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25 years after Kentucky school shooting, a chance at parole
When 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students during a before-school prayer meeting in 1997, school shootings were not yet a part of the national consciousness. The carnage that left three students dead and five more injured at Heath High School, near Paducah, Kentucky, ended when Carneal put down his weapon and the principal walked him to the school office - a scene that seems unimaginable today.
Also stretching today's imagination - Carneal's life sentence guaranteed an opportunity for parole after 25 years, the maximum sentence permissible at the time given his age.
A quarter century later, Carneal is 39 with a parole hearing next week that comes at a very different time in American life - after Sandy Hook, after Uvalde. Today police officers and metal detectors are an accepted presence in many schools, and even kindergartners are drilled to prepare for active shooters.
“Twenty-five years seemed like so long, so far away,” Missy Jenkins Smith recalls thinking at the time of the sentencing. Jenkins Smith was 15 when she was shot by Carneal, someone she considered a friend. The bullet left her paralyzed, and she uses a wheelchair to get around. Over the years, she has counted down the time until Carneal would be eligible for parole.
“I would think, ‘It’s been 10 years. How many more years?' At the 20-year anniversary memorial, I thought, ‘It’s coming up.'”
Ron Avi Astor, a professor of social welfare and education at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has studied school violence, said public opinion around school shootings and juvenile punishment has changed a lot over the last 25 years. In the 1980s and 1990s, Astor provided therapy to children who had committed very serious crimes, including murder, but were rehabilitated and not jailed.
“Today all of them would have been locked up,” he said. "But the majority went on to do good things.”
Jenkins Smith knows first-hand that troubled children can be helped. She worked for years as a counselor for at-risk youth, where her wheelchair served as a stark visual reminder of what violence can do, she said.
“Kids who would threaten school shootings, terroristic threatening, were sent to me,” she said. Some are now adults. “It’s great to see what they’ve accomplished and how they’ve changed their lives around. They’ve learned from their bad decisions.”
But that doesn't mean she thinks Carneal should be set free. For one thing, she worries that he is not equipped to handle life outside of prison and could still harm others. She also doesn’t think it would be right for him to walk free when the people he injured are still suffering.
“For him to have a chance at 39. People get married at 39. They have children,” she said. “It’s not right for him to possibly have a normal life that those three girls he killed will never have.”
Killed in the shooting were 14-year-old Nicole Hadley, 17-year-old Jessica James, and 15-year-old Kayce Steger.
Astor said that when it comes to the worst crimes, like many people, he struggles with the question of what age children should be held strictly accountable for their actions. As a class exercise, he has his students consider the appropriate punishment for a perpetrator at different ages. Should a 16-year-old be treated the same as a 12-year-old? Should a 12-year-old be treated the same as a 40-year-old?
Without any national consensus, you end up with a patchwork of laws and policies that sometimes result in very different punishments for nearly identical crimes, he said.
The shooting at Heath High School took place on Dec. 1, 1997, the Monday after Thanksgiving break. Less than four months later, 11-year-old Andrew Golden and 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four classmates and a teacher at Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas. They wounded another nine children and one adult. The pair were tried as juveniles and released on their 21st birthdays.
Two decades later, in 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. At the same time Carneal is being considered for possible release, a Florida juryis decidingwhether to sentence Cruz to death.
Jenkins Smith has tried for years to understand why Carneal opened fire on his fellow students that day. She was in the marching band with Carneal, and, before the shooting, “I loved being around him because he made a boring day fun,” she said.
She met with Carneal in prison in 2007 and had a long conversation with him. He apologized to her, and she said she has forgiven him.
“A lot of people think that exonerates him from consequences, but I don’t think so,” she said.
Carneal's parole hearing is scheduled to start on Monday with testimony from those injured in the shooting and close relatives of those who were killed. Jenkins Smith said she knows of only one victim who supports some form of supervised release for Carneal - less confining than prison but not unrestricted freedom. On Tuesday, Carneal will make his case from the Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange. If the board rules against release, they can decide how long Carneal should wait before his next opportunity for parole.
The parole hearing will be conducted by videoconference, but Jenkins Smith said she will position her camera to show her full body so the parole board can see her wheelchair. It will be, she said, "a reminder that everyone who experienced that impact 25 years ago is still dealing with it, for the rest of their lives.”
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Volkswagen has taken a page out of Ford’s book and established a new division within the brand to focus on electric vehicles and software development, two key pillars of the current transformation of the auto industry.
Volkswagen Group’s volume brand this week announced the establishment of the New Mobility division to accelerate development of EVs and software. Ford made a similar move in March when it established the Model E division for EVs and software, alongside Ford Blue for internal-combustion cars, and Ford Pro for commercial customers and vehicles.
“With the newly created New Mobility division, we’re bundling the strategic action areas of electric mobility and software, thereby increasing our pace of innovation,” Thomas Schaefer, VW’s CEO, said in a statement.
Thomas Ulbrich has been tasked with heading New Mobility. He’s currently chief technology officer and head of EVs for VW, roles in which he oversaw the development of the ID.3 and ID.4 models.
At New Mobility, Ulbrich will oversee the development of additional VW vehicles based on VW Group’s current MEB platform designed for high-sales-volume models, as well as VW vehicles based on the upcoming SSP platform, a highly modular platform that will eventually underpin the majority of VW Group EVs.
The first SSP-based model will be the much-hyped VW fastback code-named Project Trinity. The vehicle is due in 2026 and tipped to be a Tesla Model 3 rival.
Software, including self-driving technology, will also be a defining feature of the SSP platform. Look for over-the-air updates, functions on demand, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, and an in-house operating system to be known as VW.OS, most of which is being developed by VW Group’s Cariad software division.
In addition to his new role as head of New Mobility, Ulbrich will also serve as a member on Cariad’s board to strengthen cooperation. Cariad is responsible for the software development, and New Mobility the integration of the software in individual models.
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Russian businessmen keep dying under mysterious circumstances since Putin invaded Ukraine: report
Each businessman's death was ruled either accident or suicide
Powerful Russians continue to turn up dead in an increasingly bizarre series of fatalities following criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A number of businessmen have turned up dead over the past few months as Russians grow increasingly dissatisfied with the drawn-out invasion in Ukraine. Ivan Pechorin, a managing director for aviation industry at the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and Arctic, on Sept. 12 died after reportedly falling from a speeding boat off the coast of Vladivostok.
Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russian oil giant Lukoil, died after reportedly falling from the sixth-floor window of a Moscow hospital on Sept. 1. He and his company had urged Putin to end the invasion, calling it a "tragedy." Lukoil claimed Maganov "passed away after a severe illness."
Aleksandr Subbotin, a former top manager of Lukoil, was found dead in the basement of a Moscow residence in May after he allegedly visited a healer to cure him of hangover symptoms but instead suffered heart failure.
At least eight other Russian oligarchs have died in strange circumstances over the past few months, according to Euro News. International investigators have suggested looking at the deaths as staged suicides or assassinations as retaliation for their opposition to the Ukraine invasion or links to corruption in Russian gas company Gazprom.
Leonid Shulman, head of transport service at Gazprom Invest, was found dead in February in the run-up to the invasion. Authorities said they found a suicide note beside the executive, who reportedly slashed his wrists in the bathroom of his St. Petersburg cottage.
The morning after the invasion started, authorities found Alexander Tyulyakov, a senior executive at Gazprom’s Corporate Security, hanging in the garage of his home. An unnamed law enforcement source told Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta that Gazprom’s own security unit had arrived ahead of police.
Rebekah Koffler, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer and author of "Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America," told Fox News Digital at the time of Pechorin’s death that "the truth is unlikely to be discovered because Russian investigations cannot be trusted."
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"If this was a hit job, it would be made to look exactly like a tragic accident," Koffler had explained.
She also noted that Russian media "couldn’t keep its story straight today on what happened to Maganov" when he died, explaining that the Russian news agencies are mostly controlled or at least influenced by the Russian government.
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"The truth is these tactics are designed deliberately to be stealthy, so no investigator could identify foul play. They are usually deemed ‘tragic accidents,’ [which is] also part of the doctrine," she said.
Fox News’ Paul Best and Jon Brown contributed to this report.
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Corum scores 5 TDs, No. 4 Michigan routs Connecticut 59-0
Blake Corum rushed for a career-high four touchdowns in the first half and added a fifth score in the third quarter to match a school record, helping No. 4 Michigan rout Connecticut 59-0 Saturday.
The Wolverines (3-0) led 38-0 at halftime before coasting in the second half of a game that looked a lot like their first two tune-ups, when they beat Colorado State 51-7 and Hawaii 56-10.
The Huskies (1-3) had just 64 yards of offense in the first half, had a punt blocked and gave up a punt return for a touchdown over the opening 30 minutes.
J.J. McCarthy was 15 of 18 for 214 yards, a week after coach Jim Harbaugh said he had won the quarterback competition.
Big Ten championship-winning quarterback Cade McNamara entered late in the first half and was roughed up. He was sacked on the first snap and was hit hard just after completing his only pass attempt.
McNamara did not appear to be with his teammates on the sideline in the second half. Without the senior available in the lopsided game, Harbaugh gave several reserve quarterbacks a chance to play.
Corum started the scoring barrage with a 20-yard run on the game’s opening drive and had three 1-yard scores before halftime. His 11-yard touchdown late in the third quarter tied the single-game school record set by Ron Johnson in 1968 and equaled by Hassan Haskins in last year’s win over Ohio State.
Connecticut freshman Zion Turner was 4 of 16 for 17 yards and had 42 yards rushing. The Huskies finished with just 110 yards of offense, going 2 for 14 on third down and earning just six first downs.
THE TAKEAWAY
UConn: First-year coach Jim Mora is trying to turn around an independent program that won only one game over two years and just 10 victories during the six seasons prior to his arrival.
Michigan: Harbaugh’s team has not been tested, but it has not played down to inferior competition before beginning Big Ten play.
INJURY REPORT
Michigan left tackle Karsen Barnhart, who started the opener, running back Donovan Edwards and linebacker Nikhai Hill-Green did not play due to undisclosed injuries.
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UConn: Plays at North Carolina State on Saturday night.
Michigan: In its fourth straight home game, faces Maryland in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday.
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Woman’s body found buried under debris days after California mudslides
FOREST FALLS, Calif. (KCAL) - The body of a woman who was unaccounted for after a series of mudslides in California has been found.
Search and rescue teams sifted through several feet of mud and debris inside a home in Forest Falls, California, for several days until they found the body of Doris Jagiello, 62, underneath.
“We were waiting for it and we didn’t want it to happen. But we knew it was going to,” her neighbor, Olin Richey, said. “When you have boulders the size of cars being moved, there’s not much hope with that.
Jagiello is remembered as an accomplished artist, published poet, and beloved grandmother.
Richey said she was a kind-hearted woman and he feels for her family who she lived with.
“Thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family,” Richey said.
Jagiello’s son hugged search teams Wednesday, thanking them for looking for his mom.
The same mudslide that killed Jagiello swept a Jeep away and ripped a wall off the house of Richey’s family.
“That’s the worst of it. It took out the entire wall right there,” Richey said, gesturing to a collapsed part of the house.
On the other side of the wall is Richey’s room, where a wall caved in.
“If I would have been home at the time it would have seriously injured, if not killed me,” Richey said. “So, I’m counting my blessings.
Jagiello’s friends said they feel blessed to have known her. They described her to be sensitive and happy living in Forest Falls with her family.
Search teams were able to salvage a few of her things for them, including several of her paintings and one of her dogs, who was found alive two days after the flash flood.
Jagiello first went missing on Monday during the rainstorm that led to several mudslides and flooding throughout southern California.
Officials said they hope finding her will bring her family some closure.
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Woman gives birth on way to hospital: ‘You did not just have a baby on the interstate’
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) - A couple in Indiana has quite a story to tell after welcoming their child into the world on the side of a highway.
“My contractions were eight minutes apart. Then 35 minutes later, we had a baby on our hands,” said mother Emily Waddell.
She said she had called her husband home, and they headed out for the hospital when she thought she was going into labor.
“I told him to come home, but I wasn’t positive about the baby coming,” Emily Waddell said.
As a mother of three, it wasn’t her first rodeo. But this time would be different.
“When we were getting on the interstate, I said, ‘I do not want to have a baby in the truck,” Emily Waddell said.
Emily Waddell’s husband, Stephan Waddell, said she grabbed his arm and told him to pull over before he jumped into action and caught his baby girl.
Emily Waddell said while they waited for help, she called her sister, a labor and delivery nurse.
“My sister was like, ‘Are you joking? You did not just have a baby on the interstate,” Emily Waddell said.
The couple said that indeed happened as they welcomed Reagan Waddell to the world on Monday at 7 pounds, 10 ounces.
“Luckily, between the people on the phone and my sister. We were able to make things go smooth,” Emily Waddell said.
Stephan Waddell said it was the coolest thing they’ll probably ever do but doesn’t want to do it again.
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US STOCKS-Wall St drops to two-month lows as recession fears mount
By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended in the red on Friday, falling to two-month lows as a warning of impending global slowdown from FedEx hastened investors' flight to safety at the conclusion of a tumultuous week.
All three major U.S. stock indexes slid to levels not touched since mid-July, with the S&P 500 closing below 3,900, a closely watched support level.
Staggering past the finish line of a week rattled by inflation concerns, looming interest rate hikes and ominous economic warning signs, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq suffered their worst weekly percentage plunges since June.
"It’s been a tough week. It feels like Halloween came early," said David Carter, managing director at JPMorgan in New York. "We are facing in this toxic brew of high inflation, high interest rates and low growth, which isn’t good for stock or bond markets."
Risk-off sentiment went from simmer to boil in the wake of FedEx Corp's FDX.N withdrawal of its earnings forecast late Thursday, citing signs of dampening global demand.
FedEx's move followed remarks from the World Bank and the IMF, both of which warned of an impending worldwide economic slowdown.
A deluge of mixed economic data, dominated by a hotter-than-expected inflation report (CPI), cemented an interest rate hike of at least 75 basis points at the conclusion of the Fed's monetary policy meeting next week.
"While the market is expecting a big bump in the Fed’s rates next week, there is tremendous uncertainty and concern about future rate increases," Carter added. "The Fed is doing what it needs to do. And after some pain, markets and the economy will heal themselves."
Financial markets have priced in a 18% likelihood of a super-sized, 100 basis point increase to the Fed funds target rate on Wednesday, according to CME's FedWatch tool. FEDWATCH.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 139.4 points, or 0.45%, to 30,822.42, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 28.02 points, or 0.72%, to 3,873.33 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 103.95 points, or 0.9%, to 11,448.40.
Nine of the 11 major sectors of the S&P 500 ended in negative territory, with energy .SPNY and industrials .SPLRCI suffering the sharpest percentage drops.
Dow Transports .DJT, viewed as a barometer of economic health, plummeted 5.1%.
That drop was led by FedEx shares tanking by 21.4%, the biggest drop in the S&P 500.
Peers United Parcel Service UPS.N and XPO Logistics XPO.N slid 4.5% and 4.7%, respectively, while Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O slipped 2.1%.
The session also marked the monthly options expiry, which occurs on the third Friday of every month. Options-hedging activity has amplified market moves this year, contributing to heightened volatility.
The CBOE Market Volatility index .VIX, often called "the fear index," touched a two-month high, breezing past a level associated with heightened investor anxiety.
Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 3.04-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.24-to-1 ratio favored decliners.
The S&P 500 posted no new 52-week highs and 56 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 21 new highs and 387 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 16.92 billion shares, compared with the 10.72 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
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(Reporting by Stephen Culp; additional reporting by Devik Jain and Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; editing by Grant McCool)
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DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Friday signed off on a fund for more than 1,000 people who said they were sexually assaulted by a University of Michigan doctor, an order that allows victims to start collecting a portion of a $490 million settlement negotiated with the school.
“The University of Michigan offers its heartfelt apology for the abuse perpetrated by the late Robert Anderson. We hope this settlement helps the healing process for survivors,” said Paul Brown, chairman of the school’s governing board.
Anderson died in 2008 after working at the university for nearly 40 years. He was director of the campus Health Service and a physician for multiple sports teams, including football.
Former athletes, students and others who had no connection to the university — mostly men — said they were molested by Anderson during routine physicals or other visits.
The settlement was announced in January, but the final details took months to wrap up. The university said the deal recently got approval from 98% of claimants.
“It’s been a long road,” said Richard Schulte, a lead negotiator for Anderson’s victims. “I’m very happy for the survivors and glad I could get it across the finish line.”
The university will have no role in how the money is distributed. Six percent, or $30 million, of the settlement will be set aside for people who step forward later with claims.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts approved creation of the fund and appointed Houston-based Archer Systems LLC as the claims administrator.
“The process is completely confidential, but we’re hopeful distribution should take place this fall,” Schulte said.
The scandal emerged publicly in 2020, two years after Tad DeLuca, a wrestler in the 1970s, made a complaint that triggered a police investigation, though Anderson was long deceased.
That triggered a wave of men who stepped forward to say they, too, had been assaulted by Anderson; some allegations stretched back decades. Lawsuits followed.
The university, meanwhile, hired law firm WilmerHale to conduct an investigation. The results were devastating: Anderson harassed, abused and assaulted patients on “countless occasions” during his 37-year career.
Coaches, trainers and other staff in the athletic department did not question Anderson’s status, despite complaints, rumors and even jokes among athletes about his behavior, according to the report.
The report said complaints were made to athletic director Don Canham and legendary football coach Bo Schembechler but no action was taken. Both are deceased.
Anderson also was certified by the federal government to give physicals to pilots and air traffic controllers in southeastern Michigan, some of whom count themselves as victims.
“We consider this settlement just one of the steps we have taken in a process we began more than two years ago to fully understand what happened, make amends and enact reforms,” Brown said. “Our work is not done until U-M is considered the leader in creating a campus environment that is safe for everyone.”
Not everyone was satisfied. Richard Goldman, a student broadcaster and Anderson victim in the early 1980s, said Schembechler referred him to Canham but the powerful athletic director didn’t intervene.
“Seriously, fake apologies are not accepted,” Goldman said of Brown’s remarks.
The settlement is one of several by universities following sex abuse scandals. Michigan State University paid $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by Larry Nassar, a campus sports doctor and a doctor for USA Gymnastics.
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What are you doing right now?
That's what TikTok wants you to tell the world, with its upcoming new feature TikTok Now.
"Making possible deeper connection and entertainment in a fun format, TikTok Now invites you and your friends to capture what you're doing in the moment using your device's front and back camera," TikTok said in a statement. "You'll receive a daily prompt to capture a 10-second video or a static photo to easily share what you're up to."
The notification contains lightning emojis and the words, "Time to Now."
TikTok Now may appear familiar to some users. BeReal, a French social media app, notifies its subscribers simultaneously at random times to capture and share a front and back camera photo within two minutes. Its push notification reads, "It's time to BeReal."
TikTok Now also includes privacy features. Users under the age of 16 will have their accounts set to private. Those under age 18 cannot share content on the Explore feed. And for those between ages 13 and 15, only their friends will be permitted to comment on their content.
When will TikTok Now be available? According to the company, "We're experimenting with TikTok Now over the coming weeks. In the U.S., TikTok Now can be accessed from the TikTok app. In other regions, TikTok Now may be available as a new TikTok Now app, too. We'll continue to enhance the user experience as we learn more about how the TikTok community embraces this new creative format."
The group continued, "We're always looking to create seamless ways for our community to build authentic connections as they continue to be entertained on TikTok. TikTok Now is rolling out to people worldwide over the coming weeks. We're excited to learn from our community and continue to improve, enrich, and expand on the TikTok experience."
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Media outlets all over the world have announced plans for coverage of the Queen’s state funeral as preparations continue for the historic event.
Despite time differences, networks in the US, Canada and Australia have provided daily live-updates since the news broke on Thursday, with several announcing plans for full and live coverage of the funeral on Monday.
CNN tweeted about its own plans for coverage with a video montage of tributes being paid to the monarch in the UK.
“A queen remembered. A life celebrated. Join CNN as a country and the world say goodbye,” a voiceover for the promotional clip said.
Fellow US outlet NBC News is also due to broadcast the funeral on its network and streaming service: NBC News Now.
Over in Australia, national broadcaster ABC listed “live coverage of the state funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II”, as well as several special documentaries celebrating the monarch’s life and legacy “through Australian eyes”.
People can also tune into ABC NewsRadio to listen to the funeral live from the ABC listen app.
Canadian network CBC also said it would have live televised coverage on Monday on its main CBC News Network, as well as CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBCNews.ca and the CBC News app
The broadcaster will also provide audio coverage on CBC Radio and its CBC Listen app.
Several US networks also showed live footage of the Queen’s coffin as it returned to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, including NBC, CBS and ABC News.
CBS announced it would show coverage of the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where the funeral is to take place, on Wednesday.
“A regal procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall as Great Britain’s royal family escorts Queen Elizabeth’s coffin past adoring fans from around the world,” the promotion said.
Upon the arrival of the coffin at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, ABC News correspondent James Longman said the news had “really hit home now for London” and that the next few days would be “absolutely extraordinarily moving”.
Fox News also reported on the arrival of the coffin to the palace.
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No. 6 Oklahoma tramples Nebraska
Dillon Gabriel threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score as No. 6 Oklahoma blew out Nebraska 49-14 on Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska.
It was the Sooners' biggest scoring output ever in Lincoln.
After Oklahoma struggled early on both sides, the Sooners (3-0) took control and dominated the rest of the way in a renewal of the longtime Big Eight rivalry.
The Mickey Joseph era could not have gotten off to a much better start at the outset of the game.
Joseph was named the Cornhuskers' interim head coach earlier in the week after Scott Frost was fired.
The Cornhuskers forced the Sooners to punt on the game's first drive, then needed less than two minutes to drive 77 yards to take an early 7-0 lead on Casey Thompson's 32-yard pass to Trey Palmer.
Oklahoma faced third-and-seven from its own 39 on its second drive, and got a strong rush. But Gabriel eluded the would-be tacklers and found plenty of room to run, going 61 yards for a touchdown.
Beginning with Gabriel's career-long run, the Sooners scored touchdowns on seven of nine possessions.
After that early touchdown, things turned sour for Nebraska's offense as well.
The Cornhuskers (1-3) had just 76 yards in the first half after the initial drive, being outgained 355-148 before half.
Eric Gray ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns for the Sooners for his second 100-yard game this season.
Thompson was 14 of 20 for 129 yards and a touchdown for Nebraska, but the Sooners sacked him four times in the first half.
Thompson, whose father, Charles, was a star quarterback for the Sooners, started against Oklahoma for the second time in two seasons after playing for Texas last season.
Oklahoma outgained Nebraska 580-327, with the Sooners rushing for 315 yards. The Sooners came into the game struggling on third down but went 10 for 16 on third.
The Sooners turned the ball over for the first time this season late in the game, but won the turnover battle 2-1.
Oklahoma turned to some trickery early in the second quarter when tight end Brayden Willis took a lateral, then found Marcus Major downfield for a 24-yard touchdown reception.
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In Pictures: Charles leads royal family in procession behind Queen’s coffin By Press Association September 14 2022, 3.20pm Updated: September 14 2022, 4.30pm The coffin of the Queen, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage (Daniel Leal/PA) [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up The Queen has left Buckingham Palace for the final time. The King and the royal family walked behind her coffin in solemn procession to the lying in state. The ceremonial procession went from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall (Vadim Ghirda/PA) Members of the royal family, including the King, follow the Queen’s coffin (James Manning/PA) The coffin of the Queen (Dominic Lipinski/PA) King Charles and the Princess Royal walk behind the coffin of the Queen (Gareth Fuller/PA) The coffin was pulled on a gun carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery. The coffin of the Queen draped in the Royal Standard (Sgt Lee Goddard/MOD/PA) The ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace (Dominic Lipinski/PA) The coffin is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery (James Manning/PA) It was draped with a Royal Standard and adorned with the Imperial State Crown. The coffin of the Queen, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage (Ian West/PA) Crowds on The Mall watch the procession of the Queen’s coffin (Martin Meissner/PA) The Queen’s children join the procession (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Brothers the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex follow the coffin of the Queen (Ian West/PA) Thousands of mourners flocked to see the moving sight of the Queen departing the palace. Yeomen Warders arrive ahead of the procession of the coffin (Richard Heathcote/PA) Mounted police pass along The Mall ahead of the ceremonial procession of the coffin of the Queen (Victoria Jones/PA) Military personnel cleaning a gun carriage as they made their final preparations at Wellington Barracks ahead of the ceremonial procession (Ben Birchall/PA) A closer inspection of the gun carriage (Ben Birchall/PA) People join the queue to view the Queen lying in state (Stefan Rousseau/PA) Many people have already joined the queue to see the Queen lying in state. The Queen is lying in state ahead of her funeral on Monday (Stefan Rousseau/PA) Signage on the South Bank, London, for those joining the queue (David Hughes/PA) Some people in the queue brought chairs (Stefan Rousseau/PA) The queue to see the Queen lying in state (Jacob King/PA) Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close More from UK & World I’m glad the ball finally went in – Son Heung-min ends goal drought in… Sub Son Heung-min comes on and hits hat-trick as Tottenham thrash Leicester William and Harry lead Queen’s eight grandchildren in emotional coffin vigil Matt Fitzpatrick holds narrow lead ahead of final round at Italian Open Eddie Howe admits Newcastle were off the pace in draw at home to Bournemouth Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex hold vigil at grandmother’s coffin Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s tribute to the Queen in full Belgrade police clash with protesters at Pride march Beatrice and Eugenie express grief in goodbye message to their ‘dear Grannie’ Alexander Isak rescues point but Newcastle frustrated again by Bournemouth More from The Courier Liam Fox boss bid to be 'resolved' as Dundee United interim hails Sadat Anaku… 0 St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson gives Graham Carey injury update and Ross County 0-0… 0 'Put that in the Premiership and you probably get 10,000 fans' - John McGlynn… 0 James McPake disappointed to drop points but praises response of Dunfermline after going behind 0 Dundee boss Gary Bowyer delivers scathing review of referee after Inverness defeat: 'The worst… 0 Fife Pride: Best pictures as thousands flock to Kirkcaldy for colourful celebration 0
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The royal family will be with us for a long time to come.
That’s my view after seeing the big turnouts to watch the Queen’s funeral cortege.
I think folk went along to see it for many reasons:
Some were royalists. Some simply wanted to show respects to an old woman who may have reminded them of the frailties of a mum or a granny.
And some were there because history was being made.
There may now be a King on the throne – and that will take getting used to after the 70 year reign of his mother – but Charles and his successors are under no threat.
I’m no fan of monarchy and agree with republicans that it’s an anachronism in today’s world.
There’s something bizarre about an accident of birth endowing great wealth, prestige, and power, on individuals who are no different from you and me.
However, such accidents of birth also bestow wealth and prestige on plenty of others in society.
