JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Tiger Woods withdrew several hours before his scheduled second round tee time at the Northern Trust on Friday. "Due to a mild oblique strain that led to pain and stiffness, I have to withdraw from the Northern Trust. I went for treatment early morning but unfortunately I'm still unable to compete," Woods said in a prepared statement released by the PGA Tour. He was scheduled to begin his second round at 12:33 PM ET with Scott Piercy and J.T. Poston. Woods was likely to miss the cut after a first-round 75 that left him 13 shots off the lead and near the bottom of the leaderboard. THE NORTHERN TRUST : Scores | Podcast | Photos | Tee times The Masters champion said he remains hopeful of playing next week's BMW Championship, the second of three events in the FedEx Cup playoffs. "I'd like to thank the New Jersey and New York fans for their support and remain hopeful I can compete next week at the BMW Championship," Woods also said in that statement. His WD at Liberty National leaves him outside the top 30 points leaders who will qualify for the season-finale Tour Championship in Atlanta in two weeks, meaning a no-show next week in Chicago or even a poor performance will bring his season to an end. MORE: National Football League, Buccaneers vs Steelers Live Stream, How to Watch Online, TV Channel, Start Time D'Angelo Russell Q&A: Warriors' new backcourt is 'like a video game' Preseason Week 1: How to watch, listen, and stream Saints vs. Vikings Assessing Rashan Gary's preseason debut for Packers Earl Watson explains the 'perfect marriage' of Westbrook, Harden


Placing an accurate dollar value on America's land   from natural features such as rivers and mountains to developed lands that include farms and skyscrapers   is virtually impossible. Placing an accurate dollar value on America's land -- from natural features such as rivers and mountains to developed lands that include farms and skyscrapers -- is virtually impossible. Some experts, though, have attempted to arrive at a rough approximation. Based on the work of economist William D. Larson , the total value of the 1.9 billion acres in the contiguous 48 states is nearly $23 trillion   or about $12,000 an acre on average. The federal government's stake in this land, nearly one-quarter of the acreage, is worth $1.8 trillion. While an acre of land is valued at less than $2,000 in the least valuable state, an acre goes for more than 100 times that in the most valuable state. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the estimated value of land in each of the contiguous 48 states using data from Larson's 2015 study, "New Estimates of Value of Land of the United States." Nearly half of the land in the contiguous United States is used for agriculture -- the largest or one of the largest industries in several states . With three-quarters or more of the acreage in eight states used for agriculture, farming is concentrated in some states a great deal more than others. In total, according to the latest estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture , farmland and agricultural buildings in the United States are worth, combined, over $200 billion. Whether an acre of land is part of a sprawling farm or a dense metro area, its value is mostly determined by its use. Developed land, defined as area covered by roads and buildings, accounts for only 6% of the acreage in the contiguous 48 states, yet it holds more than half of the total value. Developed tracts in many cases house some of the nation's largest economic engines   and many people live inside dense urban areas where demand for real estate is high. Many of the most valuable states are home to some of America's richest cities . Click ahead to see America's most and least valuable states. 48. Wyoming > Value per acre: $1,558 > Total value: $97 billion (4th lowest) > GDP per capita: $61,091 (6th highest) > Median home value: $214,300 (20th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $660 million (2nd lowest) 47. New Mexico > Value per acre: $1,931 > Total value: $150 billion (11th lowest) > GDP per capita: $41,619 (12th lowest) > Median home value: $171,300 (19th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $530 million (the lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in New Mexico 46. Nevada > Value per acre: $2,116 > Total value: $149 billion (10th lowest) > GDP per capita: $44,812 (19th lowest) > Median home value: $258,200 (13th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $1.1 billion (4th lowest) 45. South Dakota > Value per acre: $2,135 > Total value: $103 billion (5th lowest) > GDP per capita: $48,004 (24th highest) > Median home value: $167,600 (17th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.2 billion (11th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in South Dakota 44. Montana > Value per acre: $2,283 > Total value: $213 billion (16th lowest) > GDP per capita: $39,833 (10th lowest) > Median home value: $231,300 (16th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $920 million (3rd lowest) 43. North Dakota > Value per acre: $2,517 > Total value: $110 billion (6th lowest) > GDP per capita: $64,911 (3rd highest) > Median home value: $194,700 (24th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $1.8 billion (7th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in North Dakota 42. Nebraska > Value per acre: $2,936 > Total value: $144 billion (9th lowest) > GDP per capita: $54,654 (13th highest) > Median home value: $155,800 (12th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.9 billion (18th lowest) 41. Idaho > Value per acre: $3,435 > Total value: $182 billion (14th lowest) > GDP per capita: $36,441 (2nd lowest) > Median home value: $207,100 (22nd highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.7 billion (16th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Idaho 40. Kansas > Value per acre: $4,220 > Total value: $220 billion (17th lowest) > GDP per capita: $47,435 (24th lowest) > Median home value: $150,600 (10th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $1.8 billion (6th lowest) 39. Arizona > Value per acre: $4,328 > Total value: $315 billion (21st lowest) > GDP per capita: $39,583 (9th lowest) > Median home value: $223,400 (19th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $4.2 billion (20th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Arizona 38. Utah > Value per acre: $4,664 > Total value: $247 billion (20th lowest) > GDP per capita: $45,493 (21st lowest) > Median home value: $275,100 (9th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.1 billion (9th lowest) 37. Mississippi > Value per acre: $5,565 > Total value: $166 billion (13th lowest) > GDP per capita: $32,447 (the lowest) > Median home value: $120,200 (2nd lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.5 billion (14th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Mississippi 36. Maine > Value per acre: $6,142 > Total value: $122 billion (8th lowest) > GDP per capita: $39,521 (8th lowest) > Median home value: $191,200 (24th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.2 billion (10th lowest) 35. Colorado > Value per acre: $6,462 > Total value: $429 billion (16th highest) > GDP per capita: $54,026 (14th highest) > Median home value: $348,900 (3rd highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $1.4 billion (5th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Colorado 34. Oregon > Value per acre: $6,503 > Total value: $400 billion (20th highest) > GDP per capita: $51,312 (20th highest) > Median home value: $319,200 (6th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.4 billion (13th lowest) 33. Iowa > Value per acre: $6,590 > Total value: $235 billion (19th lowest) > GDP per capita: $52,284 (17th highest) > Median home value: $149,100 (9th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $8.1 billion (7th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Iowa 32. Arkansas > Value per acre: $6,739 > Total value: $224 billion (18th lowest) > GDP per capita: $36,714 (3rd lowest) > Median home value: $128,500 (3rd lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.3 billion (23rd lowest) 31. Kentucky > Value per acre: $7,209 > Total value: $183 billion (15th lowest) > GDP per capita: $39,277 (7th lowest) > Median home value: $141,000 (5th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.4 billion (24th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Kentucky 30. Missouri > Value per acre: $7,233 > Total value: $318 billion (22nd lowest) > GDP per capita: $43,036 (13th lowest) > Median home value: $156,700 (13th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.7 nillion (22nd highest) 29. Oklahoma > Value per acre: $7,364 > Total value: $323 billion (23rd lowest) > GDP per capita: $44,535 (17th lowest) > Median home value: $137,400 (4th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.0 billion (8th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Oklahoma 28. Vermont > Value per acre: $7,439 > Total value: $44 billion (the lowest) > GDP per capita: $44,831 (20th lowest) > Median home value: $226,300 (17th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.4 billion (24th lowest) 27. Texas > Value per acre: $7,542 > Total value: $1.3 trillion (2nd highest) > GDP per capita: $53,737 (15th highest) > Median home value: $172,200 (20th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.3 billion (12th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Texas 26. Minnesota > Value per acre: $8,191 > Total value: $416 billion (17th highest) > GDP per capita: $54,805 (12th highest) > Median home value: $224,000 (18th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $4.7 billion (16th highest) 25. Wisconsin > Value per acre: $9,924 > Total value: $344 billion (24th highest) > GDP per capita: $48,666 (21st highest) > Median home value: $178,900 (22nd lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $5.3 billion (14th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Wisconsin 24. West Virginia > Value per acre: $10,537 > Total value: $162 billion (12th lowest) > GDP per capita: $37,353 (4th lowest) > Median home value: $119,800 (the lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.6 billion (15th lowest) 23. Alabama > Value per acre: $12,356 > Total value: $400 billion (19th highest) > GDP per capita: $37,508 (5th lowest) > Median home value: $141,300 (7th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $2.8 billion (17th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Alabama 22. Louisiana > Value per acre: $12,908 > Total value: $354 billion (23rd highest) > GDP per capita: $44,372 (16th lowest) > Median home value: $162,500 (15th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.1 billion (21st lowest) 21. Georgia > Value per acre: $14,242 > Total value: $528 billion (12th highest) > GDP per capita: $45,925 (22nd lowest) > Median home value: $173,700 (21st lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.5 billion (23rd highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Georgia 20. Tennessee > Value per acre: $14,411 > Total value: $380 billion (22nd highest) > GDP per capita: $44,348 (15th lowest) > Median home value: $167,500 (16th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.8 billion (21st highest) 19. North Carolina > Value per acre: $16,230 > Total value: $506 billion (14th highest) > GDP per capita: $44,706 (18th lowest) > Median home value: $171,200 (18th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $4.5 billion (17th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in North Carolina 18. Washington > Value per acre: $16,752 > Total value: $716 billion (10th highest) > GDP per capita: $59,333 (8th highest) > Median home value: $339,000 (4th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.2 billion (22nd lowest) 17. Indiana > Value per acre: $16,903 > Total value: $387 billion (21st highest) > GDP per capita: $46,427 (23rd lowest) > Median home value: $141,100 (6th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $7.1 billion (10th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Indiana 16. South Carolina > Value per acre: $17,610 > Total value: $339 billion (24th lowest) > GDP per capita: $37,637 (6th lowest) > Median home value: $161,800 (14th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.0 billion (20th lowest) 15. New Hampshire > Value per acre: $19,840 > Total value: $114 billion (7th lowest) > GDP per capita: $52,509 (16th highest) > Median home value: $263,600 (12th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $4.5 billion (18th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in New Hampshire 14. Virginia > Value per acre: $21,921 > Total value: $555 billion (11th highest) > GDP per capita: $52,124 (18th highest) > Median home value: $273,400 (10th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $4.3 billion (19th highest) 13. Illinois > Value per acre: $23,492 > Total value: $833 billion (9th highest) > GDP per capita: $55,102 (11th highest) > Median home value: $195,300 (23rd highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $7.5 billion (8th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Illinois 12. Michigan > Value per acre: $23,765 > Total value: $865 billion (7th highest) > GDP per capita: $44,201 (14th lowest) > Median home value: $155,700 (11th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $4.8 billion (15th highest) 11. Florida > Value per acre: $28,961 > Total value: $1.0 trillion (4th highest) > GDP per capita: $39,842 (11th lowest) > Median home value: $214,000 (21st highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $5.7 billion (12th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Florida 10. Pennsylvania > Value per acre: $31,923 > Total value: $914 billion (6th highest) > GDP per capita: $51,841 (19th highest) > Median home value: $181,200 (23rd lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $5.7 billion (13th highest) 9. Ohio > Value per acre: $32,077 > Total value: $838 billion (8th highest) > GDP per capita: $48,188 (23rd highest) > Median home value: $144,200 (8th lowest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $5.7 billion (11th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Ohio 8. California > Value per acre: $39,092 > Total value: $3.9 trillion (the highest) > GDP per capita: $60,359 (7th highest) > Median home value: $509,400 (the highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $9.0 billion (5th highest) 7. New York > Value per acre: $41,314 > Total value: $1.2 trillion (3rd highest) > GDP per capita: $65,220 (2nd highest) > Median home value: $314,500 (7th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $3.0 billion (19th lowest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in New York 6. Delaware > Value per acre: $57,692 > Total value: $72 billion (2nd lowest) > GDP per capita: $63,955 (4th highest) > Median home value: $252,800 (15th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $8.6 billion (6th highest) 5. Maryland > Value per acre: $75,429 > Total value: $470 billion (15th highest) > GDP per capita: $56,375 (10th highest) > Median home value: $312,500 (8th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $7.2 billion (9th highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Maryland 4. Massachusetts > Value per acre: $102,214 > Total value: $517 billion (13th highest) > GDP per capita: $66,500 (the highest) > Median home value: $385,400 (2nd highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $10.4 billion (4th highest) 3. Connecticut > Value per acre: $128,824 > Total value: $400 billion (18th highest) > GDP per capita: $62,633 (5th highest) > Median home value: $273,100 (11th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $11.2 million (3rd highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in Connecticut 2. Rhode Island > Value per acre: $133,730 > Total value: $90 billion (3rd lowest) > GDP per capita: $48,314 (22nd highest) > Median home value: $257,800 (14th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $13.8 billion (the highest) 1. New Jersey > Value per acre: $196,410 > Total value: $930 billion (5th highest) > GDP per capita: $56,776 (9th highest) > Median home value: $334,900 (5th highest) > Value of farmland and buildings: $12.7 billion (2nd highest) ALSO READ: This is the Largest Industry in New Jersey


