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LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday with a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds in the streets of London and at Windsor Castle — to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.
In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: Before the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of Elizabeth’s life. Then, 142 Royal Navy sailors used ropes to draw the gun carriage carrying her flag-draped coffin to Westminster Abbey, where pallbearers carried it inside and about 2,000 people ranging from world leaders to health care workers gathered to mourn.
The trappings of state and monarchy abounded: The coffin was draped with the Royal Standard and atop it was the Imperial State Crown, sparkling with almost 3,000 diamonds, and the sovereign’s orb and scepter.
But the personal was also present: The coffin was followed into the church by generations of Elizabeth’s descendants, including King Charles III, heir to the throne Prince William and 9-year-old George, who is second in line. On a wreath atop the coffin, a handwritten note read, “In loving and devoted memory,” and was signed Charles R — for Rex, or king.
“Here, where Queen Elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation, from the Commonwealth, and from the nations of the world, to mourn our loss, to remember her long life of selfless service, and in sure confidence to commit her to the mercy of God our maker and redeemer,” the dean of the medieval abbey, David Hoyle, told the mourners.
The service ended with two minutes of silence observed across the United Kingdom, after which the attendees sang the national anthem, now titled “God Save the King.”
The day began early when the doors of Parliament’s 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hundreds of thousands had filed in front of her coffin.
Monday was declared a public holiday in honor of Elizabeth, who died Sept. 8 — and hundreds of thousands of people descended on central London to witness history. They jammed sidewalks to watch the coffin wend its way through the streets of the capital after the service. As the procession passed Buckingham Palace, the queen’s official residence in the city, staff stood outside, some bowing and curtseying.
Mark Elliott, 53, who traveled from the Lake District in northern England with his wife and two children to watch the procession, got up at 1:30 a.m. to stake out a good viewing location near the palace.
“I know we don’t know the queen, but she’s been our head of state for 70 years, you feel as though you know her, you feel as though she’s part of the family. It is kind of moving,” he said.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in his sermon at Westminster Abbey that “few leaders receive the outpouring of love we have seen” for the queen.
More people lined the route the hearse took from the capital to Windsor Castle, and many tossed flowers at the cortege as it passed. Millions more tuned into the funeral live, and crowds flocked to parks and public spaces across the U.K. to watch it on screens. Even the Google doodle turned a respectful black for the day.
As the coffin arrived at the castle, there were poignant reminders of her love of animals: A groom stood at the roadside with one of her ponies, Emma, and another member of staff held the leashes of two of her beloved corgis, Sandy and Muick.
During the committal ceremony in St. George’s Chapel on the castle grounds, Dean of Windsor David Conner praised Elizabeth for her “life of unstinting service” to the nation but also her “kindness, concern and reassuring care for her family and friends and neighbors.”
Then the crown and the orb and scepter were removed from atop the coffin and placed on the altar — separating them from the queen for the last time. Her coffin was lowered into the royal vault through an opening in the chapel’s floor. Charles looked weary and emotional as mourners sang the national anthem.
At a private family service, the queen was later laid to rest with her husband, Prince Philip.
The mourners at Westminster Abbey included U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, all of the living former British prime ministers and European royalty.
In Japan, whose Emperor Naruhito also attended, several people sipped beer and watched the service at The Aldgate British pub in Tokyo’s fashionable Shibuya district.
“The queen had an especially long history in a country that boasts a long history, and so she deserves deep respect,” said one of them, Tomotaka Hosokawa.
The global outpouring of sympathy touched the king, who on the eve of the funeral, issued a message of thanks to people in the U.K. and around the world, saying he and his wife, Camilla, the queen consort, have been “moved beyond measure” by the large numbers of people who have turned out to pay their respects.
Jilly Fitzgerald, who was in Windsor, said there was a sense of community among the mourners as they prepared to wait hours to see the procession carrying the queen’s coffin.
“It’s good to be with all the people who are all feeling the same. It’s like a big family because everyone feels that … the queen was part of their family,” she said.
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Kullab reported from Windsor, England. Associated Press journalists Sylvia Hui and Jill Lawless in London and David Keyton in Windsor contributed.
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COPA recommended suspensions of 12 Chicago cops for misconduct during George Floyd protests
CHICAGO - After a leaked surveillance video reached the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency began investigating 23 Chicago police officers for alleged misconduct during violent demonstrations in late May 2020 sparked by the police killing of George Floyd.
Two years later, COPA recommended suspensions for 12 of the officers, including some who did not intervene in what was happening on May 31. The recommendations ranged from one to 180 days.
But Police Supt. Brown objected to COPA’s findings that three officers of the officers used unnecessary force and asked the Chicago Police Board to approve lesser suspensions, which it has done over the objections of COPA.
Brown noted in his response to the civilian agency that many of the officers feared for their safety as protests from Floyd’s killing took hold in Chicago and erupted through the summer, at times accompanied by widespread looting.
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On the day in question, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called in the National Guard to assist the police department. Access downtown remained limited. Amid the unrest, Chicago recorded 18 homicides, marking the single most violent day in the city in six decades.
The city’s former top watchdog and the federal monitor overseeing the department’s compliance with sweeping court-ordered reforms both ripped the response to the protests and unrest.
Officers were "outflanked, under-equipped and unprepared," and the department "critically disserved both its own front-line members and members of the public," former Inspector General Joe Ferguson wrote in a scathing 124-page report.
Anti-police demonstrations were ramping up across the country, but Brown insisted he "had not seen any reason for concern leading into that weekend," according to Ferguson’s report. And Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she didn’t assume there was "potential for peaceful protests to turn violent."
Yet in his letter disagreeing with some of COPA’s disciplinary recommendations, Brown acknowledged the downtown area was "overwhelmed by protests that became violent, resulting in rampant protesting, looting, arson and extreme property damage."
A video of the May 31 confrontation involving the officers in the Loop was sent to COPA on June 3, 2020. It shows officers facing off with protesters, some of whom began to throw things at the officers.
COPA’s report quotes the officers as saying the protests were "hostile" and "insane," like a scene "from a bad movie." The agency said it found some of the officers used excessive force, made improper arrests and failed to turn on their body cameras.
One of the officers told COPA the event was a "mass arrest incident" and he did not immediately activate his body camera because of the "hectic nature of the incident."
At least 15 of the officers failed to turn on their camera during the arrests, according to the COPA report. One officer, whose name was not released, allegedly gave the order to not record the arrests.
A protester interviewed during the investigation said he was pinned between two officers when another officer hit him in the groin with a bike. The protester responded by putting his arms out in defense when another officer pushed him to the ground and began to beat him with a baton, he told COPA.
"[He] began ‘army crawling, just out of pure instinct,’ as he did not know he was under arrest," the report said. "Suddenly, [he] felt intense pain in his leg and he realized an officer was sitting on his ankle and twisting his leg."
After three to five baton strikes to the knee, and additional strikes to his thighs and ribs, the protester was eventually restrained and picked up from the ground, according to the report.
Another protestor was quoted saying he witnessed several officers strike his friend in the head with a baton before shouting to stop resisting.
Following the arrests, several police officers were cited in the report for failing to fill out the required paperwork.
One of them, a bike patrol sergeant, said he did not receive any information about paperwork and could not recall who gave the order to begin arresting protestors.
Another officer on a bike team said he was instructed that mass arrest procedures and paperwork were already in effect.
Deputy Chief Michael Pigott allegedly told police officers before the protest that a "blanket" report was put in place for use of force during the protests. Pigott was cited for improper guidance on how to execute mass arrests. He left the force in May, 2021.
On Aug. 13, 2020 — after another wave of unrest that summer — former COPA Administrator Sydney Roberts announced that roughly 170 of the nearly 1,000 complaints filed against police officers since Floyd’s killing had prompted full-blown investigations.
COPA notably opened an investigation into a complaint from Ghian Foreman, the police board president, who claimed an officer repeatedly struck him with a baton during a protest in Kenwood. The incident happened the same day as the protests downtown that his body recently ruled on.
Two federal lawsuits were filed against police officers and the department in May of 2021. They alleged traumatic head injuries, head lacerations, rib bruises, leg pain as well as cuts and bruising.
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Around 4:26 p.m. on Thursday, September, 22, Benton County Fire District 1 crews responded to a wildfire in the area of US 395 and I-82.
Crews arrived to find a wildfire burning north towards the highway. The fire jumped the highway and spread to a commercial building.
The wildfire burned about 70 acres and was put out in about an hour.
According to a Kennewick Fire Department news release, residents along Southridge Blvd and W. 41st Ave were evacuated as a precaution, and crews successfully prevented the fire from reaching the neighborhood.
The Kennewick Fire Department responded to the commercial structure fire at CentiMark Roofing at 4822 Southridge Blvd.
Kennewick Fire Chief Chad Michael says that this fire was not out until around 9:30 p.m.
Fire crews needed the assistance of a track hoe to knock down sections of the building, so they could access the fire. Firefighters worked throughout the night and will remain on scene for most of the day monitoring hot spots.
Franklin County Fire District 3 Chief Mike Harris was requested to determine the cause of the fire.
According to today's press release, the cause was determined to be carbon from buildup in the exhaust system of a commercial truck on I-82.
Carbon evidence was collected at the scene, but the responsible truck was not located.
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The College Success Foundation (CSF) and Yakima Valley College (YVC) are partnering to help students from underserved communities and low-income households in the Yakima School District achieve college educations.
The CSF is expanding its staff to 25 college success coaches across the state, including one based at YVC. The coaches encourage students to advocate for their own goals, while providing one-on-one guidance.
"CSF will serve more than 200 students at YVC this year. We know that young people from low-income households, students of color, foster-youth and first-generation college students in our community will especially benefit from this enhanced support," said Carolina Garza, CSF Program Director, Yakima Region.
Starting in middle school CSF works to ensure that students know college is an option and that they know what early steps they can take to become ready for college.
CSF has been working in the Yakima School District since 2001. The organization supports students in the transition from middle to high school, then from high school to college. College and career coaching is then provided for students throughout their college experience.
"We are committed to meeting the diverse needs of students through personalized supports that promote the achievement of college and career goals," said James Dorsey, CSF President and CEO.
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The 33rd annual Great Prosser Balloon Rally is this weekend, September, 23-25.
The free, family-friendly event features colorful balloons and pilots from across the northwest.
Balloons launch from the Prosser airport every morning at sunrise (around 6:15 a.m.).
The weekend will also include, balloon night glows, a harvest festival, farmer's market, and the Caren Mercer-Andreason street painting festival.
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Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) has introduced legislation to help strengthen Tribal law enforcement and increase public safety in Indian Country.
"Central Washington tribal communities are, unfortunately, at the center of the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and that is unacceptable," Newhouse said.
According to a press release, the BADGES for Native Communities Act addresses insufficiencies in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement recruitment and retention, increase the effectiveness of federal missing persons resources, and gives Tribes and states resources to combat the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
"This legislation builds off my efforts to increase resources for our tribal law enforcement officers, further strengthening our tribal communities ability to enforce public safety and helping improve public safety for all our communities," Newhouse said.
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Roads reopen after Thursday night fire on I-82 Sep 23, 2022 Sep 23, 2022 Updated 3 hrs ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Michael LeCompte Digital Content Producer Author email Follow Michael LeCompte Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roads are reopened after a fire on I-82 Thursday night. KENNEWICK, Wash.-According to the Washington State Patrol (WSP), I-82 is reopen in both directions near the US 395 off-ramp and Southridge Boulevard is also open for traffic, following a fire Thursday night.Kennewick Fire Chief Chad Michael says that the vegetation fire that jumped the freeway and the structure fire are now both out, but that crews are monitoring the burn area. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Fire Kennewick Vegetation Fire Structure Fire Roads Reopen Washington State Patrol Chad Michael Highway Off-ramp Freeway Vegetation Local Weather Currently in Kennewick 73° Sunny73° / 55° 12 PM 73° 1 PM 75° 2 PM 77° 3 PM 77° 4 PM 78° 7-Day Radar Alerts Most Popular Articles Images Videos Commented ArticlesHeavy police presence on N 1st St and East Yakima Ave, N 1st St and Chestnut Ave closedUPDATE: Roads reopened after fire on I-82 spreads to structure on SouthridgeUPDATE: Power restored after crash in Richland10 safe after fiery landing in PascoOne dead after shooting in YakimaUPDATE: Washington State Patrol trooper shot in Walla Walla now stableFight at Southridge leads to arrestsWoman survives drive-by in Sunnyside6th teen charged in Pasco shootingUPDATE: 17 year old missing since Saturday found Images Videos CommentedSorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. e-Newsletters Sign up to get breaking news, weather forecasts, and more in your email inbox. Sign Up Now {{title}} {{summary}} Notifications Settings You don't have any notifications. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Topics Breaking News Subscribe Weather Alert Subscribe TriCities Top Stories Subscribe Yakima Top Stories Subscribe
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The Yakima County Coroner has confirmed the identity of the person killed in an officer-involved shooting in Wapato on September, 23.
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Which holiday cards are best?
The time of “Season’s Greetings” and “Happy Holidays” is coming fast. It’s never too soon to start preparing, and one of the simplest ways to let the important people in your life know you think of them is to send a holiday card. People celebrate different holidays, though, so it’s often easier to get nondenominational holiday cards rather than anything specific.
The best holiday cards are the Bluboon 3D Holiday Greeting Cards. Seven designs are included, and they pop up when the card is opened for a little extra pizzazz.
What to know before you buy holiday cards
Size
Holiday cards come in several sizes but the most common are 4 by 6 inches and 5 by 7 inches. This is mainly to keep shipping and postage costs low, and especially to prevent extra charges if you add weight from things such as pictures or gift cards. It also helps prevent a card from looking awkwardly large.
Design
Holiday cards come in just about any design you can think of. And if you think of it but can’t find it, you can always buy blank cards to create your own designs.
That said, there are some common hallmarks in holiday cards, borrowed mainly from Christmas themes such as reindeer, holly and Christmas trees, or even phrases including “Peace and joy.” When it isn’t Christmas-themed, it’s usually winter-weather-themed, with images such as snowflakes, or themed to other holidays, including Hanukkah.
Quantity
Holiday cards typically come in packs. They can be as small as two or as large as 200-plus. Usually, the more cards included in a package the cheaper each card becomes. If you’re especially frugal, you can buy the largest package size possible, and it can last for years.
However, not all cards come in packs. Special and handmade cards are sold individually, but these can be surprisingly expensive.
What to look for in quality holiday cards
Envelopes
The best holiday cards include envelopes. This saves you time and effort, but most importantly, money. Most included envelopes are plain, usually white or brown. However, the best envelopes are just as fancy as the cards inside.
Messages
Some holiday cards have pre-printed messages, either on the outside, the inside or both. The messages are usually something generic such as “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings,” but they can also be more involved like those on birthday cards. Whether these messages are a good addition or a distraction is up to you.
Environmentally friendly
If you’re concerned about the potential waste of sending holiday cards, you can find environmentally friendly cards to lessen their effects. This friendliness usually comes from being made of recycled materials, but special plant-based inks are also a possibility. And, if you don’t want to make any impact at all, you can always send e-cards.
How much you can expect to spend on holiday cards
Most cards come in packs, so it’s best to look at the cost on a per-card basis. Basic cards typically cost no more than 25-50 cents, with better cards costing up to $1. Cards that are sold individually typically cost $1-$10.
Holiday cards FAQ
Who should I send holiday cards to?
A. That’s entirely up to you. Most people send cards to their close friends and family. Others also send some to their colleagues. At the very least, it’s nice to send a card to someone who sends a card to you each year.
When should I send out my holiday cards?
A. There’s not really a perfect time to send out holiday cards, but there are some general guidelines. The biggest is to start sending out cards shortly after Thanksgiving, usually no more than a week later. This should see the cards arrive with plenty of time to spare. If you want your cards to arrive as close to the holiday being celebrated by the recipient as possible, you need to mail them a few days before that holiday.
What are the best holiday cards to buy?
Top holiday cards
Bluboon 3D Holiday Greeting Cards
What you need to know: These are perfect if you want to go above and beyond with your impression.
What you’ll love: There are seven cards in the pack, each having a different design, and each design has a matching envelope. Most of the cards are blank for writing in a custom message.
What you should consider: Most of the designs are meant for celebrating Christmas rather than being generically winter-themed. They’re heavy, so may need extra postage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top holiday cards for the money
Sustainable Greetings Rustic Holiday Cards
What you need to know: This 48-card set is great if you have many cards to send.
What you’ll love: It comes with six designs, each having eight cards. Plain brown envelopes are included. The interiors are blank for customization and the 4-by-6-inch size is just big enough for a family photo or a gift card.
What you should consider: Most of the designs are Christmas-themed rather than generic holiday-themed. A few customers thought the cardstock used felt cheap. Others didn’t receive the full count of cards.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Amazon Gift Card in a Greeting Card
What you need to know: This greeting-and-gift card combo knocks out two birds with one stone.
What you’ll love: There are three Hanukkah and 16 Christmas or generic holiday themes to choose among. The gift card can have any denomination between $10-$2,000. You can include a custom message at no extra cost and you can ship the card directly to your intended recipient.
What you should consider: Only Amazon gift cards are available. The customized message is printed on the packing slip, not inside the card. Some cards arrived damaged.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which LED Halloween masks are best?
The best Halloween masks are generally a matter of opinion and personal taste. But if you want the best light-up Halloween mask, some are certainly better than others.
If you want a fully customizable and programmable LED mask for Halloween, the top choice is the AINSKO Light-up Mask with Bluetooth. Users can pair the mask with their phone via Bluetooth and program the LEDs on the surface to display virtually any design.
What to know before you buy a LED Halloween mask
Type of LED mask
Some masks use some LED lighting to add a bit of stylish flair to your Halloween costume. Some are very plain masks where the lights are the main purpose and focal point of the design. There are also high-tech masks that allow users to display fancy designs using many LEDs. A light-up mask can be a fun costume piece on its own or a nice supplement to another outfit.
Complexity vs. simplicity
There are very simple and sleek LED masks or you could go the DIY route and create your own simple mask design. For more complex LED masks or designs inspired by characters in film, TV and games, it may be difficult to replicate the look you are going for if you have not worked with LEDs before.
Light-up parts
The entirety of a mask could light up with LEDs, but the design could use lighting sparingly for a subtle and scary effect. A few LED lines to highlight certain features or fake light up eyes look unnatural and can be fun for a Halloween mask. Remember that an LED mask does not need to be very detailed because in the dark it would be difficult for anyone to notice details anyway.
What to look for in quality LED Halloween masks
Adaptability
You could get an LED screen mask that is adaptable to any costume or event since the mask itself can be programmed to show any design you want. While these models are usually pretty expensive, they offer immense customization options and can be used and reused for a multitude of costumes or events beyond the Halloween season. If you are going to invest in a light-up mask, consider if it is an item you need to wear and enjoy many times.
Batteries
Some fancy LED masks have their own power storage for keeping the lights on. However, many will require the use of separate batteries. The best options can get hours of use out of a few batteries. If you find that your mask has trouble staying on for long periods of time, you may be able to conserve the battery by only lighting it up when necessary.
Durability
Many LED masks will be made from simple, cheap Halloween mask materials and molds. The better quality options can hold up to normal wear and tear more efficiently. If you find an LED mask that requires delicate treatment, that does not mean you should avoid it, but remember that you will have to be careful while wearing it.
How much you can expect to spend on an LED Halloween mask
For a simple Halloween mask that has LED designs on it, you can expect to pay about $10-$20, plus the cost of batteries to power the device. Fancy face masks that are essentially an entire screen of LEDs can be found for under $100.
LED Halloween mask FAQ
Are LED Halloween masks safe to wear?
A. It is highly unlikely that an LED light could get very hot or cause a fire hazard because LEDs do not emit light from a vacuum like lots of light bulbs do. Light created by an LED is done without very high temperatures and power levels that could cause serious danger. The biggest safety concern is the material of a face mask itself and the positioning of lights. Check that the LEDs do not shine directly into the user’s eyes. Consider if you have allergies to any materials that could be in the mask. If you have a latex allergy, for example, you should not wear a latex mask.
Can you make an LED mask?
A. If you have some time and want a custom light-up mask for Halloween, you can definitely make one yourself. First, find a plain mask from a craft store or a Halloween mask that you want to alter. Next, you will want to buy some flexible glowing wire lights and attach them to your mask as decoration in whatever design you prefer. If you want individual LEDs instead of strip lights, you could get small individual LEDs too and attach them to your mask. Once you have the lighting hooked up to a battery, you are good to go on Halloween.
What’s the best LED Halloween mask to buy?
Top LED Halloween mask
AINSKO Light up Mask with Bluetooth
What you need to know: This light-up mask is completely programmable with thousands of LEDs to display limitless designs.
What you’ll love: The mask can display text, images, animations and more. The LED visuals are completely customizable and controlled through the mobile app. Users turn on the mask and connect it to their phone’s Bluetooth to take control of the high-tech light-up Halloween mask. The wearer can configure the mask to change animations via sensing gestures. It supports multiple different languages for the user interface.
What you should consider: Some customers reported receiving defective and faulty copies that did not work properly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top LED Halloween mask for the money
What you need to know: This very affordable LED Halloween mask is inspired by “The Purge” but serves as a spooky mask for anyone who wants a scary neon design.
What you’ll love: It comes in a few different color options so that your lighting can match your outfit. The mask itself is a simple plastic design with LED light strips strapped near the eyes, nose and mouth. Lights are powered by two AA batteries in a connected battery pack that can be clipped to a belt or held in a pocket. It has a few different lighting modes, allowing for more variety than simply turning it on and off.
What you should consider: Some customers got copies of the mask that would not light up or turn on correctly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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What you need to know: This LED mask resembles masks from the popular “Demon Slayer” anime and manga, but has the ability to light up at night.
What you’ll love: There are three variations in pink, red and yellow. The plastic is nontoxic Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) and each of the different designs is a separate mold, not just a different LED arrangement. The mask is battery-powered with two AA batteries contained in a battery pack that could be stored safely in a wearer’s pocket or attached to the belt.
What you should consider: Some customers have received damaged or broken copies of the mask that were unwearable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces look to be a safe bet to win a few more WNBA titles over the next several years, a realization that can’t be ignored even though they haven’t had very much time to celebrate their organization’s first championship.
“I think we found ourselves in this league where everyone has their standard of how they’ve won, and we are creating that,” Wilson said not long after the franchise won its first title on Sunday with a 78-71 victory against Connecticut in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals. “Our journey is just beginning.”
The Aces have several of their core players signed to deals that will keep them in Las Vegas for the next few years.
None is bigger than Wilson, who has already won two MVPs and is entering her prime at just 26 years old. She also was named defensive player of the year for the first time too this season and will be the centerpiece in which the Aces hope will be a title defense next year.
Las Vegas will be attempting to do something that hasn’t been done in the WNBA in 20 years. No team has won consecutive championships since the Los Angeles Sparks did it in 2001 and 2002.
“You see it. You see it,” Wilson said. “This is what we’re building. This is what we’re doing. This is it. I’m so happy right now.”
Wilson has been the face of the franchise since she was drafted No. 1 by the Aces in 2018. She led the team to the WNBA Finals in 2020 before they were swept by Seattle.
Now she has a WNBA championship to go along with a NCAA title she won while starring for South Carolina as well as an Olympic gold medal.
Besides their MVP, other key players the Aces have signed for the next few seasons included WNBA Finals MVP Chelsea Gray and backcourt mate Kelsey Plum.
“Knowing that we have commitment for next season is special,” Gray said. “We’re doing it for each other and it’s created a bond.”
That bond starts at the top with Las Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis. He’s invested heavily in the team on and off the court since he bought it in 2021. He lured Becky Hammon from the NBA by making her the first WNBA coach to have a $1-million-a-year contract and is building a brand new practice facility.
“In Vegas, we are trying to build a culture that players want to come and take part in something special, something bigger than themselves,” said Hammon, named coach of the year as she led the Aces to the title in her first year.
Hammon became the first rookie coach to win a WNBA championship.
She knows the history of the franchise, starring as a player from 2007-14. The team was swept in the 2008 WNBA Finals. Now the organization is celebrating a championship.
“I don’t know, it’s actually hard to put into words right now,” Hammon said. “A little surreal. You know, when I took the job in December, I thought when I started kind of breaking down their rosters that I could do something with it. I had a vision of what I wanted to do with this team.”
Hammon’s vision culminated with a title this year and there could be more on the horizon.
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(CN) — Italian voters on Sunday are poised to deliver a profound and disorienting shock to the European Union by throwing their support behind Giorgia Meloni, a far-right firebrand who leads a “post-fascist” nationalist party called the Brothers of Italy.
A Meloni win in general elections on Sunday – as predicted by polls – would see the EU's long-feared far-right menace explode onto the political scene, potentially causing deep ripple effects across the 27-member bloc where the rise of hard-right nationalist politicians like Meloni has come to seem inexorable.
At 45, Meloni is not only on track to become Italy's first female prime minister but also arguably the country's first “post-fascist” leader since dictator Benito Mussolini was killed along with his mistress at the end of World War II by Italian communists and then hung upside down in Milan for public viewing.
Also, if she becomes premier, Meloni could be labeled as the first leader of one of the EU's large founding nations with a political career forged out of the far-right fascist movements of the first half of 20th century.
“It's completely evident that Meloni has a fascist past. In the symbol of her party, there's the flame that burns on the tomb of Mussolini,” said Mariolina Sattanino, an Italian television journalist and host, during a recent discussion on LA7, an Italian news channel.
