on April 27, 2020. But it had recovered by Biden’s inauguration date.
From Biden’s inauguration to Putin’s invasion, the average gasoline price jumped from about $2.40 to $3.50, or almost 50%. That increase can be attributed almost solely to Biden’s declared war on fossil fuels. The price has increased at an even faster rate since then from a combination of Putin and Biden, reaching the almost unbelievable level of over $5.00 by mid-June of this year. Without Biden’s actions and inactions, we would have had enough oil and gas to alleviate much of the disruption caused by Putin’s invasion.
Carl Brady, Frederick
Bruce Allen: Environment: Ring the communal bell for education
Earlier this year, the Daily Camera had a news update on the earth’s health in section A titled, “Earthweek.”
Three of the categories of information included were: “Cactus vs. Heat,” “Vanishing Insects” and “Hurricane Extremes.”
Many of us appreciated this segment of your paper. The Denver Post, and I suspect other major newspapers, carried no such overview. Why?
The key to change is education — it always has been. Our free press must ring the communal bell.
Thank you, Daily Camera.
Bruce Allen, Louisville | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/07/17/letters-to-the-editor-colorado-needs-nuclear-power-publish-crash-helmet-info-cut-cus-conservative-thought-position-pump-pain-is-on-biden-too-climate-education-is-key/ | 2022-07-17T22:23:53Z | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/07/17/letters-to-the-editor-colorado-needs-nuclear-power-publish-crash-helmet-info-cut-cus-conservative-thought-position-pump-pain-is-on-biden-too-climate-education-is-key/ | false |
Stephen Vogt plays hero as A's slip past Astros
Stephen Vogt drove in a pair of runs off the bench while five relievers helped pave the way for the visiting Oakland Athletics' 4-3 rubber-match victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Vogt, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning, finished 1-for-1 with a sacrifice fly that pulled the Athletics even and a two-out run-scoring single in the eighth that plated Chad Pinder (3-for-4, double, RBI, run). The eighth-inning rally came against Astros reliever Rafael Montero (3-1).
Vogt was the third batter to hit sixth for Oakland after center fielder Skye Bolt eventually departed after being hit by a pitch in the second inning. Dermis Garcia struck out hitting for Bolt in the fourth.
After right-hander Adam Oller allowed three runs on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings, Oakland reliever Sam Moll was the first out of the bullpen charged with keeping the Astros in check. He retired the final two batters of the fifth after Houston claimed a 3-0 lead when Jeremy Pena chased Oller with his 13th home run, a two-run shot to left-center.
Domingo Acevedo stranded a pair of runners in the sixth inning before A.J. Puk (2-1) worked around a one-out single from Pena in the seventh. Zach Jackson logged a perfect eighth before Oakland closer Lou Trivino notched his eighth save by retiring the Astros in order in the ninth.
The Astros dropped their first series since losing two of three to the Miami Marlins from June 10-12.
Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi, fresh off tossing seven shutout innings at the Athletics in his previous start, appeared primed for a repeat performance. He retired the Athletics in the first and third innings and worked around a pair of two-out baserunners in the second by striking out Stephen Piscotty to end that frame. Odorizzi surrendered another two-out hit in the fourth but followed by striking out three consecutive batters to eventually carry a shutout bid into the sixth inning.
However, after retiring Vimael Machin of a fly ball to center to open the sixth, Odorizzi surrendered a solo home run to Ramon Laureano on a 3-1 fastball. When Sean Murphy and Seth Brown followed with consecutive singles, Odorizzi departed with his two-run lead in peril.
Astros reliever Ryne Stanek proved unable to preserve the advantage, surrendering a run-scoring double to Pinder and the sacrifice fly to Vogt that enabled the Athletics to draw even at 3-3.
Odorizzi allowed three earned runs on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks over 5 1/3 innings.
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Key hole from final round of the British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Key hole from final round of the British Open
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Easton firefighters got a quick stop on a fire Sunday afternoon on College Hill that could have been far worse, the fire chief says.
The fire was reported at 4:50 p.m. in the corner apartment house in the 100 block of Cattell Street that has a second address in the 400 block of March Street.
It appears to have started on the outside of the building near a door on the March Street side of the Cattell Street address, Hennings told lehighvalleylive.com. A city fire marshal will work to confirm that and the cause of the fire, Hennings added.
The fire appeared to spread into the ceiling of a first floor space right at the corner of Cattell and March but most of the damage was to the exterior, where flames raced up the first two floors but were stopped before they got to the mansard roof. The College Hill fire station is just a few blocks away and those firefighters were joined by others from the Downtown and South Side stations as well as from Wilson Borough, which brought its ladder truck and a rapid intervention team, Hennings saids.
“They did a nice stop on it,” Hennings said of firefighters’ efforts on the three-story vinyl sided, wooden frame structure. “They kept it from being a lot more damage than it could have been.”
A city codes official was on scene to determine which apartments could be used again right away. The space that was fire damaged was unoccupied, but the windows were taken out of the first floor apartment with an address in the 400 block of March, Hennings said. While the buildings are connected, they are separated structurally, Hennings said.
Easton police and the Easton Emergency Squad assisted at the scene.
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ROSELLE, Ill. (WGN) – A man has been charged and is accused of shooting inside a suburban Illinois bar and restaurant Saturday. Police said he fired 18 shots and a woman was hit in the head.
DuPage County State’s Attorney said 22-year-old Jamie Quijano was charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder. Quijano appeared in court Sunday where he was denied bond.
According to the state’s attorney, police responded to a call of shots fired at the Bulldog Ale House in Roselle around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Upon their arrival, officers found a woman in her 20s with a gunshot wound to the head.
She was taken to the hospital.
Investigators said Quijano was a customer and he was arguing with an employee. According to a statement from the state’s attorney, Quijano began to leave and walked toward the exit. He then turned around and fired a gun into the restaurant 18 times.
Quijano ran from the restaurant, but was taken into custody at his home a short time later, according to the state’s attorney.
The name and condition of the woman have not yet been released.
Quijano is due back in court on Aug. 15. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/man-opens-fire-at-illinois-restaurant-woman-shot-in-head-police-say/ | 2022-07-17T22:34:47Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/man-opens-fire-at-illinois-restaurant-woman-shot-in-head-police-say/ | false |
Are Samsung or GE microwaves best?
One of the most important appliances to have in a modern kitchen is a microwave. With fast cooking times, incredible versatility and relatively small space consumption, a microwave makes a major difference in anyone’s home. Two of the most popular companies that sell microwaves are Samsung and GE. Both companies sell a wide variety of different options and serve as great choices for your home. However, choosing between the two is a difficult decision.
Samsung microwaves offer top-of-the-line quality and design while GE offers a larger selection and more affordable choices.
What to know before you buy a Samsung microwave
Samsung microwaves are some of the highest rated options from experts and consumers alike. The sleek designs work well in any kitchen and the large number of cooking options allows you to make food to your exact specifications.
Samsung microwave pros
Samsung’s largest strength when it comes to microwaves is their performance. Many of the newest models from the company come with a triple distribution system that improves overall heat distribution and helps food cook more evenly. This technology prevents cold spots and reduces the cook time for most items. Furthermore, many Samsung models come with up to 37 preset cooking options which allow you to tailor your cooking to your food type.
Another major advantage for Samsung microwaves is the ceramic enamel interior. This material reduces the ability for food to stick or stain the inside of the microwave, making it easier for you to clean it off.
Many of the newest Samsung products also come with an eco mode. This mode reduces power consumption by turning off display features. This can save you up to 40% in power over the course of the microwave’s lifespan and end up saving you money.
Samsung microwave cons
The biggest downside for Samsung is its lack of versatility and price. While the company does offer more affordable options, GE has several choices at lower prices than Samsung’s cheapest model. If you are shopping on a budget, this may make Samsung a less accessible choice than GE or other competitors.
Additionally, the company offers a smaller selection of options than GE. While there are still several to choose from, Samsung has a more streamlined number of products that do not cover every base. This is especially true for over-the-range microwaves, where Samsung only sells a few models.
Samsung also lacks the same kind of power than many comparable microwaves have. With most models maxing out at 1000 watts, the company does not offer the same level of cooking power that many other brands have. However, this figure remains consistent across the Samsung product line, meaning that many of the lower price microwaves will be more powerful than similarly priced models from GE.
Many users have also made complaints about the durability of some Samsung microwaves. While all products have a limited warranty, some users have reported issues with the product’s performance within just a few years of purchasing.
Best Samsung microwaves
One of the best Samsung microwaves on the market is the Samsung MS14K6000AG/AA MS14K6000 speed-cooking microwave oven. This microwave comes in a sleek black or stainless steel and offers a sensor cooking option that will automatically adjust its cooking temperature based on the weight of the food.
A slightly more affordable option from the company is the Samsung Electronics MG11H2020CT Countertop Grill Microwave. This product has a grilling element that more evenly distributes heat and offers a more well-rounded cooking experience for meat.
What to know before you buy a GE microwave
Where Samsung focuses on a smaller line, GE has a large number of products at a wide range of prices. The company also focuses more heavily on general appliances as opposed to Samsung which has a wider focus on all electronics.
GE microwave pros
The best part about buying a GE microwave is the versatility. The company has a number of microwaves that can fit your needs perfectly. This is especially true when it comes to price where GE sells multiple products at $100 or less. If you are shopping on a budget, you will be able to easily afford a GE option without breaking the bank.
Additionally, GE products come in several different designs with the company selling microwaves in white, black, stainless steel and hybrid colors. This allows you to better fit the product to the design scheme of your current kitchen.
Most microwaves from the company also have multiple cooking options built to cook food items such as vegetables, popcorn, potatoes and full dinner plates. The microwaves also have an automatic defrosting feature that will adjust power levels properly for the food inside.
GE microwave cons
The largest major downside to GE microwaves is the average power level. Unlike Samsung, which stays consistent across nearly all models, GE has a number of products that only have 700 watts. This will increase the cook time for these microwaves and make them less effective and cooking food items that require higher power levels.
Another major con for GE is the lack of cooking options and customizable choices. The microwaves generally offer the most basic cooking features and have no real integration of higher level technology. This means that most GE models have no sensors or special cooking options based on the weight or size of the food.
Best GE microwaves
One of the best microwaves from GE is the GE JES1097SMSS Countertop Microwave Oven. This has the most integrated technology of any GE model with a scan-to-cook feature that allows you to scan a food item on your phone and the microwave will automatically know how long to cook the item.
An affordable choice from the company is the GE Countertop Microwave Oven. This product comes in multiple colors and costs far less than even the cheapest option from Samsung.
Should you get a Samsung or GE microwave?
If you are looking for an affordable, basic microwave, GE has several options that offer all of the necessary functions at a much lower price than Samsung.
However, with its combination of technology and power, Samsung is the superior choice. The company supports a line of 1000 watt microwaves that come with more integrated technology that drastically improves the overall cooking experience.
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Rory McIlroy faced up to the crushing disappointment of an 150th Open many felt was destined to be his, and accepted “I got beaten by a better player this week”.
“I felt like I didn’t do much wrong today, but I didn’t do enough right either. I did what I felt like I needed to, just apart from capitalising on the easier holes like 9, 12 and 14.
“If I had made the birdies there from good positions, it could have been a different story.
“But, look, 20-under par for four rounds (by Smith) of golf around here is really, really impressive playing, especially to go out and shoot 64 today to get it done.
‘I’m playing some of the best golf I’ve played’
All class from @McIlroyRory after a disappointing finish @TheOpen. pic.twitter.com/BtV3obKE1E
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 17, 2022
“I’ll rue a few missed sort of putts that slid by. But I can’t be too despondent because of how this year’s gone.
“I’m playing some of the best golf I’ve played in a long time. So it’s just a matter of keep knocking on the door, and eventually one will open.”
Smith’s charge meant his gameplan of staying within himself needed a further response, and he couldn’t find it.
“Everything was working well until I needed to respond to what Cam was doing out there,” he said.
“Coming down on 14, I knew that Cam had birdied to go to 19-under and I was at 18. So I knew that I needed to respond. I just couldn’t find the shots or the putts to do that.
“I’m playing well. It’s one of the best seasons I’ve had in a long time. I want to finish the season off well.
“There’s still some golf to play. Major season is over unfortunately, but I still feel like there’s a little bit to play for.”
‘It hurts worse to come up one short’
WOW!
An eagle from Cameron Young to finish at 19-under @TheOpen. pic.twitter.com/E83Wf2gnkS
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 17, 2022
It was Open debutant Cameron Young who eventually finished second with his final hole eagle, but he felt the missed opportunity as well.
“It probably hurts a little worse to come up one shot short,” he said. “If you lose by eight you don’t really care.
“I played well today. I would have signed up for 65 this morning. And to watch Cameron shoot what he did, it was pretty amazing.