The New England Patriots assigned numbers for their rookies ahead of their first preseason game against the Detroit Lions on Thursday. They also assigned a number to receiver Cameron Meredith, a recent free agent signing this week. N'Keal Harry took the most notable jersey number: 10. That was Josh Gordon's number in New England. Previously Gordon has played as 12 in Cleveland, but upon joining New England, he had to pick a new one, because Tom Brady wears 12. So since joining the Patriot, Gordon has worn 10. If Gordon returns - and he has reportedly applied for reinstatement from his suspension - he may have to again change his number. That said, these numbers are subject to change. The Patriots' preseason opener tonight means rookies have been assigned traditional numbers specific to their positions. These are always subject to change, with N'Keal Harry currently going from 50 to 10. Newly signed Cameron Meredith (PUP) is included on the list: pic.twitter.com/In1G53XyI2 - Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) August 8, 2019 Previously, the Patriots rookies get their number in accordance with their draft order starting at 50. Harry, the first selection in the 2019 draft class, got the number 50. Joejuan Williams, the second-round pick, got No. 51, and so on. However, Harry is not technically allowed to wear the No. 50 in a game, and so the Patriots are forced to assign number before the first preseason game. MORE: A furious Chris Davis had to be held back from Orioles manager Brandon Hyde 'He's a circus catch guy': Rookie WR Jakobi Meyers is a converted QB standing out at Patriots camp Roundup: Bella Hadid and The Weeknd Appear to Split Again, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Class Packers rookie Darrius Shepherd standing out to Matt LaFleur, Aaron Rodgers Winners and losers from second week of Raiders training camp


Peter Thiel, one of President Donald Trump's top Silicon Valley supporters and donors, took aim at Google and the tech industry over the companies' focus on global markets while brushing aside U.S. interests. In a speech Sunday in Washington, the billionaire singled out Google for agreeing to work closely with China , trying to get its search engine back into the country, while deciding to let lapse a U.S. Defense Department contract that gave the military access to its artificial intelligence tools. Thiel, a Facebook Inc. board member, argued that the kind of AI developed by DeepMind, which like Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., should be thought of as a potential "military weapon." "We've been a lot more dishonest about that in Silicon Valley than the nuclear physicists were in the 1940s," he said in the opening speech at the National Conservatism conference. He then suggested Google's actions were "seemingly treasonous," asking whether DeepMind or Google senior management had been "infiltrated" by foreign intelligence agencies. "These questions need to be asked by the FBI and the CIA," Thiel said, "And I'd like them to be asked in a not excessively gentle manner." A spokesman for Google said the company doesn't work with the Chinese military but declined to comment further. Thiel was a featured speaker at the gathering Sunday, where many of the attendees are enthusiastic supporters of Trump. Thiel's endorsement of the New York developer at the 2016 Republican National Convention -- and donation of $1.25 million -- helped give Trump a measure of Silicon Valley credibility at the time. During the speech, Thiel praised Trump's foreign policy, in particular his trade efforts in China, which he termed a "signature achievement" of the administration. Thiel suggested the 25% tariff on Chinese goods should be thought of "as a floor and not a ceiling." He also proposed reforms in higher education, including investigations into student lending practices and ending the nonprofit tax-exempt status of elite universities, singling out Harvard University. Thiel didn't endorse calls by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 candidate to replace Trump, and others to break up tech giants like Google and Facebook. He said Warren's success raising money from Google employees was evidence of an underlying problem. "Silicon Valley," he said, "is getting a little bit of a bad conscience." Facebook faces a record $5 billion settlement with the U.S. to end a privacy case involving Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm hired by Trump's campaign that got user data from a researcher who created a personality quiz app on Facebook's social network. Facebook had had a series of mishaps that compromised users' data. Thiel spoke at the first iteration of a Washington conference conceived as a look at the importance of nationalism. Speeches in coming days will include "The Nationalist Awakening" and "American Greatness and Immigration: the Case for Low and Slow." John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser, will also speak. "We see nationalism as integral to the rise of conservatism," said Yoram Hazony, an Israeli philosopher and the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, which organized the event. Though the program for the two and a half-day conference isn't focused on tech, Hazony said he expects that risks posed by companies like Google and Facebook will be a common theme. The final featured speaker, on Tuesday, is Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican who has proposed reforming Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which allows big tech companies to avoid being held liable for content posted on their platforms. "Facebook and Google are good examples of what we're talking about," Hazony said in an interview on Sunday. "These are spectacularly impressive entrepreneurs, but you need to ask if Americans are better off with [Google and Facebook] single-handedly determining what should be censored?" --With assistance from Gerrit De Vynck.


A car dealership in a rural Alabama town is tapping into some of the locals' passions for a special Fourth of July promotion. Chatom Ford, a dealership in Chatom, Alabama, is running a "God, Guns and Freedom" promotion that promises a Bible, a 12-gauge shotgun and an American flag to anyone who buys a car between the start of the promotion and July 31. The dealership released a Facebook video that features Koby Palmer, a general sales manager, talking about the promotion. It's been viewed nearly 14,000 times as of Tuesday night. "I guess it went viral, as the kids say," Palmer, 29, told USA TODAY. He added, "We live in a small town of 1,200 people. It's a very small, rural area. They lean on their religious beliefs, their pride in America and they love to hunt." With a laugh, Palmer was quick to mention that the dealership wasn't just "handing out shotguns in Alabama." When you purchase a car, you get the Bible and the flag. You're also given a certificate that can be taken to a certified firearms dealer in town or to one in Mississippi that has partnered with the dealership. Vehicles: Why the new Ford Explorer has more in common with BMW and Mercedes That certificate, combined with a bill of sale from the purchase of the car, is what gets you the gun. You must be 18 years old and be allowed to legally own a firearm in any state. Palmer said the dealership has sold five cars since the promotion launched on Friday. Chatom Ford tries to do new promotions every month, he said. "It's been running for three business days and we sold five cars. In a small town, business is booming," Palmer said. More: There will be 33 million driverless cars sold annually by 2040 He added the promotion has reached way more people than he ever thought it would. He also wanted to make sure people knew the promotion is just something extra   it's definitely not mandatory to leave Chatom Ford with a flag, a Bible and a gun after purchasing a car. "This is just showing support for our local community," he said. "Anyone that doesn't 100% agree with what we're portraying, we're not trying to force our beliefs on anybody. We respect anybody that disagrees, no matter how vehemently they do." This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'God, Guns and Freedom': A rural Alabama Ford dealership's Fourth of July promotion is a viral sensation