And the blunt truth is that there’s been no threat by any mainstream political party to the continued existence of the royals.
They may talk about slimming them down. And there’s chatter that Charles himself will trim the fat of some royal hangers on.
But even with my political leanings I’ve concluded that the institution can’t be described as anti-democratic when democratically elected governments have had countless opportunities to dispense with monarchy, and haven’t.
Royal family is part of the hierarchy, in Scotland and beyond
After a lifetime in various jobs and occupations and mingling with a wide spectrum of humanity, I’m drawn to the belief that most people not only accept but are reassured by hierarchy.
And there are few things more hierarchical than the House of Windsor.
In our employment, our institutions, and in our own families and relationships, there are structures we accept in our daily lives.
Even anarchists need someone to organise their protests.
None of that means I’m a convert to the concept of monarchy.
Indeed along with five million others in the UK I was firmly put in my place when the new King swore as all new British monarchs do to uphold and preserve the Protestant faith.
Catholics like me, along with Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, atheists and agnostics, were firmly reminded of where we sit in the hierarchy. And it’s a few notches down the pecking order.
But that actually doesn’t bother me any more.
In reality it’s all constitutional protocol and guff. Albeit that among the groups I mentioned it’s only Catholics who are debarred from becoming King or Queen.
SNP would retain the royal family
Tradition and modernity are the symbiotic elements which the royals balance brilliantly.
Young and old alike appear fascinated by them.
This is an institution with serious stamina and staying power.
They know how to play the long game.
Their many crises and dramas have been well played out on the public stage but they’ve survived them all.
And with a slick public relations team they’ve been sure-footed in emerging even stronger than before.
We’re told Scots are less keen on the royal family than the English. But the SNP would keep them as heads of a new Scottish state.
And the Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes, who many nationalists think we should emulate, all have monarchies.
Some nationalists may have been angered watching Nicola Sturgeon swear loyalty to Charles and singing God Save the King.
But her position on the royal family, in the event of Scotland becoming independent, has long been clear.
The House of Windsor has withstood various tremors, which its critics predicted would see it crumble.
But it will still be standing rock solid in a hundred years from now.
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Governing is not a team sport. Governing isn’t about winning and losing. Governing is about good decision making. Governing is about collaboration. Elected officials are not coaches or referees. The individuals we select to represent us should have their focus on the good of the “citizens of the community”. Their energy and leadership should be focused on collaboration and consensus building that will move McLean County forward.
Elizabeth Johnson has demonstrated her capacity and vision for leadership of McLean County. As a professional social worker, she uses her professional skills to research problems and concerns in McLean County, evaluating past decisions and through collaboration builds a process for going forward. True decision making requires inquiry and wisdom, decisions that are not influenced by political party affiliation.
Elizabeth has demonstrated her leadership by asking substantive and probing questions on mental health funding and programs, economic development, employment, housing, community safety and taxation. Elizabeth acknowledges that good and substantive decision making requires ongoing collaboration and evaluation.
“Lizzie” isn’t just available for conversation during the election season Lizzie is always seeking her constituencies ideas and concerns in our homes, in the coffeeshops or on the street.
Please join with me in sharing ideas with Lizzie and giving her your affirmation by voting for her on November 8.
Jana Edge, Normal
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Youssoufa Moukoko was Borussia Dortmund’s hero with another big goal off the bench. But the teenager's joy wasn’t the only emotion on derby day, as captain Marco Reus was stretchered off injured.
Youssoufa Moukoko became the youngest ever goal-scorer in a Revierderby on Saturday as he headed Borussia Dortmund to a late win over local rivals Schalke.
The victory saw the Black and Yellows move three points ahead of Bayern Munich after the Bavarians suffered their first defeat of the season away at Augsburg, but it was dampened by a serious injury to captain Marco Reus, who was stretchered off midway through the first half with suspected ankle ligament damage.
The quality of football on display in the first derby in front of a full Westfalenstadion since April 2019 wasn’t the highest, but there was no shortage of emotion, not least from BVB’s young matchwinner.
"I always fantasized about how I would celebrate in front of the Sübtribüne if I scored the winner in a derby," Moukoko beamed after nodding home from Marius Wolf’s cross in the 79th minute. "I am so happy; it was a beautiful feeling."
He may only be 17 years and 301 days old, but the German teenager is already carving out a reputation as a game-changer. Just over a month ago, he came off the bench to help inspire a second-half comeback away at Freiburg. And in Saturday’s derby, he had a similar impact.
For over an hour at the Westfalenstadion, Dortmund had been the better side but, as so often this season, they had struggled to create chances. Jude Bellingham came closest, his header drawing a good save from Alexander Schwolow before half-time, but Schalke otherwise packed the center in their 4-5-1 formation as Anthony Modeste again failed to influence proceedings.
"I think I can help him along a bit," the 34-year-old Frenchman had said of Moukoko after the Freiburg game. "I have experience which he can use, and I’m happy to give him tips."
On current form, however, those roles could easily be reversed. With his first involvement after coming on, Moukoko forced Schwolow into action with a right-footed effort. With his second, he dribbled centrally at the Schalke defense before losing possession. But with his third, it all clicked.
"I saw that the centerback had strayed forward a bit, so I thought I’d move into the space in behind," he explained, making his thought process and run which allowed him to meet Wolf’s cross sound so simple. In fact, it was a clear response to coaching from Edin Terzic and his staff.
“We want to see the Youssoufa in the stadium that we see every day in Brackel [at Dortmund’s training ground]," said Terzic. "We work with him every single day in order to get him to where we think he belongs, and today he was there: in the box, where goals are scored. He’s our derby hero."
Terzic revealed that there is “no player in the squad with whom I speak more regularly than Youssoufa” but said that, despite impressing in training, Moukoko’s recent appearances hadn’t been his best. "He’s been a bit wild, over-complicating things and perhaps thinking too much," said Terzic.
Despite all his prior fantasizing, there was clearly nothing pre-planned about Moukoko’s celebration when he really did score a late derby winner in front of the Yellow Wall. Driven by emotion, he simply sprinted towards the corner flag, arms flailing, teammates trailing in his wake, before letting out a deep, heartfelt roar.
"I had anger in my belly!" he said, admitting his frustration at not playing quite as much as he’d like. "I’m very ambitious, so Edin has to hold me back sometimes, and sometimes he’s right! He always talks to me, he trusts me, and that’s what I need."
While Terzic’s tactical approach this season, albeit severely hampered by injuries and illness, might have appeared one-dimensional at times (Wolf’s cross to Moukoko was Dortmund’s 32nd of the game), his qualities as a man-manager are clear.
The 39-year-old lifelong Borussia Dortmund supporter has an inherent emotional attachment to his club, which shone through again not only when he and his staff were called to take the plaudits of the Yellow Wall, but also when he was asked about captain Marco Reus, who was stretchered off with suspected ankle ligament damage after just half an hour.
"Today’s game produced some nice storylines but also some not-so-nice ones," Terzic lamented, the shared pain etched on his face despite the derby win as he took time for an extra deep breath and sip of water.
"It’s a massive shame. Marco has been in top form, he’s top fit, and he was playing well. He’s had so many setbacks in his career, especially in World Cup years. We hope that our captain comes back asap. All the best, capitano!"
Having already missed the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016 through injury, the 33-year-old's participation at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar could now also be in doubt. Still, both Terzic and sporting director Sebastian Kehl refrained from offering a precise diagnosis until Reus has undergone further checks.
Meanwhile, derby hero Moukoko dedicated his goal to his stricken teammate, saying: “When he’s on the pitch we all have more belief. He’s our captain, so I hope and pray that he’s alright.”
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TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The US FDA has granted an Investigational Exemption (IDE) approval Device for MagicTouch Sirolimus Coated Balloon (SCB) indicated for In-Stent Restenosis (ISR).
US FDA's IDE approval allows the MagicTouch SCB to be used in a pivotal clinical study to support safety and effectiveness of this combination product. The data generated from this IDE clinical study will support a pre-market approval (PMA) application in the USA.
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The Queen's grandsons display their medals: William, Harry, Peter Phillips and James, Viscount Severn commemorate milestones, military service and royal honours
- The Queen's four male grandchildren showed off their collection of service medals at the vigil on Saturday
- Prince William and Prince Harry displayed theirs on their military uniforms, alongside other badges
- Peter Phillips, 44, and James, Viscount Severn, 14, wore their medals pinned to the breast of their suits
- The Queen's funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverage
The Queen's four male grandchildren showed off their collection of service medals as they stood guard over Her Majesty's coffin in Westminster Hall.
Prince William was joined by his brother Prince Harry and their six cousins for the solemn 15-minute vigil on Saturday night.
The brothers, who both wore the uniform of the Blues and Royals, displayed medals commemorating personal military achievements, commitment to public service, and key milestones in the Queen's extraordinary 70-year reign. Their cousins Peter Phillips, 44, and James, Viscount Severn, 14, had their medals pinned to their suits.
Prince Harry wore (from left) The Afghanistan campaign medal, the 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal, the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal, the 2022 Platinum Jubilee Medal. Prince Harry also wears the Neck Order and Star representing his role as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, an honour bestowed by the Queen in recognition of services to the Sovereign
Prince William wore (from left) the 2002 Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and the 2022 Platinum Jubilee medal. Below is the Garter star, signifying he is a member of the Order of the Garter
The Queen's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips (left), has not served in the military but wears medals commemorating milestones. Pictured from left: the 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal, the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal and the 2022 Platinum Jubilee medal. Similarly, James, Viscount Severn (right), wears the Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Platinum Jubilee Medal
All four men wore the 2022 Platinum Jubilee medal, which was given to members of the Royal Family to mark Her Majesty's 70 years on the throne.
As well as senior royals, recipients included Mike Tindall, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank, who are married to Zara Tindall, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, respectively.
Female members of the Royal Family also received the medal, although they have fewer occasions on which to wear them.
Medals have been awarded to mark royal jubilees since the Victorian period when the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign was commemorated in 1887 with a medal.
In recent decades, medals have been issued to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Golden Jubilee in 2002 and Silver Jubilee in 1977.
Owing to his age, James, Viscount Severn, has the fewest number of medals. He wore the the Platinum and Diamond Jubilee Medals. Peter Phillips also wore them, as well as the Golden Jubilee Medal.
Zara Tindall, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and Lady Louise Windsor followed in the footsteps of Princess Anne by taking part in a ceremony that has been traditionally reserved for male members of the Royal Family
Zara Tindall, Lady Louise Windsor and Princess Beatrice stood vigil at Westminster Hall on Saturday night
Princess Eugenie joined her sister and cousins at the vigil (left). Right, Prince Harry was permitted to wear military dress
James Viscount Severn, 14, looked sombre as he stood vigil beside his grandmother's coffin this evening at Westminster Hall
Pictured: Princess Eugenie (back left), Princess Beatrice (back right), James, Viscount Severn (centre left), Lady Louise Windsor (centre right), Peter Phillips (front left) and Zara Tindall (front right)
Princess Eugenie (left) and Zara Tindall (right) looked sombre as they took part in the Vigil of the Princes on Saturday night
Prince William and the Duke of Sussex lead their cousins into Westminster Hall for the vigil on Saturday night
Queen Elizabeth II 's grandchildren (clockwise from front centre) the Prince of Wales, Peter Phillips, James, Viscount Severn, Princess Eugenie, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice, Lady Louise Windsor and Zara Tindall hold a vigil
Prince William's military service and senior role within the Royal Family is reflected in the medals he wears in addition to the commemorative honours from his grandmother.
On his left breast, underneath his row of medals, is The Garter Star, signifying his membership of the Order of the Garter.
Founded in 1348 by Edward III, the Garter is the senior British order of chivalry awarded by the sovereign for outstanding public service and achievement.
Originally it served the double purpose of bringing together the sovereign and 25 senior knights who were the country's military leaders as well as establishing a new fellowship in religious worship.
Prince William became a Knight of the Garter in 2008, aged 25. The blue sash worn across his uniform, is known as The Garter Sash, and also reflects his position.
The eight sombre grandchildren arrived at Westminster Hall where they performed a vigil at the Queen's coffin
Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren arrived in Westminster just before 6pm where they will hold a 15-minute vigil
Prince William bows his head as he stands beside his grandmother's coffin in Westminster Hall
The Prince of Wales (right) and the Duke of Sussex before holding a vigil beside the coffin of their grandmother
The Prince of Wales also wears the RAF Pilot Wings above his medal, in recognition of his military career.
His brother, Prince Harry, who was wearing military dress for the first time since 2020. The Duke of Sussex, who was forced to give up his military roles when he stepped down as a working royal, has worn civilian dress throughout the mourning period but is said to have been given special dispensation for tonight by his father.
As well as the Jubilee medals, Prince Harry displayed the Afghanistan Operational Service Medal, which he received in 2008 in recognition of the two tours of Afghanistan he served during his 10 years in the Army. He rose to the rank of Captain.
Harry also wears the KCVO Neck Order and Star. Prince Harry was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 2015. Awards in the Royal Victorian Order are made personally by The Queen, for services to the Sovereign.
The Duke of Sussex also wears the Army Pilot Wings.
Medals are worn on a number of occasions and are specified as part of a dress code. They can be displayed with either military or civilian dress. It is expected they will be worn for the Queen's funeral on Monday.
The Queen's eight grandchildren carried out a vigil at her coffin on Saturday evening in the Palace of Westminster
Mourners watched as the vigil was held for the Queen in Westminster Hall by her eight grandchildren on Saturday evening
The Queen's grandchildren stand in solemn silence as they mount a vigil for their late grandmother in Westminster Hall
The Prince of Wales stands vigil beside the coffin of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in state in Westminster Hall
From left, Zara Tindall, Lady Louise Windsor and Princess Beatrice hold a vigil in Westminster Hall, London
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Republican candidate for attorney general will remain on the ballot after a state judge tossed a court challenge over whether the candidate meets the residency requirement.
The Democratic-backed lawsuit sought to prevent Jeremy Gay from appearing on the November general election ballot. First Judicial District Court Judge T. Glenn Ellington ruled Friday that the lawsuit wasn't timely, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Ballots have already been certified for the Nov. 8 election. Ellington said removing Gay would disenfranchise Republican voters who supported him in the primary, and the GOP wouldn't have time to replace him.
The deadline to remove candidates from the general election ballot was Aug. 30, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
The lawsuit alleged Gay fell short of the requirement in the state Constitution to reside in New Mexico for five years prior to the election. Gay moved to Gallup in 2019 and previously was stationed in California with the U.S. Marine Corps, according to the lawsuit.
Attorney Ryan Harrigan, who filed the lawsuit, said Friday he's disappointed in the judge's ruling but was unsure whether he'd appeal it.
Gay, a former judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, faces Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, in the race for attorney general. The job pays $95,000 annually.
Gay's campaign had criticized the lawsuit as an attack on his military service, which Harrigan disputed.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits the last-gasp 2-1 Champions League victory over Ajax is only the first step on the road to regaining their form.
Mohamed Salah’s first goal in eight European matches was cancelled out by Mohammed Kudus in the first half and it needed an 89th-minute Joel Matip header to register Liverpool’s first points in Group A after last week’s 4-1 defeat in Naples.
It has been a mixed season so far and, with no match now for three weeks – Sunday’s match at Chelsea has been postponed because of policing issues associated with the Queen’s funeral – Klopp has time to regroup ready for their return after the international break.
“I think if we put the two games, Napoli and tonight, next to each other, you don’t recognise properly that it’s the same sport,” he said.
“It was all different. The start was different. The middle was different. The finish was different. The way we played, the way we defend, everything was different. Much higher intensity, much more aggression, braver, more ready, everything was better.
“The story of the game is typical, not for our season so far because normally we are 1-0 down, more for the situation we are in.
“We did a lot of good stuff and played a really good game, we had something like 25 shots, which is good against a strong side full of confidence, absolutely convinced about the way they play, and we caused them a lot of problems.
“And then, 1-0 up, you concede with the first chance of the opponent the equaliser. The reaction was OK – not perfect but OK – and at half-time we told the boys that after the goal our pressing was not as convincing as before.
“I think nobody was surprised it was a set-piece (for the winner) because our set-pieces were really good tonight and I have no idea why we didn’t score earlier from them because pretty much each set-piece was a threat.
“The face of Joel showed exactly how we all felt in this moment. It’s the first step, nothing else, not more.”
Sunday’s postponement, coming on the back of the wholesale postponement of the football calendar last weekend, means Liverpool have two matches to fit into an already-crowded schedule with a World Cup in the middle.
So Klopp was less-than-impressed with Chelsea’s new American owner Todd Boehly’s suggestion earlier in the day that the Premier League should introduce a US-style All-Star game between teams in the north and south of England.
“He doesn’t wait long. When he finds a date for that he can call me,” he added.
“In American sports these players have four-month breaks. Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well?
“Maybe he can explain that. I’m not sure people want to see that – United players, Liverpool players, City players, Everton players all together. It is not the national team. Did he really say it?”
Ajax coach Alfred Schreuder admits his side, who scored four against Rangers in their opening game, have learned some important lessons.
“When the goal happens with a dead-ball situation it’s quite sour. We have lots of young players and they can learn a lesson from that,” he said.
“I can live with the defeat, of course. I can’t say it was underserved. Liverpool were the better team this evening, there’s no shame in that, but you have to learn from that.
“We have to look at what we can do better. We will have a look further at the intensity, we don’t have that in the Dutch League, it’s quicker at this level. It’s a learning moment for us.”
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Steven Davis insists a “hurting” Rangers side are desperate to get back to winning ways against Napoli on Wednesday night.
A 4-0 defeat by Old Firm rivals Celtic at Parkhead was followed by another 4-0 loss to Ajax in the Champions League Group A opener in Amsterdam last week.
Ahead of the visit of the Serie A leaders on Wednesday night, the 37-year-old midfielder looked for positivity after a tough period.
He said: “There’s a lot of things we need to be better at, to be honest.
“Obviously there’s the manner of the goals we conceded in both games. A couple came from set-plays, a couple from quick set-plays.
“There’s a lot of things for us to work on which I don’t think are a true reflection of us as a squad.
“We’re hurting and we’re determined to be better.
“We know we’re better than that. If we can get back to doing the basics right that will give us the platform to go and hopefully get a good result.
“There is a determination there. We’ve had a really good few days back training together and the intensity has certainly been there.
“Everyone has looked really lively because everyone is determined to get back to winning ways.”
After noting Napoli’s impressive 4-1 win over Liverpool last week, Davis knows Rangers will have to be at their very best to take something from the game.
He said: “Yeah, we understand what the level of the Champions League is.
“Napoli have had a very impressive start to the season, magnified by the result against Liverpool as well.
“We know we’re going to have to be at our very best to get things from the game.
“But we also know that with the crowd behind us here we can create something really special.
“That’s what our mindset is on. We had a disappointing game in week one but it’s important we try to give ourselves a platform.
“The home games were always going to be important for us, so this is another opportunity and we’re excited for the challenge.”
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HAMISH MCRAE: If Government can persuade global finance that budget will revitalise economy, it has chance of better outcome than Black Wednesday
Emergency budget: Kwasi Kwarteng
The eyes of the world will be on the UK this week, but after tomorrow the focus will shift from the spectacle of splendour and sadness to the harsh reality of how its new Government will seek to rebuild the nation's economy and its finances.
Viewed from this side of the Atlantic, the backcloth to Kwasi Kwarteng's emergency budget next Friday looks pretty bleak.
The dollar is riding high as the safe haven in troubled times, and the pound – well, it has taken a real beating, down below the level it was against the dollar when it was kicked out of the European Monetary System on Black Wednesday 30 years ago.
That made George Soros a fortune, destroyed the reputation of John Major's government, and paved the way for New Labour in 1997. It is an uncomfortable memory and the stakes now are high.
There will be the immediate political judgment in Britain but in some ways the financial and economic judgment of the rest of the world will matter more. If this Government can persuade global finance that this budget will revitalise the economy, then it has a chance of a happier outcome than the one that followed Black Wednesday. And for global finance, read the US, for that is where the money resides. So what will big money look for?
Well, the first thing to say is that the fate of sterling does not occupy much space of mind in America. What matters is the next decision of the Federal Reserve – might it increase rates by a full point, not just 0.75 per cent? – whether the bottom of the bear market in equities is in sight, the prospect of a global recession and so on.
UK assets are a niche market with some interesting possibilities, but one that remains out of fashion. Fashion flips, but before that can happen there has to be a general rebuilding of confidence, and that is the challenge the new Chancellor faces. We don't know the detail of course, but we know enough of the thrust of his proposed policies to see the points of the challenge.
Challenge one will be to persuade global investors that the increase in the fiscal deficit will be temporary. They will only be prepared to finance it at acceptable cost if they can see a pathway back to a deficit of, say, 2 per cent of GDP.
There is no ideological opposition to tax cuts – how could there be in America? In any case what seems to be proposed is mainly not to bring in the tax increases planned by Rishi Sunak, the rise in National Insurance contributions and in corporation tax. But there has to be a medium-term plan to make the numbers add up.
Challenge two will be to put enough flesh on the bones of this idea for a Big Bang Two to encourage US finance to invest more in the UK. I find the branding of a second Big Bang a bit silly. The original restructuring of the City's securities markets in 1986 took place because London was operating a different regime from the US – separating jobbers and brokers, not allowing foreign investment in Stock Exchange firms and so on – and that way of running things had become unsustainable.
There are some changes to regulation that can be made now that the UK is no longer a member of the EU, but these are tiny by comparison. Take this business about there no longer being a cap on bankers' bonuses. What actually happened was that the banks had to increase the base salaries of their stars to compensate for the cap – from their perspective a nuisance but not a game changer. One change that may be helpful is the idea that the regulatory authorities should pay more attention to the City's international competitiveness.
Promoting London's financial services used to be part of the Bank of England's informal mandate when it was the main regulatory body. It worked hard at it, notably choreographing the reorganisation after Big Bang. That role dropped out, so what is happening is a return to past practice.
Challenge three, and I think the make-or-break element of it all, will be whether the Government can significantly increase the underlying capacity for growth to 2.5 per cent. That ought to be attainable.
But the world of finance is a cynical place and will not be impressed by politicians setting growth targets. If there is a serious effort to reduce or eliminate the blockages to growth that have been imposed, often by governments, then the global markets will be impressed. If it is just bombast, they won't. It is, in so many ways, a big week ahead.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 33-year-old man who was shot and wounded Friday by Indianapolis police is a suspect in a shooting hours earlier that left a woman dead outside a day care center, police said.
The man, who was struck at least once after two officers discharged their weapons Friday afternoon, was in stable condition at a hospital, police said.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement Friday evening that the man was being held without bond on two warrants related to prior domestic violence cases.
He had not been charged in the woman's fatal shooting as of Saturday afternoon, but police said they were working with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office to file murder and other charges against him in that killing.
Police said that based on preliminary information, investigators believe the woman's killing in the parking lot of a day care center on the city’s near west side was domestic-related.
The man was shot about three hours after the woman's killing as officers investigated reports of a vehicle near downtown Indianapolis matching a vehicle seen at the day care center.
Officer Samone Burris said officers saw the man holding a rifle and told him to drop the weapon. She said what happened next remains under investigation but two officers fired their weapons.
Those officers have been placed on administrative leave, which is a routine step following officer-involved shootings.
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British satellite giant OneWeb plans to raise billions of pounds to fund vast communications network in low orbit
British satellite giant OneWeb plans to raise billions of pounds to fund a vast communications network in low orbit, The Mail on Sunday has learnt.
The start-up, which was bailed out by the taxpayer in 2020, is in talks with a group of banks about the ambitious plan that would help pay for a new generation of launches – known as Gen II. One source said the amount raised would be around £3billion. It is understood the Government's export credit agency is involved in the discussions, according to City sources.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) provides funds and guarantees to lenders for firms in strategic industries exporting from the UK. The process could also involve France's state-backed investment bank BPI and the US's credit export agency.
Ambitious: OneWeb is in talks with a group of banks about the ambitious plan that would help pay for a new generation of launches – known as Gen II
A source said plans are at an early stage and could take nine months or more to finalise. The proceeds would be used to build more of its existing satellites and fund Gen II, more details of which are expected to be unveiled next month.
OneWeb already has 648 low earth orbit satellites whose aim is to provide high-speed internet to the remotest parts of the planet via stronger signals than traditional fixed-satellite systems. Applications include broadband on planes.
The investment plan follows a proposal by French satellite operator Eutelsat to merge with OneWeb – to create a European champion to take on the likes of Elon Musk's Starlink and Jeff Bezos's Kuiper.
The proposed merger was poorly received by Eutelstat's shareholders, with shares tumbling a third on the news back in July. The share price has since regained some of its losses. Eutelsat has said it would set aside up to $5.3billion to complete OneWeb's network and update its technology over the next seven years.
Sources said the latest plan to raise funds would happen independently of its ongoing merger with Eutelsat. One added that a merger could enhance its chances of securing the debt given Eutelsat's stable finances.
One adviser to Eutelsat said the market reaction to the merger plan was 'very bad' and questioned whether shareholders would approve it. It is understood Eutelsat has since stepped up efforts to convince investors of the plan.
OneWeb's shareholders include its largest stakeholder Bharti Global, the UK Government and Eutelsat, which all support the deal.
The combined entity, while having its primary listing in Paris, would also be expected to launch a secondary listing in London.
The deal could be completed by the middle of next year following regulatory approval. UKEF declined to comment and OneWeb did not respond.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons placed backup running back Damien Williams on injured reserve with a rib injury on Saturday.
Williams was expected to be the primary backup to starter Cordarrelle Patterson before he suffered the injury on Atlanta's second possession of last week's 27-26 season-opening loss to New Orleans. Williams had only two carries for 2 yards before suffering the injury. He will miss at least four games.
Rookie running back Tyler Algeier was inactive against New Orleans but could make his debut in Sunday's game at the Los Angeles Rams.
The Falcons elevated defensive lineman Abdullah Anderson and running back Caleb Huntley from the practice squad to the active roster.
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Thousands of runners gathered Saturday for the 26th annual United States Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.
Supporters cheered from the sidelines as participants from around the country and world crossed the finish line near the U.S. Air Force Museum.
Rene Aldrich traveled from Nashville, Tenn., to run in Saturday’s race. She said this was her first time participating in the U.S. Air Force Marathon, but it’s something she’s wanted to do for years.
“I love everything aviation, so it’s really special to be here,” she said.
Aldrich, who is a pilot, said she’s been a fan of flying for her entire life. “I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love airplanes. My parents said when I was two, I had this airplane pull-toy and I played with it until the wheels came off. I was inconsolable until they bought me another one,” she said. “I was also obsessed with the movie Top Gun.”
Unsure about the possibility of pursuing a career in aviation, Aldrich went to school for engineering. “As far as I knew, (becoming a pilot) wasn’t something that women did,” she said. It wasn’t until 2008 that she earned her private pilot license, obtaining her multi license three years later in 2011.
