NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Helped by President Donald Trump's putting advice, Jim Herman had two eagles in a 10-under 62 to maintain a one-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship. Trump's regular golf partner while working as an assistant professional at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey, Herman changed to a conventional putting grip and clubhead at the president's suggestion following a recent round. "He gave me a good talking to and told me to use a different style if it's not working," Herman said Friday after shooting his second straight 65 to top the leaderboard. "Some great advice, so I appreciate it." On Saturday, Herman made an 11-foot eagle putt on the par-5 eighth and a 10-footer on the par-5 15th. He also had six birdies to get to 24-under 192 at rain-softened Keene Trace. Encouraged by Trump to pursue a playing career, the 41-year-old Herman won the 2016 Shell Houston Open for his lone tour title - a victory that followed a friendly round with Trump. Kelly Kraft was second after a 61. He also eagled the 15th, holing a 65-footer. Austin Cook (63) and Bill Haas (65) were four strokes back at 20 under. David Toms, two shots back after a second-round 64, had a 73 to drop into a tie for 32nd at 11 under. The 52-year-old Toms is making his third PGA Tour start of the season. The winner will receive a spot in the PGA Championship, but not in the Masters. https://compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/golfweek/has-father-time-finally-caught-tiger-woo MORE: Mountain biker jumps over Tour de France peloton Kenny Golladay praises teammates, Patricia on Good Morning Football Bobby Portis Q&A: 'I love being underrated' Broncos training camp: Live updates from Day 3 of practice Chiefs TE Travis Kelce reacts to news that Tyreek Hill won't be suspended


Video by The Washington Post SAN JUAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico will get its third governor in less than a week on Wednesday just hours after the bankrupt U.S. territory's supreme court ruled that Pedro Pierluisi's assumption of the office was unconstitutional. Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez will be sworn in as governor at 5 p.m. local time at the supreme court in San Juan, according to an advisory from the governor's office. In a unanimous decision, the nine-member high court nullified Pierluisi's governorship based on the fact his earlier appointment as secretary of state and next in line for governor had not been confirmed by both chambers of the legislature. Pierluisi, who has not commented on the ruling, has said previously he would abide by the supreme court's decision, which set a 5 p.m. local time deadline for him to leave office. Vazquez, who last week initially expressed an unwillingness to assume Puerto Rico's top government office, said on Wednesday she will assume the governorship under the succession plan in Puerto Rico's constitution. "Puerto Rico needs certainty and stability," she said in a statement. The high court's ruling followed weeks of political turmoil in the bankrupt U.S. territory, where Governor Ricardo Rossello, left office last Friday in the wake of days of protests demanding he resign. Offensive chat messages between Rossello and his closest allies and federal corruption charges against two former members of his administration sparked the protests, which drew around a third of the island's 3.2 million people to the streets.


GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA)   A controversial law often criticized for allowing criminals to be released early from state prison apparently also kept a gang member who went on a killing and crime spree in Garden Grove from being put back behind bars. Zachary Castaneda, 33, is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday after authorities say he went on a rampage through Garden Grove Wednesday that left four people dead and two others wounded. Castaneda is being held on $1 million bail. AB 109 was passed in 2011 to reduce California's prison population by allowing nonviolent and non-sex offender to be released early from state prisons and be supervised by local county probation officers. Castaneda had already spent two years in prison for drug possession and weapons charges from 2014 to 2016 and had been jailed 14 times previously for multiple probation violations. Authorities say AB 109 kept Castaneda from going back to state prison. "This person should have been in prison, and not allowed to be in our community committing these violent acts," Garden Grove Police chief Tom DaRé said. "As a police chief, I implore our policy makers to reevaluate their policies on criminal justice." Castaneda's alleged crime spree started Wednesday at about 4:10 p.m. with a burglary at an apartment in the 12100 block of Jentges Avenue. Less than 15 minutes later, before police could even respond to the burglary report, officers were called to an armed robbery at a bakery nearby in the 13000 block of Chapman Avenue. No one was hurt in either of these incidents, even though the suspect was reported to be armed with a knife and a gun. Police say Castaneda returned to the apartment on Jentges just after 5 p.m. and stabbed the two victims of the earlier burglary when they confronted him. One of the men killed was 62-year-old Helmuth Hauprich, and police have not yet identified the 63-year-old man killed in the apartment. Castaneda lived next door to that apartment, police said. That scene was followed by an armed robbery at a check-cashing business on Harbor Boulevard, the stabbing of a 54-year-old woman at an insurance business near Harbor and Garden Grove boulevards, and the stabbing and slashing of 44-year-old man who was pumping gas at a Chevron station along Harbor, all within a half hour. At about 6:15 p.m., 39-year-old Pasqual Rioja was stabbed to death outside a Subway sandwich shop on First Street in Santa Ana, just before Castaneda allegedly attacked 58-year-old Robert Ray Parker, a security guard visiting a 7-Eleven across the street. Parker also died. Castaneda, who police say was armed with a knife and gun, was finally taken into custody outside the 7-Eleven. Police say Castaneda has not been cooperative, and his targets all appeared to be random.


For the second month in a row, median sale prices for homes sold in Volusia and Flagler counties rose to new post-recession highs in June. In Flagler, the median sale price -- meaning half were sold for more and half for less -- for existing single-family homes sold last month jumped 17.6 percent to $258,750, up from $220,000 in June of last last year, according to the Flagler County Association of Realtors. Their counterparts in Volusia County saw the median sale price for existing homes sold in June rise 10 percent to $226,000, up from $205,000 the same month a year ago, according to data provided by the West Volusia Association of Realtors. "June rang the bell. I think this (June's median sale price for Flagler) is the (post-recession) record high as far as median sale price," said Matthew Wilson, broker/owner of Ion Real Estate in Flagler Beach. Wilson is also a past-president of the Flagler County Association of Realtors. [READ MORE: Home prices in Volusia, Flagler counties hit post-recession high in May] The record high median sale price for Flagler is believed to be $259,950, recorded both in December 2005 and February 2006, according to Toby Tobin, a Realtor with Grand Haven Realty in Palm Coast. "We're within spitting distance of that number," he said of the all-time high. Tobin also writes a blog on the Flagler County real estate market called GoToby.com . Median sale prices for homes sold in Flagler have risen 10.9 percent on average over the past 12 months, according to Flagler County Association of Realtors data. "We're in a very healthy market," Tobin said. In Volusia County, the Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors reported that the median sale price of homes sold by its members rose to what is believed to be an all-time record high $257,450, up 5 percent from the previous record high set in May of $245,000 and up 17 percent compared to the $220,000 median sale price of homes sold in the Daytona Beach area in June of last year. [READ: Home prices in Daytona rise to record territory] The Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors is one of three Realtors associations in Volusia County. The New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors reported that the median sale price of homes sold last month by its members was $251,000, up 13 percent compared with $222,000 a year ago but down slightly from $255,000 in May. The West Volusia Association of Realtors saw the median sale price of homes sold by its members in June dip slightly to $200,000, compared with $209,000 in May, but up 2.6 percent compared with $195,000 in June of last year. The average sale price of homes sold in May rose to $335,557 in Flagler County, according to the Flagler County Association of Realtors. Last month saw the average sale price for homes sold in Flagler dip to $316,838 compared to May, but it was still a 19.9 percent increase over June of last year. In Volusia, the average sale price rose last month to $271,352, a 13.2 percent increase year over year and the highest in years, according to Florida Realtors data. Realtor Bo Bofamy of Keller Williams in Port Orange reported selling a house after just one day on the market for the full asking price of $299,900 in that city's Water's Edge community. "(It's) just a really hot area now," he wrote in an email. The buyer was a local resident already living in Port Orange, he said. John Adams, president of Adams, Cameron & Co. Realtors in Daytona Beach, said home prices have been steadily rising, "but they're not skyrocketing like they were in 2005-06 (during the last real estate boom). During the (last boom), (median sale) prices would typically jump more than 20 percent. Over the past year, it's going up an average of 7.5 percent." Because the price increase has been gradual this time around, Adams said he does not expect a real estate market collapse like that one that helped plunge the nation into the Great Recession in late 2007. "We have extremely low interest rates and the economy remains strong," said Adams of factors helping to keep home prices inching up. Don Mastro, area manager for mortgage loan lender Homebridge Financial Services in Daytona Beach, said conventional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loans in the 3.5 to 4 percent range with no points "are common now, but it also depends on factors such as (the borrower's) credit scores" "Rates are at the lowest level I've seen in a long time," he said. "At the beginning of the year, we were expecting rates to be up by now, but instead we're lower." Mastro added that he has seen a spike in mortgage loan applications in recent months from people looking to buy homes throughout Volusia and Flagler counties, as well as neighboring Brevard and Seminole. "We've had a very good late spring/early summer," he said. Barring a major unforeseen event, Mastro said, "I see rates staying pretty stable for at least the rest of the year." Wilson said the steady influx of newcomers to the area continues to help fuel the increase in home prices as demand outpaces the available housing supply. "I'm seeing a lot of new people coming in and it's not all retirees," he said, adding that some are families with young children. Said Adams: "We're certainly on a streak." The number of existing homes sold in the Volusia-Flagler area dipped slightly in June, compared with the same month a year ago, mirroring the trend nationally. The National Association of Realtors this week reported a 1.7 percent decline in number of homes sold in June, compared with May, and a 2.2 percent decline compared with June of last year. The slight decline followed a month of gains in May, according to the NAR report. "Home sales are running at a pace similar to 2015 levels -- even with exceptionally low mortgage rates, a record number of jobs and a record high net worth in the country," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. "Imbalance persists for mid-to-lower priced homes with solid demand and insufficient supply, which is consequently pushing up home prices," he said in the report. The median existing-home sale price for existing homes sold nationally in June rose to a record high $285,700, up 4.3 percent from $273,800 in June 2018. Last month's price increase was the 88th month in a row of year-over-year gains nationally, according to the NAR report. HOW MANY HOMES SOLD Number of existing homes sold and the year-over-year percentage change: Volusia County June 2019: 875 +0.1% June 2018: 874 Flagler County June 2019: 254 -4.2% June 2018: 265 Florida June 2019: 27,283 -1.9% June 2018: 27,825 HOW MUCH THEY SOLD FOR Median and average sale price of homes sold and year-over-year percentage change: Volusia County June 2019: $226,000 median + 10.2%; $271,352 average +13.2% June 2018: $205,000 median; $239,611 average Flagler County June 2019: $258,750 median +17.6%; $316,838 +19.9% June 2018: $220,000 median; $264,242 average Florida June 2019: $270,000 median +3.8%; $353,435 average -0.3% June 2018: $260,000 median; $354,509 average HOW FAST THEY'RE SELLING Median time to contract: Volusia County June 2019: 36 days June 2018: 29 days Flagler County June 2019: 55 days June 2018: 54 days Florida June 2019: 39 days June 2018: 34 days HOW MANY HOMES STILL AVAILABLE Number of active listings and how long it would take to deplete the supply if no new listings were added: Volusia County June 2019: 2,726; 3.5 months supply June 2018: 2,489; 3.3 months supply Flagler County June 2019: 1,110; 4.9 months supply June 2018: 1,026; 4.9 months supply Florida June 2019: 90,193; 3.9 months supply June 2018: 88,411; 3.9 months supply SOURCES: Flagler County Association of Realtors, West Volusia Association of Realtors [READ: Volusia home prices rise, Flagler prices dip in April] [READ: National rankings offer reassuring housing market outlook for Volusia, Flagler counties] ___ (c)2019 The News-Journal, Daytona Beach, Fla. 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FARMINGDALE, N.Y.   Given that he had one foot out the door Friday afternoon , Rory McIlroy was pleased with the progress he showed at the PGA Championship despite finishing the week over par. McIlroy was 7 over at one point during his second round before rallying with four birdies over his final six holes to salvage a made cut. He built on that momentum over the weekend despite being well out of range of catching Brooks Koepka, shooting consecutive rounds of 1-under 69 to finish the week at 1 over and inside the top 20. It's not what he had hoped for upon arrival at Bethpage, but there were plenty of positives for the Ulsterman given how high his score ballooned at one point. PGA Championship: Scores | Full coverage "Stuck at it the whole way. It's a 72-hole golf tournament, and you've got to try until the very end and I did that this week," McIlroy said. "It wasn't good enough to be up there in contention, but I made improvements each and every day which is a good thing." McIlroy's hopes for a third PGA title ended during the opening round, when he didn't make a birdie until his final hole of the day. He played his first three holes in 5 over Friday before rebounding to play the next 51 in 6 under. He explained that his goal entering the final round was to reach the top 10, and he was T-13 upon signing his card. He'll stay busy in the coming weeks, playing both the Memorial Tournament and RBC Canadian Open before heading to the U.S. Open, where he'll look to make the cut for the first time since Chambers Bay in 2015. "My record in the U.S. Open hasn't been very good the last few years, so I wanted to mix it up a little bit," McIlroy said. "Looking forward to that run of golf and looking forward to getting my game sharp and in good shape for that major."