Luiz Felipe Scolari is number 33 in 90min's Top 50 Great Managers of All Time series. Follow the rest of the series over the course of the next seven weeks. You can find Jamie Clarke's 'Big Phil' all-time best XI here . Never one for the middle ground, Luiz Felipe Scolari has delivered both great success and stupendous failure during his 37-year managerial career. As a head coach, Scolari began his imposing the same no-nonsense style of football, for which he had become renowned for, as a defender in his playing days. He stuck with this style for some time, bringing him modest success at club sides in his home country and in Kuwait. Luiz Felipe Scolari, Juventude #Juventude pic.twitter.com/kKoMhGJBI2   Football Memories (@footballmemorys) June 23, 2016 It was at the beginning of the 1990s, where a return to management in Brazil sparked a small change in Big Phil's philosophy. No longer employing just an ugly style of play, the three Brazilians teams managed by Scolari in this decade were clinical in attack and garnered a team spirit matched by no other. Early signs of the influence that religion had on his management style began to show, as Scolari insisted the changing room became a sacred place - a belief he drilled into his players. Clearly showing his preference for privacy, he also kept his squad sheltered from the media. His tetchy relationship with the press would become a trademark of his career and the odd scuffle and heated argument with journalists after games were not uncommon. Nevertheless, this formula worked a treat for 'Felipao', as he became known, as he won the Copa Libertadores with both Gremio and Palmeiras in 1995 and 1999 respectively.  Career Honours FIFA World Cup (2002) Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A (1995/96 & 2017/18) Copa do Brasil (1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98 & 2011/12) Copa Libertadores (1994/95 & 1998/99) FIFA Confederations Cup (2013) Recopa Sudamericana (1995/96) AFC Champions League (2014/15) Chinese Super League (2014/15, 2015/16 & 2016/17) Chinese Super Cup (2015/16 & 2016/17) Uzbek League (2008/09) One month prior to the 2001 Copa America and with their hopes of World Cup qualification hanging by a thread, Brazil were in desperate need of a coach to reverse their fortunes and Scolari was the man they turned to. However, the start of his time as Brazil manager didn't exactly go to plan. A shock 2-0 defeat to Honduras in the quarter-final of the Copa America left Big Phil's position as head coach on thin ice. Reacting in as simple terms as necessary, he said: "I, Big Phil, will go down in history as the Brazil coach who lost to Honduras." #OnThisDay in 2001: Honduras beat Brazil to eliminate them from Copa America quarter-finals   http://t.co/GLbXCo77p2 pic.twitter.com/QYM2WMqX7L   FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 23, 2014 He came under intense scrutiny from the Brazilian press once again in 2002 after his shock omission of the popular Romario from his World Cup squad. The country was left in a state of shock as Scolari became 'public enemy number one' The only suitable response to this would be leading Brazil to their fifth World Cup triumph. And that's just what he did. Scolari's meticulous tactical preparations coupled with his religion-inspired motivational techniques appeared to strike the right chord with his players and a 2-0 victory over Germany in the final saw Brazil crowned world champions for a fifth time. "Pro-Zone stats in one hand, Bible in the other. Scolari is a throwback and a model of modern management, a mass of contradictions leading to tantrums and triumphs in equal measure." Henry Winter on Luiz Felipe Scolari's unpredictable management style, via  The Telegraph After achieving eternal glory with Brazil, he stepped down as the national team coach, and three months later jumped ship to take the reins at Portugal, who were hoping he could win them their first international trophy at Euro 2004. In an attempt to mirror the faith-led formula that had worked so well with Brazil, Scolari asked the Brazilian FA to borrow an image of Our Lady of Caravaggio, hoping the same divine inspiration would lead his new team to glory. Like his Brazil tenure, things didn't exactly go to plan early on, as Portugal suffered a shock defeat to Greece in the Euro 2004 opener. But, Portugal - as Brazil did - bounced back, making it all the way the final of the competition, where they would meet the Greeks once again. Alas Angelos Charisteas, whose entire footballing career seemed only to span the length of this tournament, broke Portuguese hearts in the final, as his second-half goal was enough for Greece to pull off the most unlikely of upsets. ON THIS DAY in 2004: 80/1 outsiders Greece stun Portugal 1-0 to claim the European Championship title #football pic.twitter.com/QPihUGsXfG   FOX SPORTS News (@FOXSportsNews) July 4, 2015 Despite this defeat, Scolari's achievements with Brazil and Portugal had made him one of the hottest managerial properties in world football, and ahead of the 2006 World Cup, with Sven Goran-Eriksson's reign as Three Lions boss coming to an end, the English FA did what every major footballing nation desperate for success in the early 2000s did: they went after Luiz Felipe Scolari. Their attempts to lure the Brazilian to the England job after the World Cup were ultimately unsuccessful, as Scolari expressed his discontent at the intense media attention he was subjected to as he discussed the move. In a statement which followed, he said: "There are 20 reporters outside my house now. I don't want this situation involving England because in two days during which I was not coach, I never agreed to anything, my life was invaded. My privacy was totally under siege."  Teams Managed Years  Alagoano 1982 Juventude 1982-83 & 1986-87 Xavante 1983 Al-Shabab 1984-85 Pelotas 1986 Gremio 1987, 1993-96 & 2014-15 Goias 1988 Al Qadisiya 1988-90 & 1992 Kuwait 1990 Coritiba 1990 Criciuma 1991 Al-Ahli 1991 Jubilo Iwata 1997 Palmeiras 1998-00 Cruzeiro 2000-01 Brazil 2001-02 & 2012-14 Portugal 2003-08 Chelsea 2008-09 Bunyodkor 2009-10 Guangzhou Evergrande 2015-17 Scolari would later extend his contract with Portugal, but only after dumping England out at the quarter-final stage on penalties for the second tournament running in 2006. They eventually lost to France in the semis with Scolari unable to repeat past success. Going one worse than before, the quarter-finals proved the final hurdle for Scolari's Portugal at Euro 2008, as they lost 3-2 to Germany in a classic encounter. This game would also prove to be Big Phil's last as Portugal's manager. Following the tournament, Big Phil finally made the move to English football, but rather than the national team, he took over at Premier League side Chelsea. This proved to be an ill-advised move in his career, as the Blues' star-studded team never bought into Scolari's methods and did not take well to his unpredictability. After suffering a fairly torrid six months in charge, the Brazilian was relieved of his duties and replaced by the infinitely more popular Guus Hiddink. Aged 60 at the time of his sacking, it was thought that Scolari had only one major job left in him. And who else could that have been than with Brazil? His career would come to be defined by this second stint as Brazil coach. Hired in 2012, the 64 year-old was tasked with ending an agonising 12-year wait for a sixth World Cup and to do so in his home country. Brazil would be hosting the tournament for only the second time. On the previous occasion in 1950, Flavio Costa's side gave away a one goal lead to lose 2-1 to Uruguay in the final. A defeat the country had never fully recovered from and it would be this PTSD that would be the undoing of Brazil in 2014. Going into the tournament as strong favourites, they looked steady in the group stages. They overcame a scare against Chile in the second round, and beat Colombia in the quarters to set up a semi-final with Germany. However, in doing so, they lost Thiago Silva through suspension and Neymar suffered a horrific injury, as he narrowly avoided paralysis after Juan Camilo Zuniga collided with his lower back. It was an uphill task, but with the weight of a nation behind them, anything was possible. Sadly for Brazil, anything was actually possible. A first-half capitulation saw Germany score four goals in six minutes, as they romped to a historic 7-1 victory. Having found such a perfect balance between passion and tactical preparation in his victorious 2002 World Cup campaign, Scolari seemed to rely too heavily on the emotional side of the game in 2014, which became the primary cause of their catastrophic break down. When stand-in captain David Luiz, while fighting back tears, held the shirt of Neymar aloft just before this game, it was clear to see Brazil were not in the right frame of mind. "Rather than make a real plan, they abandoned themselves to romantic notions of passion and desire " Ken Early on Why Brazil Lost , via  Slate If 2014's World Cup was a chance for Brazil to right the wrongs of 1950, whenever they next host the tournament, it is surely this game that will be looked upon as the one which needs to be atoned for. Despite all the glory he has achieved, and continues to achieve, as a manager, Scolari may never get over this defeat. For he, Big Phil, will go down in history as the Brazil coach who lost 7-1 to Germany in the semi-final of a home World Cup; a defeat so catastrophic, that it may eternally shroud all of his incredible achievements in the game. 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Kaleb McGary, one of the team's first-round picks, is going to miss time for a cardiac ablation surgery. This is not a typical football injury, but per the team , he has undergone the surgery twice before. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, he missed 6 to 8 weeks after the last time he underwent the same procedure. Kaleb McGary missed 6-8 weeks the last time he underwent this procedure in college. https://t.co/eDs1UdO1g5   Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 31, 2019 That means McGary's best hope would be to suit up on week one against the Minnesota Vikings. If the far end of that timeline holds, he may not suit up until the Titans game at the end of September. It is a tough blow for the Falcons who were undoubtably hoping he would work his way into the starting spot. Ty Sambrailo has had a few rough days at camp. McGary, still needing some work to get up to NFL speed, has had some inconsistent but impressive performances. We've heard his aggressiveness compared to Harvey Dahl more than once. The Falcons state NFL medical testing found no problems with McGary. Considering his medical history, he certainly underwent plenty of testing. However, it is unclear if it was ever expected he would need the procedure again. Per the Mayo Clinic , "Cardiac ablation is a procedure that can correct heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias)." Doctors use tubes to apply heat or cold to modify heart tissues that cause arrhythmia. We wish McGary good luck in his upcoming procedure. It sounds relatively minor but remains a big setback for his rookie season. He was going to need to finish out camp strong to win the starting job. Now he's out for, at least, the rest of camp. He is now unlikely to start until much later into the season.


