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CHICAGO (AP)Saku Maenalanen and Pierre-Luc Dubois each scored two goals and the Winnipeg Jets routed Chicago 7-2 on Sunday night, handing the Blackhawks their seventh straight loss.
Kyle Connor connected for the third straight game and had two assists, Mark Scheifele had his team-leading 11th goal, and Jansen Harkins also scored for the Jets. They have won two straight and three of four to improve to 13-6-1.
Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves and defenseman Josh Morrissey had three assists as Winnipeg dominated with a 44-shot attack.
Winnipeg’s third and fourth lines got its offense rolling, then the Jets bigger names joined the party. Dubois netted his ninth and 10th goals in the third period to put it away.
”Tonight they really got us going and I mean they’re the reason that we’re winning,” Dubois said. ”For it to be sustainable throughout the season, you’re going to need a lot of pieces to get going.”
Dubois’ second goal was nifty deflection of Morrissey’s shot. Scheifele also was in the slot and it seemed that Winnipeg’s top two goal scorers jokingly negotiated for the tally.
Scheifele was first incorrectly credited with the goal, but the puck did strike Dubois’ stick.
”Yeah, me and Scheif were talking about it,” Dubois said. ”It was just one of those where you throw your stick in the middle and hope it hits, and then it went in.”
Taylor Raddysh scored for the second straight game and Jujhar Khaira had a power-play goal for Chicago, 0-6-1 during its slide.
The Jets moved ahead of Colorado and into second place in the Central Division. With 27 points, Winnipeg is one behind first-place Dallas.
Maenalanen entered with just one goal and one assist in 19 games this season and five career goals in 53 games The 6-foot-4 Finn had his second two-goal game in the NHL; he had one in January 2019 with Carolina against the Rangers.
”Every line scored and that’s nice to see,” Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said. ”We need some goals from that bottom six (forwards) and we’ve been getting them.”
Petr Mrazek stopped 37 shots for Chicago. Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said his team had ample scoring chances, but didn’t bear down and finish them.
Chicago fell behind 1-0 as it was outshot 17-7 in the first period. The Jets picked up the pace and took charge with four goals in the second before Dubois iced it in the third.
Fleet Winnipeg repeatedly exploited the rebuilding Blackhawks’ coverage mistakes.
`We just are sometimes, unaware in certain areas defending,” Richardson said. ”You play good teams with the Scheifeles and the Connors and they’re going to score.
”We’ve got to obviously score more goals to win a game, but we can’t give up the goals that we’re giving up right now.”
NOTES: An apparent tip-in goal by Chicago’s Andreas Athanisiou 6:18 into the first was disallowed after a video review showed he was offside. … The Jets activated F Morgan Barron from injured reserve (upper-body) and assigned D Ville Heinola to the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. . Winnipeg C David Gustafsson sat out with an undisclosed injury and veteran C Sam Gagner (only two assists in nine games) was a healthy scratch. . Blackhawks D Mark Tinordi sat out with an undisclosed ”chronic issue.” D Filip Roos took his spot in the lineup.
UP NEXT
Jets: Host Colorado on Tuesday night.
Blackhawks: Host Edmonton on Wednesday night.
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BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A 16-year-old allegedly confessed to a friend during a video chat on Instagram that he killed someone, police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, said.
According to police the suspect, identified as Joshua Cooper, allegedly chatted via video with a 16-year-old female acquaintance on Friday and told her about the crime.
That acquaintance told police that Cooper flipped the video camera around and showed the feet of the 13-year-old victim covered in blood.
Cooper allegedly asked that friend to assist with disposing of the body.
The girl told her mom who immediately called police.
Police say officers went to Cooper's home at the Top of the Ridge Trailer Park on Gibson Road, and as they approached they say a juvenile male - later identified as Cooper - run out the back of the trailer.
The body of the victim, so far only identified as a juvenile female, was found on the floor of the bathroom with an apparent gunshot wound.
Cooper was later found a short distance from the trailer park.
Police say there was substantial evidence that someone tried to clean up the crime scene.
Neighbors say they heard a gunshot but didn't think anything of it at the time.
"I was going to invite the kid over for turkey dinner because his dad was hunting that day," said neighbor Gary Seeley.
According to Bensalem police, Cooper told investigators that he was cleaning out his dad's safe and sorting through the guns and ammunition before the 13-year-old girl was dropped off at his home.
Cooper claims the girl went to the bathroom and that's where detectives say she was killed.
"The kid seemed harmless. I know he had problems you know. I thought he was a danger to himself if anything," said Seeley.
The coroner's office said the teen's cause of death was a gunshot wound to the neck and upper chest area.
Cooper was taken to a juvenile detention center with no bail.
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Audi’s RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback already offer plenty of performance straight out of the box, but like many things in this world, power is addictive, and the urge to add more is hard to ignore.
Audi understands this and is catering to RS 6 and RS 7 buyers with a thirst for extra juice with a new Performance grade. Unveiled on Monday, the grade adds 30 hp and 37 lb-ft of torque, increasing output from the vehicles’ twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engines to 621 hp and 627 lb-ft.
With the extra oomph, Audi estimates a 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.4 seconds, down from 3.6 seconds. The top speed is 174 mph thanks to the standard RS Dynamic Package. Available is the RS Dynamics Package Plus, which adds carbon-ceramic brake rotors, among other things, and lifts the top speed to 190 mph.
The carbon brakes also help save about 75 pounds over the standard steel brakes. However, even without the RS Dynamics Package Plus option, the Performance grade helps the RS 6 and RS 7 shed 17 pounds via reduced insulation material. The standard weight of the RS 6 Avant Performance is 4,607 pounds, while the RS 7 Sportback Performance weighs in at 4,552 pounds.
Other Performance upgrades include sharpened handling thanks to tweaks made to the self-locking center differential, Audi said, and a fresh look thanks to an available 22-inch lightweight wheel design. The wheels are wrapped in Continental Sport Contact 7 tires, measuring 285/30. According to Audi, the new rubber helps shave about 6.5 feet from the distance required to come to a standstill from 62 mph.
The standard wheels measure 21 inches and are wrapped in 273/35-size tires. Other design details on the vehicles include matte accents, like on the side mirrors and some of the aero elements.
Inside, there are blue accents, together with a mix of Alcantara and microfiber trim. There’s also a shift indicator in the digital instrument cluster. When the 8-speed auto is in manual mode, the rpm display changes from green to yellow to red, and also blinks to indicate the optimal time to change gears. Selecting Launch Control also signals the ideal moment to accelerate off the line, via new traffic light icons.
Audi has confirmed the Performance versions of the RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback will reach the U.S. as 2024 models. Pricing information will be announced closer to the market launch.
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LOS ANGELES -- Joss Stone wants this holiday season to be merry and bright. She's released "Merry Christmas, Love," an album of holiday favorites, along with a couple of original songs. It's an album she's been wanting to make for over 10 years, but has been totally nervous about!
"These songs are all old school and amazing, everyone knows every single word," Stone told On The Red Carpet. "When I listen to Christmas albums from artists that I love... I'm Christmas obsessed and if I listen it's like, 'no that's not what I know Christmas to be!' So I've been really worried about doing that. I hope I've achieved the goal and I'm not going to disappoint anyone on their Christmas day and they feel those Christmas tingles!'
Along with the classics like "Winter Wonderland," "Let It Snow" and "Silent Night," Stone covers the Stevie Wonder track, "What Christmas Means to Me," which is the album's first single.
Stone said, "To be honest on the whole record, that's the song I was most comfortable with because I've been singing songs like that for years, it's a soul record!"
Stone, however, admits she wasn't always comfortable on the set of the music video for "What Christmas Means to Me." That's because she was very pregnant with son Shackleton.
"It was like oh my God, I'm really tired! But every time they said record, I said 'come on then, let's do this little Shackleton!' And it ended up great," Stone said.
And as the holidays near, Stone and husband Cody DaLuz are prepping to make this Christmas a memorable one for her 2 children, daughter Violet and newborn son Shackleton.
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De Tomaso unveiled the P900 hypercar on Monday, further accelerating the revival of the historic Italian performance marque.
It started in 2019 with the reveal of the P72 supercar, which is a showstopper powered by a Roush-tuned Ford V-8.
The modern De Tomaso revealed a follow up in the form of the V-12-powered P900 hypercar. The design is clearly derived from the P72 but the new rear section features a roof scoop, stabilizer fin, and huge wing to create the aura of a race car, adding to rumors De Tomaso is mulling an entry in top-level endurance racing with its own LMH.
The company remains tight with details but said the P900 is aimed at track enthusiasts, in contrast to the P72 that was designed as a grand tourer. The company also said the V-12 in the P900 is a unique design.
As for any racing potential, De Tomaso said the project’s aim is to highlight the use of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels that a number of companies, including oil giants like Aramco, are exploring. Potential sources for such fuels include biomass or newer carbon-capture technology, like what Porsche is developing at its pilot plant in Punta Arenas, Chile. Formula 1 is also committed to introducing synthetic fuels by 2026.
De Tomaso is yet to announce production details for the P900. The main focus at present is the P72, due in 2023 and built in a run of 72 cars at a plant jointly operated by De Tomaso and the German engineering company Capricorn Group, and located at the Nürburgring. Capricorn, which also helped develop the carbon-fiber monocoque structure underpinning the P72, and presumably the P900, is the same company that helped Porsche with its hugely successful 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects involved in a burglary in Center City.
It happened on Friday around 4:50 a.m. at the Christmas Village at Dilworth Plaza.
Police say two male suspects gained entry to the Philly Makers tent. Video shows one suspect entering the tent while the second individual waited outside.
It's still unknown if anything was taken.
Shoppers say they hope security is increased overnight for one of their favorite spots in town this time of year.
"I think it's awful. I work in Jefferson in Center City in the ER and there's so much crime right now. And it's the holiday season and we really want to be safe, so there should be more security here overnight for sure to protect the Christmas spirit," said Kim Ward of Center City.
Anyone with information on the wanted suspects is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A documentary on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s life and groundbreaking political career, shot and edited by her daughter, will debut on HBO next month.
Alexandra Pelosi’s “Pelosi in the House” will premiere Dec. 13 and will include footage shot during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Some of that footage, including moments when Nancy Pelos i was helping direct the government’s response as the U.S. Capitol was under attack, has been seen as part of a House investigation.
The film will arrive three weeks before Pelosi’s tenure as House speaker ends and Republicans resume control over the House of Representatives. Pelosi has said she will not seek a leadership post, ending a two-decade run of helping steer the Democrats’ agenda in Congress.
HBO says the documentary will use footage shot over three decades to chart Pelosi’s career including her election to Congress in 1987 and her ascension to House speaker in 2007, becoming the first woman to lead the chamber. The documentary also includes video of Pelosi at home and working during pivotal moments of her career.
HBO did not say how much the documentary would feature Paul Pelosi, who has been married to Nancy Pelosi for 59 years. The wealthy investor is recovering from a brutal hammer attack by an intruder who broke into their San Francisco home in October calling out “Where’s Nancy,” the latest in a line of threatening behavior directed at her.
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NEW YORK (AP) — More than 150 literary agents, whose clients include Danielle Jackson, V.E. Schwab and L.A. Chandlar, have signed an open letter to HarperCollins vowing to “omit” the publisher from upcoming book submissions until it reaches an agreement with striking employees.
Around 250 entry- and mid-level staff members, from publicists to editorial assistants, have been on strike since Nov. 10, with the two sides differing over wages, workforce diversity and other issues that have become increasingly prominent across the industry. No new talks are scheduled.
“While many consider publishing to be a labor of love, we agents know how quickly that labor can lead to burnout, tension, missed opportunities for advancement, and mistakes,” the letter reads in part.
“This generation of rising publishing professionals must contend with student loan debt, the rising cost of living, and the barriers inherent in working long hours without adequate compensation. These employees, many of whom bring with them the diverse viewpoints our industry lacks, have been essential to the production of the books we are so proud of.”
Agents endorsing the letter come from Janklow & Nesbit Associates, Aevitas Creative Management, Root Literary and other firms. The letter was organized by Chelsea Hensley of the KT Literary Agency, who noted that the effort comes during a traditionally slow time of year for deal making.
“I wanted them (HarperCollins) to know that even if they don’t think they’re seeing the effects of the strike now, they’ll definitely be seeing it come January, which is when agents will have the most new projects to share,” Hensley told The Associated Press.
HarperCollins is the only major New York publisher with a union; striking employees are members of Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers. A spokesperson for the publisher did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
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China’s strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent against the ruling Communist Party in decades.
Most protesters on the mainland and in Hong Kong have focused their anger on restrictions that confine families to their homes for months. Global health experts have criticized China’s methods as unsustainable.
A look at China’s “zero-COVID” approach:
CHINA’S POLICY
President Xi Jinping’s government has pursued a policy of lockdowns, repeated testing of millions of people and lengthy quarantines for overseas arrivals in an attempt to tamp down spread.
At the beginning of the pandemic, other countries also had lockdowns and other restrictions that were eventually eased. Initially, the strategy in China succeeded at holding down the death toll. But it now means China’s population has very little exposure to the virus. And China is using only domestically developed vaccines that are less effective than those widely used elsewhere, and not enough elderly people are fully protected.
China’s continued reliance on lockdowns has been “rather draconian,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” It “really doesn’t make public health sense.”
NO ‘PLAN B’
China has had far fewer deaths compared to other large nations and one of the lowest deaths per capita in the world. The official death toll stands at 5,233, the majority during the initial outbreak in early 2020.
The strict policies saved lives, but cannot be sustained, said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.
“They do not have a plan B,” said Mokdad, adding that China’s approach ultimately will lead to surges in deaths and strain on hospitals. “They cannot lock the country forever.”
Julian Tang, a virologist at Britain’s University of Leicester, agreed that China’s attempt to stop every single case of COVID-19 is “simply impossible” and that it will do what most of the rest of the world has done and learn to live with the virus.
“There is no endgame for ‘zero-COVID,’” Tang said.
While China’s tough rules helped to avoid the thousands of infections, hospitalizations and deaths seen in the West during the first year of the pandemic, that disappeared with the emergence of the super-infectious omicron variant, Tang said.
“The only thing to do is to accept that there is going to be a certain level of disease,” Tang said.
GRIM PREDICTIONS
Dr. Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia, said China had now backed itself into a corner and warned that exiting would be painful. He said the value of measures like lockdowns and mask-wearing was mostly to delay as many infections as possible until vaccines were available.
“Unfortunately, the vaccines in China were not very good,” Hunter said, adding that vaccination levels of its most vulnerable people are low and much of the protection the shots provided has now faded for those immunized long ago.
Hunter said restrictions should be lifted incrementally to avoid hospitals being overwhelmed and said other restrictions, like mask-wearing, could be held in place to reduce spread as much as possible. He said China will eventually have to open its borders, a step that will inevitably bring a surge of disease.
“The surge will peak very quickly and also fade rather quickly. But while they are going through it, it will be dreadful,” he said.
The health analytics firm Airfinity released projections on Monday estimating that up to about 2 million people in China could be at risk of death if the country were to lift its “zero-COVID” policy, given its low vaccination rates and the lack of natural immunity among its population.
Local Chinese authorities eased some regulations after recent rallies, but the government showed no sign of backing down on its larger coronavirus strategy.
VACCINES AS ‘WAY OUT’
Dr. Bharat Pankhania, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Exeter, said China should import mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
“The scientific answer is very clear,” Pankhania said.
He acknowledged that it might be politically challenging for China to acknowledge the shortcomings of its homegrown shots, but said the country needed to find a way to change course.
“This should not be about saving face,” he said. “The Chinese population is clearly fed up with lockdown after lockdown and the quickest way out is to immunize as fast as possible.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Federal Reserve officials said Monday that they favor raising the Fed’s key rate to roughly 5% or more and keeping it at its peak through next year — longer than many on Wall Street have expected.
John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who is among a core group of officials around Chair Jerome Powell, said in a speech to the Economic Club of New York that the central bank has “more work to do” to reduce inflation closer to its 2% target.
And James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Fed, suggested that financial markets are underestimating the likelihood the Fed will have to be more aggressive in its fight against the worst inflation bout in four decades.
The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate six times this year, to a range of 3.75% to 4%, with each of the last four hikes being a historically large three-quarters of a point. The central bank is expected to raise rates by an additional half-point when it next meets in mid-December. Though that would represent a reduction in the size of its rate hikes, Fed officials have stressed that they expect to keep their key rate at a historically high level well into the future.
Because the Fed’s benchmark rate influences many consumer and business loans, its aggressive series of hikes have made most loans throughout the economy sharply more expensive. That has been particularly true of mortgage rates, which have risen dramatically over the past year and have severely crimped home sales.
On Wednesday, Powell is scheduled to address the Fed’s policies and their effects on the job market in a speech in Washington.
In an interview with Marketwatch, Bullard suggested that the speed of the Fed’s rate hikes isn’t as important as the ultimate level of its benchmark rate, which he said could exceed the 5% that financial markets have priced in.
“Markets are underpricing the risk that the (Fed) will have to be more aggressive rather than less aggressive in order to contain the very substantial inflation that we have,” Bullard said.
The central bank, he added, will likely have to keep its benchmark rate above 5% all through 2023 and into 2024. He also reiterated his view that the Fed should be prepared to raise that rate to the “lower end” of a range between 5% and 7%.
By contrast, financial markets have projected that the Fed will have to reverse course and start cutting rates by next September, presumably in response to a recession that many economists expect will occur next year.
Williams suggested that there are some positive signs that inflation is easing, noting falling prices for lumber, oil, and other commodities. Supply chains are also loosening, he said: A measure of supply chain snarls maintained by the New York Fed has declined by three-quarters from its pandemic peak.
Yet the job market has stayed stronger than he expected, Williams said, with the unemployment rate, at 3.7%, still near a half-century low.
“That argues that we’ll need to have a somewhat higher path for interest rates” than the Fed projected in September, Williams said. At that time, the officials forecast that their benchmark rate would reach a range of 4.5% to 4.75% by early next year.