SOUTH BEND, Ind.   Mayor Pete Buttigieg remained in South Bend, Ind., on Tuesday to confront a local crisis involving the fatal shooting of a black resident by a white police officer, skipping scheduled campaign appearances in Hollywood. The shooting of the 54-year-old robbery suspect under conditions that remain murky has presented Mr. Buttigieg, a top-tier Democratic presidential candidate, with a test of leadership playing out on the national stage only a week before the first primary debates. Court records show that the officer involved in the case has previously been accused of using racially charged language and excessive force against black suspects. Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter The case has revived scrutiny of Mr. Buttigieg's history of sometimes strained relations with black residents in South Bend. The issue is echoing in the Democratic primary as Mr. Buttigieg, who is in his second term, seeks to improve his support among African-American voters. At an economic forum in South Carolina over the weekend, Mr. Buttigieg unveiled a Marshall Plan-like effort to combat economic inequality in minority communities. He also acknowledged that he has struggled to win the backing of black voters, a gap apparent in polling. "We're working very energetically, very actively, in order to invite more people and specifically black voters into this campaign," he said. Late Tuesday, Mr. Buttigieg's office issued an order through the police department that all officers must activate their body cameras in all work-related interactions with civilians. The officer involved in the shooting did not have his body camera on at the time. The police and city officials "have a responsibility to take every step that can promote transparency and fairness, both in dealing with the recent incident and looking towards the future," Mr. Buttigieg said in a statement. [Read about Pete Buttigieg's complicated history with African-Americans and the police.] For many black voters, issues of personal safety and policing are the most visceral way they perceive elected officials. "How many people judge a mayor in the African-American community is how you handle your police department," Oliver Davis, a black member of the South Bend City Council who has criticized Mr. Buttigieg, said Tuesday. Mr. Davis said minority groups' trust in South Bend police officers   only 10 percent of whom are black or Hispanic   was low. That mistrust has inflamed suspicions about the events that led to the shooting early Sunday morning, when an officer shot and killed 54-year-old Eric J. Logan. The officer, Sgt. Ryan O'Neill, is a 19-year veteran of the department. His personnel file shows only one minor disciplinary action, according to local media : a one-day suspension for driving his police car into a concrete pole in 2004. But court records show Mr. O'Neill was twice sued in 2008 by black residents he had arrested. In one case, a man said Mr. O'Neill subdued him with a Taser while his hands were already raised, and then responded with a racial slur when the man asked Mr. O'Neill what he had done wrong. Another man accused Mr. O'Neill of pummeling him on the back during an arrest for vandalism. The man said Mr. O'Neill and two other officers laughed "about how I was flipping like a fish while being tazed." Both suits, filed in federal court on forms provided to the jailed suspects, were dismissed when the men did not pay filing fees to continue. A former South Bend police officer, David Newton, complained to superiors in 2008 that Mr. O'Neill had made derogatory remarks about interracial relationships and "black meat" to another officer. A spokesman for the South Bend Police Department, Ken Garcia, said Tuesday that an internal investigation found that Mr. Newton's assertion was "not sustained." The police union did not respond to requests for comment from Mr. O'Neill. According to authorities, Mr. O'Neill shot and killed Mr. Logan while responding to a report of someone breaking into cars downtown. Mr. O'Neill responded without using his lights and sirens, which would automatically have triggered his body camera. Nor did Mr. O'Neill turn on the camera manually when he exited the police car. Mr. O'Neill shot Mr. Logan once in the abdomen after he refused to drop a knife when Mr. O'Neill ordered him to do so, authorities said. "Guy threw a knife at me," Mr. O'Neill said over the police scanner. There have been few signs of widespread public protest in South Bend. At a vigil Monday night, Mr. Logan's family members and other residents questioned the police version of his death. The Police Department's homicide division is investigating to determine if charges are warranted against Mr. O'Neill. There will also be an inquiry into whether the officer violated department procedures. Under Mr. Buttigieg, South Bend has added body cameras and implemented bias training for officers, among other measures designed to increase community trust of the police. The efforts stem from Mr. Buttigieg's firing of the city's first black police chief in 2012, which Mr. Buttigieg has acknowledged has created a yearslong rift with African-Americans in South Bend. Mr. Buttigieg fired the chief for mishandling tape recordings of police officers' phone calls. For years, there have been lawsuits over making the police tapes public, a case still tied up in court. "For seven years there has been a concern there is a, quote, cancer within our police department," said Mr. Davis, who has led the City Council's effort to gain access to the tapes. "The issue of trust is huge here.''


Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. One of the big problems with our leaders in Washington, D.C., is that almost all of them want power, but few actually want responsibility. The truth of that proposition can be weighed in the level of inaction that has greeted the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report. If you rightly ignore President Trump's oft-repeated " No collusion! No obstruction !" spin, it is clear from the findings that something should be done about his behavior. But what? And by whom? As the idea of impeachment fades from the limelight, censure is emerging as an alternative. This approach would put a stamp of congressional disapproval on Trump's historical record   an official black mark that could never be erased. It is now clear that Democratic leaders do not have much taste for impeachment. The easiest way for them to get there would be if Mueller had delivered them a report that directly told them to act. They did not get that. Mueller offered Congress a roadmap with which to act on his findings, but apparently felt he could not legally accuse the president of a crime. The standard for impeachment, of course, is a finding of " high crimes and misdemeanors "   and Mueller's apparent inability to deliver an explicit verdict on that front gave Democratic leaders cover for inaction. They wanted Mueller to empower them to move against the president. Instead, he gave them the responsibility to choose. And they seem mostly reluctant to use it. Mueller's report all but cries out for somebody to hold the president accountable   demonstrating amply, as Lawfare points out, that Trump established "a pattern of behavior … in his interactions with law enforcement that is simply incompatible with the president's duty to 'take care that the laws are faithfully executed.'" At various points throughout the investigation, the president lied about his actions during and after the campaign. He ordered aides to short-circuit the investigation   even to the point of firing Mueller   then ordered them to lie about that. If Trump somehow failed to cross the line into obstructing justice through those actions, it is because so many of his aides   trying, apparently, not to take the fall for their boss   simply refused to follow his orders. Clearly, Trump intended to obstruct the inquiry. He failed. But his inability to see his crimes through to completion should not shield him from punishment. So why are Democratic leaders so reluctant to act? Because they are worried about a backlash. The GOP impeachment of Bill Clinton   and the toll it ended up taking on Republicans in Congress in 1998   is a fresh memory for the party's old hands. The fact that the Senate remains in Republican control means there is not much political upside to impeachment: Democrats can charge the fort, but it is highly unlikely they will take it. We still have some time to see if Democrats can and will choose to build an impeachment case against the president. But if they can't or won't, they should not just ignore Trump's behavior. This is where censure comes in. Censure is a formal expression of disapproval by Congress   a way for Democrats to put a blot on Trump's official historic record without putting the nation through an official impeachment process, or exposing Democratic leaders to the political risks impeachment might entail. That puts the question of the president and his behavior back in voters' hands for the 2020 election. Censure was proposed in 1998 as a middle ground for Republicans angered by Bill Clinton's behavior but who didn't think it rose to the level of high crime or misdemeanor. But that possibility was lost to history as the impeachment movement gained momentum. The problem with a censure, of course, is that it carries no real consequences: It amounts to a scolding from Congress, and Trump's behavior   not just the obstruction, but his welcoming of election interference from the Russians   would seem to merit more than a slap on the wrist. The upside is that it's more likely than impeachment to succeed: Either house of Congress can bring a resolution of censure on its own. Such a resolution would easily pass the Democratic-controlled House, of course, but it's also possible it might find backing in the Republican-controlled Senate: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), has signaled his dissatisfaction with the president   he might be persuaded to join such an effort, as might Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). This might feel insufficient, but it is still necessary: Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, spent Sunday morning on television mocking the consciences of Americans who think it's wrong to accept help from a rival country during an election. "Stop the pious act!" he warned CNN's Jake Tapper, in apparent certainty that piety in politics is merely a pose. Such cynicism is poisonous, and deserves a rebuke. The difference between power and responsibility is a willingness to accept that there might be consequences for doing one's duty. The duty of Congress   all of Congress, not just Democrats   is clear: to hold the president to some level of accountability for his actions. It might or might not be popular; Democratic leaders might find their election fears justified. But it is the right thing to do.


PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland   Changes are already underway for the AIG Women's British Open. Announced earlier this month was that the prize fund for the Women's British Open will increase almost 40 percent for 2019, making it the second-highest purse for the five women's majors. Asked Wednesday whether he foresees a day when the women and men would compete for equal pay   the women's purse is now $4.5 million, compared to $10.75 million for the men   R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said he's more focused on a sustainable business model for the Women's British Open. "To build the economics of the Women's British Open, to be able to keep raising the prize money, we need to do it as a sustainable business model," he said. "It needs to be a long-term business model. How do we build a better model to have a more finally successful Women's British Open that will then flow down into the prize money? "Where it ends up, I don't know. But my ambition is to keep growing the overall performance of it and keep enhancing the status of the event." Though Slumbers said that he has no intention to take the men's Open to any inland courses, preferring to play golf's oldest championship on 10 of the finest links in the world, that's not yet the case for the Women's British. This year, for instance, the event is being held at Woburn in England (with Royal Troon on deck for 2020). "We're looking at it very carefully," Slumbers said. "How we attract more people to watch the championship, to watch it live, to watch it on TV, it may be that all being on links courses may not be the right answer," Slumbers said. "With the Women's British Open, a mix of some of the great inland golf courses and the great links courses, but all aimed at trying to make the championship more engaged with by the public."


HAZEL PARK (WWJ) - A Hazel Park man who admitted to stabbing his girlfriend to death will spend 30 years to live in prison. "I'll never forgive myself. I don't want mercy," 36-year-old Benjamin Wozniak told the judge before the sentenced was handed down in an Oakland County courtroom Wednesday. Natalie Urso-Dudash, 37, was stabbed 17 times back in January at a home on Hughes Avenue, near 9 Mile and Dequindre roads Wozniak, who earlier pleaded guilty to a charge second degree murder, sat and listened as several of Urso-Dudash's family members delivered victim impact statements. "I cannot even put into words the sorrow I feel daily," the victim's mother, Gina Dudash said. "Natalie is in my thoughts every day. She is the first thought in the morning when I open my eyes to the pit in my stomach reminds me she's no longer here." "I hope your days are long and your nights are restless," she said. "I hope you think about the daughter and mother you took from our lives. I hope her last words and look on her face haunt you forever." Wozniak had fathered children with Urso and authorities said the two were still living together, The two boys were home asleep at the time of the slaying and were not injured. Wozniak was arrested after another girlfriend called police to report he was acting strangely, and officers conducting a welfare check found Urso-Dudash dead. The alleged murder weapon, a large knife, was found nearby on the lawn of a religious youth center. Judge Cheryl Matthews called Wozniak, who offered a brief apology, "heartless" and "repulsive." An obituary for Urso-Dudash describes her as a creative, passionate, and strong-willed firecracker of a woman who left a lasting impression. "She was thoughtful. She was kind. She was supportive," the obituary continues. "She wanted nothing more than the best for her children and family, and anyone that knew her would agree. Many of her loved ones will remember her for her quick wit and sense of humor. She had the ability to walk into a room and have everyone laughing within minutes. She found ways to relate to others and make anyone feel comfortable. There was always something to talk about with Natalie. She was genuinely interested in getting to know about others and their journeys. Perhaps Natalie's most admirable quality was her resilience. Her ability to find strength despite difficult circumstances was second to none."


May 20 (Reuters) - Missouri's Republican governor could sign a law as early as this week banning most abortions in the Midwestern state after the eighth week of pregnancy, part of a wave of restrictions aimed at driving a challenge of abortion to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republican Governor Mike Parson told reporters on Friday he planned to sign the bill, which was approved by the Republican-controlled state legislature last week and would enact one of the United States' most restrictive bans. He did not set a date for the signing but has until July 14 to do so, according to local media reports. The state is one of eight where Republican-controlled legislatures this year have passed new restrictions on abortion. It is part of a coordinated campaign aimed at prompting the nation's now conservative-majority top court to cut back or overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. The most restrictive of those bills was signed into law in Alabama last week. It bans abortion at all times and in almost all cases, including when the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest, but allows exceptions when the mother's life is in danger. The Missouri bill also offers no exception for cases of rape or incest. The American Civil Liberties Union has said it will sue to block Alabama's law from taking effect. Last week, the ACLU joined Planned Parenthood, the women's reproductive healthcare provider, in suing Ohio over its recent six-week abortion ban. Abortion is one of the most bitterly contested social issues in the United States. Opponents often cite religious belief in saying that fetuses deserve rights similar to those of infants. Abortion rights advocates say the bans deprive women of equal rights and endanger those who end up seeking riskier, illegal methods to end a pregnancy. Kentucky, Georgia, Utah, Mississippi and Arkansas have also passed new restrictions on abortion this year. Conservative lawmakers have been emboldened in their efforts to roll back Roe v. Wade by two judicial appointments by President Donald Trump that have given conservatives a 5-4 majority on the court. The Supreme Court could act as early as Monday on appeals seeking to revive two abortion restrictions enacted in Indiana in 2016. Abortion rights activists on Sunday marched on the Alabama state capital in Birmingham to protest that state's new law, which would take effect in two months. (Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; editing by Scott Malone and Jonathan Oatis)


HARRISBURG, PA   Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are going up again. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a six percent toll increase for 2020 for both E-ZPass and cash customers. The increase is set to start at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 5, 2020. Turnpike tolls have risen annually since 2009 due to funding obligations for Act 44 of 2007. The increase is required to meet escalating debt-service costs associated with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's annual Act 44/Act 89 contributions to the Commonwealth of PA for transit operations and funding for its 10-year capital program, the commission said in a statement. "Since 2007, the commission has increased tolls annually to maintain its aging roads and make good on a funding obligation required by two state laws, Act 44 of 2007 and Act 89 of 2013,"said Mark Compton, turnpike CEO. "As a result, the commission has delivered $6.6 billion in toll-backed funding to PennDOT in the last dozen years." The most-common toll for a passenger vehicle next year will increase from $1.40 to $1.50 for E-ZPass customers and from $2.30 to $2.50 for cash customers. The most common toll for a Class-5 tractor trailer will increase from $3.70 to $4.00 for E-ZPass and from $16.30 to $17.30 for cash. The cashless toll at the westbound Delaware River Bridge will increase from $5.30 to $5.70 for E-ZPass customers and from $7.20 to $7.70 for those who use PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE. Three western PA highways will see increases implemented on Oct. 27, 2019. Those three highways include: PA Turnpike 376, (Beaver Valley Expressway); PA Turnpike 66 (Greensburg Bypass or Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass); and the Gateway tolling point (milepost 2 near Ohio on I-76). In addition to paying debts, the increases will also support the turnpike commission's 10-year plan to preserve the highway. "Parts of our tollway turn 79 years old on Oct. 1, and we must continue to invest in our road to make it safer, smoother and wider for customers," Compton said. To find out how much more you'll be paying, visit the toll calculator.


An Orange County teacher has been charged with threatening to "shoot up" her school. A news release from the Orange County Sheriff's Office says Kristen Thompson was arrested Tuesday on a felony charge of communicating a threat of mass violence. The sheriff's office says Thompson abruptly resigned Friday from Pathways Elementary School in Hillsborough. It says other teachers reported that Thompson "made threats to shoot up the school." A phone listing for Thompson rang unanswered Tuesday afternoon. A sheriff's spokeswoman said investigators didn't have information on whether Thompson has a lawyer who can speak on her behalf. Thompson's name didn't appear on the school's website Tuesday, but an archived version indicated that she worked with children in the special education program. READ MORE: Hillsborough teacher charged with threatening to 'shoot up' her school CHECK OUT WXII: Get the latest Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem news of the day. Catch the top stories, sports and weather from the team at WXII12.