While rich people represent only a small portion of society, there's no shortage of talk about them. You hear about what the rich are like in the news, on blogs, from your crazy doomsday prepper uncle, and so on. There's only one problem with these tidbits and facts: Many are completely wrong. Taken at face value, these myths give you an inaccurate idea of what it takes to be wealthy. Let's take a look at some common myths about people with a lot of money. And set the record straight. 1. They get rich off other people's hard work There's a popular joke I've seen on Facebook. An employee compliments his boss's luxury car. The boss replies, "If you work hard, I'll be able to buy another one next year!" It may be a joke, but many believe that's how the world works. Supposedly, the people at the top rake in the big bucks while working-class employees do the heavy lifting. Research tells a different tale. In his Rich Habits study , Thomas C. Corley found that 86% of wealthy people with full-time jobs worked at least 50 hours per week. They're willing to work hard so they can make more money. And they often sacrifice work-life balance to increase their earning potential. 2. They hit the inheritance lottery This one's the go-to criticism people use to denigrate rich people's achievements. "Sure, they're rich, but only because of their family." But multiple studies have shown that most wealthy people get rich on their own. In The Millionaire Next Door , Dr. Tom Stanley found that 80% of millionaires are the first generation in their family to be rich. Chris Hogan, author of Everyday Millionaires , found similar results: Only 21% of the millionaires he surveyed received an inheritance. 3. They lead humble lifestyles I've lost track of how many times I've read that Warren Buffett still lives in the house he bought in 1958 for $31,500. That's true, but it's a five-bedroom house, so it's not like he's living in a shack. This supposedly frugal billionaire also has his own private jet. What about Jeff Bezos? He kept driving his Honda Accord for years after getting rich. He's also a member of the private jet club. The idea that rich people don't spend much doesn't mesh with reality. While they save a large portion of their income, they also spend money on passions and things that make their lives easier. Related video: A Few Tricks Rich People Use To Keep Their Money (provided by Buzz60) 4. They're all big earners A common refrain when talking about the wealthy is "I'd be rich too if I was making [insert large salary here]." People say this as if more income would magically change their financial habits. Earning a lot of money certainly doesn't hurt. But it's not the key to getting rich. In Hogan's Everyday Millionaires survey, he found that 62% of millionaires had an annual household income of under $100,000. The key isn't how much you earn. It's how much you save. Millionaires have a high personal savings rate, often exceeding 50% of their income. 5. They make money quickly through high-risk ventures Rich people don't just save a large portion of their earnings. They also know how to make that money grow. They don't place risky bets in hopes of getting a huge return. They play the long game. They realize that the only two things they need are a high savings rate and time. In Corley's "Rich Habits" study, he found few overnight successes. It took an average of 32 years for self-made millionaires to become wealthy. Most of them worked hard, saved, and kept the bulk of their money in bank accounts and index funds. It's not exciting, but it's a better strategy than trying to hit a home run with your money. Don't believe everything you hear Rich people aren't that different from the rest of us. You don't need to be born into the right family, make a ton of money, or turn into a penny pincher to be successful. All you need is to consistently save a portion of your income and be smart about how you invest it.


A 20-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot along Hanover Street and crashing his car in the MedStar Harbor Hospital emergency room parking lot, Baltimore Police said. The man was driving his blue Honda in the 3100 block of Hanover St. when someone started shooting at his car, hitting it several times, police spokesman Det. Donny Moses said. The man was struck several times in his body but was able to drive up the street to the hospital, Moses said. As the man entered the emergency room parking lot, he lost control of his vehicle, struck a car and crashed, police said. Police said the man stumbled out of his car and then collapsed as doctors rushed out of the hospital. The man is in critical condition but "still hanging on," Moses said. Both homicide and shooting detectives are investigating the incident. Police are working two crime scenes: one near the entrance of the hospital and another in the emergency room parking lot. Moses said there are no suspects and unclear if the man was shot by someone on foot or from another car. moxenden@baltsun.com twitter.com/mack_oxenden


Money can't buy everything and such is the case with a Porsche 911 that's been "reimagined" by Singer Vehicle Design . While prices are rumored to start at around $400,000 for your own custom Singer, we're told enticing options often bring prices up at least another $200,000 or $300,000. But still the main issue is simply the time it takes to build a Singer and the rather lengthy waiting list often hovering somewhere north of 100 orders, from what we've heard which means that you're unlikely to receive your Singer any time soon. For those who want one now, that's a problem. But no longer. Auction house Gooding & Company is bringing a Singer to its 2019 Pebble Beach auction where a victorious high bidder will be able to take a Singer-fettled 911 home straight away. The exact Singer in question started life as a 1991 Porsche 911 (all Singers are based on 964-series cars) and is dubbed the Mountain View Car, following the protocol that sees most Singer creations named after a location. The Mountain View Car was finished by Singer in 2016 and was said to be built with light weight in mind. Lacking niceties such as a radio, sunroof, or air conditioning, the Mountain View Car also has carbon-fiber body panels ensuring its curb weight dripping wet is sub-3,000 pounds. That's certainly not a lot of weight for the car's 390-hp, Ed Pink-built, air-cooled 4.0-liter flat-six engine to push around. Painted Downton Blue with Singer Racing Orange highlights, the Mountain View Car also has an external oil filler which pays homage to the classic 1967 911 R. Inside, naked floors, carbon-fiber seats with Tobacco Brown leather, a Momo Prototipo-style steering wheel, drilled pedals, and basket-weave trim panels hint at both performance and heritage. Look inside the engine and trunk and you'll see more of the attention to detail that Singer is known for: The compartments are lined in quilted leather. Gooding & Company says the Mountain View Car "has seen little use," and that, we suspect, is the only drawback in owning a Singer. Being finished so exquisitely, it almost seems a shame to potentially stain that leather-swathed engine bay, chip the expensive paint, or heaven forbid, crunch a carbon-fiber panel. Using a work of art as actual transportation could fill a thesis on morality and ethics in car collecting, but then again cars are built to be driven and we fell in love with the Singer that we tested . All that said, Gooding & Company estimates the car will bring somewhere between $800,000 and $1,000,000 when all is said and done in Pebble Beach. We don't know specifically how much this car cost to build, but the estimate is certainly right in line with Singer's retail pricing for its "standard" offerings. The company's more exclusive Dynamics and Lightweighting series of cars (Singer DLS for short) start at about $1.8 million. More important, this is the first Singer to be sold at auction and as we all know, it only takes two buyers who have to have the car for a bidding war to get the better of emotion. If you must see what all the Singer fuss is about and are willing to trade the customization process for a car you can own in two weeks' time, you'll want to register to bid. Just talk to your accountant first. We Drive a 1990 911 Reimagined by Singer


VIRGINIA BEACH   The resignation email arrived in the morning, and the gunfire started in the afternoon. DeWayne Craddock, an engineer who had worked for the City of Virginia Beach for about 15 years, notified his superiors on Friday that he intended to quit. Then at around 4 p.m., he embarked on a rampage in Building No. 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, turning its offices and corridors into a battleground. When it was over, 12 people lay dead and Mr. Craddock was fatally wounded. As the authorities on Sunday shared a more detailed accounting of the siege, they also acknowledged for the first time that the gunman's employment had been nearing its end. But they said he had not been forced to resign. James A. Cervera, the police chief in Virginia Beach, said investigators were focused on establishing what Mr. Craddock's motives were and whether his job status "had anything to do with the horrific acts and events that he perpetrated." Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter At a news conference on Sunday, Chief Cervera offered a chilling timeline of what happened in Building No. 2, the stately 1970s-vintage brick structure where Mr. Craddock opened fire on three floors and where a small team of police officers rushed to confront an employee who had become an assailant. The first urgent calls, the chief said, were received at 4:08 p.m., and less than two minutes later officers were outside the building, which over the years had become what he called a "honeycomb" of rooms and passageways. There was no time to consult a blueprint, no time to map out a strategy. They had to find the gunman. By 4:18 p.m., the chief said, the officers had located Mr. Craddock, a 40-year-old former soldier who was armed with two handguns and plenty of ammunition. A gun battle began. Slideshow by photo services Mr. Craddock moved through the building, exchanging shots with the officers, including one who was wounded at about 4:19 p.m. Precisely how many rounds the gunman fired is not yet known, Chief Cervera said on Sunday, but "it was well into the double digits." "At one point, the suspect was firing through the door, through the wall at the officers," the chief said. "And then the firing stopped." Mr. Craddock had barricaded himself in a room. The officers, the chief said, were worried about an escape and another burst of violence, and made plans to breach the door. "That's not an easy decision to make: There's an individual on the other side of the door, he has a gun, he just shot one of your officers," he said. They broke in and found Mr. Craddock alive but seriously wounded. Chief Cervera said the officers tried to save his life, but he died later. As the police cleared the building, some of the workers who escaped injury had to navigate what city officials described as a "horrific" scene. Eleven city workers were killed in the rampage, one of the deadliest episodes of workplace violence in the United States in recent years. The employees, who had collectively worked for the Virginia Beach government for more than 150 years, were LaQuita Brown; Ryan Keith Cox; Tara Welch Gallagher; Mary Louise Gayle; Alexander Mikhail Gusev; Joshua O. Hardy; Michelle Langer, known as Missy; Richard H. Nettleton; Katherine A. Nixon; Christopher Kelly Rapp; and Robert Williams. Herbert Snelling, a contractor who was at the municipal center to see about a permit, also was killed. Video by Associated Press [Read more about the victims.] Local hospitals said on Sunday that four people who were injured in the attack were in critical condition. One patient who had been listed in fair condition "had additional surgery and is critical during recovery," Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital said in a statement. On Princess Anne Road, near the municipal complex, passing drivers were slowing down to gaze at a growing memorial to the victims, a collection of flowers, cards, balloons and American flags. A set of crosses was installed in the afternoon. A few hundred yards away, F.B.I. agents were processing evidence from Building No. 2, which was still ringed with crime-scene tape. Much about Mr. Craddock, an engineer who had worked on projects like sewer pipelines and pump station replacements, remained unclear. Members of his family have declined to speak publicly, but expressed their condolences to victims of the attack and their loved ones in a handwritten statement posted on the door of a family home. [Read more about the suspected gunman.] Although the gunman's state of mind at the time of the killings remains a mystery, local law enforcement officials involved with the case believe Mr. Craddock had recently "snapped," according to three city officials. In the middle of the rampage, Terry Inman, who worked with Mr. Craddock in the public utilities office, was trying to find a way out of the second floor of the building when he ran into the gunman, who had his weapon pointed downward. Mr. Inman said he asked Mr. Craddock: "What are you doing? Stop it, DeWayne!" Mr. Craddock responded with a blank stare and, after a moment, turned around and walked away without firing, Mr. Inman said. Deeply shaken by the encounter, Mr. Inman then sought safety on an upper floor. David L. Hansen, the city manager, said at the news conference on Sunday morning that Mr. Craddock's performance in his city job had been "satisfactory, and he was in good standing in his department." Mr. Hansen said that officials were continuing to examine whether co-workers had raised concerns about Mr. Craddock, but added that he was "not sensing that" there had been misgivings about him. Prodded by questions a few minutes later, Mr. Hansen acknowledged that Mr. Craddock had notified the city on Friday morning of his intention to resign. Asked whether Mr. Craddock's email had cited a reason for his resignation, Mr. Hansen said, "We are determining where that letter is." But he said he did not believe the resignation was connected with any decision about Mr. Craddock's future position in the government. Building No. 2 will remain closed indefinitely, Mr. Hansen said. The rest of the municipal center, a sprawling complex of more than two dozen buildings, is expected to reopen on Tuesday. "Our recovery is underway," Mr. Hansen said. "Our grieving is underway." Christopher Mele, Emily Rueb and Sandra E. Garcia contributed reporting from New York. Kitty Bennett contributed research.