He said he now expects the unemployment rate to rise to 4.5% to 5% by the end of next year, with inflation falling to 3% to 3.5% by then.
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ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – New documents reveal more about the murder of a 5-year-old Española girl who was killed more than three years ago. Renezmae Calzada’s disappearance sparked a massive Amber alert and search before her body was found in September 2019.
Her stepfather, and accused killer, Malcolm Torres has filed a motion to have his first-degree murder charge thrown out, but in a response motion, the United States lays out what happened before the Amber alert was issued. “We will not stop until we can identify the responsible party for Renezmae,” said James Langenberg from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Renezmae Calzada’s disappearance sparked a three-day search, but authorities say she was already dead before the first call to authorities was made. Her grandparents came home on September 8, 2019, to the house they lived at with Malcolm Torres. He told them his stepdaughter had been missing all day.
The grandparents called Renezmae’s mother who alerted authorities. Torres left the house and was later arrested on an unrelated probation violation for a DWI. “Once you have evidence that he actually has complied with the – very little was required of Mr. Torres initially and quite frankly, looking at the record, nothing was done,” said Judge Maria Dominguez.
When Torres was in custody, he gave conflicting answers about what happened to Renezmae, including saying she just walked away from the house. Her lifeless body was found on September 11 in the Rio Grande on the Santa Clara Pueblo. Federal court documents state the blow, a broken wrist, and other bruising were consistent with child abuse.
Prosecutors went on to say Torres had been drinking and even messaged and texted people that he needed their help. Authorities then detailed Torres’s travels on September 8 leading up to the call to the police about Renezmae’s disappearance.
According to the documents, Torres went with his 18-month-old son to meet someone at a smoke shop to buy alcohol. Renezmae was not with them.
The FBI says phone records show Torres then went home before leaving again to buy gas ad a sucker for his son. He then drove to the Rio Grande where authorities believe he dumped Renezmae’s body in the river.
They say alcohol bottles and a candy wrapper were found along the riverbank. Prosecutors also say the girl’s blood was found on the carpet of Torres’s truck.
The feds also say Torres told several people Renezmae was dead. He told one friend he put her in the river and he told another friend she died of an aneurysm and was at the funeral home.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a state board must reconsider its rejection of a substitute teaching license for the former police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in 2016.
Jeronimo Yanez applied to be a substitute teacher in 2020, but his application was denied based on “immoral character or conduct.” The appeals court ruled that this reason was unconstitutionally vague and the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must reconsider — focusing narrowly on whether Yanez’s conduct makes him unfit to teach.
The appeals court said that upon reconsideration, the board must identify factors it is using to determine whether Yanez’s conduct “violated moral standards for the teaching profession.” The board must also avoid characterizing policing practices — such as a pretextual reason for a traffic stop — as immoral.
“The board’s decision must focus exclusively on Yanez’s conduct and his fitness to be a teacher, not fitness to be a police officer,” the appeals court ruled.
Yanez’s attorney, Robert Fowler, said in a statement that it was obvious the licensing board’s decision was wrong. He said Yanez is pleased with the appeals court’s decision, adding “my client’s priority now is moving on to the next chapter in his life in peace and privacy.”
A message left with the licensing board was not immediately returned Monday.
Yanez, a former St. Anthony police officer, shot Castile during a traffic stop after Castile, who was Black, said he had a gun. Authorities later discovered that Castile, a 32-year-old elementary school cafeteria worker, had a permit for the firearm.
The case got widespread attention after Castile’s girlfriend, who was in the car with her young daughter, began livestreaming the shooting’s aftermath on Facebook.
Yanez was charged with manslaughter but was acquitted by a jury. The shooting and Yanez’s subsequent acquittal led to massive public outcry and protests in Minnesota and beyond.
Yanez left the police department after his trial. In February 2020, he applied for a substitute teaching license, according to the appeals court ruling. At the time of his application, he was teaching Spanish part-time at a parochial school. The school’s principal supported his license application.
During the application process, the board’s disciplinary committee investigated Yanez’s case and recommended that his application be denied.
He appealed to an administrative-law judge, who also recommended that his application be denied after a hearing in which St. Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joseph Gothard testified that Yanez’s actions were hurtful and offensive to the community. An expert who testified for Yanez said the traffic stop was lawful and that he agreed the deadly use of force was reasonable.
The administrative-law judge found Yanez prejudged Castile as a robbery suspect because of his “wide set nose” — initiating a pretextual traffic stop that indicated “racial bias, microaggressions, and negativity bias that are detrimental to students, especially students of color.”
The administrative-law judge also found that Yanez failed to establish that his use of deadly force was reasonable and necessary. The board ultimately denied Yanez’s application.
Yanez argued on appeal that denying his application due to “immoral character or conduct” was unconstitutionally vague. The appeals court agreed, saying that other jurisdictions have found that immorality means different things to different people, and that the conduct in question must be directly related to a teacher’s ability to teach.
The appeals court said that the phrase is nebulous and “vulnerable to the caprice of ever-changing public opinion and the potential for arbitrary, biased enforcement” but that it could survive constitutional scrutiny if narrowed to “relate to professional morals in the occupation of teaching.”
Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, said Monday that she didn’t know Yanez was trying to obtain a substitute teaching license, and that she doesn’t think he belongs in the classroom.
She said children – particularly students of color — might have trouble focusing on what Yanez is teaching and could worry that they were in danger. She said parents would also need to be notified if he was in a classroom.
“The community knows about what he did and I don’t think the kids would be comfortable even having him there,” she said. “We have to think about our children’s comfort levels. … We have to think about those children and the trauma they suffered because of what he did.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-court-cop-who-shot-castile-wrongly-denied-teaching-license/ | 2022-11-28T23:34:37 | en | 0.984924 |
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Kevin Johnson might not be facing imminent execution if he was white, attorneys speaking on his behalf told the Missouri Supreme Court on Monday.
Meanwhile, Gov. Mike Parson announced he will not grant clemency. Johnson, 37, is scheduled to die by injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005.
The state Supreme Court convened an emergency hearing Monday to consider special prosecutor E.E. Keenan’s motion to vacate the death sentence. In October, St. Louis Circuit Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott appointed Keenan to investigate racial bias claims. His motion earlier this month stated that race played a “decisive factor” in the death sentence.
Still, Ott declined to intervene, prompting the hearing before the Missouri Supreme Court.
“The evidence was clear that there was racial discrimination infecting this prosecution,” Keenan told the justices.
Assistant Attorney General Andrew Crane responded that there was no reason the execution shouldn’t proceed.
“It’s a matter of undisputed fact that Kevin Johnson is guilty of first-degree murder and that a fair jury determined he deserves the death penalty,” Crane said.
Keenan said former St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s office handled five cases involving the deaths of police officers during his 28 years in office. McCulloch sought the death penalty in the four cases involving Black defendants, but did not seek death in the one case where the defendant was white, he said.
McCulloch does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.
Johnson’s fate may rest with what the Missouri Supreme Court decides. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a stay request last week. Meanwhile, Parson minced no words in announcing his decision to let the execution proceed.
“The violent murder of any citizen, let alone a Missouri law enforcement officer, should be met only with the fullest punishment state law allows,” Parson, a Republican and a former county sheriff, said in a statement. “Through Mr. Johnson’s own heinous actions, he stole the life of Sergeant McEntee and left a family grieving, a wife widowed, and children fatherless. Clemency will not be granted.”
Johnson’s lawyers have cited racism concerns previously. An earlier court petition stated that if not for racial comments by two white jurors at his trial, Johnson could have been convicted of second- instead of first-degree murder and spared the death penalty.
McEntee, a 43-year-old husband and father of three, was among the officers sent to Johnson’s home on July 5, 2005, to serve a warrant for his arrest. Johnson was on probation for assaulting his girlfriend, and police believed he had violated probation.
Johnson saw officers arrive and awoke his 12-year-old brother, Joseph “Bam Bam” Long, who ran to a house next door. Once there, the boy, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, collapsed and began having a seizure.
Johnson testified at trial that McEntee kept his mother from entering the house to aid his brother, who died a short time later at a hospital.
Later that evening, McEntee returned to the neighborhood to check on unrelated reports of fireworks being shot off. A court filing from the Missouri attorney general’s office said McEntee was in his car questioning three children when Johnson shot him through the open passenger-side window, striking the officer’s leg, head and torso. A teenage bystander also was struck and wounded. Johnson then got into the car and took McEntee’s gun.
The court filing said Johnson walked down the street and told his mother that McEntee “let my brother die” and “needs to see what it feels like to die.” Though she told him, “That’s not true,” Johnson returned to the shooting scene and found McEntee alive, on his knees near the patrol car. Johnson shot McEntee in the back and in the head, killing him.
Johnson’s lawyers also have asked the courts to intervene for other reasons, including a history of mental illness and his age — 19 — at the time of the crime. Courts have increasingly moved away from sentencing teen offenders to death since the Supreme Court in 2005 banned the execution of offenders who were younger than 18 at the time of their crime.
Johnson’s 19-year-old daughter, Khorry Ramey, had sought to witness the execution, but a state law prohibits anyone under 21 from observing the process. Courts have declined to step in on Ramey’s behalf.
The execution would be the 17th in the U.S. this year and the first of three in the coming months in Missouri. The state plans to execute convicted killers Scott McLaughlin and Leonard Taylor on Jan. 3 and Feb. 7, respectively. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-missouri-supreme-court-weighs-fate-of-death-row-inmate/ | 2022-11-28T23:34:44 | en | 0.979399 |
(NewsNation) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump should apologize for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist who joined the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at Mar-a-Lago last week, but said he doesn’t believe the former president is antisemitic.
“President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and a Holocaust denier, a seat at the table and I think he should apologize for it,” Pence told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert on Monday.
You can watch the full interview with Mike Pence on NewsNation’s On Balance at 7 p.m. EST Monday.
The backlash comes just days after Trump hosted Ye, as well as far-right activist Nick Fuentes, at his Florida home.
Pence called on his former boss to denounce the guest’s “hateful rhetoric without qualification” and said antisemitism remains “a very real issue in the world today.”
Despite the recent dinner, the former vice president said he doesn’t believe Trump holds his visitors’ hateful views.
“I don’t believe Donald Trump is an antisemite; I don’t believe he’s a racist or a bigot,” said Pence. “I would not have been his vice president if he was.”
In a series of statements last week, Trump said he had never met Fuentes before he “showed up” with Ye at his club. He said the rapper did not express antisemitism in his company. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/pence-trump-should-apologize-for-recent-mar-a-lago-dinner/ | 2022-11-28T23:34:50 | en | 0.984898 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is making a fuller reopening to the public following more than two and a half years of closures related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Beginning Dec. 1, the high court will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the Supreme Court’s website. The high court closed to the public in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In October, the high court began allowing the public to attend arguments in the courtroom again on the approximately six days a month the court hears arguments, but the court building remained closed to visitors at other times.
The high court initially postponed arguments because of the pandemic, then started hearing arguments by phone. The justices began hearing arguments in the courtroom again in October 2021 but without the public present. | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/ap-high-court-opening-its-doors-to-public-on-non-argument-days/ | 2022-11-28T23:35:20 | en | 0.944956 |
- Algorand price shows rejection from a critical barrier, which could entice a sweep of 2020 liquidity levels.
- ALGO shows an uptick in large transactions, which has resulted in significant selloffs this year.
- A flip of the 8-day exponential moving average into support could invalidate the bearish stronghold
Algorand price continues to pack on negative returns for November. As the final days of the month approach, knife-catching bulls are skimming through all digital assets looking for a last-minute opportunity. Unfortunately, the ALGO price may not be a top pick to bounce anytime soon, as the technicals show confounding evidence of bearish control.
Algorand price looks problematic
Algorand price has endured a 47% decline since the beginning of the month. As the selloff progresses, the price action has become congested near $0.20 as the bulls and bears have grappled over a trading range over a week.
On November 23, the bulls printed a morning star pattern, signaling for sidelined bulls to enter the market. Classical price action traders likely placed their stop under the monthly low at $0.225 in hopes of a retaliation rally against the bearish onslaught.
On November 27, the bulls bolstered their first attempt at reconquering the 8-day exponential moving average (EMA), but unfortunately, the price was rejected and has been trading beneath the indicator ever since.
Algorand price currently auctions at $0.233 and has yet to invalidate the bullish signal. However, on-chain metrics hint that the move south could be coming soon. According to Into-the-Blocks' Large Transactions by Volume Indicator,
The indicator had a similar reading on August 15 and September 23 at $375.8 and $297.4 million dollars. Interestingly enough, the Algorsand price fell by 23% and 27% in less than a week after indicators’ influx spikes were displayed.
Intotheblock's Large Transactions Indicator
Algorand price is already down 20% since the indicator's reading but can continue to fall as the rejection of the 8-day EMA could provoke the breach of the newfound monthly low at $0.237. A breach of the low would likely promote further downtrend price action targeting the 2020 liquidity at $0.224 for an additional 8% dip in market value.
ALGO/USDT 1-day chart
The bulls will need to conquer the 8-day EMA to secure the confidence amongst bulls and invalidate the bearish thesis. A breach above the moving average could promote a rally towards the 21-day simple moving average of $0.270, resulting in a 17% increase from the current Algorand price.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement.
The letter was in response to an inquiry from lawmakers following a New York Times report earlier this month. That report said that a former anti-abortion leader was told in advance the outcome of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores case involving health care coverage of contraception. In a 5-4 decision, Alito wrote that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care legislation.
Earlier this year, Alito’s opinion in a different case, the court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, was leaked. But while that leak was a public disclosure of the text, the new report alleged that in the 2014 case, the disclosure wasn’t as broad.
In the Times story, Rev. Rob Schenck said he was told the outcome of the 2014 decision by Gail Wright, a donor to an organization he headed who had dined with Alito and his wife. In the story, Wright denied obtaining or sharing any information and Alito also emphatically denied disclosing the case’s outcome in a statement.
The Supreme Court’s letter Tuesday to Congress included language Alito used previously denying the case’s outcome had been disclosed.
“There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito’s actions violated ethics standards,” Supreme Court legal counsel Ethan Torrey wrote in a letter addressed to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia. The two Democrats chair courts subcommittees.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday said Donald Trump “demonstrated profoundly poor judgment” and called on him to apologize after the former president had dinner last week with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West days after launching his third campaign for the White House.
“President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and Holocaust denier, a seat at the table and I think he should apologize for it. And he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification,” Pence said in an interview with NewsNation’s Leland Vittert airing Monday night.
Still, Pence, who is considering his own potential run against his former boss, said he does not believe Trump is antisemitic or racist and said he would not have served as Trump’s vice president if he was.
“But I think the President demonstrated profoundly poor judgment in giving those individuals a seat at the table and as I said, I think he should apologize for it,” he added. “He should denounce them without qualification.”
Trump had dinner last Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist with a long history of antisemitic and white nationalist commentary.
Trump has said that he had “never met and knew nothing about” Fuentes, who had accompanied Ye, before the meeting. But he has so far refused to acknowledge or denounce the positions of ether Fuentes or Ye, who has made his own series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks, leading to his suspension from social media platforms and the end of his ties with major companies like Adidas.
The meeting has been criticized by Jewish groups like the Zionist Organization of America, which honored Trump just two days before his campaign launch, Trump’s former ambassador to Israel, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another potential Trump 2024 rival, who has become an outspoken Trump critic.
“This is just another example of an awful lack of judgment from Donald Trump, which, combined with his past poor judgments, make him an untenable general election candidate for the Republican Party in 2024,” Christie told The New York Times.
On Saturday, Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, another potential 2024 rival, denounced antisemitism as “a cancer,” without directly referencing the dinner or the president under whom he served.
But other top Republicans, including many considering challenging Trump for the GOP nomination, have so far remained silent, underscoring the hold Trump maintains over the party, even as he has been blamed for their worse-than-expected showing during the midterm elections. | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/ap-pence-calls-on-trump-to-apologize-for-dinner-with-antisemite/ | 2022-11-28T23:35:32 | en | 0.985813 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed ready Monday to side with a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others convicted of corruption related to an upstate economic development project dubbed the Buffalo Billion.
Both liberal and conservative justices seemed sympathetic to the group over approximately two and a half hours of arguments. The cases are the latest in which the high court could narrow the use of federal fraud charges against state and local officials, as well as people doing business with governments, even if those interactions appear to be unsavory.
Two years ago, the high court threw out the convictions of political allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over the “Bridgegate” scandal that involved four days of traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge. And in 2016 the high court threw out the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
In the current cases, almost the entire court signaled that prosecutors also overreached, suggesting that the government’s interpretation of federal law was so broad it would allow for the conviction of skilled lobbyists and not just corrupt public officials.
The Buffalo Billion development project was intended to revitalize parts of Buffalo and other upstate areas. But the project was a multi-year black cloud over the Cuomo administration and was frequently cited by critics as proof that the Democrat failed to address chronic corruption in state government, even within his own administration. Cuomo resigned last year amid sexual harassment allegations.
The justices are considering an appeal from Joseph Percoco, a former aide so close to Cuomo that he considered him like a brother, as well as Syracuse real estate executive Steven Aiello. The court also is weighing a separate appeal in a Buffalo Billion-linked case involving Aiello, Louis Ciminelli, Joseph Gerardi and Alain Kaloyeros.
Ciminelli and Gerardi are developers, while Kaloyeros had been one of Cuomo’s top economic development advisers and a former president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute.
Percoco was convicted of accepting over $300,000 from companies seeking to influence the Cuomo administration as it worked on the Buffalo Billion project. He was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison, a conviction upheld on appeal. An online database of federal inmates puts his release date from custody in early 2023.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department on Monday proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands, the latest action by the Biden administration to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming.
The proposal by Interior’s Bureau of Land Management would tighten limits on gas flaring on federal land and require energy companies to better detect methane leaks that add to planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution.