Michael Sam has been accepted to the NFL's first-ever veteran combine, the league confirmed Friday. Sam, who is trying to become the league's first openly gay player, was cut by the St. Louis Rams last August and by the Dallas Cowboys in October after seven weeks on their practice squad. If Sam doesn't receive an NFL offer this offseason, he is expected to take a one-year contract offer from the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes. He is currently in rehearsals for the ABC show Dancing With the Stars but continues to train in Los Angeles at a gym co-owned by former NFL linebacker Brian Urlacher and FOXNFL insider Jay Glazer. Invitations went out Friday for the combine, which will be held next month in Arizona. Roughly 100 players are expected to be invited. The league has not released the complete list. *** Follow Tom Pelissero on Twitter @TomPelissero


A one-of-a-kind bark shield dating back to the Iron Age has been unearthed in England. Archaeologists have never seen anything like it, describing the artifact as "lost technology." The bark shield was discovered four years ago in what was once a livestock watering hole, according to a release issued by the University of York. Normally, items made from organic materials, such as bark, don't preserve well, but in this case, the moist, soggy conditions prevented the shield from degrading. The bark shield is the only one of its kind ever found in Europe, according to a University of Leicester release . The artifact, called the Enderby shield, was discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Service at the Everards Meadows site in 2015, which is south of Leicester, England. This area once hosted a vibrant Iron Age farming community. The bark shield, which was made from either alder, willow, poplar, hazel, or spindle tree, was radiocarbon dated to between 395 and 255 BCE, according to the University of Leicester. The outer layer of bark formed the inside of the shield. Archaeologists have previously documented the use of bark to manufacture other objects, but this is the first time the material has been seen in an Iron Age weapon. This discovery is consequently changing our conceptions of the materials and techniques used to create defensive weapons thousands of years ago. "This truly astonishing and unparalleled artefact has given us an insight into prehistoric technology that we could never have guessed at," University of York archaeologist Michael Bamforth, who headed the analysis of shield, said in the university's press release. "Although we know that bark has many uses, including making boxes and containers it doesn't survive well in the archaeological record." The bark shield measured 67 centimeters (26.3 inches) long and 37 centimeters (14.5 inches) wide when it was still in the ground, according to the University of Leicester. The manufacturer of the shield used wooden laths thin, flat strips of wood used to form a base to stiffen the structure. The shield also featured an edging rim made of wood, and a woven stud at the center, called a boss, to protect the shield's wooden handle. "This is a lost technology," Matt Beamish, the lead archaeologist from the University of Leicester Archaeological Service, told the Guardian. "It has not been seen before as far as we are aware, but presumably it is a technique that was used in many ways for making bark items," he said. Analysis showed that the shield was once colored in red and decorated with a checkerboard pattern. The shield was "severely damaged" before it ended up in the watering hole, as noted in the University of York release. This damage was likely caused by spear tips, but the researchers aren't entirely sure. "The first time I saw the shield I was absolutely awed by it: the complex structure, the careful decorations, and the beautiful boss," Rachel Crellin, a professor at the University of Leicester who assessed the shield, in the University of York statement. Initially, the archaeologists figured the thin bark shield was too flimsy and impractical for use as a defensive weapon, and that it might have instead served a ceremonial purpose. To assess its functionality, the researchers engaged in some experimental archaeology. Using materials sourced from the area where the shield was found and a simple tool kit, they reconstructed the shield from scratch. This exercise offered important insights into how the shield was created and possibly how the design may have inspired the more sophisticated metal shields that followed. "The shape of the finished items is fascinating, with differential shrinkage of the wood components causing the shields to curve as they dried. When viewed from the front the rectangular shields appear 'waisted' or hour-glass shaped," according to the University of Leicester. "This may be of some significance, as some metal shields from the period, such as the Battersea Shield in the British Museum, are similar and may be copying the design." Tests of the experimental shield showed that it was light, but durable. "It was only through experimentation that we realized it could be tough enough to protect against blows from metal weapons," according to Bamforth. "Although a bark shield is not as strong as one made from wood or metal, it would be much lighter allowing the user much more freedom of movement." The University of Leicester has donated the shield to the British Museum, and it is scheduled to go on display in 2020.


The device linked to the Boeing 737 Max software that has been scrutinized after two deadly crashes was previously flagged in more than 200 incident reports submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, but Boeing did not flight test a scenario in which it malfunctioned, CNN has learned. The angle-of-attack (AOA) sensor, as it's known, sends data to a 737 Max software system that pushes the nose of the aircraft down if it senses an imminent stall. That software, triggered by erroneous data from AOA sensors, is believed to have played a role in crashes of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines jets. Former Boeing engineers and aviation analysts interviewed by CNN have criticized Boeing's original software design for relying on data from a single AOA sensor, claiming that those devices are vulnerable to defects. FAA data analyzed by CNN supports that assessment. The FAA has received at least 216 reports of AOA sensors failing or having to be repaired, replaced or adjusted since 2004, according to data from the FAA's Service Difficulty Reporting website . Those reports, about one-fifth of which involve Boeing planes, include incidents in which AOA sensors were frozen, improperly installed, struck by lightning or even hit by flying birds. In some cases, faulty sensors led to stall warnings, forcing pilots to abort takeoffs or perform emergency landings. In one 2011 case, the flight crew on a Boeing 737-800 reported that the "angle of attack and airspeed failed" and declared an emergency. An AOA sensor was then replaced. The FAA also issued two directives for various Boeing aircraft models before the 737 MAX was released, indicating that Boeing was aware of the potential for the sensors to cause problems in its planes. A 2013 directive mandated inspections of certain AOA sensors to prevent possible problems that included "obstacles after takeoff, or reduced controllability of the airplane." Another FAA directive published in 2016 warned that AOA sensors on Boeing MD-90-30 airplanes needed to be modified and tested to address "the unsafe condition on these products." While those directives did not involve the 737 Max, Peter Goelz, a former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and a CNN aviation analyst, said AOA sensors fundamentally work the same on different aircraft models. "This is a fairly simple external device that can get damaged on a regular basis," Goelz said. "That's important because Boeing made the decision to rely on them as single sources for streams of data." In a statement to CNN, a Boeing spokesperson said the 737 Max and its stall-prevention system, called MCAS, were certified in accordance with all FAA requirements, and that Boeing's analysis for the plane determined that in the event of erroneous inputs from an AOA sensor, pilots would be able to maintain control of the plane by following established procedures. "Single sources of data are considered acceptable in such cases by our industry," the Boeing spokesperson said. A preliminary report by Ethiopian government officials suggests that a malfunctioning AOA sensor on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March fed erroneous data to the MCAS, which repeatedly forced the nose of the plane down as pilots struggled in vain to regain control. That sequence of events is almost identical to problems on board the doomed Lion Air Flight 610 that crashed in October. In total, 346 people died in the two accidents. Since the initial crash last October, Boeing has been updating the MCAS software on the 737 Max to use data from the plane's two AOA sensors, rather than relying on one sensor. Critics question why the airplane's system wasn't originally designed that way. "From the beginning it should have been a fail-safe design, which would have relied on two inputs to make sure that you weren't sensitive to one failure," said Peter Lemme, a former Boeing flight-controls engineer who helped design systems for the 757 and 767. Lemme, who was subpoenaed by a grand jury in an investigation into the 737 Max, said he doesn't understand why it took two fatal crashes for Boeing to make those changes. Didn't test how software would respond to sensor malfunction In addition to not including inputs from two AOA sensors in its original design, Boeing did not flight test AOA sensor malfunctions and how MCAS software would respond, according to several sources. A former Boeing pilot who tested the 737 Max, who requested anonymity due to fears of negative repercussions, told CNN "I don't think we appreciated the ramifications of a... failure of an AOA probe." Another source familiar with the 737 MAX testing said the failure of an AOA sensor was not flight tested, but rather "analyzed in the design and certification" of the aircraft, and it was determined trained pilots would have been able to handle the failure. A second former Boeing test pilot was surprised to learn that the company had relied on a single sensor, as opposed to a redundant system, to perform such a vital function in the first place. "I would be very curious to know what their logic was on that...and what drove them to think that was a suitable solution," said the pilot, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio told CNN his committee is investigating Boeing's design and the FAA's certification of the 737 Max and its MCAS system that relied on one AOA sensor. "I have questions about whether all of the systems on the 737 MAX were tested and properly certified by the FAA, and this is one of the areas our investigation is exploring," said DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat. Following the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the family of an American woman who died, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines and Rosemount Aerospace, Inc., which allegedly made a faulty AOA sensor believed to have played a role in the crash, according the lawsuit . The lawsuit accuses Boeing of putting "profits over safety," and rushing the 737 Max 8 to market to compete with rival Airbus and that company's A320 aircraft. A spokeswoman for United Technologies, which owns Rosemount, did not respond to a request for comment. Although Boeing has updated the 737 Max's software to include input from two AOA sensors, Boeing's CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Monday those updates are not an admission of an initial design flaw. He said both accidents occurred due to a chain of events and that the erroneous triggering of the MCAS software was one link in that chain. "We haven't seen a technical slip or gaffe in terms of the fundamental design and certification," Muilenburg said.