ST. LOUIS   As he spoke, Charlie Coyle 's eyes darted around the Boston Bruins' dressing room inside Enterprise Center. There on the walls in the team's dressing room were photos of Zdeno Chara , Bobby Orr, Patrice Bergeron , Brad Marchand , David Krejci , and Tuukka Rask celebrating their Stanley Cup championships. For Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, the team's equipment staff wanted to make it a home away from home and use some of the wall space to inspire. "Just little reminders," said Coyle, "what it could be like, what's here for us at stake and the great opportunity in front of us. You always catch yourself looking around and just kind of taking it in. It's a good touch." Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said that he did not want to hide what could happen after four wins against the St. Louis Blues in this final series. Five current players were on that 2011 Cup winning team. They know the joy of winning. They also know, along with Torey Krug , what heartbreak in the Cup Final feels like after those 17 seconds in Game 6 back in 2013. "This is what's at stake, why we're blocking shots, missing games," said Cassidy. "This is why you're taking a hit to make a play. This is what it's all about. This is, I'd say the start of your legacy, and this helps build your legacy. We've talked about that. We don't want to ram it down their throats, but it needs to be out there. We're grateful to be playing. We certainly earned our way, and this is the prize at the end of the line. So, I think it's good motivation." [ NBC 2019 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF HUB ] This isn't the first time the Bruins have used this method to inspire. The equipment staff did something similar during the 2011 Cup Final games in Vancouver using photos of the great 1970s teams featuring Orr, Phil Esposito, Johnny Bucyk, Derek Sanderson and others. It's no surprise that the leadership on that team eight years ago   Chara and Bergeron   wanted to bring it back for the start of this series, making sure the photos traveled with the team to St. Louis for Games 3 and 4. The photos are there to hammer home those famous words from former NHL head coach Fred Shero, who told his Cup winning Philadelphia Flyers team before Game 6 of the 1974 Cup Final: "Win together today and we walk together forever." David Pastrnak joined the Bruins two seasons after the team's run to the Cup Final in 2013. This is the furthest he's been in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and when he sees those photos he wants to be in the next set. "You can see those guys having memories like that for life," he said. "It's definitely something you want to be part of. It's what you work for your whole life. A picture like this is what you remember the most." The Bruins have made plenty of memories during their playoff run this spring. Two more wins and they'll be able to be part of the next batch of dressing room inspirational photos. "It reminds us of how close we are to reaching our goal," said Coyle. "I like it." Game 4 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final airs on NBC at 8 p.m. ET on Monday ( stream here) . MORE BLUES-BRUINS GAME 3: • Bruins blast Blues, take 2-1 lead in Stanley Cup Final • Blues special teams continue to be sour note • Berube keeping the faith in Binnington after rough Game 3      Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports . Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy .


Ben Field recalls the day he called in sick to the Taco Bell on St. Paul's Snelling Avenue. His supervisor demanded that he show up at the job site to prove he was ill. Field declined, explaining that would violate St. Paul's earned sick and safe time ordinance, which allows workers to accrue paid sick leave. It would take Field at least two months and a city-driven investigation to be paid for taking a sick day, and he counts himself among the lucky ones. "There are other people that I've worked with who they owe multiple shifts," said Field, 19, of Minneapolis, in an interview. "Most of the people working there were Spanish-speaking, and the (explanatory sick leave) poster was only up in English. That's a violation of the law." His experience isn't unique. On Wednesday, a Minneapolis-based labor advocacy organization held a speak-out at St. Paul City Hall, highlighting the cases of 14 fast-food workers who said they had been denied sick pay by the city's private employers. Organizers said the incidents occurred at nine stores, including a Taco Bell, Burger King, Wendy's, Jimmy John's and multiple McDonald's. "I wasn't aware I was supposed to get paid," said Teal Witherspoon-Brown, a 52-year-old grandmother who has worked for three years at a Jimmy John's in St. Paul and never asked for sick pay. "Nobody told me anything." CTUL   the Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha   noted that the city has a single investigator assigned to follow up on complaints from workers who believe their employer is in violation of the city's sick leave mandate. Among other requirements, notice of the law must be posted where workers can see it, in languages that reflect the employee base. DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS IN 2018 ALONE The St. Paul City Council approved the citywide earned sick and safe time mandate in 2016, and the law went into effect in the summer of 2017. Since then, the mandate has been tested more than once, triggering investigations by the city's department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity (HREEO). In 2018 alone, HREEO reported receiving 38 written and 15 oral complaints. The department has dismissed five complaints and, after consolidating most of the rest, resolved 16, leading to $4,200 in restitution to impacted workers. Four investigations are ongoing. The complaints were distributed fairly evenly between the manufacturing, retail/hospitality and services industries. A single complaint involved an employer in education, according to HREEO. UNION: BUILDING OWNERS SKIRT THE RULES Immediately following the CTUL speak-out on Wednesday, SEIU Local 26 held a second event of its own accusing major building owners of "misclassifying" their lowest-paid employees   their cleaners and janitors   as independent contractors, in part to skirt the paid sick leave mandate. "They do it every single time they buy a property," said Javier Morillo, an organizer with SEIU Local 26. SEIU Local 26 says prominent building owners are buying properties and reclassifying their lowest-paid workers   the cleaners/janitors   as "independent contractors" to avoid paying mandated sick leave and other benefits pic.twitter.com/zkYRzPKcAY   FredMelo, Reporter (@FrederickMelo) May 22, 2019 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WEIGH IN City council Members Dai Thao and Rebecca Noecker stood alongside the workers at the speak-out, and joined them in calling on the city to beef up enforcement of the paid sick leave mandate. Thao said he would ask the city to include four education and enforcement personnel in the 2020 budget. If approved, the outreach workers may have to do double-duty, given additional employer mandates on the horizon. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter signed a $15 minimum wage law last November that rolls out in phases. The first wage increases begin in July 2020, to be followed by annual pay hikes . M.J. Capers-Haywood, a 16-year-old high school student from St. Paul, broke into tears as she recounted being denied sick leave by a hostile Burger King supervisor. "I never got sick time," Capers-Haywood said. "(She was) really snarky and she told me sick and safe time was only for managers." Eventually, she said, after a scheduling conflict related to a school practice exam, she was fired from the position over the phone. Capers-Haywood only recently filed a complaint with the city, which has yet to contact her and open an investigation, she said. TACO BELL OWNER: 'WE UNDERSTAND AND COMPLY' New Hope-based Border Foods, which owns the Midway Taco Bell franchise where Field worked, issued the following statement on Wednesday: "We understand and comply with the sick and safe time ordinance. If a situation does occur where we do not comply, we rectify the situation and retrain our team as necessary. We take the health and welfare of our employees very seriously." Related Articles St. Paul council vote on historic designation for German Immersion School will be June 5 It's official: St. Thomas has been kicked out of MIAC We're No. 2!? St. Paul and Minneapolis fall behind Washington, D.C., in public parks ranking Armed man arrested after Maplewood standoff   his second this year, authorities say Police looking for shooter after woman seriously injured in St. Paul Field said for many workers who live paycheck to paycheck, the prospect of taking sick leave and not getting paid is too frightening to chance. And the prospect of complaining and losing your job is even scarier. "I was getting paid $10.50 an hour when I worked at Taco Bell," Field said. "A lot of the people working jobs like that don't have the ability to lose a couple shifts. A lot of the time, it goes unreported."