The rise of far-right politicians like Meloni also threatens to weaken the bloc's unity against Russian President Vladimir Putin in the war over Ukraine.
Indeed, Putin himself has fostered a hard-right, traditionalist and nationalistic ideology and his regime was admired by similarly minded politicians, including Meloni and her Italian allies, across Europe before he launched his catastrophic invasion.
Since the invasion, Meloni has vowed support for NATO and condemned Putin, but doubts remain about how firm her anti-Putin sentiments are. Additionally, she is likely to form a coalition government with Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League, and 85-year-old business magnate and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, a center-right party.
Both Salvini and Berlusconi have had close ties with Putin. Salvini once sported a T-shirt with Putin's portrait on it during a visit to Moscow. Berlusconi and Putin have a long friendly relationship. On Friday, Berlusconi caused a minor furor in Europe by saying Putin was “pushed” into invading Ukraine by Russian nationalists and media.
The apprehension in Europe over Meloni's pending victory cannot be overstated. This week, Stern, a major left-leaning German news magazine, put a photograph of a tough-looking Meloni on its cover with the headline: “The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe.”
In recent elections, voters in France, Spain, Sweden and elsewhere have thrown momentum behind nationalistic, anti-EU and anti-immigrant hard-right candidates. Meanwhile, radical right parties are entrenched in Warsaw and Budapest, where Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has established himself as Europe's troubling role model for so-called Christian “illiberal democracy.” Bureaucrats in Brussels and EU judges are waging a legal and political battle against Orban, accusing him of corrupting the country's democratic institutions. But he was reelected in April.
Sunday's elections come after a technocratic government led by former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi fell apart in July, opening a new chapter in Rome's notoriously turbulent and fractious politics.
Draghi was brought in as a steady hand to guide Italy through the coronavirus pandemic and oversee the disbursement of billions of dollars in pandemic recovery aid. He is not a politician and not affiliated with a political party; he became the latest in a string of non-elected Italian leaders given the task to keep the crisis-ridden country running.
Polls show that Meloni's Brothers of Italy is expected to come out on top with about 25% of the vote and form a coalition government with Salvini and Berlusconi.
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BANGKOK (AP) — A model from Myanmar who denounced her country’s military rulers last year from the stage of a beauty pageant in Thailand said Friday she fears she may be forced back home.
Thaw Nandar Aung, also known as Han Lay, told The Associated Press by phone that she has been stuck at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport since being denied reentry to Thailand when she arrived Wednesday night from a short trip to Vietnam. She has been living in Thailand but needed to exit and reenter in order to extend her stay.
She said she was seeking the assistance of the United Nations refugee agency to avoid being sent back to Myanmar, where she feared harsh punishment from the military government she has criticized.
People denied entry to Thailand are usually deported to their last point of departure, but the U.N. agency advised her she would be arrested in Vietnam and then repatriated to Myanmar.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanee Sangrat confirmed in a text message that Thaw Nandar Aung was denied entry into Thailand “due to an issue with her travel document.”
“The relevant authorities did not make an arrest and have no plans to send her anywhere at this stage,” he said.
Myanmar’s military seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and has cracked down heavily on widespread opposition to its rule. It used lethal force to quash demonstrations and has arrested critics, including actors and other celebrities, under various laws with potential penalties ranging from three years’ imprisonment to death. In July, authorities executed four activists who were accused of involvement with terrorist activities.
Thaw Nandar Aung said that on arrival in Bangkok, Thai immigration authorities entered her name in their online database and then asked her if she had reported her passport missing in Vietnam, to which she replied “no." She said they then showed her a screen they said indicated there was an Interpol Red Notice out for her, which means the police force of a country had asked for her to be detained.
It could not be immediately confirmed whether Interpol has posted such a notice. However, Myanmar's military government has unilaterally revoked many of its leading opponents' passports in an effort to restrict their activities.
Thaw Nandar Aung used her platform as the Myanmar contestant at last year's Miss Grand International beauty pageant in the Thai capital, Bangkok, to speak about the killings of pro-democracy protesters in her homeland.
“Every citizen of the world wants the prosperity of their country and the peaceful environment," she said. “In doing so, the leaders involved should not use their power and selfishness.”
"Today in my country, Myanmar, while I am going to be on this stage, there are so many people dying, more than 100 people died today. I am deeply be sorry for all the people who have lost their lives,” she said, pausing frequently to fight back tears.
She added: “I want to say for here that, please help Myanmar. We need your urgent international help right now.”
Her support for her country’s pro-democracy movement continued online after the pageant.
On Thursday night, Thai police told her that Myanmar police had come to see her, but she declined to meet them, Thaw Nandar Aung said, adding that she expected to meet with representatives from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office on Friday.
“Everyone now is trying to protect me, like UNHCR,” she said ahead of her meeting. “I think they will find a solution for me, today. Let’s see.”
Calls to her later Friday went unanswered. The U.N. usually seeks discretion in its efforts to help people find asylum.
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BERLIN (AP) — Youth activists staged a coordinated “global climate strike” Friday to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.
Protesters took to the streets in Jakarta, Tokyo, Rome and Berlin carrying banners and posters with slogans such as “We are worried about the climate crisis” and “It's not too late.”
The demonstrations were organized by the Fridays for Future youth movement that took its cue from activist Greta Thunberg, who began protesting alone outside the Swedish parliament in 2018.
“We're striking all over the world because the governments in charge are still doing too little for climate justice," said Darya Sotoodeh, a spokesperson for the group's chapter in Germany.
“People all over the world are suffering from this crisis and it's going to get worse if we don't act on time," she said.
Police said some 20,000 people attended the rally in Berlin, which featured calls for the German government to establish a 100-billion-euro fund for tackling climate change.
In Rome, some 5,000 young people turned out for a march that ended near the Colosseum.
One placard read: “The climate is changing. Why aren’t we?” Students highlighted among their priorities the need to rethink Italy’s transport policies. The country's ratio of cars per inhabitant is one of the highest in Europe.
In Italy’s election campaign, which wraps up on Friday evening ahead of the Sept. 25 vote for Parliament, climate change policies didn’t figure heavily at candidates’ rallies.
The protests follow warnings from scientists that countries aren't doing enough to meet the 2015 Paris climate accord's top-line target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) this century compared to preindustrial times.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders this week that the fossil fuel industry, which is responsible for a large share of planet-warming gases, is “feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our planet burns."
Guterres urged rich countries to tax the profits of energy companies and redirect the funds to both “countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis” and those struggling with the rising cost of living.
Demands for poor nations to receive greater financial help to cope with global warming, including the destruction already wrought by deadly weather events such as the floods in Pakistan, have grown louder in the run-up to this year's U.N. climate summit.
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Pietro de Cristofaro in Berlin and Frances D’Emilio in Rome contributed to this report.
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(CN) — People living in four Ukrainian regions mostly under the control of Russian troops began voting on Friday in annexation referendums deemed a sham by Western powers and Kyiv.
Russian propaganda and media tried to portray the votes about joining Russia as a jubilant moment for residents in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, four large Ukrainian regions that have mostly fallen under Russian control since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion on Feb. 24.
The referendums are meant to pave the way for Moscow to say it has been given the consent of Ukrainians in those regions to annex their territories into the Russian Federation.
By late Friday, the votes appeared to be taking place without major violence or attacks. With few independent journalists in regions under Russian control, it was difficult to ascertain how the votes were being carried out.
In another big development, Ukraine and Russia on Thursday announced a high-profile prisoner swap. Ukraine handed over a chief ally of Putin's, Ukrainian oligarch and politician Viktor Medvedchuk, and about 50 other prisoners in exchange for 215 Ukrainian fighters, among them Azov Regiment commanders and foreign fighters.
It was feared that the Ukrainian fighters would be executed for their role in holding out against Russian and pro-Russian troops in Mariupol, the scene of horrific fighting at the start of the war. Their capture was a triumphant moment for Russia, which accuses the Azov Regiment of atrocities and supporting neo-Nazi ideology.
Medvedchuk, the leader of a major pro-Russian political party prior to Putin's invasion, was in prison facing treason charges. He reportedly reached Turkey by Friday. Putin is the godfather to his daughter and there was speculation the Kremlin wanted to install him as Ukrainian president as part of its plans to topple Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government at the outset of the invasion.
Meanwhile, in Russia the Kremlin was seeking to foster patriotic fervor by holding mass rallies in cities and towns to celebrate the annexation of Ukrainian territories and ramp up support for Putin's troop mobilization.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin announced it was calling up 300,000 reservists to bolster its overextended troops in Ukraine, where fighting has raged for 212 days and turned against Russia's armed forces following their retreat from about 3,000 square miles in the Kharkiv region.
To justify the mobilization, Russian leaders are telling citizens their country now faces an existential threat because it is at war not just with Ukraine but with the “collective West” and NATO.
Faced with mass desertions and widespread backlash over the mobilization order, the Russian government was busy trying to tamp down on discontent by announcing who will be exempted from the call to arms, such as university students and IT workers. Also, incentives were being announced.
Western media reported that there were long lines of cars trying to leave Russia and that flights out of the country were full. Media cited young Russians fleeing the country for fear of being sent to combat in Ukraine.
The referendums on joining Russia are dangerously escalating the war in Ukraine because the Kremlin says it will view any attacks on the four regions as aggression against Russian territory, reported Tass, a Russian state news agency.
“Everything is very clear on this score,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “If there is an act of accession to Russia, then, accordingly, the relevant provisions of our Constitution will take effect.”
The hastily organized referendums, taking place as war rages in the four regions, will not be recognized by international law and are brazen instruments by the Kremlin to seize control of Ukrainian territory.
On Friday, Ukraine's deputy minister of defense, Hanna Maliar, said the referendums will not change Kyiv's plans to retake all land it has lost to Russia.
“Legally, this is our territory and the intentions to liberate the temporarily occupied areas won’t change. It doesn’t matter to us, what status is of these lands in for them,” Maliar said, as reported by Ukrinform, a Ukrainian state news agency.
Courthouse News reporter Cain Burdeau is based in the European Union.
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MADRID (AP) — With a goal and a dance, Real Madrid’s young Brazilian forwards made a statement against racism in soccer this weekend.
With their samba-like moves after a goal in the derby against Atlético Madrid on Sunday, Rodrygo and Vinícius Júnior made it clear they are not backing down from the racist language from their critics or by the racist chants from the opposing fans.
“Dance wherever you want,” Vinícius wrote on Twitter in a message directed at Rodrygo after Madrid’s 2-1 win at Atlético in the Spanish league.
“White and BLACK dance,” Rodrygo posted not long afterward, along with the photo of the young Brazilians celebrating together.
Rodrygo had just scored Madrid’s first goal in a derby whose buildup had been surrounded by controversy over Vinícius’ recent goal celebrations.
Vinícius, who is Black, was upset when a guest on a television sports talk show used racist language to criticize his dances. The 22-year-old Brazilian, who is set to make it to his first World Cup in November, said his actions on the field were “being criminalized,” and that his success as a Black Brazilian man in Europe was “annoying” to some.
The controversy continued just before Sunday’s match as online videos showed some Atlético fans outside the Metropolitano Stadium chanting “Vinícius is a monkey.”
“This (derby) was even more special because of everything that happened during the week, and we answered on the field,” Rodrygo said.
Some Atlético fans threw objects toward Rodrygo and Vinícius as they celebrated the goal near one of the corner flags.
The talk show where Vinícius was criticized for “acting like a monkey” had apologized by saying the expression was “unfortunate” but not racist, because it said those words are normally used in Spain to talk about someone doing “silly” things.
Madrid had issued a statement supporting Vinícius and condemning racism, and coach Carlo Ancelotti also defended Vinícius, although he also contradicted the Brazilian by saying he didn’t think there was that type of racism in Spain.
It wasn’t the first time Vinícius was subjected to racist taunts, though. It happened last year during a “clásico” against Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
There were also cases against other players, including Athletic Bilbao’s Iñaki Williams.
Among those who came out to publicly support Vinícius was Pelé and current Brazil forward Neymar, who told Vinícius to “keep dancing.”
The duo’s celebration on Sunday was widely shared online and was praised by many in Brazil and Latin America. Some players in Europe also showed their appreciation.
There will certainly be more of the same going forward.
“I repeat it to you racist: I will not stop dancing,” Vinícius said. “Whether at the Sambódromo, at the Bernabéu or wherever.”
MADRID’S MOMENTUM
With the win over Atlético, Madrid remained the only perfect team to start the season in the top five European leagues.
“We wanted a start like this before the international break,” Ancelotti said. “It’s an unusual season because of the World Cup and nobody really knows what’s going to happen. Things can change very quickly.”
Madrid is being closely followed by a revamped Barcelona team, which has won five straight after opening with a home draw against Rayo Vallecano.
The only other Spanish team with at least five wins is Real Betis, which defeated Girona 2-1 at home on Sunday.
Betis rival Sevilla — fourth last season behind Atlético, Barcelona and Madrid — is struggling with only one win, while Atlético has three victories from its six matches.
Almería, Valladolid, Cádiz, Espanyol and winless Elche are the teams closest to the bottom of the standings.
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government is planning a temporary higher tax rate on the richest 1% of the country from next year, in addition to its windfall taxes on large energy companies and banks.
“We are proposing a redistribution of the effort, among those who have the most, to fund the welfare state, which is everybody’s,” Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a speech Friday.
Finance Minister María Jesús Montero says the measure targets only millionaires. The expected increase in tax revenue will be used to alleviate hardship brought by higher prices for energy and food, she says. The annual inflation rate climbed to 10.5% in Spain last month.
The exact increase and scope of the tax measure are still being worked out, the government says.
The Socialists’ junior coalition partner, Unidas Podemos (United We Can), is pushing for the new tax to be permanent.
The current top rate of income tax, for those earning more than 300,000 euros ($293,000) a year, is 47%. The highest capital gains tax is 26%.
However, regional governments have some leeway on taxation, and some of them run by the conservative Popular Party — the country's main opposition party — have been cutting taxes, saying that step will spur growth.
A debate and vote by lawmakers on the government’s proposed windfall tax on companies are expected in the coming weeks.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — In a divided ruling late Thursday night, the Supreme Court said Alabama could move forward with the execution of Alan Eugene Miller despite a pending legal battle over his method of execution.
The 5-4 ruling throws out a lower court ruling pausing Miller’s execution. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have allowed the injunction to stay in place.
Miller was convicted of a 1999 workplace rampage where he killed his colleagues Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Yancy, and Terry Jarvis for starting rumors about him. A jury found him guilty of capital murder and the trial court sentenced him to death. Miller’s conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court both rejected appeals to hear the case.
A district court blocked Miller’s scheduled execution unless the state was able to provide Miller’s preferred method, nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama does not currently offer nitrogen hypoxia executions — which force inmates to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of oxygen and killing the inmate by suffocation. While three states have authorized executions by nitrogen hypoxia, none have actually used the method.
In 2018, Alabama enacted a law that allowed inmates to elect nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. Miller claims he submitted a form to elect nitrogen hypoxia over lethal injection, however, Alabama has no record of this request. Miller said if the state were to ignore his execution preference over a misplaced form, the state would be violating his 14th Amendment rights.
U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. granted Miller a preliminary injunction on Tuesday finding that it was likely he had submitted a form even if the state did not have a record of it. Inmates submit this paperwork by putting documents through a slot in their cell doors for a worker to collect. The 11th Circuit declined the state’s request to vacate the injunction, forcing Alabama to make a last-minute appeal to the justices.
“Over two decades have passed since Miller executed three defenseless Alabamians for their purported involvement in office rumors,” Alabama Solicitor General Edmund G. LaCour Jr. wrote in the state's emergency application. “The State of Alabama lawfully scheduled Miller’s execution for tonight. Further delaying Miller’s sentence would ‘countenance ‘last-minute’ claims relied on to forestall an execution,’ and eviscerate both the State’s and the victims’ ‘important interest in the timely enforcement of [Miller’s] sentence.’
Alabama claims the district court’s ruling was based on speculative theories.
“‘[T]he question of [Miller’s] capital punishment belongs to the people [of Alabama] and their representatives,’” LaCour wrote. “This Court should return it to them.”
Although a thin majority of the justices agreed to let the state move using lethal injection, Miller’s execution was halted after officials were unable to access a vein and worried they would not be able to complete his execution by midnight. Alabama recently faced accusations of the botched execution of Joe Nathan James after struggling to find a vein for more than three hours.
“Despite the circumstances that led to the cancellation of this execution, nothing will change the fact that a jury heard the evidence of this case and made a decision,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement.
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GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Rory McIlroy likened it to landing in a “jungle” when his drives veered off line. Europe captain Luke Donald pointed to the thickness of the grass blades. U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick said the rough was simply “penal.”
If there was one major takeaway from the just-concluded Italian Open at the Marco Simone club outside Rome that will host next year’s Ryder Cup, it was that the course is being set up to reward accurate tee shots with narrow fairways surrounded by nasty rough and even higher grass beyond.
Coming off a record loss to the United States at Whistling Straits last year, Donald is enlisting the help of the golf course to try to reduce the gap to the big-hitting Americans.
“We certainly want to put a premium on getting the ball in the fairway,” Donald told The Associated Press after Sunday’s final round, confirming plans to narrow the fairways even further.
“It’s not going to be any narrower than a U.S. Open or anything like that — I think there’s plenty of width out here,” he said. “But some of (the holes) have a little bit too much width in areas. So if you want to take and hit driver, you can, but it’s going to narrow up.”
At Whistling Straits, where the Americans won 19-9 for the biggest margin of victory since continental Europe became part of the Ryder Cup in 1979, the rough was trimmed to a maximum of four inches.
By contrast, some of the high grass at Marco Simone reached up past players’ knees.
“I think the tougher the test, the better it is for us,” said Europe vice captain Edoardo Molinari, the team’s analytics expert.
Added McIlroy: “If you get it going off line here off the tee it’s very, very difficult. The rough is incredibly thick and there’s sort of jungle outside of that if you get a play way off line.”
“(The Americans) are very good from 150 in, so try to set the golf course up so it’s a challenge to get your tee shots within that range,” McIlroy said. “By forcing people to play more conservative off the tee, I think that helps the Europeans a little bit.”
It wasn’t just the rough that provided a challenge. Changing weather each day brought heat, rain and wind before Sunday’s near-perfect conditions.
“Some of these guys who are likely to be in the Ryder Cup team next year would have seen everything this week,” said Donald, who took over the captain’s duties from Henrik Stenson last month after the Swede was stripped of the honor for joining the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf circuit. “That’s good that they’ll be very prepared.”
None of the likely Ryder Cup members for the U.S. team showed up.
Donald himself, who finished 13 strokes behind surprise winner Bob MacIntyre, learned a few lessons himself when he hit the wrong ball after a poor tee shot on the driveable par-4 16th on Friday and then lost a ball in a tree on 13 on Sunday.
“I had a adventurous week,” he said.
McIlroy, who finished two strokes back in fourth, fell out of contention Sunday when he hit into the water on 16.
Fitzpatrick, who lost in a playoff to MacIntyre, was on course for victory until he found the rough on the par-3 17th and bogeyed the penultimate hole for the third time in four tries.
Fitzpatrick then again drove into the rough on the first playoff hole, enabling MacIntyre to snatch his first win in nearly two years — and only the second of his career.
A smooth-swinging Scot from the whisky town of Oban, MacIntyre plodded his way around the hilly course by consistently hitting the greens — never anything too spectacular — and recorded the lowest round of the week on Sunday with a 7-under 64.
“For me, it’s pretty simple. If you hit it where you aim, you’ll do alright,” the 26-year-old lefty said. “Thankfully today for the majority of it, I aimed it well, I hit it all right and the putter worked.”
From Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, 2023, Marco Simone will become the third venue in continental Europe to host the Ryder Cup after Valderrama in Spain (1997) and Le Golf National in France (2018).
MacIntyre’s performance in the second week of the Ryder Cup qualification period may have given him a spot on next year’s team.
“I played with Bob last week in Wentworth,” Donald said. “Looks like a strong player, a strong mind — he looks very fearless on the golf course, which you’ll need in a Ryder Cup. It’s a pressure packed situation.”
On the eve of the tournament, Donald and many of Europe’s top players like McIlroy, Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Francesco Molinari ate dinner together.
“We obviously play a very individual sport most of the time. But one week out of every two years, we try and come together as a team and unite,” Donald said. “And having those dinners helps with that.”
Edoardo Molinari said the menu included “pasta, prosciutto and mozzarella” and that “nearly everyone enjoyed a glass of wine.”
Donald hopes more elite players will check out Marco Simone in May when the next Italian Open is contested.
“As many eyeballs or potential players come over and get a feel for this place, the better,” he said. “I know the schedule is tough and it’s busy and jam packed, but I’ll certainly be encouraging them to try and make the trip.”
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(AP) — In some Tampa Bay-area schools, students use foam rollers and vibrating spheres to massage their muscles as they work toward goals for strength and flexibility. It’s all part of a new physical education curriculum from quarterback Tom Brady, whose vision for healthy living is fueling a fitness empire.
The arrangement with schools in Pinellas County, Florida, marks a foray into education for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers superstar and his methods — including some that have been criticized as pseudoscience.
Physical education experts have raised questions about the approach’s suitability for school-age children. But the program — and its connection with the seven-time Super Bowl champion — has stirred student interest in fitness and nutrition, others say.
“My legs are lot more loose, and they’re not so heavy on me,” said Antoine James, an eighth-grader. “It really helps.”
A pilot project has embedded parts of the program in gym and health courses in 10 middle and high schools in the 96,000-student district. The TB12 Foundation, the charitable arm of Brady’s fitness business, is picking up the tab to train district staff and provide them with equipment.
The marketing boost for TB12, of course, is free.
Adults who embrace the “TB12 Method,” as Brady described it in a 2017 book, can meet with a trainer for $200 an hour at one of his company’s training centers. His product line includes a plant-based protein powder, electrolytes and vibrating rollers that sell for $160.
“I’m sure one of the benefits is to help students get better exercise habits and physical fitness habits,” said Karen Rommelfanger, an adjunct professor of neurology and psychiatry at Emory University. “But does it also start to enroll another generation of consumers for their product?”
In Pinellas County, the plan is to expand to the rest of its middle and high schools next year. If all goes well, Brady’s foundation is looking to use the program as a model for other districts.
“Today we kind of focus on a little bit older client for the most part,” said Grant Shriver, president and CEO at TB12, where the average client is around 40. “This just kind of gives us a little bit of a vision of how we could go approach just more people.”
The TB12 Foundation’s first partnership in education started in 2020 with Brockton Public Schools in Massachusetts, where Brady played for the New England Patriots. TB12 took a dozen of the district’s athletes to its training center free of charge. That effort later expanded to Malden Public Schools, also in the Boston area.
“I grew up where you lifted heavy weights and, you know, you gauge strength by how much you could bench press and how much you can squat. And this is completely different,” said Brockton Public Schools Athletic Director Kevin Karo. His district is now contracting to use some of the TB12 staff as strength and conditioning coaches for student-athletes.
Most of Brady’s advice is fairly mainstream, including an emphasis on a positive attitude, good nutrition and adequate sleep. But some of his guidance has faced skepticism. He famously attributed his propensity not to sunburn to his high water intake in his book. His trainer, Alex Guerrero, was investigated before joining Brady by the Federal Trade Commission over unsubstantiated claims that a supplement he promoted could cure concussions.
Brady, 45, describes his approach as a departure from the lift-heavy gym culture. He endorses instead exercise bands and something he calls “pliability,” which includes an emphasis on flexibility and massage.
“I feel like everything I’ve learned over the course of 23 years in football has and will allow me to continue to help people in different ways,” Brady said Thursday. “I think starting young is really important, educating people on what works as opposed to the way things have always been.”
Sports trainers have been moving toward a model that includes a mixture of strength training, flexibility and balance exercises, said Mike Fantigrassi, the senior director of product development for the National Academy of Sports Medicine, which certifies trainers. But he said he had concerns with the word “pliability” being taught in schools as though it was scientifically proven.
“It’s a term that they made up,” he said. “Some of this stuff is not rooted in good science. And if you’re bringing a curriculum into schools, I believe it should be rooted in good science.”
Brady is one of the world’s greatest athletes but does not have expertise in teaching children, said Terri Drain, a past president of the Society of Health and Physical Educators.
“I just am a little bit alarmed that a school district the size of this one would grab onto this celebrity program,” said Drain, who runs a nonprofit that provides professional development for health and physical education teachers.
On the diet front, Brady advises against foods in the nightshade family like peppers, tomatoes and eggplants because of inflammation concerns. Experts like Eric Rimm say a lot of Brady’s diet guidance is extreme and not backed by a “huge science base.”
Still, Rimm, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, said there could be benefits.
“If you’re getting rid of the average eighth grade American’s diet and shifting to what he eats, yeah, that’s a lot healthier,” he said. “That’s fantastic.”
One upside is the Brady name makes students perk up in class, said Allison Swank, an eighth grade wellness teacher and a track coach in Pinellas County.
“They definitely know who he is and it’s exciting for them to be able to relate what we’re going to be doing to his program,” she said.
In pilot classes, students take baseline assessments to evaluate areas like their strength, conditioning and flexibility. They then set goals to pursue for improvement, said pre-K-12 health and physical education specialist Ashley Grimes.
She said districts around the county have reached out, asking what the program is about and if it’s something they could do, too.
The program doesn’t use Brady’s book as a textbook, stressed Ben Wieder, a member of the Pinellas Education Foundation, who uses TB12 himself and approached the foundation about bringing the program to the district.