Yardbarker's Ryan Fowler runs down the top 25 favorites to win the 2019 U.S. Open golf major at Pebble Beach. One of the most beautiful courses in the world, Pebble Beach on the California coast has hosted the U.S. Open five previous times: 1972, 1982, 1992, 2000 and 2010. While Graeme McDowell won in 2010, some household names who finished in the top 10 that year remain Open favorites again nine seasons later, including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson. Paul Casey U.S. Open odds: 66-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: five Since his T10 finish at the 2007 U.S. Open, Casey hasn't sniffed this major's top 10. He shot 16-under to post a second-place finish at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and won the Valspar Championship earlier this season. Henrik Stenson U.S. Open odds: 66-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: two In his final U.S. Open tune-up, Stenson finished T8 (minus-10) at last weekend's Canadian Open, which was only his second top-10 finish this season. He's earned two top-six U.S. Open finishes over the past five years. Webb Simpson U.S. Open odds: 50-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: four The 2012 U.S. Open champion at The Olympic Club just carded a 66-64-67-68, 15-under to place T2 at the Canadian Open. While his season-to-date resume leaves little to be desired, he did finish T5 at the Masters. Shane Lowry U.S. Open odds: 50-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: three While he did miss the cut at the 2019 Pebble Beach Pro-Am (E), Lowry has three top-10 finishes over his past four events. On top of that, he finished T9 and T2 at the 2015 and 2016 U.S. Opens, respectively. Matt Kuchar U.S. Open odds: 50-to-1 2019 titles: two 2019 top 10s: eight Kuchar finished T6 at the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and T12 and T8 at the 2019 Masters and PGA Championship, respectively. The 40-year-old PGA tour veteran still finds himself in a position to win come Sundays, which is supported by eight top-10 finishes this season. Brandt Snedeker U.S. Open odds: 50-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: three Before last weekend's fourth-place finish at the Canadian Open, Snedeker hadn't posted a top 10 finish since mid-March. His three top 10 U.S. Open finishes over the past five years earned him a "favorite" distinction this year. Tony Finau U.S. Open odds: 40-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: three Here's Finau's past seven tournaments: Valero Open: T61 Masters: T5 Zurich Classic: missed cut Wells Fargo: T60 PGA Championship: T64 Charles Schwab Challenge: second The Memorial: missed cut While his fifth-place finish at the 2018 U.S. Open is commendable, Finau isn't playing great golf ahead of the season's third major. Phil Mickelson U.S. Open odds: 40-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: two Dating back to mid-February   a span of nine tournaments   Mickelson's best finish is T18 with four missed cuts. However, his lone 2019 tournament title? That's right, it was the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am where he torched the course to finish 19-under. The 48-year-old has finished second at the U.S. Open six times without a title to show for his efforts. Lefty placed T4 the last time Pebble Beach hosted the Open back in 2010. Bryson DeChambeau U.S. Open odds: 40-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: three DeChambeau has not placed inside the top 20 since mid-February and missed the tournament cut in three of his past four. While he did finish T15 at the 2016 U.S. Open, he's yet to shoot under par for the tournament in four starts. Earlier this season, DeChambeau shot 3-under at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and tied for 55 th . Tommy Fleetwood U.S. Open odds: 33-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: four Here's a U.S. Open long shot to embrace. Fleetwood accomplished what few could at last year's Open at Shinnecock: He tamed the course. He carded a final-round 63 to finish one shot behind champion Brooks Koepka. Fleetwood shot 11-under par back in 2017 at Erin Hills to finish fourth. To say he's on the cusp of locking down a U.S. Open title is an understatement. It is worth noting that he hasn't competed in a tournament since the PGA Championship nearly a month ago. Hideki Matsuyama U.S. Open odds: 33-to-1 2019 titles: 0 2019 top 10s: four Matsuyama snapped a streak of five consecutive finishes outside the top 15 when he shot 11-under to place sixth at the Memorial two weeks ago. He'll ride that wave of confidence into the U.S. Open   a major in which he finished T2 two years ago at Erin Hills and T16 last year at Shinnecock Hills. Francesco Molinari U.S. Open odds: 33-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: three Is Molinari's Masters meltdown impacting his most recent play? Since Augusta, the Italian golfer has missed a cut, tied for 48 th at the PGA Championship and tied for 53 rd at the Charles Schwab Challenge. While not ideal ahead of the U.S. Open, in his past three majors, Molinari has won the British Open, tied for six th at the 2018 PGA Championship and tied for fif th at the Masters. His only professional start at Pebble Beach came at the 2010 U.S. Open when he shot plus-12 to miss the cut. Jason Day U.S. Open odds: 28-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: five After four consecutive top 10 finishes at the U.S. Open   including a T2 at Merion in 2013   Day has missed back-to-back Open cuts, at Erin Hills and Shinnecock. His 2019 tour resume isn't much better with two missed cuts and two finishes outside the top 20 over the past month. Day's saving grace is a T5 finish at The Masters where he shot 11-under. Adam Scott U.S. Open odds: 28-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: five The Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard was quick to point out that Scott's 17-under would have won the last eight Memorial tournaments, but Patrick Cantlay just happened to post a 19-under. The Aussie now boasts back-to-back top-10 finishes after a T8 at the PGA Championship. Scott's U.S. Open resume also includes back-to-back top-10 finishes   in 2014-2015   but he has regressed the past three years with a T18 at Oakmont and consecutive missed cuts. Xander Schauffele U.S. Open odds: 25-to-1 2019 titles: two 2019 top 10s: zero The 2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year came one stroke shy of catching Tiger Woods at the 2019 Masters. Still only 25, Schauffele's two 2019 tour wins came much earlier in the season, but here's another long shot to watch. In two U.S. Open starts, he's finished T5 (minus-10) at Erin Hills and T6 (plus-6) at Shinnecock. Schauffele's success at Pebble Beach may come down to if he can leave recent mediocre performances in the past. Over his past four tournaments, Schauffele has finished outside the top 13 with one missed cut. Rickie Fowler U.S. Open odds: 25-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: five Following a T2 U.S. Open finish at Pinehurst back in 2014, Fowler missed back-to-back Open cuts only to return to form in 2017 and post a 10-under at Erin Hills (T5). However, like so many tour professionals, Shinnecock chewed him up and spit him out last year, finishing plus-11, T20. Fowler's currently in the midst of a clunky stretch of his 2019 season. Over his past three tournaments, he's finished outside the top 13 with one missed cut. Justin Thomas U.S. Open odds: 25-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: five Thomas was forced to withdraw from the PGA Championship and missed six weeks of action due to a wrist injury. In his return at the Memorial two weeks ago, the No. 6 golfer in the world shot a respectable 1-under on Day 1 before he carded a disastrous 8-over, round of 80   the fourth of his career   and missed the cut at 7-over. Still only 26 years old, Thomas has competed in four previous U.S. Open with an 8-under, T9 at Erin Hills, his best finish. He shot 7-under to tie for 20th at last weekend's Canadian Open. Jon Rahm U.S. Open odds: 25-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: eight Since tying for ninth at the Masters and teaming up with Ryan Palmer to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (minus-26), Rahm has missed back-to-back tournament cuts. The 24-year-old Spaniard posted the amateur-low score at the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont (plus-7) but has missed two Open cuts as a pro, including a robust p;us-15 at Shinnecock last year. Justin Rose U.S. Open odds: 22-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: five When you start to dig into the U.S. Open's history, only then do you realize how this major has a tendency to chew up past champions. Rose has two missed cuts and a T27 finish sandwiched between two top-12 finishes since winning the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion. After shooting a 3-over, 75 in the first round of the Memorial, Rose bounced back to card a 9-under 63 in the second but limped to the finish line with back-to-back 71s to finish the tournament 8-under and place 13 th . Patrick Cantlay U.S. Open odds: 20-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: eight Ignore the fact that Cantlay has played in only one U.S. Open as a professional and finished T45 (plus-15) at Shinnecock last year. To truly believe in Cantlay as a 2019 favorite, just take a quick glance at the heater he's enjoyed the past two months. Since shooting 10-under and tying for ninth at The Masters, the 27-year old has Two T3s and won the Memorial at 19-under two weeks ago. Jordan Spieth U.S. Open odds: 18-to-1 2019 titles: zero 2019 top 10s: three After a horrendous start to his 2019 season, Spieth has found his groove over the past three tournaments. He shot 2-under and tied for third at the PGA Championship, shot 5-under and tied for eighth at the Charles Schwab Challenge and despite a 1-over on Sunday, he carded a 10-under at the Memorial to finish tied for seventh. Since winning the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, Spieth has finished T37 and T35 and missed the cut the past three years. One interesting little factoid is that Spieth previously enjoyed championship success at Pebble Beach when he shot 19-under to win the 2017 Pro-Am. Tiger Woods U.S. Open odds: 11-to-1 2019 Titles: one (The Masters) 2019 top 10s: four Tiger made the mistake of skipping a tune-up event ahead of the PGA Championship and paid the price when he missed the cut. He tried to rectify that error by shooting 9-under at the Memorial Tournament two weeks ago. Woods looked sharp at times, but some streaks of inconsistency   highlighted by a third round 4-under on the front nine, but 2-over on the back nine   cost him a shot at the trophy. Woods has won the U.S. Open three times, in 2000, 2002 and 2008. Rory McIlroy U.S. Open odds: 8-to-1 2019 titles: two 2019 top 10s: 10 For being one of the game's so-called "greats," McIlroy is truly an enigma. A week after missing the cut at the Memorial, he shoots 22-under and wins last weekend's Canadian Open by seven strokes. The No. 4 golfer in the world has missed three consecutive U.S. Open cuts. That is not a typo. McIlroy shot plus-8 at Oakmont, plus-5 at Erin Hills and plus-10 at Shinnecock. Since winning the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club, McIlroy has finished outside the top 20 or missed the cut in six of the past seven U.S. Opens. Dustin Johnson U.S. Open odds: 8-to-1 2019 titles: one 2019 top 10s: seven The "what-ifs" of golf seem to hover over Johnson at every turn. In addition to eight top-10 finishes in his last 10 stroke-play tournaments, D.J. could have been a back-to-back U.S. Open champion 2015-2016, but a three-putt on the 18 th hole awarded Jordan Spieth the victory in '15. As he often does, Johnson bounced back and broke through with a U.S. Open title the following year with a 4-under, three-stroke win at Oakmont Country Club. Brooks Koepka U.S. Open odds: 8-to-1 2019 Titles: two (PGA Championship) 2019 top 10s: five How tough was the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills? The No. 1 golfer in the world shot plus-1 for the tournament win and with the victory became the first player in 29 years to win back-to-back U.S. Opens. Following his 2019 PGA Championship win at Bethpage Black, Koepka skipped the Memorial and finished T50 (minus-2) at the Canadian Open last weekend.