The NCAA took the unusual step on Thursday of giving insight into the infractions process in the flurry of cases tied to the federal basketball investigation. Most notably, the NCAA said in a statement that "at least six Division I men's basketball programs will receive NCAA notice of allegations within the coming months." The statement confirmed the comments of one of its executives earlier this week. The NCAA also confirmed that there are additional schools targeted past those six, saying that "likely additional schools" will be added. The NCAA added in the Thursday statement: "Colleges and universities have a responsibility to run their athletics programs within NCAA rules. Our membership expects us to hold accountable those who fail to do so." The announcement of the upcoming notices of allegations underscores the feeling around college basketball that the NCAA needs some type of action in the wake of the federal basketball cases that resulted in both felony guilty pleas and felony jury findings for multiple assistant coaches and people affiliated with the sport. The news comes amid a backdrop where many college coaches remain skeptical of the NCAA's ability   or willingness   to severely punish those schools and coaches who've been highlighted in the cases. The NCAA is also confronted with a grim optics issue. The four assistant coaches who were arrested in this case and have pled guilty are African-American. A majority of the head coaches tied to the scandal are Caucasian and still working. (Louisville's Rick Pitino is the only head coach who has been fired in the wake of the scandal.) The comments on Wednesday by NCAA vice president for regulatory affairs Stan Wilcox to CBS Sports set off another round of speculation on which schools will be implicated immediately. The timing of which schools go first likely has more to do with the order in which their case cleared through the federal court system, as opposed to the severity of the case. A Yahoo Sports analysis of the federal court cases revealed that there's somewhere around a dozen schools that could expect to be implicated by the NCAA. There's also the issue of how the NCAA will handle the cases, as there's an expectation that they could use the head coach control rule to punish coaches who had assistant coaches implicated in the schemes. Those expected to be in the crosshairs and face the most significant penalties include: Louisville, North Carolina State, Kansas, Arizona, LSU, USC, Oklahoma State, South Carolina and Auburn. TCU, Creighton and Clemson all also had assistant coaches implicated in the scandal and could face sanctions. The NCAA's announcement about the six expected upcoming notices of allegations is a rare bit of transparency from the enforcement department, which typically keeps its actions quiet. The cases are believed to be the widest in scope in the history of the organization. The NCAA had been limited in how it investigates the cases, as it didn't want to interfere with the federal investigation. NCAA enforcement director Jon Duncan told Yahoo Sports earlier this year in regards to the timing of the cases: "We want thoughtful deliberation, investigative decisions, charging decisions. So we need to be mindful of both: the interest of the membership and speedy resolutions of infractions. I feel strongly about that and fairness to those people who are involved." They're being tracked closely by coaches. Notre Dame's Mike Brey told Yahoo this winter: "We must get it right. We all just feel that something has to happen this time. We've got to flush it all out or we're going to lose credibility." More from Yahoo Sports: Attackers allegedly paid $8K in Ortiz shooting Durant confirms extent of brutal injury Former USWNT goalie Solo criticizes ex-teammates Goodwill: Injured Durant still holds league in his hands


Seattle will see a return of last week's mostly cloudy skies as early as tomorrow, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Skies will become partly cloudy beginning on Sunday. Also look for warm temperatures today and tomorrow. Temperatures will reach a high of 73 degrees on Friday, then turn milder from Sunday to Wednesday. Winds will stay light over the course of the week, with only a light breeze of 6 mph tomorrow. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Just days after bonding out, a woman accused of running over and killing her 3-year-old son with her SUV while playing a "game of chicken" is now back in custody. Crying from the moment she stepped into the courtroom, 26-year-old Lexus Stagg made her first court appearance Monday morning. A judge raised her bond to $25,000 after prosecutors argued her previous bond of $1,500 set by a magistrate judge had been too low for the crime she's being accused of. RELATED: Video shows kids chasing mother's car before 3-year-old killed Stagg is charged with criminally negligent homicide after prosecutors say surveillance video shows her driving towards her three kids and running over one of them with her SUV. This happened three weeks ago in their southwest Houston apartment complex parking lot. "She truly played a 'game of chicken' with her 3-year-old, 5-year-old, and 2-year-old children," Sean Teare, with the Harris County District Attorney's Office, said. "That's not okay, even if no one had been hurt, that's not okay, this is the definition of endangering children, and this one had the worst possible outcome." Stagg was taken back into custody right after. Part of her three bond conditions include no contact with her children, no driving and no drugs or alcohol. A funeral has not yet been held for her 3-year-old son. ALSO POPULAR ON KHOU.COM WATCH: Who is he? Police need help finding man who brutally beat and robbed 89-year-old Andre Jackson, suspect in Josue Flores' killing, gives note to KHOU in exclusive jailhouse interview Charges upgraded for woman involved in hit-and-run that killed 8-year-old


Outfielder Cameron Maybin exited the Yankees' game Friday with a left calf strain, Meredith Marakovits of the YES Network reports. Maybin will undergo an MRI to determine the severity of the injury. Calf strains often lead to IL stints, which would be a particularly unfortunate outcome for the red hot Maybin. While dealing with injuries to starting outfielders Aaron Judge , Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Hicks , the Yankees acquired Maybin as a stopgap in a late-April trade with the Indians. New York gave up only cash to get Maybin, who has since played so well that the Bronx Bombers haven't been willing to get rid of him even as their top outfielders have returned. The Yanks can't send down Maybin, who has no minor-league options remaining, so their choices are to designate him for assignment, keep him in the majors or find a taker via trade. For the Yankees, parting with Maybin this week became impossible after he hit a home run in each of their four games from June 15-18. The 32-year-old now has five as a Yankee, to go along with an excellent .314/.391/.500 line (137 wRC+) and six steals across 133 plate appearances. For comparison, Maybin hit .254/.322/.368 (92 wRC+) in 3,848 trips to the plate with various teams from 2007-18.


UNSEEN footage of what experts believe is the biggest great white shark ever caught on camera has been released. The seven metre-long female known as Deep Blue stunned the world last year when video was unveiled of it dwarfing cage divers off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Now, diving enthusiast Michael Maier, 48, has released even more eye-catching clips of the giant female feeding on bait and inquisitively circling divers. Deep Blue, who is estimated to be at least 50 years old, was filmed by Michael in November 2013 - but these latest files were previously unseen. Videographer / director: Michael Maier Producer: John Balson, Nick Johnson Editor: Sonia Estal, Ian Phillips


German prosecutors have charged ex-Audi AG chief executive Rupert Stadler and three other employees of the automaker with fraud in the company's diesel-emissions cheating scandal. The four employees are accused of developing illegal emissions software used in Volkswagens, Audis, and Porsches. Prosecutors did not name the three other employees. Research Audi on MSN Autos The charges are related to the sale of 250,712 Audis, 71,577 VWs, and 112,131 Porsches equipped with diesel engines in Europe and the United States, prosecutors said. They charge that Stadler, who became Audi's chief in January 2010, knew about the diesel-emissions manipulation "by the end of September 2015, at the latest," reports The New York Times. The Volkswagen Group, of which Audi is a division, has paid "more than $30 billion in fines" in the U.S. and Europe, the Times reported July 26. It reported that "newly uncovered documents" show that Audi was more deeply involved than was previously understood. In the U.S., the VW marque has taken the brunt of the blame because vastly more Volkswagens than Audis were sold here with diesel engines. The fines here amount to about $22 billion of the $30 billion-plus. The new documents pointing to Audi were first reported by the newspaper Handelsblatt and broadcaster Bayerische Rundfunk, according to The New York Times. Read More: German Auto CEO Carousel Is Spinning Crazy Fast Stadler, 56, was arrested in June 2018 and released on bail four months later. He denies wrongdoing, according to news reports. Bram Schot was named interim Audi chief executive after Stadler's arrest, and was named to the post permanently last December, although he may soon be replaced himself . Since revelations about the emissions software in late 2015, both VW and Audi have re-directed their powertrain development in the direction of electric vehicles, including a global alliance with Ford Motor Company announced last January. Follow MSN Autos on Facebook and Twitter


The Pirates are interested in finding a trade partner to take outfielder Corey Dickerson , according to a report from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic ( subscription link ). Dickerson, 30, is earning $8.5M in his final season of arbitration eligibility. As we discussed recently upon Dickerson's activation , the Pirates are facing obvious roster pressures in several areas. The club is currently carrying only three starters, allowing it to pad its relief corps and accommodate an extra position player, but that's a temporary measure. Dickerson was just brought back from the injured list, so he's only six games into his season. In the interim, the club lost another left-handed-hitting corner piece in Lonnie Chisenhall . But it also welcomed back Gregory Polanco , struck paydirt on a low-cost deal with switch-hitting veteran Melky Cabrera and saw youngster Bryan Reynolds (also a switch-hitter) burst onto the scene. Cabrera is said to be drawing interest from "multiple contenders," per Rosenthal. He is now slashing a cool .335/.375/.462 through 185 plate appearances. He's not a good defender and won't sustain a .370 BABIP, but certainly seems a worthwhile target as a bench bat. Cabrera's low-cost, low-commitment contract situation ($1.15M salary) is surely of appeal as well. Rosenthal says that the Bucs "want to take another stab at contention before moving Cabrera and possibly others." That makes sense, as the club isn't yet buried in the division with more than six weeks to go until the trade deadline. But it's hard to square that with the idea that the Pittsburgh org prefers to ship out Dickerson, who is a younger player with a better recent track record than Cabrera. Last year, Dickerson posted a 115 wRC+ and graded as a high-end defender. All in all, it's a bit of an odd situation for the Pirates, who scrambled for outfielders and now find themselves in dire need of pitching. There isn't much reason to think that a contender will part with a worthwhile, immediate rotation (or even relief) piece for one of these outfielders. Cabrera may be the more cost-efficient option for the Bucs, but they will surely be selling low on Dickerson unless he goes on a tear over the next few weeks   in which case it'd be all the harder to move him unless the team is itself out of the race. Putting Polanco on the block might create some opportunities for meaningfully addressing the pitching staff, but he has had some ups and downs and that'd be a much more consequential decision. Related slideshow: The 2019 MLB season (Provided by imagn)