“Tom Brady eats avocado ice cream. Like, we don’t teach eating avocado ice cream,” Wieder said. Most of the science-backed elements of the curriculum are in line with Florida education standards, he said. “I think if you were to go through the book. you’re probably talking 90, 95% of the content is universally accepted.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Friday it was allowing American tech firms to expand their business in Iran, one of the most sanctioned countries in the world, to boost internet access for the Iranian people.
The Iranian government cut most internet access for its 80 million citizens during a crackdown on demonstrators protesting the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police.
The morality police detained Amini last week, saying she didn’t properly cover her hair with the Islamic headscarf, known as the hijab, which is mandatory for Iranian women. Amini collapsed at a police station and died three days later.
At least nine protesters have been killed in clashes with Iranian security forces since violence erupted over the weekend. U.S. sanctions were imposed Thursday on the morality police and leaders of law enforcement agencies.
The Treasury Department said an updated general license issued Friday authorizes tech firms to offer more social media and collaboration platforms, video conferencing and cloud-based services. The updated license also removes the condition that communications be “personal,” which Treasury said was burdening companies with the need to verify the purpose of the communications.
“As courageous Iranians take to the streets to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, the United States is redoubling its support for the free flow of information to the Iranian people,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement.
“With these changes, we are helping the Iranian people be better equipped to counter the government’s efforts to surveil and censor them.”
In 2014, Treasury’s sanctions arm issued a license authorizing exports of software and services to Iran that would allow the free exchange of communication over the internet, with the intent to foster the free flow of information to Iranian citizens.
Despite the allowance, firms have been reluctant to do business in Iran, due to fears of violating existing sanctions and other laws that impose penalties.
On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that his satellite internet firm Starlink would seek permission to operate in Iran. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said it was up to Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to decide on Starlink’s next steps.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock urged the U.S. Treasury secretary Friday to use “maximum flexibility” in implementing a revised tax credit for Americans buying electric vehicles, a perk that Hyundai stands to lose as the automaker invests billions of dollars to open its first American EV plant in the Democratic senator's home state of Georgia.
Warnock sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns that the revised tax credit President Joe Biden signed last month as part of a sweeping climate and health law could place some automakers at a competitive disadvantage. That's because the new law says the credit of up to $7,500 only applies if the EVs and their batteries are manufactured in North America.
That means vehicles made by South Korea-based Hyundai would no longer qualify for the credit until the company starts producing EVs in Georgia, which isn’t expected until 2025.
“I urge you to offer maximum flexibility for vehicle manufacturers and consumers to take full advantage of the electric vehicle tax credits available under the law,” Warnock's letter said.
The U.S. Treasury Department is responsible for adopting regulations to carry out revisions to the EV tax credit approved by Congress. Warnock’s letter doesn’t request any specific remedy from the department.
In an interview, Warnock said he hopes to see Treasury officials interpret Congress' revisions in a way that "we don’t end up punishing the very companies, like Hyundai, that are helping us bring this clean energy future.”
Hyundai announced in May plans to build a $5.5 billion plant for manufacturing EVs and the batteries that power them in Bryan County, west of Savannah. The company plans to hire at least 8,100 workers.
Hyundai spokesman Michael Stewart said in an emailed statement the company was “disappointed” with the tax credit revision.
“We are hopeful that a solution through the U.S. federal government can be found that takes into consideration Hyundai’s significant past and committed future investments in the U.S. market, including the $5.54 billion EV plant in Georgia,” Stewart said.
Stewart did not say whether the issue might affect Hyundai’s plans to produce up to 300,000 EVs per year in Georgia. The state and local governments agreed to give the automaker tax breaks and other financial incentives worth $1.8 billion.
But the tax credit issue is causing some anxiety among officials in Georgia working closely on the project.
“Hyundai is quite concerned about the lack of the tax credit,” said Trip Tolleson, president and CEO of the Savannah Area Economic Development Authority, who frequently meets with Hyundai officials to discuss the planned Georgia plant.
“All of us really hope that the Biden administration, in partnership with our two U.S. senators, can really get this fixed and work this out,” Tolleson said. “There’s a lot riding on this project.”
A freshman senator, Warnock is seeking reelection this fall against Republican challenger Herschel Walker, a Georgia football hero and close friend of former President Donald Trump, in a swing state where Democrats have no guarantee of holding political ground they gained in 2020.
A spokesman for Walker's campaign said Warnock was “trying to clean up his own mess” after voting in favor of the law that included the tax credit that would exclude Hyundai vehicles.
“Maybe next time a massive bill comes up, Raphael Warnock will take the time to read the bill and how it would impact Georgia instead of blindly coming out in support a day after it is announced,” Walker spokesman Will Kiley said in a statement.
Warnock insisted the climate and health bill that Democrats pushed through Congress was a big win for Americans, and it “signals that we’re serious about the role electric vehicles will play in the future.”
“As we see this expansion in South Georgia, the prospects of building electric vehicles made by Georgia workers, we need to do everything we can at the federal level to strengthen that work and not to hamper it," Warnock said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is outlining its goals for a new trade deal with Australia, Japan, South Korea and nine other nations meant to signal the country's commitment to working with the Indo-Pacific region at a time of growing Chinese clout.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday released its negotiating objectives for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a deal with the 12 nations launched in May.
Among them, the U.S. wants the Indo-Pacific countries to improve their labor and environmental standards and ensure their markets remain open to competition, while also taking steps to ease supply-chain backlogs at border crossings.
After the Trump administration's clashes with U.S. allies, Asian countries have welcomed America’s reengagement in the region, which also comes at a time of considerable economic disruption arising from Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But many were disappointed the framework doesn’t lower tariffs or provide signatories with more access to the U.S. market.
The Obama administration had negotiated a detailed trade agreement with 11 other Pacific Rim nations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But President Donald Trump, saying the TPP and similar trade deals threaten American jobs, pulled out of the agreement in his first week in office. The other countries moved forward without the United States.
The Biden administration has no plans to rejoin the trade bloc and is instead promoting the Indo-Pacific framework. Critics consider the agreement a vague alternative to TPP.
Still, the administration noted that countries involved in the framework — also including Brunei, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — account for 40% of global GDP.
“The future of the 21st century economy is going to be largely written in the Indo-Pacific," the trade office said Friday. The framework “will help to drive sustainable growth for all our economies."
The Biden administration said its trade team would also seek to promote digital trade, among other things.
USTR is handling the trade aspects of the framework. The Commerce Department is overseeing three other framework initiatives involving improving supply chains and promoting a green economy and “fair’’ growth that emphasizes the rule of law and labor rights.
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Jurors convict Zanesville man on major drug offender charges
Jurors in Muskingum County recently convicted a Zanesville man on drug trafficking charges during a trial in Judge Kelly Cottrill’s court. After two days of testimony, jurors found John Thompkins, who goes by the name Tommy, guilty of possessing and trafficking cocaine in a school zone with a major drug offender specification, tampering with evidence for dropping the cocaine out of his car and possessing methamphetamine and oxycodone with firearm and forfeiture specifications. Judge Cottrill, who separately heard the charges related to Thompkins possessing firearms after a drug trafficking conviction, found him guilty on three counts.
Throughout the trial, jurors heard evidence from law enforcement about how the Zanesville / Muskingum County Drug Unit began an investigation against Thompkins in early March following complaints of drug dealing on Dryden Ave. The jurors were not informed that Thompkins had been released from a prison half-way house two weeks prior. Detectives explained numerous techniques to the jury which were used to catch Thompkins in the act.
Ultimately, the jurors heard that on June 1, 2022, drug unit detectives knew that the man who supplied Thompkins with his drugs had just brought in a large supply. They planned to conduct a traffic stop on Thompkins after he left his supplier’s house on Locust Avenue.
Thompkins showed up as expected, and the officers stopped him, but they were surprised not to find the drugs theybelieved he had just purchased. After a search, the jurors heard that the deputies released Thompkins moments before discovering he had dropped the drugs out of his window 30 feet prior to being stopped. The drugs ended up being 138 grams of cocaine in very distinctive packaging.
When deputies went to find Thompkins, they didn’t have to go far, as he had circled back to pick up his dropped drugs.
Later, jurors heard that the Zanesville/Muskingum County Drug Unit detectives searched that house on Locust Avenue, which is within 1,000 feet of Zanesville Middle School, discovering more than 750 grams of cocaine, more than four pounds of methamphetamine and a large quantity of other drugs. Relevant to Thompkins’ case, the cocaine found on Locust was also distinctively packaged.
Detectives continued their investigation, searching the residence on Dryden Avenue, where they discovered 58 grams of methamphetamine, three guns and oxycodone.
At sentencing, Thompkins will be forced to forfeit all the cash he was found to possess, as well as the vehicle he used to conduct his drug business. He faces 35 years of imprisonment at his future sentencing date. The offer he decided not to take before trial was for 14 years.
Assistant Prosecutor John Litle, who handled the case, remarked that “it is fun to present a case like this to a jury here in our county. The jurors had a job to do, but they also got to learn a little bit about the great work our local investigators do on a daily basis. This case was so straightforward, and so well investigated, that it really was a ‘show-off’ moment for our drug unit.”
Dep. Cody Kelly was the courtroom designee during the trial, and Det. Matt Wilhite and Dep. Dustin Prouty also testified.
Certain facts were omitted from this release to protect the rights of other defendants who have not yet proceeded to trial.
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Local News Briefs
ODOT continues I-70 work
ZANESVILLE − The Ohio Department of Transportation is continuing reconstruction of Interstate 70 through Zanesville.
Flagged lane closures and temporary sidewalk closures on State Street will be observed for two to three days starting Sept. 26 for staining and sealing. Flagged lane closures will also be observed for two days starting Oct. 3 for installing a permanent vandal fence.
Old Newark Road will be closed under I-70 from 9 p.m. to midnight Sept. 27 for a bridge deck pour.
Blood drives scheduled
ZANESVILLE − Several American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled upcoming for the local area. For more information or an appointment, call 800-733-2767 or go to redcrossblood.org.
Blood drives will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Sept. 26 and Oct. 10 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27 in the gymnasium of Muskingum University in New Concord, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 27 at Maysville High School and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 at Fink's Harley Davidson.
Drives for Morgan County will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at Morgan High School and 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Stockport United Methodist Church. Drives in Perry County will be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Thornville Masonic Lodge and 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Somerset American Legion.
Franklin Schools BOE to meet
DUNCAN FALLS − Franklin Local Schools Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the administrative office, 360 Cedar St.
Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary meeting
ZANESVILLE − The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary will meet in regular session at noon Oct. 3 at the Salvation Army Annex, 515 Putnam Ave. The meeting will feature lunch, a bag auction and discussion on upcoming projects.
Marijuana plants discovered in Perry County
PERRY COUNTY - The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Butler County Sheriff’s Office, and the Perry County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit conducted a Perry County wide marijuana eradication effort on Tuesday, which resulted in the recovery of 75 marijuana plants. It is estimated one seized marijuana plant has a street value of $1,500. As a result of the seizure authorities recovered $112,500 dollars’ worth of marijuana. The operation is entirely funded by federal drug seizures.
Two injured in Ohio 13 wreck
NEW LEXINGTON − Authorities recovered suspected narcotics from a severe traffic crash at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Ohio 13 and Jamestown Road.
The Perry County Sheriff's Office Special Investigation Unit assisted the Ohio State Highway Patrol on scene. The patrol continuing to investigate the circumstances and cause of the crash.
One person from the crash was transported via Air Evac medical helicopter to Grant Medical Center in Columbus for treatment of undisclosed injuries. Another person from the crash was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries. Names of those involved have not been released by the patrol.
Underground Railroad symposium set
ZANESVILLE − The third annual Underground Railroad Symposium by Muskingum County History will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at the John McIntire Library, 220 N. Fifth St.
The program will be streamed live on the library's Facebook Page. Register at events.muskingumlibrary.org. Box lunches will be provided to the first 50 who register for in-person attendance.
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Three charged in connection with overdose deaths
ZANESVILLE − The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people in connection to a pair of recent overdose deaths in Muskingum County.
Shelbie Alizabeth Mourer, age 28, was arrested for selling drugs to Robert Marshall, 44, who was found dead in the Dillon State Park parking lot on Sept. 11. Toxicology reports show Marshall had cocaine and fentanyl in his system, and he had died from an overdose.
Following an investigation, Mourer was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, a second-degree felony, corrupting another with drugs, a second-degree felony, trafficking in drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.
After Mourer's arrest, the sheriff's office continued its investigation, and found that Richard Ray McCree, 46, supplied Mourer with the drugs that killed Marshall. He was arrested and charged with two counts of corrupting another with drugs, second-degree felonies.
Both Mourer and McCree, known as Mississippi on the street, are in the Muskingum County Jail.
In an unrelated case, Dalton James Cole overdosed in his bedroom on National Road on Aug. 11, according to Lutz.
Toxicology reports showed methamphetamines and fentanyl in his system. Joshua Shawn O'Neil was interviewed by detectives. After initially cooperating, O'Neil left the area. Detectives found O'Neil in Columbus on Thursday, where he was arrested and is currently in the Franklin County Jail. O'Neil has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, a second-degree felony, corrupting another with drugs, a second-degree felony, and a fifth=degree felony charge of trafficking in drugs.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion euros (dollars) in funding to Hungary over concerns about democratic backsliding and the possible mismanagement of EU money.
The European Commission, which proposes the bloc’s laws and ensures that they are respected, said it was acting “to ensure the protection of the EU budget and the financial interests of the EU against breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary.”
EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said that despite measures Hungary has proposed to address the deficiencies, the commission is recommending the suspension of funds “amounting to an estimated amount of 7.5 billion euros.”
The money would come from “cohesion funds” granted to Hungary. This envelope of money, one of the biggest slices of the bloc’s budget, helps countries to bring their economies and infrastructure up to EU standards.
EU countries pay around 1% of their gross national income into the budget. Hungary is slated to receive at least 50 billion euros in all from the 2021-27 budget, according to commission estimates.
Any action to suspend the funds must be approved by the EU member countries, and this requires a “qualified majority,” which amounts to 55% of the 27 members representing at least 65% of the total EU population.
They have one month to decide whether to freeze Hungary’s funds, but can in exceptional circumstances extend that period to two months. The commission is recommending that the member countries take until Nov. 19 to allow Hungary more time to address the concerns.
The commission has for nearly a decade accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of dismantling democratic institutions, taking control of the media and infringing on minority rights. Orban, who has been in office since 2010, denies the accusations.
Speaking after a meeting of EU commissioners in Brussels, which unanimously endorsed the move, Hahn welcomed Hungary’s offer to fix the problem, saying that its proposed remedial action goes “in the right direction.”
He said the measures could address some of the commission’s concerns if they are followed up, and properly acted upon. But he said that “a risk for the budget at this stage remains, therefore we cannot conclude that the EU budget is sufficiently protected.”
The commission’s fears focus on public procurement — purchases by the state of goods and services or for the execution of projects using EU funds. Critics say the awarding of such contracts have allowed Orban’s government to channel large sums of EU money into the businesses of politically connected insiders.
A senior EU official pointed to “systematic and systemic irregularities, deficiencies and weaknesses in public procurement related to very high rates of single bidding.” Officials estimate that around half of Hungary’s public tenders are granted after single bidder processes.
The commission also has “serious concerns regarding the detection, prevention and correction of conflicts of interest,” as well as about a number of public interest trusts which manage significant funds, and notably in the area of education.
Hungarian media has reported that Orban’s nationalist government is set to announce new legislation as soon as Monday. EU lawmakers expressed concern last week that this may just be a ploy to gain time.
In a resolution on Thursday, the lawmakers said that Hungary’s nationalist government is deliberately trying to undermine the bloc’s democratic values.
They said that the government in Budapest — which Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” — has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.” In part, they blame EU member countries for this, for turning a blind eye to possible abuses.
The French Greens parliamentarian who chaperoned the resolution through the assembly, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, said that “for the first time, an EU institution is stating the sad truth, that Hungary is no longer a democracy.”
The case, launched by the commission against Hungary in April, is a fresh step in the use of a new mechanism allowing the EU to take action to protect its budget. It does not target member countries for general breaches of EU law.
The mechanism is seen as the EU’s most potent weapon to prevent a worsening anti-democratic drift in some countries. Commission officials have said that Hungary has consistently failed to implement EU recommendations for more than 10 years.
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Dr. Kanika A. Cunningham, an associate medical director with Family Care Health Center, is joining the St. Louis County Department of Public Health as public health officer.
“I’m excited about this opportunity to continue doing the work that is important to me – serving the urban and under-resourced communities by increasing access to primary care services and working to decrease inequities for health for communities of color,” Cunningham said in a release.
A St. Louis native, Cunningham has served Family Care Health Center since August 2017, associate medical director of FCHC’s Carondelet site since March 2019 and clinical faculty to St. Louis University’s Department of Family and Community Medicine.
She is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society and serves as a consulting physician to the Missouri State Opioid Response Team. Cunningham has also helped craft the Faith Based Opioid Initiative, which engages communities of faith, primarily in African American neighborhoods.
“Dr. Cunningham has worked for years with our must vulnerable residents, seeing firsthand the disparities that exist when it comes to health care,” said County Executive Dr. Sam Page.
“We are excited that she is joining the Department of Public Health in this new position as we continue our work to improve access to healthcare for everyone and focus on some of our most vexing community challenges such as the opioid epidemic – an issue that Dr. Cunningham is passionate about.” Cunningham will work directly acting Department of health co-directors Kate Donaldson and Dr. Jim Hinrichs and will provide clinical oversight to programs designed to prevent communicable diseases as well as those that respond to outbreaks of those illnesses.
In addition, she also will write, review, and authorize standing health orders and serve as DPH’s public health clinical advisor when clinical questions arise within public health programs.
“We are pleased to add a physician of Dr. Cunningham’s experience and abilities to our core leadership team,” said Donaldson.
“Her passion for fighting health inequities aligns with and will further advance DPH’s mission to protect the health of our entire community.”
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LONDON (AP) — Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world. Those are just a few of the staggering array of numbers generated by the death of the 96-year-old monarch after a 70-year-reign.
Here are some figures that have swirled around London and the rest of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of death on Sept. 8 at her summer retreat in Scotland of the only monarch most Britons have ever known.
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— 2,000: Dignitaries and guests in Westminster Abbey for the the state funeral, ranging from King Charles III and other royals to world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden to members of the British public who helped battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
— 800: Guests at a committal service later in the day at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
— 5,949: Military personnel deployed throughout the meticulously choreographed operation that began with the queen’s death on Sept. 8 at her Balmoral Estate in the Scottish Highlands. That number comprises 4,416 from the army, 847 from the navy and 686 from the air force. In addition, around 175 armed forces personnel from Commonwealth nations have been involved.
— 1,650: At least that number of military personnel will be involved in the pomp-filled procession of the queen’s coffin from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch after her funeral. A further 1,000 will line the streets along the procession route When the coffin reaches Windsor, 410 military personnel will take part in the procession, 480 will line streets, 150 will be in a guard of honor and line steps and 130 more will fulfil other ceremonial duties.
— 142: Royal Navy ratings who will pull the state gun carriage carrying the queen’s coffin on Monday when it leaves the Houses of Parliament for her funeral.
— More than 10,000: Police officers. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said the “hugely complex” policing operation is the biggest in the London force’s history, surpassing the London 2012 Olympics which saw up to 10,000 police officers on duty per day.
— 22: Miles (36 kilometers) of barriers erected in central London alone to control crowds and keep key areas around the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace secure.
— 1 million: The number of people London transport authorities expect to visit the capital on Monday. Around 250 extra rail services will run to move people in and out of the city.
— 5: Miles (8 kilometers) of people lining up to file past the queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall. The mammoth queue stretched back from the Houses of Parliament along the south bank of the River Thames to Southwark Park. The number of people in the queue is unlikely to be known until after the lying-in-state closes early on Monday.
— 125: Movie theaters that will open their doors to broadcast Monday’s funeral live.
— 2,868: Diamonds, along with 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 269 pearls, and 4 rubies, sparkle in the Imperial State Crown that rested on the queen’s coffin as it lay in state.
— 2: Minutes of silence at the end of the funeral at Westminster Abbey.
— 1: Coffin. The silent eye in the days-long storm of pomp, pageantry and protection is a single, flag-draped oak coffin carrying the only monarch most Britons have ever known.
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ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS UNO (AP) — The Spanish charity Open Arms has rescued 372 people seeking to cross the central Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy smugglers’ boats and recovered the corpse of a man who had been shot by smugglers, officials said Sunday.
The rescue ship Open Arms Uno remained at sea and is seeking a safe port for the rescued people, including some who need medical attention and many who are suffering from dehydration, said Laura Lanuza, an Open Arms spokeswoman. She said they have made at least two requests for a safe port in Malta.
In all, the ship performed three rescues in 24 hours. In the largest rescue, the Open Arms picked up 294 people, mostly Egyptians, from an overcrowded barge in waters south of Malta in an nighttime operation that spanned nearly five hours before dawn Sunday. Those rescued said they had been at sea for four days.
The packed boat had been spotted by volunteer pilots combing the Mediterranean for people in distress, and a photo showed its decks packed with people waving for help.
Before that, the Open Arms rescued 59 migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea, among them 10 minors, from an oil platform they had reached in international waters near Tunisia. Still in the flimsy smugglers’ boat was the wrapped body of a migrant who had been shot on shore by smugglers, Lanuza said.
“The smugglers forced the people to take the corpse with them. They spent a day or so at sea, and kept the corpse until they were saved,’’ Lanuza said.
On Saturday morning, the Open Arms rescued 19 people from a rubber dinghy in off Libya in international waters. They included 16 people from Syria.
An Associated Press photographer on board the Open Arms said during each rescue, desperate people flung themselves into the water, complicating the operation.
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TOKYO (AP) — A tropical storm slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds Monday, leaving one person dead and another missing, as it swerved north toward Tokyo.
Residential streets were flooded with muddy water from rivers, and swathes of homes lost power after Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in the Kyushu region Sunday then weakened to a tropical storm.
A man was found dead early Monday in his car that was sunk in water on a farm, said Yoshiharu Maeda, a city hall official in charge of disasters at Miyakonojo, Miyazaki prefecture. Separately, one person was missing after a cottage was caught in a landslide, according to a Miyazaki prefectural official.
Nanmadol has sustained winds blowing at 108 kilometers per hour (67 mph) and gusts up to 162 kilometers (100 miles) per hour, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Tens of thousands of people spent the night at gymnasiums and other facilities in a precautionary evacuation of vulnerable homes.
More than 60 people were injured, including those who fell down in the rain or were hit by shards of glass, according to Japanese media reports.
Torrential winds smashed signboards. A construction crane snapped and a window at a pachinko parlor was shattered in Kagoshima city, southwestern Japan.
Bullet trains and airlines suspended service. Warnings were issued about landslides and swelling rivers. Convenience store chains and delivery services temporarily shuttered in southwestern Japan, while some highways were closed and people had some problems with cell phone connections.
The storm is forecast to continue dumping rain on its northeasterly path over Japan’s main island of Honshu, before moving over Tokyo and then northeastern Japan.
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ATLANTA (AP) — The manager for the rapper Ludacris faces a murder charge in Atlanta in connection with a June shooting.
The Atlanta Police Department said Chaka Zulu, whose legal name is Ahmed Obafemi, turned himself in to face charges Tuesday. Atlanta news outlets report that he was released on bail the same day. Police said they also secured warrants charging him with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and simple battery.
Gabe Banks, a lawyer for the longtime music executive, issued a statement expressing disappointment in the decision to bring charges. Banks said evidence clearly shows Zulu — who was injured in the incident — defended himself while being attacked by at least four other people in the June incident.
Zulu was among three people shot in the June 26 gunfire at a parking lot in the Buckhead area. One person died.
Banks’ statement said Zulu defended himself with a firearm he is licensed to carry.
“It is not lost on Mr. Zulu that someone lost his life, but had Mr. Zulu not lawfully defended himself, Mr. Zulu would have been killed that night,” the statement said.
Killed in the June shooting was 23-year-old Artez Benton, whose family described him as ambitious, hard-working and dedicated to his family. “He did everything right,” his father, Artis Benton, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after the shooting. ” I never thought that this would be the end for him.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves at the White House.
Biden is getting in the Sept. 26 visit with just about a week before the 2022 regular season wraps up and playoffs begin. The Braves beat the Houston Astros in six games last year. The Braves are in second place in the National League East standings with 91 wins. Post-season begins Oct. 7.
The president, regardless of party, often honors major league and some college sports champions with a White House ceremony, typically nonpartisan affairs in which the commander in chief pays tribute to the champs’ prowess, poses for photos and comes away with a team jersey.
Those visits were highly charged in the previous administration. Many athletes took issue with President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric on policing, immigration and more. Trump, for his part, didn’t take kindly to the criticism from athletes or their on-field expressions of political opinion.
Under Biden, the tradition appears to be back. He’s hosted the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks and Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the White House.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Monday criticized President Joe Biden’s statement that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade as a violation of U.S. commitments about the self-ruled island, but gave no indication of possible retaliation.
Biden said “yes” when asked during an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS News’s “60 Minutes” program whether “U.S. forces, U.S. men and women, would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.”
The comment added to displays of official American support for the island democracy in the face of growing shows of force by the mainland’s ruling Communist Party, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory.
Without citing Biden by name, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the “U.S. remarks” violate Washington’s commitment not to support formal independence for Taiwan, a step Beijing has said would lead to war.
“China strongly deplores and rejects it and has made solemn complaints with the U.S. side,” said the spokeswoman, Mao Ning.