The actions follow a more comprehensive methane-reduction plan announced by President Joe Biden earlier this month. The Nov. 11 proposal, announced as Biden attended a global climate conference in Egypt, targets the oil and gas industry for its role in global warming even as the president has pressed energy producers for more oil drilling to lower prices at the gasoline pump.
Oil and gas production is the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, the primary component of natural gas, and is a key target for the Biden administration as it seeks to combat climate change.
The proposal announced Monday would prevent billions of cubic feet of natural gas from being wasted through venting, flaring and leaks, boosting efficiency while at the same time reducing pollution, administration officials said.
“This proposed rule will bring our regulations in line with technological advances that industry has made in the decades since the BLM’s rules were first put in place, while providing a fair return to taxpayers,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement.
Venting and flaring activity from oil and gas production on public lands has significantly increased in recent decades. Between 2010 and 2020, total volumes of natural gas lost to venting and flaring on federal and tribal lands averaged about 44.2 billion cubic feet per year — enough to serve roughly 675,000 homes, Interior said. The figure represents a sharp increase from an annual average of 11 billion cubic feet lost to venting and flaring in the 1990s.
“No one likes to waste natural resources from our public lands,” said BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning. She called the draft rule a common-sense, environmentally responsible solution to address the damage that wasted natural gas causes. The rule “puts the American taxpayer first and ensures producers pay appropriate royalties,” she said.
Interior had previously announced a rule to restrict methane emissions under former President Barack Obama. The plan was challenged in court and later weakened under former President Donald Trump. Competing court rulings blocked enforcement of the Trump and Obama-era rules, leading the agency to revert to rules developed more than 40 years ago.
The Environmental Protection Agency rule announced in Egypt targets emissions from existing oil and gas wells nationwide, including smaller drilling sites that now will be required to find and plug methane leaks.
The rule comes as Biden has accused oil companies of “war profiteering” and raised the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on energy companies if they don’t boost domestic production.
Besides the EPA rule, a sprawling climate and health law approved by Congress in August would impose a fee on energy producers that exceed a certain level of methane emissions. The fee, set to rise to $1,500 per metric ton of methane, marks the first time the federal government has directly imposed a fee, or tax, on greenhouse gas emissions.
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LONDON (AP) — The British government on Monday abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.
The U.K. has watered down its Online Safety Bill, an ambitious but controversial attempt to crack down on online racism, sexual abuse, bullying, fraud and other harmful material. Similar efforts are underway in the European Union and the United States, but the U.K.’s was one of the most sweeping. In its original form, the bill gave regulators wide-ranging powers to sanction digital and social media companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.
Critics expressed concern that a requirement for the biggest platforms to remove “legal but harmful” content could lead to censorship and undermine free speech.
The Conservative government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who took office last month, has now dropped that part of the bill, acknowledging that it could “over-criminalize” online content.
Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan said the change removed the risk that “tech firms or future governments could use the laws as a license to censor legitimate views.”
Instead, the bill says companies must set out clear terms of service, and stick to them. Companies will be free to allow adults to post and see offensive or harmful material, as long as it is not illegal. But platforms that pledge to ban racist, homophobic or other offensive content and then fail to live up to the promise can be fined up to 10% of their annual turnover.
The legislation also requires firms to help people avoid seeing content that is legal but may be harmful — such as the glorification of eating disorders, misogyny and some other forms of abuse — through warnings, content moderation or other means.
Companies also will have to show how they enforce user age limits designed to keep children from seeing harmful material.
The bill still criminalizes some online activity, including cyberflashing — sending someone unwanted explicit images — and epilepsy trolling, sending flashing images that can trigger seizures. It also makes it an offense to assist or encourage self-harm, a step that follows a campaign by the family of Molly Russell, a 14-year-old who ended her life in 2017 after viewing self-harm and suicide content online.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Five Connecticut police officers were charged Monday with cruelly neglecting a Black man after he was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van, despite his repeated and desperate pleas for help.
Randy Cox, 36, was being driven to a New Haven police station June 19 for processing on a weapons charge when the driver braked hard at an intersection to avoid a collision, causing Cox to fly headfirst into a metal partition in the van.
“I can’t move. I’m going to die like this. Please, please, please help me,” Cox said minutes after the crash.
As Cox pleaded for help, some of the officers at the detention center mocked him and accused him of being drunk and faking his injuries, according to dialogue captured by surveillance and body-worn camera footage. Officers dragged Cox by his feet from the van and placed him in a holding cell prior to his eventual transfer to a hospital.
“I think I cracked my neck,” Cox said after the van arrived at the detention center.
“You didn’t crack it, no, you drank too much … Sit up,” said Sgt. Betsy Segui, one of the five officers charged.
Cox was later found to have a fractured neck and was paralyzed.
The five New Haven police officers were charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and cruelty, both misdemeanors. The others charged were Officer Oscar Diaz, Officer Ronald Pressley, Officer Jocelyn Lavandier and Officer Luis Rivera. All have been on administrative leave since last summer.
Messages seeking comment were sent to attorneys for the officers.
Though each officer faces the same charges, some seemed to take Cox’s pleas more seriously than others. Diaz, who drove the transport van, pulled over after Cox complained of his injury, spoke to him and requested that an ambulance meet them at the detention center. However, Diaz did not render medical attention to Cox as he lay face down on the floor.
The officers turned themselves in at a state police barracks Monday. Each was processed, posted a $25,000 bond and are due back in court Dec. 8, according to a news release from state police.
New Haven’s police chief, speaking to reporters Monday along with the city’s mayor, said it was important for the department to be transparent and accountable.
“You can make mistakes, but you can’t treat people poorly, period. You cannot treat people the way Mr. Cox was treated,” said Police Chief Karl Jacobson.
The case has drawn outrage from civil rights advocates like the NAACP, along with comparisons to the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore. Gray, who was also Black, died in 2015 after he suffered a spinal injury while handcuffed and shackled in a city police van.
An attorney for Cox’s family, Ben Crump, said Monday that the New Haven officers need to be held accountable.
“It is important — when you see that video of how they treated Randy Cox and the actions and inactions that led to him being paralyzed from his chest down — that those police officers should be held to the full extent of the law,” Crump said.
Cox was arrested June 19 after police said they found him in possession of a handgun at a block party. The charges against him were later dropped.
Cox’s family filed a federal lawsuit against the city of New Haven and the five officers in September. The lawsuit alleges negligence, exceeding the speed limit and failure to have proper restraints in the police van.
Four of the officers filed motions last week claiming qualified immunity from the lawsuit, arguing that their actions in the case did not violate any “clearly established” legal standard.
New Haven officials announced a series of police reforms this summer stemming from the case, including eliminating the use of police vans for most prisoner transports and using marked police vehicles instead. They also require officers to immediately call for an ambulance to respond to their location if the prisoner requests or appears to need medical aid. | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-5-officers-charged-after-black-man-paralyzed-in-police-van/ | 2022-11-28T23:35:58 | en | 0.982873 |
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii (KHON) — The world’s largest active volcano is erupting for the first time in nearly four decades, causing quite the show.
Residents across Kona shared photos and videos of the glow from Mauna Loa overnight with Nexstar’s KHON.
The eruption can even be seen from space. NOAA’s GOES satellite caught the images below over a four-hour time period.
Courtesy NOAA GOES Satellite
The U.S. Geological Survey has webcams that show the rift zones and summit of Mauna Loa. They are also releasing photos on their Twitter page.
Mauna Loa started erupting on Sunday just before midnight on Hawaii Island.
According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the lava exited the volcano summit through the northeast flank, an area that is not populated. Due to the direction of the lava flow, there is no threat to any communities at this time.
Rumbling small earthquakes had peaked in late September in a period that geologists have been referring to as elevated unrest. Mauna Loa’s activation was upgraded to a red warning Sunday night from the previous yellow color code.
Officials with the USGS and HVO are warning that “based on past events, the early stages of a Mauna Loa eruption can be very dynamic and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.”
The biggest cities on the island are Kailua-Kona to the west of the volcano, which has about 23,000 people, and Hilo to the east, with about 45,000. Officials were most worried about several subdivisions about 30 miles to the south of the volcano, which are home to about 5,000 people.
An eruption from the northeast could send lava toward the county seat of Hilo or other towns in East Hawaii but it could take the lava weeks or months to reach populated areas. It’s possible the eruption may later shift to a rift zone on the southwest flank. Lava emerging from this area could reach nearby communities in hours or days.
The average Mauna Loa eruption is not typically prolonged, lasting a couple of weeks, said Ken Hon, the scientist-in-charge at the HVO.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/photos-hawaiis-mauna-loa-erupts-causes-fiery-skies/ | 2022-11-28T23:36:05 | en | 0.958014 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — “We the People” is Jill Biden’s holiday theme with White House decorations designed for “the people” to see themselves in the tree ornaments, mantel displays, mirrors and do-it-yourself creations that have turned the mansion’s public spaces into a winter wonderland.
“The soul of our nation is, and has always been, ‘We the People,’” the first lady said at a White House event honoring the volunteers who decorated over Thanksgiving weekend. “And that is what inspired this year’s White House holiday decoration.”
“The values that unite us can be found all around you, a belief in possibility and optimism and unity,” Jill Biden said. “Room by room, we represent what brings us together during the holidays and throughout the year.”
Slideshow: White House Christmas Decorations 2022
Public rooms are dedicated to unifying forces: honoring and remembering deceased loved ones, words and stories, kindness and gratitude, food and traditions, nature and recreation, songs and sounds, unity and hope, faith and light, and children.
A burst of pine aroma hits visitors as they step inside the East Wing and come upon trees adorned with mirrored Gold Star ornaments bearing the names of fallen service members.
Winter trees, woodland animals and glowing lanterns placed along the hallway help give the feeling of walking through snow.
Likenesses of Biden family pets — Commander and Willow, the dog and cat — first appear at the end of the hallway before they are seen later in the Vermeil Room, which celebrates kindness and gratitude, and the State Dining Room, which highlights children.
Recipes contributed by the small army of volunteer decorators spruce up the China Room’s mantel. Handwritten ones — for apple crisp and pizzelle, an Italian cookie — are family recipes shared by the first lady.
Aides say she was inspired by people she met while traveling around the country and by the nation’s founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
A copy of the Declaration of Independence is on display in the library, while the always-show-stopping 300-pound (136 kilogram) gingerbread White House this year includes a sugar cookie replica of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, where the documents were signed.
The executive pastry chef used 20 sheets of sugar cookie dough, 30 sheets of gingerbread dough, 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of pastillage, 30 pounds (14 kilograms) of chocolate and 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of royal icing to create the gingerbread and sugar cookie masterpiece.
A new addition to the White House collection this year is a menorah, which is lit nightly during the eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah. White House carpenters built the menorah out of wood that was saved from a Truman-era renovation and sterling silver candle cups.
Some 50,000 visitors are expected to pass through the White House for the holidays, including tourists and guests invited to nearly a month’s worth of receptions. Among them will be French President Emmanuel Macron, who will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday and be honored at a state dinner, the first of the Biden administration.
More than 150 volunteers, including two of the first lady’s sisters, helped decorate the White House during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
The decorations include more than 83,000 twinkling lights on trees, garlands, wreaths and other displays, 77 Christmas trees and 25 wreaths on the White House exterior. Volunteers also used more than 12,000 ornaments, just under 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) of ribbon and more than 1,600 bells.
Some of the decorations are do-it-yourself projects that the first lady hopes people will be encouraged to recreate for themselves, aides said. They include plastic drinking cups turned into bells and table-top Christmas trees made from foam shapes and dollar store ramekins.
Groupings of snowy trees fill corners of the East Room, which reflects nature and recreation, and scenes from four national parks are depicted on each fireplace mantel: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah.
In the Blue Room, the official White House Christmas tree — an 18 1/2-foot (5.6-meter) Concolor fir from Auburn, Pennsylvania — is decorated to represent unity and hope with handmade renderings of the official birds from all 57 territories, states and the District of Columbia.
The State Dining Room is dedicated to the next generation — children — and its trees are decorated with self-portrait ornaments made by students of the 2021 Teachers of the Year, “ensuring that children see themselves” in the décor, the White House said.
Hanging from the fireplace in the State Dining Room are the Biden family Christmas stockings.
“We the People” are celebrated again in the Grand Foyer and Cross Hall on the State Floor, where metal ribbons are inscribed with the names of all the states, territories and the District of Columbia.
As part of Joining Forces, her White House initiative to support military families, Jill Biden was joined by National Guard leaders from across the country, as well as National Guard families. Her late son, Beau Biden, was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard.
She met before the event with children from National Guard families, telling them she wanted to hear their stories because “you have served right alongside of your parents and you deserve to have your courage, and your sacrifice, recognized, too.”
The White House noted that the holiday guide book given to visitors was designed by Daria Peoples, an African American children’s book author who lives in Las Vegas. Peoples is a former elementary school teacher who has written and illustrated a series of picture books to support children of color, including those who have experienced race-based trauma. | https://www.krqe.com/news/top-stories/photos-we-the-people-at-heart-of-white-house-holiday-decorations/ | 2022-11-28T23:36:11 | en | 0.947849 |
Updated November 28, 2022 at 5:13 PM ET
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali forces on Monday stormed a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists had been holed up for more than 18 hours after killing eight civilians and trapping dozens in the building, officials said.
Police spokesperson Sadik Dodishe said all six extremists died during the operation at the Villa Rosa hotel, and one member of the security forces was also killed.
Dodishe said about 60 people who had been trapped in the hotel were freed and none of them were injured. It was not immediately clear whether others were missing.
According to Dodishe, five of the attackers were killed by security forces, and one blew himself up.
Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mogadishu resident Mohamed Suleyman told the AP that two of his relatives, both civilians, died in the attack. "It's a great sadness to learn that two of my relatives were among those killed in yesterday night's attack," he said. "We were informed by their colleagues who managed to escape the attack after jumping (over the perimeter) wall of the hotel."
Ali Moalim, another Mogadishu resident, said he saw "two bodies of the security forces carried by their fellow soldiers."
Al-Shabab said in a broadcast on its own radio frequency Sunday that its fighters attacked the hotel, which has a restaurant popular with government and security officials. The attack is believed to have started with an explosion before gunmen penetrated the hotel's gates.
The hotel is not far from the presidential palace, Villa Somalia, in one of the most protected parts of central Mogadishu. A successful attack near the seat of the federal government is likely to instill deep fear among residents of the seaside capital that has long been prone to attacks by militants.
Such militant attacks are common in Mogadishu and other parts of the Horn of Africa nation.
The latest attack comes amid a new, high-profile offensive by the Somali government against al-Shabab, which still controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.
Extremist fighters loyal to the group have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade support for the government offensive, and attacks on public places frequented by government officials and others persist.
Hotels and restaurants are frequently targeted, as are military bases for government troops and foreign peacekeepers.
Last month at least 120 people were killed in two car bombings at a busy junction in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab carried out that attack, the deadliest since a similar attack at the same spot killed more than 500 people five years ago.
Al-Shabab opposes Somalia's federal government, which is backed by African Union peacekeepers, and seeks to take power and enforce a strict version of Sharia law.
The United States has described al-Shabab as one of al-Qaida's deadliest organizations and targeted it with scores of airstrikes in recent years. Hundreds of U.S. military personnel have returned to the country after former president Donald Trump withdrew them.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/npr-national-news/2022-11-27/somali-security-forces-storm-a-hotel-held-by-al-shabab-extremists-freeing-civilians | 2022-11-28T23:36:14 | en | 0.983821 |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Lawmakers have returned to Washington after their Thanksgiving break and have just three weeks to tackle a long list of priorities, including keeping the government funded.
Starting this week it’s a race against the clock, especially for Democrats who will no longer have control over both chambers of Congress next years.
It’s set to be a busy few weeks for lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Democrats are working to pass the Marriage Equality Act and a bill to clarify the electoral college process. Following back-to-back mass shootings, President Joe Biden is also calling for gun reforms.
On the Senate floor Monday, Senate Majority Leader Rep. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats and Republicans must pass a government funding bill before the Dec. 16 deadline.
“There’s a lot we must do before the end of the calendar year,” Schumer said. “The last thing we can afford right now is to turn government funding into another political tit for tat.”
Schumer also said they must pass the Marriage Equality Act, “because millions of Americans deserve equal justice under the law.”
Following a spree of mass shootings in the days before the Thanksgiving holiday, Biden is now also urging Congress to pass gun reform.
When asked if he can do anything about gun reform during the lame duck, Biden said “I’m going to try … to get rid of assault weapons.”
But on NBC’s Meet the Press, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., pushed back.
“Simply passing more bills isn’t going to solve the problem,” he said. “We need to invest in more law enforcement.”
While tackling gun reform remains an uphill battle, Democrats and Republicans largely agree on getting more funding to the U.S. Military, as well as getting more aid to Ukraine.
But Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said there needs to be more oversight of the $37 billion in new aid the president is requesting.
“When we give them what they need, they win,” McCaul said on ABC This Week. “We’re not going to write a blank check.”
McCaul is promising to ramp up that oversight once Republicans take control of House in January. The shift of power in the House could make the next few weeks interesting on Capitol Hill.
The federal government runs of out of funding on Dec. 16. Democrats and Republicans will have to broker several deals to avoid turmoil. | https://www.krqe.com/news/washington-dc/dems-make-final-push-before-losing-congress/ | 2022-11-28T23:36:18 | en | 0.957453 |
Our guest is Dr. Ivana Zuzul, who has worked in international consulting in various capacities for over a decade, focusing on international government consulting and foreign private investment. In addition to her work as Program Director for the ACFR, Dr. Zuzul advises various companies in the fields of energy and defense. Previously, she was part of a small team that founded the first private University in Croatia under the auspices of the United Nations Alliance for Civilizations; she then oversaw the daily operations of that University for five years as Vice President. Dr. Zuzul was recently in Tulsa to give an address at the TCFR titled "At the Crossroads of Europe: The U.S., the E.U., and Russia in the Balkans." She stopped by our studios while she was in town. | https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/show/studiotulsa/2022-11-28/at-the-crossroads-of-europe-at-the-tulsa-committee-on-foreign-relations-or-tcfr | 2022-11-28T23:36:20 | en | 0.976273 |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The Supreme Court was back after the holiday, hearing arguments around a case involving a private citizen and bribery.