Millions of people in Southern California are on edge and worried about their safety after two large earthquakes and more than 4,000 aftershocks. The powerful, damaging quakes rocked the small desert town of Ridgecrest, 110 miles north of Los Angeles. Some people there are so worried, they are refusing to sleep indoors. California's governor is calling the seismic activity a wake-up call. Scientists are warning that a similar sized quake in a major city like San Francisco or Los Angeles could have been catastrophic. Life is beginning to return to normal but the shock for residents in and around Ridgecrest where a 7.1 magnitude earthquake sent items flying off store shelves and people scrambling, still hasn't worn off. Police say all the roads are safe and water and power have been restored but experts warn aftershocks may rattle the community for weeks. At a town hall Sunday, local officials tried to reassure the shaken community with the steps they're taking. "Still nervous. It hasn't settled. Every time the ground starts shaking, the mind goes back," said California resident Bob Bloudek. Strongest earthquake in decades a reminder that California is "way overdue" for the "big one," expert says "PTSD is a real thing," warned Ridgecrest Police Chief Jed McLaughlin. "And we're all suffering from it right now … we have teams coming in that will help us with that." When the 7.1 quake hit, brick chimneys didn't stand a chance. Homeowner Marilyn McKee was inside her home when her chimney collapsed. Her husband spent Sunday trying to prevent any more damage from aftershocks. "This was so awakening to what an earthquake can really do," he said. Flavio Montes and his family are so rattled they've decided to sleep outside of a Red Cross shelter. His daughter and her friend say it'll be awhile before they're ready to return home. "We ended up coming out here because my kids went in, every time a little shake would happen, they would just start panicking," Montes said. His daughter and their friends said they feel safer sleeping outside because nothing there will fall on them. After two major earthquakes, authorities call it a miracle nobody was killed or seriously injured. Ridgecrest Mayor Peggy Breeden said the town was built with earthquake precautionary measures in mind   and they did make a difference. While some people may still be too afraid to be indoors, the good news is the USGS says there is now just a one percent chance of another magnitude seven or higher earthquake in the next week. The chances of another magnitude six quake is also diminishing.


For more than 50 years, nothing marked the remote spot in northwest Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till's body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955, after he was dragged from a relative's home in the middle of the night and brutally lynched. So when a historical marker was placed there in 2007, as part of an effort to commemorate Till's life and the way his murder became a catalyzing moment in the civil rights movement, it was seen as a sign of progress. Then, people started showing up with weapons. On Thursday, which would have been Till's 78th birthday, a photograph circulated around the Internet, drawing outrage. It showed three white University of Mississippi fraternity brothers smiling as they posed in front of the sign with a shotgun and an AR-15. Originally posted on a private Instagram account, where it received 274 likes before being removed, it was made public by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica. Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today's most popular stories on The Washington Post The students have now been suspended from their fraternity and potentially face a civil rights investigation from the Justice Department, but they were not disciplined by Ole Miss because the incident took place off campus and did not violate the university's code of conduct, the outlets reported. In the Instagram post, the historical marker is riddled with bullet holes, though it's impossible to tell whether the Ole Miss students fired the shots. For more than a decade, the sign has been subjected to nonstop vandalism, taxing the resources of the small nonprofit organization that put it there. "Our signs and ones like them have been stolen, thrown in the river, replaced, shot, replaced again, shot again, defaced with acid and have had KKK spray painted on them," the Emmett Till Memorial Commission said in a statement Thursday. "The vandalism has been targeted and it has been persistent. Occasionally, the national news has picked up the story. More often, these acts have gone unnoticed and been the responsibility of our community to maintain." Within a year of the purple-and-white historical marker being erected, it was ripped down by vandals whose tire prints led to the riverbank. Authorities concluded that the marker had been dumped in the river, in an act with chilling parallels to Till's own death: After dragging him from his bed in the middle of the night, his murderers shot him, tied a cotton gin fan to his neck with barbed wire and threw his body in the river. A second sign was shot at 317 times before it, too, was replaced. Though it had been collecting bullet scars for years, it wasn't until 2016 that a photo of the damage posted by a film student working on a documentary about Till's life went viral, prompting donors to kick in more than $20,000 for a new sign. Yet, just 35 days after the replacement sign went up in 2018, a professor from nearby Delta State University discovered that it had been shot with four bullets . None of the vandals have ever been caught. "These are easy targets, a low-risk outlet for racism," Dave Tell, a communications professor at the University of Kansas and the author of "Remembering Emmett Till," told the Clarion Ledger in 2016. Some people, he added, mistakenly see civil rights monuments as "a form of reverse discrimination, a threat to their own well-being." Other markers that commemorate Till have suffered a similar fate. In 2006, when a 38-mile stretch of Route 49 in Mississippi was dedicated in the Chicago teenager's honor, the sign proclaiming it the "Emmett Till Memorial Highway" was promptly spray-painted with KKK graffiti. "Our city is growing, working to bring racial harmony . . . and then we have some jackass come in and deface the sign," state Sen. David Jordan, a Democrat who had worked to get the highway renamed, told the Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper at the time. A historical marker in front of Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market in Money, Miss., where a white storekeeper accused Till of whistling at her, was defaced in 2017 by vandals who removed its vinyl, literally erasing the story of Till's death and the subsequent acquittal of the two men accused of murdering him. "This time, it's not someone with a shotgun or somebody trying to run over or tear down the sign," Davis Houck, a rhetorical studies professor at Florida State University and member of the Emmett Till Memory Project, told the Clarion Ledger. "This time, it's more sinister because it's carefully thought out. It's not a defacing, but an erasing." Though the Emmett Till Memorial Commission has put up a number of markers at key historic sites in the area, the one by the riverbank is the most secluded, and has consequently seen the most damage. Over the years, the commission has debated replacing it with a gazebo , which could potentially be a less appealing target for vandals, and tried to figure out if there's a way to make a sign that resists bullets . It has also been working to develop a mobile app, scheduled to go live this fall, intended as a digital equivalent of the historical marker. "It's not bricks and mortar so you can't shoot it," Houck, who worked on the project, told the Clarion Ledger in 2016. Some have also suggested that the vandalism adds another layer of meaning to the sign. In 2018, after the brand-new marker was shot up, Tell told the Clarion Ledger that he was in favor of leaving the sign the way it was, explaining that the bullet holes "bear eloquent witness to the fact that work remains to be done, that the memory of Till's murder still cuts a rift through the heart of the modern-day Delta." Alvin Sykes, the president of the Emmett Till Justice Campaign, agreed, telling the paper, "The sign going back up is a sign of progress. The bullets are showing how much further we need to go." Yet, others have argued that replacing the sign again and again will eventually send a necessary message. "I would keep putting it up, and someone is going to get tired after a while," Annie Wright, whose husband was Emmett Till's cousin and shared a bed with him on the night that he was dragged from their home, told the New York Times in 2018. On Thursday, the commission said that it's trying a number of strategies, including working with a local landowner to install a gate and security camera. The commission is trying to get the historic sites designated as a national park, which would mean that any acts of vandalism are considered a federal crime and treated accordingly. And it'll soon be installing the fourth iteration of the sign, which is supposed to be made of bulletproof material. "Unlike the first three signs, this sign calls attention to the vandalism itself," the commission's statement said. "We believe it is important to keep a sign at this historic site, but we don't want to hide the legacy of racism by constantly replacing broken signs."


Video by The Washington Post Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) daughter reacted Thursday afternoon to reports of conservative social media accounts sharing falsely edited videos of Pelosi made to appear as if the speaker was intoxicated by stating that her mother does not drink. In a tweet, Christine Pelosi called an edited video that circulated to more than 1.3 million Facebook users after being taken down by YouTube "despicable," slamming attempts by conservatives to question the sobriety and mental health of her mother. "Republicans and their conservative allies have been pumping this despicable fake meme for years! Now they are caught," she wrote, adding: "#FactCheck: Madam Speaker doesn't even drink alcohol!" Republicans and their conservative allies have been pumping this despicable fake meme for years! Now they are caught. #FactCheck : Madam Speaker doesn't even drink alcohol! https://t.co/rJ5jxiuvqM - Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) May 23, 2019 In a second message, Pelosi's daughter shared a hateful message received from a supporter of President Trump who accused the speaker of hating America while questioning her alcohol use. "This is the cr*p I'm talking about - reported to @Facebook - which like @Twitter will not suspend the account that clearly violated Terms Of Service. Obviously this doesn't stop ME but others are affected by the "voter depression" strategy that Trump allies are perpetuating," Christine Pelosi wrote, attaching a screenshot of the message. This is the cr*p I'm talking about - reported to @Facebook - which like @Twitter will not suspend the account that clearly violated Terms Of Service. Obviously this doesn't stop ME but others are affected by the "voter depression" strategy that Trump allies are perpetuating. pic.twitter.com/wHF0dZVNHF - Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) May 23, 2019 The edited videos appeared to have caught the attention of the White House and President Trump, who posted a video Thursday that showed numerous instances of Pelosi misspeaking during a press conference edited to remove the larger context from her remarks. The president tweeted the video Thursday afternoon with the caption: "PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS CONFERENCE." His feud with Pelosi erupted this week after the president reportedly stormed out of a meeting on an infrastructure deal with Democrats after Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) declined to bow to his demand for Democrats to drop various congressional investigations of his administration and personal affairs. Trump also shared other criticism of Pelosi's speech habits on Twitter Thursday night, including one tweet quoting GOP campaign consultant Ed Rollins, who appeared on Fox News saying Pelosi was unable to "put a subject with a predicate in the same sentence." "Nancy Pelosi should not be out there doing the kinds of things she is doing. She will diminish herself and her membership. She cannot put a subject with a predicate in the same sentence. What's going on?" Ed Rollins @GreggJarrett @LouDobbs - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2019