Aldrich said she hopes to return to run the marathon again someday, noting that she enjoyed the course.
“There are rural parts of the course that are scenic and pretty, it was gorgeous this morning with the sun coming up and the fog,” she said. “Running through the campus here was interesting, too.”
Lynee Miller beamed with pride as she went to congratulate her son, Ethan Stein, who was cooling down after finishing the race early Saturday afternoon. Miller and Stein, who is part of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at the University of Kentucky, traveled to Dayton from Burlington, Ky., for the race.
“I’m on top of the moon. (I’m so proud), not only of Ethan’s internal desire to be the best runner he can be, but because he is just as strong of a Christian and just as strong of a future leader in the military,” Miller said.
The annual event attracts runners from near and far, with some participants returning year after year.
David Clark of Louisville, Ky., said he has run in the Air Force marathon for the past five years. At 37 years old, Clark has been a member of the U.S. Air Force for the past 18 years. His job within the Air Force, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, involves packing parachutes for C-130 aircraft.
Clark said he keeps coming back for the marathon because he appreciates the location and how the event is organized. He said the course was a bit challenging in spots, but that he was still happy with his finish time.
“The course was really hilly, but I got my second best time and I haven’t run all year,” he said.
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As NPR's Miami correspondent, Greg Allen reports on the diverse issues and developments tied to the Southeast. He covers everything from breaking news to economic and political stories to arts and environmental stories. He moved into this role in 2006, after four years as NPR's Midwest correspondent.
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Baylor emerges in second half, handles Texas State, 42-7
WACO - A lackluster first half finished with a better second half. Along the way, true freshman Richard Reese may have become Baylor's go-to running back. He rushed for 156 yards and three scores as No. 17 Baylor beat Texas State, 42-7, Saturday at McLane Stadium.
The Bears have won nine consecutive home games.
Reese, who arrived at Baylor in June along with the balance of the 2022 class, showed no signs of the college game being too big for him coming from small town, Bellville, Texas.
He put his stamp on this one with 52-yard scoring run to start the fourth quarter. Reese started Baylor's scoring with a 14-yard run then capped his day with 5-yard run later in the fourth.
Baylor (2-1) was without starter Taye McWilliams (possible concussion) following the loss at BYU. While Qualan Jones technically started, Reece was immediately inserted into the lineup and brought a burst that had been missing.
The Bears were pretty lethargic for most of the first half. They held a precarious 14-7 late in the closing moments. That included the defense hanging on to make a stop on 4th-and-goal at its 4-yard line.
However, there seemed to be a little energy summoned at the end of the first half. Using the two-minute drill, the Bears drove 96 yards - Sqwirl Williams mishandled the kickoff after Texas State scored - on nine plays. It finished on a brilliant play fake call by quarterback Blake Shapen.
Shapen forced the action to the near side of the field, then saw the rest of it up, and he scampered 35 yards for the score as the Bears went to half leading 21-7.
Better quarterback pressure from the defensive line, a special teams block on a field goal attempt and just a better overall energy enabled the Bears to put this away in the fourth quarter.
After recording no sacks for the first 2 1/2 games, Baylor's defense finished with two.
It was a far better showing where the front applied almost no pressure on Texas State QB Layne Hatcher in the first half. He finished 17-21 for 125 yards. He finished 24-36 for 186.
Shapen had his moments but also threw an interception. He threw for 184 and a score. Baylor committed three turnovers.
Held out likely for precautionary reasons, the Bears were without McWilliams, wide receiver Monaray Baldwin, tight end Ben Sims, safety Christian Morgn and defensive end Cole Maxwell. Their status moving forward will be determined next week. Offensive lineman Khalil Keith has not played in any of the first three games due to injury.
The Bears open Big 12 play next Saturday in Ames, IA against Iowa State. The TV selection for the 11:00 a.m. should be determined on Sunday.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
0-4-6
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
0-4-6
(zero, four, six)
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LONDON (AP) — All eight of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin Saturday, capping another huge day in which thousands came to pay their respects. Mourners huddled in a line that snaked across London, enduring the city’s coldest night in months and waits that stretched up to 16 hours.
Authorities warned that more chilly weather was expected Saturday night. “Tonight’s forecast is cold. Warm clothing is recommended,” the ministry in charge of the line tweeted.
As U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders and dignitaries flew into London ahead of the queen’s state funeral on Monday, a tide of people wanting to say goodbye streamed into Parliament’s Westminster Hall for another day Saturday. That’s where the queen’s coffin is lying in state, draped in her Royal Standard and capped with a diamond-studded crown.
The numbers of mourners have grown steadily since the public was first admitted on Wednesday, with a queue that snakes around Southwark Park and stretches for at least 5 miles (8 kilometers).
Honoring their patience, King Charles III and his eldest son Prince William made an unannounced visit Saturday to greet people waiting to file past Elizabeth’s coffin, shaking hands and thanking mourners in the queue near Lambeth Bridge.
Later, all the queen’s grandchildren stood by her coffin. William and Prince Harry, Charles’ sons, were joined by Princess Anne’s children, Zara Tindall and Peter Philips; Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie; and the two children of Prince Edward – Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.
William, now the heir to the throne, stood, his head bowed, at the head of the coffin and Harry at the foot. Both princes, who are military veterans, were in uniform. Mourners continued to file past in silence.
Harry, who served in Afghanistan as a British army officer, wore civilian clothes earlier in the week as the queen’s coffin left Buckingham Palace because he is no longer a working member of the royal family. He and his wife Meghan quit royal duties and moved to the United States in 2020. The king, however, requested that both William and Harry wear their military uniforms at the Westminster Hall vigil.
Before the vigil, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie issued a statement praising their “beloved grannie.”
“We, like many, thought you’d be here forever. And we all miss you terribly. You were our matriarch, our guide, our loving hand on our backs leading us through this world. You taught us so much and we will cherish those lessons and memories forever,” the sisters wrote.
People queuing to see the queen have been of all ages and come from all walks of life. Many bowed before the coffin or made a sign of the cross. Several veterans, their medals shining, offered sharp salutes. Some people wept. Others blew kisses. Many hugged one another as they stepped away, proud to have spent hours in line to offer a tribute, even if it lasted only a few moments.
Overnight, volunteers distributed blankets and cups of tea to people in line as temperatures fell to 6 degrees Celsius (43 degrees Fahrenheit). Despite the weather, mourners described the warmth of a shared experience.
“It was cold overnight, but we had wonderful companions, met new friends. The camaraderie was wonderful,” Chris Harman of London said. “It was worth it. I would do it again and again and again. I would walk to the end of the earth for my queen.”
People had many reasons for coming, from affection for the queen to a desire to be part of a historic moment. Simon Hopkins, who traveled from his home in central England, likened it to “a pilgrimage.”
“(It) is a bit strange, because that kind of goes against my grain,” he said. “I’ve been kind of drawn into it.”
Saturday’s vigil followed one on Friday in which the queen’s four children — Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward — stood vigil at the coffin.
Edward said the royal family was “overwhelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us and the sheer number of people who have gone out of their way to express their own love, admiration and respect (for) our dear mama.”
On Saturday, the new king was holding audiences with incoming prime ministers, governor generals of the realms and military leaders.
The Metropolitan Police arrested a man Friday night during the viewing for a suspected public order offense. Parliamentary authorities said someone got out of the queue and tried to approach the coffin.
Tracey Holland told Sky News that her 7-year-old niece Darcy Holland was pushed out of the way by a man who tried to “run up to the coffin, lift up the standard and try to do I don’t know what.” She said police detained the man in “two seconds.”
The lying-in-state continues until early Monday morning, when the queen’s coffin will be borne to nearby Westminster Abbey for a state funeral, the finale of 10 days of national mourning for Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Elizabeth, 96, died at her Balmoral Estate in Scotland on Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne.
After the service Monday at the abbey, the late queen’s coffin will be transported through the historic heart of London on a horse-drawn gun carriage. It will then be taken in a hearse to Windsor, where the queen will be interred alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
Late Saturday, the government revealed details of where the public can watch the day’s services and processions.
In addition to a number of viewing areas along the route, mourners will be able to watch on screens set up in Hyde Park, close to Buckingham Palace. There also will be screening sites at several towns and cities across the U.K and about 125 cinemas will open to screen the funeral.
Hundreds of troops from the British army, air force and navy held an early-morning rehearsal Saturday for the final procession. As troops lined the picturesque path leading to Windsor Castle, the thumping of drums echoed in the air as marching bands walked ahead of a hearse.
London police say the funeral will be the largest single policing event the force has ever handled, surpassing even the 2012 Summer Olympics and the Platinum Jubilee in June celebrating the queen’s 70-year reign.
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Port Talbot: Man in hospital after serious assault
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A man has been taken to hospital after police were called to a report of a serious assault.
South Wales Police said officers were called to Victoria Road and Princess Margaret Way in Sandfields, Port Talbot, at about 18.45 BST on Saturday.
The force said a man was arrested in connection with the attack.
The road was closed but has since reopened. Inquiries are ongoing.
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More frustration for Middlesbrough as they are held by Rotherham
Middlesbrough and Rotherham played out an uneventful 0-0 draw at the Riverside Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship’s evening kick-off.
The stalemate means Boro will go into the international break in the relegation zone after just two wins from their opening 10 games of the season whilst the newly promoted Millers sit just outside the play-off places in eighth.
After an uneventful opening 15 minutes, Duncan Watmore was handed the game’s first meaningful chance when Millers captain Richard Wood fluffed his clearance inside the box – but the forward could only sidefoot his half-volley over the bar.
Watmore was again at the heart of the action after his run beat two defenders in the box but his cutback to Isaiah Jones saw the wing-back find the sidenetting.
Rotherham hit back just after the half hour mark as Conor Washington’s shot on the spin was heading wide but Jones was on hand to turn the ball behind for a corner to prevent a visiting player prodding it home.
Rodrigo Muniz ended the half with a shot from the edge of the box that deflected wide of the right-hand post.
In the early stages of the second half, Watmore came within inches of putting the home side in front.
After his first touch from Muniz’s high flick-on took the ball around goalkeeper Viktor Johansson, Watmore could only divert the ball off the inside of the post as two Rotherham defenders watched the ball roll across the goalline and out the other side.
Paul Warne’s side continued to sit off Boro as the home side pushed for the first goal of the game. A slick passing move saw Riley McGree free the run of Watmore in the box but Wood slid across in the nick of time to deflect the ball behind.
On 70 minutes, both sets of supporters observed a minute’s applause for the Queen as a mark of respect for her 70 years as the nation’s reigning monarch.
Both sides made triple substitutions with 10 minutes remaining but for different reasons. The Millers looked to preserve a point whilst Boro were pushing for all three.
Matt Crooks latched onto a flick-on in the box and was caught by keeper Johansson in the head – but his header bounced over the bar before the linesman spared his blushes.
The full-time whistle blew to the tune of boos from the home crowd to a side that were largely expected to be promotion contenders this season, while the small following of Millers fans cheered their side off the pitch after a strong start to the campaign which has seen them lose just once.
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One injured in Kingman apartment fire
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kingman Police Department confirms one person is injured after an apartment fire in Kingman, Saturday.
Chief of Police, David Lux, says around 8:18 a.m. Saturday, emergency services responded to a report of a 20-unit apartment complex fire at the Eagle Acres apartments in Kingman, Kansas.
Kingman Fire Department, Kingman Police Department, Kingman County Sheriff’s Office, Kingman EMS, Norwich Fire Department, Cheney Fire Department, Cunningham Fire Department, Kingman Health Department, Kingman Emergency Management, Pratt Emergency Management, and Rice County Emergency Management all responded to the fire to assist.
One person was injured and transported for treatment to a nearby hospital. Multiple local organizations are assisting displaced tenants and first responders.
In a social media post, Kingman EMS says firefighters were able to save a cat in the fire. Paramedics and EMTs administered oxygen. The cat was taken to a veterinarian for further care.
How the fire started is still under investigation. More details will be provided by the Kingman Police Department at a later time.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Tigers made it a clear priority to get wide receiver Luther Burden III more involved in the team’s final tuneup before entering SEC play, and the move paid immediate dividends in Saturday’s 34-17 victory over Abilene Christian.
After the Tigers’ defense forced a three-and-out on the Wildcats’ opening drive of the game, Burden received the ensuing punt on a bounce along the left sideline at his own 22-yard line, then followed his blockers across the field before racing down the right stripe for a 78-yard score.
That was exactly the spark the Tigers (2-1) were hoping for from Burden, according to quarterback Brady Cook.
“That’s huge when you open up the game with that,” Cook said. “It just gives us a layer of confidence going out for that first drive, so it was huge.”
The Tigers struggled finding ways to get Burden the ball a week ago in a 40-12 loss at Kansas State when he finished with just two touches for 9 yards. Coach Eliah Drinkwitz on Saturday inserted the freshman in as a punt returner and wildcat quarterback as a means of getting Burden more touches.
Late in the first quarter, Burden returned a punt 22 yards before a hard tackle from Wildcats punter Logan Burke, who grabbed Burden by the shoulder pads in pulling him toward the sideline. There was no foul on the play after officials picked up a flag for a facemask penalty, but Burden left for the locker room after an examination on the sideline.
He returned in the second quarter showing no ill effects, however, finishing the contest with 177 all-purpose yards.
Burden also received some help from his friends, namely Cook and wide receiver Dominic Lovett. The duo connected on a 79-yard touchdown pass in the first half that helped Missouri build a 17-3 halftime lead. Lovett posted career highs with seven catches for 132 yards and two scores, with Drinkwitz saying Lovett adds a different element to the Tigers’ offense.
“He’s got great speed,” Drinkwitz said. “We’ve been able to settle him in at the slot position. He continues to get better and better, and so it’s just on us to continue to work that connection between him and Brady and the protection and getting all 11 guys doing their job.”
Lovett explained that he and Cook have been putting in overtime working on building their on-field chemistry.
“(If) we can’t complete a slant, we run the slant three times on each side,” Lovett explained. “We can’t complete a post, we run it three times until we get it right, until we can get that connection. There’s nothing more important than the QB and the wide receiver’s connection when you’re in the passing game. Without that, then you have nothing.”
In the second half, turnovers proved pivotal for both teams but again it was Missouri making the most of the opportunities. Cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. ended the Wildcats' first possession of the third quarter with an interception on a short pass from Maverick McIver intended for Tristan Golightly. That was the first career interception for Rakestraw, who also forced a fourth-quarter fumble recovered by linebacker Chad Bailey.
Four plays after the interception, Cook faked a jet sweep to Barrett Banister before rolling out to his right and delivering a 6-yard pass to running back Nathaniel Peat for a touchdown. Cook finished the contest 21-of-30 passing for 292 yards and three scores, a bounce back from the 128 passing yards with two interceptions against Kansas State last week.
The Wildcats (2-1) scored their only touchdown thanks to a Missouri turnover. On first down from the Tigers 9-yard line with 4:04 remaining in the third quarter, defensive tackle David Oke stripped the ball from Cook and defensive end Alexander Duke recovered the ball in the end zone, pulling the Wildcats within 24-10.
Drinkwitz delivered plenty of praise for his defense after the win but has concerns about the team’s nine penalties and the offense’s 5-of-15 performance on third down.
“Offensively we’re still a work in progress,” Drinkwitz said. “We can’t get behind the chains with penalties, and again the third-and-shorts in the first half really snuck up on us.”
THE TAKEAWAY
The first loss of the season for Abilene Christian should provide valuable experience for the Wildcats, who expect to challenge Stephen F. Austin for the Western Athletic Conference crown. Coach Keith Patterson’s offense moved the ball effectively at time against the Tigers, piling up 308 total yards
Missouri needs better performances from its offensive line, which committed six penalties for 55 yards on Saturday against the Wildcats. The Tigers hope to get back starting left guard Xavier Delgado, perhaps as soon as next week. Drinkwitz says he’s still searching for the best combination of five starters, so more lineup tinkering may loom ahead.
UP NEXT
Abilene Christian returns home for a matchup with Western New Mexico on Sept. 24.
Missouri enters SEC play visiting Auburn the same day.
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TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The US FDA has granted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for MagicTouch Sirolimus Coated Balloon (SCB) indicated for In-Stent Restenosis (ISR).
US FDA's IDE approval allows the MagicTouch SCB to be used in a pivotal clinical study to support safety and effectiveness of this combination product. The data generated from this IDE clinical study will support a pre-market approval (PMA) application in the USA.
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Young people aren't volunteering as much. But it's not for the reasons you think
Volunteering is one of those activities that many of us know we should do.
It's crucial to the operation of many charities and community groups; it can be a lifeline for the most disadvantaged members of our society; and — according to numerous studies — it actually boosts the health, happiness and life satisfaction levels of the giver, not just the recipient.
But volunteering has been on the decline, particularly among 15-24-year-olds, with difficulties fitting it around paid work or family commitments often cited as explanation.
Sydney-based psychology student Fergus Collins bucks that trend.
"I've been told it's not that common," says the 21-year-old, who visits two elderly Australians in aged care homes each week.
"I really enjoy it. My grandma lives in Brisbane, so I don't see her that often — and I probably should call more — but I've always enjoyed talking to her … and it feels similar to that."
Fergus says he grew up with a "devout Catholic" mum who was always contributing to her community, through programs like Meals on Wheels and visiting those in need. So his decision to volunteer was an easy one.
The actual process of signing up? Not so much.
"The initial onboarding was a bit of a barrier," Fergus says.
"I was unclear [on where] to find the exact sign-up page, and once I did, it took a few months for the organisation to get back to me."
Once "in", Fergus took a realistic approach to how (and where) he volunteers.
"I don't travel more than 10 minutes to do this. And that's not because I'm not so willing to … but I've got study and work [to consider]," he says.
"I didn't expect the world from myself … I took a modest approach, kind of kept things local. It's better to do that than nothing."
From TV screens to church halls
The benefits of intergenerational volunteering programs have come into focus in the last few years.
This is thanks — in part — to the ABC TV series Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds, a social experiment which brought together elderly people in a retirement community and four-year-olds.
Craig Segaert, rector at St Nicolas' Anglican Church in Sydney, says the show was a catalyst for his community to start a similar program of their own.
"My wife and I were watching the first series … In the last episode, they were showing the old people, and the changes that [program] had made for them," he recalls.
"With tears in our eyes, we looked at each other and said, 'Can't we do something like that in our preschool and church?'"
After a chance encounter with a leading scholar in the field, Segaert was introduced to Ruth Peters, a researcher in dementia and cognitive decline with the University of New South Wales.
"The community in Coogee reached out to me as a scientist and said, 'We've seen the TV show, we think it's brilliant. Can you tell us what's the best way to do [an intergenerational program] and make sure that there's a benefit?" Dr Peters explains.
After discovering there was limited scientific literature on the benefits of such programs, Dr Peters worked with the community — including "physicians, preschool educators, nurses, child psychologists, qualitative researchers, and health professionals" — to design a pilot.
"We brought together local older adults with local preschool members, and we've had such a fantastic response from them," Dr Peters says.
"We were thinking they might [fill] a surrogate grandparent or surrogate grandchild role. Actually, what happened was that people reported making friends with a different generation."
Having received $3.7 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Dr Peters and her team are expanding the study next year, rolling it out in up to 40 sites over the next two years.
"The main outcome we're looking at in the older adults is frailty — so a lack of resilience," she explains.
"Frailty is a strong predictor of transition to aged care and comorbidity. So, if we can try to help reduce frailty, improve mood and physical abilities, we might be able to help older adults stay independent and connected for that little bit longer."
Competing concerns
For 18-year-old Olivia Hester, friendship is what she has gained from volunteering with a woman 66 years her senior.
"I think we have a lot in common," says the Year 12 student.
"She has travelled the world, she's been a teacher for so many years, and she's had all these amazing experiences. And those are things that I want to do."
Olivia started volunteering in high school through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a youth program that sees young people set objectives in the areas of volunteering, physical activities, and skill-based learning.
Wanting her volunteering contribution to feel "meaningful", Olivia signed up to the Community Visitors Scheme, which paired her up with a new resident at a St Joseph's Aged Care Catholic Healthcare facility in Sydney.
"When I started volunteering, it was kind of in the middle of COVID, but I could go in and physically visit the ladies," Olivia recalls.
"It became a real highlight of my week, because it was a time where I wasn't thinking about myself, or the stresses of school or friends or family. I was just going in there, spending an hour getting to know someone and chatting.
"I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it."
Olivia says most of the students she knows who also volunteer do it as part of the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards, or another social justice-based honours program at her school.
"I don't know if it's [that] we're a more self-centred generation … But, in my experience, young people aren't going to really volunteer unless there is a reason for it," she says, listing study and sports and some of the competing focusses for teens.
But Olivia adds that many of her friends and schoolmates are heavily involved in environmental activism.
"Climate change and climate action, it's an issue for our future. It's more on our radar [than isolation in aged care homes]."
Not like their grandparents
The 2021 census cited a 19 per cent drop in volunteering numbers since 2016. According to 2020 data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the decline was most significant amongst the 15-24 age group.
Melanie Oppenheimer, author of Volunteering: Why we can't survive without it and an honorary history professor at the Australian National University, says there has been a "profound shift" in how younger generations contribute to society.
"They're not joining the organisations that our grandparents or great-grandparents established. They're not interested in that," she explained recently on ABC RN's God Forbid.
"We don't wear the same clothes as our grandparents, so why should we volunteer in the same organisations or in the same way?"
But Professor Oppenheimer says that doesn't young people aren't engaged in the issues facing their community.
"I think the younger generations are probably more civic minded than anyone," she says.
"However … the way that they're engaging or networking happens to be online or in Facebook groups. So, they will join a movement, but it's in a different way."
For Fergus, online activism shouldn't be a replacement for in-person volunteering, but another avenue to contribute.
After all, he says, spending one hour a week with someone — such as an elderly Australian — can make a world of difference.
"They're not having as many of those genuine social interactions as they might like or as they would have had, you know, when they were younger," he says.
"I've realised that it requires very little effort from you — [as a volunteer] — to create a big reaction from the person you're visiting.
"Once I started doing it, I was like, 'Damn, why would you not do this?'"
Old People's Home for Teenagers airs Tuesdays at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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(CNN) — The summer before his junior year in high school, Philip Yancey attended a Fourth of July rally that featured some of the most dangerous racists in America.
It was 1964, and the event, billed as “Patriots Rally Against Tyranny,” was held at a racetrack in Yancey’s hometown of Atlanta. It featured a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard alongside segregationists such as governors George Wallace of Alabama and Ross Barnett of Mississippi.
As Yancey sat in the bleachers with about 11,000 cheering White Southerners waving miniature Confederate flags, he heard speakers denounce the same enemies he learned about in his fundamentalist church, where the pastor lampooned “Martin Lucifer Coon” and preached that “coloreds” were inferior because of the “Curse of Ham.”
But something took place at the rally that made Yancey question what he had been taught.
He noticed a group of Black men sitting in the stands. Just before Wallace spoke, three of them began to boo. That was the cue for a group of Klansmen to rise from their seats and attack the men. Other Whites joined them, punching the Black men in their faces and hitting them with folded chairs as the men frantically tried to escape. The crowd began chanting, “Hit ’em! Kill ’em!”
“I reacted first as part of the cheering mob: Who were these Black guys trying to crash our party?” Yancey told CNN in a recent interview. “Yet when the White men started beating them with fists and even chairs, I felt sick at my stomach. I left the rally with a bitter taste in my mouth, the taste of shame. For years I didn’t talk about that experience.”
There’s been a lot of debate in recent years about the rise of White Christian nationalism and White evangelicals’ steadfast support for former President Trump. But few people are better equipped than Yancey to explain how racism infiltrates White churches and how one can escape it.
Yancey went from being a self-described “born and bred racist” to becoming one of the most popular authors and speakers in contemporary America. His books have sold an estimated 17 million copies and been translated into 50 languages. Several, such as “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” and “Where Is God When It Hurts?” have become contemporary Christian classics.
The anecdote about the White supremacist rally marks one of Yancey’s most candid admissions of his youthful embrace of racism. It comes from his recently released memoir, “Where the Light Fell.” In the book, Yancey recounts how racism corrupted his faith and eventually led to him feeling betrayed by the church. He rejected the racism of his youth, though, after encountering a series of remarkable people during his years as a journalist and an author.
Yancey, 72, says he wanted to tell a story about what it takes to change the “calloused conscience” of someone who was raised to view Black people as inferior.
“I have a shelf full of best-selling books chronicling the Black experience and exhorting us to become anti-racists,” Yancey says. “I look in vain for one that explores the mind of a bigot and what it might take to change that mind.”
CNN talked to Yancey about White Christian nationalism, why he still calls himself an evangelical, and how he thinks the media distorts most evangelicals’ beliefs. The conversation was edited for brevity.
Why do you think you were able to change when so many other people who were ‘born and bred to a be racist’ never evolved?
I was a reader. And when I read “Black Like Me” (A 1961 nonfiction book about a White man who darkened his skin and traveled through the segregated South), that was a turning point, because it just didn’t make sense. Here’s the exact same person who artificially changed the color of his skin, and at one point he’s treated like a gentleman and has access to anywhere he wants to go. And then suddenly he’s treated like a dirty animal and people spit on him. He has to step off the sidewalk. He can’t use the restroom. Can’t get a drink of water. He’s the exact same person. It was a moral splinter that would stick inside my head and bother me.
Was a personal encounter just as important as a book you read? You talk in your memoir about meeting Dr. Cherry, a Black scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You were assigned to work with him during a summer job at the CDC.
The Dr. Cherry incident just blew my mind because it exposed that what the Church was telling me about races of color being inferior was a lie. It was absolutely wrong. Here was the smartest man I had ever met, and it just blew away all the categories I had been taught.
You said in your memoir that though you were poor, Black people gave you someone to look down on. How does that dynamic play out today?
It’s at the core of racism. I’ve been to 87 countries now. And I found that kind of instinct all over. When I first went to Norway, they started telling jokes about Swedes. They were the same jokes that we Whites told about Blacks growing up. I went to New Zealand and they’re telling the same jokes about the (indigenous) Maori people. Or then you go to Africa, like in Rwanda, where they have exactly the same color of skin. And one group starts killing the other group because they’re a little bit different. And there’s something about that fear of the other that we’ve got to overcome.
And as a Christian, this fear just stands out to me. Jesus talked about the Good Samaritan, not the Good Jew. The very first missionary in the book of Acts was a castrated Black man, the Ethiopian eunuch. The Apostle Paul was raised to be a Jew of all Jews, but he eventually said that in Christ, there is no Jew or Gentile, there’s something bigger than race.
Do you ever wonder if what you call the ‘thoughtful mainstream evangelical’ subculture has evaporated in the last couple of years? You’re known for writing open-ended books that ask tough questions about faith, but if you started out today writing such books I wonder if you would be as popular with evangelical readers.