“I had a front-row seat to, I’m sure, one of the better rounds that’s been played this year. And we both started four back of two guys that are capable of as much if not more than just about everybody else in the world.
“Today is just more proof that Cam is that good and he is one of the very, very best players in the world.”
‘A frustrating day’
Tied at the top.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland will run it back on the Final Day of #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/blz3BFBHq3
— The Open (@TheOpen) July 16, 2022
Viktor Hovland, co-leader coming into the last round but who slumped to a two-over 74, described it as “a frustrating day”.
“I just didn’t hit it good enough,” said the young Norwegian. “I maybe could have gotten a little bit more momentum if I made a few more putts early. But at the same time, I just made a few too many mistakes.
“These situations are what we practise for. I’m a little disappointed I didn’t have it today, but it was a great experience today and obviously yesterday as well.
“Just the whole week was a good learning experience, and I feel like I’m going to, yeah, get better from it.”
Tommy Fleetwood’s final round 66 left him tied with Hovland sharing fourth. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/golf/3502936/rory-mcilroy-i-didnt-do-much-wrong-but-i-didnt-do-enough-right-for-150th-open-heartache/ | 2022-07-17T22:43:08Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/golf/3502936/rory-mcilroy-i-didnt-do-much-wrong-but-i-didnt-do-enough-right-for-150th-open-heartache/ | true |
St Mirren midfielder Ethan Erhahon believes he is progressing like never before after making his 100th appearance.
The 21-year-old achieved the landmark during Saturday’s 2-0 Premier Sports Cup win at Cowdenbeath.
Erhahon told SMTV: “It’s a lot of games for my age and I’m happy to play that amount.
“I played centre-mid under Jack Ross twice but after that I had my left-back stint and I worked my way into midfield. It’s good to play my natural position. Sometimes I felt I was learning on the job but it does help you when you go back to midfield.
“I feel I am still growing with every game and getting better.”
The Scotland Under-21 international has credited manager Stephen Robinson with helping him take his game forward.
“I feel he is getting the best out of all the young lads, fitness-wise and making our understanding of the game a lot superior to previous years,” he said.
“I definitely feel I am getting better and learning a lot of stuff, and probably fitter than ever before.
“I feel as if even if I am not having a good game, I am still able to get around the park and help my team-mates more. I feel a lot sharper and happier with myself.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3502396/ethan-erhahon-progressing-like-never-before-after-100th-appearance-for-st-mirren/ | 2022-07-17T22:47:46Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3502396/ethan-erhahon-progressing-like-never-before-after-100th-appearance-for-st-mirren/ | true |
Mourinho’s tattoo and the Nevilles in Miami – Sunday’s sporting social By Press Association July 17 2022, 6.12pm Jose Mourinho designed a special tattoo (Mike Egerton/PA) [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media. Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from July 17. Football Jose Mourinho designed a special tattoo. Palace lit up Melbourne. The Red & Blue are in Melbourne 🇦🇺#Tour2022 continues ❤️💙#CPFC pic.twitter.com/ABiRRwOTZu— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 17, 2022 The Nevilles were in Miami. Mason Mount scored a cracker in the US. Stop that, @masonmount_10! 🤤 #BluesInTheUSA pic.twitter.com/h8rzelEPIT— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 17, 2022 Gabriel Jesus scores goals. Alô mãe 🤙🏽#gratidão #doperi pic.twitter.com/BuONhwy9kB— Gabriel Jesus (@gabrieljesus9) July 17, 2022 Marcus Rashford was victorious in Australia. Training Day 💪🏾⚽️🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/4Qzpls2OeU— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) July 17, 2022 What a double save! 🙌 Illan Meslier! That's the tweet! pic.twitter.com/amsQ3rNzY4— Leeds United (@LUFC) July 17, 2022 Leeds fans had a laugh. 🤣 When Channel 10 decided to go live in front of #LUFC fans… pic.twitter.com/dfrkVY3pfF— Leeds United (@LUFC) July 17, 2022 Jesse Marsch never lost it! Cricket James Vince was still celebrating. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/CIVBqJi46E— James Vince (@vincey14) July 17, 2022 Freddie was missing Bumble. Gutted for @lancscricket yesterday . I can get over the internationals not playing but what’s the point of finals day without @BumbleCricket 🤷🏼♂️— Andrew Flintoff (@flintoff11) July 17, 2022 Tennis Emma Raducanu jetted off. Darts Who could it be? Tune in to @SundayBrunchC4 today to 👀 someone.— Peter Wright (@snakebitewright) July 17, 2022 Rugby league What a finish! Spectacular from Schiller 😲#WeAreRaiders pic.twitter.com/aZUiUOZwx3— Canberra Raiders (@RaidersCanberra) July 17, 2022 Snooker The Rocket enjoyed himself. What a crowd last night, special place. Even the resident Bat 🦇 dropped by to watch the snooker. @Snookerlegends pic.twitter.com/aQ8amndjvJ— Ronnie O'Sullivan (@ronnieo147) July 17, 2022 Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close More from The Courier Tyson Fury and Liverpool celebrate big wins – Sunday’s sporting social | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3502654/mourinhos-tattoo-and-the-nevilles-in-miami-sundays-sporting-social/ | 2022-07-17T22:48:24Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3502654/mourinhos-tattoo-and-the-nevilles-in-miami-sundays-sporting-social/ | true |
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
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7:20 p.m.
Expect Cameron Smith to celebrate his British Open victory with a drink or two.
The Australian had just received the claret jug on the 18th green after winning the 150th Open at St. Andrews when he was asked what he was planning to do later in the day.
“I’m definitely going to find out how many beers fit in this thing, that’s for sure,” Smith said in an interview on the first fairway while holding the trophy.
Smith is the first Australian to win the British Open on the Old Course since Kel Nagle in 1960.
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6:48 p.m.
Cameron Smith’s winning margin at the British Open was one shot.
His playing partner, Cameron Young, made eagle at the last hole to jump to 19 under and alone in second place after a 7-under 65.
Rory McIlroy made par at No. 18 for a 70 and finished in third place. His eight-year wait for a fifth major title goes on.
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6:40 p.m.
Cameron Smith has won the British Open for his first major title.
The Australian shot 8-under 64 to overturn a four-shot deficit in the final round. Rory McIlroy started the final round tied for the lead with Viktor Hovland.
Smith finished on 20-under 268, the lowest score at a British Open at St. Andrews.
McIlroy needed to eagle No. 18 to force a playoff but his chip went past the hole.
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6:25 p.m.
Cameron Smith is heading down the 18th hole with a one-shot lead in the British Open.
The Australian rolled in a par putt from 10 feet at No. 17 to stay on 19 under.
Rory McIlroy is in the fairway at the 17th hole and is alone in second place. Cameron Young is a shot further back playing No. 18.
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5:54 p.m.
Cameron Smith holds the outright lead at the British Open after moving ahead of Rory McIlroy with his fifth birdie in a row.
Smith is at 19-under par through 14 holes. McIlroy had a birdie putt on the 14th to move back into a tie but missed it by inches.
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5:30 p.m.
Cameron Smith opened the back nine with four straight birdies to move into a tie for the lead with Rory McIlroy at the British Open.
Smith entered the day four strokes behind but has joined McIlroy at 18-under par.
McIlroy, the 2014 British Open champion, has two birdies through 12 holes. Smith has six birdies through 13.
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5 p.m.
Rory McIlroy is nine holes away from getting his name engraved on the silver claret jug again.
McIlroy made only one birdie and missed a few good chances on the front nine. But he didn’t have to do much. Viktor Hovland remains the only player at St. Andrews who has yet to make a birdie in the final round of the British Open. He dropped a shot on the fourth, ending his streak of 26 straight holes without a bogey.
Cameron Smith and Cameron Young have joined the fight for the final two hours.
McIlroy was at 17-under par, two clear of Hovland, Smith and Young. McIlroy is trying to end eight years without winning a major. His last one was the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
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4 p.m.
Rory McIlroy has opened a two-shot lead on the front nine of the British Open.
Viktor Hovland was the first to blink when he badly missed his approach on the fourth, leaving himself 8 feet from the hole. He three-putted for a bogey. On the next hole at the par-5 fifth, Hovland was in the downslope of the rough and couldn’t reach the green in two. He made par, while McIlroy two-putted for birdie to reach 17 under.
Cameron Young and Cameron Smith were each 2 under for their rounds and three shots behind.
The only player going the wrong direction was Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. He found a pot bunker off the tee at the par-5 fifth and three-putted for a bogey. He made another bogey at the next hole and was eight shots behind.
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3:20 p.m.
Filippo Celli has won the silver medal as the low amateur at the British Open.
The 21-year-old Italian shot 1-under 71 in the final round to finish the week at 5 under, six strokes ahead of Aaron Jarvis.
Celli started the day at 4 under and bogeyed two of his first three holes. He finished the front nine at 4 under with three birdies and three bogeys.
His breakthrough came on the par-5 14th when he put his second shot within 9 feet of the pin and then sank the eagle putt. He bogeyed the 17th but barely missed an eagle on 18. He then made the 2-foot birdie putt.
Celli won the European Amateur Championship in Spain in June. Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia are previous winners of that tournament.
McIlroy also won the silver medal as low amateur at the 2007 British Open.
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2:52 p.m.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland have teed off on the final day of the British Open at St. Andrews.
McIlroy and Hovland lead the tournament at 16-under par, four strokes ahead of Cameron Smith.
McIlroy won the claret jug in 2014 at Royal Liverpool. Hovland is trying become the first Norwegian man to win a golf major.
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2:40 p.m.
Sadom Kaewkanjana of Thailand and Abraham Ancer of Mexico both shot 7-under 65 in the final round of the British Open to move to 11 under, five shots behind co-leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.
Both Kaewkanjana and Ancer, who were playing together, entered the day 12 strokes behind the leaders at 4 under. McIlroy and Hovland have not yet started their final rounds.
The 24-year-old Kaewkanjana is playing in his first British Open. Ancer is playing at the tournament for the fourth time. He missed the cut in 2018 and 2019 but finished in a tie for 59th last year at Royal St. George’s.
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10:20 a.m.
A gray sky and light rain greets the final day of the British Open at St. Andrews, though it’s not expected to stick around by the time Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland tee off.
They are tied for the lead at 16-under par. McIlroy is trying to win his second claret jug and his first major in eight years. Hovland is trying to win his first major, and a first for Norway.
And so concludes a big week at the home of golf. The R&A has harshly criticized the Saudi-funded rival league and suggested changes to the criteria. Tiger Woods crossed the Swilcan Bridge for what may be the last time after missing the cut.
All that’s left is to crown a “champion golfer of the year.” Four players were within five shots of McIlroy and Hovland. That includes Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. Nick Faldo is the only other player to have won at Augusta National and St. Andrews in the same year.
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Laura Muir insists her rivals know she is a threat ahead of their showdown in Eugene.
The Scot is chasing her first medal at an outdoor World Championships ahead of Monday’s 1500m final in Oregon.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, who beat Muir to gold in Tokyo last year, is favourite to regain the title she lost to Sifan Hasan in Doha in 2019.
Muir finally landed Olympic silver last summer having previously finished seventh in Rio when she was third with 150m to go.
She also finished fourth at the 2017 World Championships and fifth in Doha three years ago but believes her opponents now see her as a danger.
“I feel like I’ve been there for a few years but just not got on the podium but they know I’m around,” said the four-time European Indoor champion.
“Look at Rio compared to Tokyo, you can see I’ve learnt a lot. She (Kipyegon) is getting faster, I’m getting faster. It’s hard but you have to just to focus on yourself and what your strengths and weaknesses are.
“I just love what I do and for me that’s everything, regardless if I get medals or not – although medals are great.”
Muir came second in her semi-final in four minutes 01.78 seconds at Hayward Field on Saturday.
It was quicker than Kipyegon’s time of four minutes 03.98 seconds in her semi but Muir is well aware of what will be required in the final.
“It depends if someone takes it out gun to tape. Regardless how it goes you have to be in 3.54 or 3.55 shape to medal,” said the 29-year-old.
“Whether it will be run in that time I don’t know but that’s the sort of shape you’ve got to be in and I’m very close.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3503083/laura-muir-believes-rivals-fear-her-in-1500m-world-championship-final/ | 2022-07-17T22:49:38Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3503083/laura-muir-believes-rivals-fear-her-in-1500m-world-championship-final/ | true |
Again, no clear winner, but Liz Truss made ground... and Penny Mordaunt just seemed cross with everyone: SARAH VINE's view from the sofa as she watches latest Tory leadership TV debate
Round two in the leadership debates – and was anyone watching?
My sense is possibly not, since 7pm on one of the sunniest evenings of the year is generally when people tend to be barbecuing sausages and drinking beer, not watching five Tory MPs arguing in a sweltering studio.