CBS News reported the White House said after the interview U.S. policy hasn’t changed. That policy says Washington wants to see Taiwan’s status resolved peacefully but doesn’t say whether U.S. forces might be sent in response to a Chinese attack.
Tension is rising following efforts by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government to intimidate Taiwan by firing missiles into the nearby sea and flying fighter jets toward the island after visits to Taipei by political figures including U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Mao called on Washington to “handle Taiwan-related issues prudently” and “not to send any wrong signals” to supporters of Taiwan independence “to to avoid further damage to China-U.S. relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war that ended with the Communist Party in control of the mainland. The two governments say they are one country but dispute which is entitled to be the national leader.
“We will do our utmost to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity, while we will not tolerate any activities aimed at splitting China and reserve the option to take all necessary measures,” Mao said.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry expressed “sincere gratitude” to Biden for “affirming the U.S. government’s rock-solid promise of security to Taiwan.”
Taiwan will “resist authoritarian expansion and aggression” and “deepen the close security partnership” with Washington and other governments “with similar thinking” to protect regional stability, the statement said.
Washington is obligated by federal law to see that Taiwan has the means to defend itself but doesn’t say whether U.S. forces would be sent. The United States has no formal relations with the island but maintains informal diplomatic ties.
The Communist Party has persuaded most foreign governments to switch official recognition to Beijing, though many maintain informal ties have extensive trade and investment relations with Taiwan. The island’s official diplomatic partners are mostly small, poor nations in Africa and Latin America.
“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China,” Mao said. “The government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legal government representing the whole of China.”
Washington says it doesn’t support formal independence for Taiwan, a stance Biden repeated in the interview broadcast Sunday.
“Taiwan makes their own judgments about their independence,” the president said. “We’re not encouraging their being independent.”
In May, Biden said “yes” when asked at a news conference in Tokyo whether he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded.
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More than 770,000 Missouri college students, including 502,200 who have Pell Grants, are eligible for student loan forgiveness under President Joe Biden’s recent loan forgiveness plan.
The White House reported 1,486,600 Illinois borrowers will be eligible for relief, including 863,600 borrowers who received a Pell Grant.
The plan could provide up to $10,000 of loan forgiveness to borrowers who did not receive a Pell Grant, and forgive $20,000 for Pell Grant borrowers.
The U.S. Department of Education estimates that more than 40 million borrowers nationwide could benefit from the student debt relief plan, and nearly 20 million might see their entire remaining balance discharged.
Last month, Biden announced his plan to forgive borrowers up to $10,000 in debt relief, and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients.
“The Biden Administration’s student debt relief plan will help borrowers and families recover from the pandemic and prepare to resume student loan payments in January 2023,” administration officials wrote in a fact sheet.
They said about 90% of relief dollars will go to those earning less than $75,000 per year – and no relief will go to any individual or household in the top 5% of incomes in the United States.
Officials said by targeting relief to borrowers with the highest economic need, the administration’s actions are also likely to help narrow the racial wealth gap.
The White House noted that nearly 71% of Black undergraduate borrowers are Pell Grant recipients, and 65% of Latino undergraduate borrowers are Pell Grant recipients.
The Department of Education plans to soon release additional details on how individuals across the country can benefit from the Administration’s student debt relief plan.
“President Biden believes that a post-high school education should be a ticket to a middle-class life, but for too many, the cost of borrowing for college is a lifelong burden that deprives them of that opportunity,” administration officials said ahead of Biden’s scheduled announcement.
“During the campaign, he promised to provide student debt relief. Today, the Biden Administration is following through on that promise and providing families breathing room as they prepare to start re-paying loans after the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic.”
For more information, visit StudentAid.gov/debtrelief.
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St. Louisan Isaiah Williams enjoyed a big night in helping lead the University of Illinois to a 31-0 victory over visiting Chattanooga in a non-conference college football game in Champaign on Thursday night.
The former Trinity Catholic star caught nine passes for 103 yards and a touchdown, which came on a spectacular 63-yard catch and run in the third quarter. It was the second time that Williams has surpassed the 100-yard mark in a game this season. His nine receptions tied a career high, which he achieved on September 2 against Indiana.
Through four games this season, Williams has been the leading receiver for the Fighting Illini. He has 28 receptions for 260 yards and two touchdowns. Illinois is currently 3-1 heading their next game on October 1 against Big Ten foe Wisconsin.
Williams was a four-year standout quarterback at Trinity. As a senior in 2018, he led the Titans to the Class 3 state championship.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly.
But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, participants in a major casino conference said Friday.
Speaking at the East Coast Gaming Congress, executives of online gambling companies and their technology partners said the rapid growth of sports betting has provided a ready-made infrastructure and regulatory apparatus for online casino games.
So far, such gambling is legal in only six states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Delaware and Connecticut.
But panelists at the conference predicted three or four additional states could soon adopt internet gambling, including Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and New York.
In addition, more than a dozen states sell lottery tickets over the internet, according to James Carey, executive director of the New Jersey Lottery.
“I'm confident there's plenty of room for growth,” said Jeffrey Millar, commercial director of North American operations for Evolution, an online casino content provider.
“The growth in this industry is still in its infancy stages in the U.S.” added David Rebuck, New Jersey's top gambling regulator as director of the state's Division of Gaming Enforcement.
Richard Schwartz, CEO of Chicago-based online gambling company Rush Street Interactive, said states that already have legal sports betting are strong candidates to adopt online casino games as well.
“They already have regulators in place,” he said. “They have servers in place. It's quicker to start up a casino addition.”
Currently, 31 states plus Washington, D.C., offer legal sports betting, with several more expected to do so soon.
Since it launched internet gambling nine years ago, New Jersey's casinos have won $4.79 billion from gamblers online, according to the American Gaming Association, the casino industry's national trade group. That’s nearly twice the $2.47 billion Pennsylvania casinos have won online since July 2019.
Michigan has won $2 billion online since Jan. 2021; Connecticut $199.7 million since Oct. 2021; West Virginia $137.4 million since July 2020; and Delaware $42.2 million since Dec. 2013. Nevada offers online poker but does not break out that revenue separately from the in-person revenue casinos report to the state.
Those figures are for online casino games only, and do not include sports betting revenue, which is reported separately.
New Jersey is on the verge of extending its law permitting internet gambling for another 10 years, and during Thursday's opening session of the casino conference, the state's Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, promised he would sign the bill it if passed.
A 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case brought by New Jersey cleared the way for all 50 states to offer legal sports betting should they choose to do so. With that rapid expansion came an expectation in some quarters that internet gambling would almost automatically grow at a similarly rapid pace.
“That didn't happen,” said Howard Glaser, head of government affairs and legislative counsel at Liught & Wonder, the successor company to the gambling tech firm Scientific Games.
He said there are lingering concerns, particularly among some state legislators, that internet gambling could cannibalize revenue and customers from brick-and-mortar casinos - even though the gambling industry itself has established that has not been the case.
Casinos initially had the same concerns when New Jersey launched internet gambling in Nov. 2013. Luisa Woods is vice president of Delaware North, the gambling, hospitality and sports company that owns casinos in New York, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, West Virginia and Ohio.
She previously was head of digital operations for Atlantic City's Tropicana casino in 2013.
“My first job was selling the company that I am not here to compete with your business; I'm here to help it grow,” she said. “We integrated the brand, we created loyalty accounts for every single remote customer. We had people who would show up at the property for the first time and have a host already assigned to them.”
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OCEAN PINES, Md. - Ocean Pines Public Works worked through the night, Thursday into Friday morning, on a series of improvements at the North Gate Bridge.
Public Works Director Eddie Wells said his crew installed additional lights and removed the old lights and light poles.
“And we were finally able to do the repairs from that car accident that happened about a year ago, because those materials finally arrived,” Wells said.
The bridge was also power washed.
“It just looks cleaner overall,” he said.
Wells said next steps in bridge rehabilitation would include metal guardrails installed at the approaches, which are mandated by Maryland State Highway Administration. That will likely be part of the next budget, with construction potentially starting next spring.
General Manager John Viola said the bridge looked “clean, neat, crisp and streamlined” after the work.
Viola said he’s working on additional bridge rehabilitation ideas with different workgroups, including one with former Ocean Pines Board of Directors member Frank Brown, who owned and operated a contracting business for four decades.
“We will discuss those ideas with the Board, to see what they think,” Viola said. “But what Public Works has done so far is just awesome. I’m excited. It looks great!”
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SALISBURY, Md. - A Salisbury man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to felony animal cruelty in connection with the beating death of a small dog.
The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office on Friday that that on Aug. 30, Nathaniel Ennels II, 29, appeared in Wicomico County Circuit Court where he was sentenced to three years in jail with all but time served suspended. Ennels served 58 days behind bars and 268 days of house arrest totaling 326 days’ time served. Ennels was placed on three years of supervised probation.
Judge Matthew A. Maciarello also signed an order that Ennels be prevented from owning, possessing, or residing with animals for a period of 10 years, a first in the state of Maryland.
On Oct. 9, 2021, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint that Ennels had killed his girlfriend’s dog. During the course of the investigation, deputies located a video recording of Ennels punching and kicking a 4-year-old miniature schnauzer named Spanky. The dog was found dead later that day.
An animal control officer responded and took possession of Spanky and returned her body to the Wicomico County Humane Society. A necropsy determined Spanky's cause of death to be internal hemorrhaging of the liver and kidneys caused by blunt force trauma.
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The following organizations received Bless Our Children funds in 2021:
4Troy Foundation, Inc.
50K Souls, Inc.
Aaron's Place
Absolutely Flawless Women Inc.
Abundant Life WOTM, Inc.
Accomack Co. Dept of Social Services
American Legion, Walter L. Fox, Post #2
Atlantic Club, Inc.
Bethesda United Methodist Church
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore, Inc.
Blessed Givings
Bountiful New Beginnings Inc.
Boys & Girl Club of Dover
Boys & Girls Club of Dagsboro
Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown
Boys & Girls Club of Milford
Boys & Girls Club of Oak Orchard
Boys & Girls Club of Rehoboth Beach
Boys & Girls Club of Smyrna
Boys & Girls Club of Western Sussex - Laurel
Boys & Girls Club of Western Sussex - Seaford
Calvary Church - GTeam
Calvary United Methodist Church
Caring Hearts Helping Hands Inc.
Champions for Children's Mental Health
Children of God United, Bethel AME Church
Children's Choice of Delaware
Children's Choice of Maryland
Christian Shelter
Citadel of Hope
City of Salisbury-Neighborhood Services
Clothing Our Kids
Community Civic League
Crisfield Community Beach to Bay
Dave Morgans Music Ministry
Delaware State Police Troop-5
Delmarva Clergy United
Delmarva Community Services, Inc.
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum, Inc.
Destiny Family Development
Dover Miracle Revival Center, Inc.
Eastern Shore Wellness Solutions, Inc.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Eleven 21, Inc. dba Epoch Dream Center
Eternal Life Ministries, Inc.
EWC Adopt-A-Block Outreach Ministry
Family Outreach Multipurpose Community Ct
First State Community Action Agency
First State Detachment, Inc.
FORGE Youth & Family Academy, Inc.
Freedom Temple of Deliverance
Friends of Sussex CASA (FOSC)
Fruitland Police Department
Garland Hayward Youth Center
God's Daughters Community
Good Ole Boy Foundation
Good Samaritan Aid Organization, Inc.
Grow In Grace Worship Center
H.O.P.E. Ministries of Delmarva
Habitat for Humanity
Heaven-Bound Ministries
Hebron Lodge #14 100F
Higher Calling Ministries
Hope and Life Outreach
Howard J. Purnell Memorial Post #145, Inc.
It Takes a Village to Help Our Children, Inc.
Jehovah Tabernacle Holy Church
Junior Woman's Club of Pocomoke City (GFWC of Maryland)
Just a Hand Up Community Navigation
Kent County Community Action Program
Kingdom Empowerment Christian Church
La Esperanza, Inc
Laurel Wesleyan Church
Lewes Presbyterian Church - After School Program
Life Crisis Center
Light of Crisfield #86
Love Drives Foundation
Maple Shade Youth & Family Services
Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church
Men for Change Inc.
New Coverdale Outreach Mission
New Life Church of Deliverance
New Zion UMC-Outreach Committee
Northampton Co. Depart. of Social Service
Pentecostal Prayer Room Holiness Church
People's Place
Philadelphia Pentecostal Holiness Church
Refuge Temple Revival Center
Rhema Apostolic Deliverance Ministries Rescue Mission
Richard Allen Coalition
Salisbury Jaycees
Salisbury Outreach Services
Salisbury Police Department
Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Inc.
Salisbury Urban Ministries
Salvation Army of Cambridge
Salvation Army of Crisfield
Salvation Army of Salisbury
Salvation Army of Sussex
Seaford-Blades Associated Charities, Inc.
Seton Center Catholic Charities, Inc.
Shore Up Inc.
Somerset Committee for the Homeless, Inc.
Soul Saving Family Restoration Center
St. Michaels Community Center, Inc.
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent DePaul Society
St., James United Methodist Church Youth
Stephen & Cheryl Bryant Ministries, Inc.
Sussex County Foster Parent Association
The Ark Educational Consulting
The CRICKET Center
The Inspire One
The Joseph House
The Lighthouse Church of God
The REDEEMED of the Lord Outreach Ministry
The Rosa Health Center
The Shepherd Place
Town of Blades
Toys for Tots Foundation
Union United Methodist Church
Union Wesley United Methodist Church
United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore
Upper Room Church Inc.
Village of Hope, Inc.
W.G. Dukes Community Action Program
West Rehoboth Children & Youth Program
What is Your Voice, Inc.
Wicomico Child Advocacy Ctr/Wicomico Advocacy Ctr Foundation
Wicomico HOPE
Worcester County Gold
Worcester Youth & Family
Wraparound Maryland, Inc.
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I’m a big fan of Jim Pethokoukis, and I highly recommend his Faster, Please! newsletter. I’m also a fan of Adam Thierer and his arguments for the importance of “permissionless innovation” and “evasive entrepreneurs.” So I was happy to read Jim’s recent Q&A with Adam—except for one little thing. It starts with Jim’s favorite cultural obsession, nostalgia for 1960s science fiction: “The 1960s was full of optimistic sci-fi, most notably The Jetsons and Star Trek. Does the fact that the ’60s were followed by the pessimistic 1970s show sci-fi simply doesn’t matter?”
In the Postrelian tradition of attacking my allies’ arguments (I call it taking them seriously, while my husband calls it stabbing people in the front), please allow me to make a few points about this fixation (not just by Jim) on 1960s pop sci-fi and recent dystopian works.
1) The Jetsons was not science fiction any more than The Flintstones was archeology. It was, like its Stone Age partner, a midcentury family sitcom— I Love Lucy / The Honeymooners / Father Knows Best with different backdrops and dumber jokes. The commentary (such as it is) about technology mostly consists of complaints about devices breaking down and costing too much. Automation also means George and Jane Jetson do nothing all day except push a few buttons. If real, their lives would be incredibly boring. (The Feminine Mystique was a bestseller for a reason.) The show is definitely not Star Trek.
The Jetsons is graphically appealing, but it only works because we don’t take it literally as a portrait of the future. The Jetsons live in a world without trees, grass, or privacy. Anyone in a flying car can peer straight into their windows, which also appear to be open all the time. People live in the sky for no reason other than it makes for cool drawings. You can’t take a walk around the neighborhood. Ever wonder, What’s on the Ground in The Jetsons? (Spoiler: “Homeless people and walking birds.”)
2) Star Trek’s fundamental appeal was not about the future or technology per se. The show portrays a setting in which smart people have new experiences and learn new things, solve important problems, and forge deep friendships. Nobody worries about money or office politics. The show’s values are humane. Everyone’s job is important and the boss deserves respect. As I learned in a big survey I did while researching The Power of Glamour, for many of its fans, Star Trek represents an ideal workplace.
Star Trek’s vision of a nerd-friendly universe made the future glamorous, but only to the select few for whom that vision resonated. When originally broadcast, Star Trek had lousy ratings. Most people didn’t find it especially appealing. Its pop culture success dates to syndicated reruns in the 1970s, which is when I saw it. (The first fan convention was in 1972.) By then, its New Frontier spirit, complete with Cold War analogies, was already out of step with the times. The show attracted fanatical devotion partly because popular culture offered few (no?) other celebrations of earnest nerds and their values.
3) Dystopias are far from Hollywood’s main products. I personally worry more about the ubiquity of pharmaceutical company villains and complex government conspiracies. (Did you ever see Scandal?) But I understand why tech horror obsesses D.C. policy wonks. They look for movies about A.I., or climate change, or fill-in-the-dystopian-blank, and find plenty of evidence of anti-technology attitudes infecting the culture.
But Hollywood’s biggest movies are not dystopias. You may have heard of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s kind of big. It’s also technologically optimistic science fiction. Tony Stark! Wakanda! The Pym Particle! Yes, sometimes you get Ultron, but if you think Hollywood is only serving up technological gloom and doom, you are definitely not reading Variety.
Meanwhile, on the prestige side, there are movies like Her (2013), Arrival (2016), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). All have heart, as well as a nuanced and non-negative view of technology. And I’d argue that the future of A.I. is likely to be improved by the existence of thought-provoking movies like Ex Machina.
4) The Graduate, released in 1967, was a contemporary of the original Star Trek. A better question to ask about popular culture and the pessimistic turn is why this scene was so powerful. What made audiences find this career advice creepy and ridiculous? Not dystopian science-fiction movies.
5) In chapter three of The Future and Its Enemies I adopt a maxim from Henry Petroski to explain the open-ended nature of progress: “Form follows failure.” To quote the book:
Far from a utopian concept, this sense of progress acknowledges that life is not perfect, that any improvement requires ingenuity and work, and that different people have different notions of what constitutes a “better” idea. “Form follows failure,” is how civil engineering professor Henry Petroski, whose popular books explore the histories of such mundane objects as zippers and forks, sums it up:
The form of made things is always subject to change in response to their real or perceived shortcomings, their failures to function properly. This principle governs all invention, innovation, and ingenuity; it is what drives all inventors, innovators, and engineers. And there follows a corollary: Since nothing is perfect, and, indeed, since even our ideas of perfection are not static, everything is subject to change over time. There can be no such thing as a “perfected” artifact; the future perfect can only be a tense, not a thing.
As soon as we have something that improves over the past, we see what’s wrong with it. Unalloyed cheeriness doesn’t drive progress. Dissatisfaction does. What’s true for “made things” is also true of social and cultural artifacts and practices. One generation’s accomplishments look like unsolved problems to their successors.
The “plastics” scene in The Graduate isn’t about polymers. It’s about a young, economically privileged generation feeling trapped into pursuing inauthentic lives. To a man who lived through the Depression and World War II, the prospect of security in a growing, high-tech industry is enticing. To Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin, it’s horrifying. He doesn’t know what he wants, but he know it isn’t a job at Dupont.
When I saw The Graduate more than a decade after it came out, I didn’t find it compelling. But if you’re concerned with preserving technological and social dynamism, you have to take seriously the discontent the movie represents. The Graduate didn’t create that discontent. It reflected it. As I wrote in this essay:
In a liberal order, however imperfect, the competition, criticism, innovation, and open-ended pursuit of better ways of doing things that characterize economic dynamism also give rise to cultural dynamism. Free individuals exercise voice and exit. They use what I’ve called “criticism by expression” and “criticism by example”—otherwise known as complaining and entrepreneurship—to shape new norms and institutions. And since the culture and the economy are not, in fact, separate spheres, the two forms of dynamism affect one another.
Culture is just as complex, dynamic, and unpredictable as science, technology, or markets— and just as driven by discontent.
In 2014, I wrote a Bloomberg column on these issues, which you can read here.
Odds and Ends
The Kindle edition of The Fabric of Civilization is on sale for $3.99. At that price, it’s worth buying even if you own a print copy, just in case you want to search it.
Also, here’s the periodic reminder that the references for The Fabric of Civilization are online here.
How Spider-Man Led to the Invention of the Prisoner Ankle Monitor
Will California law allow this 2,300-unit project, despite local NIMBYs? (If you read my recent column on Atherton, you might guess the answer.)
How Spock Became a Sex Symbol (Bloomberg column I wrote when Leonard Nimoy died)
Interview with me about The Power of Glamour (old but good!)
Got a positive vision of the future? Enter my contest, which you can read more about here.
This essay was originally published on Virginia’s Substack. Photo by Brian McGowan on Unsplash.
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A new project from UK-based Counter Editions launched earlier this week, which celebrates 50 years of victories from the world-renowned organization Greenpeace. The Greenpeace 50 Years Print Portfolio features a set of eight limited edition prints in a handmade, cloth-bound portfolio box, with each by a different contributing artist.
Counter Editions commissions and produces prints and multiples by leading international contemporary artists, creating exclusive editions in different mediums such as screen print, photography, etching, fine art lithography, collage, and bronze. This portfolio includes an assortment of screen prints and lithographs in a range of styles from Katherine Bernhardt, Billy Childish, Tracey Emin, Eddie Martinez, Cassi Namoda, Peter Saul, Stanley Whitney, and Jonas Wood.
The prints are available either individually or as a box set, with a third of the net profits being donated to Greenpeace. For more information and to purchase, visit the Counter Editions website.
Ernesto finds potential on the other side (2022)
Screenprint
Edition of 75
Curled Up (2022)
Lithograph
Edition of 100
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The printing method known as lithography was invented in the late 1700s as a way to publish theatrical works. It was often used to print text or artwork onto paper or similar substrates to visually showcase local happenings, often in the theater space. At the time, this printing process was too slow and expensive to be a successful way to produce what we now recognize as posters, and new tools have appeared since. It’s fascinating to see how posters have evolved from the rich history of lithography, and how designers are still implementing similar design techniques to share happenings and ideas.
In our modern days of computers and accessible digital printing, posters make up a significant part of the design world. They’re an effective design tool, whether they exist to share events, visualize marketing campaigns, or created solely to showcase imaginative thinking. Below, you’ll find five designers who utilize the poster format in innovative, visually clever ways and share the commonality of sharing their stunning designs through Instagram.
Mirza Talovic | @mirzatalovic
Give graphic designer Mirza Talovic’s Instagram feed one glance and you’ll find stunning, yet simple posters. His background in computer graphics and motion design makes sense, as the various shapes and forms on his feed highlight a clear expertise for typography and layouts. Each poster that Talovic shares is wildly different from the last, proving his creative talents and willingness to push himself outside his creative comfort zone.
Le Futur | lefutur2000
Le Futur is a studio based in Strasbourg, France that specializes in graphics, photography, web design, and typography. They have a range of skills, and the Instagram account highlights them all, but the poster designs seem to reign over the feed. Each poster quickly grasps the viewer’s attention through poppy colors, punchy typography, and photography, often edited into a collage style.
nicolavanacker | @studio.koevoet
If you love vivid uses of color, you’ll instantly be attracted to Nicola van Acker’s Instagram feed. His bright, lively work is often inspired by daily life, balancing type and imagery throughout each design. And while his pieces share upbeat color palettes, he has a way of fusing a grungy feel into his works through their subject matter and design concepts. It’s difficult to illustrate the duality between highs and lows in life’s inevitable rollercoaster, but van Acker does a fantastic job at displaying a wide range of emotions.
Vratislav Pecka | @posterlad
Czech designer Vratislav Pecka— better known as PosterLad— creates art and posters with one thing in mind: aesthetics. He believes that a poster can exist solely as a piece of art, and not necessarily to sell a product or event. Because of this belief, the artist’s works are emotional, bright, full of patterns, and clearly an extension of Pecka’s most creative self.
Silvia Borio | @silvi.pdf
Silvia Borio is a graphic designer and illustrator who shares lovely poster designs on her Instagram feed. The works have a nostalgic style that highlights sweet, cartoon-inspired illustrations happily strutting through life. While the typography in her designs almost always sticks to a Swiss-inspired design style, the overlaid drawings are more contemporary and playful. This contrast creates an engaging design aesthetic, revealing a balance of techniques.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Down by three touchdowns, Tua Tagovailoa and his speedy Miami receivers raced past the Baltimore Ravens in a stirring fourth-quarter comeback.
Even Lamar Jackson couldn’t keep up.
Tagovailoa threw for 469 yards and six touchdowns, four of which came during the final period, and the Dolphins rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat Jackson and the Ravens 42-38 on Sunday.
Tagovailoa’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Waddle with 14 seconds left completed the incredible comeback after Miami trailed 35-14 with under 13 minutes remaining.
“This just shows the resiliency of our team,” Tagovailoa said. “You look at the big picture of it, the confidence goes up.”
Through his first two seasons with Miami, Tagovailoa was adequate but not exactly a star. So this performance was huge for the Dolphins, who improved to 2-0 under new coach Mike McDaniel. This was Tagovailoa’s first 400-yard passing game, and his six TDs tied a team record held by Bob Griese and Dan Marino.
“I think it was a moment he’ll never forget and can use it moving forward,” McDaniel said. “I couldn’t be happier for him. His teammates learned a lot about him, and I think he learned something about himself.”
Tyreek Hill had touchdown catches of 48 and 60 yards during that rally, the latter of which tied the game with 5:19 to play.
Justin Tucker kicked a 51-yard field goal with 2:18 remaining to put Baltimore ahead, but that was far too much time for Miami’s offense, which the Ravens (1-1) didn’t come close to stopping in the final quarter.
The Dolphins overcame a spectacular performance by Jackson, who threw three first-half touchdown passes and then gave Baltimore its 21-point lead with a 79-yard TD run in the third. Jackson threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns.
The Ravens got into position for Jackson to throw a desperation pass on the final play of the game, but that fell incomplete.
