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Today in History: Aug. 3, deadly Walmart shooting in Texas

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2023. There are 150 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 3, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, leaving 22 people dead; prosecutors said Patrick Crusius targeted Mexicans in hopes of scaring Latinos into leaving the U.S., and that he had outlined the plot in a screed published online shortly before the attack. (A man who was wounded in the shooting died in April 2020 after months in the hospital, raising the death toll to 23.)On this date: In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas. In 1916, Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement, a strong advocate of independence for Ireland, was hanged for treason. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint.In 1949, the National Basketball Association was formed as a merger...

Many stars at Women’s World Cup juggle parenthood while playing on the world stage

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

Alex Morgan was speaking to reporters at the Women’s World Cup when she had to excuse herself to Facetime her young daughter before the toddler’s bedtime back home in the United States. Just another day for a working mom. Forget about orange slices, players such as Morgan, Katrina Gorry of Australia and Cheyna Matthews of Jamaica are redefining what it means to be a “soccer mom.” There have been plenty of elite athletes who have also juggled parenthood, but the level of support the mothers are receiving while on the job at the Women’s World Cup is improving. Morgan’s daughter, Charlie, has now joined her mother at the World Cup as the United States prepares for a Round of 16 match against Sweden on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia. Morgan has been reflective about being both a parent and a player at soccer’s biggest international tournament. In 2019, when the United States won its second straight World Cup trophy and fourth overall, now 3-year-old Charlie...

AP PHOTOS: A shepherd keeps up the ancient rite of guiding sheep across northern Spain

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

VIDANGOZ, Spain (AP) — A fine cloud of dust drifts across the sun-drenched landscape. The tinkling of sheep bells floats in the air, announcing the movement of 1,000 sheep and some goats through an ancient Spanish transhumance — or livestock migration — route.Over seven days, the flock is guided with skill by shepherd Ángel Mari Sanz, 62, keeping up a tradition dating back to the ninth century. The flock will plod its way over the route, known as “La Cañada de The Roncaleses” (The Path of the Roncaleses). They will pass through the arid lands of Las Bardenas Reales area in the northern region of Navarra and arrive in the cooler, greener valleys and mountains of the Pyrenees.Near the town of Vidangoz, the sheep will graze until mid-September when the weather changes, and Sanz will shepherd his flock back south.Modern farming methods have reduced the transhumance seasonal movement of livestock to greener pastures in Spain and other countries in recent decades.Shepherds and environment...

Recuperan segundo cuerpo en el área de las boyas que Texas instaló en el río Grande, dicen autoridades de México

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

(CNN) — Un segundo cuerpo fue encontrado en el área de una barrera de boyas en el río Bravo en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, dijo este miércoles la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México.Las autoridades mexicanas agregaron que el cuerpo fue encontrado por Piedras Negras Beta Group, un grupo de rescate del Instituto Nacional de Migración de México.El cuerpo fue ubicado a poco más de cuatro kilómetros de donde se encontró a otra persona fallecida más temprano ese día, según el comunicado.La causa de la muerte y la identidad de las dos personas fallecidas siguen sin estar claras.Recuperan un cuerpo entre las boyas que Texas instaló en el río Grande, dicen autoridades de MéxicoLa Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México protestó por la instalación de las boyas por parte de las autoridades de Texas, diciendo que “el Gobierno de México reitera que la instalación de las boyas de alambre viola nuestra soberanía y tiene un impacto en la seguridad, integridad y ...