Still, here we were, and here they were, primed and ready to go. Julie Etchingham presiding, a much less egotistical and ultimately more constructive host than Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who seemed more concerned with showing the world how clever he was than getting the best out of the candidates.
Etchingham’s approach was rather more congenial, and ultimately more productive. This time it was Liz brightening up the studio, in scarlet – perhaps a gentle nod to her socialist roots, which she later referenced. Penny, by contrast, was demonstrating her true blue credentials by wearing a blue satin shirt that didn’t quite deliver under the spotlight. The others were more businesslike: No nonsense dressing for a no-nonsense debate.
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss taking part in Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate, a head-to-head debate between Conservative party leadership candidates
Unlike Channel 4, there was no hostile live audience, and no opportunities for the candidates to engage and win over individuals. This played slightly to Tom Tugendhat’s disadvantage, since he had been the one last time who had garnered the most applause. But if they thought they were going to avoid the mudslinging, they were wrong. After a round of general questions, the candidates were forced to turn on each other, as Etchingham asked each one to challenge a rival on a specific policy point. A pretty ruthless tactic on the part of ITV, but it did nevertheless spark the debate into life.
Rishi took the brunt of this. Why hadn’t he listened to worries from within his team about Covid fraud, asked Kemi Badenoch; did he think we should still be doing business with China, Liz Truss wanted to know? Poor man, one almost felt sorry for him. Almost.
Elsewhere, Liz put in a much better performance than last time. She seemed much more animated, much more engaged, even though her finger jabbing sometimes felt a little over-zealous.
The trouble with Truss is that although much of what she says makes a lot of sense, and many of her assertions – about the economy, about her record in office – are valid, she just speaks in this rather odd staccato monotone which somehow makes it hard to follow what she’s saying.
This was something she later acknowledged, admitting that she was ‘not the slickest presenter’, but that – with much frantic gesticulating – she got things done.
This was her mantra throughout and she stuck doggedly to it. Badenoch too remained closely on-brand, pushing the pragmatic politician line. When she was at the Treasury, she said, in response to a question about immediate help for the cost of living crisis, there were never any easy options, just ‘difficult option a, terrible option b, mad option c’.
There was quite a bit of flair there, and she seemed more relaxed and confident than last time, perhaps emboldened by recent positive polling. Her replies also came across as natural rather than over-rehearsed, a positive improvement.
Conservative leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt speaks during Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate
Mordaunt, by contrast, seemed a little baity. She referred several times to her general brilliance, and said this was the reason so many people were briefing against her. She would unite a government of all the talents, she explained, somewhat testily, adding that one of her selling points was the quality of her team. A team that, if reports are right, would put David Davis as home secretary and Andrea Leadsom as chancellor.
In answer to the question ‘who would have Boris Johnson in their Cabinet’, not one candidate put their hand up. Given that, with the exception of Tugendhat, none of them would be where they are today without his patronage, that seemed quite harsh. How quickly people forget in politics. Badenoch stood up for him: He delivered on Brexit and the vaccines, and stood up to Putin. When Tugendhat scoffed, she flashed her mettle: Talking is easy – what did he know about taking tough decisions?
Interestingly, Rishi was at his best on a personal question: Defending the attacks on his wife’s money. He was proud of his parents-in-law, he explained, who had started their business from nothing and built all their wealth from scratch. That, he added, was something that as a Conservative he fully supported. It added a nice human dimension to someone who can often seem out of touch.
All in all, as with the first debate, no clear winner. Rishi stood his ground, Truss made headway, Kemi grew in confidence and Mordaunt just seemed awfully cross with everyone. As for Tugendhat, without the live audience interaction and the opportunity to flash that charm, he seemed a little flat.
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Europe The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought up an old question Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email July 17, 20225:25 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Deb Amos The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought up an old question Listen · 6:36 6:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1111933475/1111933476" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Is aggressive war legal? Calls are growing now to set up an international tribunal to charge Russia with the same crime. Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email
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The unofficial start of college football season arrives this week with Southeastern Conference media days. After months of waiting, the annual event signals preseason practice soon will begin across the country.
Brian Kelly speaks first Monday in Atlanta, giving the rest of the league an introduction to LSU’s new coach. Kelly won’t have answers to the most pressing questions — like who will start at quarterback — but that doesn’t mean he won’t be asked them.
This is an interesting year for LSU. As it transitions from Ed Orgeron to Kelly, the program has a lot of new faces, renewed standards and plenty of unknowns after going 11-12 over the past two seasons.
We don’t know how many games LSU will win, but in honor of talking season, let’s examine the five most important questions facing the Tigers this fall. The answers should determine whether LSU is headed in the right direction.
Can Brian Kelly stabilize LSU?
Over the past decade, LSU has experienced exhilarating highs and embarrassing lows. It won a national championship, but it averaged eight wins during the other nine seasons.
That won’t cut it. LSU wants to compete for titles every year, and it doesn’t want another sudden drop-off after it wins.
Enter Kelly.
Consistency throughout his career was part of his allure, especially what he accomplished at Notre Dame. After the Fighting Irish went 4-8 in 2016, they completed five straight 10-win seasons and reached the College Football Playoff twice.
Since he arrived, Kelly has overhauled an LSU program in disarray. He installed accountability measures designed to create discipline, changed the roster and hired several new staff members.
Similar tactics worked at his previous stops, but Kelly must turn a team prone to peaks and valleys into steady contenders.
Who plays quarterback?
LSU has three options at the game’s most important position: sixth-year senior Myles Brennan, Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels and redshirt freshman Garrett Nussmeier.
Brennan seemed like the logical choice after he withdrew from the transfer portal, but LSU added Daniels in February to give the room more competition. Then Nussmeier played well throughout spring practice, creating a true three-man race.
The quarterbacks offer various skill sets and potential drawbacks. Brennan has a strong arm and avoided turnovers in limited action, but injuries derailed the last two seasons. Daniels can stress defenses with his legs and started for three years at Arizona State, but his passing numbers regressed in 2021. Nussmeier can make every throw and extend plays, but he needed to improve his decision-making.
Without any separation among the three, Kelly said LSU will run plays tailored to the quarterbacks’ strengths during preseason practice. He hopes one of them will then emerge as the starter.
Will the new faces mesh?
Kelly inherited a roster in shambles. When LSU played in the Texas Bowl, it had less than 40 scholarship players available. Two years of severe attrition had gutted the team.
Kelly and his recruiting staff responded by signing 15 transfers. He prefers to build through traditional recruiting classes, but LSU quickly needed more experience. Many of the players, especially in the secondary, are expected to start right away while underclassmen develop.
In addition to the roster moves, Kelly hired nine new on-field coaches and replaced the majority of the support staff. LSU now has different analysts, strength coaches and nutritionists, bringing sweeping changes to the football operations building.
All of that has to mesh for a football team to run smoothly, and many of the coaches have never worked together. Can everyone quickly get on the same page?
Has the offensive line improved?
The only assistant Kelly retained was offensive line coach Brad Davis, and he has a difficult task: coaching up a position group that struggled early last season and then lost four starters.
A full offseason should help. Davis joined the staff last summer, and the timing condensed months of work into preseason camp. It then took time for veteran linemen to adjust to his style. As injuries affected continuity, the line faltered the first half of the year.
Although the linemen understand Davis now, he is starting from scratch with the personnel. LSU could have five new starters, depending on who steps up in practice next month. Davis will play whoever earns a spot, regardless of seniority.
It’s vital that the unit improves. For LSU to physically control the line of scrimmage — a necessity in offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock’s scheme — the offensive line has to become a dominant force.
Is depth an issue?
LSU can match talent with anyone at the top of the roster. From wide receiver Kayshon Boutte to defensive lineman Maason Smith, there are plenty of former blue-chip recruits on the first-string offense and defense.
The issues arise further down the roster, particularly in the secondary. When Oklahoma State transfer Jarrick Bernard-Converse missed spring practice with a foot fracture, LSU moved safety Jordan Toles to cornerback for more depth and used walk-ons.
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(The Hill) – Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday said it was “quite crazy” if the Secret Service did in fact delete text messages the day before and the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Kinzinger, one of two Republicans sitting on the House select committee investigating the riot on Jan. 6, told CBS “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan that the circumstances of the missing messages remain to be seen.
“We’re going to know more Tuesday,” Kinzinger said, noting that the committee had issued a subpoena for the records, which the agency said are no longer available due to the replacement of devices.
Kinzinger said a statement by the Secret Service proved to be “conflicting,” as the agency said only some of the records had been deleted and anything relevant to the investigation had been turned over.
“In the very least, it is quite crazy that the Secret Service would actually end up deleting anything related to one of the more infamous days in American history, particularly when it comes to the role of the Secret Service.”
Last month, the House panel heard testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who said she heard that on Jan. 6, Trump lunged for the steering wheel and at an agent in his presidential vehicle, demanding that he join his supporters at the Capitol.
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Authorities refuse to allow ANOTHER Covid-hit cruise ship from disembarking because there's more than 100 infected passengers - despite 40,000 cases across Australia
- Another luxury cruise ship hit by Covid outbreak docked in Sydney on Monday
- P&O Pacific Explorer returned from its nine-day round trip to Queensland
- About 2,800 crew and passengers were on board with 100 testing positive
Another cruise ship hit with a Covid outbreak has docked in Sydney with more than 100 passengers testing positive to the virus.
The P&O Pacific Explorer ended its nine-day round trip to Queensland as it made its way into Sydney Harbour at 5.30am on Monday.
About 2,800 crew and passengers were onboard the ship with holidaymakers required to return a negative Covid test before they can freely disembark.
The strict measure comes despite as many as 40,000 Covid cases being recorded across the country each day.
It is the second Covid-infected cruise ship to dock in Sydney in a week after the Coral Princess brought back more than 125 infected people on Wednesday.
The P&O Pacific Explorer ended its nine-day round trip to Queensland as it made its way into Sydney Harbour at 5.30am on Monday (pictured, stock image)
Passengers infected on the latest cruise were forced to isolate in their rooms for the duration of the trip.
Holidaymakers who live in Sydney will be allowed to return to their homes to isolate.
Travellers who came from interstate will be put up in a hotel room at the expense of P&O.
NSW Health said the passengers would not be supervised as it was not considered to be hotel quarantine.
Sharon Zahabi and her family were among the passengers who were in isolation.
'Every time you go into any of those marquees or theatre rooms or in to eat you have to have your mask on … I mean they're cleaning all the time, sanitising,' she told Nine News.
She said the outbreak would not discourage her from making future trips.
'We booked knowing that there's a chance that we could catch Covid and we still came and we will still cruise again as well,' she said.
P&O will provide a refund to passengers who were forced into isolation during the trip.
Passengers disembarking from the Coral Princess last week claimed staff allowed them to leave without checking their Covid test results.
About 2,800 crew and passengers were onboard the ship with holidaymakers required to return a negative Covid test before they can freely disembark
It is the second covid-infected cruise ship to dock in Sydney in a week after the Coral Princess (pictured) brought back more than 125 infected people on Wednesday
NSW Health previously said passengers would only be allowed to disembark after they had returned a negative rapid antigen test.
However, two of those getting off the cruise ship - who were identified only as Julia and John - told SkyNews that their test had not been checked.
'We just walked off,' John said.
Julie also was less than impressed with what she'd witnessed in the ship's food and beverage areas.
'So you wash your hands when you go into the buffet but then people are coughing and picking up tongs and things like that,' she said, imitating someone coughing into their hands.'
She also said that while all the staff had been wearing masks, not all the passengers were.
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NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers.
Lopez announced their marriage Sunday in her newsletter for fans with the heading "We did it." Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the same newsletter, "On the J Lo."
"Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient," wrote Lopez in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for their license with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at the Little White Chapel, a chapel boasting a drive-through "tunnel of love." Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the best night of their lives.
"Stick around long enough and maybe you'll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you'll spend forever with," said Lopez.
News of their nuptials first spread Sunday after the Clark County clerk's office in Nevada showed that the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. The marriage license filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck declined to comment.
Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, spawning the nickname "Bennifer," before rekindling their romance last year. They earlier starred together in 2003's Gigli and 2004's Jersey Girl. Around that time, they became engaged but never wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children. They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade after wedding in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together.
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Brewers starter Corbin Burnes will not pitch in Tuesday's All-Star Game
SAN FRANCISCO – Corbin Burnes, one of the three Milwaukee Brewers pitchers selected for the All-Star Game, has been replaced by Miles Mikolas of the St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball announced Sunday.
No reason for the change was provided at the time of the announcement, which came during the Brewers game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, but the team confirmed Burnes will be in attendance.
Burnes, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, was selected along with closer Josh Hader, and setup man Devin Williams was added Saturday as a replacement for the Atlanta Braves' Max Fried.