Tagovailoa was intercepted twice in the first half, but he more than made up for that. Waddle had 11 catches for 171 yards and two touchdowns, and Hill had 11 for 190 yards and his two TDs.
“He was making some throws, and those guys were doing their thing,” Jackson said. “Waddle, Tyreek — heck of a player. Shout out to Tua because he did his thing.”
Miami had 233 yards in the fourth quarter.
Devin Duvernay returned the opening kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown, and the Ravens never trailed until the final seconds. They might have scored a TD on all four of their offensive possessions in the first half if not for a fumble near the Miami goal line.
The Dolphins couldn’t recreate their exceptional defensive effort of a season ago, when their blitz wreaked havoc on the Baltimore offense. The Ravens lost that game 22-10 on their lowest-scoring night of the season.
Jackson put the Ravens up 14-7 with a short pass over the middle that Rashod Bateman turned into a 75-yard touchdown. Later in the second quarter, he threw for TDs of 1 yard to Mark Andrews and 12 yards to Demarcus Robinson.
Then Jackson’s most spectacular play came near the end of the third, when he faked a handoff and breezed through a big hole up the middle and past the Miami secondary. The touchdown was the longest run of Jackson’s career, and it also put him over 100 yards rushing, a record 11th time he’s done that. He previously shared the mark for quarterbacks with Michael Vick, who had 10 100-yard games on the ground.
Jackson became the first quarterback in NFL history with both a touchdown pass and a touchdown run of at least 75 yards in the same game. He finished with 119 yards on nine carries.
After Duvernay’s touchdown to start the game, Tagovailoa drove the Dolphins into Baltimore territory, but Marcus Williams created a turnover with a remarkable display of concentration. He jumped in front of Hill to break up a pass, and while lying on the grass, he reached out to catch the falling ball before it hit the ground.
The Ravens drove to the 1-yard line, but after a third-down touchdown run by Jackson was overturned on replay, the Baltimore quarterback lost control of the snap on what looked like a quarterback sneak attempt on fourth down.
Miami drove 94 yards and tied it at 7 on Tagovailoa’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Waddle.
With the Ravens up 21-7, Tagovailoa’s deep pass was picked off — again by Williams — and that gave Baltimore a chance to score once more before halftime.
Tagovailoa threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Mike Gesicki to make it 28-14 in the third, and his 2-yarder to River Cracraft in the fourth made it 35-21.
SECONDARY PROBLEMS
The Ravens obviously aren’t where they want to be in the defensive backfield despite adding Williams and first-round draft pick Kyle Hamilton in the offseason. It’s hard enough to stop Waddle and Hill when they’re taking short throws and running after the catch — but the game turned when Baltimore let Hill get behind the defense deep a couple of times.
“Never did you think we were going to have that many balls thrown over our head,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “That just can’t happen. That’s not OK. I don’t care who’s back there.”
Cornerback Marcus Peters was in his first game back after missing all of last season with a knee injury, and cornerback Marlon Humphrey played after dealing with a groin injury during the week.
INJURIES
Miami WR Cedrick Wilson left with rib issues. … Baltimore LB Steven Means was carted off in the second quarter with an ankle injury, and Duvernay entered concussion protocol late in the game.
UP NEXT
Dolphins: Host the Buffalo Bills next Sunday.
Ravens: At the New England Patriots on Sunday.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After two years of virtual and hybrid summits, the world’s leaders are reconvening on the river’s edge in New York this week at the U.N. General Assembly, an exercise in multilateralism born from the hope for lasting peace that followed World War II.
The opening of the 77th session comes as the planet is beset with crises on nearly every front. Russia’s war in Ukraine, inflation and economic instability, terrorism and ideological extremism, environmental degradation and devastating floods, droughts and fires and the ongoing pandemic are just a few of the rampant perils.
The high-level meeting opens Monday with a summit on education, whose thorough disruption during the coronavirus pandemic will reverberate for decades to come. Speeches from the scores of attending leaders begin Tuesday and run through Monday, Sept. 26.
While this year is billed as something of a return to the way things were, certain concessions to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have been made. In addition to basic health protocols, few side events will take place on the U.N.’s midtown Manhattan campus.
Here’s what to know about this year’s U.N. General Assembly, which will be presided over by Hungary’s Csaba Kőrösi:
WILL EVERYONE COME TO NEW YORK THIS YEAR?
Yes, mostly. In order to speak at this year’s gathering, leaders or their high-level designees must show up in person — with one notable exception. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not left the country since war broke out in late February. The General Assembly voted Friday to allow him to submit a prerecorded speech, expected to air during the latter half of Wednesday’s session.
WHAT IS THE REAL POINT OF ATTENDING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY?
While the effectiveness of the United Nations has been questioned for as long as it has existed, the benefits of attendance are undeniable. From the dais, countries broadcast their agendas, grievances and calls to action to the entire world and a permanent record. This week is a key chance for countries often drowned out by what they decry as a hegemonic world order to grab the attention of a larger audience. It’s also a chance for leaders — especially those from countries with tensions — to engage in meetings on the sidelines in neutral territory. Those meetings are often called bilaterals, or “bilats.”
HOW LONG ARE SPEECHES ALLOWED TO BE?
They’re supposed to be 15 minutes. Delegates are “kindly reminded” of that on the U.N.’s website, but speeches notoriously tend to run longer. The longest speech made to the General Assembly clocked in at 269 minutes — nearly 18 times that recommendation. It was delivered by Cuba’s Fidel Castro in 1960.
HOW IS THE ORDER OF SPEECHES DETERMINED?
Up first, as a rule: Brazil. It’s tradition. Early on, Brazil volunteered when no other country wanted to speak first. So now the South American country is enshrined as the first speaker. The United States, as the host country, typically speaks second, but President Joe Biden’s attendance of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will push his speech to Wednesday this year.
After that, the order is determined by whom a country is sending — heads of state before heads of government before ministers and other representatives — and other criteria, like country preference and geographic balance.
IT’S CALLED A DEBATE, BUT A SUCCESSION OF SPEECHES DOESN’T SOUND VERY LIVELY. WHERE’S THE DRAMA?
The structure of the General Debate doesn’t lend itself to obvious fireworks — no booing or interruptions or immediate rebuttals — but that doesn’t mean intrigue and drama are absent.
First, the speeches can be a font of evocative language and barbs — take Zelenskyy’s speech last year, delivered roughly five months before the war began, in which he castigated the U.N. itself as a “retired superhero” and wryly quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sometimes the message is veiled: While since-ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called India’s Hindu nationalist government “fascist” last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted both Pakistan and China without mentioning either by name.
Member states are also allowed to exercise the right of reply, in which they can rebut criticism voiced during the General Debate. These are often fiery exchanges but aren’t typically delivered by prominent members of a country’s delegation. India and Pakistan’s longstanding enmity practically guarantees they’ll be using the right of reply.
ARE MEMBER STATES THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY?
No. Palestine, Holy See (the Vatican) and the European Union are all permanent observers on the docket this year.
ARE THERE ANY NOTABLE SPEAKERS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS YEAR?
Plenty. In addition to heavy hitters like Biden and Zelenskyy, expect addresses from new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, French President Emmanuel Macron, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and new Kenyan President William Ruto, among many others.
Russia is sending its foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, whose U.S. entry visa was in doubt for some time despite an agreement between the U.N. and the United States that requires the approval of visas “irrespective of the relations existing between the governments of the persons referred to” and the U.S. government.
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Associated Press chief U.N. correspondent Edith M. Lederer contributed to this report. Follow Mallika Sen on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mallikavsen. For more AP coverage of the U.N. General Assembly, visit https://apnews.com/hub/united-nations-general-assembly.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Riot police clashed Saturday with soccer hooligans in downtown Belgrade, where a pan-European Pride march was held despite threats from anti-gay groups and an official earlier ban on the march in the traditionally conservative Balkan state.
Tensions were high in the Serbian capital as ultranationalist fans hurled stun grenades, stones and flares at a police cordon, which repelled the attack with batons and riot shields. Hundreds of Pride march supporters, meanwhile, gathered a few kilometers (miles) away in the pouring rain, dancing and singing their march was held on shortened route.
“We need justice and freedom,” said Goran Miletic, one of the Pride event organizers.
Although several Pride marches have been held in Serbia in the past years, the Slavic nation that is formally seeking European Union membership appears to be sliding toward Russia and its conservative traditions.
Holding rainbow flags, hundreds of LGBTQ activists and their supporters marched through a central Belgrade area that was sealed off by police who put up metal fences and stood in cordons in full riot gear.
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill was among the participants. Hill told N1 regional television that “we are all brothers and sisters and God’s children.”
“It’s an important day for equality and an important day for this country as well,” he said.
As the column passed by a church in central Belgrade, bells constantly tolled, reflecting the Serbian Orthodox Church’s staunch opposition to the Pride events. Participants of the march then headed to a concert.
Earlier, Serbian activists said the main reason for the march is the fight for more rights for the beleaguered LGBTQ community in Serbia, including laws that would regulate the rights of same-sex partnerships, such as inheritance, property and other issues.
Serbian police this week banned the parade, citing the risk of clashes with the far-right activists. But organizers on Saturday said they received guarantees from Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, who is a lesbian, that the event could go ahead.
Brnabic said she was proud that during “this entire week, with more then 130 (LGBTQ) events, there wasn’t a one single incident. And that really is the right image of Belgrade and Serbia.”
Brnabic said 5,200 police officers were deployed on Belgrade streets during the Pride march, 64 people were detained and 10 policemen sustained sight injuries.
A far-right party leader said Brnabic should have been arrested and charged with treason for allowing the march to be held.
The European Pride Organizers Association chose Serbia’s capital three years ago to host the annual event, hoping it would represent a major breakthrough for a Slavic country that is traditionally conservative and strongly influenced by the Orthodox Church.
EU and other Western officials, as well as rights groups, had urged populist Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to allow the Pride march but Vucic had claimed that police can’t cope with possible riots by right-wing groups amid the energy crisis brought on by the war in Ukraine.
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VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A dilapidated villa outside Malta’s capital where a young Princess Elizabeth and her husband lived for a fondly recalled period before she became queen has become a focal point of Malta’s remembrance of the late monarch and her ties to the former British colony in the Mediterranean.
Flowers and wreaths have crowded the door of Villa Guardamangia, where Elizabeth and Prince Philip spent months at a time between 1949 and 1951, following the death of the woman who would go on to serve for 70 years as Queen Elizabeth II. Philip, a Royal Navy officer, was assigned to Malta in the early years of the couple’s marriage.
“Visiting Malta is always very special for me,” the queen said in Malta in 2015, when she visited the island nation for a Commonwealth meeting in what became her final visit. “I remember happy days here with Prince Phillip when we were first married.”
Unlike in some other former colonies, where the monarch’s death has conjured up memories of oppression or lasting economic disparities as a legacy of British rule, residents of Malta generally remember the monarch with respect.
The Maltese government in 2020 purchased Villa Guardamangia, which had fallen into disrepair, and is renovating the dwelling with the aim of turning it into a museum documenting the history of Malta’s relationship with the British monarchy.
“Obviously, Malta was a colony, too, so there are people who also remember that Britain had colonized us,” said former President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. “But I don’t think people really mix the issue of being colonized and the queen. The queen carried a lot of respect.”
Malta’s current president, George Vella, plans to represent the country at the queen’s Monday funeral in London.
Malta’s colonial past saw political clashes and a few riots, but also some pushes for the country to become closer to the United Kingdom. After attempts by a major political party for integration with the U.K. failed in the 1950s, Malta steadied on a path towards self-determination and eventually gained its independence in 1964. Elizabeth remained Malta’s head of state until 1974, when Malta became a republic.
“Having lived here when she was still a princess, Malta is the only country that Queen Elizabeth II could call home outside of the United Kingdom,” said Noel Zarb, who helped handle communications for the Maltese president at the time of the monarch’s last visit.
The Commonwealth is a political association of 56 countries, most of them former British colonies like Malta. Zarb recalled that as recently as the 2015 meeting in Valletta, “everywhere the queen went, there was still that sentiment of warmth, hospitality and welcome.”
Coleiro Preca, who hosted the queen at San Anton Palace that year, said the queen remained interested in Malta and clearly had fond memories of her time there.
“She could remember a lot of details about Malta, especially about the time she spent in the country at the beginning of her marriage,” the former president said.
“She was also very interested in the goings on of the Maltese people. I remember taking her Maltese products and oranges from San Anton Garden, and her speaking to me about the food in Malta.”
Following the queen’s death, an online petition calling for a statue to be created in Elizabeth’s honor garnered some 1,400 signatures. The initiative also sparked online debate as to whether such a tribute was appropriate.
Among the Maltese with fond memories of the queen is Aldo Muscat, whose family has a long history of providing flowers for royal events starting when the princess lived in Malta and up through when the queen came back for visits.
Muscat proudly shows off letters of thanks from her staff thanking him, his father and grandfather, who all provided blooms.
“I know the queen liked flowers so much, and we always were thanked,” Muscat said.
Such personal touches helped cement an enduring relationship between Malta and the queen. Coleiro Preca recalled her daughter bumping into the queen in the San Anton Palace corridor in 2015.
“She stopped my daughter and started a conversation. She knew my daughter was studying in England and asked about her studies, what she intends to do in the future,” Coleiro Preca recalled. “I could see a mother behind the person of repute.”
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Louisiana has officially surpassed 18,000 COVID-19 deaths since the state recorded its first COVID-19 death on March 14, 2020.
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 18,009 people have died in its Friday COVID-19 data update.
COVID-19, which has claimed more than one million American lives since the start of the pandemic, was the leading cause of death in the United States in 2020 and 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In Louisiana, COVID-19 has been the third-leading cause of death since 2020, behind only heart disease and cancer.
"Today we mark a tragic and sobering milestone in Louisiana as we recognize the more than 18,000 loved ones from every corner of this state who are no longer with us because of COVID-19. My prayers today and every day are with the grieving families and communities forever altered by this pandemic,” said Governor John Bel Edwards. “We have come a long way in combating this virus, and I remain hopeful that we will see fewer deaths in the months and years to come. While we continue to come down from our sixth and longest surge to date, the reality is that this virus is still very much with us. Staying up to date on our vaccines, including taking the new bivalent COVID-19 booster when you are eligible, is the best way to stay safe, protect the progress we have made and ensure there are brighter days ahead.”
LDH Secretary Dr. Courtney Phillips said it's a grim reminder of the importance of boosters and flu shots for the coming season.
"The amount of loss due to this virus is truly staggering. We remember the 18,000 Louisianans who have died because of COVID-19, and who, along with their loved ones, have paid the ultimate price. We must remain vigilant against this pandemic and continue to do everything we can to save as many lives as possible, with more testing, vaccines and treatments than ever before," Phillips said. "As the fall and winter seasons approach, it is important to take precautions to keep ourselves, our families and our communities safe and healthy. This year – as we prepare for a potentially active flu season – that means getting both the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster and the flu shot.”
Dr. Joseph Kanter, state health officer, said progress has been made but we should prepare for another surge.
"The magnitude of loss due to a virus that has only been with us for 30 months is difficult and painful to grasp, but it is what focuses and drives our continued efforts to preserve human life," Kanter said. "We have made critical progress in the fight against COVID-19 and are on the right track. Case numbers, hospitalizations, and deaths are on the decline. Though we have come far, it is likely new variants will continue to emerge, and there may be a fall or winter surge. The good news is that we know how to protect ourselves and communities – getting vaccinated and boosted, testing when exposed or sick, connecting people who are infected and at higher risk for severe disease with evidence-based treatments like Paxlovid, and utilizing prophylactic treatments like Evusheld in those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised.”
Nearly 2.5 million people in Louisiana have completed their primary vaccine series against COVID-19.
Updated COVID-19 booster shots now available across Louisiana are formulated to offer continued protection against the original strain of the virus, while also offering better protection against the two lineages of the Omicron variant, BA.4 and BA.5, which represent over 90% of currently circulating virus.
CDC and LDH recommend that everyone ages 6 months and up get vaccinated against COVID-19 and that everyone ages 5 and up get a booster as soon as they are eligible.
CDC and LDH recommend everyone 6 months of age and older get their flu shot.
Residents looking for a flu or COVID-19 vaccine near them can go to vaccines.gov to find a convenient location.
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PLATTEVILLE, Colo. — Video from police body cameras obtained by Denver7 on Friday shows the Sept. 16 incident of a train hitting a Colorado police patrol car with a woman in custody in the back seat.
The Fort Lupton Police Department released an edited eight-minute video of several officers’ and deputies’ body cameras who responded to the initial call and after the woman was hit by a train while handcuffed inside the police cruiser.
On the evening of Sept. 16, a Platteville officer located a suspect vehicle on US Highway 85 and County Road 38. Police said the pickup truck and driver were reportedly involved in a road rage incident involving a firearm in Fort Lupton earlier that night.
The video starts with two Platteville police officers following Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, 20, of Greeley, with their lights on, then turning off of U.S. Highway 85 onto Weld County Road 36.
Rios-Gonzalez, driving a pickup truck, pulls over on the other side of the train tracks just a few dozen feet down CR 36 from U.S. 85.
One officer, a man referred to as “Vasquez,” stops his cruiser directly on the train tracks, and the female officer who was driving behind him stops hers behind his cruiser.
The female officer goes to the passenger side of Vasquez’s cruiser with her gun drawn and pointed at the pickup truck. The other officer gets on a loudspeaker and tells Rios-Gonzalez he wants to see her hands.
They tell her to put her phone down and both hands out the window.
The female officer goes around to the left side and stands behind Vasquez.
Rios-Gonzalez is out of the truck with her hands up.
She complies with officers’ orders to keep walking back to them with her hands in the air, then gets on her knees as ordered and is handcuffed by the female officer.
Rios-Gonzalez asks, “What’s going on? Why am I being arrested?” and asks where she is going.
The officer tells her she is going to the car.
Rios-Gonzalez tells the officers there are no weapons in the car and keeps asking what’s going on. She is put into the police cruiser that is directly over the tracks.
The video then cuts to another officer or deputy who is armed with a rifle and clearing the pickup truck.
Officers with the Fort Lupton Police Department assisted with the arrest. The officer or deputy tells dispatch the vehicle is clear.
As officers are looking through the vehicle, they find a holster. One officer says multiple times that it took Rios-Gonzalez a very long time to pull over as they speculate whether Rios-Gonzalez tossed a weapon out of the truck.
At 7:54 p.m., the officer starts to hear a train horn in the background, and the female officer turns around to see train lights and yells an expletive, then the Union Pacific train hits the cruiser, as seen in the video.
The video shows multiple other angles of the train hitting the vehicle. One of the cuts then shows an officer telling dispatch the cruiser the woman was in was hit by a train and calls for paramedics.
The video cuts again to another officer’s body camera, which is running toward the cruiser, which sustained severe damage to its passenger side. The video shows the curtain airbags deployed in the vehicle. There is debris scattered across the area.
The video cuts to another body camera that shows Weld County sheriff’s deputies continuing to search Rios-Gonzalez’s vehicle. They find a round in a door as they are looking for the woman’s identification, then one of the deputies says they found a gun in the truck’s center console.
The video ends there.
Rios-Gonzalez was transported to a Greeley hospital with serious injuries, but authorities said Monday that she was expected to survive. No police officers were injured.
On Monday, the Platteville Police Department confirmed that the officer involved in the incident, whose name has not been released, was placed on paid administrative leave.
The Fort Lupton Police Department is investigating the alleged road rage incident.
Colorado State Patrol is reviewing the crash, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is investigating how Rios-Gonzalez was injured while in police custody.
Blair Miller and Stephanie Butzer at KMGH first reported this story.
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Being a good, but definitely not great, quarterback can be a rough ride in college football.
Good enough to start and be successful, but not good enough to satisfy fans that see only a ceiling they wish was higher.
This is the life that Penn State’s Sean Clifford and Oregon’s Bo Nix have led, and on Saturday, the veteran quarterbacks proved their worth.
Clifford, in his sixth year with Penn State, deftly guided the 22nd-ranked Nittany Lions through hostile territory and to one of their most impressive nonconference victories in years. Clifford took a lick from Auburn, popped back up and sent Tigers fans home early from Jordan-Hare Stadium. Clifford was 14 for 19 for 178 yards, a rushing touchdown and nary a turnover.
The future at Penn State is five-star freshman Drew Allar. The future looks bright and some Nittany Lions fan are in a rush to get there. But for now, Clifford’s the man for Penn State coach James Franklin, who appears to have surrounded the 24-year-old with the best set of weapons the team has had in in several years.
Freshman running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen (who combined for 176 yards and four touchdowns) have resuscitated a Penn State running game that has been dormant for two years.
“The ability to be more balanced and take pressure off the passing game has been really important for us,” Franklin said.
Add some talented pass catchers, and Clifford can be both game manager and playmaker.
The record says Penn State is in the same place it was last year after three games: 3-0, with a close road win to open the Big Ten season and victory against Auburn. An injury to Clifford halfway through the Iowa game last year sent Penn State into a spiral. This team feels different.
Meanwhile, Auburn went through two quarterbacks who combined for four giveaways that buried the Tigers. Who knew how much Auburn would miss Nix?
The five-star recruit who started most of the Tigers’ games the last three seasons had plenty of highs and lows on The Plains, a mix of the memorable and regrettable.
He jumped into the transfer portal after last season and landed at Oregon. Good choice.
Two weeks removed from being embarrassed by top-ranked Georgia, the 25th-ranked Ducks looked very much like the Pac-12 contender they were expected to be in a decisive victory against BYU.
Nix threw two touchdown passes and ran for three scores against the Cougars. The last Oregon quarterback to do that: Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota in 2014.
“One of my past coaches told me that pressure is a privilege, and so I’ve really taken that to heart, and there’s nothing more true in my opinion,” Nix said. “When you have a lot of pressure, it means that people believe in you, people believe you can do it or you wouldn’t have pressure at all.”
The Ducks were so badly outclassed by Georgia in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend it was tempting to wonder whether new coach Dan Lanning and his staff might be in over their heads. And there were plenty of Ducks fans wondering if Nix was really the best they could do at quarterback with former blue-chipper Ty Thompson on the bench.
Since that 49-3 loss, the Ducks have scored 111 points. Against BYU, a team that went 5-0 against the Pac-12 last year and beat Baylor last week, Nix had the Ducks up 38-7 in the third quarter.
Neither Clifford nor Nix are going to be players the draftniks debate after the season. And there will likely be moments this season when their fans still long for the next big thing.
But they were more than good enough Saturday.
GOING, GOING …
Now that Nebraska has moved on from Scott Frost, who’s the next coach to be fired?
Auburn’s Bryan Harsin has seemed like a short-timer since last winter, when boosters decided to fish for a reason to fire him after just one season. The coup didn’t work, but it has been apparent that Harsin has little support.
If there was a path to a surprisingly successful season that saved Harsin’s job, that’s probably gone now. Auburn next dives into Southeastern Conference play: Can Harsin survive back-to-back road games against No. 1 Georgia and No. 20 Mississippi in mid-October?
Speaking of Ole Miss, the Rebels beat Georgia Tech and coach Geoff Collins 42-0.
Collins is in Year 4 of a rebuild that figured to be tricky after the Yellow Jackets ran the option under Paul Johnson but has completely failed to launch.
Georgia Tech is probably not the type of school that’s going to pull the plug this early. At this rate, though, it’s going to be tough to play out this season. Georgia Tech has UCF next week, No. 23 Pitt after that.
Lastly, Herm Edwards’ tenure at Arizona State seems to heading toward an ugly conclusion after the Sun Devils lost 30-21 at home to Eastern Michigan, the first Mid-American Conference team to beat a Pac-12 team.
Arizona State (1-2) opens conference play against No. 14 Utah, No. 7 USC and Washington.
AROUND THE COUNTRY
Appalachian State is must-see TV. This week: The Mountaineer Miracle … App State’s foil last week, No. 24 Texas A&M, bounced back with a victory against No. 13 Miami. A quarterback switch didn’t do much to boost the Aggies’ offense, but Miami kept malfunctioning in the red zone. The next three weeks for A&M: No. 10 Arkansas, at Mississippi State, at No. 2 Alabama. … The Pac-12 got a lot more interesting this weekend, especially in the Pacific Northwest. After Oregon’s victory, Washington and Michael Penix Jr. took out No. 11 Michigan State. The transformation of the Huskies’ offense under first-year coach Kalen DeBoer and Penix, the Indiana transfer, has been remarkable … We might have been too quick to call Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson a Heisman contender after Week 1. He struggled again and the Gators were fortunate to escape USF. … The first game for Nebraska post-Frost could not have gone much worse. No. 6 Oklahoma scored more points in Lincoln than it ever has in a rivalry that dates back more than a century. … After 179 minutes of football this season, No. 1 Georgia permitted its first touchdown. Brock Bowers and the Bulldogs crushed South Carolina. … No idea just how good No. 4 Michigan is after the Wolverines outscored Colorado State, Hawaii and UConn 166-17. Maybe Maryland can give Michigan something close to a game next week. Same can be said for unbeaten Minnesota (3-0) having outscored weak opposition 149-17 … The Gophers trounced Colorado on Saturday. The Buffaloes are making a strong case for being the worst team in Power Five. … The first FCS team to beat a Power Five opponent this season is Southern Illinois. The Salukis came in 0-2 and dropped Northwestern, which has lost two straight since beating Nebraska in Ireland. … A week after the Sun Belt registered three Power Five road wins, South Alabama and Old Dominion had two more on their sights. But UCLA and Virginia both kicked game-winning field goals to avoid the upsets. … The Sun Belt raided Conference USA in the offseason, but C-USA got a little revenge Saturday by going 3-0 in nonconference games. That included Rice beating Louisiana-Lafayette to end the longest active winning streak in FBS at 15 games. … This week’s big upset came from the American Athletic Conference: Tulane beat Kansas State of the Big 12 to go 3-0 for the first time since 1998 … March Madness in September: Kansas, Duke, Syracuse and Indiana are all 3-0. The Blue Devils and Jayhawks play in Lawrence, Kansas, next week.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina hit a two-run drive while Albert Pujols went hitless in his quest for 700 homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Pujols started at first base and hit second for the first time this season. He went 0 for 3 with two walks in his first two plate appearances. The sold-out crowd of 46,678 loudly booed both walks.