In 2018, Joseph Percoco was convicted of taking a bribe from a real estate developer. At the time, the former advisor to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was working for his re-election campaign, and not the state.
“Without an agency relationship, the whole concept of bribery really doesn’t make any sense,” Percoco’s attorney Jacob Roth said.
Roth argues because he was a private citizen at the time, taking the money cannot be considered corruption.
“That person is not representing anyone else and doesn’t have a fiduciary duty to anyone else other than his new employer,” Roth said.
Several of the Justices expressed concern that siding with Percoco could open the door for future corrupt politicians.
“A very high public official goes off the government payroll and onto the campaign payroll,” Justice Elena Kagan said.
Kagan said if former government employees aren’t held to some standard, nothing may stop them from resigning before accepting a bribe and then resuming their position over and over again.
“He’s not called the executive secretary anymore, but there’s no other executive secretary around and he has the trust of the Governor,” Kagan said.
But Justice Neil Gorsuch said for private individuals, it may be difficult to separate bribery from legally hiring a lobbyist.
“Why not? This town is full of such persons. Presidents have had kitchen cabinets since the beginning of time,” Gorsuch said.
A ruling is expected sometime before next summer. | https://www.krqe.com/news/washington-dc/scotus-concerned-about-future-political-corruption-during-percoco-case/ | 2022-11-28T23:36:24 | en | 0.975248 |
(Note: This program first aired last year.) Our guest is the novelist TaraShea Nesbit, whose book titled "Beheld" looks at both the Mayflower Pilgrims and the Plymouth Colony from the various perspectives of only female characters. Per The New York Times Book Review, it is a "plain-spoken and lovingly detailed historical novel.... Despite the novel's quietness of telling, its currency is the human capacity for cruelty and subjugation, of pretty much everyone by pretty much everyone." And further, per the Historical Novel Society: "The novel is a gripping read propelled by vibrant characterization, and an engrossing take on the Plymouth Colony and America's first murder." | https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/show/studiotulsa/2022-11-28/beheld-a-novel-encore | 2022-11-28T23:36:27 | en | 0.943666 |
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared Monday that the U.K.’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, describing China’s growing authoritarianism as a “systemic challenge to our values and interests.”
But Sunak stopped short of calling China a threat, disappointing China hawks in his Conservative Party who had until recently expected him to class China as a “threat” to U.K. security as part of an update of the government’s foreign and defense policies.
In his speech to the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London, Sunak said the U.K. would stand up to global competitors like China — “not with grand rhetoric but with robust pragmatism” and by boosting its ties with like-minded global allies including the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan.
“We recognize China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests, a challenge that grows more acute as it moves towards even greater authoritarianism,” he said.
Referring to Beijing’s handling of widespread protests across China against the country’s strict “zero COVID” strategy, Sunak said that “instead of listening to their people’s protests, the Chinese government has chosen to crack down further, including by assaulting a BBC journalist.”
In July, during a Conservative leadership race to pick a successor to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Sunak said China represented the “largest threat” to Britain and the world’s security and prosperity.
At the time, he pledged to close all Confucius Institutes, the partially Chinese government-funded organizations that promote Chinese culture and language at U.K. universities. He also said he would lead an international alliance against Chinese cyberthreats, and help British companies and universities counter Chinese spying.
Lawmaker Iain Duncan Smith, a former Conservative Party leader and a vocal China critic, said Sunak’s “robust pragmatism” meant “anything you want it to mean” and amounted to “appeasement.” And David Lammy, the opposition Labour Party’s foreign affairs spokesman, described Sunak’s speech as “as thin as gruel.”
“All it shows is that once again the Conservative government is flip-flopping its rhetoric on China,” Lammy said. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-uks-rishi-sunak-says-golden-era-with-china-over/ | 2022-11-28T23:36:30 | en | 0.964666 |
A teenaged pedestrian is in hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Etobicoke Monday afternoon.
Police say it happened at the intersection of Kipling Avenue and Goswell Road just before 3:30 p.m.
A teen girl was allegedly struck by a vehicle and taken to hospital via emergency run with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Toronto paramedics told CP24 that the driver of the vehicle was not injured.
Police say they are on scene investigating and that northbound lanes on Kipling Avenue have been reduced to one lane.
Police are also asking any witnesses to contact traffic services at (416) 808-1900. | https://www.cp24.com/news/teen-girl-seriously-injured-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-etobicoke-1.6171991 | 2022-11-28T23:36:33 | en | 0.979855 |
Our guest on ST Medical Monday is the California-based journalist and author, Sam Quinones, who won the National Book Critics Circle Award a few years ago for "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." He joins us to discuss his newest book, which is a sequel of sorts to "Dreamland" and is just now out in paperback. That book is "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth." It's a book that, per Newsweek, "explores the fentanyl and meth crisis sweeping the U.S. while at the same time spotlighting the moments of hope and community that keep us going. From the wreckage of ruined lives come stories of faith, trust, and belief in our fellow humans." | https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/show/studiotulsa/2022-11-28/st-medical-monday-the-least-of-us | 2022-11-28T23:36:33 | en | 0.951449 |
What are the best products on sale for Cyber Monday?
There are plenty of amazing deals up for grabs this Cyber Monday. But just because you’re getting a deep discount doesn’t mean the sale item is worth your money. If you’re looking to spend a little more strategically, we’ve gathered some of the best deals on products the BestReviews team has tested and loved.
In particular, we’ve noticed significant discounts on the Ember Smart Mug, 2022 Apple MacBook Pro Laptop with M2 Chip and Toshiba Countertop Microwave. You can find some of our favorite tried-and-true products on sale in trending products, tech, kitchen and home, and beauty and health so you can score great deals on items for everyone on your holiday shopping list … or for yourself.
Updated: November 28, 02:00 p.m. PT
Ember, Toniebox and other trending deals
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Cuisinart ICE30BC Ice Cream Maker: 11% off
This ice cream maker has a sleek, compact design that can fit in most cabinets. It can make a delicious batch of homemade ice cream or sorbet in less than 30 minutes and provides a rich, creamy consistency. And it’s easy to use even for beginners.
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Crockpot Electric Lunchbox: 25% off
This is an ideal way to keep your lunch warm throughout the day. The inner pot is dishwasher-safe. It’s available in numerous colors.
Dash Mini Multi Waffle Maker: 48% off
You can use this to make four mini waffles and two waffle sticks. The nonstick cooking surfaces make it easy to keep clean.
Eufy by Anker BoostIQ RoboVac 11S Max Robot Vacuum: 48% off
The compact design makes this an ideal choice for apartments and small homes. It’s powerful and relatively quiet. The infrared sensor helps it navigate your house without running into obstacles.
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Other top home and kitchen deals
- This Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender can make smoothies and more. It’s an excellent deal at 45% off.
- Score this highly rated Ninja DualBrew Pro Specialty Coffee System for 56% off.
- Make all your favorite fried foods with less oil in this versatile PowerXL Air Fryer. It’s available for 54% off.
- Take your chopping game to the next level with this self-sharpening knife set, on sale for 52% off.
- This comfortable Cuddl Duds Blanket is a great deal at 52% off.
- Get 30% off the Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker for delicious homemade breakfasts.
- Get a great deal on this Cuisinart Panini Press at 30% off.
- Keep hard floors clean with ease. Pick up the Shark Steam Pocket Mop at 40% off.
- Monitor and improve the air quality in your home. The Coway Airmega True HEPA Purifier is on sale for 39% off.
- This MEATER Smart Meat Thermometer lets you cook and serve your favorite entrees with confidence and it’s on sale for 20% off.
- A Fellow Stagg EKG Electric Gooseneck Kettle is the perfect gift for coffee lovers and is 20% off right now.
- Take 30% off this Cuisinart Classic Waffle Maker to cook fluffy round waffles for the whole family.
- Snag a great deal on this KitchenAid Artisan Mini Plus 3.5-quart Stand Mixer to elevate your home baking at 32% off.
- Get the Ninja 4-quart Air Fryer for 23% off to make your weekly meal prep easier.
Health and beauty deals on Revlon, Fitbit and more
Hydro Jug Half-Gallon Water Bottle: 12% off
This large-capacity water jug has a leakproof seal. It’s an ideal choice for staying hydrated while you work out. It’s available in numerous colors.
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Brooklinen Mulberry Silk Pillowcase: 25% off
This luxurious silk pillowcase reduces friction while you sleep, protecting your hair and skin from potential damage. It’s breathable and cool to the touch, making it ideal for hot sleepers. It comes in a variety of colors, too.
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Remington MB4700 Smart Beard Trimmer: 7% off
This fully washable beard trimmer offers excellent adjustability, with 175 length settings. You can use it with a cord or cordless, and the battery can run for up to 50 minutes when cordless. The digital touch screen makes operation easy.
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Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus 2.0 Hair Dryer: 31% off
This 2-in-1 styling tool lets you dry and style your hair at the same time. It has a slim, sleek handle that fits comfortably in your hand and offers four heat settings, including a cool function to lock your style in place. The ceramic and tourmaline technology also reduces damage to your hair.
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Amazon Basics Daily Acne Control Cleanser: ADD TO WISHLIST
This daily cleanser helps you battle breakouts with 10% benzoyl peroxide. Use it regularly to keep acne at bay and clear out blemishes as they appear.
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Gugusure Nail Lamp: 38% off
Finish off your gel manicures with a digital UV LED nail lamp that cures nails twice as fast as the competition. A digital LED display and four power settings let you customize your curing process for the perfect manicure.
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Braun Men’s Electric Razor and Beard Trimmer: 43% off
This three-piece shaving set comes with a wireless electric shaver, travel case and 5-in-1 care center. The razor is safe for both wet and dry use and can run for up to 60 minutes.
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Revlon Lipstick Set: 45% off
If you’re shopping for a classic set of lip colors, this Revlon lipstick set offers versatile looks at a fraction of the regular price. Choose your favorite set of three high-impact matte or pearl shades.
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Real Perfection Makeup Brushes: 29% off
This makeup brush set includes 16 professional-grade brushes featuring synthetic hairs and wood handles. The kit also includes an eyebrow razor for precision trimming.
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American Crew Men’s Conditioner: 41% off
This classic vegan hair conditioner detangles hair leaving it soft and moisturized. Vitamin B5 keeps hair moist without weighing it down.
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Other top health and beauty deals
- Limit damage to your hair with this premium travel-size hair dryer, available for 25% off.
- This makeup brush set is on sale for 29% off.
- Keep your teeth and gums healthy with this Oral-B Pro Electric Toothbrush. It’s on sale right now for 40% off.
- This high-quality MatteTrance Lipstick is a steal at 31% off.
- This accurate Fitbit is available now for 33% off.
- Get a great deal on this pack of Old Spice Aluminum Free Deodorant for Men with 30% off.
- These Gillette Venus Comfort Glide Razors for Women are 30% off today for a smooth and comfortable shaving experience.
- This Babyliss Pro Nano Titanium Spring Curling Iron is a great deal with 20% off today.
- Get long-lasting hair removal with 22% off this Braun Epilator Silk-Epil 9 today.
- Smooth brittle hair and control frizz with the Olaplex Hair Perfector No 3 Repairing Treatment at 30% off.
- Pick up the Waterpik Aquarius Water Flosser for professional-level flossing at 55% off today.
- Stock up on Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser with 38% off.
- Treat yourself to 22% off the Nature Theory Collagen Day and Night Anti-Aging Cream.
- Stock up on Revlon ColorStay Blot Face Powder at 36% off to make freshening up even easier.
- Pick up a Colgate Optic White Overnight Whitening Pen at 44% off.
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The provincial government officially submitted its development application for the new Ontario Place and it includes about 12 acres of accessible public space as well as a “family-friendly” attraction.
In a statement, Minister of Infrastructure Kinga Surma called the application “an exciting milestone” while promising the changes will help bring “Ontario Place back to life.”
“Once complete, the redeveloped Ontario Place will be open to the public 365 days a year, with free public access and a waterfront experience that everyone can enjoy,” Surma said. “It will also create thousands of new jobs, and attract an estimated four to six million visitors each year.”
The Austrian resort developer Therme, who has been tapped to redevelop the western portion of the site, released further details of the proposal on Monday.
The design is being touted as being fully sustainable and accessible and includes 12 acres of freely accessible public space that will be available year round.
“We're delivering 12 acres of basically public realm which is contains, you know, beaches and gathering spaces, picnic areas, naturalized landscapes, all of those things, but fundamentally what we're creating is a place for people,” Jeff Craft, the public realm design lead from Studio TLA, told CTV News Toronto.
The proposal includes a new promenade that will connect with Toronto’s Martin Goodman Trail, a pebble beach with an accessible waterfront for swimming access, and “enhanced” large gathering spaces that can be used for small concerts or art shows.
The public space will surround a building that will be designed to LEED Platinum environmental standard and will act as a “family-friendly attraction” with a wave pool, waterslides and restaurants.
“On a January day in the City of Toronto, when it's snowing sideways, and you think about the ability for a nurse coming off of a night shift, to have the opportunity for a couple of hours to go and sit and relax by the pool without having to pay for a trip to Mexico, that's pretty wonderful,” Mark Lawson of Therme Canada said.
“If you want to bike up down from Parkdale, if you want to drive in from Mississauga, if you happen to fly in from Chicago, you know, we think this is going to be something that fundamentally reconnects the city with its waterfront.”
The proposal also includes the creation of a wetland, which Therme says will clean run-off rain water so that clean water is returned to Lake Ontario. Officials will be able to walk through the wetland using a series of boardwalks.
The submission comes after four weeks of public consultations, during which time both Craft and Lawson said an “enthusiasm for public space” was heard.
The original proposal for Ontario Place included just eight acres of public space. Lawson said that through the public consultations, “the building got a little bit smaller and the park got bigger.”
The application, while not yet publicly available, is still facing criticism from community group “Ontario Place for All,” who claims the application would take the West Island “out of public hands and turn [it] into a private spa for the rich.”
“This is not the vision Ontarians have for Ontario’s most iconic urban park,” Co-Chair Cynthia Wilkey said in a statement. “City Council must turn down this development application and insist the province produce a plan that better serves the people of Ontario.”
Craft said the goal of the design is to make Ontario Place accessible and build “meaningful places and things that both have function, beauty and create interest.” This includes restoring the shoreline of the waterfront to protect the area from flooding, erosion and high water levels.
The cost earmarked for both the facility and public space is about $350 million “plus”, Lawson said.
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Which Cyber Monday deals at major retailers are best?
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It’s finally here. The day you’ve been waiting for has arrived. No, not Christmas. It’s Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. While it might seem like a relatively new event, the phrase was first coined way back in 2005 by the National Retail Federation’s shop.org. That makes it an entire decade older than Prime Day.
Cyber Monday is known for its deep discounts on an extensive variety of products. We’ve already seen great deals on the Whirlpool Over-the-Range Microwave, Ring Video Doorbell and Bowflex Treadmill 10. To help you save, we’ve put together a list of over 100 deals you can find today. To keep things simple, we’ve organized this list by retail stores. You can find sales from Amazon, Target, Home Depot, Best Buy and Kohl’s.
Updated: November 28, 3:00 p.m. PT
Trending deals from Tempur-Pedic and Whirlpool
Tempur-Pedic Symphony Pillow: 47% off
This comfortable pillow has an arched side that’s ideal for back sleepers and a flat side for side sleepers. The cover is machine-washable. Many said it helped with their neck pain.
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SteelSeries Wireless Gaming Headset: 11% off
This headset lets you take calls or listen to music while gaming. It is comfortable and sounds great. The battery lasts around 20 hours on a single charge.
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KitchenAid Mini Stand Mixer: 32% off
The head tilts back, making it easy to add ingredients. It’s lighter and more compact than a traditional KitchenAid mixer, and it is available in numerous colors.
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Apple 2020 MacBook Air: ADD TO WISHLIST
This top-of-the-line laptop offers up to 18 hours of battery life on each charge and 8GB of unified memory for super-fast performance. Its 13.3-inch Retina display offers sharp, clear colors and images too.
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Echo Show 15: 32% off
This smart display makes it easy to keep track of your family’s calendars, shopping lists and more. It also lets you control other smart home devices and stream your favorite movies and shows.
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Tempur-Pedic mattress topper and other Cyber Monday deals on Amazon
Tempur-Pedic Tempur Supreme Mattress Topper: 41% off
This memory foam mattress topper is both extremely popular and highly rated. The 3-inch topper conforms to your body to provide personalized support so you get a better night’s sleep. Its machine-washable cover can be easily cleaned to keep allergens at a minimum.
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Amazon Basics Single-Arm Monitor Stand: ADD TO WISHLIST
One of the biggest reasons for discomfort when working is your monitor’s height and angle. This single-arm stand lets you adjust your screen to the position you desire to help make you more comfortable and productive.
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Dll Buffalo Check Farmhouse Table Runner: SOLD OUT
The right table runner can pull together an entire room. This rustic farmhouse design has red-and-black checks, making it suitable for everything from daily use to barbecues. It’s made of durable, wrinkle-resistant cotton.
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Furinno Go Green Home Computer Desk: 48% off
Stylish and functional, this desk is a great solution for your laptop workspace needs. It has two drawers, two shelves and ample leg room. The compact design lets it fit in tight spaces.
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Inse Cordless Vacuum Cleaner: 23% off
Versatility is the key to a great cleaning tool. This cordless vacuum can be used in several configurations, making it a good choice for floors, walls, vehicles and spot cleaning. Its impressive five-stage filtration system can help keep you breathing easy.
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Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Gen: 20% off
These premium wireless earbuds provide rich, immersive sound perfect for your favorite music and more. They also offer up to 30 hours of listening time with the included charging case.
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Anker Magnetic Wireless Charger: 25% off
This convenient wireless charger has a compact design that won’t take up much space on your table or desk. It also offers a flexible mount, so you can attach your device at the perfect angle for viewing.