According to a report by Football Italia which corroborates an earlier report by Sky Italia , former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot has decided to sign with Juventus and will sign a five-year contract with the Italian champions. The decision means Manchester United will miss out on the free agent midfielder, having reportedly submitted an offer. Rabiot had previously admitted his final decision was between those two teams. The reports say that his deal with Juventus will be worth $7.9 million per year plus an $11.3 million signing bonus. According to a report by Goal.com's Romeo Agresti, Juve sporting director Fabio Paratici has led the charge for the club and has worked heavily to convince Rabiot's mother and agent Veronique of the agreement. Rabiot becomes the second high-profile free-agent midfielder to sign with Juventus, following Aaron Ramsey . He will have heavy competition in the Juventus midfield with Ramsey, Blaise Matuidi, Sami Khedira, Miralem Pjanic, Rodrigo Betancur, and Emre Can all vying for time in the center of the pitch. It is worth noting that Matuidi and Khedira are both 32 years old, and the latter has suffered through numerous injury troubles over the last few years. The 24-year-old French midfielder is a highly regarded talent, but has been plagued by off-field troubles at both the club and national team levels. Veronique has also been criticized for her outspoken attack of PSG's handling of contract extension negotiations. Rabiot was a regular in the PSG lineup until he was frozen out for refusing a contract extension, not appearing for the club after early December. Follow @the_bonnfire


Four people have been hospitalized with serious injuries after a possible OVI head-on crash on Spring Grove Avenue Tuesday. The crash took place around 1:45 a.m., when police said a driver, Jabrail Johnson, 28, was traveling down Spring Grove Avenue and went left of center, hitting another car head-on. The driver of the second car, Deborah Higgins, 35, and her two passengers, Sharon Cartwright, 56, and John Cartwright, 60, were taken to UC Medical Center with serious injuries. Johnson fled the scene but was found later and was taken to the UC Medical Center with serious injuries. He was not wearing his seatbelt. The three people in the car that was hit were not wearing a seatbelts. Police said they are investigating the crash as a possible OVI and said there has been an uptick recently in OVI crashes. Excessive speed is not a factor, police said. There is no word on whether Johnson will face charges, police said. READ MORE: 4 hospitalized after possible OVI head-on crash on Spring Grove Avenue CHECK OUT WLWT: Stay in the know. Get the latest Cincinnati news, weather and sports from the team at Ohio's own WLWT.


There's been plenty of attention paid to changes to the Packers offense this offseason and most of it has focused on how quarterback Aaron Rodgers will adjust to the system head coach Matt LaFleur is installing in Green Bay. Less attention has been paid to newly acquired members of the unit, especially when compared to the slew of new faces on the defensive side of the ball. One free agent is slated for a starting role this year, however, and Rodgers told Chris Simms that he thinks right guard Billy Turner is going to fill a big role for the Packers this season. "The guy who won't get a lot of pub but I'm trying to pub him every chance I can is Bill Turner ," Rodgers said. "He's going to be a great addition for us. He is going to be a really good addition. He's a big tough dude, fits in really well, good athlete. He can move in our system because we're running off the ball. He's going to be a big part of what we are doing up front because Matt wants to run the ball." Turner started 11 games for the Broncos last year and made 12 starts for the Dolphins in 2015, but only played in nine games between those two seasons. That's likely part of the reason why he's flown under the radar, but fulfilling Rodgers's expectations come the fall would likely ensure that's not the case in the future.


Chelsea forward Fran Kirby has warned that England's Lionesses need to continue to 'grow the women's game' before challenging for equal pay with their male counterparts. The 25-year-old highlighted the World Cup in France this summer as a vital building block for the Lionesses to put a case forward for equal pay, as the USA's three-time world champions have. Phil Neville's side still have two friendly matches before attention switches to the World Cup this summer, but Kirby insisted that England have to win the competition in order to grow the women's game and eventually move on par with the men's teams. "We need to grow the women's game, then you can talk about equal pay and everything else," Kirby said, quoted by the Daily Mail . "Ultimately we are doing the same job as the men but I understand that we're not filling out stadiums. That makes it difficult to have that argument. "As the women's game improves and progresses, then they're the conversations we can start to have. The [USWNT] are in dispute at the moment but they're selling out arenas, they've won the World Cup and have some of the best players in the world in their team. They're in a position to do that. "We need to win the World Cup to have a leg to stand on in those situations, but if we keep selling out stadiums like we are, improving the game on and off the pitch, those arguments can start to creep in." Kirby broke through with her hometown side Reading before being snapped up by Chelsea five years ago, earning her first senior call up with England around the same time. She's gone on to establish herself as one of the standout players for club and country since moving to west London, being named as the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and FWA Women's Player of the Year for the 2017/18 season. Kirby was also part of the recent England squad which took part in the SheBelieves Cup in America, where the Lionesses finished ahead of the hosts to be crowned champions.


The Pentagon believes using nuclear weapons could "create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability", according to a new nuclear doctrine adopted by the US joint chiefs of staff last week. The document, entitled Nuclear Operations , was published on 11 June, and was the first such doctrine paper for 14 years. Arms control experts say it marks a shift in US military thinking towards the idea of fighting and winning a nuclear war   which they believe is a highly dangerous mindset. "Using nuclear weapons could create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability," the joint chiefs' document says. "Specifically, the use of a nuclear weapon will fundamentally change the scope of a battle and create conditions that affect how commanders will prevail in conflict." Related: Fragmenting nuclear arms controls leave world in a more dangerous place At the start of a chapter on nuclear planning and targeting, the document quotes a cold war theorist, Herman Kahn, as saying: "My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more likely to be small and limited than widespread and unconstrained." Kahn was a controversial figure. He argued that a nuclear war could be "winnable" and is reported to have provided part of the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's film Dr Strangelove. The Nuclear Operations document was taken down from the Pentagon online site after a week, and is now only available through a restricted access electronic library. But before it was withdrawn it was downloaded by Steven Aftergood, who directs the project on government secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists . A spokesman for the joint chiefs of staff said the document was removed from the publicly accessible defence department website "because it was determined that this publication, as is with other joint staff publications, should be for official use only". In an emailed statement the spokesman did not say why the document was on the public website for the first week after publication. Aftergood said the new document "is very much conceived as a war-fighting doctrine   not simply a deterrence doctrine, and that's unsettling". He pointed out that, as an operational document by the joint chiefs rather than a policy documents, its role is to plan for worst-case scenarios. But Aftergood added: "That kind of thinking itself can be hazardous. It can make that sort of eventuality more likely instead of deterring it." Alexandra Bell, a former state department arms control official said: "This seems to be another instance of this administration being both tone-deaf and disorganised." Bell, now senior policy director at the Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, added: "Posting a document about nuclear operations and then promptly deleting it shows a lack of messaging discipline and a lack of strategy. Further, at a time of rising nuclear tensions, casually postulating about the potential upsides of a nuclear attack is obtuse in the extreme." The doctrine has been published in the wake of the Trump administration's withdrawal from two nuclear agreements: the 2015 joint comprehensive programme of action with Iran, and the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia. The administration is also sceptical about a third: the New Start accord that limits US and Russian forces strategic nuclear weapons and delivery systems, which is due to expire in 2021. Related: Trump is creating a nuclear threat worse than the cold war | Simon Tisdall Meanwhile, the US and Russia are engaged in multibillion-dollar nuclear weapon modernisation programmes. As part of the US programme, the Trump administration is developing a low-yield ballistic missile, which arms control advocates have said risks lowering the nuclear threshold, making conceivable that a nuclear war could be "limited", rather than inevitably lead to a global cataclysm. The last nuclear operations doctrine, published during the George W Bush administration in 2005, also caused alarm . It envisaged pre-emptive nuclear strikes and the use of the US nuclear arsenal against all weapons of mass destruction, not just nuclear. The Obama administration did not publish a nuclear operations doctrine but in its 2010 nuclear posture review it sought to downgrade the role of nuclear weapons in US military planning. It renounced the Bush-era plan to build nuclear "bunker-buster" bombs, and ruled out nuclear attack against non-nuclear-weapon states, but it did not go as far towards disarmament as arms control activists had wanted or expected.