Hader also is skipping the All-Star game Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, but he will spend the break with his wife, Maria, and newborn son, Lucas.
This marks the second time in franchise history the Brewers have had at least three pitchers selected; Burnes, Brandon Woodruff and Freddy Peralta were all-stars in 2021.
Burnes is 7-4 with in 18 starts covering this season with a 2.14 ERA and WHIP of 0.897. He has 144 strikeouts in 113⅔ innings.
Check back for updates.
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UVALDE, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Alcalde de Uvalde: Jefe de policía interino es puesto en licencia administrativa luego que informe halla amplias fallas.
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Millions in jewels stolen from armored truck in Lancaster
Millions of dollars’ worth of gems and jewelry were stolen in an armored truck robbery last week in Southern California, authorities said Sunday.
The Brink’s truck was robbed in the early morning on Monday near Los Angeles, said Dana Callahan, a spokeswoman for the security company.
The merchandise had been loaded onto the truck late on July 10 following an exhibit hosted by the International Gem and Jewelry Show in San Mateo, south of San Francisco, said Brandy Swanson, the group’s director. It was going to an event at the Pasadena Convention Center just northeast of Los Angeles, she said.
Swanson said between 25 and 30 bags were taken, containing an unknown number of individual pieces. She said 18 victims were reporting more than $100 million in losses. Callahan said it was less than $10 million.
“According to the information the customers provided to us before they shipped their items, the total value of the missing items is less than $10 million,” Brink’s said in a statement. “We are working with law enforcement, and we will fully reimburse our customers for the value of their assets that were stolen, in accordance with the terms of our contract.”
Laura Eimiller, spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles, said the robbery was in the desert city of Lancaster in northern L.A. County. Eimiller said the bureau was working with local authorities, but she could not immediately provide more information.
A dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which patrols Lancaster, didn’t have information about the investigation on Sunday.
Swanson said vendors who travel between jewelry shows typically underinsure their merchandise because they can’t afford to insure it fully.
“That’s where the discrepancy comes in. These are mom-and-pop operators,” Swanson said. “They’re devastated. Some of these people have lost their entire livelihoods.”
The International Gem and Jewelry show hosts about 45 shows nationwide per year, she said.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A man fired a gun inside a comedy club in North Carolina on Saturday night shortly after it was evacuated and before actor and comedian Craig Robinson was set to perform, police said.
The shot was fired at about 9 p.m. at The Comedy Zone in Charlotte, media outlets reported. No one was injured.
Club employees told WSOC-TV that the man, later identified by police as Omar McCombs, waved a gun around and told everyone to leave before the venue emptied out. About 50 customers had been inside.
“The suspect then discharged his weapon,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said in a statement on Twitter. “There were no injuries and the suspect was taken into custody.”
McCombs, 36, was sent to the Mecklenburg County Jail early Sunday morning, according to an inmate database.
Robinson has starred in movies such as “Hot Tub Time Machine” as well as the American version of “The Office” television show. He said he was safe in a video posted Saturday night to his Instagram account.
Robinson said that he and others at the club were taken to a nearby concert where the pop group Big Time Rush were performing.
“I was in the green room and they were like ‘Everybody get out,’” he said. “It was wild. It was a moment for sure.”
Charges listed for McCombs include assault by pointing a gun, discharging a firearm in the city, communicating threats and possession of a firearm by a felon.
It’s unclear if he has hired an attorney who can speak on his behalf. Investigators have not released a possible motive.
In a Sunday Instagram post, Robinson thanked the club’s security and staff for quickly getting everyone to safety as well as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police for their “swift action” in arresting the alleged shooter.
“Hopefully he gets the help he needs,” Robinson wrote. “Thanks be to God no one was hurt.”
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday.
The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the South Texas town for the bewildering inaction by heavily armed officers as a gunman fired inside a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School.
“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety,” the report said.
The gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building — and it is “almost certain” that at least 100 shots came before any officer entered, according to the report, which laid out in damning detail numerous failures. Among them:
— The commander of a Border Patrol tactical team waited for a bullet-proof shield and working master key for the classroom, which may have not even been needed, before entering the classroom.
— No one assumed command despite scores of officers being on the scene.
— A Uvalde Police Department officer said he heard about 911 calls that had come inside from the classroom, and that his understanding was the officers on one side of the building knew there were victims trapped inside. Still, no one tried to breach the classroom.
The report — the most complete account yet of the hesitant and haphazard response to the May 24 massacre — was written by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives and released to family members Sunday.
Family members of the victims in Uvalde received copies of the report Sunday before it was released to the public.
“It’s a joke. They’re a joke. They’ve got no business wearing a badge. None of them do,” Vincent Salazar, grandfather of 11-year-old Layla Salazer, said Sunday.
According to the report, 376 law enforcement officers massed at the school. The overwhelming majority of those who responded were federal and state law enforcement. That included nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials.
“Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any ‘villains’ in the course of its investigation,” the report said. “There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”
The report noted that many of the hundreds of law enforcement responders who rushed to the school were better trained and equipped than the school district police — which the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the state police force, previously faulted for not going into the room sooner.
“In this crisis, no responder seized the initiative to establish an incident command post,” the report read.
A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety did not immediately return a request for comment Sunday.
The report followed weeks of closed-door interviews with more than 40 people, including witnesses and law enforcement who were on the scene of the shooting.
Flowers that had been piled high in the city’s central square had been removed as of Sunday, leaving a few stuffed animals scattered around the fountains alongside photos of some of the children who were killed.
No single officer has received as much scrutiny since the shooting as Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief who resigned from his newly appointed seat on the City Council after the shooting. Arredondo told the committee he treated the shooter as “barricaded subject,” according to the report, and defended never treating the scene as an active-shooter situation because he did not have visual contact with the gunman.
Arredondo also tried to find a key for the classrooms, but no one ever bothered to see if the doors were locked, according to the report.
“Arredondo’s search for a key consumed his attention and wasted precious time, delaying the breach of the classrooms,” the report read.
The report criticized as “lackadaisical” the approach of the hundreds of officers who surrounded the school and said that they should have recognized that Arredondo remaining in the school without reliable communication was “inconsistent” with him being the scene commander. The report concluded that some officers waited because they relied on bad information while others “had enough information to know better.”
A nearly 80-minute hallway surveillance video published by the Austin American-Statesman this week publicly showed for the first time a hesitant and haphazard tactical response, which the head of Texas’ state police has condemned as a failure and some Uvalde residents have blasted as cowardly.
Calls for police accountability have grown in Uvalde since the shooting. So far, only one officer from the scene of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history is known to be on leave.
The report is the result of one of several investigations into the shooting, including another led by the Justice Department. A report earlier this month by tactical experts at Texas State University alleged that a Uvalde police officer had a chance to stop the gunman before he went inside the school armed with an AR-15.
But in an example of the conflicting statements and disputed accounts since the shooting, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has said that never happened. That report had been done at the request of the Texas Department of Public Safety, which McLaughlin has increasingly criticized and accused of trying to minimize the role of its troopers during the massacre.
Steve McCraw, the head of Texas DPS, has called the police response an abject failure.
The committee didn’t “receive medical evidence” to show that police breaching the classroom sooner would have saved lives, but it concluded that “it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue.”
Michael Brown, whose 9-year-old son was in the cafeteria at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting and survived, came to the committee’s news conference Sunday carrying signs saying “ We Want Accountability” and “Prosecute Pete Arredondo.”
Brown said he has not yet read the report but already knows enough to say that police “have blood on their hands.”
“It’s disgusting. Disgusting,” he said. “They’re cowards.”
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Weber reported from Austin, Texas.
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(AP) – Brewers reliever Jandel Gustave’s balk with the bases loaded allowed Wilmer Flores to score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the San Francisco Giants held off Milwaukee 2-1.
Gustave entered the game with two on and two outs.
After hitting Evan Longoria with a pitch to load the bases, Gustave got ahead of Mike Yastrzemski and had a 1-2 count when home plate umpire Pat Hoberg called a balk as a sold-out Oracle Park crowd roared.
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VERNON (KFDX/KJTL) — Sunday was the second day of a baseball tournament to honor a Vernon boy who passed away from Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
“We’re just bringing baseball back to Vernon,” Director of the KP3 Tournament Gordy Gonzales said. “I just hope that we continue to keep doing this; people keep coming out and support.”
Over 20 teams gathered at the Lions Club fields and Jabe Brazzle Park for the Third Annual KP3 Tournament, a baseball and softball tournament to honor Koby Peterson who lost his life to cancer two years ago.
“There’s a bigger picture than just baseball, and it’s bringing to this community here and try to get us together,” Gonzales said.
Gonzales said Peterson loved the game. Peterson started on Gonzales’ team, the Vernon Dusters, in an age group two years older than him.
“Talked to his mom the other day; she said, “Poor Gordy. You took him on and he wasn’t that great,'” Gonzales said. “I said, ‘No, he was special.’ He’d come with us, the coaches I had. He’s played with a bunch in Vernon and surrounding [teams], it made him the baseball player he was.”
So far, past tournaments have raised enough funds to have batting cages at the Boys and Girls Club.
Gonzales hopes to build a complex in Peterson’s name and says talks have already begun.
“We’re putting a smile on a little kid’s face up in Heaven that’s watching,” Gonzales said. “Everybody play baseball, he loved it.”
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS)– A plane crash at the North Las Vegas Airport left multiple people dead, the Clark County Department of Aviation said Sunday.
The crash involved two general aviation aircraft. A statement from the department read: “There were no survivors.”
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Piper PA-46 collided with a Cessna 172, both single-engine planes, while preparing to land. The Piper crashed into a field east of the runway, and the Cessna fell into a water retention pond.
The agency said each aircraft had two people aboard.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating this incident.
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CHICAGO — David Peterson will enter the second half of the Mets season in limbo.
With Jacob deGrom expected to rejoin the rotation as soon as the Mets’ upcoming series against the Padres, Peterson is the odd man out of the starting five. While that’s a little unfair to the left-hander, who owns 3.24 ERA across 72.1 innings and 13 starts for the Mets this season, it’s also completely warranted.
Peterson has embraced the uncertainty surrounding his future with the Mets mostly because, well, he’s used to it.
“It’s been my role this year, some sort of an undefined role,” he said on Sunday after pitching five innings against the Cubs. “Obviously with starters going out and being able to fill that spot in the rotation and a couple of bullpen appearances.”
Peterson slid into the starting five as early as the first week of the regular season, when Taijuan Walker was forced to miss a couple of starts with a shoulder issue. Then he went back and forth between the majors and Triple-A Syracuse from the end of April to the end of May. But since then, he’s been a reliable arm for the Mets pitching staff—staying healthy and growing into his role.
There are no hard feelings for Peterson with deGrom set to return to the Mets rotation. Everyone in baseball knows the two-time Cy Young winner will be key to their success in the second half and potential playoff run.
“We all want Jake back,” Peterson said. “We all want him healthy. That’s the most important thing. We want him to be productive. And we want him to be Jake, the Jake that we love and know. For me, it’s just about taking advantage of the opportunities that I have and when he comes back, talk to Buck (Showalter) and see what the situation is. Go from there. I want to take advantage of every day that I have.”
Peterson said he has not yet spoken to Showalter about his role in the second half, but it’s easy to see the southpaw piggybacking deGrom in the ace’s first start back, when he will likely be limited to a pitch count. Peterson has earned the opportunity to contribute for the Mets in any role, including from the bullpen.
“You can make a case that a number of guys, and Peterson’s one of those guys, have stepped up and taken the opportunity,” Showalter said. “He’s someone we feel like is starting to develop a track record of trust, so to speak. … Pete’s taken the opportunity and ran with it.”
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Dominic Smith (right ankle) and Tomas Nido (left forearm) received imaging in Chicago. Smith rolled his ankle while leading off second base in the 10th inning of Game 1 in the Mets’ doubleheader against the Cubs on Saturday. Smith exited the game and tested out his ankle alongside a Mets trainer on Sunday, but his availability for the series finale at Wrigley Field was unclear. He received an X-ray and will go for an MRI in New York.
Buck Showalter seemed unconcerned about Nido’s forearm issue, downplaying the severity of it, but the Mets catcher still went for an MRI to be safe. Patrick Mazeika was behind the plate catching David Peterson on Sunday, and Nido was unavailable off the bench. Nido said the MRI didn’t show any cause for concern, so it’s possible he avoided a major injury.
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A look at what’s happening around the majors on Sunday:
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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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Two men are in the hospital with serious injuries after they were struck by a vehicle on Park Street in Dorchester early Sunday morning, and the driver fled the scene, police said.