I would say, no, it hasn’t. The group I came out of would be Wheaton College, Christianity Today magazine, InterVarsity, and Fuller Theological Seminary. I’ve spoken at a lot of Christian colleges and universities and there’s some really bright scholars in those places producing wonderful work.
I love being in a room with those people, and I wish that’s what people thought of when they thought of evangelicals. I don’t think they have disappeared, but what’s happened is the spotlight has turned away from those people, and it (the term evangelicals) has become a political filter. People only want to judge evangelicals by politics. Growing up, we weren’t political. Fundamentalists would never aspire to political office. And now the word “evangelical” almost implies right-wing politics to most people. And that’s really dangerous.
But Philip, look at the polls. Are they not accurate? White evangelicals have been the most steadfast supporters of former President Trump. White evangelical support for Trump actually increased from 2016 to 2020. Is it really unfair to say that many White evangelicals have become MAGA Republicans?
Okay. (chuckles) You got to be a little more subtle than that. I remember reading an article in The Imaginative Conservative magazine. You hear the phrase, 80 or 81% had voted for Trump. The more religiously committed evangelicals were, the less there is a complete sweep of going for Trump.
Nowadays, if you ask people who check evangelical in a box in a poll, a lot of them can’t even name two of the four Gospels. It’s become a label that to them means, I don’t like abortion. I don’t like the way the country is going to transgender or gay people, so I must be an evangelical. It used to be a theological category. It’s not now. It’s become a slogan for “I don’t like some things going on in my country and I’m kind of angry about them.” And Trump brilliantly tapped into that anger. But I think it’s more subtle than just assuming that all evangelicals or the vast majority voted for Trump. The serious evangelicals, of the type that I was trained in and worked around, did not vote for Trump.
There still seems to be a sizeable number of White evangelicals who support Trump? How would you explain that?
I would say the division in this country is between the coasts … and the South and the Heartland. It was more obvious in 2016. The media is coming from the coast, and progressives just assumed that when something like gay marriage happens, well, we’re all on board. Well, the people in rural Tennessee think, “Oh, that’s not right.” And then other people are very strong on the abortion issue. And then people get angry and say, “We can’t have people in schools teaching my six-year-old to decide whether to be a boy or a girl.” I think Trump just tapped into that sense that something’s wrong. We’re going in the wrong direction. Something is wrong with this country.
What would it take for White evangelical support for Trump to dry up? What would it take for them to abandon Trump?
I doubt anything would cause Trump’s hardcore supporters to abandon him. I’m sure you remember what he said while running in 2016: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” He made that remark before a cheering audience at Dordt University in Iowa — a Christian college. Some polls indicate that the January 6 hearings have nibbled away at his popularity, but the problem is that hardcore supporters on both sides listen to separate sources of news and tend to hear what confirms their own biases. And more moderate Republicans can’t get much traction without Trump’s support base.
Since we’re talking a lot about politics, it makes me wonder: Is it more difficult to write now about the Christian faith? Do you get a lot more pressure to pick a side and come out this way or another on a political issue?
Yeah, I get some, especially on the gay issue. I get a lot of pressure to take a public position on things like that. And I said no, because someone has to be a bridge person. And as soon as you declare yourself, one way or another, then the other side doesn’t listen to you anymore. And I want to be one of those reconcilers.
How has your travel to other countries changed your faith?
Americans have what they think is suffering, but in the rest of the world, boy, it’s a lot worse. And I learn from those people. I remember being in China one time … with the underground church there. People had to sneak in, and they could have been arrested just for attending. And we were talking about praying for the government, which was persecuting them.
I asked them, “How do you pray for the government?”
They said, “We pray that we can bear the persecution.”
I asked them, “You don’t pray that they would stop, that you’d get a change in government?”
They said, “No, that’s up to God. We’re here, and our job is to demonstrate our faith in the midst of persecution.”
As someone who has seen the worst of what the church can do to people, how do you still call yourself an evangelical and hold on to your faith?
I’ve been blessed by meeting the cream of the crop. I know there are a lot of people out there who who’ve been burned by the church. And I certainly went through that as a child. But as an adult, I think God said, “You’ve seen the worst of the church, Philip. Let me show you the best.” Would I still consider myself an evangelical? Well, the word means “good news,” and in most of the world, it still means good news.
The United States is the one exception, because life (here) has become so political. But in most of the world, evangelicals are people who work in prisons, who work against sexual trafficking, who do health care.
I saw the other day that 50% of the health care in sub-Sahara Africa is done by Christian mission agencies. You ask the average African, what is an evangelical? Well, he or she might not know anything about theology, but they’ll say, “They’re the people who come by in a van with a cross on the side once a month and treat heart diseases.” That’s true all over the world.
I wish that when you say the world evangelical, people would still think to what Jesus said in his in his first sermon, that “I’ve come to free the captives. I’ve come to visit prisoners, to heal the sick and feed the hungry.” I wish people thought that when asked, What is an evangelical?
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Mussels' Season Ends in 3-1 Loss to Blue Jays
September 17, 2022 - Florida State League (FSL) - Fort Myers Mighty Mussels News Release
FORT MYERS, Fla - The Mighty Mussels' 2022 season came to an end Saturday at Hammond Stadium, dropping Game 3 of the FSL West Division Championship Series by a 3-1 margin to the Dunedin Blue Jays.
2022 marked the ninth consecutive winning season for Fort Myers (69-59), and their fourth postseason berth in the last five championship seasons. The Mussels only struck out three times in Saturday's ball game, but nearly all of their well-struck balls were ultimately turned into outs by the Dunedin (66-63) defense.
"We were ready to go today and unfortunately it didn't turn out in our favor," Mussels manager Brian Meyer said. "I think we have done a tremendous job this season, I am blessed to have a really good staff around me. Having them around to talk through situations, to help deal with weather, player plans, and anything that comes up."
In a scoreless game in the top of the second with two outs, Blue Jays designated hitter Ryan McCarty singled to left. The next batter was Roque Salinas, who reached on an infield single. Victor Mesia then singled to left field, scoring McCarty on a close play at the plate to make it 1-0. After a walk to load the bases, Josh Kasavich challenged a 3-1 pitch successfully to walk in a run and cap the inning at 2-0.
With the score still standing at 2-0 in the top of the fifth, Manuel Beltre singled to lead off the inning. After a pair of groundouts advanced Beltre to second, Cade Doughty singled to center to score Beltre and extend the lead to 3-0.
In the bottom of the sixth, Mussels left fielder Ben Ross walked with one out. After advancing to second on a stolen base, Tanner Schobel singled on a sharp line drive to left, making the score 3-1.
Two of the Twins 2022 draft picks combined to finish the last four innings on the hill for the Mussels. Andrew Morris pitched three innings in his Low-A debut, scattering four hits without allowing a run. Zebby Matthews tossed a scoreless ninth but the Mussels couldn't push anything across against the Blue Jays' bullpen.
The Mussels' 2023 campaign is slated to start on April 7. Stay tuned to all of the Mussels' social media for updates on the schedule, promotions, and ticket deals.
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DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Friday signed off on a fund for more than 1,000 people who said they were sexually assaulted by a University of Michigan doctor, an order that allows victims to start collecting a portion of a $490 million settlement negotiated with the school.
“The University of Michigan offers its heartfelt apology for the abuse perpetrated by the late Robert Anderson. We hope this settlement helps the healing process for survivors,” said Paul Brown, chairman of the school’s governing board.
Anderson died in 2008 after working at the university for nearly 40 years. He was director of the campus Health Service and a physician for multiple sports teams, including football.
Former athletes, students and others who had no connection to the university — mostly men — said they were molested by Anderson during routine physicals or other visits.
The settlement was announced in January, but the final details took months to wrap up. The university said the deal recently got approval from 98% of claimants.
“It’s been a long road,” said Richard Schulte, a lead negotiator for Anderson’s victims. “I’m very happy for the survivors and glad I could get it across the finish line.”
The university will have no role in how the money is distributed. Six percent, or $30 million, of the settlement will be set aside for people who step forward later with claims.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts approved creation of the fund and appointed Houston-based Archer Systems LLC as the claims administrator.
“The process is completely confidential, but we’re hopeful distribution should take place this fall,” Schulte said.
The scandal emerged publicly in 2020, two years after Tad DeLuca, a wrestler in the 1970s, made a complaint that triggered a police investigation, though Anderson was long deceased.
That triggered a wave of men who stepped forward to say they, too, had been assaulted by Anderson; some allegations stretched back decades. Lawsuits followed.
The university, meanwhile, hired law firm WilmerHale to conduct an investigation. The results were devastating: Anderson harassed, abused and assaulted patients on “countless occasions” during his 37-year career.
Coaches, trainers and other staff in the athletic department did not question Anderson’s status, despite complaints, rumors and even jokes among athletes about his behavior, according to the report.
The report said complaints were made to athletic director Don Canham and legendary football coach Bo Schembechler but no action was taken. Both are deceased.
Anderson also was certified by the federal government to give physicals to pilots and air traffic controllers in southeastern Michigan, some of whom count themselves as victims.
“We consider this settlement just one of the steps we have taken in a process we began more than two years ago to fully understand what happened, make amends and enact reforms,” Brown said. “Our work is not done until U-M is considered the leader in creating a campus environment that is safe for everyone.”
Not everyone was satisfied. Richard Goldman, a student broadcaster and Anderson victim in the early 1980s, said Schembechler referred him to Canham but the powerful athletic director didn’t intervene.
“Seriously, fake apologies are not accepted,” Goldman said of Brown’s remarks.
The settlement is one of several by universities following sex abuse scandals. Michigan State University paid $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by Larry Nassar, a campus sports doctor and a doctor for USA Gymnastics.
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ISLAMABAD – The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a “second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases.
The floodwaters started receding last week in the worst-hit provinces but many of the displaced – now living in tents and makeshift camps – increasingly face the threat of gastrointestinal infections, dengue fever and malaria, which are on the rise. The dirty and stagnant waters have become breeding grounds for mosquitos.
The unprecedented monsoon rains, which many experts link to climate change, and subsequent flooding have killed 1,545 people across Pakistan, inundated millions of acres of land and affected 33 million people.
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Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk Saturday from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. The latest spacewalk was the second during a six-month mission that will oversee the completion of the space station.
China is building its own space station after being excluded by the U.S. from the International Space Station because its military runs the country's space program. American officials see a host of strategic challenges from China’s space ambitions, in an echo of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry that prompted the race to the moon in the 1960s.
China has sent rovers to the moon and Mars and brought lunar samples back to Earth.
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Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, a Republican who is running for governor in Arkansas, was released from a hospital Saturday after undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer.
“Following successful surgery on Friday to remove her thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes and in consultation with her physician, Sarah was discharged from an Arkansas hospital – cancer free,” Sanders spokesman Judd Deere said.
Deere told The Associated Press that Sanders, 40, plans to resume campaigning “soon.”
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A gold judicial collar made of glass beads that belonged to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sold at auction for $176,775.
The piece was part of a collection of about 75 items of Ginsburg's that were sold to benefit charity. In total, bidders paid almost $517,000 for items in the online auction which ended Friday. Today marks the two-year anniversary of the liberal icon’s death at 87.
The judicial collar's sale marks the first time any of the late justice's signature neckwear has been available for purchase. Her family donated some of the justices' most well-known collars to the Smithsonian.
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The Los Angeles Lakers Are Reportedly Interested In These 3 Veteran Players
While the 2023 NBA season is still 45 days away from September 3, there is still a lot that could happen before the new season kicks off.
On Thursday, the Utah Jazz traded away All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers (reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski).
Now that the Jazz have traded away Mitchell and (earlier in the offseason) Rudy Gobertthey are pretty much in a Rebuilding mode.
Those were their two franchise cornerstones that they had built everything around.
That leaves Veterans such as Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson and Bojan Bogdanovic as players who could be on the move.
All three players are at least 30-years-old, and are players that would be better suited on a team that is trying to win an NBA Championship.
According to Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today Sports, the Los Angeles Lakers “have some interest” in those three players on the Jazz (h/t NBA Central).
Zillgitt: “The Lakes have some interest, I’m told, in the Jazz vets who could be traded (Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic). But the Lakers also want to Preserve cap space for next summer and aren’t that interested in taking contracts beyond 2022-23. Bogdanovic is expiring. There will be some chatter about a Westbrook/first-rounder for Conley, but Conley’s deal is through 2023-24, albeit partially guaranteed. Clarkson has player option for 2023-24.”
Mike Singer of the Denver Post also confirmed he has heard that the Lakers are a team who could be interested in Veterans on the Jazz.
Singer on Friday: “Have checked with numerous people today re. who might be interested in Jazz vets, and one team has come up multiple times: the Lakers.”
For the Lakers, it would make sense that they would be interested in Veterans who can help them next season.
Last year, the Lakers went just 33-49 and missed the NBA Playoffs with a roster that featured Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook and LeBron James.
They are built to win an NBA Championship right now, and any one of those three Veterans on the Jazz could be a good complement to James and Davis.
For the Jazz, there is no sense in holding on to them, so even if it’s not the Lakers, it wouldn’t be surprising at all to see at least one of them traded before the season begins.
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Henry Silva, known for many tough-guy roles, dies at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Silva, a prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films, has died at age 95.
Silva’s son Scott Silva told Variety that he died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Silva was a New York City native who dropped out of school as a teenager, in the 1940s, and was accepted the following decade into the Actors Studio, where fellow students included Shelley Winters and Ben Gazzara. He went on to have a long and busy career in film and television, with hundreds of credits before retiring from acting in 2001.
He had a breakthrough role on stage and screen in the 1950s as a drug dealer in “A Hatful of Rain” and supporting parts in two of Frank Sinatra’s best known movies, both from the early 1960s: “Ocean’s Eleven,” the Las Vegas heist film that was a showcase for Sinatra, Dean Martin and other “Rat Pack” members; and “The Manchurian Candidate,” the Cold War thriller about brainwashing and the assassination of the president that starred Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh. (In his last film appearance, Silva was cast in the “Ocean’s Eleven” remake from 2000 that starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt).
“Our hearts are broken at the loss of our dear friend Henry Silva, one of the nicest, kindest and most talented men I’ve had the pleasure of calling my friend,” Dean Martin’s daughter, Deana Martin, tweeted this week. “He was the last surviving star of the original Oceans 11 Movie.”
Silva was also seen on such television series as “Wagon Train” and “The F.B.I.” and in such film as Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy,” Jerry Lewis’ “Cinderfella” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” in which he played a mobster in the 1999 release directed by one of his admirers, Jim Jarmusch.
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Tropical Storm Fiona leaves one dead as it heads for Puerto Rico
Posted/updated on: September 17, 2022 at 2:52 pm(NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Fiona is headed for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after battering the Caribbean Islands.
As of Saturday afternoon, over 45,000 customers were already without power. The island's emergency management office even had a blackout during its Saturday morning press conference.
Hurricane watches and a flood watch have been issued for Puerto Rico. A flood watch is also in place for the U.S. Virgin Islands and the eastern side of the Dominican Republic.
The storm continues to move west at 13 miles per hour.
Fiona's center moved through the island of Guadeloupe on Friday night, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds across the Leeward Islands.
Six to 10 inches of rain are expected for much of Puerto Rico, with the heaviest rainfall occurring overnight Saturday as Fiona passes to the south.
Sustained winds of 45 to 60 miles per hour are expected for parts of southwest Puerto Rico and St. Croix Sunday night with gusts as high as 85 miles per hour.
Rain and wind pick up after sunset Saturday in Puerto Rico, with the worst conditions lasting through Sunday afternoon. Rain and gusty winds will continue for Puerto Rico through Monday morning before conditions taper off in the afternoon.
The worst conditions in the Dominican Republic are expected late Sunday morning.
It is still uncertain which track Fiona will take after leaving the Caribbean. It is expected to become a category 1 hurricane by Tuesday evening. While most models indicate it will head toward sea, some suggest it will meander near the East Coast into the later part of next week.
The rain has already saturated areas in the southeastern part of Puerto Rico, along with the mountainous areas, where potential mudslides and winds could cause the most damage.
"We shouldn't underestimate this storm," Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said in a briefing Saturday.
Resident Magda Diaz told ABC News outside a San Juan Walmart that she expects to be without power. Diaz said she loses power regularly, especially during smaller storms, and was recently in the dark for three days.
A LUMA Energy official told ABC News Saturday the company has been fixing the grid and is ready to get the grid back online if the system fails. LUMA Energy is in charge of transmission and distribution of electricity on the island.
"We were expecting power outages from Fiona ... and we're bringing in 100 more workers from our parent companies that will be landing Sunday," LUMA official Don Cortez said.
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Invader is tall, dark, handsome and the fastest horse in the Household Cavalry – and he is about to take centre stage at the Queen’s funeral
- Invader is 16.3 hands high – 67 inches tall – with distinguished grey eyebrows
- The 19-year-old will be one of two horses riding behind the Queen’s coffin
- The Royal family will follow on foot for the procession after the funeral service
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He is tall, dark and handsome, and about to take centre stage at the Queen’s funeral tomorrow.
Meet Invader, the fastest horse in the Household Cavalry, who can be relied upon never to put a foot wrong, said Major Russell Bond, squadron leader of the Life Guards.
A ‘cavalry black’, Invader is 16.3 hands high – 67 inches tall – with distinguished grey eyebrows, under the charge of Major Bond, escort commander.
Best foot forward: Invader, who has been selected as one of two horses riding behind the Queen's coffin, with Major Russell Bond of the Life Guards, a Household Cavalry regiment
The 19-year-old is to be one of two horses riding behind the Queen’s coffin – and before the King and other members of the Royal Family, who will follow on foot and in cars as the procession makes its way from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch after the funeral service.
Invader is a veteran of state visits, State Openings of Parliament, and Trooping the Colour.
He was bought by the Household Cavalry as a four-year-old failed racehorse, and learned his new role at Combermere Barracks in Windsor.
Invader is typically fed a mix of hard forage, including fresh carrots and apples, four times a day, with constant access to water.
Cavalry horses weigh up to 1,540lbs and eat up to 15lbs of hay a day. Invader will ride alongside another magnificent charger, named Javelin.
Their big day tomorrow will begin at 7am with some exercise.
‘We are asking the horses to walk at half their usual pace, so we want to get a bit of energy out of them first,’ said Major Bond.
Then, Invader and Javelin will be tacked up in their state ceremonial kit.
The horses chosen to take centre stage at the Queen's funeral procession on Monday are part of the Life Guards, a regiment of the Household Cavalry
There has been some lastminute discussion about whether to move Invader and Javelin back in the parade, with worries over horse dung immediately in front of the Royal party, most of whom are on foot.
One source also suggested there were fears that the horses being between the coffin and the King might mean he is difficult to see for a worldwide TV audience.
But Buckingham Palace insisted yesterday there were no changes to the planned order.
Members of the Life Guards were seen taking part in the procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on Wednesday
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BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) – 10th ranked Homestead dominated at Timber Ridge Golf Club with a team score of 309 to claim a sectional title on Saturday afternoon.
Homestead’s Eliza Saal won the individual medal with a score of 71, beating out her teammates Cassidy Ayres and Scarlett Senk. The Spartans advance to next weekend’s regional match at Noble Hawk in Kendallville.
Also advancing to the regional match are Norwell and Bluffton, who finished with the second and third best team scores on Saturday, respectively.
Elsewhere in northeast Indiana, Carroll won the sectional match at Kendallville’s Coblestone Golf Course on Friday.
Homestead, Carroll, and various other qualifiers from this weekend’s matches advance to next Friday’s regional at Noble Hawk.
Scroll below for the complete score sheets of sectional matches around northeast Indiana:
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 38-26 loss on Saturday at Coastal Carolina dropped the UB Bulls to 0-3, marking the program’s worst start in 17 years.
Following defeats at Maryland to start the season and against FCS foe Holy Cross in last weekend’s home opener, UB has lost seven games in a row dating to last season. It’s the program’s longest winless stretch in 11 years.
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As was the case when these teams met last year at UB Stadium with Coastal Carolina ranked in the AP Top 25, the Bulls battled against a formidable mid-major opponent. UB led 19-17 after three quarters, and after the Chanticleers regained the lead in the fourth, the Bulls scored a touchdown to get within 31-26.
UB quarterback Cole Snyder (Southwestern) was 29 of 48 passing for 264 yards, throwing touchdowns to Justin Marshall (eight catches, 88 yards) and Quian Williams (eight catches, 62 yards). Snyder had a pair of interceptions and lost a fumble.
The Bulls forced four fumbles in the first two quarters and led 16-14 at halftime after Snyder threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Marshall. The takeaways allowed UB to possess the ball for 20:29 of the first half, and Alex McNulty kicked field goals from 36, 42 and 47 yards. McNulty made it 19-14 with a 26-yard field goal in the third quarter.
Coastal Carolina took the lead for good on a fumble return touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Both teams turned the ball over four times. The Chanticleers gained 504 yards of offense while the Bulls produced 337.
UB last opened the season with three consecutive losses in 2005, part of a nine-game skid on the way to a 1-0 finish in the program’s last year under coach Jim Hofher. The Bulls are now 4-11 under second-year coach Maurice Linguist.
UB opens Mid-American Conference play next Saturday at Eastern Michigan.
Jonah Bronstein is a digital sports reporter who joined the News 4 team in 2022.
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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Sophomore Carson Camp threw for a career-high 355 yards and three touchdowns and ran 75 yards for a score to power South Dakota to a 38-21 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday.
Camp opened the scoring for South Dakota (1-2) with his long touchdown run. He followed with 40- and 46-yard scoring strikes to Wesley Eliodor and freshman Shomari Lawrence, respectively, as the Coyotes scored on their first three possessions to lead 21-7 after one quarter.
Camp hooked up with freshman Jack Martens 51 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 70-yard score to push South Dakota's lead to 28-7. Travis Theis added a 19-yard touchdown run.
Camp completed 18 of 21 passes.
Spencer Brasch threw for 362 yards on 24-of-42 passing with three touchdowns and one interception for Cal Poly (1-2).
Zedakiah Centers and Chris Coleman both finished with 107 yards receiving and a touchdown for the Mustangs. Brasch and freshman Logan Booher teamed up for a 35-yard score in the first quarter.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 17, 2022
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National Weather Service Amarillo TX
505 PM CDT Sat Sep 17 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However small hail and gusty winds are still
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A former White House aide told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) sought a pardon from former President Trump over the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into sex trafficking allegations against him, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the testimony.
Former Trump aide Johnny McEntee said Gaetz told him he had asked former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for a preemptive pardon, the Post reported. McEntee told the committee that he understood the pardon to be in connection with the DOJ probe.
The Justice Department is investigating allegations that Gaetz paid for sex, paid for women to travel across state lines to have sex and had a sexual relationship with a minor. Gaetz denies the allegations.
The committee previously showed McEntee saying in a videotaped deposition that Gaetz told him he asked Meadows for a pardon during a June hearing.
It also presented testimony from other former Trump aides naming Gaetz as one of several Republican lawmakers who sought pardons from Trump. Gaetz and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) advocated for a “blanket pardon” for lawmakers who participated in a December 2020 meeting where efforts to overturn the election were discussed, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified. When asked by the committee if Gaetz was seeking a pardon, Eric Herschmann, a former Trump White House attorney, responded in a taped deposition that he believed so and that Gaetz’s pardon request was “for any and all things.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a member of the committee, also presented an email from Brooks in which the Alabama congressman requested presidential pardons for himself, Gaetz, and lawmakers who objected to the Electoral College vote for Arizona and Pennsylvania.
However, McEntee’s testimony as reported by the Post is the first to indicate that Gaetz sought a pardon in connection with the Justice Department’s investigation into the sex trafficking allegations, though there has been speculation.
The New York Times reported in April 2021 that Gaetz had sought a blanket pardon from Trump in the last weeks of his presidency, noting this came as the congressman was being investigated by the DOJ for allegedly violating sex trafficking laws. Trump denied the allegations that Gaetz had directly asked for a blanket pardon.
“Congressman Matt Gaetz discussed pardons for many other people publicly and privately at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term,” a spokesperson for Gaetz said in a statement. “As for himself, President Trump addressed this malicious rumor more than a year ago stating, ‘Congressman Matt Gaetz has never asked me for a pardon.’ Rep. Gaetz continues to stand by President Trump’s statement.”
The Jan. 6 committee and Trump’s team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Pilot, passenger dead after fiery plane crash outside Yuma
DATELAND, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A pilot and a passenger are dead after a plane crashed outside Yuma on Friday.
The plane was found by an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer around 1:50 p.m. near Interstate 8 and Spot Road, fully engulfed in flames. Yuma County Sheriff’s Office deputies learned that the Vans RV-6A crashed around 1:30 p.m. while flying from Brown Field Airport in San Diego, Calif. There is no information available yet as to why the crash occurred or the identity of either victim.
The National Transportation Safety Board says that investigators are still learning more information. Yuma County deputies ask that anyone with information regarding this case should call the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at 928-783-4427 or 78-CRIME to remain anonymous. You can also visit the department website at to submit an anonymous tip.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Freshman backup quarterback C.J. Henry threw three touchdown passes and Delaware State breezed to a 35-19 victory over Division II-member Virginia Lynchburg on Saturday.
Delaware State (2-1) starter Jared Lewis gave the Hornets a 7-6 lead in the first quarter with a 68-yard scoring strike to Jerrish Halsey. Henry connected with freshman Rahkeem Smith for a 27-yard score and a 14-9 Hornets’ lead after one quarter.
Henry and Nico Stout teamed up for a 15-yard touchdown early in the second quarter to push Delaware State’s lead to 21-9. Marquis Gillis had a 12-yard scoring run to give the Hornets a 28-9 lead at the half.
Henry’s third scoring toss was a 25-yarder to Halsey with 6:12 remaining in the game.
Henry completed 9 of 14 passes for 115 yards with one interception. Lewis finished with 95 yards on 4-of-4 passing. Wade Inge rushed for 106 yards on 18 carries. Halsey totaled 134 yards on seven catches.
CJ Brooks threw for 341 yards on 19-of-33 passing with two touchdowns for the Dragons. Donmonic Perks had four receptions for 143 yards, including a 90-yarder. Anthony Duffy and Demarcus Jones had TD catches.
Virginia Lynchburg finished with minus-21 yards rushing on 21 carries.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Ace Justin Verlander had just wrapped up another strong start and was in the dugout in the fifth inning when Yordan Alvarez launched his third monster home run of the night for the Houston Astros.
The cameras panned to Verlander, eyes wide as he admired his teammate’s handiwork.
“It’s pretty cool when a major league player can make other major league players be in awe,” Verlander said. “It’s not something that happens all too often. And that was kind of one of those moments where everybody is just like: ‘My goodness.’ It’s just incredible what he’s able to do.”