The U.S. is in the process of increasing tariffs on essentially everything the country imports from China, meaning industries spared from previous tariff hikes are probably going to be hit now. One category where shoppers are likely to start feeling the effect on their wallets is footwear. According to the World Bank , China accounted for nearly 60% of the footwear the U.S. imported in 2017 and nearly all of the footwear sold in the U.S. is imported . On May 10, the office of the U.S. trade representative announced it was raising tariffs from 10% to 25% on roughly $200 billion worth of goods imported from China and, at the order of President Donald Trump, would apply unspecified increases to the $300 billion worth of Chinese goods expected to enter the country. Despite Trump's insistence that China will pay the costs of the higher U.S. tariffs, that's not how tariffs work . The companies importing their goods from China are the ones who pay the duties. They can either absorb the costs and take a hit to their earnings, or they can pass the costs on to consumers by raising prices, which is what tends to be the outcome . As Footwear News reported , Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, a trade organization for the industry, estimated how much an additional 25% tariff on shoes would raise prices paid by consumers at the store. Their figures are based on the " landed cost " of the imported shoes, which includes the price of producing and shipping the shoes, multiplied by three a standard retail markup that accounts for costs such as warehousing, marketing, transit, labor, and the company's profit margin. Related video: From furniture to dog collars, how Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports will impact you (provided by CBS News) Here are current costs for a typical pair of sneakers, boots and children's shoes: Sneakers Boots Children's shoes Landed cost: $14.60 Landed cost: $16.18 Landed cost: $4.25 Current duty rate: 14.1% Current duty rate: 37.5% Current duty rate: 9.52% Duty = $2.06 Duty = $6.07 Duty = $0.40 Final import price: $16.06 Final import price: $22.25 Final import price: $4.65 Standard retail markup: 3x Standard retail markup: 3x Standard retail markup: 3x Final retail: $48.18 Final retail: $66.74 Final retail: $13.96 And here are the costs with an additional 25% tariff: Sneakers Boots Children's shoes Landed cost: $14.60 Landed cost: $16.18 Landed cost: $4.25 Current duty rate: 14.1% Current duty rate: 37.5% Current duty rate: 9.52% Duty = $2.06 Duty = $6.07 Duty = $0.40 Additional duty: 25% Additional duty: 25% Additional duty: 25% New duty = $5.71 New duty = $10.11 New duty = $1.87 New final import price: $20.31 New final import price: $32.36 New final import price: $6.12 Standard retail markup: 3x Standard retail markup: 3x Standard retail markup: 3x New final retail: $60.93 New final retail: $97.08 New final retail: $18.36 On a single pair of shoes, the new tariff might not seem a heavy burden, but a similar cost increase across numerous items, including clothing, can add up. Last year, another trade group, the American Apparel & Footwear Association, estimated that an additional 25% tariff would cost a family of four an extra $500 on their typical purchases of clothing and footwear alone. Making shoes requires more specialized equipment and knowledge than sewing clothes, so it's harder for shoe companies to move their manufacturing. But several of the largest sneaker companies, including Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour, have been diversifying their manufacturing away from China , which will help them avoid the worst. On the whole, however, the U.S. footwear industry is likely to feel the effect, and footwear stocks are slumping on the news of the escalating tensions. Hopes for a speedy resolution to the trade war between the U.S. and China were slim already , and now they've all but vanished. In response to the U.S. hike on tariffs last week, China today said it will raise tariffs on $60 billion of imports from the U.S.


The weather report shows more light rainfall is in store for Miami, due to last through Wednesday, according to the seven-day forecast from drone-powered weather service Saildrone . Sunday should see the most rain, with a predicted accumulation of 0.78 inches. The coming days will also bring warm temperatures, sticking around through Wednesday as well. The weather will bring a high temperature of 89 degrees on Sunday. Winds will stay somewhat calm throughout the week, with the highest speeds today at just 12 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


A top Pentagon official said on Thursday the consequences would be "devastating" for Turkey's joint F-35 fighter program and its cooperation with NATO if the country bought a Russian missile defense system. Kathryn Wheelbarger, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, said that Ankara's planned purchase of the S-400 system would damage Turkey's ability to work together with the Western alliance, and force Washington to hit the country with sanctions. "Completion of this transaction would be devastating, not only to the F-35 program, on which the West has placed its modernized integrated air capability, but it would potentially rupture Turkish interoperability with NATO, a key aspect of the defense of the alliance," Wheelbarger told an audience at the Atlantic Council in Washington. "Let's be clear. The S-400 is a Russian system designed to shoot down an aircraft like the F-35, and it is inconceivable to imagine Russia not taking advantage of that collection opportunity." Wheelbarger said the US believes Turkey is pursuing the deal to get Russia's support against Kurdish rebels along its border with Syria. But she warned Ankara that Russia is not a reliable partner over the long term, doesn't back its military sales with maintenance and other support, and is simply trying to undermine NATO cohesion. "Once you introduce Russian systems, it really undermines our ability to continue helping them to defend themselves," she said. She said that the Trump administration, even if it does not want to punish Turkey for the purchase, could be forced to do so by a Congress unsympathetic to Ankara. "If we don't do the sanctions, they said, they'll just pass another law and make us do it," she said, referring to the US legislature. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected US pressure, calling the purchase a "done deal." Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said last week that Turkey had already sent personnel to Russia for training. On Wednesday US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Erdogan, in which they discussed the S-400 purchase, Erdogan's office said. The office said they discussed Erdogan's previous offer to form a "joint working group" on the missile system.


ARLINGTON, Va.   The advancing front of tourists in matching T-shirts, squinting toward the gently rolling hillsides covered with gravestones, made its way into America's most famous cemetery by walking right past its grand, ceremonial entrance with barely a glance. Inside those granite walls, with fountains, glass panels and gold relief, is the nation's only major memorial to female veterans, one that chronicles their contributions since the American Revolution. Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter Yet, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial is constantly scrambling to stay afloat. Even as the nation seeks to canonize more and more of its war dead, contributions to this memorial are flagging. Female veterans   historically the memorial's biggest donor pool   have pulled back over the years, and today they often focus more on their postmilitary life, and civilian identity, after taking off the uniform. And federal money, which has always been limited for memorials, has become increasingly stretched across an ever-expanding landscape of tributes, which are all looking for new donors. The perpetual move to build large war memorials in a universe of finite space and money raises broader questions about just how many entanglements the nation should commemorate in its most famous public spaces. Nearly a dozen memorials are in the works on or near the National Mall, a reflection of two decades of wars and a surge of civilian support, at least symbolically, to honor veterans, as well as a drive to recognize forgotten soldiers of prior conflicts. [ Sign up for the weekly At War newsletter to receive stories about duty, conflict and consequence.] There are memorials planned to honor Native American and black veterans, gulf war veterans, and mothers of the dead. There is a memorial intended for the war against global terrorism, which needed special congressional approval because it is a continuing conflict, and another for emergency medical workers. "We have had a significant number of new memorials built over the last quarter of a century while at the same time Congress allocates less and less for their upkeep," said Beth Meyer, a landscape architecture professor at the University of Virginia and member of the federal Commission of Fine Arts, which reviews designs for the major public spaces in Washington. Ms. Meyer has been a critic of the constant expanse of memorials, which she believes reduces the story of the United States to its war history. "Every single thing that has been added since the Vietnam memorial is funereal," she said. For now, through a combination of aggressive fund-raising and cutting expenses, the women's memorial foundation has found some semblance of firm footing for the first time since its dedication in 1985. But "sustaining adequate operating funding is always a challenge," said Maj. Gen. Dee Ann McWilliams, the president of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. By and large, memorials, which are a huge undertaking by their sponsors, struggle to get off the ground. "Each memorial faces their own issues," said Rod Rodriguez, the chief executive for the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation , which lists as board members numerous heavy hitters including former President George W. Bush. The group needed legislation to even contemplate a memorial since officially a war must be 10 years in hindsight to get one. "What turned around the World War II fund-raising was Tom Hanks," Mr. Rodriguez said, referring to the actor's 1999 Academy Award speech for "Saving Private Ryan," in which he plugged the memorial's financial needs. "The 9/11 memorial had Gary Sinise . When will we get our person? I would have thought that passing the bill would have taken some notice, but it didn't." Washington has long reveled in honoring its war heroes. The city's first memorial, the Tripoli Monument to officers who died during the Barbary Wars of the early 1800s, once sat just outside the Capitol building, but it was moved to Annapolis, Md., in the 1860s. Before the 19th century, most memorials   largely statues of war generals   were scattered among the capital's many traffic circles and parks. Over time, memorials became more specific to various military divisions and individual wars. "As early as the 1890s, you start hearing people talk about the landscape as militaristic," said Kirk Savage, chairman of the history of art and architecture department at the University of Pittsburgh and a memorial expert. The fear was that "Washington is going to start looking like Gettysburg," whose main Civil War battleground is a forest of statues, obelisks and historic markers. That concern caused the memorial train to slow for a while, Mr. Savage said, until the Vietnam memorial, which began in 1982, kicked off another wave that led to efforts to remember the Korean and Second World Wars. In response, Congress passed the Commemorative Works Act in 1986, intended to curb projects on and around the National Mall. Memorials once approved by Congress must now go through an arduous 24-step process, overseen by an advisory commission in concert with the National Park Service. Groups have seven years to complete their projects and often need to seek an extension to raise money. Since 1986, 37 works have been approved, 19 have been completed and 12 are in progress. Even in the universe of existing and planned memorials, the women's war memorial is viewed as having a special place and function. The building grew out of a planned gateway to Arlington National Cemetery that was never really completed. That grand entrance was more or less left to rot since its dedication in 1932. Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, a highly decorated Air Force veteran and the first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit, hatched the notion of turning it into a memorial to honor women. That notion became a near obsession. "She was so determined to get this done," General McWilliams said. "She put up a good deal of her own funds to see that it was completed. She even auctioned off a million-dollar house and had then-Wonder Woman Lynda Carter come and draw the winning ticket. This is truly the house that Wilma built." The memorial passed the advisory commission's long process and a design competition was held to preserve the existing structure with new elements, including an exhibition space, a reflecting pool and fountain, and a terrace aligned with the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial officially opened in 1997. There are about three million female veterans, and about a quarter million have registered with the memorial. Some have come in faded uniforms, others in jeans and a sweatshirt, amazed to see their history on display. "The women's memorial is one of whole numbers of memorial projects that were part of the late 20th-century boom," Mr. Savage said. "But it would be hard for me not to think that it was a response to the proliferation of war memorials to men." "Women and people of color are disproportionately not represented in the monument landscape in Washington," he added, noting that this was not lost on female tourists, especially young ones, who traipse through the capital each year in search of their history "If you don't see yourself there as a legitimate part of this country, that's a problem, and that's what makes the women's monument stand out." The quest to maintain the women's memorial also underscores broader themes of marginalization of female veterans. Although they are the fastest-growing group of an otherwise shrinking universe of American veterans, they make far less use of the Department of Veterans Affairs for their health care and other services, and unlike their male counterparts, they often subordinate their service as part of their broader identity. "Partly there has been this stigma around women in the military," General McWilliams said. "Most women don't walk into a bar and say, 'Hey, I am just back from the war,' the way a man might." Above all, that is what the memorial seeks to address, she said: "We want to positively preserve the memories of women who served this country. It's a part of our history that had been ignored."