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Other top Cyber Monday deals on Amazon
- Give the gift of music. These noise-canceling earbuds make a great gift, especially at 40% off.
- Do you know an aspiring podcaster? Get them this quality mic. It’s on sale for 20% off.
- At 36% off, this Fire TV Stick 4K makes a thoughtful gift.
- This LifeStraw not only saves you money at 75% off, but it could save your life.
- The top-selling Echo Dot 4th Gen is 50% off.
- Let the iRobot Roomba j7+ Robot Vacuum do the work for you while you enjoy the holidays. The price is marked down 25%.
- It’s easy to take music wherever you go with the EarFun UBOOM L Portable Bluetooth Speaker. Buy it today and save 20%.
- Make your place more secure with Google’s Nest Cam and save 33%.
- Does someone on your list love to stream? The Roku Streambar is on sale for 38% off.
- Enjoy impressive sound and save 36% with Sony’s Noise-Canceling Earbuds.
- Bring on the fun with Gabby’s Dollhouse Cakey Kitchen Set. It’s 50% off for a limited time.
- The Acer Aspire 5 is compact and powerful. You can buy it for 26% off.
- The Razer Hunstman Keyboard is an ideal gift for gamers. It’s available at a 42% discount.
- At 31% off, this is an excellent time for iOS users to pick up an Apple Pen.
- The Shark IQ Self-Cleaning Robot Vacuum is compatible with Alexa and available for 30% off.
- This TCL Smart TV features an intuitive menu and voice-command capabilities. It’s on sale for 39% off.
- This Polaroid Camera is a blast from the past. It’s available for 17% off.
- The Google Pixel 7 features various photo-editing features you won’t find on other devices. You can buy it for 17% off.
- This Logitech Gaming Keyboard is available at a 28% discount.
- This OnePlus 10 Smartphone is unlocked, so you can use it with the carrier of your choice. It’s on sale for 31% off.
- The Amazon Fire 50″ Omni Series 4K UHD Smart TV offers vivid 4K images. It’s on sale for 22% off.
- This Google Nest Indoor/Outdoor Cam can help you keep an eye on your property. It’s on sale for 33% off.
- The right case expands the functionality of your iPad beyond expectations. This Logitech Keyboard Case is a great example of a fine product. It is on sale for 22% off.
Apple Watch, Google Nest and other Cyber Monday Deals at Target
Apple Watch Series 8 41mm: 13% off
This water-resistant smartwatch keeps track of numerous health metrics. It is comfortable and features an impressive battery life.
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Google Nest Mini (2nd Generation): 59% off
This voice-assistant device features impressive music-playback capabilities. It is compact and has a sleek design.
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Dyson V8 Stick Vacuum: 35% off
This multisurface vacuum is ideal for compact living spaces. It lasts around 40 minutes on a single charge.
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“Jurassic World” Giganotosaurus Action Figure: 50% off
This enormous toy is an ideal gift for the dinosaur lover in your life. It comes with 20 small dinosaur figures that it can eat.
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The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: ADD TO WISHLIST
This popular Nintendo Switch game is celebrated as an excellent addition to the Zelda series. You can craft items, fight enemies and solve puzzles.
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Fujifilm Instant Max 11 Camera: 22% off
This adorable instant camera makes taking selfies and other up-close shots even easier. It offers an automatic flash and automatic exposure feature too.
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Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet: 50% off
This user-friendly tablet offers a super-fast, responsive performance for surfing the web, streaming videos, checking email and more. It also has front- and rear-facing cameras and provides up to 12 hours of battery life.
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Monster Jam Official Megalodon Storm All-Terrain Remote Control Monster Truck: 40% off
This water-resistant RC can drive on water. It has custom tires that let you travel across nearly any terrain, including mud, rocks, snow and more. It has fearsome graphics and an easy-to-use remote that is powered by two AAA batteries.
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Other top Cyber Monday deals on Target
- If you are shopping for someone who needs a new laptop, check out the Lenovo Chromebook. It’s discounted by 45%.
- You’ll save 25% on the Razor A Kick Scooter.
- The Keurig Mini doesn’t take up much space but makes delicious coffee. You’ll save 20% when you buy today.
- Your best Xbox fan probably needs a new controller. The Series SX Wireless Controller is 33% off.
- The PowerXL Vortex Pro Air Fryer has a huge 8-quart capacity. It’s 54% off today.
- Every cook wants a KitchenAid Stand Mixer like the pro model that’s discounted by 44%.
- The Google Nest Hub is available at a 50% discount.
- This Ninja Blender features seven speed settings and is on sale for 41% off.
- The Samsung Galaxy A7 Tab is lightweight and lasts around 13 hours on a single charge. It’s available for 38% off.
- This Vizio Smart TV features Apple Airplay 2 and Chromecast capabilities. You can buy it at a 36% discount.
- The Google Chromecast with Google TV makes it easy to stream your favorite movies and TV shows. It’s available for 33% off.
- The Mr. Coffee Iced Coffee Maker with Reusable Tumbler and Coffee Filter makes a perfect gift for coffee lovers. Grab it now for 43% off.
- If your kids love music, the Little Tikes My Real Jam Twice the Fun is a set of two guitars that are on sale for 40% off.
- This Fun Zone Dual Twister is a spinning ride. Not only can it whirl two kids, but the water spray adds a new element of fun. It is on sale for 40% off.
- Make sure you are prepared for the holidays. This 7.5-foot pre-lit artificial tree is on sale for 44% off.
- The Theragun Mini can give you relief from aches and pains, no matter where you are. It is a great buy at 25% off.
- JBL’s Charge 5 Portable Bluetooth Waterproof Speaker is a powerful portable speaker that gives you superb audio on the go. It is available for 33% off.
- If you’ve never tried cartridge-free printing, now is the time. The Epson EcoTank ET-2400 All-in-One Cartridge-Free Supertank Printer is on sale for 28% off.
- Cyber Monday is all about great deals like this. You get 50% off the Neato D8 Intelligent Robot Vacuum if you buy today.
- You can get the popular Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet at target today for 50% off.
Whirlpool microwave oven and other Cyber Monday deals on Home Depot
Whirlpool Over-the-Range Microwave: 43% off
This two-speed microwave has nine one-touch presets and a 30-second-add button to make cooking nearly effortless. It also has a charcoal filter that helps remove unpleasant odors and a large 12-inch turntable.
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Windlowe Bath Vanity: 40% off
Windlowe’s bath vanity is 61 inches long. It has an impressive amount of storage space and a laminated Carrara white marble top. This vanity has two sinks with three holes in each to facilitate installation.
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Milwaukee Cordless Ratchet and Impact Wrench: 50% off
This tool kit comes with a Milwaukee M18 half-inch high-torque impact wrench and an M12 three-eighths-inch ratchet. The battery has a fuel gauge so you can monitor its charge and the tools have a variable speed trigger for greater control.
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Werner 8-Foot Fiberglass Step Ladder: ADD TO WISHLIST
A ladder is essential for a wide variety of household projects. This one can support 250 pounds and has a 12-foot reach. The holster top securely holds a number of tools, including a paint can, to increase your productivity.
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Husky Mechanics Tool Set: 50% off
If you want a great all-around mechanics tool set, you can’t get much more versatile than this one. It comes with 270 pieces, ensuring you have exactly what you need for nearly any task.
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Google Nest Doorbell: 33% off
Know who’s at your door without opening it with this battery-powered video doorbell. It has a vertical field of view, so you can fully see visitors, too.
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Ridgid 15-Ampere 10-inch Portable Pro Jobsite Table Saw with Stand: 33% off
This table saw is portable, so it’s easy to bring to any job site or area of your home that requires work. It offers on-board tool and accessory storage to keep everything you need within reach.
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Ryobi One+ Cordless 6-Tool Combo Kit : 33% off
This comprehensive tool set from Ryobi comes with six versatile tools: drill/driver, impact driver, circular saw, reciprocating saw, multi-tool and LED light. You also get two batteries, a charger and a storage bag so you have everything you need to get the job done.
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Other top Cyber Monday deals on Home Depot
- Make your lawn the envy of the neighborhood with this holiday lawn ornament, on sale for 18% off.
- This tool combo kit comes with everything you need to be a weekend repair warrior. It’s on sale for Cyber Monday at 49% off.
- Make your outdoor space even more beautiful with these string lights, available for 20% off.
- If you need a new refrigerator, now is a great time to upgrade because this popular model is on sale for 36% off.
- This storage solution will make you happy, especially since you can get it today for 42% off.
- The DeWalt 20-Volt Max Cordless Combo Tool Kit is the perfect gift for the DIYer. The price is currently 40% off.
- At a discount of 33%, the DeWalt 15-Amp Corded 12-Inch Double Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw is too good to miss.
- If you own Ryobi tools, it’s a good idea to keep a few spare batteries on hand. This pair is now 50% off.
- Gorilla Ladders Aluminum Multi-Position Ladder is a solid deal. ADD TO WISHLIST
- This LG dishwasher is packed with features and is currently 35% off.
- This DeWalt Miter Saw is durable and powerful. It’s available for 33% off.
- At 48% off, this is an excellent time to pick up a new Ryobi Impact Wrench.
- Get in the mood for the holidays with this 7.5-foot pre-lit artificial Christmas tree, on sale now for 60% off.
- This fun unicorn inflatable can dress up your yard this holiday season. Grab it for 23% off.
- When it’s time to get a toilet, you need a toilet. There is no waiting. This reliable model from Kohler is currently 26% off.
- This battery storage case lets you test, organize and store 150 batteries. It’s available for 34% off.
- The Santa on a Motorcycle inflatable will make your yard the envy of the neighborhood. The best part is you can get it for 24% off.
- You can use this pre-lit Royal Easton Garland to brighten up nearly any location. It’s on sale today for 27% off.
- The ever-popular Traeger Pellet Grill and Smoker is on sale for 22% off.
- Did you know that Ryobi has an electric snow blower? Time to get prepared for winter. ADD TO WISHLIST
Microsoft Surface Pro and other Cyber Monday deals at Best Buy
Microsoft Surface Pro: 33% off
The Surface Pro is a remarkable device that can be anything you desire. It has an HD display, a remarkably fast processor, up to 16 hours of battery life, 8GB memory, stereo speakers and much more.
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Beats by Dr. Dre: 40% off
These feature top-notch noise cancellation capabilities that let you enjoy your favorite songs without distraction. They’re available in five colors, including black, white and red.
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Ninja Mega Kitchen System: 50% off
This system features multiple blade attachments and a food processor setting. It comes with two single-serve cups that are great for smoothies.
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Bowflex Treadmill 10: 35% off
This treadmill comes with a 10-inch console that gives you access to workouts that are personalized to your fitness levels with a JRNY Membership (one free year included with purchase). The console also lets you access your favorite streaming accounts so you can enjoy entertainment while working out.
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Bella Electric Citrus Juicer: 46% off
The Bella Electric Juicer is a pressure-activated machine that lets you make up to 32 ounces of juice at a time. It has a pulp control dial and an auto-reverse to ensure you get maximum extraction every time.
Sold by Best Buy
Arlo Pro 4 Spotlight Camera Security Bundle: 33% off
Keep your home secure and protected with this security camera set. It includes three cameras, rechargeable batteries, a charging station and a security sign for your yard.
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Ooni Koda 16 Gas-Powered Pizza Oven: 20% off
This gas-powered outdoor oven makes it easy to prepare restaurant-quality pizzas at home. It heats up to 950 degrees, so it can cook a pizza in just 60 seconds.
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Other top Cyber Monday deals at Best Buy
- This Samsung Gas Range gives you 6 cubic feet of cooking space for 28% off.
- KitchenAid’s Variable Speed Hand Blender gives you an incredible amount of convenience and versatility for 33% off.
- The HyperX Optical Gaming Mouse gives you the speed you need to wind up on top. It’s on sale today for 50% off.
- When you pick your next washing machine, consider an LG high-efficiency model. To sweeten the deal, this one is 26% off.
- These Samsung Galaxy Buds2 are 40% off. They’re comfortable and sound great.
- The Razor Blade Gaming Laptop is a wish come true for any gamer. The price is marked down 23%.
- Clear the air with the Blueair Blue Pure 211+ HEPASilent Air Purifier and save 30%.
- The Meta Quest 2 Resident Evil 4 Bundle with Beat Saber is a good deal at 13% off the usual price.
- Grab the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wired Stereo Gaming Headset for a gamer and save 45%.
- The Wyze Bulb Color 2-Pack is 26% off.
- This Asus ROG Gaming Laptop features 512GB of storage and a top-notch graphics card. It’s on sale for 36% off.
- The Dyson V12 Cordless Vacuum is lightweight and easy to use. You can buy it for 23% off.
- The Fitbit Luxe features a stylish, understated design and is on sale for 38% off.
- This Razer Blade Gaming Laptop is available at a 23% discount.
- These Sennheiser headphones have an excellent noise cancellation feature. You can buy them for 50% off.
- This Sonos Subwoofer features a sleek design that will blend seamlessly with your home decor. It’s available for 20% off.
- The Waterpik Water Flosser lasts around four weeks on a single charge and is available for 22% off.
Ninja Foodi Air Fryer and other Cyber Monday deals at Kohl’s
Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fryer Oven 40% off
You can use this versatile appliance to air fry, air roast, broil and more. For the ultimate convenience, it stores on its side to give you maximum counter space when it isn’t in use.
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J.A. Henckels International Knife Block Set: 52% off
This knife block features self-sharpening slots so that your knives are automatically sharpened whenever they’re inserted or removed. Each blade is a precision-forged item that was manufactured to last.
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Ring Video Doorbell: 40% off
When there’s movement at your door, whether it’s day or night, you can instantly see what’s going on with this smart doorbell. Using the two-way talk feature, you can communicate with guests, even if you aren’t at home.
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Shark Rotator Professional Lift-Away Upright Vacuum: 18% off
The lift-away feature in this handy upright vacuum means you can easily clean above-floor areas as well as vehicles. The swivel steering and LED headlights add convenience.
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Three teenage boys have been arrested in connection with a stabbing inside a Scarborough high school that left a 17-year-old student with critical injuries.
The incident happened on Nov. 14 at Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute near Danforth Avenue and Birchmount Road, shortly after 3 p.m.
Police say they located a Grade 12 student in the office of the school suffering from an apparent stab wound. Paramedics transported the 17-year-old male to hospital in critical condition, according to police.
The high school was temporarily placed on a lockdown following the incident.
A day after the stabbing, Toronto Mayor John Tory said he would have a meeting with various stakeholders to discuss concerning school violence.
On Monday, police said they made three arrests in connection with the stabbing.
Three teens, two 14-year-olds and one 17-year-old, have each been charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon.
Their identities cannot be released under the terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
All three suspects were scheduled to appear in court Monday morning.
Meanwhile, Tory held the aforementioned meeting with the Toronto District School Board and Toronto Police Services Monday morning to discuss “troubling” youth violence in the city.
Following the meeting, Tory said the city has committed to increased cooperation with the TDSB when it comes to addressing violence.
“Specifically, the City will work with the school board to prioritize schools that require enhanced youth programming, mental health and well-being supports as well as food security initiatives in schools,” Tory wrote in a statement on Monday.
“We also committed to increased cooperation in responding to violent incidents, increased access and partnerships with local community-based organizations and the City, and to increased information sharing,” he added.
The stabbing at Birchmount Park happened just two weeks after a fatal shooting outside Woburn Collegiate Institute on Halloween. An 18-year-old male was killed and a second teen was injured in that shooting.
There was also another stabbing outside of Birchmount Park this past spring, which left a teen seriously injured.
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Auburn is hiring Liberty coach Hugh Freeze to take over the football program, more than five years after his resignation from SEC Western Division rival Mississippi amid both personal and NCAA scandals.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday that Freeze has signed a memorandum of understanding with the school. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because final details of the contract were still being worked out and approved.
Sports Illustrated was first to report that Auburn was finalizing a deal with Freeze.
Freeze went 34-15 in four seasons at Liberty. He replaces Bryan Harsin, who was fired on Oct. 31 after going 9-12 in less than two seasons at a proud program that has fallen on hard times.
Freeze took over at Liberty in December 2018 and the Flames became the second program to win a bowl game during each of its first three seasons in FBS.
His 2020 team finished 10-1 and ranked No. 17. Liberty (8-4) was upset by New Mexico State 49-14 on Saturday in its regular-season finale, losing three straight after knocking off Arkansas.
Freeze is 68-44 in 11 seasons as a head coach.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — If England needs any added motivation ahead of its final World Cup group game against Wales on Tuesday, it only has to watch a certain video from 2016.
Footage of Wales players celebrating wildly as their British neighbors crashed out of the European Championship after losing to Iceland went viral at the time.
England was humiliated. Wales, which lost 2-1 to the Three Lions in the group stage but went on to reach the semifinals, was jubilant.
Much has changed since then — a point England forward Marcus Rashford made ahead of the Group B match.
“I don’t think it takes a genius to see how we’ve improved since 2016. For me it feels like a completely different team. We’ve come on so much. We’ve learned a lot about ourselves along the way," he said.
“Back in 2016, if you look at that performance when we got knocked out the Euros, it is a million miles off where we are now. You cannot really compare the two situations.”
That sentiment is backed up by England’s tournament performances over the last four years — reaching the semifinals of the World Cup in 2018 and the final of last year’s European Championship, which it lost on penalties to Italy.
England is among the favorites to triumph in Qatar and only needs a point against Wales to guarantee qualification to the knockout stages. Depending on goal difference, England could still progress even if it loses that match.
For Wales, the jeopardy is much higher.
Bottom of the group with one point from its first two matches, Wales must win to have any chance of reaching the round of 16 at its first World Cup since 1958.
“That’s the hurt at the moment,” said midfielder Joe Allen. “It’s a feeling of missed opportunity in the first two games."
“Our focus now moves onto getting on the training pitch, putting in the work and preparing for the performance of our lives against England," he added.