St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said playing Pujols so frequently is a no-brainer despite his age of 42.
“When you put a winning lineup out there, he’s in it,” Marmol said. “It’s not a matter of whether we’re facing a lefty or a righty. He’s in there because he’s doing a nice job against everybody. It’s just a matter now of resting him to make sure he’s fresh.”
Pujols hit career homer No. 698 during Friday night’s 6-5 victory over Cincinnati. He is hitting .317 (45 for 142) with 15 homers and 35 RBIs in 48 games since July 10.
Tommy Edman had three hits for the NL Central-leading Cardinals. Paul Goldschmidt and Brendan Donovan each drove in a run.
The doubleheader was scheduled after a July 17 rainout. It is the sixth doubleheader for the Cardinals this season, and No. 5 for the Reds.
TJ Friedl hit an RBI double in the seventh to account for Cincinnati’s only run. Mike Minor (4-12) issued five walks in three innings and was charged with five runs and five hits.
“I was battling my control,” Minor said. “I just couldn’t throw where I wanted to. I was trying to throw strikes but obviously I couldn’t. If you can’t throw a strike, it’s tough to get guys out.”
The lowly Reds lost for the eighth time in nine games.
“I thought we hit some balls hard but their defense made some nice plays in the outfield,” Cincinnati manager David Bell said.
St. Louis right-hander Dakota Hudson (8-7) pitched a career-high eight innings of six-hit ball in his first big league start since Aug. 30.
“That’s what we’ve been looking for all year,” Marmol said. “Super efficient. Overall, that’s exactly what we’ve been waiting for. Legit outing.”
Hudson was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Sept. 5.
“I’ve been trying all year to get in a position to help us win,” Hudson said. “I had to have that mental talk with myself and say that’s what we’re going to do. The four-hour drive to Memphis is a perfect time for it. As much as I hated it and it did make me angry, maybe it will help me turn the page.”
The Cardinals jumped in front with two runs in the second. Edman singled in Donovan, and Goldschmidt drove in Molina with a bases-loaded walk. It was the Reds’ 14th bases-loaded walk this season, second-most in MLB.
Molina hit his fifth homer in the third, a drive to left that capped a three-run inning.
“I gave him a (batting practice) fastball,” Minor said. “I could have hit that one out.”
It was Molina’s third homer in September.
“He’s done a nice job,” Marmol said. “His approach is what it needs to be. He’s using the whole field. He’s picking his spots to do damage.”
STAN THE MAN & PUJOLS
Pujols made his 1,653rd career appearance in a team win, tying Stan Musial (1941-63) for fourth in MLB history. Pujols’ two walks gave him 999 with the Cardinals and 1,369 overall.
SATURDAY AT THE PARK
St. Louis is an MLB-best 19-6 (.760) on Saturday this season (9-3 at home), its most successful day of the week. With the win, the Cardinals established a single-season franchise record for Saturday victories, surpassing the 1962 (18-11) and 2014 (18-9) clubs.
ROSTER MOVES
Reds: RHP Raynel Espinal was optioned to Triple-A Louisville. … RHP Kyle Dowdy was recalled from the taxi squad to serve as the 29th player for the doubleheader. He pitched four scoreless innings in his second big league appearance of the season.
Cardinals: Before Saturday’s first game, Hudson was added as the 29th player for the doubleheader.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: RHP Hunter Greene (right shoulder strain) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list. He was slated to start the second game. … RHP Graham Ashcraft (right biceps soreness) is set for a second rehab outing for Triple-A Louisville on Monday.
Cardinals: OF Dylan Carlson (left thumb sprain) came off the 10-day injured list and started in center field. … OF Tyler O’Neill (left hamstring strain) was placed on the 10-day IL. … LHP Steven Matz (torn ligament, left knee) is set for his final relief outing for Triple-A Memphis on Sunday at Iowa.
UP NEXT
Reds: Greene (4-12, 5.26 ERA) struck out 15 during three rehabilitation appearances for Triple-A Louisville. The rookie is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in three starts against the Cardinals this season.
Cardinals: LHP José Quintana (5-6, 3.34 ERA) has allowed two earned runs or fewer in all eight appearances for the Cardinals since arriving from the Pirates in a trade on Aug. 2.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — When Saturday’s Oklahoma-Nebraska game was scheduled 10 years ago, the intention was to celebrate what once was among college football’s greatest rivalries.
It turned out to be further confirmation the Cornhuskers are just a shell of the program that decades ago battled the Sooners for conference titles year in and year out.
Dillon Gabriel threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and sixth-ranked Oklahoma hammered Nebraska 49-14 in the Huskers’ first game following the firing of Scott Frost.
OU (3-0) posted its most lopsided victory over Nebraska (1-3) since a 45-10 win in 1990 and scored its most points in Lincoln in 43 all-time visits. The Sooners have won seven of eight against the Huskers. The next meetings are set for 2029 and ’30.
“We’ve not done anything but win our first road game,” first-year OU coach Brent Venables said. “No one here is beating their chest. Today was a good, strong win and I think we improved today in lots of different ways.”
The Huskers have lost 19 straight against Top 25 opponents and nine in a row against Bowl Subdivision teams.
Frost’s tenure, which lasted four years plus three games, was marked by close games. The first one under interim head coach Mickey Joseph was never in doubt after the opening quarter, and Memorial Stadium began emptying at halftime.
Joseph said it was apparent he didn’t get his team ready emotionally.
“It’s not my kids’ fault, not my assistant coaches’ fault, this is on me,” he said. “I’ve got to accept responsibility for it, and I have. We’re going to get better next week. We’ve got eight games left, and we’re going to get ready to win some games.”
Oklahoma scored 49 straight points after Nebraska opened the game with a six-play, 77-yard touchdown drive. The Huskers totaled just 71 yards on their next 37 plays in the first half and didn’t score again until backup quarterback Chubba Purdy ran for a late touchdown.
Gabriel was 16 of 27 for 230 yards and turned things over to backup Davis Beville on the third series of the second half. The Sooners finished with 580 total yards, 312 on the ground.
“I’m extremely critical of myself and felt like I left a lot of things on the field,” Gabriel said. “We were a couple explosive plays away from making us feel really good about how we played.”
Gabriel got the Sooners started with a career-long 61-yard touchdown run on a quarterback draw. “What sweet feet he had,” Venables said.
Gabriel then threw a 25-yard pass to Jalil Farooq to put his team ahead. Marcus Major scored the next two TDs. The first score was a short run and the second on a trick play where Gabriel lateraled to tight end Brayden Willis, who lofted a 24-yard pass to the wide-open Major.
Eric Gray’s 16-yard run made it 35-7 at half, and then the Sooners mostly kept it on the ground to chew up clock.
The Huskers’ Casey Thompson was 14 of 20 for 129 yards and a touchdown and got sacked four times. He was replaced by Purdy after the Huskers went down 49-7 in the middle of the third quarter.
Nebraska and Oklahoma combined for 44 of 48 Big Seven and Big Eight championships and 11 national titles from 1948-1995.
Nebraska and Oklahoma players from the 1970s and ‘80s made a weekend of it. The Huskers’ 1970-71 national championship teams held a reunion and Johnny Rodgers was honored on the field to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his winning the Heisman Trophy.
Joseph said he didn’t see such a poor performance coming.
“Yes, it’s surprising,” he said. “But I wanted them to continue to fight, and they did. It’s on me. I’ve got to fix this problem.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Oklahoma: After scoring seven first-half points against Kent State last week, the Sooners had 35 by half and will go into Big 12 play off their most complete game of the season on both sides of the ball.
Nebraska: The defense continues to flounder, having given up more than 500 yards to a third straight Bowl Subdivision opponent. The offensive line doesn’t give Thompson a chance to create a rhythm.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Sooners will hold their place in the AP Top 25 and might break into the top five if one of the teams ahead of them slips up Saturday night.
SOONER EJECTED
Oklahoma’s DaShaun White was ejected for targeting in the second quarter when he hit Thompson with the crown of his helmet after Thompson released the ball.
LINE CHANGE
Nebraska left tackle Teddy Prochaska didn’t dress because of a shoulder injury and is out for the season, Joseph said. Turner Corcoran, who started the first three games at left guard, took over Prochaska’s spot.
UP NEXT
Oklahoma: hosts Kansas State on Saturday in Big 12 opener.
Nebraska: open date before hosting Indiana on Oct. 1.
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DENVER, Colo (KMGH) — The Adams County Coroner amended Elijah McClain’s autopsy report to show his cause of death was “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint” but left his manner of death undetermined.
In the amended report, written by Forensic Pathology Consultant Stephen J. Cina and dated July 1, 2021, Cina writes: “I believe that Mr. McClain would most likely be alive but for the administration of ketamine.”
He also says he has seen “no evidence that injuries inflicted by the police contributed to death.” The original report was also amended to say McClain went unresponsive “immediately following a police involved interaction.” The original report said he went unresponsive “during a police involved interaction.”
Cina writes in the amended opinion that McClain likely would have recovered from being in a carotid hold had he not been injected with ketamine.
“I believe this tragic fatality is most likely the result of ketamine toxicity,” Cina wrote in the amended report. “…Based on my training and experience, I still contend that the appropriate manner of death in this case is UNDETERMINED. I acknowledge that other reasonable forensic pathologists who have trained in other places may have developed their own philosophy regarding deaths in custody and that they may consider the manner of death in this type of case to be either HOMICIDE or ACCIDENT.”
Cina also explains at the end of the report that “the manner of death is not a medical diagnosis and it is not determined by the autopsy.”
“In some cases, the manner of death may be deemed HOMICIDE but criminal prosecution may not follow (e.g. self-defense). Conversely, certain cases with a manner of death of UNDETERMINED may warrant prosecution if the entire facts of the case indicate that this is appropriate.”
The amended opinion says the original report signed Nov. 7, 2019, ended with McClain’s cause and manner of death as “undetermined” because it was done only based on the information available at the time. The amended report says the coroner’s office, since then, received “extensive body camera footage, witness statements, and additional records” that gave them more detail about what happened to McClain.
Cina, in the report, says all of those materials had been requested before the release of the initial report, “But the material was either not provided to us or not provided to us in their entirety.”
“Having insufficient information as of November 7, 2019 was one of the reasons the cause and manner of death in this case were deemed UNDETERMINED,” Cina wrote in the amended report. “Additional material of relevance has also been generated through the grand jury investigation.”
On Thursday, a Denver District Court judge ordered that McClain’s amended autopsy report must be released to the public without redactions. This came in the wake of multiple news organizations, including Scripps station Denver7, arguing it should be released.
Adams County Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan said she had filed a motion to get the court to release the amended report as well.
"I believe in the public's right to information and want to be transparent about the work done in my office," she said in a statement. "I also respect the rule of law and want to ensure nothing is released that will violate any court order or potentially jeopardize the prosecutions in this case. That is why it was imperative to have the Denver District Court weigh in."
CPR News filed a lawsuit on Sept. 1 arguing the amended autopsy report should be released. Denver7 and four other Colorado news organizations joined the lawsuit after open records requests to obtain the amended autopsy report were denied.
The original November 2019 autopsy report from the contracted pathologist found McClain’s cause and manner of death were “undetermined.” Former Adams County District Attorney Dave Young cleared the three officers involved in McClain’s violent arrest of any criminal charges and Nick Metz, Aurora’s chief of police at the time, said the officers did not violate any of the department’s policies.
Allison Sherry of CPR News reported on Sept. 2 that McClain’s autopsy had been amended based on confidential grand jury information that led to the indictment last year of three officers and two paramedics who face a 32-count indictment, which includes manslaughter and criminal negligent homicide, among other charges. Their arraignments have been pushed back multiple times, most recently on Aug. 12, when they were rescheduled for Nov. 4.
A team of independent investigators commissioned by the Aurora City Council issued a report in February 2021 that found the investigation that followed the 23-year-old McClain’s death was flawed. Former Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey explained in an interview with Denver7 that this was extremely rare.
McClain, who was 23 when he died, was stopped by officers with the Aurora Police Department on Aug. 24, 2019 after purchasing tea at a local convenience store in Aurora. Around the same time, investigators had received a call about a suspicious man wearing a ski mask and waving his arms in the area.
Aurora officers stopped him on Billings Street, just north of E. Colfax Avenue.
Police said McClain resisted when they tried to detain him and officers put him in a carotid hold and requested Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics to administer ketamine to get him under control. Later, it was determined that McClain was given 500 milligrams of ketamine— far above what was recommended for someone of McClain’s weight.
As he was transported to a hospital, McClain had a heart attack. He died on Aug. 30, 2019.
This story was originally reported by Blair Miller and Stephanie Butzer on Denver7.com.
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Four residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have filed a class action lawsuit against the city, the mayor, a former mayor and several others regarding the city's water issues.
The 99-page complaint filed last week is asking for an unspecified amount of relief to "remediate the harm caused by lack of access to safe water," it says.
The plaintiffs are also asking for the pipes to be fixed; water bills canceled or not collected on; a system to regularly test the water in the city; establish medical testing for lead in a person's body for residents who were exposed to the unsafe water; and establish community health systems.
CNN has contacted the defendants named in the lawsuit and is seeking comment.
The city was under one of many boil-water advisories and pumps at its main water treatment facility were already damaged when flooding last month caused the system to almost completely fail, leaving residents without water to drink, cook with, or flush their toilets. Residents had to line up for hours to get cases of water.
But Jackson's water problems are years old. The system failed an Environmental Protection Agency inspection in early 2020, when the agency found the water had the potential to be host to harmful bacteria or parasites.
Last year, many residents were without water for a month after pipes froze and burst during a February storm.
At the heart of the problem are systemic issues: old and leaky pipes, malfunctions at treatment plants, and insufficient money to fix the problems, according to a report by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting that the Clarion Ledger newspaper published in January.
The lawsuit was filed on September 16, one day after the latest boil-water order was lifted after more than 40 days.
"The City of Jackson's water supply has been neglected for decades, culminating in its complete shutdown in August 2022, leaving over 150,000 residents, 82.5% of whom are Black and over 24% are living in poverty, without access to running water," the lawsuit said.
"These residents lack more than just drinking water, or water for making powdered baby formula, cooking, showering, or laundry. During the long period where the city pipes had no water pressure — and were unable to facilitate the flow of water — residents of Jackson could not flush their toilets for days at a time," the lawsuit alleges.
Even before the latest crisis, the city's water "was not fit for human consumption due to the high levels of lead and other contaminants," the complaint states.
The EPA is investigating the water issues in the city.
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Tokyo: Naomi Osaka's title defence at her home Pan Pacific Open ended on Thursday when the former world number one withdrew ahead of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia due to abdominal pain.
"I am really sorry that I am not able to compete today," said the four-time Grand Slam champion, who won the tournament when it was last held in 2019 in her hometown of Osaka.
"It's an honour to be able to play at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in front of the amazing fans here in Japan. This has and always will be a special tournament for me and I wish I could have stepped on court today, but my body won't let me."
It was the latest setback for the 24-year-old, who sat out the entire grasscourt season with an Achilles injury and also retired from her first-round match in Toronto with a back problem in the leadup to the US Open.
Brazil's Haddad Maia will face either fourth seed Veronika Kudermetova or Mexican qualifier, Fernanda Contreras Gomez, in the quarter-finals.
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MIAMI, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has scheduled a conference call with analysts for Friday, September 30, 2022, at 10 a.m. (EDT); 3 p.m. (BST) to provide a business update.
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Adams' plan to eliminate the city budget gap is easily achievable — and desperately needed
September 21, 2022 | 6:59pmMayor Eric Adams' plan to have all city agencies reduce their budgets by 3% is necessary, very achievable and certainly not austere.
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A Kent mum has described the 'huge impact' the loss of her son had on her and her family ahead of a fundraising event this weekend in his memory. James Loach died ten years ago today (September 23) from Freidreich's ataxia, a rare hereditary neurological disease that affects only 1 in every 50,000 people.
James was just 19 and set for an exciting new life studying at Reading University on his way to fulfil his ambition to be a quantity surveyor. He was due to start his studies the week after he died.
The Rainham family - mum Yvette, dad Harry, daughters Claire, Rebecca and Amy continue to mourn their son and younger brother. They and their wider family were inspired to fundraise to raise awareness of the condition, which has no cure.
Read more:The 'bombshell' moment Tunbridge Wells dad told his wife he had leukaemia
Yvette, 63, said: "His loss had a huge impact on us. He was the first boy in the family, so everyone was over the moon when he arrived. Harry and I classed him as the icing on the cake - our family was complete after three girls. We were very proud of him.
"I'm not the same as I once was. You have moments of joy, but they're tinged with sadness because James isn't there to see them. My children and three grandchildren bring me a lot of joy, but then you remember he's not there to share in any of it. When we go to family events and he's not there, it's a little reminder.
James was a 'bubbly child' and developed strong interests in the Power Rangers and football as he grew up. He was a popular classmate to many and gained a reputation for helping his peers, which led to his tutors at MidKent College wanting to name an award for most improved student after him in his memory.
His death understandably left a big hole in family life, with Yvette admitting the events sent her youngest daughter Amy 'off the rails', who went travelling to cope with what had happened. His younger cousin Dan - the only other boy in the wider family - felt like he'd lost his partner in crime and was 'as thick as thieves' with James.
As James entered his teenage years, Yvette began to suspect something was wrong. He needed an operation for peritonitis and needed to return to hospital after this intestine was caught in the procedure, giving him lots of pain.
His recovery from this was slow, and Yvette now recognises that this was the beginnings of what was Freidreich's ataxia. The disease has a number of symptoms, making it hard to secure a diagnosis.
Sufferers can experience problems with balance and co-ordination, abnormal curvature of the spine and thickening of the heart muscles. James had all of these symptoms, and was slouching too much and missing steps on the stairs.
Symptoms usually develop before the age of 25, but as in James' case, can be much sooner. Many with the condition end up in wheelchairs within 10-20 years due to a progressive weakening of the legs.
'I fell to pieces'
As a concerned parent, Yvette couldn't resist taking to the internet to try and find an answer. She was devastated with the results.
"When I Googled the symptoms and Freidrich's ataxia came up, I fell to pieces because it seemed like what he had. I had that sinking feeling and I couldn't shift it.
"I wondered what I'd done wrong because he wasn't getting diagnosed. Ataxia is like Parkinson's joined with cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis all in one. The brain isn't sending messages to the legs and arms and so on.
"You lose the ability to do simple things like hold a cup - things we take for granted every day. As a parent, you can't help but blame yourself because you feel like you've given that to your child," she said.
Nobody in the family had had the disease before, but ataxia is a condition that can remain dormant in 'carriers'. Since James' death, tests have revealed all three daughters are carriers.
James' death has inspired the family to raise money to fight the little-known disease. Yvette and sister Vanessa also set up the Ataxia Medway group for people with the condition and their families.
To date, they've raised £16,000 for Ataxia UK and this weekend will host a fundraising night with expected proceeds of over £4,000 already.
Hosted at the United Services Club on Saturday (September 24), the sold-out event will feature the deputy mayor Cllr Roger Barrett welcoming the guests ahead of a talk from an Ataxia UK representative. A night of fun follows, with a magician, singer and DJ all on hand, with a raft of donated raffle prizes set to raise big sums for the charity.
"It will be a full house - the capacity is 120 and we sold out quite quickly. We've had fantastic raffle donations, and people that can't now make it don't want their money back. It is amazing to see the support we're getting, but I wish that this didn't have to happen.
"I've learnt over the last ten years that everyone in the wider family is there for each other. They're all very supportive. Some of his schoolfriends are also still in contact with us - they never miss his birthday or anniversary and are with us on the day," she said.
You can find NHS guidance on ataxia here. Ataxia Medway's Facebook group can be found here.
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A 3-year-old child shot and killed their mother, authorities in South Carolina said.
According to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a home on Wednesday after a reported shooting. When they arrived, they found the victim, Cora Lyn Bush, the toddler and their grandmother.
Authorities said the grandmother described what happened, which was corroborated by evidence and injury to the victim.
"Although our investigation remains active, all indications are this incident was a result of the young child gaining access to an unsecured firearm," Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office stated in a post on Facebook.
It's unclear whether anyone will face charges for the gun not properly being stored.
Newtown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group that works to prevent gun violence, tracks the number of unintentional shootings involving children.
As of Sept. 23, the group said there had been at least 194 unintentional shootings by children in the U.S. this year. Those shootings reportedly resulted in 82 deaths and 123 injuries.
The phenomenon is not new. In 2021, the group said there were nearly 400 unintentional shootings by children, resulting in 163 deaths.
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A white woman fired after she called police on a Black man watching birds in New York City's Central Park two years ago lost her discrimination case against her former employer earlier this week.
On May 25, 2020, Amy Cooper was captured on video accusing Christian Cooper of threatening her life after he asked her to leash her dog.
The two are not related.
After the video was posted to social media, on May 26, 2020, Franklin Templeton, the investment firm Amy Cooper worked at, fired her, CBS News and USA Today reported.
The company confirmed her termination in a tweet saying, "We do not tolerate racism of any kind," the media outlets reported.
In 2021, Amy Cooper sued the company, accusing them of racial and gender discrimination when they fired her, the media outlets reported.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams ruled that her dismissal was legal, according to the news outlets.
In a 17-page ruling, Abrams said that “an accusation of bigotry is a protected statement of opinion, rather than a defamatory statement of fact capable of being proven true or false," USA Today reported.
In a statement to the news outlets, the investment firm said, "We are pleased that the court has dismissed the lawsuit. We continue to believe the company responded appropriately."
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Nagpur: Rohit Sharma displayed his six-hitting prowess with an unbeaten 46 after Axar Patel snapped two wickets in a fiery spell as India notched up a series-levelling six-wicket win over Australia in the rain hit second T20I here on Friday.
The India skipper smashed four sixes and as many fours as he single-handedly helped India chase down a target of 91 with four balls to spare in a match which was reduced to eight-overs-a-side due to a wet outfield.
Earlier, Matthew Wade smacked an unbeaten 20-ball 43 to fire Australia to 90 for five.
Wade hit four boundaries and three towering sixes -- all maximums in the final over off Harshal Patel (0/32) -- while skipper Aaron Finch hit 31 off 15 after Rohit invited Australia to bat in a match that was delayed by two-and-half hours.
Chasing the target, Rohit made his intention clear as he went on a six-hitting spree, unleashing three monstrous hits off Josh Hazlewood in the opening over to give India's chase a flying start.
The India opener then deposited Pat Cummins' (1/23 in 2 overs) slower delivery into the stands before lifting Adam Zampa (3/16 in 2 overs) over long-off for another maximum.
But the spinner came back to disturb the stumps of KL Rahul (10), who looked to go for a slog-sweep.
Virat Kohli (11) then picked up a boundary off Daniel Sams, before smacking one over Zampa's head for another four.
However, the spinner won the battle of wits as his quicker delivery beat the Indian and disloged the stumps.
Zampa dealt a double blow as he trapped Suryakumar Yadav (0) in the very next ball as India slipped to 55 for 3 in 4.3 overs.
Unfazed by the fall of wickets, Rohit continued to go strong as he chipped one over cover and then pulled one wide of short fine as Sean Abbott conceded 11 runs.
Hardik Pandya scored a four off Cummins but he couldn't stay long as he holed out to Finch in the seventh over.
Designated finisher Dinesh Karthik then played his part to perfection, knocking off the remaining runs with a six and a four off Sams.
Earlier, Australia looked to put up a show for the capacity crowd at the VCA stadium but Axar Patel (2/13 in 2 overs) snapped two wickets in an impressive spell to leave them at 31 for 3.
Jasprit Bumrah (1/23 in 2 overs), who has been out of action since the end of England tour due to back injury, produced a sensational yorker to get rid of the dangerous Finch during his spell.
However, Wade ensured the visitors ended things in a flourish as he along with Steve Smith (8) added 44 runs in the final 18 balls.
Harshal had another forgettable evening as he conceded 32 without a wicket in his two overs.
The two teams will now move to Hyderabad for the series-deciding third T20I on Sunday.
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Spc. Samuel Keller and Sgt. 1st Class Joaquin Suero, both boat operators assigned to 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, talk about wet gap crossing training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sept. 23, 2022. This type of training allows Soldiers to practice crossing small bodies of water, which enables U.S. forces to perform assigned missions in a variety of conditions during ground movements. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Destiny Husband)
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Fort Leavenworth Fire & Emergency Services practiced rescuing individuals injured when a school bus and a car collided. Exercises like this keep the fire department ready to respond to real emergencies.