Many people are frightened of long-term care costs   for good reason. Most people over 65 eventually will need help with daily living tasks, such as bathing, eating or dressing. Men will need assistance for an average of 2.2 years, while women will need it for 3.7 years, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging. Many will rely on unpaid care from spouses or children. However: • More than one-third will spend time in a nursing home, where the median annual cost of a private room is now over $100,000, according to insurer Genworth's 2018 Cost of Care Survey. • Four out of 10 will opt for paid care at home, and the median annual cost of a home health aide is over $50,000. • Overall, half of people over 65 will incur long-term care costs, and 15% will incur more than $250,000 in costs, according to a study by Vanguard Research and Mercer Health and Benefits. Medicare won't help Medicare and private health insurance typically don't cover these "custodial" expenses, which can quickly wipe out the $126,000 median retirement savings for people age 65 to 74. People who exhaust their savings could wind up on Medicaid, the government health program for the indigent that pays for about half of all nursing home and custodial care. People who live alone, are in poor health or who have a family history of chronic conditions have a greater-than-average likelihood of needing long-term care. Women face special risks, since we tend to outlive our husbands and thus may not have anyone to provide unpaid care. If our husbands need paid care that wipes out our savings, we could face years or even decades living on nothing but Social Security. Certified financial planner Margarita Cheng persuaded her parents to buy long-term care insurance when her dad was 68 and her mom was 54. Five years later, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The policy paid for $225 of the $260 daily cost of his 24-hour care in the final months of his life, she said. "My dad's disease could have been devastating financially for my mom," Ms. Cheng says. "Her mom lived to be 94, so my mom could easily have 30 more years in retirement." Everyone needs a plan Everyone approaching retirement age should consider their potential risks and have a plan to deal with long-term care expenses, financial planners say. "The earlier they start planning, the more choice and control they have," Ms. Cheng says. The options include: • Long-term care insurance. The average annual premium for a 55-year-old couple was $3,050 in 2019, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. Premiums are higher for older people, and those with chronic conditions might not qualify. Policies typically cover a portion of long-term care costs for a defined period such as three years. In the past, big premium hikes forced many people to drop their policies after they became unaffordable. Financial advisers say the insurance is now more accurately priced, although people should still plan on premiums that could rise 50% to 100%. • Hybrid long-term care insurance. Life insurance or annuities with long-term care benefits now outsell traditional long-term care insurance by a rate of about 4-to-1. With these products, money that isn't used for long-term care can be left to heirs. These products typically require you to commit large sums: $100,000 upfront, for example, or paid in installments over five to 10 years, although some now have "lifetime pay" options that average about $7,000 a year. • Home equity. People who move permanently into a nursing home may be able to sell their houses to help fund the care. Reverse mortgages may be an option if one member of a couple remains in the home. These loans allow people to tap home equity but must be repaid if the owners die, sell or move out. • Contingency reserve. People with substantial investments could earmark some of those assets for long-term care. The investments can produce income until there's a need for long-term care, and then be sold to pay for a nursing home or home health aide. • Spending down to Medicaid. People who don't have much saved, or who face a catastrophic long-term care cost that wipes out their savings, could end up depending on Medicaid. There are ways to protect at least some assets for spouses, but those typically require planning with an elder law attorney's help. You can get a referral from the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.


Nathaniel Clyne has reportedly told close friends he is ready to re-join Crystal Palace this summer. The defender's agent is believed to have entered exit talks with current club Liverpool to negotiate a summer exit, after falling down the pecking order at Anfield. The 28-year-old lost his place in the starting lineup under Jurgen Klopp, following injury issues and the emergence of Trent Alexander-Arnold. With Joe Gomez and James Milner being trusted as cover options, first-team appearances have become increasingly scarce for Clyne, who played just five times for the Reds in 2018/19. He was loaned out to Bournemouth for the latter part of last season (featuring 14 times in the Premier League for the Cherries) with Jurgen Klopp seemingly making it clear there is no place for him in the current Liverpool squad. According to Football Insider , Clyne is now ready to call time on his Liverpool career and has eyed Crystal Palace as a potential destination. Clyne was a product of Crystal Palace's academy, making his senior debut for the club in 2008. He went on to make a further 121 appearances for the club before leaving to join Southampton and is eager to return to the club, which is still close to his heart. Roy Hodgson's side are expected to lose first-choice right back Aaron Wan-Bissaka who has been the subject of a big-money bid from Manchester United . Clyne would likely be viewed as an ideal replacement for the outbound full-back, whose departure could be confirmed in the next few days. Despite having just a year left on his current deal, Liverpool are believed to value Clyne at around £12m. West Ham and Bournemouth have previously been linked with a permanent move for the 14-cap England international.


Four fans were escorted out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards after unfurling a pro-Donald Trump banner during Thursday's game between the Orioles and Blue Jays, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The red, white and blue banner, which supported Trump's reelection campaign, bore the messages "Keep America Great!" and "Trump 2020." It was unfurled during the eight inning of the Orioles' 11-2 loss. The banner was not well received by other fans at the ballpark. A "Take it down" chant broke out at Camden Yards as this was unveiled in the eighth inning tonight. The banner has not been well-received. #Orioles pic.twitter.com/Orr7rqn8im   Jon Meoli (@JonMeoli) August 2, 2019 Police and security asked the fans to take down the banner and ultimately led them out of the ballpark. Video later surfaced of the fans' ejection. As noted by the Sun, the Orioles reserve the right to handle such incidents related to banners in said manner. Camden Yards policy is that no banners can be hung anywhere in the stadium so as not to obstruct other fans' views of the game, according to a posting on the team's website. Additionally, the team policy reads that "banners are subject to confiscation if the content is commercial, political, and/or in bad taste according to the Orioles' discretion." The situation at the Orioles' home ballpark comes amid the controversy spawned by Trump, who condemned Baltimore as "very dangerous & filthy" and "disgusting, rat and rodent infested" on Twitter last weekend. The inflammatory remarks stemmed from Trump's ongoing conflict with U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, who represents Maryland's 7th congressional district, which includes the city of Baltimore. Related slideshow: The 2019 MLB season (Provided by imagn)


We are now just a matter of days away from the beginning of the 2019 Women's World Cup, where some of the finest talents in the game will be on show as they compete for the ultimate prize. The eighth edition of the tournament is set to be the biggest yet, but the previous tournaments have seen some outstanding performances from a number of elite goalscorers. Here are the eight leading scorers in the history of the Women's World Cup. Heidi Mohr - 10 One of the finest women to ever play the game, German icon Heidi Mohr was an integral part of her country's success between 1986 and 1996. She turned out at two World Cups, in 1991 and 1995, where she struck an impressive ten goals in just 12 games, with seven of those strikes coming in the first tournament in China. Mohr never managed to lift the trophy, with Germany falling in the final in 1995, but she certainly made a lasting impression on the game. Ann Kristin Aarones - 10 Ann Kristin Aarones' Norway enjoyed a huge amount of success between 1990 and 1999, including beating Mohr's Germany in the 1995 final. She may not have scored in the final, but Aarones finished as the competition's top scorer with six goals, before she added another four in 1999 to take her tally to 10 goals in just 11 matches. Aarones was a founding member of the Women's United Soccer Association in 2001, and will go down as one of the most influential players in history. Bettina Wiegmann - 11 The second German on this list, Bettina Wiegmann has done it all with the national team. She won the World Cup in 2003, but also won four European Championships between 1991 and 2001. The midfielder was Germany's penalty taker, so she was given plenty of chances to add to her tally. In total, she netted 11 goals in 22 matches across four World Cups. Eight of her goals came from the penalty spot, proving just how composed she was on the big stage. The former German Female Footballer of the Year rarely disappointed fans, and she always knew how to get the job done. Sun Wen - 11 When it comes to all-time greats of the game, Chinese legend Sun Wen has to be part of the discussion. Her CV is full of individual awards, including the FIFA Female Player of the Century and World Cup Golden Ball trophies. Sun terrorised World Cup defences between 1991 and 2003, racking up an impressive 11 goals in 20 games. She stole the show in 1999, firing seven goals to propel China to the finals of the competition. The former first pick of the inaugural WUSA draft in 2001, Sun enjoyed an incredible career, before injuries took their tole and forced her into retirement in 2006. Michelle Akers - 12 When Sun won the FIFA Female Player of the Century award in 2002, she shared it with USA icon Michelle Akers, who had dominated football between 1985 and 2000. In total, Akers managed 12 goals in 13 games at the World Cup, but her accomplishment is even more impressive when you realise that she did not manage to get on the score sheet at all during the 1995 tournament. As one of only two women to be named on Pele's FIFA 100 list of the best players of all time, Akers' impact on the women's game is unparalleled. Abby Wambach - 14 Football has seen few players who knew how to score goals quite like Abby Wambach, who holds the record for the highest number of international career goals with 184 in just 256 games. The master of the diving header scored 14 goals in 25 games between 2003 and 2015, although she never managed to lift the trophy before retiring in 2015. Wambach cemented her place as an American icon when she netted a 122nd-minute header in the quarter-final of the 2011 World Cup, helping her side overcome the mighty Brazil en route to the final. Birgit Prinz - 14 Not only is Birgit Prinz's tally of 282 goals in 282 games at club level the most aesthetically satisfying thing you'll ever read, but it's indicative of just how prolific the German was throughout her career. For her country, Prinz struck an impressive 14 goals in 24 games, and managed to win the entire tournament on two occasions, in 2003 and 2007. Prinz almost made history back in 2003 when she was heavily pursued by men's Serie A side Perugia, who were desperate to make her the first woman to play in the league. However, the move collapsed and Prinz continued to dominate women's football for a number of years afterwards. Marta - 15 Ask any fan who the best player in the history of women's football is, and the majority will not hesitate to suggest Brazil's Marta. She has won six World Player of the Year awards, and she has been in the final three in the standings in 12 of the last 15 years. Marta's World Cup record speaks for itself. In 17 games, she has struck a stunning 15 goals, and that tally could still rise as the 33-year-old prepares to lace up her boots for this summer's competition. She is yet to win the World Cup, so many fans are hoping that Marta can round off her international career in the most perfect way possible this summer.