Alvarez homered in his first three at-bats, Verlander threw five hitless innings in his return from the injured list and the Astros clinched a postseason berth with a 5-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
The Astros (95-50) won their sixth straight game to join the Los Angeles Dodgers as the first two teams to secure playoff spots, reaching their sixth straight postseason.
There was no big celebration for this team with much bigger goals, but the Astros did share a quiet toast in the clubhouse postgame.
“You’ve got to keep in perspective … how hard it is to get to the playoffs and to stay on top like this for a while,” Verlander said. “It’s not easy. So I’m glad we were able to take a moment.”
Alvarez, tied for second in the AL with a career-high 36 home runs, had solo shots off Adrián Martínez in the first, third and fifth innings. He capped his big night with a single in the seventh to tie his career high with four hits.
“Hitting one home run feels great, imagine hitting three,” Alvarez said in Spanish through a translator. “Just a very special night.”
It is his second three-homer game and first since Aug. 10, 2019, a season when he won AL Rookie of the Year. There have been only 15 three-homer games in Houston history and Alvarez joined Glenn Davis and Jeff Bagwell as the only Astros to have more than one.
Alvarez’s homers totaled 1,329 feet— 434, 431 and 464. He joined Nelson Cruz on July 25, 2019, as the only players with three 400-plus foot homers in a game since Statcast started tracking in 2015.
“Yordan was unbelievable,” manager Dusty Baker said. “Those balls he hit, I don’t know what the combined feet were, but boy that’s a lot of mileage.”
Verlander (17-3) didn’t miss a beat in his return after injuring a calf on Aug. 28. He walked one and struck out nine to extend his season-long winning streak to nine games and lower his MLB-leading ERA to 1.78.
His performance moved him past Max Scherzer (3,173) for 13th on the career strikeout list with 3,176 in 17 seasons.
Manager Dusty Baker said Verlander would be on a pitch-count but wouldn’t reveal what his limit was. He was lifted without giving up a hit after throwing 79 pitches.
Verlander plunked Ramon Laureano with one out in the second. He didn’t allow another baserunner until walking Seth Brown with two outs in the fourth. He then sat down the next four batters he faced to end his night.
Phil Maton took over for the sixth and Nick Allen singled on his first pitch to break up the no-hit bid.
There were two outs in the first when Alvarez connected on a shot to straightaway center field to make it 1-0.
Alvarez’s second homer came with two outs in the third to extend the lead to 2-0.
Jeremy Peña hit his 18th homer to left field with one out in the fifth. The Astros went back-to-back when Alvarez sent the next pitch from Martinez into center field to extend the lead to 4-0 and send Houston’s dugout and the crowd into a frenzy.
Martínez (4-5) pitched five innings, walking three and the only hits he allowed were the four homers, which were a career-high.
“You take Alvarez out of the lineup and the line’s a lot different,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. “Yordan is a guy that I referred to before the season started as a possible MVP candidate. And and he showed why tonight.”
The Athletics, who have baseball’s worst record at 52-93, managed just three singles and tied a season high by striking out 16 times.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: LHP Sam Moll was placed on the 15-day IL with a strained left shoulder and LHP Jared Koenig was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.
Astros: RHP Seth Martinez was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land to make room for Verlander. … RHP Josh James was recalled from his rehabilitation assignment because of forearm discomfort.
UP NEXT
RHP José Urquidy (13-6, 3.75 ERA) opposes LHP Cole Irvin (8-11, 3.73) on Saturday night.
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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Sophomore Carson Camp threw for a career-high 355 yards and three touchdowns and ran 75 yards for a score to power South Dakota to a 38-21 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday.
Camp opened the scoring for South Dakota (1-2) with his long touchdown run. He followed with 40- and 46-yard scoring strikes to Wesley Eliodor and freshman Shomari Lawrence, respectively, as the Coyotes scored on their first three possessions to lead 21-7 after one quarter.
Camp hooked up with freshman Jack Martens 51 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 70-yard score to push South Dakota's lead to 28-7. Travis Theis added a 19-yard touchdown run.
Camp completed 18 of 21 passes.
Spencer Brasch threw for 362 yards on 24-of-42 passing with three touchdowns and one interception for Cal Poly (1-2).
Zedakiah Centers and Chris Coleman both finished with 107 yards receiving and a touchdown for the Mustangs. Brasch and freshman Logan Booher teamed up for a 35-yard score in the first quarter.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Silva, a prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films, has died at age 95.
Silva’s son Scott Silva told Variety that his father died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Silva was a New York City native who dropped out of school as a teenager, in the 1940s. He was accepted the following decade into the Actors Studio, where fellow students included Shelley Winters and Ben Gazzara. He went on to have a long and busy career in film and television, with hundreds of credits before retiring from acting in 2001.
He had a breakthrough role on stage and screen in the 1950s as a drug dealer in “A Hatful of Rain” and supporting parts in two of Frank Sinatra’s best known movies, both from the early 1960s: “Ocean’s Eleven,” the Las Vegas heist film that was a showcase for Sinatra, Dean Martin and other “Rat Pack” members; and “The Manchurian Candidate,” the Cold War thriller about brainwashing and the assassination of the president that starred Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh. (In his last film appearance, Silva was cast in the “Ocean’s Eleven” remake from 2000 that starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt).
“Our hearts are broken at the loss of our dear friend Henry Silva, one of the nicest, kindest and most talented men I’ve had the pleasure of calling my friend,” Dean Martin’s daughter, Deana Martin, tweeted. “He was the last surviving star of the original Oceans 11 Movie.”
Silva was also seen on such television series as “Wagon Train” and “The F.B.I.,” and in such films as Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy,” Jerry Lewis’ “Cinderfella” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” in which he played a mobster in the 1999 release directed by one of his admirers, Jim Jarmusch.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from 13 counties in a long-running $1 billion lawsuit over timber revenue and what constitutes “the greatest permanent value” when it comes to forest management.
The denial ends a six-year legal battle over logging practices on 700,000 acres and is a victory for the state Department of Forestry and environmental groups. The decision leaves in place a lower court ruling saying that Oregon can manage forests for a range of values that include recreation, water quality and wildlife habitat — not just logging revenue.
“It’s the end of the road for what has been a false narrative for far too long … that it’s the public forestland’s obligation to provide the bulk of the revenues for local communities,” Ralph Bloemers, who represented fishing and conservation groups in the case, told Oregon Public Broadcasting.
The counties gave forestland to the state decades ago and Oregon manages the land and funnels timber revenue to the counties.
But 13 counties took Oregon to court, alleging the state was not maximizing logging on the forests. A Linn County jury found in the counties' favor in 2019 and awarded more than $1 billion in damages, but an appeals court struck down the verdict earlier this year.
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A representative for the counties called the high court's inaction “disappointing.”
“The underlying issue of forest practices on public lands is left unresolved," Linn County Commissioner Roger Nyquist said in a statement.
Linn is one of several Oregon counties and special taxing districts that receive a cut of logging profits from forestland they gave to the state in the 1930s and 1940s. Oregon agreed to manage those lands, which were mostly burned and logged over at the time of donation, “so as to secure the greatest permanent value of those lands to the state.”
Oregon has sent millions of dollars to the counties over the years, bolstering local budgets. But 13 counties took the state to court, saying “greatest permanent value” meant managing forests for maximum timber revenue.
The Oregon Department of Justice, which represented the state government in the case, issued a written statement Friday calling the Supreme Court’s decision a “victory for Oregon’s environment and for sound forest management in general.”
“Our forests serve a range of environmental, recreational, and economic purposes,” the statement reads. “By allowing what we argued was the correct decision of the Court of Appeals to stand, we have a swifter resolution and finality after a 6-year dispute.”
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — John Paddock threw for three touchdowns and Ball State beat Murray State 31-0 on Saturday for the Cardinals' first win of the season and their first shutout in 14 years.
Carson Steele added 151 yards on 25 carries, including a 1-yard score that made it 31-0. Paddock was 27-of-44 passing for 217 yards with an interception.
Ball State's first three scores came on Paddock passes to Brady Hunt, Tanner Koziol and Jayshon Jackson. The Cardinals (1-2) led 14-0 at halftime and 24-0 after three quarters.
The Cardinals outgained the Racers 476-155.
The Cardinals' last shutout came in 2008 against Toledo — also 31-0. In this one, Nic Jones had a pair of interceptions, the first Cardinal with two picks in a game since Amechi Uzodinma II had two versus Miami (Ohio) in 2019.
Isaac McNamee was just 7-of-22 passing for 57 yards and two interceptions for the Racers (0-3). Jawaun Northington rushed for 71 yards on 17 carries.
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A former White House aide told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) sought a pardon from former President Trump over the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into sex trafficking allegations against him, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the testimony.
Former Trump aide Johnny McEntee said Gaetz told him he had asked former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for a preemptive pardon, the Post reported. McEntee told the committee that he understood the pardon to be in connection with the DOJ probe.
The Justice Department is investigating allegations that Gaetz paid for sex, paid for women to travel across state lines to have sex and had a sexual relationship with a minor. Gaetz denies the allegations.
The committee previously showed McEntee saying in a videotaped deposition that Gaetz told him he asked Meadows for a pardon during a June hearing.
It also presented testimony from other former Trump aides naming Gaetz as one of several Republican lawmakers who sought pardons from Trump. Gaetz and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) advocated for a “blanket pardon” for lawmakers who participated in a December 2020 meeting where efforts to overturn the election were discussed, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified. When asked by the committee if Gaetz was seeking a pardon, Eric Herschmann, a former Trump White House attorney, responded in a taped deposition that he believed so and that Gaetz’s pardon request was “for any and all things.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a member of the committee, also presented an email from Brooks in which the Alabama congressman requested presidential pardons for himself, Gaetz, and lawmakers who objected to the Electoral College vote for Arizona and Pennsylvania.
However, McEntee’s testimony as reported by the Post is the first to indicate that Gaetz sought a pardon in connection with the Justice Department’s investigation into the sex trafficking allegations, though there has been speculation.
The New York Times reported in April 2021 that Gaetz had sought a blanket pardon from Trump in the last weeks of his presidency, noting this came as the congressman was being investigated by the DOJ for allegedly violating sex trafficking laws. Trump denied the allegations that Gaetz had directly asked for a blanket pardon.
“Congressman Matt Gaetz discussed pardons for many other people publicly and privately at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term,” a spokesperson for Gaetz said in a statement. “As for himself, President Trump addressed this malicious rumor more than a year ago stating, ‘Congressman Matt Gaetz has never asked me for a pardon.’ Rep. Gaetz continues to stand by President Trump’s statement.”
The Jan. 6 committee and Trump’s team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Published: Sep. 17, 2022 at 7:06 PM EDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Newton-Conover sends West Caldwell back home after defeating them with an impressive 64-6 final.
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Chris Wilder finds a positive but admits ‘it’s a bit tough at the moment’
Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder was pleased to banish the demons of Tuesday’s defeat to Cardiff but admitted his side were edgy in the 0-0 draw against Rotherham.
After conceding three goals in the first half of a 3-2 defeat to the Bluebirds, Boro kept out the Millers but were unable to break the deadlock themselves and head into the international break in the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone.
“I’m all right. It’s an arm wrestle at the moment,” said the Boro boss. “It’s not free-flowing, it’s a bit tough at the moment but we’ve just got to dig in.
“I thought the players’ attitude was good and I didn’t think it was a negative performance, I thought it was an edgy performance. It wasn’t free-flowing.
“We’ll look at it and maybe we will have created the clearer of the chances in the game but we didn’t take them, so we have to look at ourselves on that.”
Speaking about the loss to Cardiff, he continued: “After 40 minutes on Tuesday scratching your head at where you are going to get a clean sheet, we managed to do that – and that is a positive.
“The sun is not always shining and it is not always an easy game. You take that split second longer, you don’t play that first-time pass and have an extra touch, which slows the game down.
“We’ve watched them (Rotherham) and they are not in a false position. They are a hard-working side and possibly one of the last teams you’d want to play tonight.
“Playing a team without any character tonight might have been a bit easier for us but it was a tough evening. We knew it would be.”
With two weeks away from domestic action, Wilder vowed that his side can turn their fortunes around as he added: “We are 10 games (in to the season), we haven’t got the points total that we want but we just have to keep going and come through this little sticky period that we are at.”
Rotherham manager Paul Warne walked away from the Riverside the happier of the two managers after an uneventful game on Teesside.
He said: “I thought we limited them to very few full chances and it was a tiring match. I thought both sets of players looked exhausted by the end.
“First half there was a real pace to the game and the ball hardly went out of play but in the second half, as a spectacle and as a game, I thought it fizzled out. That’s what it felt like on the side of the pitch.
“In games like that, sometimes you are lucky and you can nick a set piece and take all three points. However, you can concede one and all of that effort is worth nothing, so overall I am the happier of the managers because they definitely created more good play in the final third than we did.”
Rotherham currently sit outside of the play-offs in eighth place, but Warne is not getting carried away, adding: “We’re still only as good as we’ve been and maybe a couple of times we’ve been fortunate.
“We’re still only four points off the bottom three. It doesn’t feel like we’re flying. It just feels like we’re doing really well at the moment and we are quite fortunate with injuries.”
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Final day of Queen´s lying in state with national minute´s silence held later
The final day of the Queen’s lying in state is set to take place, while a minute’s silence will be held later to mourn her death.
The late monarch’s coffin will remain in Westminster Hall for the public to view until 6.30am on Monday, ahead of the state funeral in Westminster Abbey, with Sunday likely to be the last chance to join the queue.
At 8pm, the country will observe a one-minute silence to remember the Queen, with people invited to mark the occasion privately at home, on their doorstep or street, or at community events and vigils.
A minute´s silence will also be held across the UK (James Manning/PA)
It will come shortly after the Queen Consort pays a televised tribute to the late monarch, recalling her “wonderful blue eyes” and saying: “I will always remember her smile.”
Camilla, in pre-recorded words on the BBC, will speak of how Queen Elizabeth II was a “solitary woman” in a male-dominated world.
She will add: “I can’t remember anyone except the Queen being there.”
There will also be a service of reflection near Falkirk, Scotland at 7.30pm.
It will see 96 lanterns, one for each year of the late monarch’s life, lowered into the pool of reflection at the foot of the Queen Elizabeth II Canal, before wreaths are placed into the water.
Meanwhile, Liz Truss is to have an audience with King Charles III before attending his reception for visiting heads of state at Buckingham Palace.
he King and Queen Consort will host world leaders and official overseas guests at the palace, in what the King’s spokesman described as an “official state event”.
The Prime Minister will also meet Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and Polish president Andrzej Duda in Downing Street.
Liz Truss will meet a few world leaders in Downing Street (Jacob King/PA)
It comes as world leaders travel to the UK ahead of Monday’s funeral service.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said the historic occasion will be shown on giant screens in various locations across the UK – from London’s Hyde Park to Coleraine Town Hall in Northern Ireland.
Around 125 cinemas will also be screening the event – along with Sky News, ITV and the BBC for people watching from home.
On Saturday evening, the Queen’s eight grandchildren together staged a heart-rending evening vigil around their beloved Granny’s coffin.
The Prince of Wales, at the head of the coffin, with his brother the Duke of Sussex at the foot, both in the Blues and Royals No 1 uniform, stood with their heads bowed in her honour in sombre silence in the vast Westminster Hall.
Future king William was flanked at the corners by his cousins Zara Tindall and Peter Philips.
William stood at the head of the coffin (Chris Jackson/PA)
Harry was between Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, with 18-year-old Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn – the Queen’s youngest grandchild who is just 14 – at the middle on either side of the coffin.
The grandchildren, invited by the King, had wanted to pay their respects as their parents had done the evening before.
William and the King also went on a walkabout in the afternoon to greet mourners in the queue for the lying in state, after Charles was given a tour of the Metropolitan Police Service Special Operations Room.
The King met with those in the queue (Aaron Chown/PA)
Hundreds of people in line at Lambeth, south London, cheered and applauded, with William and Charles shaking scores of hands and the prince discussing how long people had waited and whether they were able to keep warm.
At Westminster Abbey, final preparations are being put in place ready for the funeral on Monday.
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La Niña is back. How long and strong will it be and should we prepare for more flooding?
By Kate DoyleIt looks as though this La Niña could be weak and short-lived. But those with long memories will recall the last La Niña summer was also expected to be short … yet the flooding came regardless.
Key points:
- The current La Niña is looking relatively short and weak, likely to peak in late spring or early summer
- But it is not the only factor that could push us towards wet conditions in the coming months
- With catchments already so wet from the past few years of rain, flooding cannot be ruled out this summer
So how long and strong will this La Niña be and should we expect more flooding?
"At the moment, this La Niña isn't looking particularly strong and it's looking like it will peak probably fairly early in the summer or late in the spring," according to Andrew Watkins, head of long-range forecasting at the Bureau of Meteorology.
"Which is a little bit unusual, a little bit different to the La Niñas that we've been seeing in recent years."
La Niña and El Niño events usually start in winter end in autumn or thereabouts.
But Dr Watkins said a number of models from around the world were in fairly close agreement that we can expect to see a peak in the La Niña before the end of the year.
"Quite often we see a range of the different forecasts, but the consistency between the models makes us fairly confident that we'll see an earlier peak than in recent years with this event," he said.
Andrea Taschetto, associate professor at the University of NSW Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, has also been looking at the international climate model outlooks.
"In November, all of the seven model cross this threshold for La Niña," she said.
"In December, those models already start to show a retreat of these temperature anomalies and only four of the seven models indicate La Niña conditions."
By January, it would be down to three and by February the temperatures were basically within the neutral range, with the exception of just one model.
Not only is it is expected to be short, the La Niña is also expected to be relatively weak.
But before you go resting on your laurels, there is a bit more to it.
How accurate can we be?
The La Niña and El Niño declarations can make it seem as though they are black and white, but in reality they are messy natural processes that play out a bit differently every time.
"The forecasts aren't perfect. It's not that easy to forecast the progression of La Niña and El Niño events," according to climate scientist Andrew King from the University of Melbourne.
"We don't have a really complete understanding of the dynamics of them, which limits our ability to really forecast them very well," he said.
La Niña and El Niño result from a complicated interaction between the deep ocean, the ocean surface and the atmosphere.
The limited historical data available makes it even more difficult to decipher trends and how it all works.
"It's often said that we know less about the ocean than we do about the surface of planets," Dr King said.
Dr Taschetto points out that there are many factors that influence the onset and duration of El Niños and La Niñas.
There are some patterns, but even then there are quirks. For example, she said predicting when a La Niña will end was more difficult than for an El Niño.
"The reason for that is because the El Niño southern oscillation is an asymmetric phenomenon, meaning that El Niño and La Niña years are not exactly the mirror image of each other," she said.
"With El Niño, because there is a reversal or weakening of the cycle, when it gets closer to our monsoon season, what we see is a reversal of the winds and that can help to reverse the the anomalies.
"But as a La Niña is basically a strengthening of the normal conditions it's slightly harder to predict the termination."
Is there a difference within La Niñas?
Generally, stronger La Niñas bring wetter weather for eastern Australia.
According to Dr Taschetto, the relationship between La Niña and rain in eastern Australia is actually stronger than with El Niño.
"A large La Niña event is generally linked to a larger Australian rainfall response.
"While the strength of an El Niño event sometimes it's not as good an indicator to tell us how dry Australia will be."
But Dr King points out it is an indication, not a guarantee.
"Hopefully, if we have a mild La Niña, we don't have the super wet conditions but it's not a perfect correlation.
"There are other things going on in the climate that affect us in Australia," he said.
This spring, those other things are also pushing us towards rain.
Even if the La Niña is weak, both the currently negative phase Indian Ocean Dipole to the west and the positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode in the south, are ramping up the moisture.
When and if they decline as we get to summer there are still other drivers and weather events such as cyclones that could pump in the moisture.
Can we rule out flooding this summer?
In a word, no.
"We can't rule out flooding, especially as catchments are still pretty full and the soils are still pretty wet, especially below the surface," Dr King said.
"Even fairly typical summer rainfall patterns could result in some flooding.
"The forecasts indicate a probable mild La Niña but if they're slightly off and actually it turns into a stronger La Niña or it lasts longer, that does heighten the risk of more severe flooding. So we should be prepared for that possibility," he said.
Dr Taschetto agreed that the past two years of rain and floods have set up a precarious situation this year.
"We are in a very delicate condition even with a weaker La Niña," she said.
"It has set the scene for increased rainfall this spring, and we need to keep an eye on what the weather systems now are doing to determine where the risk of floods are higher."
Dr Watkins reiterated that even if things were to ease off in terms of rainfall, dangerous conditions could be .
"Remembering that in any northern wet season, which is traditionally the the higher risk weather season for Australia, you do have tropical lows, you do have tropical cyclones, you can get the monsoon coming further south at times," he said.
"So even in the normal summer, we're going to have wet periods, particularly in parts of northern and eastern Australia and if they coincide with areas that are already very wet in the flood risk is elevated."
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EKY church hosts monthly meal giveaway to help those in need
LESLIE COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - With historic flooding, inflation and the other struggles that might plague Eastern Kentuckians, one Eastern Kentucky church is dong what it can to give back to the people of its community.
It was following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that pastor Robert Amundsen with Thousandsticks United Methodist in Leslie County wanted to create a project to feed Eastern Kentuckians.
“The Lord had laid this on my heart a number of years ago to do something, because we see the need of food insecurity in our region,” said Amundsen.
With the help of another ministry outside of Knoxville, the church began its first drive-thru meal giveaway.
“We thought because of where we’re at, we could reach out to folks, even if it’s just one meal, once a month that maybe a family doesn’t have to worry about spending the money on,” said Amundsen.
In the four months the church has handed out meals, it has even adopted a few community partners along the way.
“We’ve partnered with the Leslie County Extension Office and the Leslie County health department, and they have provided stuff for us for families. We do a family bag and we put those materials in the bag and we hand them that along with the lunches,” said Amundsen.
The church is impacting people like Rittie Adams of Leslie County.
“I think it’s an awesome thing, what they’re doing for people, because one meal, that’s a big deal,” said Adams.
Amundsen said the church has no plans of stopping their giveaways any time soon.
“We’re not a large church, but we’re trying to do our little part to love our neighbors as we’re called to do,” added Amundsen.
To keep up with the church’s drive-thru meal giveaways or to see what kind of meal they will be handing out next, you can visit the church’s Facebook page.
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Alexandra Barry posted a hat trick to lead Immaculate Heart Academy, No. 9 in the NJ.com Top 20, in a 7-0 win over Fair Lawn, in Washington.
Eileen Wynne recorded two goals and an assist for IHA (3-1). Maddy Hayes, Lindsay Probst and Gracyn Pisa also scored for the Blue Eagles.
Noelle Haskell and Christina-Ann Augustin each made a save to earn the shutout.
Fair Lawn fell to 2-3.
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Morgan Reis’s second-quarter goal lifted Kent Place, No. 17 in the NJ.com Top 20, past Montclair Kimberley 1-0 in Summit.
Malia Cesareo made 10 saves for Montclair Kimberley (2-3) while her counterpart, Ella Levy, stopped two.
Kent Place (4-1) finished with 21 shots on goal while Montclair Kimberley had seven.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted on the battlefield and in the halls of global power as Ukrainian troops pushed their counteroffensive Saturday to advance farther into Ukraine’s partly recaptured northeast.
Western officials and analysts said Russian forces were apparently setting up a new defensive line in Ukraine’s northeast after the counteroffensive punched through the previous one, allowing Kyiv’s soldiers to recapture large swaths of land in the northeastern Kharkiv region that borders Russia.
Putin, at a high-level summit in Uzbekistan this week, vowed to press his attack on Ukraine despite the recent military setbacks but also faced concerns by India and China over the drawn-out conflict.
“I know that today’s era is not of war,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Russian leader in televised comments as they met Friday in Uzbekistan. “We discussed this with you on the phone several times, that democracy and dialogue touch the entire world.”
At the same summit a day earlier, Putin acknowledged China’s unspecified “questions and concerns” about the war in Ukraine while thanking President Xi Jinping for Beijing’s “balanced position” on the conflict.
The hurried retreat of Russian troops this month from parts of a northeast region they occupied early in the war, together with the rare public reservations expressed by key allies, underscored the challenges that Putin faces on all fronts. Both China and India have maintained strong ties with Russia and had sought to remain neutral on Ukraine.
Xi, in a statement, expressed support for Russia’s “core interests” but also wanted to work together to “inject stability” into world affairs. Modi said he wanted to discuss “how we can move forward on the path of peace,” adding that the biggest concerns facing the world are the problems of food security, fuel security and fertilizers.
“We must find some way out and you too must contribute to that,” Modi stressed in a rare public rebuke.
The comments cast a shadow over a summit that Putin had hoped would burnish his diplomatic status and show he was not so internationally isolated.
On the battlefield, Britain’s Defense Ministry said the new front line likely was between the Oskil River and Svatove, 150 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
After Russian troops retreated from the city of Izium, Ukrainian authorities discovered a mass grave site, one of the largest found so far.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there were more than 440 graves at the location containing the bodies of hundreds of civilian adults and children, as well as soldiers, and that some had been tortured, shot or killed by artillery shelling. He cited evidence of atrocities, such as a body with a rope around its neck and broken arms.
“Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory. That’s what the Nazis did. That’s what (the Russians) do,” Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly video address. “We will establish the identity of all those who tortured, who mocked, who brought this atrocity from Russia here to Ukrainian soil.”
Ukrainian forces, in the meantime, were crossing the Oskil River in the Kharkiv region and have placed artillery there, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said Saturday. The river, which flows south from Russia into Ukraine, had been a natural break in the newly emerged front lines since Ukraine launched its counteroffensive about a week ago.
“Russian forces are likely too weak to prevent further Ukrainian advances along the entire Oskil River,” the institute said.
Videos circulating online indicated that Ukrainian forces were continuing to retake land in the country’s embattled east, although their veracity could not be independently verified.
One showed a Ukrainian soldier walking past a damaged building and then pointing at a colleague hanging the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag over a mobile phone tower. The soldier identified the seized village as Dibrova, just northeast of the city of Sloviansk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
Another video showed two Ukrainian soldiers in what appeared to be a bell tower, with one saying they had retaken the village of Shchurove, also northeast of Sloviansk.
The Ukrainian military and Russia did not comment on the two villages.
Elsewhere, Russian forces continued pounding cities and villages with missile strikes and shelling.
A Russian missile attack early Saturday started a fire in Kharkiv’s industrial area, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Syniehubov said remnants suggested the Russians fired S-300 surface-to-air missiles at the city. The S-300 is designed for striking missiles or aircraft in the sky, not targets on the ground. Analysts say Russia’s use of the missiles suggest they may be running out of some precision munitions.
Shelling of the nearby city of Chuhuiv later in the day killed an 11-year-old girl, Syniehubov reported.