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Tony Gilroy Says He Developed Andor As if It Wasn’t Star Wars
Three episodes into its first season, Andor feels like the breath of fresh air that Star Wars fans have been waiting for. Although some viewers are still hung up on not hearing the name “Skywalker” every two minutes, avoiding fan service was the only way to secure the involvement of Tony Gilroy, the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker who previously worked on the script for Rogue One. Surprisingly, Gilroy was a Star Wars novice when he lent his narrative expertise to Lucasfilm’s critically-acclaimed anthology film. And while speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Gilroy discussed why it was important to approach Cassian Andor’s origin story with the same amount of distance. Tony Gilroy says.
Many of the Star Wars projects made during the Disney era have been criticized for leaning too heavily on pre-existing story and character threads. But Andor has been widely praised across the board for taking a sledgehammer to this tradition and delivering what might be the first “adult” Star Wars entry in the 45-year history of the franchise. As Gilroy sees it, “reverence” for the source material is confining, and doesn’t leave much room for innovation. That’s why he had to advise his collaborators to loosen up during production.
RELATED: Diego Luna Thanks Star Wars Fans For Watching Andor
“In every department, we’ve had all kinds of people come in, and they know it’s Star Wars, so they change their behavior,” explained Gilroy. “They change their attitude. They change their thing. An actor will come in off a Ken Loach movie or something, they’ll put on a Star Wars [costume], and all of a sudden, this great actor, who auditioned for you and didn’t know what it really was, starts acting differently. And you go, ‘Wait, no. Do your thing. You’re here because we want you to be real.’ So it’s a testament to the potent power of Star Wars. It really gets into people’s heads, but to change the lane and do it this way, it takes a little effort. It’s interesting.”
Gilroy wasn’t Lucasfilm’s original choice to spearhead Andor. Before he took over as showrunner in 2020, the series went through “a couple different versions,” including one conceptualized by Stephen Schiff, who is still credited as a writer on episode 7. But according to Gilroy, nostalgia is precisely what boxed in many of the previous creative teams. It also prompted Lucasfilm to briefly put the series on hold. So when studio president Kathleen Kennedy asked for his thoughts, Gilroy laid out a grand plan that would ultimately push the boundaries of Star Wars storytelling. However, they didn’t say “yes” to his ideas right away.
RELATED: Andor Episodes 1-4 Review
“I wrote this big manifesto for her,” said Gilroy. “‘This is what your show should be like. This is what you should never do. This is why this doesn’t work.’ So it was a crazy thing, and it was wildly ambitious. And they were like, ‘Well, that’s really great. Thanks for helping us know what’s wrong, but we could never do this.’ Then they tried a couple other things, and when everything had gone cold, there was a moment where, my God, streaming was whoa. Now we can really do it.”
The fourth episode of Andor will premiere next Wednesday, September 28 on Disney+.
What are your thoughts on Gilroy’s approach to the Star Wars mythos? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N673.137 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for the month of August, 2022.
According to a statement released on Friday by Phil Abiamuwe-Mowete, Director (Information/Press), Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, “from this stated amount, inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT) and an Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue, the Federal Government received N259.641 billion, the states received N222.949 billion, the Local Government Areas got N164.247 billion.”
According to her, the communiqué issued by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at the end of the meeting indicated that the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) for August 2022 was N215.266 billion, indicating an increase in the amount distributed in the preceding month.
The distribution is as follows: Federal Government got N32.290 billion, the states received N107.633 billion, Local Government Areas got N75.343 billion.
Accordingly, the Gross Statutory Revenue of N437.871 billion distributed was lower than the sum received in the previous month, and from there, the Federal Government was allocated the sum of N216.815 billion, states got N109.972 billion, local government areas got N84.783 billion, and oil derivation (13% Mineral Revenue) got N26.301 billion.
She added that the N20 billion Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue now converted to distributable revenue was shared to the three tiers of government as follows: the Federal Government received N10.536 billion, states got N5.344 billion, local government areas received N4.120 billion.
The communiqué further revealed that Value Added Tax (VAT), Import and Excise Duties recorded significant increases, while Companies Income Tax (CIT), Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT), Oil and Gas Royalties decreased considerably.
It was further disclosed that total revenue distributable for the current month of August was drawn from Statutory Revenue of N437.871 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) of N215.266 billion and N20 billion Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue bringing the total distributable for the month to N673.137 billion.
However, the balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA), as at 23rd September 2022 stands at $470,599.54.
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Greenwood residents asked to conserve water
Hot weather diminishes supply
Due to the hot, dry summer, the City of Greenwood has a diminished supply of water, city leaders reported Friday.
So residents are asked to conserve.
Residents should water on odd or even days of the week based on their addresses.
All lawn and turf watering from city sources are prohibited.
Restrictions include watering of shrubs, plants, trees, and gardens are permitted only by handheld hose and should be limited to the minimum amounts necessary to sustain plant life, the city reports.
Such watering is permitted at locations with even-numbered addresses on even-numbered days of the month only and at locations with odd-numbered addresses on odd-numbered days of the month only.
Golf courses are permitted to water only greens and tee boxes from city sources. Watering of golf course fairways and roughs and school athletic fields and other public areas from city water is prohibited the city reports.
All washing of motor vehicles, trailers, and boats is prohibited except at commercial car washes.
The filling of swimming pools is prohibited. The washing of building exteriors, sidewalks, walkways, driveways, patios, parking lots, tennis courts, and other hard-surfaced areas by hosing or by use of water directly from faucets with water from city sources is prohibited.
Also, the use of water from fire hydrants at any time for construction purposes, fire drills, or routine hydrant testing is prohibited.
The use of water from city water for compacting dirt, earth-moving operations, or street base course construction is prohibited.
"Hopefully as weather conditions change providing rain, this phase of water conservation will be temporary. Thank you all for your patience during this time," a statement from the city reads.
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While the midterm elections aren’t being held until Nov. 8, early in-person voting is already starting across Virginia.
“Any Virginia voter can go and participate in early in-person voting at their general registrar’s office in their jurisdiction,” said Virginia Elections Commissioner Susan Beals.
Arlington Co. board asks for feedback on ranked choice voting
Same-day voter registration in effect, but don’t wait until the last minute.
Voters who do so must provide their names and addresses and show acceptable forms of ID or sign an ID confirmation statement.
“Additionally, we’re going to start mailing out absentee ballots Friday to military and overseas voters, as well as anyone who has applied to receive an absentee ballot,” Beals said.
Voters must apply online if they want to have an absentee ballot mailed to them.
All 11 U.S. House seats are on the ballot across the state, though only two are considered to be truly competitive.
The most closely-watched race is in the 2nd District in the Virginia Beach area, where Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is facing Republican State Sen. Jen Kiggans.
According to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, that election is a “tossup,” making Luria one of the most vulnerable members of Congress in the country this year.
The other competitive race is in the 7th District, which includes parts of Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania and Culpeper counties.
Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger is facing Republican Prince William Board of County Supervisors member Yesli Vega.
That race “leans Democratic,” according to the Cook Political Report.
“Every voter will have the opportunity to vote for their member of Congress, but there also may be some additional races on that ballot depending on where you live,” Beals said.
Some of the local races include mayor and several members of the city council in Fairfax City. A seat on the Arlington County Board is on the ballot, as are two seats on the Loudoun County School Board.
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Early voting for the November election begins Sept. 23, with registered voters able to cast a ballot in-person at three locations.
Two more early-voting spots will open Oct. 25.
All locations will be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 29, Oct. 30 and Nov. 5.
Voters across the county and its various towns – Occoquan, Haymarket, Dumfries and Quantico – will cast ballots for the U.S. House of Representatives, town councils and mayor.
The locations available for early voting starting Sept. 23 are:
Prince William County Registrar’s Office, 9250 Lee Ave., Manassas
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, 2731 Caton Hill Road, Woodbridge
Haymarket Gainesville Library, 14870 Lightner Road, Haymarket
Starting Oct. 25, voters will also be able to cast a ballot at:
- Brentsville Courthouse, 12229 Bristow Road, Bristow
- Dumfries Community Center, 17755 Main St., Dumfries
For more information and a list of acceptable forms of identification, visit pwcvotes.org/earlyvoting.
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What are the lyrics to the Uruguay national anthem?
Here are the lyrics to the Uruguay national anthem in both English and Spanish
What is the Uruguay national anthem?
The Uruguay national anthem is officially called 'Himno Nacional de Uruguay' (meaning rather predictably 'National Anthem of Uruguay'), but is also known as 'Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba' ("Easterners, the Country or the Tomb').
Who wrote the Uruguay national anthem?
Uruguayan poet Francisco Acuña de Figueroa wrote the lyrics in the early 1830s . He also wrote the lyrics for Paraguay's national anthem, "Paraguayos, República o Muerte.
The lyrics were officially declared Uruguay's national anthem on July 8, 1833.
Is Uruguay's national anthem the longest national anthem in the world?
In terms of lyrics the Greek national anthem, 'Hymn to Liberty' with its 158 verses is the longest, however today it is just the first two stanzas that are recognised as Greece's national anthem.
Therefore with its 150 bars Uruguay's national anthem is the longest today, although an abridged version is usually sung at ceremonies.
Uruguay's national anthem lyrics
These are the abridged, often performed versions
Uruguay's national anthem lyrics in English
Easterners, the Fatherland or the grave!
Liberty or with glory we die! ????
It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
and which, heroically we will fulfill!
It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
and which, heroically we will fulfill!
Which we will fulfill!
We will fulfill!
We will fulfill!
Liberty, Liberty, Easterners!
This cry saved the fatherland.
Which her brave warriors, in fierce battles
With sublime enthusiasm fill´d.
From this sacred gift the glory we deserved
Tyrants: Tremble!
Tyrants: Tremble!
Liberty in combat we shall cry out!
And dying, Freedom too!
Liberty in combat we shall cry out!
And dying, Freedom too!
Freedom too
Uruguay's national anthem lyrics in Spanish
Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba!
Libertad o con gloria morir!
Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
Que sabremos cumplir!
Sabremos cumplir!
Sabremos cumplir!
Libertad, libertad, orientales!
Este grito a la Patria salvó.
Que a sus bravos en fieras batallas
De entusiasmo sublime inflamó.
De este don sacrosanto la gloria
Merecimos: ¡tiranos, temblad!
Tiranos, temblad!
Libertad en la lid clamaremos,
Y muriendo, ¡también libertad!
Libertad en la lid clamaremos,
Y muriendo, ¡también libertad!
También libertad!
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1783 to close a loophole in state law that allowed former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to influence decision-making at the Department of Insurance without registering as a lobbyist.
AB 1783 by Assembly Member Marc Levine (D - North Bay) arose from a government corruption scandal involving the Department of Insurance and the workers' compensation insurer Applied Underwriters.
The Sacramento Bee reported on the issue of so-called "consultants" influencing administrative actions of state agencies while avoiding public reporting requirements applying to lobbyists.
AB 1783 closes a loophole by including under the definition of "lobbying" any efforts to influence the Department of Insurance or Department of Managed Health Care's approval of insurance company mergers. The bill would apply existing public reporting requirements and a ban on contingency fee bounties.
"For decades the Political Reform Act has required lobbyists to publicly report their clients and their income, and barred contingency fee bounties. We commend Governor Newsom for signing AB 1783 and closing a loophole that allowed lobbyists who attempt to influence state agency decisions to avoid these common sense requirements," said Consumer Watchdog Litigation Director Jerry Flanagan.
Two former lawmakers—Fabian Nunez and former Assembly Member Rusty Areias—were hired by Applied Underwriters to influence Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's approval of the sale of an insurance company.
At stake were potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges to small businesses and workers. The "consultants" were to be paid a $2 million contingency fee contract without any public reporting requirements
As Ann Ravel, former chair of the FPPC, told the Sacramento Bee: "It seems unseemly that so much money is being utilized to influence public issues without having any transparency…. This is so extraordinary, the amount of money. That's the part that is disconcerting – that it isn't public."
Mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies are uniquely important to consumers. Insurance is an essential service, and changes in control of these companies can have dramatic implications for consumers, including increased costs and loss of access to care. Transparency in efforts to influence these decisions is necessary to protect the health of consumers as well as the health of our democracy.
AB 1783 was supported by California Clean Money Campaign, the Fair Political Practices Commission, California Common Cause, Consumer Federation of California, and Consumer Watchdog.
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Luxury Travel Advisor LTA Ultra Summit Travel Agent Central Travel Agent University Navigating Your Travel Business Hotels Cruises Your Business People Destinations Europe North America Caribbean Mexico & Latin America Asia Africa & Indian Ocean Middle East Australia & New Zealand South Pacific Antarctica & Arctic Tours Transport Resources Webinars Deals e-Learning Quizzes Subscribe What are you searching for? Enclose phrases in quotes. Use a + to require a term in results and - to exclude terms. Example: +water -Europe Subscribe Hotels Cruises Your Business People Destinations Europe North America Caribbean Mexico & Latin America Asia Africa & Indian Ocean Middle East Australia & New Zealand South Pacific Antarctica & Arctic Tours Transport Resources Webinars Deals e-Learning Quizzes Subscribe Luxury Travel Advisor LTA Ultra Summit Travel Agent Central Travel Agent University Navigating Your Travel Business
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CEO of Limitless X Talks from Hustle to Health, His Entrepreneurial Journey to Founding a Health & Wellness Brand Ecosystem
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jas Mathur, CEO of Limitless X Inc., (OTCQB: VYBE) ("the Company"), a creative and empowering lifestyle agency, was featured today on The Wolf's Den, a podcast hosted by Jordan Belfort, a former stockbroker and notoriously known as, "The Wolf of Wall Street."
In this episode of The Wolf's Den, Mr. Mathur discusses how his incredible entrepreneurial fitness journey has inspired millions to adopt a more health and wellness-focused lifestyle and speaks about the negatives of those who oftentimes neglect their health in the pursuit of their business goals.
To listen to the interview, please visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/founder-of-limitless-inspires-with-insane-fitness/id1464461126?i=1000580432767
Jas Mathur, CEO of Limitless X, commented, "I enjoyed the opportunity to speak with Jordan and share the journey of my health transformation and how that has shaped the vision of our company, which is to help accelerate the achievement of people's health, wellness, and business goals- as it is possible to have that all align harmoniously. Additionally, the appearance on this show has provided us with the platform to discuss recent current important milestones, our long-term strategic goals, and the future market and financial goals for Limitless X."
The Wolf's Den is a podcast featuring Jordan Belfort, the REAL Wolf of Wall Street. In each episode, he discusses some of the craziest moments of his life, as well as interviews the biggest celebrities, entrepreneurs, scientists, and anyone else that may pique his interest.
About Jas Mathur
Jas Mathur is an investor and entrepreneur who has developed multiple brands in the marketing, health, and wellness spaces generating tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year. The digital marketing and branding firm he founded, Limitless X, has launched numerous industry-leading products in the dietary and CBD supplement sectors. He is a trendsetter with more than 7 million Instagram followers and frequently collaborates with leaders in the sports and entertainment industries.
Jas' passion is helping accelerate the achievement of people's health, wellness, and business goals, inspired by his personal transformation story of losing over 250lbs in his twenties. Now a sought-after expert in developing fitness and training programs, he's helped many high-profile figures embark on their own health journeys and seeks to do the same for today's youth. Suitably, Jas recently partnered with Dr. Oz's nonprofit, Healthcorps, to jumpstart health and wellness programs targeted at teens and young adults.
As Jas transformed his life and body, he applied his newfound passion for health and wellness towards launching Limitless X. Prospective services he is blueprinting for the company include personality development, life coaching, and educational platforms, in addition to the brand portfolio.
About Limitless X
Limitless X is a creative and empowering lifestyle agency specializing in the full spectrum of digital advertising and marketing. The Company has a global eco-system with three verticals and a series of unique product and service-oriented businesses within each, focused on the Health & Wellness, Beauty & Skincare, and CBD Industries.
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As incidents of stone pelting and violence were reported from various places in Kerala on Friday during a 12-hour hartal organised by the Popular Front of India, a coastal locality in Kozhikode district remained defiant.
The region of Nainamvalappu went about minding its daily business during hartal like it has been doing for nearly 50 years.
On Friday, Nainamvalappu was bustling with activities; shops, including hotels, were busier than usual and movement on its streets was unobstructed during the hartal hours even as hundreds of vehicles, including 70 KSRTC buses, were damaged in stone pelting elsewhere in Kerala.
For locals, it is part of a local tradition that evolved out of a teashop run by a man called Ruhani Aboobacker half a century ago.
According to the story often retold, Ruhani Aboobacker opened his teashop during a bandh. Soon came a group of agitators led by Pallikkandi Bichammad. After a local politician, NP Imbichammad came to Ruhani's rescue there was a quarrel.
Joining the commotion was Hamsakoya, brother of the leader of the agitators. It is said he put an end to the issue with a tight slap across the face of his younger sibling.
There, at the teashop of Ruhani Aboobacker, the locals swore to never let any form of bandh/hartal enter the boundaries of Nainamvalappu.
Locals claim that over the years they have maintained that vow regardless of which party was hosting the hartal. When hartal supporters moved in, locals teamed up to make themselves heard and their resistance has been impressive thus far.
It is said that even agitators quench their thirst from Nainamvalappu. The Nainamvalappu Football Fans Association is a popular cultural organisation in the region that is renowned for its passionate support for the beautiful game, especially during world cups.
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The visiting Virginia Cavaliers face off against the Syracuse Orange on Friday night at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Here’s Pigskin Profit’s prediction and pick for the college football matchup:
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Authorities identified the man who was shot Thursday by a Yakima County sheriff’s deputy in the Lower Valley.
An autopsy will be performed on Amado Ramos, 36, of Wapato on Monday in Cowlitz County, Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice said Friday.
Ramos was shot in a corn field near the 500 block of North McKinley Road in the early Thursday morning hours.
The incident began when Ramos fled a sheriff’s deputy in the area of Becker and McDonald roads around 2:25 a.m., according to a sheriff’s call log.
During the pursuit, Romos' vehicle went off U.S. Highway 97 about 5 miles north of Toppenish and he ran into the corn field, according to Selah police Chief Dan Christman, who heads the Yakima County Special Investigations Unit, which is investigating the shooting.
Christman said the man “took action” that prompted the deputy to open fire on him. Christman did not elaborate.
The deputy and Washington State Patrol troopers pulled Ramos out of the field to a waiting ambulance, where first-aid efforts were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead, Christman said.
The investigations unit consists of officers from various agencies who investigate police shootings and in-custody deaths.
The deputy, whose name has not been released at this time, is on paid administrative leave per sheriff’s office policy, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.
Christman said the sheriff’s office will conduct its own administrative review of the incident.
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Ready for pumpkin season? Take your pick from these NoCo pumpkin patches
Fall is here in Fort Collins and area farms, pumpkin patches and corn mazes are gearing up for the new season.
Head out to these Northern Colorado fall favorites to peruse locally-made crafts and fall decor, hop on a hay ride, partake in a petting zoo or take your pick — literally — of pumpkins.
Or, choose your favorite activity from our Northern Colorado fall bucket list.
Adam's Apple Orchard & Country Store
Location: 42135 Weld County Road 43, Ault
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays
While Adam's Apple Orchard, formerly home to Masonville Orchards' Ault operations, is known for its apple picking, it will also start selling pumpkins from the end of September through Oct. 30. Head there on a weekend for U-pick apples, pumpkins and hay wagon rides. Reservations are not required.
The Bartels Farm
Location: 3424 E. Douglas Road, Fort Collins
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Nov. 1
You don't have to wander too far from home for that fall feeling. Fort Collins' Bartels Farm is a longtime local favorite, with everything from U-pick vegetables and a pumpkin patch to a corn maze and hay rides. Pumpkins start at 50 cents and are priced by size. Weather-permitting, the Bartels corn maze is open during the day, with admission costing $5. Hay rides, also weather permitting, are $2 per person and free for infants. An on-site photographer is also available for mini photography sessions for a small donation to the farm, according to its website.
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Fritzler Farm Park
Location: 20861 County Road 33, La Salle
Hours: 4-10 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 30
Want to go all out this fall? Fritzler Farm Park has just about everything your little heart could desire: corn mazes, pedal go-carts, a slide mountain, a pillow jump, a beer garden and, of course, a giant U-pick pumpkin patch. To take part in it all, head to the farm's website, where you can purchase passes to their various offerings. Pumpkins are sold by the pound, and no pass is required to pick from the pumpkin patch.
The Farmstand at Grant Farms
Location: 12155 N. County Road 15, Wellington
Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in October (open rain or shine)
Pick from an assortment of pumpkins, gourds, squash, apples and flower bulbs as the Farmstand at Grant Farms gets into the fall spirit. Pumpkins will be available likely through Halloween, with the farmstand also boasting fresh apple cider and pies as well as special Saturdays with live music and face painting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pumpkin prices vary from $1 to $60.
Jack Lantern's corn maze and pumpkin patch
Location: 2318 S. County Road 5, Fort Collins
Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October
Get your jack-o-lantern at Jack Lantern's this year. The Fort Collins farm offers a pumpkin patch filled with pumpkins of all sizes, farm animals to visit, pedal cars to race, kids activities and a corn maze to venture through. General admission to Jack Lantern's is $12.
Osborn Farm
Location: 1230 S. Boise Ave., Loveland
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in October (weather and crop permitting)
Pumpkin season is almost here at Osborn Farm. Starting Oct. 1, the Loveland farm will open its doors for pumpkin picking, hay and barrel train rides, petting zoo fun and some fall decor shopping. Head to the farm any day of the week for your pumpkin needs or wait until the weekends so you can enjoy various food vendors, hay and barrel train rides, a petting zoo and more. Admission and parking are free.
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Something From the Farm
Location: 8020 S. Timberline Road, Fort Collins
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays from Sept. 30 through Halloween (weather permitting)
Pick your pumpkin or grab something else from the farm this season. Fort Collins' Something From the Farm opens Sept. 30, boasting a pumpkin patch, hayrides, a hay bale maze, a gourd cannon, a pumpkin trebuchet and a country store selling fall decor, cider, popcorn, jams and winter squash. Pumpkins are sold by the pound and, while there is no admission fee to Something From the Farm, there are costs associated with its hayrides, gourd cannon and pumpkin trebuchet.
Tigges Farm
Location: 12404 Weld County Road 64½, Greeley
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays through October (weather permitting)
In its 35th year as a Northern Colorado fall destination, Tigges Farm is gearing up for another season of pumpkins, roasted chiles and family fun. While the Tigges Farm produce stand is already open, its pumpkin patch opens the first week of October, boasting pumpkins that vary in size, color and type. On October weekends, Tigges Farm has a packed schedule of various activities, from food trucks and face painting to a craft market, petting zoo photoshoot and wagon rides. For the farm's full schedule of weekend activities, head to its website. Admission to Tigges Farm is free.
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Cancer walk eases pain for Rocky Mountain High School families
Kathleen Sullivan was heartbroken over what five Rocky Mountain High School students, including her daughter, faced battling cancer their senior year.
Her daughter, Sheri Hone (now Stull), Carter Edgerley, Marcus Lasco and Liv Fondy all graduated despite enduring chemotherapy treatments during the school year. Classmate Kate Prewett passed away from her cancer the first day of the 2018-19 school year.
To help ease the pain, Sullivan started the Northern Colorado CureSearch Walk to fund childhood cancer research in 2020. This year's event takes place 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at Mehaffey Park, 3285 W. 22nd St., in Loveland.
"It broke my heart to see how often and impactful childhood cancer is within our community,'' Sullivan said.
The walk generates money through registrations and donations. Sullivan said the first year's event drew about 60 walkers and raised $500. Last year drew 150 participants and raised $5,700. This year she is hoping for 300 walkers and raising $10,000.
Northern Colorado CureSearch Walk
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24
Where: Mehaffey Park, 3285 W. 22nd St., Loveland
Registration/donate: Visit the local walk site at www.curesearchwalk.org and scroll down to the Northern Colorado walk link.
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Weld DA: Larimer County corporal justified in Weld County shooting that killed man in May
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office corporal who shot a man following a pursuit in May was justified in his decision to shoot, according to a ruling issued by Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke on Tuesday.
Rourke’s decision comes from an investigation into the incident conducted by the Critical Incident Response Team, which investigates instances of fatal or near-fatal police shootings.
Douglas Weishaupl, 53, of Loveland, was shot twice by Cpl. Justin Calkins after he and other officers pursued and attempted to arrest Weishaupl on May 26. Weishaupl eluded officers as a passenger in a car before fleeing the car toward a field just southeast of Weld County Road 38 where he pointed a gun at officers and himself.
Calkins was not one of the original officers in the pursuit, but heard it aired over the radio and drove toward it.
After Weishaupl refused to comply with officers' demands to drop the gun and fired a round into the ground, he moved closer to law enforcement and raised the gun again, according to the CIRT report, leading Calkins to fire one round. Weishaupl, on the ground after the shot, reached for his gun, so Calkins fired another round. Weishaupl died as a result of the gunshots.
Before the standoff, the Larimer County Sheriff's Special Enforcement Unit was attempting to contact and arrest Weishaupl on five outstanding warrants after he was seen at a Safeway in Loveland, according to the CIRT investigation.
The warrants were for failure to appear in court on multiple criminal accusations involving theft, drug possession and lying to police.
Officers had arranged a meeting with Weishaupl using a covert Facebook account, but after Weishaupl and the man driving him pulled into the Safeway lot he messaged the officers’ Facebook account and said he wouldn’t meet them because law enforcement was there. The men left the lot in the car and began to avoid the officers following them. The pursuit and standoff occurred shortly after.
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How CIRT works
The 19th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team, or CIRT, was formed in October of 2015 in accordance with a new state law requiring a multiagency team to investigate "an incident involving the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer that resulted in injury or death."
The team is automatically and immediately activated when a police officer is involved in a shooting. The agency that employs the officer or officers involved in a shooting is responsible for alerting the team.