Wales will be looking for inspiration from Gareth Bale if it is to win against England for the first time since 1984.
The Los Angeles FC forward came into the tournament on the back of just one game since the start of October and has looked labored in his performances.
Meanwhile, England’s Harry Kane is yet to score at this World Cup and was off the pace in his team’s 0-0 draw with the United States after taking a heavy challenge in the previous game against Iran.
The Golden Boot winner from 2018 is just three goals away from overtaking Wayne Rooney’s total of 53 to become his nation’s all time leading scorer.
Coach Gareth Southgate confirmed Kane is fit to start against Wales.
“With Harry, obviously we are going to pick a team we believe can win the game. That is our priority as always," he said.
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1 seriously injured in South Lubbock shooting
Published: Nov. 28, 2022 at 7:39 AM CST|Updated: 10 hours ago
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - One person has been taken to the hospital after a shooting in South Lubbock.
Just after 11 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a shots fired call near the Walmart on 114th Street and Quaker Avenue.
One person was found with serious injuries and was taken to UMC.
No one has been arrested at this time.
This is a developing story. Check back later for updates.
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The latest brewery to open in Houston amid a flurry of activity is weeks away from welcoming beer lovers through its doors. Bad Astronaut Brewing will open in mid-December in Near Northside.
Co-founders Chris Fall and Rocky Keener were both some of the earliest employees at Karbach Brewing, a pioneering brewery in Houston that sold to beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2016. After 11 and 9 years at the company, respectively, they are pursuing a longtime dream of theirs to open their own brewery, with partner Josh Teekell.
Bad Astronaut has been in the works for about two years, and the team began construction this past July. It's located in a massive 36,000-square-foot warehouse originally built in 1932. From the 1970s until the mid-2000s, it was home to the Texas Screw Factory, manufacturing screws for oil wells and other such hardware. The company moved and used the space for storage until Bad Astronaut signed a 10-year lease in 2022.
Fall says he and Keener learned a lot about consistency and quality control at Karbach. They aim to instill this at Bad Astronaut, as well as bring creativity to the table by putting experimental brews on tap and seeing how customers react before producing a full batch.
Led by Keener, who is the brewmaster, Bad Astronaut is launching with four core beers: Cruis'n Through German Helles, Cloud Punch German Pilsner, Phaser Fight IPA and Fake Landing Hazy IPA. The brewery is also making seasonals such as the Schwifty Session Ale with peach and apricot; the Monster Beast Theater, a cookie ale modeled after the Caramel deLite Girl Scout cookie; and the Parade Crasher Fest Bier, their version of an Oktoberfest. The brewery will have 30 taps total, including guest taps with other breweries' beers, beer cocktails, and wine.
As for the name Bad Astronaut, the backstory involves beer, of course. "Rocky and I were drinking one night, and started talking about what Houston loves the most," Fall said, citing the Astros and astronauts. After an undisclosed number of beers, they came up with an "anti-hero astronaut" character, who went through all the training but, when it was time to go to space, decided he didn't really feel like going after all. "We're not trying to be too serious here," Fall added as a way of explanation.
All of the cans' labels depict this bad astronaut doing high jinks, such as him being chased on a volcano by someone in a DeLorean, or him escaping NASA training to try to go to space before he's supposed to. The cans, as well as the large wall wrap inside the taproom, were designed by the Stout Collective agency out of Chicago. Local artist Nicky Davis painted a mural in another corner, and is hosting a mural festival on Dec. 3 called Spray City Walls, where other artists will join in decorating the brewery.
The cavernous taproom has tables and high-tops peppered across the space, as well as free-play games like cornhole, foosball and pool. Behind the wrapped wall is an equally giant event space where a 1954 Spartan Royal Mansion RV is currently sitting, ready to be renovated into a bar for private occasions.
Bad Astronaut is waiting on final permits to fully open its doors, but the brewery has been distributing since September. You can find them at dozens of H-E-Bs, Krogers and bars around Houston, such as Flying Saucer, Hughie's and Star Sailor.
This area of Houston has become more of a destination for breweries recently. For a while, it was just Saint Arnold, who moved its facility here in 2009, but in the last three years, four new breweries have opened. First there was Local Group in February 2020, which is now under new ownership and called Gristworkz. Frost Town opened in north downtown, on the other side of I-10, in June 2022, followed by Black Page near White Oak Music Hall in September, and now Bad Astronaut, any day now.
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders said Monday that a report stating Colorado has offered him its head coaching job is true and he has also received interest from other schools.
The Jackson State coach didn’t say whether he’s considering any of the opportunities, including trying to turn around the Buffaloes’ beleaguered program.
Sanders didn’t specify in a teleconference for the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game participants who else has reached out besides Colorado, saying, “I’m not going to sit here and tell all my business, but they’re not the only ones.”
The university hasn’t commented on any candidates to replace Karl Dorrell, who was dismissed in October. Interim coach Mike Sanford finished out the Buffaloes’ 1-11 season.
On Saturday, Fox reported without citing sources that Colorado had offered Sanders the job.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer has guided Jackson State, a historically black college that plays in the second tier of NCAA Division I football, to an 11-0 mark this season. The Tigers host Southern in the SWAC championship Saturday.
Known as “Prime Time” during his playing career, the magnetic Sanders prefers “Coach Prime” these days. He said the offer to coach the Buffaloes isn’t a distraction.
“To someone else that hasn’t been that dude, it’s intoxicating. I’ve been ‘Prime’ for a long time, dawg,” Sanders with a laugh. “Attention ain’t nothing knew to me. Like, come on. I’m not being braggadocious — that’s a wonderful word, isn’t it? I just came up with that — but this isn’t new to me. Being in the spotlight isn’t new to me.”
Whoever takes over in Boulder has their work cut out. The Buffs went 1-8 in the Pac-12 and concluded their gloomy season with a 63-21 blowout loss to No. 12 Utah at Folsom Field on Saturday.
Before the season, Colorado lost several starters through the transfer portal, an area Sanders could surely shore up should he accept the Buffaloes’ job.
Hired by Jackson State in September 2020 after coaching his sons at a Texas high school, Sanders called the fit “a match made in heaven.” He quickly lifted the school in Mississippi’s capital to SWAC champion in one calendar year.
The Tigers followed up a 4-3 finish in a pandemic-delayed spring season with an 11-2 showing last fall, a remarkable jump led by Sanders’ son, Shedeur Sanders, at quarterback. They lost to South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl.
Jackson State’s performance was significant beyond earning its first conference title since 2007. A program that has produced Hall of Famers such as Walter Payton, Lem Barney, Jackie Slater and Robert Brazile was relevant again among HBCUs, and Sanders was determined to keep it that way.
Sanders has also scored on the recruiting trail, landing five-star defensive back Travis Hunter and four-star receiver Kevin Coleman for this year’s unbeaten squad. Sanders told The Associated Press in an October podcast that both players chose JSU because he and his staff will prepare them for careers in the NFL.
Yet, Sanders has noted schools such as Jackson State remain at an inherent disadvantage in recruiting.
“So now it’s becoming an option,” Sanders said of top recruits choosing HBCUs. “But it’s not truly a balanced option because of facilities, because of the housing. Because of all the aesthetics at HBCUs. We’re underfunded and overlooked. So it’s not the same.”
Sanders’ success in lifting the Championship Subdivision program’s profile — not to mention drawing attention to Black college football and the challenges JSU and other programs face in fielding programs — sparked speculation about Power Five schools pursuing him for coaching vacancies.
On the ESPN show “Keyshawn, JWill & Max,” longtime NFL receiver Keyshawn Johnson urged Sanders to take the Buffaloes job.
“This is a perfect situation,” Johnson said. “Here’s why: Prime can recruit. He can get me to hang out in Colorado for sure, there’s no question about that. He can recruit California, Texas, Arizona, Florida. He can get the best players in Colorado to stay in Colorado.”
Even before Sanders took the Jackson State job, he met with officials at Power Five schools about their coaching vacancies and impressed with his preparation.
Sanders was a All-American at Florida State before a stellar NFL career with five teams that included the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, where he won a Super Bowl with each.
The 55-year-old Sanders — or whoever it may be — would step into a Colorado program that’s a long way from its glory days under Hall of Fame coach Bill McCartney, who led CU to a national championship following the 1990 season.
The Buffaloes have had only one full-length winning season since joining the Pac-12 in 2011.
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Biden calls on Congress to head off potential rail strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks.
Biden said a tentative agreement approved in September provided a pay raise for workers, health care benefits and a better leave policy.
But talks have since stalled. Four rail unions are back at the table after rejecting their deals with the railroads, trying to work out new agreements before the Dec. 9 deadline. Eight other rail unions have ratified their deals that include 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses.
Labor leaders have asked Congress to step in. Lawmakers have the power to impose contract terms on the workers, but it’s not clear what they might include if they do that. They could also force the negotiations to continue into the new year.
“Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economy,” Biden said in a statement. “Without freight rail, many U.S. industries would shut down.”
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Business groups are increasing the pressure on lawmakers to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks.
A coalition of more than 400 business groups sent a letter to Congressional leaders Monday urging them to step into the stalled talks because of fears about the devastating potential impact of a strike that could force many businesses to shut down if they can’t get the rail deliveries they need. Commuter railroads and Amtrak would also be affected in a strike because many of them use tracks owned by the freight railroads.
The business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers and National Retail Federation said even a short-term strike would have a tremendous impact and the economic pain would start to be felt even before the Dec. 9 strike deadline because the railroads would stop hauling hazardous chemicals, fertilizers and perishable goods up to a week beforehand to keep those products from being stranded somewhere along the tracks.
“A potential rail strike only adds to the headwinds facing the U.S. economy,” the businesses wrote. “A rail stoppage would immediately lead to supply shortages and higher prices. The cessation of Amtrak and commuter rail services would disrupt up to 7 million travelers a day. Many businesses would see their sales disrupted right in the middle of the critical holiday shopping season.”
A similar group of businesses sent another letter to President Joe Biden last month urging him to play a more active role in resolving the contract dispute.
Congressional leaders and the White House have said they are monitoring the contract talks closely but haven’t indicated when they might act or what they will do. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said leaders are aware of the situation with the rail negotiations and will monitor the talks in the coming days.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said on Fox News Sunday that Congressional intervention is a last resort, but lawmakers will have to be ready to act.
“Congress will not let this strike happen. That’s for sure,” said Fitzpatrick who helps lead a bipartisan group of 58 lawmakers. “It would be devastating to our economy. So, we’ll get to a resolution one way or another.”
A White House spokeswoman has said that a rail strike would be “unacceptable.”
Congress has the power to impose contract terms on the workers, but it’s not clear what they might include if they do that. They could also force the negotiations to continue into the new year.
Both the unions and railroads have been lobbying Congress while contract talks continue. Four rail unions that represent more than half of the 115,000 workers in the industry have rejected the deals that President Joe Biden helped broker before the original strike deadline in September and are back at the table trying to work out new agreements. Eight other unions have approved their five-year deals with the railroads and are in the process of getting back pay for their workers for the 24% raises that are retroactive to 2020.
“It certainly could end up in Congress’ lap, which is why we are headed to D.C. this week to meet with lawmakers on The Hill from both parties,” said Clark Ballew, a spokesman for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division union that represents track maintenance workers. “We have instructed our members to contact their federal lawmakers in the House and Senate for several weeks now.”
The unions have asked the railroads to consider adding paid sick time to what they already offered to address some of workers’ quality of life concerns. But so far, the railroads, which include Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and Kansas City Southern, have refused to consider that.
The railroads want any deal to closely follow the recommendations a special board of arbitrators that Biden appointed made this summer that called for the 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses but didn’t resolve workers’ concerns about demanding schedules that make it hard to take a day off and other working conditions.
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Gunfire reported in Nuevo Laredo after arrest of alleged crime boss
Published: Nov. 28, 2022 at 12:04 PM CST|Updated: 6 hours ago
LAREDO, TX. (KGNS) - Gunfire is reported around Nuevo Laredo on Monday morning after the arrest of the head of a criminal organization.
Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced during a press conference that the individual is facing several criminal charges.
The U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo announced that a “Shelter in place” notice was issued around 6 a.m.
Four hours later, they say the situation has begun to normalize but they recommend a shelter in place for residents and visitors.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Matt Rhule said he had plenty of options after he got fired by the Carolina Panthers. He could have taken a year off from football or worked in television.
Or he could jump back into college coaching. A number of schools reached out to him, he said, but only one appealed to him and his family.
Nebraska introduced Rhule as its coach on Monday, exactly seven weeks after the Panthers fired him five games into his third season. Awaiting him is the daunting task of taking over a team coming off a sixth straight losing season and a program that’s a shell of what once was one of the biggest brands in the college game.
“I am here because this is the right fit, it’s the right time,” Rhule said. “And if I have one message for you: We can absolutely do it. We can absolutely get University of Nebraska football exactly where it’s supposed to be. It will be hard. It may take time, but it will be done.”
Rhule signed an eight-year, $74 million contract that makes him the third highest-paid coach in the Big Ten behind Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Michigan State’s Mel Tucker and among the top 10 nationally.
Athletic director Trev Alberts said the contract is 90% guaranteed and that some of the compensation is deferred. Rhule will have a pool of $7 million to spend on assistant coaches.
When the Panthers fired Rhule, he was still owed $34 million on his seven-year contract. Alberts said the Panthers were involved in Rhule’s negotiations with Nebraska.
“Structuring a business arrangement that everybody was willing to sign off on was a bit of a challenge,” Alberts said, “and there were some fits and starts to it.”
Alberts said there was a period when it looked like the deal would fall through, but the sides reached an agreement on Thanksgiving morning.
Rhule’s starting salary is $5.5 million and rises by at least $1 million each year, topping out at $12.5 million if he’s still coach in 2030. Asked if he thought he would need to spend an average of $9 million per year on a football coach, Alberts said the salary scale is rising in the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference because of dramatically increasing revenues tied to record-setting television rights deals.
“Let’s be honest, there’s a Power Two now,” Alberts said. “Certainly not to denigrate any of the other conferences, but that’s kind of where we’re heading. … If we’re going to be serious about having Nebraska football competing at the upper level of the Big Ten Conference, there’s going to be resources needed to acquire that talent.”
Rhule, who was 11-27 in two-plus seasons with the Panthers, was hired because of the success he had in his two college head coaching jobs.
He had Temple playing for and winning the American Athletic Conference championship in his third and fourth seasons (2015-16). He had Baylor playing for the Big 12 championship in his third season (2019) after taking over a Bears program emerging from the sexual assault scandal under Art Briles.
Rhule emphasized toughness in practices and games and said the only way to win games is to win the line of scrimmage. The Huskers have notably struggled on the offensive and defensive lines.
Rhule, who grew up in New York City as a Penn State fan, was a walk-on linebacker for the Nittany Lions. He said he attended the Huskers’ 44-6 Kickoff Classic win over Penn State in 1983 and was heartbroken when Nebraska beat out the unbeaten Nittany Lions for the 1994 national title.
Rhule said he respected the physical brand of football the Huskers played back then and that he wants to bring it back.
About 750 boosters and former players turned out at the Hawks Championship Center for a welcome event and news conference. Among them were Gov.-elect Jim Pillen, a Republican who played defensive back for the Huskers in the 1970s, and 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers. The band played and fireworks went off next to the podium as Rhule and Alberts entered the building.
Rhule, 47, is the sixth coach to lead the program since College Football Hall of Famer Tom Osborne won or shared three national championships in four years before retiring after the 1997 season.
The Huskers’ most recent conference championship came in 1999 under Osborne’s successor, Frank Solich. Bill Callahan, Bo Pelini and Mike Riley followed before the program bottomed out under Scott Frost, who was 16-31 in four-plus seasons and never finished higher than fifth in the Big Ten West.
Rhule’s arrival came three days after the Huskers closed a 4-8 season under Mickey Joseph — named interim coach after Frost’s firing Sept. 11 — and just a few months before the opening of Nebraska’s $165 million football facility.
“There’s not a game that I expect to ever walk into where we don’t expect to win,” Rhule said. “It is not a burden but a responsibility on me as the coach to know that there will be people from all across the state who take the money that they’ve made with their hands and with their work and their daily toil — and they spend it to come watch our team play. You can’t win every game every year, but you can certainly be a team that people are proud to watch.”
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders said Monday that a report stating Colorado has offered him its head coaching job is true and he has also received interest from other schools.
The Jackson State coach didn’t say whether he’s considering any of the opportunities, including trying to turn around the Buffaloes’ beleaguered program.
Sanders didn’t specify in a teleconference for the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game participants who else has reached out besides Colorado, saying, “I’m not going to sit here and tell all my business, but they’re not the only ones.”
The university hasn't commented on any candidates to replace Karl Dorrell, who was dismissed in October. Interim coach Mike Sanford finished out the Buffaloes' 1-11 season.
On Saturday, Fox reported without citing sources that Colorado had offered Sanders the job.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer has guided Jackson State, a historically black college that plays in the second tier of NCAA Division I football, to an 11-0 mark this season. The Tigers host Southern in the SWAC championship Saturday.
Known as “Prime Time” during his playing career, the magnetic Sanders prefers “Coach Prime” these days. He said the offer to coach the Buffaloes isn't a distraction.
“To someone else that hasn’t been that dude, it’s intoxicating. I’ve been ‘Prime’ for a long time, dawg,” Sanders with a laugh. “Attention ain’t nothing knew to me. Like, come on. I’m not being braggadocious — that’s a wonderful word, isn’t it? I just came up with that — but this isn’t new to me. Being in the spotlight isn’t new to me.”
Whoever takes over in Boulder has their work cut out. The Buffs went 1-8 in the Pac-12 and concluded their gloomy season with a 63-21 blowout loss to No. 12 Utah at Folsom Field on Saturday.
Before the season, Colorado lost several starters through the transfer portal, an area Sanders could surely shore up should he accept the Buffaloes' job.
Hired by Jackson State in September 2020 after coaching his sons at a Texas high school, Sanders called the fit “a match made in heaven.” He quickly lifted the school in Mississippi’s capital to SWAC champion in one calendar year.