In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a large part of which is occupied by Russian forces, one person was wounded in shelling of the city of Orikhiv, the region’s Ukrainian governor, Oleksandr Starukh, reported on Telegram. He said Russian troops also shelled two villages in the region, destroying several civilian facilities.
Explosions were also reported in Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia. Russian-installed official Vladimir Rogov said on Telegram that at least five blasts were heard in the city of Melitopol. The city’s Ukrainian mayor, Ivan Fedorov, said they were in a village south of the city, where the Russian troops had relocated some military equipment.
Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region also came under Russian fire overnight, according to its governor, Valentyn Reznichenko. “The enemy attacked six times and launched more than 90 deadly projectiles on peaceful cities and villages,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s atomic energy operator, Energoatom, said a convoy of 25 trucks had brought diesel and other critical supplies to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — Europe’s largest — which was shut down a week ago amid fears that nearby fighting could result in a radiation disaster.
The trucks were allowed through Russian checkpoints Friday to deliver spare parts for repairs of damaged power lines, chemicals for the operation of the plant and additional fuel for backup diesel generators, Energoatom said.
The six-reactor plant was captured by Russian forces in March but is operated by Ukrainian engineers. Its last reactor was switched off Sunday after repeated power failures due to shelling put crucial safety systems at risk.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported Saturday that one of the nuclear plant’s four main external power lines had been repaired.
The Russian military accused Ukraine of renewed artillery shelling of the power plant. Ukrainian authorities did not immediately address the claim.
In Russia, one person was killed and two others wounded Saturday by shelling, according to Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Russian border region of Belgorod. Gladkov blamed Ukraine. The claim could not be verified.
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LONDON — U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in London to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II.
The president was expected to sign the official condolence book and attend a reception Sunday at Buckingham Palace hosted by King Charles III before attending the queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
Biden is among many world leaders traveling to the United Kingdom to honor Queen Elizabeth’s long reign. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were greeted at the airport by U.K. Ambassador Jane Hartley, Lord Lieutenant of Essex Jennifer Tolhurst and others.
After the queen’s death, Biden issued a proclamation directing that all American flags be flown at half staff “as a mark of respect for the memory of Queen Elizabeth II” until sunset on the day of her interment. Before coming to London, he spoke with the king to offer his condolences and went to the British Embassy as well.
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— The queen’s eight grandchildren stand vigil beside her coffin Saturday evening
— Queen’s death both a challenge and a reprieve for new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss
— US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in
— Crowds paying respects to queen boost London tourism amid slump
— Queen’s death triggers media bonanza that has been at work for decades
— In Yemen, queen’s death recalls oppression under British colonial rule
— Once home to a princess, Malta remembers a queen
— Find more AP coverage here: https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii
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LONDON — The daughters of Prince Andrew and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, say in a touching statement that they will miss their “Grannie,” the late Queen Elizabeth II, and thanked her for her support.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie wrote: “We, like many, thought you’d be here forever. And we all miss you terribly. You were our matriarch, our guide, our loving hand on our backs leading us through this world. You taught us so much and we will cherish those lessons and memories forever.”
The sisters, who issued their statement before standing vigil Saturday evening at the queen’s coffin with all of te queen’s eight grandchildren. They added they were happy that the queen, who died Sept. 8 at age 96, is reunited with her husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
They say: “Goodbye dear Grannie, it has been the honour of our lives to have been your granddaughters and we’re so very proud of you. We know that dear Uncle Charles, the king, will continue to lead in your example as he too has dedicated his life to service.”
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LONDON — All eight of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin early Saturday evening.
King Charles III’s sons, William and Prince Harry, were joined by Princess Anne’s children, Zara Tindall and Peter Philips; Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie; and the two children of Prince Edward – Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.
William, now the heir to the throne, stood, his head bowed, at the head of the coffin and Harry at the foot. Both princes, who are military veterans, were in uniform.
Mourners continued to file past in silence as the grandchildren stood vigil.
Harry, who served in Afghanistan as a British army officer, wore civilian clothes days ago during the procession of the queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace because he is no longer a working member of the royal family. But the king requested that both his sons wear their military uniforms at the Westminster Hall vigil.
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LONDON — U.S. President Joe Biden headed to the United Kingdom on Saturday to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new royal and a new prime minister are settling in.
The hawkish approach of new Prime Minister Liz Truss to Russia and China puts her on the same page as Biden. But the rise of Truss, 47, who once called the U.S.-U.K. relationship “special but not exclusive,” could mark a decidedly new chapter in the trans-Atlantic partnership.
Biden and Truss had been set to meet Sunday, but the prime minister’s office said Saturday they would skip the weekend hello, opting instead for a meeting at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.
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LONDON — The line for people with disabilities and mobility issues who want to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin lies in state has been closed.
The government announced Saturday afternoon that the queue “has reached full capacity and is now permanently closed.”
It says that all time slots have been allocated for those who are entitled to join the “accessible” queue which is for people who have a disability or condition that means they cannot line up for extended periods of time. It is separate to the main queue, which remains open with waiting times around 13 hours.
The queen, who died Sept. 8 at age 96 after 70 years on the throne, is lying in state at the Houses of Parliament until early Monday morning, hours before her funeral.
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has met her counterparts from Australia and New Zealand who have arrived in town ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on Monday.
Truss met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Premier Jacinda Ardern at the government’s Chevening country residence outside London on Saturday.
Ardern said the talks would focus on the queen’s death and King Charles III, as well as the war in Ukraine and the U.K.’s free trade agreement with New Zealand.
Truss’ meeting with Albanese will likely also touch on trade. The Australian leader signed a condolence book for the queen’s family with his partner, Jodie Haydon. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also signed the book.
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LONDON — While thousands of mourners line up along the River Thames to pay their last respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, others are already staking out prime viewing locations in the heart of London for the late monarch’s funeral on Monday.
Shirin Thorpe, 62, from Sevenoaks south of the English capital, arrived Thursday and was camped out Saturday near Westminster subway station. It’s near the historic hall where the queen is lying in state and Westminster Abbey, where her funeral will be held.
She says, “There’s going to be millions of people here and we didn’t want to miss the chance.”
Thorpe and her friends are well prepared for a few nights of camping amid cold temperatures: They’ve brought inflatable mattresses, sleeping bags, winter coats and battery packs to keep gadgets running. They have hung Union Jack flags from security barriers and added a photograph of Elizabeth.
While the sun was shining Saturday, Thorpe says she’s ready to brave worse weather should it come.
She says, “We’re tough women like the Queen.”
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LONDON — King Charles III is making an unannounced visit to greet people waiting to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles and his son, Prince William, shook hands and thanked mourners in the miles-long queue near Lambeth Bridge on Saturday.
Charles has made several impromptu walkabouts since he became king on Sept. 8, in an attempt to meet as many of his subjects as possible.
Thousands of people are lining up to see the queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall, despite waiting times of 16 hours or more.
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LONDON — King Charles III is spending much of the day meeting dignitaries who have arrived in London for his mother’s funeral on Monday.
On Saturday morning, he held an audience at Buckingham Palace with the country’s military chiefs, who have provided thousands of armed forces personnel to take part in the pageantry surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral as well as helping line crowd-packed roads and performing other ceremonial duties.
In the early afternoon, the king was holding a reception for Governors General of the Realms – the monarch’s representatives in the U.K.’s former colonies ranging from Antigua and Barbuda to Tuvalu.
And later in the day, Charles was meeting prime ministers including Justin Trudeau of Canada, Anthony Albanese of Australia, Philip Davis of the Bahamas, Andrew Holness of Jamaica and New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern.
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WINDSOR, England — Hundreds of troops from the British army, air force and navy have taken part in the first full rehearsal of the procession that will bring the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II to its final resting place.
With troops lining The Long Walk, a picturesque path leading to Windsor Castle, the thumping of drums echoed as marching bands walked ahead of a hearse early Saturday.
On Monday, they will do the same, only surrounded by thousands of people expected to travel to Windsor for a final farewell to the queen, who died last week at age 96.
Her funeral is to be held at Westminster Abbey on Monday before some 2,000 guests, including visiting heads of state. After the church service, the late queen’s coffin will be transported through the historic heart of London on a horse-drawn gun carriage.
It will then be taken by hearse to Windsor, where the queen will be interred alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
Some people who won’t be in Windsor on Monday decided to wake up early to watch Saturday’s rehearsal.
Local resident Katharine Horsfall said she set her alarm for 3:15 a.m. She said: “I think it will be an amazing tribute to the queen, a great send off, with all the pageantry that she so well deserves.”
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BEIJING — China announced Saturday that Vice President Wang Qishan would attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II as the special representative of President Xi Jinping.
A group of British legislators sanctioned by China have expressed concern that the Chinese government has been invited to the funeral. One told the BBC the invitation should be rescinded because of human rights abuses in the treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang.
Wang, who is close to Xi, was a member of the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful, seven-member Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2017. During those years, he led a crackdown on corruption that has been one of Xi’s signature initiatives as China’s leader.
Wang was named to the largely ceremonial post of vice president in 2018 and often attends events on Xi’s behalf.
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TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako left for Britain on Saturday to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to pay respects to her and the British royal family who considered as a model for Japan’s monarchy in modern history.
The decision for the emperor and empress to attend the queen’s funeral underscores the importance and the deep bond between the royal families. Traditionally, a Japanese emperor stays away from funerals except for those of their own parents because of a cultural belief based in the Shinto religion that considers death impure.
Former Emperor Akihito, as crown prince, attended the Queen’s 1953 coronation and her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Queen Elizabeth visited Japan in 1975.
Naruhito and Masako’s trip to Britain is their first as the Emperor and Empress. The Queen’s invitation for them to visit following Naruhito’s 2019 ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
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LONDON (AP) — All eight of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin Saturday, capping another huge day in which thousands came to pay their respects. Mourners huddled in a line that snaked across London, enduring the city’s coldest night in months and waits that stretched up to 16 hours.
Authorities warned that more chilly weather was expected Saturday night. “Tonight’s forecast is cold. Warm clothing is recommended,” the ministry in charge of the line tweeted.
As U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders and dignitaries flew into London ahead of the queen’s state funeral on Monday, a tide of people wanting to say goodbye streamed into Parliament’s Westminster Hall for another day Saturday. That’s where the queen’s coffin is lying in state, draped in her Royal Standard and capped with a diamond-studded crown.
The numbers of mourners have grown steadily since the public was first admitted on Wednesday, with a queue that snakes around Southwark Park and stretches for at least 5 miles (8 kilometers).
Honoring their patience, King Charles III and his eldest son Prince William made an unannounced visit Saturday to greet people waiting to file past Elizabeth’s coffin, shaking hands and thanking mourners in the queue near Lambeth Bridge.
Later, all the queen’s grandchildren stood by her coffin. William and Prince Harry, Charles’ sons, were joined by Princess Anne’s children, Zara Tindall and Peter Philips; Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie; and the two children of Prince Edward – Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.
William, now the heir to the throne, stood, his head bowed, at the head of the coffin and Harry at the foot. Both princes, who are military veterans, were in uniform. Mourners continued to file past in silence.
Harry, who served in Afghanistan as a British army officer, wore civilian clothes earlier in the week as the queen’s coffin left Buckingham Palace because he is no longer a working member of the royal family. He and his wife Meghan quit royal duties and moved to the United States in 2020. The king, however, requested that both William and Harry wear their military uniforms at the Westminster Hall vigil.
Before the vigil, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie issued a statement praising their “beloved grannie.”
“We, like many, thought you’d be here forever. And we all miss you terribly. You were our matriarch, our guide, our loving hand on our backs leading us through this world. You taught us so much and we will cherish those lessons and memories forever,” the sisters wrote.
People queuing to see the queen have been of all ages and come from all walks of life. Many bowed before the coffin or made a sign of the cross. Several veterans, their medals shining, offered sharp salutes. Some people wept. Others blew kisses. Many hugged one another as they stepped away, proud to have spent hours in line to offer a tribute, even if it lasted only a few moments.
Overnight, volunteers distributed blankets and cups of tea to people in line as temperatures fell to 6 degrees Celsius (43 degrees Fahrenheit). Despite the weather, mourners described the warmth of a shared experience.
“It was cold overnight, but we had wonderful companions, met new friends. The camaraderie was wonderful,” Chris Harman of London said. “It was worth it. I would do it again and again and again. I would walk to the end of the earth for my queen.”
People had many reasons for coming, from affection for the queen to a desire to be part of a historic moment. Simon Hopkins, who traveled from his home in central England, likened it to “a pilgrimage.”
“(It) is a bit strange, because that kind of goes against my grain,” he said. “I’ve been kind of drawn into it.”
Saturday’s vigil followed one on Friday in which the queen’s four children — Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward — stood vigil at the coffin.
Edward said the royal family was “overwhelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us and the sheer number of people who have gone out of their way to express their own love, admiration and respect (for) our dear mama.”
On Saturday, the new king was holding audiences with incoming prime ministers, governor generals of the realms and military leaders.
The Metropolitan Police arrested a man Friday night during the viewing for a suspected public order offense. Parliamentary authorities said someone got out of the queue and tried to approach the coffin.
Tracey Holland told Sky News that her 7-year-old niece Darcy Holland was pushed out of the way by a man who tried to “run up to the coffin, lift up the standard and try to do I don’t know what.” She said police detained the man in “two seconds.”
The lying-in-state continues until early Monday morning, when the queen’s coffin will be borne to nearby Westminster Abbey for a state funeral, the finale of 10 days of national mourning for Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Elizabeth, 96, died at her Balmoral Estate in Scotland on Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne.
After the service Monday at the abbey, the late queen’s coffin will be transported through the historic heart of London on a horse-drawn gun carriage. It will then be taken in a hearse to Windsor, where the queen will be interred alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
Late Saturday, the government revealed details of where the public can watch the day’s services and processions.
In addition to a number of viewing areas along the route, mourners will be able to watch on screens set up in Hyde Park, close to Buckingham Palace. There also will be screening sites at several towns and cities across the U.K and about 125 cinemas will open to screen the funeral.
Hundreds of troops from the British army, air force and navy held an early-morning rehearsal Saturday for the final procession. As troops lined the picturesque path leading to Windsor Castle, the thumping of drums echoed in the air as marching bands walked ahead of a hearse.
London police say the funeral will be the largest single policing event the force has ever handled, surpassing even the 2012 Summer Olympics and the Platinum Jubilee in June celebrating the queen’s 70-year reign.
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It was a remarkable phenomenon – a large tumbling burn, which appeared miraculously from solid rock as if spirited into existence by natural wizardry.
This was a natural spring near the Inchnadamph Bone Caves in Assynt in Sutherland where a subterranean stream emerges from the ground, bubbling up through a deep bed of gravel that is a feature of the limestone geology of the area.
It was a spontaneous creation that made the mind spin in wonderment at the forces which had forged the ground beneath me.
I ambled up the path by the nearby small river towards the bone caves, continually scanning the ridge tops for eagles, but the grey skies remained tantalisingly empty.
On climbing up to the caves, a female common darter dragonfly whizzed past in determined fashion.
Prehistoric past
The caves were an open door to our prehistoric past where brown bear and reindeer bones were unearthed by geologists in the late 1880s.
More recent digs have revealed the remains of other animals that once roamed Scotland, including Arctic fox, lemming, lynx, wolf and wild horse.
The fragment of a polar bear’s skull was even discovered in one cave, which is estimated to be over 20,000 years old.
Some of the bones may have been washed into the caves by melting glaciers, but the caves were also used as a shelter by animals, and later, by people.
Liverworts and small ferns clung tenaciously to the cave wall entrances, themselves primitive plants, which thrive in dark, damp environments.
Liverworts are often overlooked, but they are fascinating small flowerless plants with leaf-like lobes, which appear like a lobed liver, hence the name.
Liverworts produce spores to reproduce instead of flowers and seeds and they provide important microhabitats for tiny creatures.
Firemore Beach
The north-west Highlands continually enthral and inspire, and no more so than a few days previously when I visited Firemore Beach near Poolewe.
After a morning of heavy skies, the clouds lifted, and the sandy beach glowed under the sunshine.
A late fledged young ringed plover, only just able to fly, ran along the shore edge on pattering feet, and soon found company with a pair of sanderlings, which themselves had only recently arrived from their breeding grounds in Greenland.
Sanderlings are diminutive pearly-plumaged waders that are always on the move as they search the wave-lapped shore for invertebrates.
Out at sea bobbed a small group of black-throated divers, still adorned in their summer breeding plumage, and a lesser black-backed gull tumbled high above in the blue sky.
My eyes, however, were drawn to the upper shore, where a drift of pastel-flowered sea rocket swayed in the briny breeze.
I ran my fingers along the one of the plant’s succulent, waxy leaves, which are designed to conserve the meagre water drawn by the roots from the beach sand.
Like the natural spring at Inchnadamph, this sea rocket, too, was a miracle of nature – an evolutionary masterpiece perfectly adapted to flourish in the most challenging of environments.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Some of the most loyal of Disney enthusiasts say one specific thing is keeping them from visiting Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando more often — they even say it’s causing “the Happiest Place on Earth” to completely lose its magic.
It’s the cost.
A family vacation to Walt Disney World Resort is more expensive than ever and fans are noticing, according to a new poll. The gambling website time2play recently released a study based on data from 1,927 “self-described Disney World enthusiasts” about the rising costs to visit the park.
According to the study, 92.6% of those surveyed believed the cost of a Disney World vacation is out of reach for an average family. Additionally, 68.3% of people said increases made it feel like the theme park has lost all its magic.
As of Tuesday, the cost for a standard one-park day ticket on Friday, Sept. 16 is $134, though prices of tickets vary by date. Standard Walt Disney World tickets range between $139 and $154 through October, according to Disney World’s website.
Almost 50% of respondents said they postponed a Disney World trip in recent years due to price increases.
According to a study by “Koala“, a company based in Brooklyn that connects vacationers with timeshare owners online, a single-day ticket Walt Disney World could cost $253.20 in just nine years.
When Walt Disney World Resort opened in 1971, a ticket cost only $3.50. Adjusting for inflation, that would be $22.61 today. According to Koala calculations, there has been an average price increase of 7.4% each year since the park opened.
Meanwhile, the cost for standard one-park day tickets at Disneyland, Disney’s California park, cost about $149 for Sept. 16. Standard Disneyland tickets range between $135 and $165 through the month of October, per Disneyland’s website.
Disney enthusiasts polled by time2play also said by a large majority (66.9%) that they felt they wouldn’t get a true Disney World experience if they didn’t pay for upgrades like the Genie+ service, which offers “Lighting Lanes” — which lets users wait in shorter lines for rides. Genie+ service is an extra $15 per person each day (though prices may vary), in addition to admission cost. Genie service doesn’t come complete with all Lightning Lanes, however. Guests must purchase even more lanes within the Genie app for full lane skipping.
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A reception at Buckingham Palace and an event hosted by the UK’s new Foreign Secretary are among the events Ireland’s president and premier will attend around the Queen’s state funeral.
The historic funeral will be one of the rare occasions where both the Irish president and Taoiseach are out of the country at the same time.
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina, along with Taoiseach Micheal Martin and his wife Mary, will be among the hundreds of foreign dignitaries attending the funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday morning.
With most countries invited to send their head of state or head of government, along with their spouses, it is believed that Ireland’s four-strong delegation is unusual.
Mr Martin will also be one of several world leaders that will meet Liz Truss ahead of the state funeral.
He is due to arrive in London on Sunday morning for a meeting with the new Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, where he is expected to convey his condolences on the death of the monarch.
Political issues are also likely to be discussed, although Downing Street has suggested any meetings between political leaders will be more of a chat than a bilateral session.
Afterwards, Mr Martin and Mr Higgins will pay their respects at the Queen’s coffin which is lying in state at Westminster Hall, and will also sign a book of condolence at Lancaster House.
The King will host a reception for visiting heads of state at Buckingham Palace on Sunday evening, which the Martins and Higginses are expected to attend.
Following the funeral, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will host a reception for foreign dignitaries at Church House, next to the abbey.
The Taoiseach will fly out of London on Monday afternoon on the Government jet, ahead of his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York.
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World’s top medical journal finally says Covid-19 COULD have come from lab leak
The world’s leading medical journal has conceded that the Covid pandemic could have been sparked by a laboratory leak and admits that the virus may have been engineered by scientists.
It might seem a statement of the obvious in calling on global bodies to intensify efforts to determine if Covid-19 came from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan or crossed over from animals infected with a bat virus.
But this is a remarkable turnaround for the 199-year-old Lancet, which printed an infamous article condemning suggestions of a lab leak as ‘conspiracy theories’.
However, the journal – which says the world should take ‘seriously’ both main hypotheses – has also suggested the virus could be linked to laboratories in the US, provoking fears it is still promoting China’s cause rather than good science.
The world’s leading medical journal has conceded that the Covid pandemic could have been sparked by a laboratory leak and admits that the virus may have been engineered by scientists
Certainly the landmark report of the Lancet commission into Covid-19 raises many issues, including the alleged stifling of scientific debate, the role of experts and the disturbing fear the West may be kowtowing to China’s dictatorship.
This inquiry – which concludes that the World Health Organisation and many world leaders reacted too slowly – was intended to be the authoritative probe into the pandemic. It points out there are two ‘pathways of emergence’ for the strange coronavirus that appeared in late 2019: through a ‘natural spillover event’ from nature, or from ‘research-related activities’.
It is known some diseases, such as the 2003 Sars epidemic, were traced to ‘zoonotic’ transmission (from animals to humans), although no proven animal host has been found for Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid -19.
We also know that China covered up early cases, silenced doctors, resisted outside inquiries, hid key data and was carrying out high-risk experiments in maximum bio-security laboratories that specialised in research into bat coronaviruses in Wuhan.
Yet this inquiry by The Lancet – now attacked by the strangely aggressive zoonotic lobby that dismisses any suggestion of a lab leak – has been dogged by controversy.
Soon after the virus emerged, the journal published one of the most notorious scientific statements in recent history: a note by 27 experts attacking ‘conspiracy theories suggesting that Covid-19 does not have a natural origin’.
This influential letter played a critical role in silencing scientific, political and media discussion of any idea that the pandemic might have begun with a lab incident.
This ended after The Mail on Sunday revealed in April 2020 that the US-funded research at her lab in Wuhan focused on bats caught 1,000 miles away in Yunnan province
However, it later emerged that it was drafted by British scientist Peter Daszak, a long-term collaborator with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was researching bat coronaviruses – despite known safety issues at the lab.
Daszak is the £357,000-a-year president of EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based group that funnelled funding from the United States to his friend Shi Zhengli, the Wuhan virologist known as ‘Bat Woman’ for her work collecting samples from bats.
This ended after The Mail on Sunday revealed in April 2020 that the US-funded research at her lab in Wuhan focused on bats caught 1,000 miles away in Yunnan province.
Daszak and allies responded furiously while continuing to denounce the lab-leak hypothesis as a conspiracy theory – although data shows the Wuhan scientists, working with EcoHealth Alliance, found close relatives to the pandemic virus in Yunnan bats.
Dr Richard Horton, the Lancet’s editor-in-chief, who has twice been honoured by Beijing, tweeted in June 2020: ‘Peter Daszak rejects conspiracy theories about the origins of Covid-19: and he knows more than most… about coronaviruses.’
Despite conflicts of interest, Daszak was invited to join the WHO’s origins inquiry in China and to head a Lancet commission investigation alongside five of his fellow signatories, before being dumped after an outcry following my revelations.
Last October, The Lancet finally published an ‘alternative view’ in which 16 scientists castigated Daszak for ‘imparting a silencing effect’ on scientific debate.
Jeffrey Sachs, the commission’s chairman and celebrity economist, caused a stir at a conference this year by saying he was ‘pretty convinced’ Covid ‘came out of US lab biotechnology, not out of nature’ – a stance misquoted and promoted by Chinese officials.
It is known some diseases, such as the 2003 Sars epidemic, were traced to ‘zoonotic’ transmission (from animals to humans), although no proven animal host has been found for Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid -19
His commission’s report fuels this fire. It states that ‘independent researchers have not yet investigated the US laboratories engaged in the laboratory manipulation of Sars-CoV-like viruses’ – before adding ‘nor have they investigated the details of the laboratory research that had been under way in Wuhan’.
It might sound bonkers to point the finger of blame for a possible lab leak in China at the US. Yet there are justified concerns that Western funding bodies and scientists are tied to the risky research.
And as one respected scientist told me, perhaps the Chinese government is looking for a path to admit to a lab accident while sharing blame with the US.
We know scientists in Wuhan were involved in collaborative projects funded by Washington and co-ordinated through EcoHealth Alliance, engaging in ‘gain of function’ experiments that can potentially boost the infectivity of coronaviruses and were first conducted by Western scientists’.
Grant proposals have even been found that included proposals to insert a furin cleavage site into bat coronaviruses. This feature, which allows Sars-Cov-2 to enter more efficiently into human cells, is not found in similar coronaviruses.
And we have seen via Freedom of Information requests, leaks, books and investigative articles how some Western scientists privately feared the virus might have been engineered and the research part-funded by the US – but dismissed such ideas as they apparently led efforts to shut down debate.
Key to these concerns are the two most influential scientists in America – presidential adviser Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Francis Collins, then head of the major US funding body – along with Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust in Britain, which has funded at least one study involving the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Farrar, along with two Wellcome colleagues, was among the signatories to that Lancet statement in February 2020, as well as co-ordinating another influential paper that appeared in Nature Medicine, stating the authors ‘do not believe any type of laboratory-based scenarios is plausible’.
Despite conflicts of interest, Daszak was invited to join the WHO’s origins inquiry in China and to head a Lancet commission investigation alongside five of his fellow signatories, before being dumped after an outcry following my revelations
This statement emerged following a confidential teleconference hosted by Farrar at the request of Fauci, which was joined by Collins and Sir Patrick Vallance, Britain’s chief scientific adviser. This newspaper obtained 32 emails about their discussions under Freedom of Information laws – but officials blacked out almost every word.
It took more than a year to winkle out that Farrar and each of the five authors of the Nature Medicine statement had expressed private fears over either the virus’s engineering or a secret store of novel coronaviruses held in Wuhan.
It has been depressing to see how scientists – aided by journals with ties to China, weak politicians and patsy media – have apparently closed ranks, allowed documents to be redacted, obstructed investigations, withheld information and smeared those seeking the truth on our age’s most significant health issue.
So this Lancet report deserves some credit for setting out the stark facts on the origins of Sars-CoV-2 – and for saying both natural and research-related spillovers remain plausible causes of the pandemic based on our current knowledge.
Yet how strange that this simple statement is still controversial, such is the issue’s toxicity thanks to the deceptive actions of China and its shameful allies in the West.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman finally got his first victory. It wasn’t easy.
Drew Pyne passed for two touchdowns and 150 yards in his first career start and Notre Dame overcame numerous mistakes to hold on to beat California 24-17 Saturday.