Officers responded to 118 Park St. at 1:23 a.m. for a report of a person screaming and found the two victims, according to Officer Andre Watson, a Boston police spokesman. The men had suffered life-threatening injuries and were taken by ambulance to area hospitals, Watson said in an e-mail.
The driver fled the area on foot and left the vehicle at the scene, Watson said.
The incident is under investigation, Watson said. No further information was immediately available.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) – Pictures of Kathleen Laurel line the kitchen counter in her daughter’s home: snapshots from weddings, dinner parties and a “Parents Weekend” celebration from her two daughters’ days as students at the University of Texas.
Those daughters, Lisa Howard and Kelly Pesek, remember their mother as a woman with a vibrant sense of humor and wit.
“She was just so funny and would always make us laugh,” Pesek said. “We were all kind of friends, once my sister and I grew up.”
Her husband, Joe Laurel, describes her as his “best friend.”
Mixed in with the happy memories, however, are the difficult ones: her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, her disease progressing, and an eventual move to a skilled nursing facility in southwest Austin. The hardest memories to process, her family said, are the ones from her final days.
Two weeks before Kathleen died last September, the family said they got word ants had been found in her room at Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation – and on her body.
“I went there as soon as I found out that day, and I actually spoke to the nurse that found her the night before. This sweet nurse was pregnant, and she was crying. She was telling me the story that she was the one taking the ants off my mother, and she was getting bitten as she was doing it,” Howard said.
The family took photos of what they believed were ant bites on Kathleen’s arms and legs. Both sisters told Nexstar’s KXAN they were told by leadership at the facility that wounds were a result of heat rash.
“Which seems ludicrous to me, if you see the pictures,” Pesek said. “Then, heat rash begs the question, ‘Well why — where was she in so much heat that she got a heat rash?’”
“It’s something out of a horror story,” Howard said.
There are other cases involving ants in nursing homes, including a lawsuit filed last spring in Arkansas over a woman who died after an attack and a recent report of a Fort Worth-area facility fined over an ant infestation.
Kathleen’s family filed a civil lawsuit against Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation and the health care company which owns it, Dynasty Healthcare Management.
KXAN reached out to the company and the law firm representing them. Attorneys for the facility and company told KXAN they could not comment on a pending legal matter, but they filed an answer in Travis County District Court denying all the claims made by the family and demanding proof of their claims of negligence. Their filing also notes, “there are inadequate factual pleadings to state a gross negligence claim against these Defendants.”
The surveyor’s report
The incident is detailed in a report completed by a surveyor with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, who was on-site at the nursing facility for an unrelated visit. The attorney representing Kathleen’s family obtained the report and provided a copy to KXAN investigators, who verified its validity with HHSC.
The report states the facility failed to ensure a resident “with physical debilities and severe cognitive impairment was checked on as needed throughout the night shift as she was found with active ants crawling on her while she was in bed with ant bites throughout her body causing resident pain, red welts, and hives that required immediate medical intervention and treatment.”
The report cites an interview with a nurse aide who told the surveyor she tried to knock all the ants off of the resident before moving her to the recliner in the room, but that “it was impossible to check on every resident every two hours.”
According to the facility administrator’s interview in the report, he contacted pest control after the incident to “spray inside and outside of her room.” Plus, he said her room had been “deep cleaned” by the housekeeping staff.
The report also noted the administrator and the Director of Nursing at the facility audited all the residents’ rooms and “no additional ants” were found. The report also states the facility implemented “skin assessments.”
Other workers cited in the surveyor’s report detailed other issues they believe were caused by staffing shortages: resident falls, missed meals and the failure to pass out certain medications on time.
One registered nurse told the surveyor, “the lack of care residents are receiving due to being short staff[ed] was heart-breaking.”
Nationwide staffing shortages
Industry leaders and advocates in long-term care have warned of widespread staffing shortages in nursing homes across Texas, but also nationwide, in recent months.
“This is not a new issue. This is not an, ‘Oh by the way, look what COVID caused.’ We were tens of thousands of staff behind before COVID even hit,” said Kevin Warren, the president and CEO of the Texas Health Care Association, representing skilled nursing facilities.
Last fall, his association partnered with a group called LeadingAge Texas to conduct a workforce-focused survey of long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living communities. They found nearly every facility in Texas reported unfilled Certified Nurse Aide, or CNA, positions. Others had unfilled Registered Nurse roles, along with open dietary staff and housekeeping positions.
Seventy percent of the survey respondents said they could not compete with other employers.
Warren testified before lawmakers in late June about what he hopes could be long-term solutions: loan forgiveness programs for people who go to work in long-term care, more outreach to high school students or early college training programs, and more funding to offer better pay.
“How do we encourage these men and women who are looking at long-term care as an option to say, ‘This is affordable. This is something I want to do and make a career out of,’” Warren said.
Other witnesses told the Texas House Human Services committee they would like to see higher pay for staff as well, potentially in the form of longevity pay or retention bonuses.
The state’s Long-term Care Ombudsman, Patty Ducayet, told stories of residents having to wait for a bath or to get out of bed, poorly maintained HVAC systems affecting staff and residents’ quality of life, and facility vehicles sitting in disrepair – instead of being used for resident activities and appointments.
Lawmakers agreed, saying “most” of the funding “ought to be going to patient care.” Ducayet called for more transparent financial reporting by facility owners and operators to ensure that was happening.
KXAN investigators asked Warren about that proposal, and he said he believed the nursing home industry was more transparent than many other healthcare sectors when it comes to staffing, finances and quality of care.
He said one thing was clear: “There is a significant delta between the cost of care and what the [Medicaid] reimbursement is.”
In the HHSC surveyor’s report of what was found at Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation, the facility administrator detailed its normal staffing schedule, which included three nurses, five CNAs, and three medical assistants during the day shift. The administrator also detailed the facility’s night shift staffing, which included three nurses and four CNAs.
The report reads, “He stated that he believed the staffing was sufficient to be able to care for all the residents appropriately.”
‘Couldn’t ask for help’
The HHSC surveyor’s report details at least four deficiencies found at the facility, including those described as Quality of Care, Sufficient Nursing Staff, Medication Errors and Physical Environment. The report notes the facility cleared up all of the deficiencies in just a few days.
Kathleen Laurel’s family said they saw her condition get worse in the days that followed, and 19 days later, she died. Her death certificate doesn’t cite the ant bites or mention the wounds seen on her body. Her cause of death was listed as “Alzheimer’s disease.”
Howard called it “heartbreaking” to lose a parent, but said it has been even harder to find out these details from her last few weeks alive, “after the fact.”
“She was completely helpless. Like I said, she was nonverbal. She couldn’t ask for help. She had no way of raising her hand and saying, ‘I need help; I’m being mistreated; I’m hungry; I have ants on me,’” Howard said.
Joe Laurel said, in general, he’d like to see minimum staffing standards enforced statewide, to ensure people with similar diagnoses in any facility will get proper care.
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NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers.
Lopez announced their marriage Sunday in her newsletter for fans with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the same newsletter, “On the J Lo.”
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” wrote Lopez in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for their license with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at the Little White Chape l, a chapel boasting a drive-through “tunnel of love." Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the best night of their lives.
“Stick around long enough and maybe you'll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with," said Lopez.
News of their nuptials first spread Sunday after the Clark County clerk's office in Nevada showed that the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. The marriage license filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck declined to comment.
Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, spawning the nickname “Bennifer,” before rekindling their romance last year. They earlier starred together in 2003's “Gigli” and 2004's “Jersey Girl.” Around that time, they became engaged but never wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children. They divorced in 2018.
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'I'm embarrassed I didn't know about the menopause'
By Kate Scotter
BBC News, East
- Published
When women go through the menopause, the ups and downs are often shared by loved ones. But it's not always an easy task when they haven't been through the hormonal changes themselves. How can partners and colleagues help women get through the experience?
Neil Lawson, who has been married twice, says he is "going through the menopause" for a second time.
He didn't feel able to support his first wife, but he is much more aware now with his second wife Catherine.
The 57-year-old, from Cromer, Norfolk, says communication has been key this time around.
"The first time I knew nothing about it. My wife was not able to talk about it at all. I didn't know anything about the difficulties she was going through.
"I feel extremely embarrassed and stupid about it but she didn't say anything because she wasn't able to.
"But with Catherine, I'm much more aware that this train is coming and we're much better at communication than ever before," says Neil.
The life coach says it is difficult for men to fully comprehend it because it is "beyond our experience".
"It's a bit like childbirth from the man's perspective. You can know about it, learn about it, read about it, but you have no clue what is really going on and can't do anything about it even if you wanted to," he says.
"One of the things that upsets me most is that there's nothing practical I can do. I don't know how Catherine is going to feel, I desperately want to do something but I can't.
"All I can do is be there for her as best I can, and ask her what she needs," he says.
Massage therapist Catherine always tells him when she wakes up and "feels completely rubbish", he says.
"At least I can prepare and set my expectations for that day.
"I make her cups of tea if that's what she needs or I'll just hug her; all I can do is be OK with her not being OK," he says.
His wife of 10 years Catherine is 49 and has been going through perimenopause - when a woman first starts to develop the physiological changes associated with menopause - for about four years.
Neil says sometimes she can be "weepy and incredibly emotional for no explained reason", and there are moments when he has to "bite his tongue" or "count to 10".
"It's not her fault, it's something she is going through," says Neil.
"There's lots of compassion, laughing and being OK with not having a clue what this is."
His advice to other couples is to talk about it and for women to express themselves to their partners.
"It's totally different for every woman and unlike pregnancy there are no common stages you go through, with perimenopause there's no pattern.
"Even it it were written down, it wouldn't help. The biggest support Catherine gets is from other women, especially on social media.
"That support has been absolutely amazing, speaking to other women is so valuable to her. It's just about being heard and to know that you're not going mad."
Neil also ensures he takes time out for himself. He goes for a walk on the beach or in the forest, or goes to watch a "boy movie".
Catherine says she is "so blessed" to have Neil.
"He is so patient with me and my erratic hormones. I know he counts to 10 and takes deep breaths a lot, bless him.
"To have that level of support from the person you spend your life with is priceless," she says.
Catherine says they are "very fortunate" in their relationship because they "talk and listen to each other".
"Neil asked me at the beginning to let him know what is happening for me each day - physically, emotionally and mentally. Basically it helps him gauge whether to approach me, or just give me the chocolate, carbs and gin and back slowly out of the room.
"I speak with several ladies who don't have support and understanding from their partners, and those ladies are so unhappy. I hurt for them, because I have been there with my first marriage.
"To say I appreciate Neil is the understatement of the century. There are no words in the human language that truly express how thankful I am to have Neil as my partner through life," she says.
What are some of the symptoms of menopause?
- Anxiety
- Low mood
- Depression
- Mood swings
- Crying spells
- Brain fog
- Loss of confidence
- Poor concentration
- Poor memory
- Loss of joy
Source: Victoria Howell, Menopause Services
Menopause nurse Victoria Howell says communication is key, as is taking an interest.
"When women have these symptoms, they have no control, it's like they are a third person and they don't want to act like that.
"They worry that people are walking on egg-shells around them and many have partners and young or teenage children.
"If someone starts shouting, do not respond by shouting back, that's just going to escalate and people are going to feel worse.
"If irritability is the biggest symptom, think how you can create a calm and nurturing ambience, and ask what they need and how you can help," she says.
She recommends tracking symptoms to see if there are patterns or triggers.
Victoria also suggests loved ones should brush up on the symptoms, of which she says there are up to 38.
"If an individual can show an interest in what they are going through, like looking at the tracker together, that can help the person feel supported," she says.
"It's about knowing what to do and knowing how to help. No-one wants to see their loved ones, friends or colleagues suffer so it's about educating oneself, finding out the information or providing that information in the workplace."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers.
Lopez announced their marriage Sunday in her newsletter for fans with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the same newsletter, “On the J Lo.”
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” wrote Lopez in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for their license with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at the Little White Chape l, a chapel boasting a drive-through “tunnel of love." Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the best night of their lives.
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“Stick around long enough and maybe you'll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with," said Lopez.
News of their nuptials first spread Sunday after the Clark County clerk's office in Nevada showed that the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. The marriage license filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck declined to comment.
Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, spawning the nickname “Bennifer,” before rekindling their romance last year. They earlier starred together in 2003's “Gigli” and 2004's “Jersey Girl.” Around that time, they became engaged but never wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children. They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade after wedding in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-wed-in-las-vegas-drive-through/article_ca5fd9f0-ab1b-52da-8f87-a427f9214397.html | 2022-07-18T00:37:38Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-wed-in-las-vegas-drive-through/article_ca5fd9f0-ab1b-52da-8f87-a427f9214397.html | true |
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday.
The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the South Texas town for the bewildering inaction by heavily armed officers as a gunman fired inside two fourth-grade classrooms at Robb Elementary School, killing 19 students and two teachers.