Highway bridge in northern China collapses due to flash floods and casualties are unknown

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A highway bridge in northern China collapsed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains, and two cars fell into the river, state media reported Thursday.There were no known casualties as of Thursday afternoon after the bridge collapsed along the Harbin-Mudanjiang Highway in Heilongjiang province, according to Beijing News.The bridge collapsed around 8:50 a.m. (0050 GMT) on Thursday, road authorities said.A rescue mission was ongoing, and a section of the highway had been closed, state media said.China is seeing floods triggered by heavy rains in several parts of the country. Weather authorities said the capital, Beijing, recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region.The Associated Press

Adidas brings in $437 million from selling Yeezy shoes that will benefit anti-hate groups

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas brought in 400 million euros ($437 million) from the first release of Yeezy sneakers left over after breaking ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, as the German sportswear maker tries to offload the unsold shoes and donate part of the proceeds to groups fighting antisemitism and other forms of hate. The first batch of shoes sold in June helped the company reach an operating profit of 176 million euros in the second quarter, better than it originally planned, Adidas said in a statement Thursday. After Ye’s antisemitic and other offensive comments led the company to end its partnership with the rapper in October, Adidas has sought a way to dispose of 1.2 billion euros worth of the high-end shoes in a responsible way. “We will continue to carefully sell off more of the existing Yeezy inventory,” said CEO Bjørn Gulden, who took over in January. Adidas said it sold out the first batch of Yeezy shoes and launched a second release on...

Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling on Thursday damaged a landmark church in the city of Kherson that once held the remains of the renowned 18th-century commander who exerted Russian control through the southeast parts of modern Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine’s emergency service said that four of its workers were wounded in a second round of shelling as they fought the fire at St. Catherine’s Cathedral. Four other people were wounded in the first shelling attack, which also hit a trolleybus, the general prosecutor’s office said. The shelling followed the severe damage sustained by a beloved Orthodox cathedral in a missile strike last week in Odesa and underlined the war’s risk to the country’s cultural monuments.The Kherson church, dating from 1781, is one of the city’s most notable buildings. It once was the burial spot for Prince Grigory Potemkin, a favorite of Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The remains were removed l...

Tom Brady enters the world of soccer as minority owner of English club Birmingham

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — NFL great Tom Brady has become a minority owner of English second-tier soccer team Birmingham and wants to bring a winning mentality to an underperforming club.The seven-time Super Bowl champion has partnered with the club’s holding company, U.S.-based Knighthead Capital Management, and becomes chairman of a new advisory board, Brady and Birmingham said Thursday.“Maybe you are asking, ‘What do you know about English football, Tom?’” Brady said in a club video. “Well, let’s just say I’ve got a lot to learn. But I do know a few things about winning.”Birmingham said Brady will “apply his extensive leadership experience and expertise across several components of the club.” That includes working alongside the sports science department to advise on health, nutrition and recovery programs.“Birmingham is an iconic club with so much history and passion and to be part of the Blues is a real honor for me,” Brady said.Birmingham last play...

Israel’s Supreme Court hears case against a law protecting Netanyahu from being removed from office

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court heard a petition on Thursday against a law that protects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from being removed from office over claims of a conflict of interest due to his ongoing corruption trial. Netanyahu’s governing coalition passed a law in March that limits removing a prime minister from office to cases of medical and mental incapacitation. It would protect Netanyahu from being deemed unfit for office because of his ongoing corruption trial and claims of a conflict of interest. Critics say the law is tailor-made for Netanyahu and encourages corruption.A few dozen people protested outside Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem as judges heard the petition by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel.The law passed earlier this year stipulates that a prime minister can only be deemed unfit to rule for health or mental reasons and that only the premier or the government can make that decision, not the attorney general. Netanyahu...

In the news today: Challenging week ahead for crews battling B.C. wildfires

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:35:12 GMT

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…Wind poses challenge in B.C. wildfire fightThe operations director at the BC Wildfire Service says firefighters are bracing for a “challenging week” as hot and dry conditions are expected to persist.Cliff Chapman says winds are gusting from 40 to 70 kilometres an hour in southern B.C., making it difficult to suppress and contain fires burning in the region.He says the conditions, coupled with steep terrain of fires, including the Downton Lake wildfire burning 110 kilometres northwest of Whistler, B.C., is also making it difficult to use heavy equipment and air fleet effectively.Chapman says crews working on the Downton Lake blaze, which has already destroyed at least a dozen homes around Gun Lake, will aim to steer the flames away from the community amid windy conditions. —Here’s what else we’re watching …UBC research blames ...