Freeman was asked what was going through his mind when two potentially game-clinching turnovers were overturned, one on a targeting penalty and another when Cal quarterback Jack Plummer was ruled down before he fumbled.
“It was a conversation between me and God, and a conversation between me and myself to focus on what matters,” Freeman said.
The way the Irish have played this season has a lot of Irish fans praying and talking to themselves.
The Irish (1-2) outscored Cal (2-1) 10-0 in the fourth quarter to avoid becoming just the third Notre Dame squad to start a season 0-3. The Irish, who started the season ranked No. 5, had blown leads three times, made sure there was no second-half letdown this time.
“Found a way to finish,” Freeman said. “I'm proud of those guys. You know what, it is hard to win football games. It's hard. You've seen it in the first three games. It's hard.”
It wasn’t over until the last play as officials overturned two plays that appeared to be game-clinching turnovers for the Irish, giving the Bears a last-second shot. On fourth-and-13 from the Notre Dame 35, Cal’s Jack Plummer threw the ball into the end zone. The ball bounced off several players and Bears receiver Jeremiah Hunter nearly pulled it in, but the ball landed on the grass.
It was a familiar feeling for the Bears, who had five losses by seven points or less last season.
“It’s gut-wrenching. We had chances to win. Too many errors. One or two more plays,” Cal coach Justin Wilcox said.
Notre Dame tailback Chris Tyree said it was hard to watch.
“They almost gave me a heart attack out there, man,” he said. “It's really exciting football to watch, especially when it goes down to the wire like that. That's going to be a moment we'll never forget.”
Defensive lineman Jacob Lacey, who finished with five tackles and two sacks, said the Irish defense was focused on finishing in the fourth quarter.
“It’s everything we work for. It’s one of our keys to victory, finishing in the fourth quarter. We talk about it every week. We fell short a couple of times, but now we’re on the right track.”
The Irish opened a 24-17 lead with 9:16 remaining on a 6-yard pass from Pyne to Michael Mayer, just Mayer’s second catch of the day. The touchdown was set up when Pyne threw a short pass to tailback Audric Esitime, and he sprinted for a 36-yard gain before tripping at the 6-yard line.
The Bears drove to the Notre Dame 22 midway through the fourth quarter but couldn’t get any closer. Plummer threw three straight incompletions, then was sacked by Isaiah Foskey for a 10-yard loss with 6:30 left.
Cal got the ball again on their own 7-yard line, but on third-and-10 Jack Plummer was sacked for a 5-yard loss. It looked as though Notre Dame had put the game away when cornerback Clarence Lewis picked off a pass from Plummer, but the Bears got one more chance when J.D. Bertrand was called for targeting.
Pyne, playing because Tyler Buchner sustained a season-ending shoulder injury last week, was 17-of-23 passing. In addition to the scoring pass to Mayer, Pyne threw a 21-yard TD pass to Tyree. Tyree, who had only 12 touches through the first two games, rushed for 64 yards on 17 carries and had five catches for 44 yards. Estime added a 1-yard run and 76 yards rushing on 18 carries
Plummer was 16 of 37 for 184 yards passing, including an 18-yard TD pass to J. Michael Sturdivant. Jaydn Ott was held to 33 yards on 13 carries.
Pyne struggled some early on. His first pass to Tyree was short, and he overthrew several receivers and had receivers drop some passes. A snap struck Pyne in the facemask, but he recovered and handed off to Estime for a 7-yard gain. On another play, he was signaling for a back to move when the ball was snapped.
Freeman said he'd take a moment to savor the win.
“If you don't take a minute to enjoy these things, you're going to regret it," he said. “That's what I keep reminding myself is enjoy the victory.”
GOING FOR THE WIN
Plummer said the Bears would have gone for two-points and the win if the last pass had been caught.
"If we scored there we were going for two, trying to get out of there,” he said.
UNFRIENDLY STADIUM
Irish fans booed Notre Dame twice late in the second quarter when the mistakes were piling up. A loud cheer of “California!” could be heard, marking the second straight week the visitors got a loud chant going.
THE TAKEAWAY
Cal: Plummer, a transfer from Purdue who lost his starter’s job with the Boilermakers last season following a 27-13 loss to Notre Dame, showed the Bears he can make big plays, but not quite enough for the upset.
Notre Dame: The Irish need to cutdown on mistakes if they're going to be competitive. Receiver Braden Lenzy had a false start on third-and-1, leading to Pyne being sacked on the next play. Right tackle Blake Fisher also was called for a false start on third-and-3. Late in the second quarter, when the Irish drove into Cal territory, linemen Jarrett Patterson and Zeke Correll were called for false starts on back-to-back plays to stall out the drive.
NEXT UP
Cal: The Bears open the Pac-12 season on Saturday at home against Arizona.
Notre Dame: The Irish play at North Carolina on Saturday.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Texas Tech linebacker Bryce Ramirez was carted off in the first quarter Saturday night at No. 16 North Carolina State with an apparent serious leg injury.
Ramirez was injured when teammates tackled Wolfpack running back Jordan Houston, with the pile rolling over Ramirez's left leg that was planted in the turf. The leg bent below the knee and was twisted abnormally as he laid on the grass, with team training staffers using a towel to cover the lower left leg as they began treating him.
The game was stopped for roughly 10 minutes before he was lifted onto the cart. Ramirez was alert and multiple N.C. State players came by to offer a fist tap or well-wishes before he left with 4:02 on the clock.
Team spokesman Matthew Dowdy said Ramirez had been taken to a hospital for treatment.
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EUGENE, ore. (AP) —
Bo Nix threw for two touchdowns and ran for three more to lead No. 25 Oregon to a 41-20 victory over No. 12 BYU on Saturday.
The victory extended Oregon’s winning streak at Autzen Stadium to 21 games, the third-longest in the nation.
Nix, a transfer from Auburn, completed 13 of 18 passes for 222 yards and ran for 35 yards on nine carries. Terrance Ferguson caught both of Nix’s touchdown passes and finished with 24 yards receiving.
Jaren Hall threw for 305 yards and two scores for BYU (2-1), which was coming off a big win at home over then-No. 9 Baylor that moved the Cougars up nine spots in the AP Top 25. They struggled on the ground against the Ducks, mustering just 61 rushing yards.
The Ducks (2-1) rebounded from a season-opening loss to Georgia with a 70-14 win at home over Eastern Washington last weekend.
Nix ran two yards for a touchdown to give the Ducks an early lead. Camden Lewis added a 28-yard field goal to give Oregon a 10-0 lead after the opening quarter.
Isaac Rex hauled down a pass from Jaren Hall for a 28-yard BYU touchdown early in the second. Oregon answered on the next drive when Nix found Troy Franklin with a 50-yard pass to get close, then ran on another 2-yard keeper to make it 17-7.
Nix fired a 15-yard TD pass to Ferguson in the end zone to give Oregon a 24-7 lead heading into halftime.
Nix added a 6-yard keeper early in the second half and he hit Ferguson with a 9-yard scoring pass to make it 38-7. Ferguson has four TD catches this season.
Ty Thompson replaced Nix late in the third quarter.
BYU closed to within 38-14 on Hall’s 18-yard scoring pass to Kody Epps. It was Epps’ first touchdown as a Cougar.
BYU intercepted Thompson on the Oregon 30 and then were helped by a pass interference call, leading to Hall’s 2-yard scoring pass to Chris Brooks. A 2-point conversion attempt failed.
Nix returned on Oregon’s next series and the drive was capped by Lewis’ 25-yard field goal to make it 41-20.
Saturday’s game was the first between two ranked teams at Autzen Stadium since 2018.
THE TAKEAWAY
BYU: The Cougars were shorthanded because of key injuries. Starting receivers Puka Nacua and Gunner Romney remained out. Nacua was a game-time decision because of a sore right ankle. The Cougars were also without starting defensive linemen Tyler Batty and Earl Tuioti-Mariner. … Jake Oldroyd missed a 38-yard field goal in the opening half, his third straight miss. … BYU was 5-0 against the Pac-12 last season.
Oregon: BYU honored Oregon tight end Spencer Webb, who died in an offseason accident, by running out of the tunnel with an Oregon flag with Webb’s No. 18…. Oregon now leads the series with BYU 4-3. The previous meeting between the two was in 2006 at the Las Vegas Bowl, a 38-8 victory for the Cougars.
THE LAST TIME
Saturday was the first game at Autzen Stadium between the two teams since a memorable meeting in 1990. The unranked Ducks upset No. 4 BYU 32-16 in a meeting that featured two big-name quarterbacks: Oregon’s Bill Musgrave threw three touchdowns and ran for another. BYU’s Ty Detmer was sacked five times. It was one of just three losses for the Cougars that season.
UP NEXT
BYU: The Cougars host Wyoming next Saturday.
Oregon: The Ducks visit Washington State next Saturday.
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EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Bronson Yoder ran for 134 yards and three touchdowns to lead William & Mary to a 34-7 victory over Lafayette on Saturday.
Yoder carried the ball 17 times and scored in the first, third and fourth quarters. His longest, an 11-yard TD run, gave William & Mary (3-0) a 14-7 lead with about two minutes remaining in the first.
Darius Wilson opened the scoring with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Caylin Newton for the Tribe. Wilson was 16-of-23 passing for 194 yards. Martin Lucas added a career-best 91 yards rushing on 13 carries.
Ryan Schuster threw for 151 yards and had a 1-yard touchdown run for Lafayette (1-2).
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Auburn was handed its worst home loss since the infamous 2012 season in what was supposed to be the program’s biggest nonconference game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in six year.
Auburn fell to Penn State, 41-12, on Saturday afternoon. The Nittany Lions swept the home-and-home series, which started with a 28-20 win last season in State College, Penn.
It was the first loss of the season for Auburn, but it was an ugly one. The Tigers committed four turnovers, failed to score a touchdown in four red-zone trips and were overwhelmed by the Nittany Lions on their home turf. Auburn has now lost each of its last five games against Power 5 opponents.
Here’s a quick recap of everything Bryan Harsin said about Auburn’s loss to Penn State:
BRYAN HARSIN
-- Penn State “was prepared to come in here and play the game they did.” Played hard and physical.
-- Harsin shouts out Auburn’s crowd for the atmosphere.
-- “Disappointed” in performance and the result.
-- Red-zone issues, turnovers were costly, in the end.
-- He told the team in the locker room that “football is a matter of fact.” Says the coaching staff didn’t have Auburn prepared well enough to win this week.
-- The key, Harsin says, is how the team handles this disappointment.
-- “We still have a long season ahead of us, and there’s a lot of football to play.”
-- He’s disappointed for his players, says they worked hard this week and are hurt right now.
-- Vows to have the team “ready to go” when Auburn hosts Missouri to open SEC play next weekend.
-- Auburn’s “spirits were in the right place” in the locker room after the game. It comes down to execution, Harsin reiterates.
-- Says “it takes discipline” as well as toughness and conviction to erase problems.
-- On T.J. Finley’s shoulder: He got banged up a little bit in the game.... “I don’t think that impacted too much of the decision to go with Robby at that point.”
-- Touchdown pass from Robby Ashford to Jarquez Hunter was good, but too little and too late, Harsin says.
-- Auburn “didn’t get into a consistent enough groove” to get momentum back in the second half.
-- On if there was consideration to put Zach Calzada in at QB, Harsin says they “talked about it.” As for the position moving forward, Harsin says “we’ll see.”
-- On Finley’s turnovers: “On the year, we’re minus-8.... That’s not a sustainable formula.”
-- “We know we have a better football team than what we showed tonight.”
-- On cycling quarterbacks: “In games like this and moments like this, you go back and reevaluate too.... If the plan doesn’t work, you reevaluate the plan.” Says that doesn’t just apply to quarterback position.
-- On Tank Bigsby’s involvement: “I think the obvious is that we got behind and had to throw the football... We want to get Tank the ball, we want to get Jarquez the ball, we want to run the ball.”
-- On handling talk about job security after this loss: “I’m always coaching for this football team and these plays... I can’t control that (talk). I can control what I’ve always done.”
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Hunter Dekkers threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns Saturday as Iowa State rolled past Ohio 43-10 and improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2012.
Dekkers completed 28 of 36 passes and ran for a touchdown. The first-year starter now has thrown for eight touchdowns and 748 total yards.
Xavier Hutchinson had nine catches for 93 yards and a touchdown, giving him five touchdowns in three games, equaling his total from all of last season.
It was all part of an Iowa State offensive performance that netted 463 yards.
Ohio (1-2) never mounted much of a threat, committing four turnovers and finishing with just 233 yards.
Iowa State scored touchdowns on two of its first three drives, then converted two Ohio turnovers into 10 more points to build a 24-0 lead.
By early in the second quarter the Cyclones already had gained 179 total yards while holding the Bobcats to just 27.
Eight different Cyclones caught passes while Jirehl Brock and Deon Silas combined for 134 yards on the ground.
Iowa State is now 8-0 all-time against Ohio and 27-5 against schools from the MAC.
TAKEAWAY
The Iowa State defense was stellar against nonconference opponents. After allowing a total of 17 points in two previous games - and an average of 235 yards - the Cyclones permitted only a field goal in the first half Saturday. Ohio netted just 116 yards before halftime.
LESS THAN PERFECT
Despite Iowa State's domination on Saturday, there were a few Cyclone glitches. A couple of snapping gaffes, unforced penalties and a blocked point-after kick prevented Iowa State from adding to a 30-3 halftime lead. It was no big deal against Ohio, but a much tougher date with Baylor looms this weekend.
UP NEXT
Iowa State hosts No. 17 Baylor on Saturday at 11 a.m. Ohio hosts Fordham at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Andrea Lee and Lilia Vu both reached No. 1 in the women's world amateur ranking when they were in college. Now they have a shot at their first LPGA Tour victory.
Vu had four birdies on the back nine and had a 3-under 69 on Saturday and Lee finished strong with a 67 to share the lead with Ayaka Furue (67) of Japan going in the final round of the AmazingCre Portland Classic.
Lee starred at Stanford and said the Columbia Edgewater course reminds her of the Cardinal's home course with its tree-lined fairways. Vu was an All-American at UCLA who earned her LPGA Tour card back for this year through the Epson Tour.
Furue, who won the Ladies Scottish Open this year, joined them at 13-under 203.
None of them could find much separation with so many players in the mix, and when the day ended, 10 players were within three shots of the lead.
“I'm just going to go out there and have a good time and let the golf do what it will do,” Vu said.
Former Women's British Open champion Hinako Shibuno had a 66 and was one shot behind along with Paula Reto of South Africa, who had a 67, former Women's PGA champion Hannah Green (68) and Daniela Darquea of Ecuador, who had a most exciting round of 68.
Darquea holed out for eagle from the fairway on the ninth hole to get back in the game and then finished with a 25-foot birdie putt.
Esther Henseleit of Germany had a 71 and was two shots behind along with Ryann O'Toole (67), while the group three shots behind included Carlota Ciganda of Spain and Maja Stark of Sweden, who played at Oklahoma State.
Stark is playing her first tournament as an LPGA Tour member. She won four times on the Ladies European Tour this year, the last one coming in the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland that was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and counted as a win.
Stark was one shot behind when she three-putted from about 12 feet on the par-3 16th hole and made what she referred to as a “quick double bogey.” Even so, she's very much in the mix, just like so many others.
“There's so many girls around the lead, so I guess it’s going to be like around 20 people still playing for the win,” Henseleit said. “Just try to go out and shoot something low and see if it’s your day tomorrow.”
Also three shots behind was Caroline Inglis, a member at Columbia Edgewater who had plenty of support throughout the entire day.
“It's so nice. Like I’ll make like a tap-in for bogey or something and they’re like clapping. It’s like, ‘Simmer down.’ But no, it’s nice to have so many familiar faces and have a good crowd cheering me. You don’t get that very often, so it’s pretty special.”
Brooke Henderson of Canada was four shots behind. Nelly Korda had a 69 and was six shots behind. Korda needs to win to have a chance to return to No. 1 in the world.
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Nottingham Forest are 'addressing' issues that normally get resolved in pre-season, reveals Steve Cooper... he is under no illusions of the challenge ahead with the next two weeks crucial to their hopes of survival
- Nottingham Forest have struggled in their opening seven games of the season
- Steve Cooper must address imbalance and lack of defensive solidity in his team
- Forest are currently addressing issues that usually get resolved in pre-season
Nottingham Forest don’t play again until October 3 but the next fortnight will be pivotal if they are to survive in the Premier League.
Manager Steve Cooper must use the international break to figure out how to instil some coherence and resilience into what is essentially a completely new Forest team.
It came after a fourth consecutive defeat - 3-2 to Fulham on Friday night - left them stuck in the bottom three.
Steve Cooper has said that they are addressing issues that usually get resolved in pre-season
Cooper was backed with 22 new signings and a spend of £150million over the summer but the fact players were still coming in on deadline day made life difficult.
‘There are parts of our game where we look like a new team and that’s the sort of stuff you address in pre-season. We’re addressing it right in the middle of the Premier League,’ Cooper said.
‘We have challenged ourselves - how do we become a team? Whether it’s our tactical ideas, our togetherness, our spirit, pushing each other, that comes when you have real trust with each other and trust is built over time.
Nottingham Forest's lack of ability to hold onto a lead is hurting their hopes of survival already
‘We have lost four games on the bounce now and that’s no good, all while going through that process of becoming a team. We just have to stay with it in terms of points.’
One major problem is that Forest’s heads drop after they concede, making them vulnerable to further blows.
Bournemouth exploited that by fighting back from two goals down to win at the City Ground earlier this month and Fulham left the place stunned with three strikes in just six minutes.
Willy Boly came in for Joe Worrall against Fulham on Friday but Forest's defensive issues remain
Cooper initially kept faith with his promotion-winning back three of Joe Worrall, Steve Cook and Scott McKenna - who are familiar with each other’s game - but they proved fragile.
New signing Willy Boly came in for Worrall on Friday night, but the problem remains.
‘That moment of conceding goals, when you need to regroup and stay together, that comes with an experienced team with connections on the pitch,’ Cooper said.
Cooper has a difficult job on his hands turning the ship around ahead of the winter World Cup
‘That is something we don’t have, obviously, because of the nature of how the squad has been put together and the timing of it.
‘Whether it’s concentration, a bit of anxiety, trying to get back into the game too quick. If you do that at any level you can be punished, but particularly at this one.’
Forest have an East Midlands derby with Leicester next and it’s already looking like a huge moment in both clubs’ seasons.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The largest gun show in the state was back in Syracuse this weekend, but not before some initial confusion as to whether or not it would be allowed.
New gun laws blocked people from carrying guns into certain public spaces labeled as sensitive areas but the governor’s office said the Center of Progress building where the show was held, did not fall under that category.
One of the show’s directors Marc Loveland said once they figured that out everything went smoothly.
“In prepping for this show,” he said, “One of the things that we were concerned about was the building we were in being a sensitive area.”
“The biggest hurdle that we had was making sure we interpreted the laws correctly,” he added, “So we could then give information to our vendors on what they might be able to bring and what they cant bring.”
Vendors like Greg Archambeau, who has been coming to the show for quite some time.
“It’s great,” he said, “I’ve seen these guys for over 30 years so it’s great it’s like a brotherhood and we have a great time.”
There is a reason he continues to come back, year, after year.
“We have over 1,000 tables,” Loveland said, “We have vendors who come from all over the place to come here, so with that and how the show is run by our president it really makes it the top top show in the state.”
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Puerto Rico girds for possible hurricane as TS Fiona nears
Havana — Tropical Storm Fiona headed for Puerto Rico on Saturday, with forecasters warning it likely would grow into a hurricane before hitting on Sunday with extremely heavy rains with the potential to cause landslides, severe flooding and power outages.
The storm already lashed several eastern Caribbean islands, with one death reported in the French territory of Guadeloupe. Regional prefect Alexandre Rochatte said the body was found on a roadside after a home washed away in the capital of Basse-Terre. More than 20 other people were rescued amid heavy wind and rain that left 13,000 customers without power, with the storm tearing up roads, downing trees and destroying at least one bridge.
Fiona was centered 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of St. Croix on Saturday evening with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). It was moving west at 8 mph (13 kph) on a path forecast to pass near or over Puerto Rico on Sunday night. Fiona was expected to become a hurricane before reaching Puerto Rico's southern coast.
“We are already starting to feel its effects,” Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said at a news conference in which the lights briefly went out as he spoke, prompting groans and laughs across the island. “We should not underestimate this storm.”
Officials said the heavy rains anticipated would be dangerous because the island's soil is already saturated.
“We’re not saying that the winds aren’t dangerous, but we are preparing for a historic event in terms of rain,” said Ernesto Morales, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in San Juan.
Many Puerto Ricans worried about serious power outages since the reconstruction of the island's power grid razed by Hurricane Maria in 2017 only recently began. The grid remains fragile and power outages occur daily.
Luma, the company that operates the transmission and distribution of power on the island, said it flew in an extra 100 lineworkers ahead of the storm but warned of “significant" outages over the weekend.
Fiona was forecast to swipe past the Dominican Republic on Monday as a potential hurricane and then Haiti and the Turks and Caicos Islands with the threat of extreme rain.
Forecaster posted a hurricane watch for the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engaño westward to Cabo Caucedo and for the northern coast from Cabo Engaño westward to Puerto Plata.
In Puerto Rico, authorities opened shelters and closed public beaches, casinos, theaters and museums as they urged people to remain indoors. Officials also transferred hundreds of endangered Puerto Rican parrots to their shelter.
“It’s time to activate your emergency plan and contact and help your relatives, especially elderly adults who live alone,” said Dr. Gloria Amador, who runs a nonprofit health organization in central Puerto Rico.
The governor said an elderly man died shortly after arriving at a shelter in the tiny island of Culebra that lies just east of Puerto Rico. He said that the man was living in squalid conditions and that the mayor had been trying to relocate him, calling it “quite an unfortunate incident.”
Pierluisi said $550 million in emergency funds were available to deal with the storm's aftermath along with enough food to feed 200,000 people for 20 days three times a day.
At least one cruise ship visit and several flights to the island were canceled, while authorities in the eastern Caribbean islands canceled school and prohibited people from practicing aquatic sports as Fiona battered the region.
On Guadeloupe, authorities said they recorded wind gusts of up to 74 mph (120 kph). They also said 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain fell in three hours in the Gros Morne area.
Fiona, which is the Atlantic hurricane season’s sixth named storm, was predicted to bring 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) of rain in eastern and southern Puerto Rico, with as much as 20 inches (51 centimeters) in isolated spots. Rains of 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) were forecast for the Dominican Republic, with up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) in places. Life-threatening surf also was possible from Fiona’s winds, forecasters said.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lester in the eastern Pacific dissipated Saturday afternoon after making landfall to the south of Acapulco on Mexico's southwestern coast.
The hurricane center said Lester's remnants could still drop from 8 to 12 inches (20 to 31 centimeters) of rain on the coasts of upper Guerrero state and Michoacan state, with isolated areas getting 16 inches (41 centimeters).
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Madeline formed deeper in the Pacific, but forecasters predicted it would not pose any threat to land as it moved farther out to sea.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Brendan Farrell kicked a 26-yard field goal with no time remaining and Virginia rallied in a frenetic final minute and beat Old Dominion 16-14 on Saturday.
The Cavaliers (2-1), who saw Old Dominion go ahead 14-13 with 1:01 to play, drove 56 yards before Brennan Armstrong took a knee on the next-to-last play to set up the kick. Farrell, who kicked two other field goals but missed a 36-yard try earlier in the fourth quarter, split the uprights, throwing his arms in the air as his teammates ran onto the field and mobbed him in celebration.
Old Dominion (1-2) had gone ahead on Hayden Wolff's 18-yard pass to Zack Kuntz, quieting a small crowd at Scott Stadium. Wolff had several big completions in the 80-yard drive, including a 22-yarder to Kuntz on fourth-and-8 from his own 22. Virginia helped, too, with Anthony Johnson Jr. getting called for pass interference on a fourth-and-15 play from the Cavaliers' 33.
Monarchs defensive back Tobias Harris returned the favor on Virginia's winning drive, getting called for pass interference when Armstrong threw for Dontayvion Wicks in the back left corner of the end zone.
The Cavaliers outgained Old Dominion 513-324, but twice fumbled the ball away inside the Monarchs' 5 yard-line, and another time to set up ODU's first points.
Mike Hollins ran for a touchdown for Virginia, but coughed the ball up at the 4 later in the first half. Armstrong lost the other two, once at the ODU 5 when he was hit from behind by Ryan Henry.
Armstrong finished 20 of 37 for 284 yards.
Wolf was 23 of 37 for 235 yards. His other touchdown came on a 29-yard pass to Ali Jennings with 19 second left in the first half.
THE TAKEAWAY
Old Dominion: The Monarchs were bidding to take out their second Power Five opponent of the season, having beaten Virginia Tech in their opener.
Virginia: Tight end Grant Misch, who had seven career receptions in 37 games prior to Saturday, caught four passes for 33 yards.
UP NEXT
The Monarchs return home to face Arkansas State next Saturday.
The Cavaliers go on the road to play at Syracuse on Friday night.
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Eliza Campbell had spent her entire life as a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She was born in Utah, a state in which the majority of residents belong to the church, and attended Brigham Young University, a private institution owned and operated by the church.
"It's part of your whole professional network, your whole emotional community," she said. "Basically, it touches every facet of your life."
Then, two years ago, after nearly three decades, Campbell left the church.
She is one of a growing number of Americans who were raised Christian but are disaffiliating from the religion.
America's Christian majority is facing steep declines
Christianity remains the majority religion in the United States, as it has been since the country's founding, but it's on the decline.
A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that America's Christian majority has been shrinking for years, and if recent trends continue, Christians could make up less than half the U.S. population within a few decades.
The study found that Christians accounted for about 90% of the population 50 years ago, but as of 2020 that figure had slumped to about 64%.
"If recent trends in switching [changing one's religious affiliation] hold, we projected that Christians could make up between 35% and 46% of the U.S. population in 2070," said Stephanie Kramer, the senior researcher who led the study.
The study modeled four scenarios for how religious affiliation could change, and in every case it found a sharp drop in Christianity.
"Some scholars say that it's just an inevitable consequence of development for societies to secularize. Once there are strong secular institutions, once people's basic needs are met, there's less need for religion," Kramer said.
"Other people point out that affiliation really started to drop in the '90s. And it may not be a coincidence that this coincides with the rise of the religious right and more associations between Christianity and conservative political ideology."
For Campbell, conflict between the teachings of her faith and her own personal identity and values were at the core of her decision to leave.
"For me, especially, when I started to come out as queer, it became impossible for me to reconcile this church that was basically admitting that they wanted kids like me dead or suicidal," she said. "I decided I had to choose myself and choose my well-being."