Altogether, the report amounted to the fullest account to date of the one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. But it did not satisfy all parents and relatives of the victims, some of whom blasted the police as cowards and called for them to resign.
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“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety," the report said.
The gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building — and it is “almost certain” that at least 100 shots came before any officer entered, according to the report, which laid out in detail numerous failures. Among them:
— No one assumed command despite scores of officers being on the scene.
— The commander of a Border Patrol tactical team waited for a bullet-proof shield and working master key for the classroom, which may have not even been needed, before entering the classroom.
— A Uvalde Police Department officer said he heard about 911 calls that had come from inside the classroom, and that his understanding was the officers on one side of the building knew there were victims trapped inside. Still, no one tried to breach the classroom.
The report — the most complete account yet of the hesitant and haphazard response to the May 24 massacre — was written by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives. Swiftly, the findings set in motion at least one fallout: Lt. Mariano Pargas, a Uvalde Police Department officer who was the city's acting police chief during the massacre, was placed on administrative leave.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said an investigation would be launched to determine whether Pargas should have taken command of the scene. McLaughlin also said the city would now release all body camera footage from Uvalde police that was taken during the shooting.
McLaughlin said “a couple, maybe three” officers have left the force since the shooting, and that suicides are “a big concern.”
Family members of the victims in Uvalde received copies of the report Sunday before it was released to the public.
“It’s a joke. They’re a joke. They’ve got no business wearing a badge. None of them do,” Vincent Salazar, grandfather of 11-year-old Layla Salazar, who was among those killed, said Sunday.
Only the families of the victims were invited to meet with committee members before a news conference with the media following the public release of the report.
Tina Quintanilla-Taylor, whose daughter survived the shooting, shouted at the committee members as they left the news conference, saying that they should have taken questions from the community, not just reporters. “I’m pissed. They need to come back and give us their undivided attention,” she said later.
“These leaders are not leaders,” she said.
According to the report, 376 law enforcement officers massed at the school. The overwhelming majority of those who responded were federal and state law enforcement. That included nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials.
“Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any ‘villains’ in the course of its investigation,” the report said. “There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”
The report noted that many of the hundreds of law enforcement responders who rushed to the school were better trained and equipped than the school district police — which the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the state police force, previously faulted for not going into the room sooner.
Investigators said it was not their job to determine whether officers should be held accountable, saying that decisions rests with each law enforcement agency. Prior to Sunday, only one of the hundreds of officers on the scene — Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief — was known to have been on leave.
“Everyone who came on the scene talked about this being chaotic,” said Texas state Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Republican who led the investigation.
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety and U.S. Border Patrol did not immediately return requests for comment Sunday.
The report followed weeks of closed-door interviews with more than 40 people, including witnesses and law enforcement who were on the scene of the shooting.
No single officer has received as much scrutiny since the shooting as Arredondo, who also resigned from his newly appointed seat on the City Council after the shooting. Arredondo told the committee he treated the shooter as “barricaded subject," according to the report, and defended never treating the scene as an active-shooter situation because he did not have visual contact with the gunman.
Arredondo also tried to find a key for the classrooms, but no one ever bothered to see if the doors were locked, according to the report.
“Arredondo’s search for a key consumed his attention and wasted precious time, delaying the breach of the classrooms," the report read.
The report criticized as “lackadaisical” the approach of the hundreds of officers who surrounded the school and said that they should have recognized that Arredondo remaining in the school without reliable communication was “inconsistent” with him being the scene commander. The report concluded that some officers waited because they relied on bad information while others “had enough information to know better.”
A nearly 80-minute hallway surveillance video published by the Austin American-Statesman in the past week publicly showed for the first time a hesitant and haphazard tactical response, which the head of Texas’ state police has condemned as a failure and some Uvalde residents have blasted as cowardly.
Calls for police accountability have grown in Uvalde since the shooting.
The report is the result of one of several investigations into the shooting, including another led by the Justice Department. A report earlier this month by tactical experts at Texas State University alleged that a Uvalde police officer had a chance to stop the gunman before he went inside the school armed with an AR-15.
But in an example of the conflicting statements and disputed accounts since the shooting, McLaughlin has said that never happened. That report had been done at the request of the Texas Department of Public Safety, which McLaughlin has increasingly criticized and accused of trying to minimize the role of its troopers during the massacre.
Steve McCraw, the head of Texas DPS, has called the police response an abject failure.
The committee didn’t “receive medical evidence” to show that police breaching the classroom sooner would have saved lives, but it concluded that “it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue.”
Michael Brown, whose 9-year-old son was in the cafeteria at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting and survived, came to the committee’s news conference Sunday carrying signs saying “ We Want Accountability” and “Prosecute Pete Arredondo.”
Brown said he has not yet read the report but already knows enough to say that police “have blood on their hands.”
“It’s disgusting. Disgusting,” he said. “They’re cowards.”
Weber reported from Austin, Texas. Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle contributed from Dallas. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/uvalde-report-376-officers-but-egregiously-poor-decisions/article_0f9b546a-da46-5075-9632-b20d4ceb5205.html | 2022-07-18T00:37:44Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/uvalde-report-376-officers-but-egregiously-poor-decisions/article_0f9b546a-da46-5075-9632-b20d4ceb5205.html | false |
WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, July 21, 2022
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
457 PM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to
elevated, long period surf of 3 to 5 feet through tonight,
rising to 3 to 6 feet Monday and peaking at 4 to 6 feet
Tuesday.
* WHERE...Ventura County Beaches, especially south facing
beaches.
* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip
currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can
wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats
nearshore.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Very strong rip currents and long-shore
currents are expected along many beaches due to a long period
south swell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.
rising to 4 to 6 feet Monday. Surf will peak on Tuesday with
heights up to 5 to 7 feet possible.
* WHERE...Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Malibu Coast and
Los Angeles County Beaches, especially south facing beaches.
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
715 PM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Air temperature of 102 to 105 degrees expected and heat
index up to 107 degrees.
* WHERE...Portions of south central Texas.
* WHEN...From 2 PM Monday to 8 PM CDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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An Elk Grove teen is keeping busy this summer by diving into his musical talents.Neil Nayyar doesn't just play guitar and drums, he's mastering instruments from around the world."This journey all started when I was in the womb," Neil told KCRA 3's Leticia Ordaz on Sunday.His parents said they listened to Mozart every day when they found out they were pregnant. But they never could have predicted his talents to go this far."When I was around six years old my parents took me to a free drum class and after just one drum lesson, I was playing the drums like an old pro," Neil said. The 16-year-old from Elk Grove now owns 117 musical instruments and can play them all flawlessly. "At the age of 12, I made my first world record for playing 44 musical instruments at the age of 12," Neil said. He kept asking for more instruments, including rare pieces from India, Vietnam, France and other countries. "He has the urge to keep going and he keeps going no matter what. He just keeps moving forward," said his mom, Sukhi Kahr.The musical prodigy says he is mostly self-taught by finding books and watching YouTube videos. "I am very grateful for all of the talents that I have," Neil said. "There are some instruments where I learned from teachers, locally and also from online from different countries."And there is no stopping Neil. Next month, his first music album comes out and he's even written a children's book that highlights the more than 100 instruments he can play. He hopes his dedication and can-do attitude will inspire young people to chase their dreams. "There are three things which I always keep in my mind when I'm doing something… focus it, get it, and have it. If you have those three things in your mind, you will get anything in no time," he said.And his mom agrees. She says every child has a gift waiting to be nurtured. "I would say for the parents just observe your kids and if they like something, support them because you never know, from something small they can get to something big," she said. Next up for Neil is Grammy Camp where he will spend a week in Los Angeles with other talented teens who will get to learn from the best in the music industry.
ELK GROVE, Calif. — An Elk Grove teen is keeping busy this summer by diving into his musical talents.
Neil Nayyar doesn't just play guitar and drums, he's mastering instruments from around the world.
"This journey all started when I was in the womb," Neil told KCRA 3's Leticia Ordaz on Sunday.
His parents said they listened to Mozart every day when they found out they were pregnant. But they never could have predicted his talents to go this far.
"When I was around six years old my parents took me to a free drum class and after just one drum lesson, I was playing the drums like an old pro," Neil said.
The 16-year-old from Elk Grove now owns 117 musical instruments and can play them all flawlessly.
"At the age of 12, I made my first world record for playing 44 musical instruments at the age of 12," Neil said.
He kept asking for more instruments, including rare pieces from India, Vietnam, France and other countries.
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"He has the urge to keep going and he keeps going no matter what. He just keeps moving forward," said his mom, Sukhi Kahr.
The musical prodigy says he is mostly self-taught by finding books and watching YouTube videos.
"I am very grateful for all of the talents that I have," Neil said. "There are some instruments where I learned from teachers, locally and also from online from different countries."
And there is no stopping Neil. Next month, his first music album comes out and he's even written a children's book that highlights the more than 100 instruments he can play.
He hopes his dedication and can-do attitude will inspire young people to chase their dreams.
"There are three things which I always keep in my mind when I'm doing something… focus it, get it, and have it. If you have those three things in your mind, you will get anything in no time," he said.
And his mom agrees. She says every child has a gift waiting to be nurtured.
"I would say for the parents just observe your kids and if they like something, support them because you never know, from something small they can get to something big," she said.
Next up for Neil is Grammy Camp where he will spend a week in Los Angeles with other talented teens who will get to learn from the best in the music industry. | https://www.kcra.com/article/elk-grove-teen-masters-over-100-instruments-from-around-the-world/40634810 | 2022-07-18T00:55:30Z | https://www.kcra.com/article/elk-grove-teen-masters-over-100-instruments-from-around-the-world/40634810 | false |
Tax cuts AREN'T a fairytale, Rishi! Economic experts say inflation will give Treasury a £60billion boost by 2025
- Rising wages and rising taxes mean inflation is set to drive up the tax collected
- But ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak told Liz Truss last week tax cuts are a 'fairytale'
- The £60 billion takes into account higher spending to combat the cost of living
Red-hot inflation means the Treasury is set to take £60billion more in taxes by 2025 than it is now predicting, a leading think-tank has calculated.
Rising wages and prices, combined with controversial tax grabs introduced by former chancellor Rishi Sunak, will help pull in vast amounts of cash, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).
This will give the next prime minister enough breathing room to slash Britain's crippling tax burden, the CEBR said.
But the research is at odds with the policies of Mr Sunak, who is hoping to replace Boris Johnson in No 10.
Rising wages and prices, combined with controversial tax grabs introduced by former chancellor Rishi Sunak, will help pull in vast amounts of cash, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)
Mr Sunak has been reluctant to reverse the tax hikes he introduced as chancellor, including the highly controversial National Insurance rise
Mr Sunak has been reluctant to reverse the tax hikes he introduced as chancellor, which included a rise in national insurance contributions and a freezing of the thresholds at which people must pay income tax.
He has also warned that tax cuts would have to be funded by borrowing and that 'borrowing your way out of inflation is a fairytale'.
But his leadership rivals such as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have pledged faster tax cuts in an effort to boost Britain's growth.
The rise in national insurance contributions from April was a 'mistake', Miss Truss has said.
She added: 'I think it's even more of a mistake now, where we are facing such strong economic headwinds.'
Referring to the tax burden, which is set to rise to the highest level since the 1950s, former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who is backing Miss Truss, said: 'We go from the top of the G7 leaderboard in terms of growth this year to the bottom next year, and this is why.
'Cutting taxes six months before an election is no good – we need to show we are a party who can cut taxes now.'
While Mr Sunak has suggested that slashing taxes would not be 'responsible', the CEBR's research has thrown his claim into doubt. When the former chancellor initially froze income tax thresholds last year, he was not expecting wages to rise as rapidly as they are now.
The soaring cost of living has led employees to demand higher pay, and while wages are still not keeping up with inflation, they are climbing.
Yet in a 'stealth tax', income tax thresholds have not risen in line with salaries, meaning more workers are being dragged into paying the levy.
By the 2024/25 financial year, the CEBR thinks 36.4million workers will be paying income tax, and 9million – more than one in four people in employment – will be paying the 40 per cent higher rate.
Douglas McWilliams, deputy chairman of the CEBR, said: 'Since these receipts will come from the effects of inflation and fiscal drag, meaning that people will be paying more tax than expected, it would not be unreasonable for the additional revenues to be used for tax cuts'
This is 200,000 more paying income tax and a further 200,000 paying the higher rate than the Government's Budget watchdog forecast in March. Higher prices, which have been pushed up by Covid and the war in Ukraine, will also bring in more money from VAT.
The levy is charged on most goods at 20 per cent – but the higher the price of the goods, the more money the Government will take. The CEBR also thinks economic growth will be higher by 2024/25 than the Office for Budget Responsibility pessimistically assumes. This will automatically boost the Treasury's coffers, as companies pay more corporation tax.