CIRT can also investigate incidents involving officers that result in serious injury or death.
Agencies involved in the 19th Judicial District's CIRT investigations include: Colorado State Patrol, Dacono Police Department, Eaton Police Department, Erie Police Department, Timnath Police Department, Weld County District Attorney, Weld County Sherriff's Office and more.
An agency cannot investigate itself.
After a CIRT investigation is completed, the report is presented to the district attorney, who decides if any criminal charges will be filed related to the incident.
This report was done by the Weld CIRT team as opposed to Larimer County's even though it was Larimer officers involved because the shooting took place in Weld County. Results were presented from the Weld district attorney to Larimer County Sherriff Justin Smith.
Coloradoan reporter Sady Swanson contributed to this article.
Molly Bohannon covers city government for the Coloradoan. Follow her on Twitter @molboha or contact her at mbohannon@coloradoan.com. Support her work and that of other Coloradoan journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today.
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Tracking Colorado State football roster changes
The Colorado State football roster is undergoing rapid transformation under new coach Jay Norvell.
There were more than 50 new players on the roster to start the 2022 season compared to the 2021 squad.
Several players have since left the team since the season began. History suggested this was likely. By Year 2 in his time at Nevada less than 35% of the roster was on the squad he inherited and that was before the one-time transfer rule was put in place by the NCAA.
Reading between the lines, Norvell seems to suggest more players could depart before the season ends.
"We have some players who are trying to decide if they want to play," Norvell said Sept. 21 on his coaches show.
“We will have enough players to win. I really don’t care how many it is, to be honest with you. I’m not saying that in a negative way," Norvell told fans at CB&Potts for his show. "I’m saying that’s what experience tells me. Experience tells me that everybody has to be together and the team has to be the most important thing."
Below is a tracker of roster changes and who has departed the program since the 2022 season began. This will be updated when any other changes are shared publicly.
E.J. Scott, receiver
Scott, in his sixth season as a Ram, left the team before the Week 4 game against Sacramento State, Norvell said during his coaches show on Sept. 21.
The 6-foot-1 Scott finishes his CSU career with 42 catches for 524 yards and a touchdown. He didn't have a catch in the first three games this season.
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Ches Jackson, offensive line
Jackson, a redshirt senior, left the team before the Week 4 game against Sacramento State, Norvell told reporters Sept. 21 and again shared on his coaches show later that day.
The 6-foot-4 Jackson started at left tackle in Week 2 against Middle Tennessee and appeared in all three games this season. He appeared in 25 career games for the Rams.
Melquan Stovall, receiver
The senior receiver joined the Rams this offseason as a transfer from Nevada, where he played three seasons for Norvell. The coach announced Sept. 19 that Stovall had left the team with two years of eligibility remaining.
The 5-foot-8 Stovall was second on the team in catches through three games with 13 receptions for 106 yards at the time of his departure. He had 108 catches for 1,064 yards and one score in three years with Nevada.
Cayden Camper, kicker
The senior kicker left the team following a Week 2 game with Norvell announcing his departure on Sept. 14.
In two games this season Camper was 0-for-1 on field goals and 1-for-2 on extra points. He set the single-season record for field goals made with 25 in 2021. He also set a single-game record with six made field goals in a 2021 win over San Jose State. Camper is a 70% career field goal kicker, with his percentage outside 30 yards less than 60%.
Dante Wright, receiver
The senior receiver announced on Sept. 13 his intention to enter the transfer portal, which he's expected to do once the window opens in December.
The 5-foot-8 Wright had 120 catches for 1,660 yards and seven touchdowns in his CSU career. He also has 245 rush yards.
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Usually associated with bad news, hearing the phrase “loss of signal” will be a reason to celebrate for the team behind NASA’s DART spacecraft scheduled to run smack into an asteroid on Monday.
Most NASA spacecraft last years or even decades but not the Double Asteroid Redirect Test mission. This space robot has a date with death.
NASA Planetary Defense Officer Lindley Johnson told reporters Thursday he is “highly confident” DART will hit its target and be a success.
After launching last fall with SpaceX, the appliance-sized spacecraft has been chasing down the binary asteroid system Didymos to test out a game plan to save Earth when a giant space rock heads toward our planet. The method known as the kinetic impacter theory involves using DART as a battering ram at 15,000 mph and crashing it into the moonlit Dimorphos, which is orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos.
DART Mission Systems Engineer Elena Adams with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, managing the mission for NASA, explains about 4 hours before impact, DART will be working autonomously to navigate to its end.
Using a relative-navigation system called SMART Nav, DART will hone in on Didymos about an hour before impact, and then slowly, the smaller Dimorphos will come into focus. The spacecraft will be sending back imagery at about one image per second.
“You’ll hear us saying, ‘We’re precision lock, which means we are now starting to ignore Didymos, and we’re going to Dimorphos … Then at two and a half minutes before impact Smart NAV … is going to turn off, and we’re just going to point the camera and take the most amazing pictures of this asteroid that we’re going to see for the first time,” Adams said.
Dimorphos, only about 530-feet-wide, won’t be fully in focus and clear until just moments before impact. The last image will be taken about 2.5 seconds before DART flies into the asteroid. Because of the 8-second delay from DART’s signal to Earth, photos will continue to come through into the mission operations center in Maryland.
While DART will send back images until the end, its companion satellite, a tiny Italian CubeSat called LICIACube, will fly past the asteroid and continue to send back pictures in the days and months after the impact. The James Webb Space Telescope, ground-based observatories and other spacecraft will also be able to observe the asteroid impact from a distance.
Although it’s never been done before, NASA DART scientist Tom Statler says the team has a good idea of what happens when you run a spacecraft into an asteroid because of NASA and Japanese Space Agency missions to other asteroids.
“We know that DART is going to be stopped by Dimorphos for one reason,” Statler said. “The density of the DART spacecraft is actually not very different from the density of an asteroid. And so there’s no question that DART is going to run into a whole lot of material that can’t get out of the way.”
DART won’t change the orbit of Didymos. It aims to change the speed of the moonlet, Dimorphos, by just a tiny percentage.
“We’re moving an asteroid. We are changing the motion of a natural celestial body in space,” Statler said. “Humanity has never done that before … this is stuff of science fiction.”
DART Project Manager Edward Reynolds said he’s not losing sleep over the upcoming impact because the team has run simulations and tested the spacecraft navigation since launch, but that doesn’t mean hitting a 100-meter-diameter asteroid at 14,000 mph isn’t a difficult task.
“We do things because they’re hard. We are at the point where technology is emerging so that we can use these emerging technologies to protect ourselves against these threats,” Reynolds said. “I think we’ve prepared ourselves for this moment, but I don’t worry about the spacecraft. I don’t worry about the algorithm.”
If DART does its job, it will stop sending back a signal after 7 p.m. ET on Monday.
“And then we’ll celebrate,” Adams said.
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MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — A man suspected of skipping out on the check at several restaurants has been arrested and faces charges out of multiple towns.
Anthony Addesa, 58, of Palm Beach, Florida, was nabbed Friday in Woonsocket on two counts of obtaining food with intent to defraud, according to Middletown police.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Middletown police said they were investigating a suspect who had been “frequenting local hotels and restaurants throughout Aquidneck Island.”
Police said they received a complaint from Tito’s Cantina on West Main Road that a man had consumed food and drinks, then got up and left without paying the bill.
On Sept. 13, the department received a similar complaint from Ida’s on Valley Road.
Addesa, according to police, was identified through surveillance video and later admitted to investigators that he “did in fact go to Ida’s and leave without paying.”
After being interviewed by police on Friday, Addesa also admitted to having had food and drinks at Fieldstones Grille on East Main Road in Portsmouth and not paying his check there either.
Portsmouth police have also charged him with one count of obtaining food with intent to defraud.
Fieldstones posted about the incident on its Facebook page on Tuesday, saying a man skipped out on his $70 lunch tab.
Ashley Kempenaar served the alleged suspect, who says the man came in and said he was a polo player playing nearby. She says he struck up a conversation with another woman at the bar.
“They exchanged phone numbers, walked her out as if he was a gentleman. She thought he was really nice, didn’t think anything of it. Racked up a $70 bill, never came back in,” Kempenaar said.
Faria told 12 News police were also aware of similar instances in Newport and Portsmouth, and were working to make those connections.
Middletown police say the investigation into the other restaurants is ongoing. Anyone with additional information into these incidents is asked to contact Detective Tobias at (401) 846-1144 ext. 7009.
12 News will have more on this story on 12 News Now at 6.
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McDonald's will have to defend itself against a $10 billion lawsuit from media mogul Byron Allen, pictured here in Los Angeles in 2021, over an allegation that the fast food chain doesn't advertise with Black-owned media.
McDonald's will have to defend itself against a $10 billion lawsuit from media mogul Byron Allen over an allegation that the fast food chain doesn't advertise with Black-owned media.
A federal court ruled last week said that Allen and his company, Allen Media Group, can try to prove in court that McDonald's violated civil rights laws.
Allen said in a press release that only a small portion — about $5 million of McDonald's $1.6 billion annual advertising budget — goes to Black-owned media and that the company has "refused to advertise" on his networks, which include the Weather Channel and Comedy.TV.
He also accuses McDonald's of relegating his TV networks to an "African American tier" that has a smaller ad budget and deprives the channels of millions of dollars in annual revenue.
"This is about economic inclusion of African American-owned businesses in the US economy," Allen said in the press release. "McDonald's takes billions from African American consumers and gives almost nothing back. The biggest trade deficit in America is the trade deficit between White corporate America and Black America, and McDonald's is guilty of perpetuating this disparity."
In response, McDonald's lawyer Loretta Lynch, who was US attorney general during the Obama administration, said that the evidence will show that the company doesn't discriminate and that Allen's claims are "meritless."
"Their complaint is about revenue, not race, and plaintiffs' groundless allegations ignore both McDonald's legitimate business reasons for not investing more on their channels and the company's long-standing business relationships with many other diverse-owned partners," said Lynch, who is now in private practice with the law firm Paul Weiss.
The case heads to trial in May 2023.
McDonald's announced earlier this year that it will increase advertising with Black-owned companies from 2% to 5% by 2024. The company has a troubled history with lawsuits involving race, including in 2021, when it settled a lawsuit filed by a Black franchise owner who alleged the company steered him toward less profitable restaurants in lower-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods because of his race.
"Discrimination has no place at McDonald's," the company said in December 2021. "While we were confident in the strength of our case, this resolution aligns with McDonald's values and enables us to continue focusing on our commitments to the communities that we serve."
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US stock futures were set to fall sharply as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession. A man is pictured here riding a bike in front of the New York Stock Exchange on September 21.
US stocks fell sharply in Friday trading as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession.
The Dow tumbled 602 points, or 2%, in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were each down 2.2%.
The Dow is currently within 20 points of reaching bear territory. If the Dow finishes at or below 29,439.72, it would mark a 20% fall from the indexes record close of 36,799.65 set on January 4, and send the index into an official bear market. The index is currently on track to close the day below 30,000 points for the first time since June 17. A more sizable plunge could land the index at a two-year low Friday.
The S&P 500, at 3,674, is also flirting with its June 16 closing low of 3,666.67.
"We are now in another downswing in the ongoing bear market," said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for Commonwealth Financial Network. "This year, there have been four drops and three rallies—and we are down quite a bit. That doesn't feel good."
Investors don't have many places to make money at the moment: In addition to sinking stocks, the bond market is also selling off, sending US Treasury yields soaring to 11-year highs in recent days. The 10-year yield fell back a bit Friday but remains near 3.7%, and the 2-year yield is above 4.1%. That's a much better return than you can get with stocks these days, so high bond yields are adding pressure on the stock market.
Wall Street also remains concerned that the Fed's rate-hiking plan could continue to increase borrowing costs, hurting the corporate profits that support their stock prices. And if the Fed is serious about slowing the economy down to gain control of runaway inflation, a recession could cause some real pain for consumers who buy the products that publicly traded companies make.
The market sell-off could continue for some time, as stock valuations are compressed by the Fed's actions, said Ivan Feinseth, chief market strategist of Tigress Financial Intelligence. Investors "may not see a bottom until there's confirmation that inflation indicators turned significantly lower, he added.
In other words: There's much to worry about on Wall Street. CNN Business' Fear and Greed Index has fallen solidly into "Fear" mode in recent days and is nearing "Extreme Fear." Investors don't see much to smile about on the horizon.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Light trade wind conditions will allow sea breezes to bring in afternoon and early evening showers to leeward areas of the islands, especially over portions of Oahu where a few locally heavy showers will be possible. These conditions will persist through the weekend.
The latest south swell energy will slowly decrease through the day Friday and then increase again from Friday night to Saturday, with elevated south shore surf heights lasting through Sunday. South swell energy will gradually for the first half of next week. West-facing shores will have elevated surf heights from these long period south swells.
Surf shall decrease along north-facing shores through this afternoon. Another small bump in north-northwest swell energy should arrive later tonight, briefly increasing north shore surf through Saturday, then fading into almost flat levels from Saturday night into Monday.
Light trade winds will keep small surf in the forecast along east-facing shores through at least next Wednesday.
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Deadly Hurricane Fiona has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it barrels toward Canada's Atlantic coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Officials in Canada's Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are urging those in the storm's path to be on high alert and prepare for the impact of the hurricane, which has already claimed the lives of at least five people and shut off power for millions this week as it battered multiple Caribbean islands.
"The Air Force Hurricane Hunters have been investigating the major hurricane and have found that it remains powerful and very large," the center said in an update Friday morning.
"This could be a landmark event for Canada in terms of intensity of a tropical cyclone," and it could even become Canada's version of Superstorm Sandy, said Chris Fogarty, Canadian Hurricane Centre manager. Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states and all of the eastern seaboard, causing an estimated $78.7 billion in damage.
"It has the potential to be very dangerous," said John Lohr, the minister responsible for the provincial Emergency Management Office. "Impacts are projected to be felt across the province. Every Nova Scotian should be preparing today," Lohr added during an official update Thursday.
Residents should brace for damaging winds, high waves, coastal storm surge and heavy rainfall that may lead to prolonged power outages, Lohr said. Emergency officials have encouraged people to secure outdoor items, trim trees, charge cell phones and create a 72-hour emergency kit.
The area hasn't seen a storm this intense for about 50 years, according to Chris Fogarty, manager for Canadian Hurricane Centre.
"Please take it seriously because we are seeing meteorological numbers in our weather maps that are rarely seen here," Fogarty said.
Utility company Nova Scotia Power activated an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Friday morning that will serve as the central coordination area for outage restoration and response, according to a news release.
The company will also be working closely with the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office.
"We are taking every precaution and will be ready to respond to Hurricane Fiona as safely and efficiently as possible," Sean Borden, the storm lead coordinator for Nova Scotia Power, said in the release.
"Once Fiona passes by Bermuda, the storm is forecast to impact Nova Scotia by Saturday afternoon. Fiona will become extratropical before impact, but this will do little to hinder the damage that Fiona will cause," CNN Meteorologist Robert Shackelford explained.
Across Atlantic Canada, winds could be around 100 mph (160 kph) as Fiona makes landfall on Nova Scotia, Shackelford said.
Bermuda, which was under a tropical storm warning, closed schools and government offices Friday, according to Michael Weeks, the island's minister of national security.
In Canada, hurricane warnings are in place for Nova Scotia from Hubbards to Brule and in Newfoundland from Parson's Pond to Francois. Prince Edward Island and Isle-de-la-Madeleine are also under warnings.
Prince Edward Island officials are imploring residents to prepare for the worst as the storm looms.
Tanya Mullally, who serves as the province's head of emergency management, said one of the most pressing concerns with Fiona is the historic storm surge that it's expected to unleash.
"Storm surge is certainly going to be significant. ... Flooding that we have not seen nor can we measure against," Mullally said Thursday during an update.
Canadian Hurricane Center modeling suggests that the surge "depending on the area, could be anywhere from 1.8 to 2.4 meters (6-8 feet)," said Bob Robichaud, a meteorologist with the center.
The northern portion of the island stands to bear the brunt of the storm due to the direction of the winds, which will likely cause property damage and coastal flooding, Mullally said.
All provincial campgrounds, beaches and day-use parks as well as the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park will close Friday at noon, the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office said.
"Safety is our priority as we prepare for significant storm conditions Friday night and Saturday. We are closing provincial park properties for the storm and will reopen when it is safe," Natural Resources and Renewables Minister Tory Rushton said in a statement announcing the closures.
Fiona's power outages continue
Earlier this week, Fiona damaged homes and upended critical power and water infrastructure for millions of people across Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Turks and Caicos.
Days after Puerto Rico experienced an island-wide blackout as Fiona made landfall Sunday, only 38% of customers had their power restored Thursday, according to power grid operator LUMA Energy.
The mass power outage is happening as much of Puerto Rico endures extreme heat, which caused temperatures to feel as hot as 112 degrees on Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Daniel Hernández, director of renewable projects at LUMA, explained critical places including hospitals will be prioritized before repairs can begin on an individual level.
"This is a normal process. The important thing is that everyone is calm ... we are working to ensure that 100% of customers have service as soon as possible," Hernández said.
Nearly 360,000 customers were experiencing intermittent water service or no service at all as of Thursday evening, according to the government's emergency portal system.
As of Wednesday, more than 800 people were housed in dozens of shelters across the island, according to Puerto Rico's housing secretary, William Rodriguez.
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the US territory, FEMA said. The move allows residents to access grants for temporary housing and home repairs as well as low-interest loans to cover uninsured property losses.
In the Dominican Republic, Fiona affected 8,708 households and destroyed 2,262 homes, according to the nation's head of emergency operations, Maj. Gen. Juan Méndez García.
He said more than 210,000 homes and businesses were still in the dark Thursday morning, and another 725,246 customers were without running water.
"This was something incredible that we've never seen before," Ramona Santana in Higüey, Dominican Republic, told CNN en Español this week. "We're in the streets with nothing, no food, no shoes, clothes, just what's on your back. ... We don't have anything. We have God, and the hope help will come."
Fiona also menaced parts of the Turks and Caicos Tuesday, and areas of the British territory were still without power earlier this week, namely on Grand Turk, South Caicos, Salt Cay, North Caicos and Middle Caicos, said Anya Williams, acting governor of the islands.
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Thursday morning was an eventful time for administration at Benjamin Russell High School after word started circulating about a safety threat.
A message was sent to parents, faculty and staff Thursday morning at 9:24 a.m. to explain the rumored threat.
“This message is to inform you that a rumor is currently circulating about a possible threat at Benjamin Russell High School,” the message said. “School administration is aware of this rumor. The proper authorities were contacted and after an investigation the threat has been deemed erroneous. Again, this is not a viable threat. Rest assured Benjamin Russell High School and Alexander City Schools have protocols in place to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff, as it is our top priority each day.”
According to Jessica Sanford, the Public Relations Specialist for Alexander City Schools, the rumored threat was just that, a rumor, but the school immediately initiated standard threat protocols.
“There is no evidence of anyone directly threatening the school,” said Sanford. “Nevertheless, it is standard protocol in the event of any threat that the administration, school SRO and student safety director conduct a threat assessment as outlined by the State Department of Education.”
According to Sanford, Alexander City Schools' administrators are trained in crisis management, and regularly review those protocols.
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Cliff Williams / The Outlook Wes Coleman got a surprise welcome at home Thursday night. Just six weeks after a heart transplant Coleman came home welcomed by friends and neighbors.
Wesley was surprised by friends gathered Thursday night in his driveway. Earlier in the day Wesley thought the signs lining the home’s street were the surprise.
Friend Scott Meacham joked with Wesley about his weight. Wesley had lost weight since the early June diagnosis of late-stage nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
“I was down to 150 pounds,” Wesley joked. “I’m up to 162 today.”
“It’s a miracle,” friend Brett Pritchard said.
Just a few hours before Wesley came home, he surprised his son Hudson at Alexander City Middle School. Hudson wasn’t able to go to Birmingham and make the trip back to Alexander City. Instead before going home, Wesley checked his son out of school. Then Wesley, Danielle, Cade and Hudson walked into their home together, something they hadn’t done since June.
Wesley was placed on the heart transplant list July 27 after a journey that began June 5 with the first of several strokes.
The couple’s children would get to visit their dad in the heart transplant ICU a few times even though they weren’t allowed.
Grandparents would help keep the boys on as normal of a schedule as possible with Wesley confined to a room and halls at UAB and mom Danielle staying in a nearby apartment. Wesley’s parents Papa and Ree Coleman were soldiers. Cade and Hudson stayed with Papa and Ree.
“Thank the good Lord for them,” Danielle said in a blog post. “They have allowed me to be able to stay with Wesley while knowing the boys have been taken care of and able to continue their normal schedules.”
The family tried to keep a normal schedule for the children. The young boys participated in youth league ball games and had their first day of school in Alexander City.
But just 17 days after placement on the list and 66 days in the hospital Wesley broke the news to his wife who was staying five minutes away.
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“I was in the shower at the apartment and heard my phone ring,” Danielle said in a blog post. “Of course, anytime these days that my phone goes off early in the morning or late at night, I turn to panic mode. Is Wesley OK? Is it the nurse? The hospital? Should I have stayed with him last night? Why did I leave? I quickly got out of the shower and saw a missed call from Wesley. My hands were shaking as I called him back.”
Wesley told his wife with a shaky voice the best news ever on Aug. 11.
“All I could say was ‘Wesley, what's wrong?,’” Danielle said. “His response was the best response we had ever heard. ‘The nurse just came in and told me I couldn't order breakfast because they found me a heart. The doctor is coming soon to talk to us.’”
Danielle said she dropped to her knees. She prayed for success but also prayed for the donor and the donor’s family. Danielle has been on the opposite side of the organ donor program. Her mother died in an accident but provided life through organ donation.
“At 8:06 p.m. [Aug. 11], Wesley's new heart beat on its own for the first time,” Danielle said. “At around 11 p.m., I put my eyes on him and his new, beating heart. Around 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 12, I heard him speak to me. It was the most beautiful thing.”
The miracles kept coming.
Wesley would be discharged to the apartment with Danielle.
Six weeks after the transplant Coleman came home to Alexander City.
The elder Coleman, Papa, spent some time cleaning his son’s garage for the homecoming.
“It’s as clean as it has ever been,” Papa said. “I’m just happy he’s home. I’ve done my share of crying today too.”
Just a few hours later Wesley’s friends welcomed him home.
Now the Colemans are all in their home for the first time since June. Wesley is sleeping in his bed under the same roof as his wife and children.
There will still be miles to go and help has already been there. Friends have helped in many ways including raising more than $44,000 through GoFundMe to help with expenses. There are countless follow up doctors’ visits but if Thursday night was any indication, Wesley and his family have an army of help to get them through.
Cliff Williams is a staff writer for Tallapoosa Publishers.
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The first week of youth volleyball games at the Cooper Rec Center in Alexander City have completed, with a notable increase in participation across the board.
“We wanted more girls to play this year, so we advertised more than we have in the past, and it is really paying off,” said Ty Hill, assistant manager of the Cooper Rec and Child Care Coordinator.
This year, seven total teams are playing in the league, more than any year previously.
Hill said a lot of the participation is from younger sisters, whose older siblings played and enjoyed the league in the past.
The Cooper Rec Center was lined with parents, family members and friends on Tuesday as the first games of the year got underway for the Alex City Parks and Rec department. Four total teams played, with the pink-shirt wearing City Girls team taking home the ultimate win on the night.
The league is more focused on development of the skills and understanding of volleyball, and not so much focused on overall wins and loses, though winning is always nice.
Participation starts at third grade and caps at eighth.
Members of Block Party pose for a picture after a 2-1 victory on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022.
The games are played to the first team to score 20 points, instead of the traditional 25. Match sets are played to only 15. Some girls borrow knee pads from others on the bench, while some girls come dressed in their volleyball tournament shirts from other programs.
The league creates a solid mix of new coming talent and interest, combined with girls and families that have already had their time playing volleyball. All the matches are good fun, and the girls all laugh and hug and grab candy together when the games are said and done.
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“Everyone is a volunteer and the girls are here to have fun,” Hill said. “Everyone comes, plays and leaves with a smile.”
Games are traditionally played on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The first game of the night kicks off at 5:30, followed by a 6 to 6:15 start time for the second grouping.
The coaches for the teams are normally parent-volunteers, who either played volleyball back in high school or just want to be the coach for a team to go out and have fun.
Thursday's slate of games was between Ballers and The Golden Lions and Block Party playing All Set.
The Lions took the first game, winning 2-1 after a decisive second set that saw the two teams playing way past the 20 point game cap to break a tie.
Block Party won the second game, winning 2-1 as well.
The teams are made up in a draft-style competition, where all the girls tryout and are then selected or placed on teams. No matter how many girls tryout, they will be placed on a team.
At the end of the year, an All-Star type team is composed based on the best group of players across all the teams. That All-Star team then gets to enter and play in a bigger state-wide tournament in November.
The Rec League runs to the end of October, giving the All-Star team some time to gel together before competing against teams from around the state.
All in all, the Parks and Rec volleyball league is based on fun and learning. And the girls are doing exactly that. Some girls can serve aces everytime they touch the ball, while some have trouble getting the ball to the net. Regardless, Hill and her team have created a community of learning and enjoyment.
Maybe the next wave of volleyball talent is playing right in Alex City, Tuesday and Thursday nights, at the Cooper Rec Center.
Henry Zimmer is sports editor for The Outlook and Dadeville Record. He may be contacted via email at henry.zimmer@alexcityoutlook.com.
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