"Religiously unaffiliated" could become the majority
Alongside Christian numbers in the U.S. trending down, the Pew study also found that the percentage of people who identify as "religiously unaffiliated" is rising and could one day become a majority.
"That's where the majority of the movement is going," Kramer said. "We don't see a lot of people leaving Christianity for a non-Christian religion."
Importantly, Kramer said, "religiously unaffiliated" is not synonymous with atheist, as the term also includes those who identify as "agnostic," "spiritual" or "nothing in particular."
In the four scenarios that Pew modeled, Americans who were religiously unaffiliated were projected to approach or overtake Christians in number by 2070. At the same time, the percentage of those following other religions was expected to double.
"I don't think it's surprising. I think it's a product of modern comforts. I think when life is good, when it's better, you know, religion is just not as important."
Tauha was not raised Christian. He spent most of his life as a devout Muslim but decided four years ago to leave his religion, and he now identifies as atheist.
Like Campbell, Tauha's process of turning away from his faith was not just a matter of changing his beliefs; it involved disconnecting with the religious community he had been involved with for his entire life.
"The process of leaving the faith, for me, was kind of torturous," he said. "[But] I look back on my experience and leaving the faith as something generally productive and positive. In fact, I'd say it remains the formative experience in my life [and] gave me a new sense of direction. So I look back on it fondly."
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Officials: Bicyclist critically injured in NE Philadelphia hit-and-run dies from injuries
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - A bicyclist is dead after he was struck by a vehicle and thrown from his bike in Northeast Philadelphia in August.
Officials say two people were riding their bikes August 22nd, near Bustleton and Cottman Avenues, around 1 a.m. when a vehicle reportedly hit one of the bikes, splitting it in half and throwing the bicyclist several feet.
The vehicle fled the scene, heading north on Bustleton Avenue.
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The victim, identified as 42-year-old Jimmy Dougherty, suffered severe injuries from the crash and was rushed by medics to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where he was placed in extremely critical condition.
He succumbed to his injuries and died early Saturday morning, September 17.
The vehicle was located the day of the accident on the 2400 block of Faunce Street. There is no information regarding who was driving the vehicle.
Philadelphia Police Accident Investigation Division is actively investigating the accident. Anyone with information regarding the crash is urged to contact police at 215-686-TIPS.
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Henry Silva, known for many tough-guy roles, dies at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Silva, a prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films, has died at age 95.
Silva’s son Scott Silva told Variety that his father died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Silva was a New York City native who dropped out of school as a teenager, in the 1940s. He was accepted the following decade into the Actors Studio, where fellow students included Shelley Winters and Ben Gazzara. He went on to have a long and busy career in film and television, with hundreds of credits before retiring from acting in 2001.
He had a breakthrough role on stage and screen in the 1950s as a drug dealer in “A Hatful of Rain” and supporting parts in two of Frank Sinatra’s best known movies, both from the early 1960s: “Ocean’s Eleven,” the Las Vegas heist film that was a showcase for Sinatra, Dean Martin and other “Rat Pack” members; and “The Manchurian Candidate,” the Cold War thriller about brainwashing and the attempted assassination of a presidential nominee that starred Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh. (In his last film appearance, Silva was cast in the “Ocean’s Eleven” remake from 2000 that starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt).
“Our hearts are broken at the loss of our dear friend Henry Silva, one of the nicest, kindest and most talented men I’ve had the pleasure of calling my friend,” Dean Martin’s daughter, Deana Martin, tweeted. “He was the last surviving star of the original Oceans 11 Movie.”
Silva was also seen on such television series as “Wagon Train” and “The F.B.I.,” and in such films as Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy,” Jerry Lewis’ “Cinderfella” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” in which he played a mobster in the 1999 release directed by one of his admirers, Jim Jarmusch.
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The story has been corrected to show the plot of “The Manchurican candidate” involved the attempted assassination of a presidential nominee, not the assassination of a president.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Wondering why the new quarterback for Texas A&M looks familiar in more ways than one? That’s because Max Johnson is a transfer from Southeastern Conference divisional rival LSU and the son of a former Super Bowl-winning quarterback.
After the 2021 season and a coaching change at LSU, Johnson announced he was entering the transfer portal and eventually decided on joining the Aggies on Dec. 17. He joined an A&M QB room that also included Haynes King, who missed most of the 2021 season after breaking his leg in the second game against Colorado, and Connor Weigman, a five-star freshman recruit from Cypress.
Johnson is expected to get his first start as an Aggie against Miami at Kyle Field in College Station on Saturday night, according to multiple reports.
Max Johnson stats
Johnson is a junior quarterback who transferred from LSU after starting all 12 games for the Tigers in 2021 for his sophomore year. He finished the season passing for 2,825 yards with 27 TD passes. That includes going 22 of 33 for 319 yards with a game-winning touchdown pass against the Aggies at Kyle Field.
As a sophomore at LSU, Johnson appeared in six games and started two. He threw for 1,069 yards, eight touchdowns, and one interception. He also added 119 rushing yards and two TDs. He was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for the win over No. 6 Florida in Gainsville in his first career start.
Johnson was recruited to LSU as one of the nation’s top prep QBs. He was a four-star pro-style quarterback out of Watkinsville, Georgia. He led Oconee County High School to the Georgia 4A title game.
Who is Max Johnson’s brother?
Johnson joined his brother Jake Johnson, a four-star recruit and tight end who signed with the Aggies as part of their record-breaking and top-ranked 2022 recruiting class. The Johnson brothers played for Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, Georgia.
Who is Max Johnson's dad?
Football and sports are definitely in the genes in the Johnson family. Their dad, Brad Johnson, spent some time in the Lone Star State as a backup QB to Tony Romo for the Dallas Cowboys from 2007 to 2008.
Before spending time with the Cowboys, Brad Johnson made a name for himself as a starting QB for the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas rival Washington. However, his most notable accomplishment came when he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their first-ever Super Bowl win in 2002.
Brad Johnson played college ball at Florida State before heading to the NFL for a 17-year career.
Max Johnson’s mom, Nikki, was also a standout college athlete who played volleyball for South Florida. There she set a school record for kills (1,726), digs (1,462), and hitting percentage (.303) during her career, according to her son’s bio.
Max Johnson’s uncle is former Georgia head coach Mark Richt. He now serves as an analyst for the ACC Network and ESPN.
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Amber Heard accused of blackmailing director James Wan
Amber Heard is hit with yet another accusation in the aftermath of the much-publicised defamation trial against Johnny Depp, as she is accused of blackmailing Hollywood men to nab parts, including 'Aquaman' director James Wan.
According to a source close to producers, the rumours about Heard had been swirling even 'before the divorce drama started, it's just a different tune now'.
The source went on to detail, "Anybody who is anybody in Hollywood has heard of Amber's wild orgies and sadly, that means Depp knew too. He knew and it was slowly killing him. He didn't want to confront Heard. He just ran away and went on benders to try and kill his emotions and thoughts with drugs and alcohol."
As 'most big studios began distancing themselves from Amber Heard after the messy divorce simply because they didn't want to upset Johnny Depp by hiring her', the source wondered how Heard managed to secure her role in 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' following her loss in the defamation case, reported 'aceshowbiz.com'.
"A lot of us were actually pretty shocked when we found out that Amber Heard had been cast as Mera in the 'Aquaman' movies - not because of the Johnny Depp situation but because she's not a great actor. I would hesitate to even call her b-list," the source further told Australian gossip site 'Pop Topic'.
"Also, being one of the leads in the film and only banking approximately two million dollars for the part, that just doesn't seem right," the source added, hence the allegations that she has blackmailed Wan.
The source further shared, "A lot of us are starting to wonder whether she slept with James Wan and that's how she secured this role, especially after seeing them in an intimate setting with him and Elon Musk. We know what kind of wild things the two of them got up to. The studio has wanted her gone since before the trial. She's a terrible actor. They tried to execute a clause in a contract which would have gotten her fired, but James Wan fought to keep her in."
"So, the executives decided to just limit her role in the entire film by cutting her screen time to just 10 minutes," the source stated, who claimed that 'again, James Wan fought to restore her scenes. Something about his artistic direction and what-not'.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Garrett Shrader connected with Oronde Gadsden II on a 25-yard touchdown with seven seconds left to lift Syracuse to a 32-29 win over Purdue on Saturday.
“They threw a corner route, completed it in the corner against man-to-man coverage. It was in the end zone and they scored on it,” Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said. “They did a good job of executing.”
That touchdown capped a wild fourth quarter of dramatic lead changes. Syracuse led 10-9 after three quarters and outscored the Boilermakers 22-20 in the final period. The Orange improved to 3-0, its best start since 2018. Purdue fell to 1-2.
“This is a spiritual-type game here,” said Syracuse coach Dino Babers, who compared the end of the game to a rollercoaster ride. “To win a game like that, to have the scoreboard go back and forth from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, through the highs and lows. … there were turns, there were deep valleys and then there were big climbs.”ADVERTISEMENT
Aidan O’Connell’s 12-yard touchdown pass to tight end Payne Durham with 51 seconds left in the game gave the Boilermakers a 29-25 advantage and seemed to seal it for Purdue.
O’Connell, who completed 38 of 54 passes for 415 yards and three touchdowns in the game, threw for two fourth quarter scores to rescue the Boilermakers from a 10-point deficit.
But before those O’Connell heroics, Syracuse scored two touchdowns within nine seconds and led 25-15 midway through the fourth quarter.
A scrambling 46-yard touchdown pass from Shrader to Gadsden on a fourth-and-one play gave Syracuse an 18-15 advantage after Shrader ran for a 2-point conversion. That touchdown happened with 8:17 left in the game.
On Purdue’s next possession, SU’s Jatius Geer wrapped up O’Connell as the Purdue QB attempted a pass. The ball wobbled into the hands of Orange defensive end Caleb Okechukwu, who trotted 17 yards into the end zone.
“Just trying to get back there,” said Okechukwu, who believed Geer would sack O’Connell. “He threw the ball and I just caught it and scored.”
Syracuse led 25-15 at that point, but O’Connell hooked up with favorite receiver Charlie Jones for a 55-yard touchdown that moved the Boilermakers within 25-22 with 6:41 left. A missed 41-yard field goal by Mitchell Fineran with 2:54 left could have tied it.
The teams had met only once before, when in 2004 Purdue beat the Orange 51-0 at Ross-Ade Stadium.
THE TAKEAWAY
Purdue: The Boilermakers were without running back King Doerue, who is nursing a calf injury. Doerue rushed for 68 yards on 18 attempts with three touchdowns in Purdue’s first two games. Without him, the Boilermakers struggled to get much going on the ground, but typically got plenty in the air from O’Connell. The Purdue quarterback had lots of time in the first half and threw for 175 yards on 21 of 27 attempts. Syracuse applied more pressure on him in the second half, but O’Connell still managed to successfully throw deep. Jones, a transfer from Iowa, caught 11 passes for 188 yards, both career highs.
Syracuse: Shrader had been one of the nation’s most accurate passers through his first two games this season (38-48, .792), but Purdue put sustained pressure early on him, forcing Shrader to scramble and mostly abandon an air attack. He completed 4 of 10 passes for just 35 yards in the first half. He was much more effective in the second half, completing 9 of 19 passes for 146 yards and three touchdowns. Purdue locked up SU running back Sean Tucker, who rushed 18 times for 42 yards after starting the season with a pair of 100-yard games.
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Purdue hosts Florida Atlantic on Saturday night.
Syracuse continues a four-game homestand when ACC foe Virginia visits on Friday night.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until November 1, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
If you purchased securities of Kohl's and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-kss/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by November 1, 2022.
Kohl's and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 19, 2022, the Company disclosed disappointing 1Q2022 fiscal results including net sales growth and earnings per share below analyst expectations, as well as a cut to its full year earnings forecast, due to "macro headwinds related to lapping last year's stimulus and an inflationary consumer environment." Then, on May 20, 2022, Macellum Advisors GP, LLC, "a long-term holder of nearly 5% of the outstanding common shares of Kohl's," issued a statement addressing "[t]his quarter's extremely disappointing results," which it attributed to a "flawed strategic plan and an inability to execute," and that "the current Board appears to have withheld material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to this year's pivotal annual meeting," which "suggests to us a clear breach of fiduciary duty."
On this news, shares of Kohl's declined $5.84 per share, or 12.97%, to close at $39.20 per share on May 20, 2022.
The case is Shanaphy v. Kohl's Corporation, et al., No. 22-cv-01016.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until November 7, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Sema4 Holdings Corp. (NasdaqGS: SMFR, SMFRW), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 14, 2022 and August 15, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
If you purchased securities of Sema4 and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-smfr/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by November 7, 2022.
Sema4 and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On August 15, 2022, post-market, the Company disclosed that its President and Chief R&D Officer was stepping down from those roles, that it was eliminating approximately 13% of its workforce as part of a series of restructuring and corporate realignments, and that it had "reversed $30.1 million of revenue this quarter related to prior periods," in connection with negotiations with "one of [Sema4's] larger commercial payors regarding the potential recoupment of payments for Sema4 carrier screening services rendered from 2018 to early 2022."
On this news, shares of Sema4 fell $0.80, or 33.3%, to close at $1.60 per share on August 16, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
The case is Helo v. Sema4 Holdings Corp., et al., Case No. 22-cv-01131.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida Chick-fil-A employee is being praised for his heroic actions when, authorities said, he stopped a man from carjacking a woman and a baby.
The employee, Mykel Gordon, was working at a location in the Fort Walton Beach area Wednesday afternoon when the woman started screaming for help, Chick-fil-A and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in statements.
The woman told deputies that she was getting her nephew out of his car seat when the suspect, William Branch, approached her, an incident report stated.
The woman said the man was carrying a stick and “wielding it in a way she believed he would use it as a weapon,” according to the report.
The woman said she stepped back away from the man and he lunged at her, grabbed her keys from her waistband and got inside her car, according to the report.
“When the victim began screaming for help an employee at Chick-fil-A ran to intervene,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook.
Branch punched the man in the face but did not seriously injure him. Cellphone video taken by a witness shows Gordon and the man wrestling on the ground before other people run over. Gordon then holds the man down.
Branch, 43, of DeFuniak Springs, was charged with carjacking with a weapon and battery. It’s not clear whether he has obtained an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
Authorities said Gordon told deputies that Branch had been involved in another incident at the restaurant on Wednesday. A second incident report alleged that about 10 minutes before the attempted carjacking, Branch reached into another woman’s vehicle, unlocked the driver’s door and got into the car.
He then sat on top of the woman, “placing all of his bodyweight” on her, and told her to get out, according to the report. After the woman screamed for help, Gordon intervened and chased off Branch, the report said.
The Fort Walton Beach Chick-fil-A called Gordon a “hero” for helping. “At Chick-fil-A our mission is to ‘Serve’ and today Mykel took it further……to ‘Save,’” the restaurant wrote on Facebook.
Gordon’s actions Wednesday weren’t the first time he has lent a helping hand to a customer. In 2018, he helped two teenage girls after a truck failed to negotiate a turn and fell onto the girls’ car, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.
“God resonates there. It’s a miracle in many ways how this happened. But just to have people like this that step forward and make something happen, I know not everybody is gonna do something like that,” the father of one of the girls told the newspaper.
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Dietary choices and their consequences may certainly influence cognitive function. A new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, along with outside collaborators expands on previously published work (focused on Puerto Rican individuals in the U.S.) by including additional races and ethnicities. The team found that certain plasma metabolites-;substances created when the body breaks down food-; were associated with global cognitive function scores across the diverse set of races and ethnicities. Their results are published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.
Our study has huge strengths in expanding the sample size and in adding demographics compared to what previous research has done. It also illustrates that studies that begin by focusing on minorities can give rise to insights that may be beneficial to other populations. We hope our findings will help people in making specific nutritional choices and in improving their cognitive health."
Tamar Sofer, PhD, and director of the Biostatistics Core Program in Sleep Medicine Epidemiology and a member of the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at the Brigham
Nowadays, researchers can discover biomarkers associated with health changes and diseases by utilizing approaches like metabolomic profiling, which can survey thousands of metabolites within blood samples. An initial study in Boston looking at older adults of Puerto Rican descent found a series of metabolites that were associated with measured cognitive functions. Building off that work, Brigham researchers tested metabolite-cognitive function associations in 2,222 U.S. Hispanic/Latinx adults from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), and in 1,365 Europeans and 478 African Americans from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study. They then applied Mendelian Randomization (MR) analyses to determine causal associations between the metabolites and cognitive function, as well as between a Mediterranean diet and cognitive function.
The team discovered that six metabolites were consistently associated with a lower global cognitive function across all of the studies. Four of them were sugars or derivatives of sugars. Another metabolite, beta-cryptoxanthin, was associated with a higher global cognitive function in the HCHS/SOL and is also strongly correlated with fruit consumption.
"It is possible that these metabolites are biomarkers of a more direct relationship between diet and cognitive function," said lead author Einat Granot‐Hershkovitz, PhD, who worked on this study as a postdoctoral fellow in Sofer's lab at the Brigham.
Diet itself can be an important source of many metabolites, including some with positive or negative associations with cognitive function. In this study, the Mediterranean diet score was associated with higher levels of beta-cryptoxanthin, which was positively associate with cognitive function. The Mediterranean diet was also negatively associated with the levels of other metabolites, which were associated with lower cognitive function. Previous research has also shown that adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with cognitive benefits.
While the study did have limitations like its cross-sectional, observational design which limited conclusions about the potential influence of modifying metabolite levels on cognitive function (causal inference), the researchers attempted to use MR analyses to account for unmeasured confounding and establish some level of causal inference. Their results showed weak causal effects between specific metabolites and global cognitive function. The researchers recommend that future studies assess metabolite associations with cognitive function and work to evaluate whether observed associations indeed indicate that changes in diet – manifesting in changing metabolite levels – can improve cognitive health.
"While the causal effect seen in our study may be weak, repeated research has shown that the Mediterranean diet is associated with better health outcomes, including cognitive health," said Sofer. "Our study further supports the importance of a healthy diet towards safeguarding cognitive function, consistent across races and ethnicities."
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NEW YORK (AP) — When word came that Queen Elizabeth II was close to her death, media organizations around the world sprang to life, dispatching reporters to a royal castle in Scotland and breaking out coverage plans decades in the making.
At age 96, the queen’s passing was hardly a surprise. Still, the British royal succession is a media event on steroids that will culminate in Monday’s live coverage of funeral services from Westminster Abbey.
“It’s something I’ve always sort of dreaded and anticipated and worried about,” said Deb Thompson, assistant London bureau chief for CBS News in the United States, recalling nights spent obsessing over the details.
So far, it’s all gone smoothly and she pronounces herself awed by the spectacle.
Woe to those who didn’t plan ahead, however.
The director of U.K.’s Foreign Press Association said the organization has been inundated with requests for accreditation from television and radio broadcasters all over the world. The association tries to help them navigate government and royal protocols.
“You’d have thought the royal weddings reached the maximum level of interest, but no,” said director Deborah Bonetti. “It’s a tsunami of people who have no idea what to do in order to broadcast these proceedings from London.”
Even accredited journalists are fighting for positions, “so if you’re just flying in … you’re unlikely to get one,” she said.
Within Britain, the well-rehearsed coverage of remembrances and ceremonial events has been deferential to a fault, said Steven Barnett, communications professor at the University of Westminster. Critical reflection on the queen’s life or the monarchy’s role in modern society — of which there has been coverage around the world — has almost entirely been banished to social media, he said.
In a circling of the wagons, The New York Times was criticized in Britain for an article that talked about the “hefty” price tag of a royal funeral being paid for by state funds at a time many Britons are hurting financially.
“There are no depths to which the @nytimes won’t stoop to in its anti-British propaganda,” journalist Andrew Neil, a former editor at the Sunday Times in London said on Twitter.
In the United States, the coverage has mostly focused on the passing of an era, and the solemn services, said Marlene Koenig, who manages the Royal Musings blog from her Virginia home.
“It has been respectful,” she said. “I won’t use the term reverential. We have to remember the British monarch is very much a part of our history and heritage.”
Mourners who sought to pay their last respects to the queen as her coffin was lying in state this week were met with a crowd of reporters, microphones and video cameras as they waited to enter Westminster Hall and again as they left.
Why did they come? What did the moment mean to them? How did it feel to see the coffin? Reporters asked to check the wristbands of people in line to get a sense of how many were waiting.
On Thursday, the media’s desire to show as much as it could of mourners passing by the monarch’s coffin conflicted with the control-conscious palace’s desire for dignity and decorum.
The palace issued a list of rules for video coverage that included, for example, no depiction of the royal family “showing visible signs of distress” or “any inappropriate conduct” by members of the public or otherwise.
When one of the ceremonial guards beside the queen’s coffin fainted, the BBC cut off its live feed, and the use of video that showed what happened was restricted, even though still pictures showed up on newspaper websites.
Many news organizations had long-term agreements on where their journalists would be placed for the signature events. NBC News, for example, is using the same location it used to cover King Charles III’s wedding to Diana and Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton.
“The Brits do pomp and circumstance like no others,” said Tom Mazzarelli, executive producer of NBC’s “Today” show in the U.S.
American broadcasters have been all-in on queen coverage, too. Television networks are sending their biggest news stars to anchor Monday’s funeral coverage: Robin Roberts and David Muir of ABC News; Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt and Hoda Kotb of NBC; Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell of CBS.
Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997 was watched by a huge audience: 33 million in the United States alone on a Saturday morning.
Even without royalty, funerals of major figures symbolize an era’s end and are often big television draws. Former President Ronald Reagan’s prime-time burial in 2004 had 35 million viewers, the Nielsen company said.
The queen’s death received major coverage elsewhere in the world, often dictated or complicated by Britain’s relationships with the countries where it was shown.
In Hong Kong, a former British colony turned over to China in 1997, most local news outlets ran reports on the British ceremonies. But some television channels have been careful reporting on the city’s own tributes to the queen.
The Now TV network edited a Facebook post and news report that showed Hong Kong residents leaving flowers at the British consulate to remove an interview with one resident who said a long line of people waiting to pay respects to the queen “shows what people want.”
Local media reported the pro-Beijing head of news at Now TV ordered the changes. The network did not give an explanation.
Heavy coverage of the queen’s death in India, once Britain’s largest colony, quickly faded. For older residents, the British royal family represents a painful part of history, but to most Indians they’re just another celebrity family.
In Syria, where President Bashar Assad considers Britain part of a coalition funding insurgents in the country’s 11-year conflict, state TV gave little attention to the news.
Co-hosts of the major morning TV shows in Australia, a constitutional monarchy where the queen was sovereign, traveled to London to cover the events. Regular guests of the programs were required to dress in dark clothing.
Widespread coverage in Japan often drew parallels to the increasingly controversial state funeral plans later this month for the assassinated former leader Shinzo Abe.
British ceremonial events are “catnip for television networks,” said Mark Lukasiewicz, a veteran American network executive now dean of Hofstra University’s School of Communication.
But after more than a week, they have their limits, said Barnett, the British professor.
“It’s gotten to the point where a lot of people are thinking, ‘we’ve kind of had enough now,’” he said.
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Sylvia Hui, Samya Kullab and Jill Lawless from London; Bassem Mroue from Beirut, Lebanon; Mari Yamaguchi from Tokyo, Japan; Zen Soo from Hong Kong; Krutika Pathi from New Delhi, India; and Rod McGuirk from Canberra, Australia contributed to this report.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful storm traveling north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground.
The force of the water moved some homes off their foundations, and one house in Nome was floating down a river until it got caught at a bridge.
The storm is what remains of Typhoon Merbok, a storm that is also influencing weather patterns as far away as California, where strong winds and a rare late-summer rainstorm were expected.
In Alaska, there have been no reports of injuries or deaths from the storm, said Jeremy Zidek, spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Officials had warned communities that some places could see the worst flooding in 50 years and water could take up to 14 hours to recede.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Saturday issued a disaster declaration for impacted communities.
Among the hardest hit was Golovin, where most of the village’s 170 or so residents either took shelter at the school or in three buildings on a hillside. Winds in the area were gusting over 60 mph (95 kph) and the water level was 11 feet (3.35 meters) above the normal high tide line and was expected to rise another 2 feet (61 centimeters) Saturday before cresting.
“Most of the lower part of the community is all flooded with structures and buildings inundated,” said Ed Plumb, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks.
Clarabelle Lewis, the facility manager for the tribal government, the Chinik Eskimo Community, was among those who sought refuge on the hill overlooking Golovin. She and others were riding out the storm in the tribal office after securing items at their homes from the winds and helping their neighbors do the same.
“The winds were howling; it was noisy,” she said.
Lewis has never experienced a storm like this in the 20 years she’s lived in Golovin.
“We’ve had flooding in the past a few times, but it was never this severe,” she said. “We’ve never had homes moved from their foundations.”
There were also reports of flooding in Hooper Bay, St. Michael’s, Unalakleet and Shaktoolik, where waves broke over the berm in front of the community, Plumb said.
He said the storm will track through the Bering Strait on Saturday and then head into the Chukchi Sea.
“And then it’s going to kind of park and weaken just west of Point Hope,” he said of of the community on Alaska’s northwest coast.
He said there would be high water in the northern Bering Sea vicinity through Saturday night before starting to subside through Sunday. Rising water levels farther north, in the Chukchi Sea and Kotzebue Sound areas would persist into Sunday.
In Northern California, wind gusts up to 40 mph (64 kph) were forecast overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning along coastal areas from Sonoma County down to Santa Cruz and at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada, the National Weather Service said.
Winds of that strength can bring down branches and drought-stressed trees and cause issues with power outages, said weather service meteorologist Ryan Walbrun.
Storms were expected to start Sunday morning and dump up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of rain in coastal areas of Sonoma County and a bit less as rains move southward to the San Francisco area and into the Santa Cruz mountains, Walbrun said.
“It’s a pretty significant rain for this early in the season,” he said, adding that the storms are forecast to last on-and-off through at least Monday and would make commutes to work wet with slick roads.
In the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of the state capital of Sacramento, fire crews have been fighting what has become the largest wildfire in that state so far this year. While rain was needed, the winds were a concern for crews battling the Mosquito Fire, which was 21% contained as of Saturday morning.
“The winds will definitely cause erratic fire behavior” that could ignite new hot spots, said Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean, but the rains will bring welcome moisture. “The rain is not going to put out the fire but it will help.”
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NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Enochian BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOB) between January 17, 2018 and June 27, 2022, both dates inclusive, (the "Class Period"), including common stock issued by Enochian in a private placement offering on or about February 16, 2018, of the important September 26, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Enochian BioSciences securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Enochian BioSciences class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6517 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 26, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) co-founder and inventor, Serhat Gumrukcu, was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to Enochian lacked a reasonable basis; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Enochian had overstated its commercial prospects; (5) Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Enochian's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Enochian BioSciences class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6517 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Contact Information:
Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
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