Even if the Government is forced to spend more on helping Britons survive a tough few years ahead, and higher inflation and interest rates bump up the cost of borrowing, the CEBR still believes the Treasury will end up with £60billion more to play with in the 2024/25 financial year than it thinks.
Douglas McWilliams, deputy chairman of the CEBR, said: 'Since these receipts will come from the effects of inflation and fiscal drag, meaning that people will be paying more tax than expected, it would not be unreasonable for the additional revenues to be used for tax cuts.'
The CEBR's research comes as the Tory tax row turned toxic. Miss Truss and Mr Sunak clashed over tax in the first TV debate on Friday, when she savaged him over his national insurance rise. The Foreign Secretary argued that 'you cannot tax your way to growth' while Mr Sunak told her: 'Borrowing your way out of inflation is a fairytale.'
Miss Truss has vowed to axe green levies on energy bills, cancel the corporation tax hike from 19 per cent to 25 per cent next year and reverse the hike in national insurance, which was introduced in April. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11022885/Tax-cuts-ARENT-fairytale-Economic-experts-say-inflation-Treasury-60billion-boost.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-18T00:58:10Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11022885/Tax-cuts-ARENT-fairytale-Economic-experts-say-inflation-Treasury-60billion-boost.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
FRANKLIN — The long-term care facility formerly known as the Peabody Home is nearing the completion of a major renovation/expansion.
Now known as Peabody Place, the facility in November 2020 received a $26 million loan for the work through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development’s Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program.
When construction is completed about Jan. 31, 2023, Peabody Place will more than double its original size, with a total of 72 assisted-living, memory-care and independent-living apartment, Executive Director Howie Chandler said in a recent interview.
Whereas the Peabody Home was founded as a not-for-profit entity on a medical model, Peabody Place is based on “celebrating the moment,” Chandler said.
“Our primary focus is on the quality of life,” he said, although members will have all the medical care they need, too.
Peabody Home’s board of managers were at a crossroads a few years ago and had two options before them: “Go out of business or replace the facility,” said Chandler, adding that the managers also realized that they couldn’t go “small” either.
He said there has been minimal impact on members and staff because rather than close the facility, rolling construction has allowed them to move into new space as it is finished, but on a temporary basis.
Peabody Place is a statement by the board of managers that “we’re trying to be affordable, not exclusive,” Chandler said.
Depending on housing options and level of care, it costs about $3,000 a month to reside there, he said, with members paying through a home-equity conversion.
Three-thousand dollars “is not cheap,” Chandler acknowledged, “but it is cheaper than any other place” in central New Hampshire.
The next thing that the board committed to was providing employees “a living wage,” he said, while the third was “doing away with the health care and the dependency model.”
“We’re meeting people on their own terms,” he said.
Compared to similar facilities, Chandler said Peabody Place doesn’t charge either an entrance fee nor an application fee and members are free to leave at will.
“We have to earn their (members’) continued business every day,” Chandler said. “It’s not a problem, it’s an opportunity to exceed expectations.”
At build-out, Peabody Place will employ 50 people, he said.
Franklin Mayor Jo Brown on Monday hailed the Peabody Place renovation/expansion and the emphasis “about caring for the person as a whole.”
“That to me, is the direction for the future,” Brown said. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/franklins-peabody-place-expands-with-help-of-26-million-federal-loan/article_8f5276af-e02e-56b8-9c35-fc8194153625.html | 2022-07-18T01:01:34Z | https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/franklins-peabody-place-expands-with-help-of-26-million-federal-loan/article_8f5276af-e02e-56b8-9c35-fc8194153625.html | true |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JC-QS-KS-3S-4S
(JC, QS, KS, 3S, 4S)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JC-QS-KS-3S-4S
(JC, QS, KS, 3S, 4S) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17311065.php | 2022-07-18T01:02:29Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17311065.php | false |
Forensic Lab at Mumbai receives around 5,000 cyber forensic complaints in a year
Reports from Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory (DFSL) were used in many high-profile cases, including the 1993 serial bomb blasts and cases related to the 2006 train blasts and 2011 serial blasts in Mumbai, and the 26/11 terrorist attacks
When a Mumbai court recently sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a 32-year-old woman in Sakinaka, the court relied on a 'gait analysis' report furnished by the police, for the first time in the country. Gait analysis is a process where a person's manner of walking is compared with CCTV camera footage of the accused.
The lab behind the gait report is the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory (DFSL), Mumbai, established in the year 1958. It receives around 5,000 cyber forensics cases in a year and serves as the headquarters of seven Regional Forensic Science Laboratories (RFSL) and five mini forensic science laboratories (MFSL) in Maharashtra.
The DFSL’s main function is to provide scientific opinion on different types of evidential material referred to by the investigating agencies and help the judiciary. "These pieces of evidence act as mute witnesses against the perpetrators and are impartial. A forensic scientist employed in the laboratory helps police in the collection of the right evidence material from the scene of the crime," said a DFSL official.
The officials working here cannot disclose current cases, but revealed that reports from DFSL were used in many high-profile cases, including the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Bombay which killed around 260 people and injured 1,400. Cases related to the 2006 train blasts and 2011 serial blasts in Mumbai, the 2010 German bakery blast in Pune and the 26/11 terrorist attacks too had forensic evidence from DFSL.
The DFSL office at Santacruz Kalina has eight divisions – toxicology, biology, DNA, general analytical and instrumentation. Their areas of expertise cover the full gamut of forensic science - narcotics and explosives, prohibition and excise, ballistics, physics, tape authentication, and speaker identification, cyber forensic, and psychology.
Sources said the DFSL's cyber forensic department identifies which digital media (mobile phones, credit cards, hard drives, etc.,) is present at the scene of the crime, and seizes the media. "At the laboratory, the team makes a duplicate copy of the media, authenticates, identifies and analyses its integrity using latest technology and presents the report in a sealed envelope or as an exhibit. This facility is available in Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune," an DFSL official said.
The lab provides scientific-analytical reports to police departments in Maharashtra, the forest department, State excise and revenue departments, and national agencies such as CBI and NIA, among others.
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At least 89 people have been killed and hundreds were injured since last Thursday in Haiti‘s Cité Soleil, a commune riddled with gang violence amid a dire humanitarian crisis.
Human rights activist group National Human Rights Defense Network claim that number is expected to rise, as fuel shortages and inflated transportation costs only intensify the violence, reports BBC News. After the assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse last year, the situation has gotten worse, especially in an area known as Brooklyn.
At least 234 people have been killed or injured during a single week of gang violence in Haiti's capital, according to the UN human rights office.
Gang violence has grown worse ever since the unsolved assassination of President Moise a year ago.
More: https://t.co/VvfOFO2Ydr pic.twitter.com/DG2olx2rxZ
— DW News (@dwnews) July 16, 2022
As gangs G-9 and G-Pèp fight for territory, scores of civilians have been slaughtered in the crossfire. There were reports of dozens also burned to death and hundreds of houses trashed or burned by G-9 gang members, a coalition of nine Haitian gangs.
“It’s grave. It’s difficult for the population,” said interim mayor Joël Janéus. “All of the areas are blocked. Water can’t come, food can’t come. There are a lot of problems here and people are dying of hunger because they can’t get out. A lot of people are victims. A lot of people are injured, a lot people are in the hospital and they can’t go on with their activities.”
G-9 has been responsible for the last three onslaughts since May, the most recent the deadliest.
An area with a population of 300,000 has been cut off from trucks transporting drinking water and essential foods due to the ongoing violence, causing thousands to starve and go thirsty. To make matters worse, many have no electricity nor access to medical care.
The scene is described as burnt up and decaying corpses piling up on the street, shared Mumuza Muhindo, head of mission in Haiti of Doctors Without Borders.
“Along the only road into Brooklyn, we have encountered corpses that are decomposing or being burned,” he said in a press release.
“They could be people killed during the clashes or people trying to leave who were shot — it is a real battlefield. It is not possible to estimate how many people have been killed,” Muhindo said.
Gang violence in Haiti's capital has left at least 89 people dead, a rights group says.
Soaring prices, fuel shortages and gang warfare are accelerating country's slide into chaoshttps://t.co/Due7qX0bdx pic.twitter.com/ma0r7DJ4wE
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 14, 2022
On July 13, hundreds of people gathered in the capital and burned tires to pressure government officials to take action and continue to supply the population with petrol.
🇭🇹Burning tires & barricades: Fuel shortage drives motorcyclists to protest in Haiti pic.twitter.com/mLYjwlZNw9
— World News 24 (@DailyWorld24) July 15, 2022
The U.S. State Department sent supplemental police aid amidst the violence, while the Biden administration has yet to acknowledge the severity of the crisis. | https://www.blackenterprise.com/at-least-89-gunned-down-haiti-gang-violence-humanitarian-crisis/ | 2022-07-18T01:09:59Z | https://www.blackenterprise.com/at-least-89-gunned-down-haiti-gang-violence-humanitarian-crisis/ | true |
Former Bryan American Legion Commander elected as State Vice Commander
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -Brazos Valley veteran and former Commander of the American Legion Post 159 in Bryan, Tom Marty, was elected as American Legion State Vice Commander at the annual convention in Austin, Texas on Sunday.
Marty served as Post Commander from 2018-2021. He also served at the District Level as Vice-Commander for 2 years and at the State level as the Training Chair for 6 years, where he helped to launch Texas Legion College, a mobile training team that delivers training to Legionnaires at Posts across the state.
Marty served in the United States Air Force as a Security Policeman from 1981-1987. After which, he served as a civilian policeman and investigator for 32 years.
As Texas Vice Commander, Marty will lead the American Legion’s efforts statewide in membership.
In a statement, Marty says that he believes that young veterans still have a sense of service and will join organizations that are actively working on programs that benefit the community. His goal is to share the successes of Bryan Post 159 and other Texas Post programs to re-energize the next generation of America’s veterans to continue serving.
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Mandan photo contest open for submissions
Published: Jul. 17, 2022 at 7:41 PM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
MANDAN, N.D. (KFYR) - The Mandan Photo Contest is open for submissions once again.
Photographers of all ages and experience levels are invited to submit photos of Mandan and Morton County for the second annual contest.
Last year, there were 108 entries from 30 photographers.
This year, you can submit photos in one of the four following categories: Opportunity, Community, Achievement, and Fun and Country.
The winners will be displayed for at least a year at Mandan City Hall or another public facility. For a full list of rules, visit cityofmandan.com/photocontest.
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Stewart hit 4 3s, scores 25 to help Storm beat Fever 81-65
SEATTLE (AP) - Breanna Stewart scored 25 points, Jewell Loyd and Tina Charles added 15 points apiece and the Seattle Storm beat Indiana 81-65 Sunday to extend the Fever's losing streak to nine games.
Seattle (17-8) is a half-game behind the Las Vegas Aces (18-7) and two games back of the WNBA-leading and defending-champion Chicago Sky (19-6).
Ezi Magbegor scored back-to-back baskets inside to give the Storm the lead for good and spark a 15-2 run that made it 23-13 when Stewart hit a 3 with 2:11 left in the first quarter. Danielle Robinson hit a pull-up jumper that capped a 10-2 spurt by the Fever to open the second half and trim their deficit to 44-41 with 6 minutes left in the third quarter but Indiana got no closer.
Magbegor added 10 points for the Storm.
NaLyssa Smith led Indiana (5-22) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Emma Cannon scored a career-high 14 points and Queen Egbo added 13.
The Fever have lost 10 of their last 11 games.
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A West Virginia woman has awoken from a two-year coma and identified her brother as her attacker, according to police.
Wanda Palmer, 51, accused her brother of attacking her at her residence near Cottageville, West Virginia, in June 2020. Police said that Palmer was "attacked, hacked, and left for dead," according to a statement posted on Jackson County Sheriff's Department's Facebook.
Police say they found Palmer in an "upright position" on her couch with severe injuries caused by what appeared to be a hatchet or axe. Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger told CNN that when police arrived, they thought she was dead but realized soon after she was still alive and breathing shallowly.
Police never recovered the weapon, Mellinger said.
One witness reported seeing Palmer's brother, Daniel, on her porch around midnight the night before she was discovered, Mellinger said. There were no phone records, surveillance footage, or eyewitnesses outside of Palmer's home, the sheriff said.
Police investigated several people but could never file charges. A couple of weeks ago, Mellinger said, his ofice got a call from Palmer's care facility saying she was able to speak to authorities.
Palmer was able to answer only yes-or-no questions but provided enough testimony for police to arrest Daniel, Mellinger told CNN.
Daniel Palmer III, 55, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and malicious wounding on Friday, according to arrest records obtained by CNN.