Stocks are weathering the latest bouts of increasing trade war fears, but the bond market is pointing to more trouble ahead. The S&P 500 is up 1% since a massive sell-off to start last week. The broad index also remains about 3.8% from an intraday record reached on May 1. Futures pointed to more gains on Tuesday. Bond yields, however, have not been as resilient. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield is trading at 2.4%, about 40 basis points below its 2019 high and within 10 basis points of its year-to-date low. Yields move inversely to prices. Bonds are largely seen as a safer investment relative to stocks since they typically are not as volatile. Hence, money usually flows into bonds when investors see downside economic or political risks on the horizon. "We have continued to see bonds as the better descriptor of the current fundamental environment, evident in our overweight allocation to bonds and underweight allocation to stocks," Tim Hayes, chief global investment strategist at Ned Davis Research, said in a note on Friday. "And that's even more apparent now that the escalating trade war and more dire economic implications have been sending bond yields lower globally." Earlier this month, the U.S. hiked tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods as the Trump administration adopted a tougher stance on trade. China retaliated by raising levies on $60 billion worth of U.S. products. The Trump administration then escalated tensions between the two countries last week by heavily restricting U.S. companies from doing business with Huawei, a massive Chinese telecom company. That led search gian t Google to suspend all business with Huawei that involved the transfer of software, hardware and other services. Other companies like Qualcomm and Intel are reportedly halting operations with Huawei until further notice. These events have led the 10-year Treasury yield to drop about 15 basis points since May 3. "It remains to be seen how the latest round of tariffs will affect the global economic data to come," Hayes of Ned Davis Research said. "The trade war worries will most likely remain a negative influence on bond yields and stock prices until a clear turn toward trade peace becomes apparent." Related video: Technician says these are next key levels for the bond market Stocks resilient but there are 'chinks in the armor' Stocks have had a remarkable rally since late December. In that time, the S&P 500 has surged about 21%. However, the market's gains have not been broad based and have come from some unusual places. Dave Haviland, managing partner at Beaumont Capital Management, pointed out that transports, small caps and mid-cap stocks have not hit record highs this year. Meanwhile, only four sectors within the S&P 500 have made all-time highs: tech, consumer discretionary and defensive stalwarts real estate and utilities. "We think there are some chinks in the armor," Haviland said. If you look at those four sectors, you get the go-go growth of discretionary and tech, which is basically 'FANG.' Then you've the more conservative, higher yielding real estate and utilities walking alongside them." "It reminds me a little bit of 1998-1999, when about 10 companies   about half tech and half health care   kept dragging the S&P 500 ever higher," he said. "The overall market conditions did catch up to them and they rolled over." Ned Davis' Hayes also points out that while stocks are up sharply this year money has been leaving equity funds all year. According to data from ICI, about $135 billion have been pulled out of stock funds in 2019. Meanwhile, investors have added $169 billion in assets to bond funds this year. "The contrast in outflows from stocks and inflows to bonds is another sign that bonds have been sending the right message, not stocks," Hayes said.


The summer has barely begun and running back Ty Montgomery has already bought into the New York Jets. Montgomery joined the Jets on a one-year deal after spending last season with the Packers and Ravens. While he has only been in New York for a few short months, Montgomery already feels like it's home. "That's just what I'm expecting from myself, just to enjoy each moment as long as I'm here," Montgomery told reporters , "and hopefully I can be here for a long time." The 26-year-old dual-threat back is entering his sixth season out of Stanford. He spent three and a half seasons with the Packers before finishing out the 2018 season with the Ravens. For his career, Montgomery has 932 rushing yards and 892 receiving yards to go along with 10 total touchdowns. Montgomery is expected to be the No. 2 running back behind Le'Veon Bell. He's a similar type of player to Bell, as both can be used in the backfield or lined up as a wide receiver. He'll have some competition though with Elijah McGuire and Bilal Powell also on the roster. But more likely than not, the Jets will cut down on the number of running backs they have. It's great to hear a brand new player already saying he wants to stay with the team. Clearly, he knows the Jets have something going right now and he wants to play a role in it, both now and in the future. MORE: Kenan Thompson zinged the Lightning at NHL Awards show and the players seemed annoyed Five potential Kevin Durant landing spots in free agency Rob Pelinka May Not Have Known the Cap Rules for Anthony Davis Trade Mike Conley's trade to Utah could have a silver lining, for Boston Raiders DE Clelin Ferrell signs contract, offers message to fans


The Seattle Seahawks signed linebacker Mychal Kendricks to another one-year deal this offseason, despite the fact he could be facing significant jail time as a result of pleading guilty to insider trading last Septemeber. "We do expect him to be on the team this year," coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Tuesday. Kendricks' sentencing hearing has been continued out a number of times for undisclosed reasons. Carroll was hesitant to say any more on the matter. "There's not much that I can say that's going to be proper at this time," Carroll explained. "Everything's moving along and he's real optimistic about how things are going. But really not too much to report. I can't tell you much more than that." Kendricks has been participating in the Seahawks' practices but is currently battling an injury. "He hurt his pec a little bit in the weight room and so he's been sore, but if you noticed last few days he's got his individual work and all the preliminary work and we're just holding him back a little bit, make sure that goes away," Carroll said. The Seahawks wrap up minicamp Thursday afternoon before kicking off their summer break. MORE: Kevin Durant reflects from hospital bed after Achilles surgery: 'I wanted to help my teammates' NBA trade rumor rankings: Rockets on the move? Davante Adams on Packers rookie S Darnell Savage: 'We got a steal' Lakers reportedly make Ball and Ingram available for AD, Pelicans want Kuzma Steph Curry says Kevin Durant didn't need to validate himself


May 08--GREENSBORO, N.C.   A woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly burning a 2-month-old child's feet, according to magistrate's order. Loretta Ernestine Marie Ford, 22, of Greensboro, was charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. The report states that Ford intentionally gave a 2-month-old child second and third degree burns on the bottoms of both feet. Neighbors tell FOX8 they're the ones who brought the baby to the hospital and contacted police. Kim Nelson, a neighbor, said she was the one who saw what happened and stopped her. "I was sitting on the porch," she said. "It was around 4 o'clock and I heard the baby crying, and I looked over … and she had a cigarette lighter lighting up, like putting it in the baby's face and stuff. I kept looking and she put the baby back in the seat and stuff and started punching the baby in the chest and then starting lighting her feet, the bottom of her feet up." Nelson said she and her roommate went over and took the baby from Ford and contacted police. "It's a terrible thing for a child, for a newborn, to go through something like that," she said. ___ (c)2019 WGHP-TV, Greensboro Visit WGHP-TV, Greensboro at www.myfox8.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


The ASU football program notched its fourth commitment this week and the eighth of the 2020 class, adding defensive back DeAngelo "D.J." Taylor out of Tampa Catholic (Fla.). The athlete made his intention known through a video posted to his Twitter account today. Taylor, a 5-foot-11, 195-pounder, is the third defensive back of the 2020 class, adding to what is likely to be the most depth-laden position on the Sun Devils the next few years. The next class also includes Macen Willams (Harbor City Narbonne) and T Lee (Buford, Ga.). ... COMMITTED 🙇🏾♂‼ pic.twitter.com/uL1cahc9nW   DJ Taylor (@Trendsetta_Delo) June 17, 2019 Taylor had 36 offers, most of those from the East coast, closer to his native state. Among the others were Michigan State, Nebraska,West Virginia, Louisville and Illinois but ASU was his lone Pac-12 offer. He visited ASU on May 28. It was only official trip, although he had one lined up to Nebraska the coming week. Are you a sports fan? Stay in the know. Subscribe to azcentral.com today . Taylor is listed as a four-star recruit by 247Sports which also singles him out as the No. 30 defensive back in the country and one of the top-50 recruits in the state of Florida. He is listed as a three-star on Rivals. Taylor recorded 45 tackles, three interceptions, 12 passes defended and two forced fumbles for Tampa Catholic, which went 8-4 and advanced to the Division 3A Regional semifinal before losing to top seed Clearwater Central Catholic 30-3. Reach the reporter at Michelle.Gardner@Gannett.com or 602 444-4783. Follow her on Twitter @MGardnerSports. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: ASU football adds DB D.J. Taylor out of Tampa Catholic