The Tigers followed up a 4-3 finish in a pandemic-delayed spring season with an 11-2 showing last fall, a remarkable jump led by Sanders' son, Shedeur Sanders, at quarterback. They lost to South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl.
Jackson State’s performance was significant beyond earning its first conference title since 2007. A program that has produced Hall of Famers such as Walter Payton, Lem Barney, Jackie Slater and Robert Brazile was relevant again among HBCUs, and Sanders was determined to keep it that way.
Sanders has also scored on the recruiting trail, landing five-star defensive back Travis Hunter and four-star receiver Kevin Coleman for this year’s unbeaten squad. Sanders told The Associated Press in an October podcast that both players chose JSU because he and his staff will prepare them for careers in the NFL.
Yet, Sanders has noted schools such as Jackson State remain at an inherent disadvantage in recruiting.
“So now it’s becoming an option,” Sanders said of top recruits choosing HBCUs. “But it’s not truly a balanced option because of facilities, because of the housing. Because of all the aesthetics at HBCUs. We’re underfunded and overlooked. So it’s not the same.”
Sanders’ success in lifting the Championship Subdivision program’s profile — not to mention drawing attention to Black college football and the challenges JSU and other programs face in fielding programs — sparked speculation about Power Five schools pursuing him for coaching vacancies.
On the ESPN show “Keyshawn, JWill & Max,” longtime NFL receiver Keyshawn Johnson urged Sanders to take the Buffaloes job.
“This is a perfect situation,” Johnson said. “Here’s why: Prime can recruit. He can get me to hang out in Colorado for sure, there’s no question about that. He can recruit California, Texas, Arizona, Florida. He can get the best players in Colorado to stay in Colorado.”
Even before Sanders took the Jackson State job, he met with officials at Power Five schools about their coaching vacancies and impressed with his preparation.
Sanders was a All-American at Florida State before a stellar NFL career with five teams that included the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, where he won a Super Bowl with each.
The 55-year-old Sanders — or whoever it may be — would step into a Colorado program that's a long way from its glory days under Hall of Fame coach Bill McCartney, who led CU to a national championship following the 1990 season.
The Buffaloes have had only one full-length winning season since joining the Pac-12 in 2011.
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Man wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child
Published: Nov. 28, 2022 at 11:30 AM CST|Updated: 6 hours ago
LAREDO, Tx. (KGNS) - A man is wanted in connection to a sexual assault case of a minor.
Daniel Zepeda Jr., 23, is wanted by the Webb County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say Zepeda is wanted on the aggravated assault and manufacture of a controlled substance.
His last known address is the 3600 block of Corpus Christi Street in Laredo, Texas.
He’s described as having brown eyes, black hair, weighs 160lbs, and stands at 5′6.
If you have any information on his whereabouts, you are asked to call 956-415-2878.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara has entered the transfer portal, team spokesman Dave Ablauf confirmed on Monday.
McNamara had a season-ending injury to his right knee on Sept. 17 against Connecticut, one game after J.J. McCarthy won the starting job.
McCarthy will lead the second-ranked Wolverines against Purdue on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis, needing a win to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Last year, McNamara helped Michigan end an eight-game losing streak to rival Ohio State and go on to win the conference championship for the first time since 2004. The third-team All-Big Ten player in 2021 threw for 2,576 yards with 15 touchdowns and six interceptions.
McNamara, who is from Reno, Nevada, can potentially play at another school for two seasons. He redshirted as a freshman in 2019 and the NCAA has given any student-athlete from the 2020-21 school year an extra year of eligibility.
Coach Jim Harbaugh allowed McNamara and McCarthy to start a game this season before deciding who would be the first-string quarterback. That did not sit well with the returning starter.
“I would definitely say it’s pretty unusual,” said McNamara, sounding surly, after a win over Colorado State in his last start. “It was kind of a thing that I wasn’t expecting. By the end of camp, I thought I had my best camp and put myself in a good position.”
Earlier this month, McNamara posted a picture of himself in a wheelchair with a brace over a protective wrap on his right leg after being under the care of Los Angeles Rams and Dodgers team doctor Neal ElAttrache.
“Turns out I have been dealing with a serious injury since the middle of last season,” McNamara wrote on Instagram. “Then after suffering another serious knee injury this season, my goal was to get back on the field as soon as possible. Sadly I was unable to heal properly but thanks to Dr. ElAttrache he was able help me determine exactly what I needed to do to come back the best version of myself. What lies ahead is a lot of work and rehab but I will come back better than ever!”
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The Houston Astros made their first major splash in free agency on Monday.
The World Series champions have reached a deal with first baseman Jose Abreu, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. The former Chicago White Sox standout and 2020 AL MVP will reportedly join Houston on a three-year deal.
MLB Network's Jon Heyman has also reported that Abreu is headed to the Astros. According to Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle, the deal "is expected to be around $60 million."
Abreu, 35, spent his first nine MLB seasons with the White Sox. The Cuban slugger has been an effective bat since his first year in the majors, as he enters 2023 with a career .860 OPS.
The addition of Abreu could potentially signal the end of Yuli Gurriel’s tenure with the Astros. The fellow Cuban first baseman logged 801 games with Houston across the last seven seasons, establishing himself as a reliable postseason performer. Gurriel tallied 21 hits and eight RBI in Houston’s 2017 championship run, and despite a poor regular season at the plate in 2022, Gurriel bounced back in October with a .347 batting average in 49 playoff at-bats. His 87 postseason hits are the second-most in franchise history behind Jose Altuve.
Abreu’s counting stats took a dip in 2022 as his 15 home runs were his fewest in a single season. But a deeper dive suggests Abreu is still quite the productive bat. His 133 OPS+ ranked No. 19 among American League hitters, and he registered an impressive .378 OBP. Add in the short porch in left field, and the right-handed first baseman should log another productive year in 2023.
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Nacogdoches County robbery suspect accused in Flint incident
SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A Rusk man accused of robbing someone in Nacogdoches County is now accused of also robbing a man outside a Dollar General store in Flint.
According to an arrest affidavit from the Smith County Sheriff’s Office, Kadarius Martez Neal, 27, is accused of robbing a man at gunpoint outside the Dollar General in the 20000 block of State Highway 155 on at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11. The affidavit states that the victim told investigators he was attempting to get into his vehicle outside the store when a black male placed a silver-colored pistol into his side and demanded his wallet. The victim said the suspect then left the scene in a four-door silver car while wearing a black hoodie and mask. The incident took place four days before the Nacogdoches County robbery, also outside a Dollar General, in which Neal is also accused.
The affidavit states the investigating deputy was contacted by deputies with the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office following the incident on Monday, Nov. 14. Nacogdoches County investigators said they apprehended Neal, along with Neal’s brother, who was located in a four-door silver car which also contained a black mask and a silver-colored pistol.
When the investigating deputy traveled to Nacogdoches County to interview the suspect, Neal allegedly confirmed he was at the Dollar General store on November 11 at 11 a.m. and that he was driving a silver four-door Honda with stolen license plates and had in his possession a silver .25 caliber pistol. However, the affidavit states Neal denied committing the robbery itself. Despite this denial, Neal was charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony.
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The Houston Astros have plenty of competitors on their hands as they look to re-sign reigning AL Cy Young winner Justin Verlander in free agency.
Both the New York Mets and New York Yankees have reportedly shown interest in adding the future Hall of Famer, and now another World Series contender joined the bidding. Verlander is scheduled to meet with the Dodgers on Monday, according to the New York Post's Joel Sherman. After an early exit in the 2022 NL playoffs, perhaps Los Angeles is looking to shell out a nine-figure contract for a new staff ace.
Verlander hasn't closed the door on a return to Houston in 2023, though he has signaled the bidding for his services could outstrip what Astros owner Jim Crane is willing to pay. Verlander said earlier this month his new home will be dictated by market forces, and as Sherman noted Monday, Verlander's new contract could be similar to the three-year, $130 million deal Max Scherzer signed with the Mets last winter. After eschewing similar financial commitments for Carlos Correa and George Springer, perhaps Crane will make a similar decision with Verlander.
It was a dazzling Astros tenure for Verlander if 2022 was his final season in Houston. He went 61-19 in 102 regular season starts with the Astros, posting a 2.26 ERA. Verlander added two Cy Young awards and a pair of championships to his Hall of Fame resume in Houston, and he finally secured a win in a World Series game in Game 5 of the 2022 Fall Classic. And after finishing 2022 with a 1.75 ERA, the soon-to-be 40-year-old doesn't seem close to hanging up his spikes.
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Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said he spoke with Lamar Jackson on Monday about the star quarterback’s profane postgame tweet directed at a fan a day earlier, saying the language Jackson used was out of character.
Jackson, meanwhile, insisted on Twitter that he did not intend to disrespect anyone’s sexual orientation and has never done so.
After the Ravens lost 28-27 to Jacksonville on Sunday, a fan suggested Baltimore let Jackson leave via free agency. Jackson responded — in a tweet that was later deleted — by saying the person “never smelt a football field” and using vulgar language that members of the gay community said was offensive.
Jackson shot back at the idea that his tweet was anti-gay by tweeting Monday: “Not once have I ever mentioned or disrespect anyone’s Sexuality, sexual orientation, gender, Religion or Race.”
Harbaugh said he heard about Jackson’s tweet Sunday night and talked to him Monday morning.
“We talk a lot about football, but we also talk a little bit about that stuff too — what goes on in terms of the media and everything, and really, it’s just, beg guys not to get into the Twitter world right after the game, especially after a loss,” Harbaugh said. “It’s never going to be positive. It’s not going to be a nice place, and I think that’s kind of reflected in Lamar’s response.
“… He wants to win. I’m sure he’s frustrated, just like we all are, and that’s just a place you just don’t want to live right after a game. I know he understands that.”
Outsports.com, which covers LGBTQ sports news, published a piece about Jackson’s comments that said: “Jackson might not be homophobic, but his comment was. He would have been better off apologizing for the tweet in the first place as opposed to trying to defend its contents.”
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The Houston area is one of the most talent-rich places in the country when it comes to high school football, so it should be no surprise that the Bayou City and its nearby communities have players in the mix for one of the top honors in the state.
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and the TaxAct Texas Bowl announced the 25 semifinalists for the Mr. Texas Football High School Player of the Year Award on Monday, with two players from the Greater Houston area—North Shore's David Amador and Montgomery Lake Creek's Tyvonn Byars—making the list. The award recognizes the most outstanding high school football player in Texas.
Amador has been a key part of North Shore's undefeated season, with the Mustangs sitting at 13-0 and just three wins away from their fourth state title in five years. A three-star receiver, Amador has also played the role of quarterback at times for the No. 10 team in USA Today's national rankings.
Byars—who helped lead Lake Creek to an undefeated regular season—compiled 2,475 yards from scrimmage and 40 touchdowns this season, according to MaxPreps. The Lions finished the year at 12-1 after falling to Fort Bend Marshall in the third round of the playoffs.
Below is the full list of 2022 Mr. Texas Football semifinalists:
QB Austin Novosad, Dripping Springs
QB Cash McCollum, China Spring
QB Evan Bullock, Anna
QB Jackson Arnold, Denton Guyer
QB Kanon Gibson, Wink
RB Bryson Washington, Franklin
RB Dalton Brooks, Shiner
RB Dawson Pendergrass, Mineola
RB Makenzie McGill, Mount Vernon
RB Owen Allen, Southlake Carroll
RB Re’shaun Sanford, Killeen Harker Heights
RB Reuben Owens, El Campo
RB Shastin Golden, San Antonio Davenport
RB Zack Nickerson, Oakwood
RB Taylor Tatum, Longview
RB Tyvonn Byars, Montgomery Lake Creek
WR Dre’lon Miller, Silsbee
WR Johntay Cook, DeSoto
WR Lonnie Adkism, Corpus Christi Miller
WR Miles Coleman, Austin Vandegrift
DB Malik Muhammad, South Oak Cliff
DB Peyton Bowen, Denton Guyer
DE Colten Vasek, Austin Westlake
ATH David Amador, Galena Park North Shore
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LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo wheeled away in celebration, acting as though he had scored once again at the World Cup.
Not this time.
Instead, it was Bruno Fernandes eventually credited with the goal that set up Portugal’s 2-0 win over Uruguay on Monday, advancing the team into the last 16.
Fernandes curled in a cross from the left that barely went over the head of the leaping Ronaldo and bounced into the far corner of the net in the 54th minute to give Portugal a 1-0 lead.
A grinning Ronaldo threw his arms in the air, suggesting he got the final touch, and was embracing Fernandes as multiple close-up replays were being shown on the big screens in Lusail Stadium.
Alas for Ronaldo, the goal wound up being awarded to Fernandes, who added a second from the penalty spot in stoppage time after a handball by Jose Maria Gimenez as he slid in to challenge the Manchester United playmaker.
“I don’t really think it matters who scored,” Fernandes said about the first goal. “The feeling at the time was that he (Ronaldo) touched the ball — I was crossing it to him — but what’s important was we moved into the next round and beat a very big opponent.”
Fernandes was denied a hat trick with virtually the last kick of the game, his shot from outside the area hitting the post and bouncing wide.
Portugal, which opened with a 3-2 win over Ghana, became the third team to reach the last 16 after France and Brazil.
Uruguay has one point from two matches and needs to beat Ghana on Friday to stand a chance of advancing. The 2010 semifinalists have yet to score a goal at this tournament, with coach Diego Alonso even putting 35-year-old striker Luis Suarez on the bench in search of the right combination up front.
Portugal has no such worries. The team has scored five goals in two games and Fernandes has had a hand in four of them as he dictates play in his role as the team’s No. 10.
Ronaldo was unable to add to the penalty he scored against Ghana, which took his World Cup tally to eight goals from five tournaments and his men’s record of international goals to 118.
He still was the center of attention, though, illuminating a lackluster first half with tricks and flicks that brought gasps from the crowd inside the World Cup’s largest venue, where Ronaldo will hope to return for the final on Dec. 18.
There was a booming layoff with his right shoulder for teammate William Carvalho to volley over in the opening minutes. There was a double stepover and no-look pass that was nothing more than showboating. Then came an impressive chest control as he leapt to receive a cross toward the far post.
Ronaldo is now assured of at least two more matches in what is likely his final World Cup, and will play in the knockout stage for the fourth time in his career.
A draw against South Korea in its final Group H match will secure first place for Portugal, and likely avoid a last-16 meeting with Brazil.
As for Uruguay, a must-win game awaits against Ghana — a repeat of the 2010 quarterfinal match won by the South American team in a penalty shootout after Suarez was sent off for a handball on the line in stoppage time of extra time.
Suarez might be recalled for that game after making an impact off the bench against Portugal, shooting just wide from close range after fellow substitute Maxi Gomez curled a shot against the post.
“We’ll need to gamble more. We need to be a bold team,” Alonso said.
Portugal avenged its loss to Uruguay in the last 16 at the 2018 tournament.
FIELD INVASION
The match was briefly interrupted just before the goal by a protestor carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a blue Superman T-shirt that said “SAVE UKRAINE” on the front and “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN” on the back. Security officials chased the protestor down and the flag was dropped on the field.
PEPE’S FEAT
Portugal defender Pepe became the second oldest outfield player to feature at a World Cup, at the age of 39. The oldest is Roger Milla, who was 42 when he played for Cameroon at the 1994 tournament.
MENDES INJURED
Portugal left back Nuno Mendes dropped to the ground in the 40th minute and was soon in tears after sustaining a match-ending injury. He was able to walk off the field unassisted and was replaced by Raphael Guerreiro, the other left back in Portugal’s squad.
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Pence calls on Trump to apologize for dinner with Holocaust denier
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday said Donald Trump “demonstrated profoundly poor judgment” and called on him to apologize after the former president had dinner last week with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West days after launching his third campaign for the White House.
“President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and Holocaust denier, a seat at the table and I think he should apologize for it. And he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification,” Pence said in an interview with NewsNation’s Leland Vittert airing Monday night.
Still, Pence, who is considering his own potential run against his former boss, said he does not believe Trump is antisemitic or racist and said he would not have served as Trump’s vice president if he was.
“But I think the President demonstrated profoundly poor judgment in giving those individuals a seat at the table and as I said, I think he should apologize for it,” he added. “He should denounce them without qualification.”
Trump had dinner last Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist with a long history of antisemitic and white nationalist commentary.
Trump has said that he had “never met and knew nothing about” Fuentes, who had accompanied Ye, before the meeting. But he has so far refused to acknowledge or denounce the positions of ether Fuentes or Ye, who has made his own series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks, leading to his suspension from social media platforms and the end of his ties with major companies like Adidas.
The meeting has been criticized by Jewish groups like the Zionist Organization of America, which honored Trump just two days before his campaign launch, Trump’s former ambassador to Israel, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another potential Trump 2024 rival, who has become an outspoken Trump critic.
“This is just another example of an awful lack of judgment from Donald Trump, which, combined with his past poor judgments, make him an untenable general election candidate for the Republican Party in 2024,” Christie told The New York Times.
On Saturday, Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, another potential 2024 rival, denounced antisemitism as “a cancer,” without directly referencing the dinner or the president under whom he served.
But other top Republicans, including many considering challenging Trump for the GOP nomination, have so far remained silent, underscoring the hold Trump maintains over the party, even as he has been blamed for their worse-than-expected showing during the midterm elections.
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Sherman man sentenced to 50 years for domestic violence
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - A Sherman man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for assault family violence with a previous conviction.
According to a press release, 45-year-old Darian Roundtree was found guilty Monday following a trial on September 6th.
In November 2020, Sherman Police began investigating an incident on domestic violence after the victim reported being assaulted by Roundtree.
The reports show Roundtree slapped her with his hand, kicked and punched her, bit her and then used his hands to choke her neck.
The patrol officer obtained photographs of the victim’s injuries to document her physical abuse.