He was arraigned and assessed with a bond of $500,000, according to the Jackson County sheriff, who said it is unclear how he pleaded. CNN was unable to identify an attorney for him but has reached out to the Jackson County Public Defender's office.
Wanda Palmer is now coherent but unable to hold full-length conversations, the Jackson County sheriff told CNN.
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Merrill Kelly pitches D-backs past Padres
David Peralta broke a scoreless tie with a two-out homer in the sixth and Merrill Kelly continued his dominance of the Padres, as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks defeated San Diego 3-1 on Sunday night.
Kelly (9-5), who left the game after Luke Voit homered to open the seventh, held the Padres to one run on six hits through six-plus innings. He did allow a walk and struck out five to improve to 8-2 with a 2.34 ERA in his career against the Padres.
Mark Melancon pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 13th save.
Kelly was locked in a pitching duel with Padres starter Mike Clevinger (2-3) when Peralta went deep. Peralta's drive to right was his 12th homer of the season.
Clevinger allowed the one run on four hits and two walks in six innings of work. He fanned eight while suffering the loss.
The Diamondbacks then extended their lead to 3-0, scoring twice in the seventh with just one hit. Both runs were charged to Padres rookie MacKenzie Gore.
Sergio Alcantara drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on Carson Kelly's pinch-hit single. Gore departed the game after walking Josh Rojas to load the bases.
Right-hander Steve Wilson, who just returned from the injured list, then walked pinch hitter Jordan Luplow to force in Alcantara. Wilson also walked Christian Walker, bringing in Kelly.
The D-backs had a run taken off the board while the game was still scoreless.
Arizona had the bases loaded with two outs in the fifth and Alcantara apparently scored when Clevinger hit Alek Thomas with a pitch.
But home plate umpire Jeff Nelson ruled Thomas had swung and missed on the pitch that hit him and sent Alcantara back to third. Thomas then struck out to end the inning.
The Padres also missed out on a run when Eric Hosmer was thrown out at the plate in the second by Diamondbacks right fielder Daulton Varsho.
Hosmer had singled with one out and moved to second on Austin Nola's single. C.J. Abrams grounded a two-out single to right, but Varsho charged the ball and threw a strike to the plate.
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Hundreds protest against the Gainesville Police Department after man loses his eye during K-9 incident
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Protesters packed the outside of the Blount Center demanding justice for the gruesome injuries 30-year-old Terrell Bradley suffered at the mouth of a Gainesville Police Department K-9.
“I was horrified because I know it was bad I heard it was bad but when I saw how bad it was I was just so shocked and I knew that we had to let the rest of the community see,” said the protest organizer Danielle Chanzes.
According to Gainesville Police officials, Bradley fled from a traffic stop and officers found a stolen gun in his vehicle.
K-9 units were called to the scene that’s when they found Bradley an hour later hiding in nearby bushes.
Images throughout the protest showed the damage the canine did to Bradley’s face and body. Bradley’s dad Victor Bradley who’s a former GDP officer spoke on the incident.
“I have been in situations where I saw they haven’t used K-9 favorably. I think they’re just an extension of a gun on a lease. Unfortunately, some of the officers that they have trained. The dogs they think the dog’s reward is to be able to get a bite.”
They said he was racially profiled because he didn’t commit a traffic violation.
Protesters like his cousin Tevin Bradley wore eye patches because Terrell lost his eye due to the incident.
He and others are demanding something be done.
“That officer that was in charge of that K-9 relieved of his duties and the officers that racially profiled him who pulled him over for no reason I want him to be released of his duties too, nothing more nothing less.”
GDP said they are investigating the incident and it may take 7 to 10 days for the conclusion of the review.
They’re charging him with possession of cannabis, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon as well as resisting arrest.
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ROME (AP) — Pleas were piling up Sunday in Italy aimed at persuading Premier Mario Draghi to stay in office instead of resigning as he tried to do last week after being let down by a populist coalition partner.
Hundreds of mayors have signed an open letter. Union leaders and industrialists, who often have opposing agendas, have been united in pressing Draghi to keep on governing. Italy and other European nations are facing soaring energy costs, steep inflation, surging COVID-19 cases and the war in Ukraine. In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.
By Sunday afternoon — three days after populist 5-Star Movement senators boycotted a confidence vote tied to an government energy relief bill — more than 80,000 citizens had signed a “Draghi stay” online petition, launched by former Premier Matteo Renzi, who heads a small centrist party in Draghi’s 17-month-old government.
”Let’s mobilize ourselves in every way to bring back Draghi to Chigi Palace (the premier’s office),” Renzi tweeted.
The letter originally grouped 11 mayors, including from Rome and Milan, but soon gained support from several hundred mayors of cities and towns, state TV said Sunday. The mayors cited the problems of everyday citizens as some of the “good reasons” Draghi should stay put. Financial markets consider the former European Central Bank chief as a pillar of solid fiscal governance for Italy, which is receiving billions in European Union pandemic recovery funds.
If Draghi has been moved by the entreaties, he wasn’t saying.
The premier has been holed up in a countryside home mulling over what he’ll tell Parliament on Wednesday. President Sergio Mattarella, who last week rebuffed Draghi’s resignation, told him to lay out the political situation before lawmakers.
Clearly not budging was Giuseppe Conte, Draghi’s predecessor, who triggered the crisis by having his 5-Star lawmakers walk out of the Senate vote because it contained a provision to build an incinerator in trash-choked Rome that the populists oppose.
Depending on support from his coalition partners ranging from the left to the right, Draghi had been forging ahead with economic and other reforms that are a requirement for Italy to receive 200 billion euros ($200 billion) in EU pandemic recovery funds.
His steadfast support for Ukraine, including sending military aid despite grumbling by the populists, has earned him statesman status in Europe.
Conte, whose left-leaning ruling coalition crumbled in 2021 amid pandemic struggles, over the weekend refused to pledge unwavering support for Draghi’s national unity government. After huddling for hours with his squabbling Movement, Conte demanded that Draghi give the 5-Stars “guaranteed conditions of respect” and said his lawmakers could vote “from time to time” in favor of government measures.
Five-Star Sen. Gianmauro Dell’Olio insisted Sunday that if Draghi “wants to offer us peanuts, I don’t believe that it’s opportune for us to carry on with this government.”
Ultimately, Mattarella must decide what to do if Draghi on Wednesday insists on resigning.
Mattarella could dissolve Parliament, triggering an early election as soon as late September. He could also see if there is political support for a limited-agenda government to stay in place until Italian lawmakers pass the national budget, necessary by year’s end. | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/pleas-pile-up-in-italy-for-pm-draghi-to-rethink-exit/ | 2022-07-18T01:37:35Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/pleas-pile-up-in-italy-for-pm-draghi-to-rethink-exit/ | false |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Three people were fatally shot and two others were injured Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court, police said, adding that an armed civilian shot and killed the gunman.
The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.
An armed civilian killed the man, Ison said at a news conference. In total, four people were killed and two were injured, he said.
Officers went to the mall at about 6 p.m. for reports of the shooting. Authorities are searching the mall for any other victims, but they believe the shooting was contained to the food court.
Police have confiscated a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the food court, Ison said.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and multiple other agencies are assisting in the investigation.
“We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country,” Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said.
Greenwood is a south suburb of Indianapolis with a population of about 60,000.
There is no active threat to the area, Bailey said.
Authorities said they would provide more details Sunday night.
This story has been updated. It was originally published at 7:16 p.m. under the headline "2 people killed in shooting at Indiana mall; many others hurt, police say." | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/17/2-people-killed-in-shooting-at-indiana-mall-many-others-hurt-police-say/ | 2022-07-18T01:44:02Z | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/17/2-people-killed-in-shooting-at-indiana-mall-many-others-hurt-police-say/ | false |
At the height of the AIDS crisis, the world came together to fight back, pooling its resources to create the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This partnership has helped save 44 million lives and has become the most powerful tool for funding community-led responses to health.
However, COVID-19 sent progress against AIDS, TB and malaria tumbling backwards for the first time in decades. As just one example, more than a million more people missed out on lifesaving treatment for tuberculosis last year. The Global Fund now has a new plan to support countries to save 20 million lives, claw back progress against the diseases, and build health systems to help stop the pandemics of the future. This fall, the U.S. will host a pledging conference, rallying global donors to invest the full $18 billion needed to put the new plan into action. And President Biden has said he intends to pledge $6 billion from the U.S. over the next three years, matching $1 for every $2 from other countries.
Bipartisan leadership in Congress is now needed to deliver that funding, push the White House to show more global leadership, and encourage other global donors to come forward.
The COVID-19 pandemic taught us that cooperation amongst U.S. citizens and the citizens of the world is not just helpful but genuinely essential for a timely and comprehensive response to fighting these and future diseases, and protecting our human brothers and sisters from what are largely preventable and/or curable diseases. It is in the U.S.’s best interest to help prevent future pandemics, and the best way to do that is creating global health systems to respond to the current pandemic as well as the TB, Malaria, and AIDS crises in other countries. This was emphasized when the same systems the global fund helped create in impoverished countries to fight the TB crisis, were instrumental in their ability to then pivot and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The global fund prides itself on its long standing history of transparency. It provides a full annual report on spending and allocation of funds. If there is ever any misuse or improper handling of funds it is not only reported, but the solutions to the issues are also included in the report and followed up on. Thus ensuring continued accountability amongst all involved, including donors and recipients of the funds provided.
The U.S. has been a longstanding leader in Global Fund replenishment efforts. With the money raised, the global fund has plans to save 20 million lives and reduce the mortality rate by 64% across the three diseases by 2026. This will avert more than 450 million infections or cases of HIV, TB, Malaria and reinforce health systems for pandemic preparedness. The global fund focuses on investing in health workers, laboratories, supply chains, and centering community led systems, with every $1 invested in fighting the three diseases resulting in $31 in health gains and economic returns.
Currently members of Congress are submitting annual appropriations requests to the relevant appropriations subcommittees. Our very own senator Risch is a ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a key figure in the decision making for appropriations going towards the global fund. Reach out to his offices to show your support for the global fund and ensure he sees that Idaho understands the importance and the increasing need for funding to be allocated as the global fund has requested. | https://www.idahopress.com/opinion/guest_opinions/guest-opinion-support-global-fund-to-tackle-diseases-worldwide/article_fd54fae0-95cf-50c8-aca9-adacd52d4825.html | 2022-07-18T01:47:34Z | https://www.idahopress.com/opinion/guest_opinions/guest-opinion-support-global-fund-to-tackle-diseases-worldwide/article_fd54fae0-95cf-50c8-aca9-adacd52d4825.html | true |
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on in the breezy final round of the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event for his third tour title.
Six points ahead entering the day, Reavie had a six-point round for a one-point victory over Alex Noren on Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood layout.
The 40-year-old Reavie became the first PGA Tour winner 40 or over since Lucas Glover a year ago in the 2021 John Deere Classic. The Arizona player finished with 43 points.
“I’ve been working hard,” Reavie said. “I’ve been hitting the ball and I knew I could do it. I just kept grinding, and here we are.”
With the event also sanctioned by the European tour, Reavie earned spots on both tours through the 2024 seasons. He also won the 2008 Canadian Open and 2019 Travelers Championship.
Reavie had four birdies and two bogeys Sunday. Players get five points for eagle and two for birdie, while a point is deducted for bogey and three taken away for double bogey or worse.
Reavie birdied the par-5 12th and made his last birdie on the par-4 16th, holing a 15-footer after his flop approach hit a seam in the grass and shot forward. He got up-and-down for par from a greenside bunker on the par-3 17th, holing a 5-footer, and tapped in for par on the par-4 18th.
“I just stayed patient,” Reavie said. “I knew I was going to have to. I knew some guys were going to make a lot of birdies early. I was hoping to be one of those guys, but the putter was kind of letting me down early. Just tried to keep it as close as I could to the hole and give myself some good looks.”
Noren had a 14-point round. The Swede is a 10-time winner on the European tour who joined the PGA Tour in 2018.
“I love this course,” Noren said. “It was pretty tricky today with the wind. It’s been a roller-coaster of a week, obviously, but when you make the cut, you think, well, this is a great week anyway, and then I played good on the weekend and had a blast today.”
Martin Laird was third at 38 after a seven-point day.
“Really tough out there in the wind.,” Laird said. “It was gusting all over the place. I think I started six back of Chez, so I knew he was obviously playing really well. I’d have to play a pretty special round today to catch him.”
Mark Hubbard finished fourth at 37, and Scott Gutschewski was fifth at 35. | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Chez-Reavie-wins-Barracuda-for-3rd-PGA-Tour-title-17311159.php | 2022-07-18T01:49:24Z | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Chez-Reavie-wins-Barracuda-for-3rd-PGA-Tour-title-17311159.php | true |
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