“This defendant has a long history of domestic violence,” commented Assistant District Attorney Eli Brown. “His criminal history also includes prison trips for narcotics, burglary, and evading arrest. He is no stranger to local law enforcement.”
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LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — A protester ran onto the field Monday carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a blue Superman T-shirt that said “SAVE UKRAINE” on the front and “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN” on the back during a World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay.
Security officials chased the protester down and the flag was dropped on the field before the person was escorted away. The referee then picked up the flag and left it on the sideline, where it stayed for a few moments before a worker came and collected it.
The protester was ushered away through a tunnel. It wasn’t immediately clear if the person faced any charges or had been detained by police.
Thierry De Backer, FIFA’s media officer at the game, told The Associated Press he had “no idea” what happened to the protester. Local Qatari organizers would not comment.
In the first week of the tournament in Qatar, seven European teams lost the battle to wear multi-colored “One Love” armbands during World Cup matches. Fans also complained they weren’t allowed to bring items with rainbow colors, a symbol of LGBTQ rights, into the stadiums of the conservative Islamic emirate.
Qatar’s laws against gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ people were flashpoints in the run-up to the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East. Qatar has said everyone was welcome, including LGBTQ fans, but that visitors should respect the nation’s culture.
The incident occurred during the second half of the game at Lusail Stadium.
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, who scored both goals in his team’s 2-0 win, said he was so focused on the game that he didn’t really notice what the protester’s intent was, and that he thought the protester might have wanted to take a picture with Cristiano Ronaldo, his star teammate.
“To be honest I didn’t really see what was the message that was trying to be conveyed,” Fernandes said through a translator. “But we’ve already spoken about that many times. … We respect all human rights but those are political issues where we unfortunately don’t really have much strength, where we can’t really change anything.”
Before the World Cup started, Fernandes said soccer should be “for everyone,” adding that he wasn’t happy about workers who died building stadiums in Qatar.
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Travel experts share tips ahead of Travel Deals Tuesday
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The focus today for consumers is Cyber Monday deals, but if you are looking to travel next year, Tuesday might be a good day to look at your trip options. Tuesday is being called Travel Deals Tuesday by some; for some companies, it’s the biggest travel day sales for the year.
“Our team of experts at Hopper looked at historical data and found that the Tuesday following Thanksgiving is the best day to book travel,” Hopper’s consumer travel expert Lindsay Schwimer said.
“We actually see 50% more deals on Travel Deal Tuesday than on Black Friday and 30% more deals than on Cyber Monday,” Swchimer said.
This comes at a time when TJ’s Travel Owner Tammy Jones-Deem said she is seeing a record number of people booking trips. In 2022 alone, she said she has booked two and a half years’ worth of clients.
“It’s just insane what’s going on. It’s not necessarily any one destination; it’s just people wanting to get out and have experiences,” Jones-Deem said.
As demand increases, so does the price for consumers. Jones-Deem said she was booking a trip from Dallas to London. “Normally those tickets are about $4,000 per person. Last week I looked, they were $6,000 a person.”
Schwimer said you can find deals across the board on Tuesday like booking flights and hotels. For example, “On Hopper we’re going to have up to 50% off hotels in major destinations like Santorini, Miami, Orlando.”
Jones-Deem said Travel Tuesday has great deals, but make sure you plan ahead. “Don’t jump into something that you’ve locked yourself into without understanding that there is a lot more to travel than just an airline ticket or a hotel. You have to look at all the components of the trip to make sure that the entire trip budget works for your budget rather than just one very small part of it.”
Overall, plan ahead and be patient when looking to book your next getaway.
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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods was out before he was officially back, withdrawing Monday from his Hero World Challenge with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The Hero World Challenge was to be the start of a December in golf ruled by Woods, who also has a made-for-television match next weekend, followed by the PNC Championship with his 13-year-old son on Dec. 17-18.
Two of those are still on his schedule. The foot injury was a surprise and is a big setback for those who haven’t seen Woods play since July at St. Andrews. The Hero World Challenge has network coverage on NBC for the weekend.
“In preparation and practice for this week’s Hero World Challenge, I’ve developed plantar fasciitis in my right foot, which is making it difficult to walk,” Woods said on Twitter. “After consulting with my doctors and trainers, I have decided to withdraw this week and focus on my hosting duties. My plan is still to compete in The Match and the PNC Championship.”
The Match is Dec. 10 with Rory McIlroy as his partner competing in a 12-hole match against Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
Woods has played only three tournaments this year because of a right leg weakened by a February 2021 car crash outside Los Angeles that shattered so many bones that Woods said doctors contemplated amputation.
A year ago in the Bahamas, he hit drivers on the back end of the range at Albany Golf Club, sparking speculation he might return. He played the PNC Championship with son Charlie and they finished second by one shot.
Woods then played the Masters, where he finished all four rounds at Augusta National, a tough walk with healthy legs. He made the cut in the PGA Championship at Southern Hills, only to withdraw after the third round.
His last appearance was the British Open at St. Andrews, where he missed the cut.
Woods has said he would have a limited schedule going forward, and this year was an example of what to expect. The World Challenge would have been one of the easier walks on the flat terrain of Albany.
The 20-man field features 15 of the top 20 players in the world. Woods was replaced by Austria-born Sepp Straka, who went to Georgia. Earlier, Hideki Matsuyama withdrew with injury and was replaced by Corey Conners.
Woods is No. 1,277 in the world ranking and is exempt as the tournament host. Being replaced by Straka (No. 29) means the entire 20-man field is among the top 33 in the ranking. The strength of field increases even as TV ratings are sure to take a hit.
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WFPD: Man arrested after barging into home, pushing elderly man down
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls Police Department arrested a man on Friday, Nov. 25 after he allegedly barged into a home and pushed an elderly man to the ground.
Officers were called to a residence in the 2100 block of Avenue E regarding a stolen vehicle. A nearby home had its front door open, and a elderly man inside reportedly called out for help. A man, later identified as 34-year-old Devery Mitchell, then stepped onto the porch.
The victim reportedly told officers that there was a knock at his door. When he answered, Mitchell was there and allegedly forced his way inside the residence, pushing the victim to the ground.
An arrest affidavit states the victim complained of “severe chest pain” and was taken to a hospital.
Officers arrested Mitchell for criminal trespass. He remains jailed in Wichita County on $2,000 bond.
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP)Hall of Famers Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Jack Morris and Ryne Sandberg are among 16 members of the contemporary baseball era committee that will meet Sunday to consider the Cooperstown fate of an eight-man ballot that includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro.
Hall of Famers Lee Smith, Frank Thomas and Alan Trammell also are on the panel, which will meet in San Diego ahead of the winter meetings.
They will be joined by former Toronto CEO Paul Beeston, former Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs executive Theo Epstein, Anaheim Angels owner Arte Moreno, Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng, Minnesota Twins president Dave St. Peter and Chicago White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams.
Three media members/historians are on the committee: longtime statistical analyst Steve Hirdt of Stats Perform, La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Neal and Slusser are past presidents of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Hall Chairman Jane Forbes Clark will be the committee’s non-voting chair.
The ballot also includes Albert Belle, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy and Curt Schilling. The committee considers candidates whose careers were primarily from 1980 on. A candidate needs 75% to be elected and anyone who does will be inducted on July 23, along with anyone chosen in the BBWAA vote, announced on Jan. 24.
Bonds, Clemens and Schilling fell short in January in their 10th and final appearances on the BBWAA ballot. Bonds received 260 of 394 votes (66%), Clemens 257 (65.2%) and Schilling 231 (58.6%).
Palmeiro was dropped from the BBWAA ballot after receiving 25 votes (4.4%) in his fourth appearance in 2014, falling below the 5% minimum needed to stay on. His high was 72 votes (12.6%) in 2012.
Bonds denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs and Clemens maintains he never used PEDs. Palmeiro was suspended for 10 days in August 2005 following a positive test under the major league drug program, just over two weeks after getting his 3,000th hit.
A seven-time NL MVP, Bonds set the career home run record with 762 and the season record with 73 in 2001. A seven-time Cy Young Award winner, Clemens went 354-184 with a 3.12 ERA and 4,672 strikeouts, third behind Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Randy Johnson (4,875). Palmeiro had 3,020 hits and 568 homers.
Schilling fell 16 votes shy with 285 (71.1%) in 2021. Support dropped after hateful remarks he made in retirement toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.
McGriff got 169 votes (39.8%) in his final year on the BBWAA ballot in 2019. Murphy was on the BBWAA ballot 15 times and received a high of 116 votes (23.2%) in 2000. Mattingly received a high of 145 votes (28.2%) in the first of 15 appearances on the BBWAA ballot in 2001, and Belle appeared on two BBWAA ballots, receiving 40 votes (7.7%) in 2006 and 19 (3.5%) in 2007.
Players on Major League Baseball’s ineligible list cannot be considered, a rule that excludes Pete Rose.
This year’s BBWAA ballot includes Carlos Beltran, John Lackey and Jered Weaver among 14 newcomers and Scott Rolen, Todd Helton and Billy Wagner among holdovers.
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Entertainment
'Freddy,' 'Vaathi': All major Indian movies releasing in December 2022
November is nearing its end, and December will be over in a jiffy with all the festive vibes. To make things more engaging a whole lot of new Indian movies are arriving in December. While Bollywood has the most number of new movie releases in December, South Indian movies are comparatively fewer. Take a look at all the new films arriving in December 2022.
'Freddy,' 'An Action Hero,' 'India Lockdown' clashing on December 2
Other than a few movies like Brahmastra, The Kashmir Files, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, and the recent Drishyam 2, almost all Bollywood movies in 2022 were duds. In December, some promising movies are being released. India Lockdown, Freddy, and An Action Hero will be released on December 2. Salaam Venky will premiere on December 9. Cirkus and Merry Christmas will clash on December 23.
'Vaathi,' 'Pathu Thala,' 'Agilan' are gearing up for release
Movies like Vikram and Ponniyin Selvan I have taken Kollywood to the global audience. Only a few major movies will be released in December. This includes Dha Dha (December 9), Pathu Thala (December 14), Vaathi (December 17), and Agilan (December 23). Borrder, Driver Jamuna, and Walking Talking Strawberry Icecream will also be released in December. Their release dates haven't been announced yet.
'Kushi' and 'HIT 2' will arrive in December
Telugu cinema saw a humongous success in the form of SS Rajamouli's RRR. The most recent biggie GodFather was also received well by fans. In December, we will see the release of movies including the second installment of HIT (December 2), which will clash with Keeravani. Both Kushi and 18 Pages will hit the marquee on December 23.
'Gold' is finally releasing next month
Kannada cinema will see four movies clashing on December 2. These include Thimayya & Thimayya, Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage, Dushtakoota, and Vasanthi Nalidaga. As far as Mollywood is concerned, Mohanlal's Alone is one of the major movies confirmed to be released in December. It will be released on December 2. Meanwhile, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Nayanthara's Gold will premiere on December 1. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/all-major-indian-movies-releasing-in-december-2022/story | 2022-11-28T23:37:48 | en | 0.962606 |
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Woman to be sentenced for child sex crimes
Published: Nov. 28, 2022 at 3:25 PM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago
GRAYSON COUNTY, Texas (KXII) - A woman charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child is set to be sentenced Thursday.
According to the district attorneys office Tammy Bittick pled guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child on September 15, 2022.
Prosecutors said Bittick was present while her husband, Sim Stanley Bittick, sexually assaulted and forced a child relative to commit sexual acts on him.
Tammy is set for sentencing on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the 15th District Court.
Sim was convicted and sentenced to 98 years for continuous sexual abuse of a child in August.
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The Dallas Mavericks are close to a deal with four-time All-Star guard Kemba Walker, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday.
Walker’s career has been on hold because of knee injuries, but the 32-year-old could give superstar Luka Doncic some much-needed backcourt help for the struggling Mavericks.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal isn’t finalized and is pending a physical. The deal was first reported on Substack by longtime NBA reporter Marc Stein.
Dallas is on a season-worst four-game losing streak to drop below .500 after reaching the Western Conference finals last season.
The Mavericks lost Jalen Brunson to the New York Knicks in free agency after he flourished playing next to Doncic, and Brunson played a big role in Dallas winning playoff games without its three-time All-Star.
The loss of Brunson also cost the Mavericks one of their two primary ball-handlers behind Doncic. Spencer Dinwiddie has had to carry most of that load this season.
The shooters around Doncic also have been struggling, with Dorian Finney-Smith, Reggie Bullock and Tim Hardaway going in and out of slumps so far.
Walker was limited to 37 games last season, his only one with the New York Knicks, because of knee issues that have been affecting him for years.
The No. 9 overall pick in 2011, Walker blossomed as an All-Star in the last three of eight seasons with Charlotte before he signed as a free agent with Boston.
Walker played most of the pandemic-altered 2019-20 season, the last of five consecutive seasons in which he averaged at least 20 points per game.
Walker played just 43 games in his second season with the Celtics before an offseason trade to the Knicks.
The Mavericks announced they have waived guard Facundo Campazzo, a move that clears a roster spot for Walker. Campazzo played sparingly after signing the day before the season started.
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Technology
How is China using porn to control news about protests?
Thousands of people in China have taken to the streets to protest against the Xi Jinping government's 'zero-COVID policy.' However, if you go to Twitter and enter the name of any city in China, you will instead see a cascade of spam tweets with links to porn, escort services, and gambling content. And guess what that's doing? Making it hard to find legitimate results.
Chinese protesters are depending on foreign platforms for communication
In a rare act of defiance, the Chinese have started protesting against the country's stringent zero-tolerance policy toward COVID-19. Any discussions related to the protests are banned on Chinese social media sites. This has forced the protesters to depend on foreign platforms like Twitter or Telegram to get their message out. So, what do the spam tweets with porn has to do with that?
Spam tweets from bots have increased significantly
Now that protests have swept China, there is a significant uptick in bot content linked with Chinese accounts. Spamming by Chinese bot accounts, which are believed to be connected to the government, is nothing new. However, the way they have picked up activity in the last few days is what's surprising. What do these spam tweets do anyway?
The accounts tweet at a high, steady rate
A Chinese data analyst on Twitter (@AirMovingDevice) tested the search results. When he searched for Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities in Chinese, he found out that the vast majority of tweets that come up in the latest search results are from spam accounts. According to him, they tweet at a "high, steady rate" every day, suggesting that they are bots.
This analysis shows a significant increase in Chinese bot activity
This is also true when I search for 上海 (Shanghai).
— Air-Moving Device (@AirMovingDevice) November 28, 2022
Note that these are just a small sample of the search results -- go and search 北京/上海 and you'll see new spam tweets come up every few seconds. So the number of spam accounts is way larger than a few hundred. pic.twitter.com/FhtX6N2mZV
Spam tweets hide legitimate results
The spam tweets with the name of a city and links to escorts, porn, or gambling drown legitimate results on Twitter. Considering the high number of spam tweets, every time you search for a Chinese city, the chances of you landing on one such tweet are very high. This technique has been used before as well to hide news on Twitter.
How will Musk handle bots?
Now that we know what the Chinese bots do, the next question is, what will Twitter do about this? Considering how Elon Musk axed most of the platform's teams tasked with battling misinformation, it'll be interesting to see how he handles this. Especially since bots have always been a touching issue for the billionaire CEO of Twitter. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/china-protest-news-becomes-obscure-on-twitter/story | 2022-11-28T23:37:55 | en | 0.94359 |
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The New York Knicks have reached the 20-game mark and they’re not close to living up to their expectations.
New York has wallowed in mediocrity, unable to put together a solid stretch of performances. The Knicks have lost four of their last five, dropping to 9-11 as they make a quick visit to Detroit to face the Pistons on Tuesday.
“Lot of work to do,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “Just keep concentrating on getting better, improving and get ready for the next one. Don’t look backwards, don’t look ahead, just look at exactly what’s in front of us. That’s where I want us to be.”
The last two losses, both at home, have been particularly excruciating. They lost to Portland 132-129 in overtime, then fell to Memphis 127-123.
Jalen Brunson, the pricey free agent signed to get New York back into the postseason, missed two shots in the lane during the closing seconds against Memphis. Those misses came after Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant gave his team the lead with a putback.
“I say this all the time: My teammates and coaches have a lot of trust in me. They welcomed me with open arms,” Brunson said. “That hurts when I can’t pull through for them.”
Brunson finished with 30 points, the third consecutive time he reached the 30-point mark.
“He played hard, made a lot of clutch shots throughout the fourth quarter for us,” Thibodeau said. “It came down to the end. Mitch (Mitchell Robinson) made a heck of a block and Morant came up with the ball and put it back in. That’s the difference between winning and losing right there.”
The Knicks already have beaten the Pistons twice, both at Madison Square Garden. The first meeting was a 130-106 blowout on Oct. 21. Then on Nov. 11, R.J. Barrett had a 30-point game in a 121-112 victory.
Following Tuesday’s contest, New York returns home for four games.
The Pistons have the worst record in the league (5-17), in part because they’ve been decimated by injuries. Star guard Cade Cunningham is pondering season-ending shin surgery.
A trio of other starters missed their 102-94 loss to Cleveland on Sunday. Bojan Bogdanovic and Jaden Ivey sat out with knee soreness while Isaiah Stewart was sidelined by a toe injury.
Saddiq Bey, the team’s other regular starter, scored 15 points after missing the previous four games due to an ankle injury.
Detroit led by five entering the fourth quarter but were then outscored 29-16.
“Everyone came in and contributed, which was good to see,” Bey said. “We just need to be a little more disciplined down the stretch.”
The Pistons shot 53.8 percent in the first half and finished with a 45.6 percentage.
“They have one of the best defenses in the NBA, and they really stepped it up in the fourth quarter,” coach Dwane Casey said of the Cavaliers. “The baskets we were getting in the first quarter weren’t there in the fourth and we didn’t do enough to adjust.”
Free-throw shooting played a role as the Pistons missed 12 of 26 attempts in the eight-point defeat.
“Some of the time, it is just that simple — you have to make your free throws,” Casey said. “Our guys worked hard to get to the line, but you have to score when you get there.”
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