Braxton Berrios may not have played a single snap for the New England Patriots during the 2018-19 regular season, spending his entire rookie campaign on injured reserve, but the second-year receiver said he still learned plenty during his lost season. "On the field, off the field. I mean, it was definitely a tremendous learning experience," Berrios told reporters at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday during the first day of the team's mandatory minicamp. "There's a little bit of an experience factor, just being around and learning really all last year," Berrios said. "But at the end of the day, I'm kind of taking this like a Day One mentality, each day. So, there is, I've learned a lot in this last year." Berrios is one of six Patriots drafted in 2018 that did not play in the regular season. He was taken in the sixth round out of the University of Miami. He played just 11 preseason snaps before going to the IR before the season started. His practice Tuesday showed the improvements he will need moving forward. The 5-foot-9 slot receiver had perhaps the most memorable play of the afternoon, extending to catch a touchdown pass from Brian Hoyer in 7-on-7 drills. Berrios had another touchdown from Hoyer in 11-on-11s. Berrios will likely battle for a roster spot throughout the spring. The only sure fire locks at receiver are Julian Edelman and first-round pick N'Keal Harry while a plethora of fellow receivers like Philip Dorsett, Dontrelle Inman, Maurice Harris, Demaryius Thomas and others could be fighting for reps come September. Berrios said the depth at the position is not a focus of his right now, however. "My head is down and I think most of the people in that room, our heads are down," he said. "I'm coming out here, taking it day to day. My job is to work and get better and all that will sort itself out. "Again, not something I try to really focus on," Berrios added. "I don't try to count numbers and stuff like that, I'm here to work, I'm here to get better and we'll see what happens." MORE: Heavyweight champ Andy Ruiz hits back at Stephen A. Smith after 'Butter Bean' comment Return of NASCAR: Packers planning ways to get 4 OLBs on the field together Did Nike accidentally reveal that Kevin Durant is staying with the Warriors? Report: Suns, Bulls offering lottery picks for Lonzo Ball Observations from day 1 of Lions minicamp: pick city


Katy Perry celebrates her new single release by getting matching tattoos with fans. Plus, more celebrity news for May 30, 2019. Katy Perry gets matching tattoos with fans in celebration of her new single Katy Perry just earned a fan for life. And that's appropriate, given that her first new solo track in two years is called "Never Really Over." The night before the single's Thursday, May 30, release, Katy got together with a slew of fans at YouTube Space Los Angeles, where she treated them to a preview of the song and accompanying video. She also told everyone there was a tattoo truck outside waiting for them to commemorate the event -- then promptly got a matching broken heart tattoo that reads "miss," while fans who were up for the body art got the other half of the broken heart -- with the word "you." The tats were a hit. Matheus Rodrigues later posted photos of himself getting inked and hanging with the singer. "Katy Perry, thank u for being the most adorable&lovely person of the world," he gushed (via Page Six ). "I love you so much, is a honor to have my first tattoo ever with you. MATCHING TATTOOS FOR LIFE,&our connection is #NeverReallyOver." Last year, Katy got a tattoo to commemorate the end of her Witness tour. Kanye West explains what a bipolar episode feels like Kanye West wants people who don't suffer from bipolar disorder to better understand those who do. The rapper, whose last album cover featured the words, "i hate being bipolar it's awesome," appears on the new season of David Letterman's "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction," and in new footage published by TMZ ahead of the premiere, 'Ye tries to explain what a bipolar episode feels like. "I feel a heightened connection with the universe when I'm ramping up," he begins. "It is a health issue," he adds. He then likens the condition to a sprained ankle, saying it's more "like a sprained brain." And while nobody would "push on" someone with a sprained ankle, Kanye says "people do everything ... to make it worse," thereby, presumably, exacerbating the condition. He's most likely referring to the 2016 incident in which he claims he was handcuffed to a hospital bed then left alone, though he's also implied he opposes medication for bipolar disorder in the past. The show airs Friday, May 31, on Netflix. Lori Loughlin's daughters spotted together in public for the first time since scandal news broke Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli's daughters, Olivia and Isabella, have been keeping an understandably low profile since their parents were accused of paying $500,000 worth of bribes to get them into USC. But the sisters stepped out together on Monday, May 26, according to Page Six , which published a photo of the two outside West Hollywood hotspot, Bootsy Bellows. The girls' parents have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering and are currently waiting to learn if they'll get jail time , which by most accounts seems likely. Us Weekly recently reported Olivia was aware how her parents got her into college but did not think anything was wrong with it. Hoda Kotb gets parenting tips for Kathie Lee Gifford, Jenna Bush Hager When it comes to parenting, Hoda Gifford has some serious information resources in her current and former "Today" show co-anchors, Kathie Lee Gifford and Jenna Bush Hager. "With Jenna, I learned not to sweat the small stuff," Hoda told Us Weekly at an event this week. "She's like, 'Don't freak out, you're not a bad mother because you forgot to do this or you didn't do that.' I think she kind of reminds you we're all a little flawed. Don't sweat it, don't try to get it all right because you're not going to get it right." The mother of two -- Hoda's older daughter, Haley, is 2, while her youngest is 1 -- also credited the "Today" team's wisdom with Haley's good manners. "One thing I learned from Kathie Lee is one of Haley's first words or two words she says all the time, 'Please' or 'Thank you,'" Hoda explained. "Those are big Kathie Lee words. Now, I'll hand Haley her bottle and she'll go, 'Thank you, mama.' I'm like, 'Oh, my God.'" Hoda also admitted she's been missing Kathie Lee since she left NBC and moved to Tennessee. "She came over to visit and see the kids [last month]. She's loving Nashville. She's a country music freak, and she's happy," said Hoda. "All you want is for someone to be happy and she is. I miss her though. I really do." Adam Levine's 'Voice' departure will cost him big: THR Adam Levine must have really needed to ditch "The Voice." Amid reports of tanking ratings and whispers about his less-than-enthusiastic NBC Upfronts appearance, the 16-season "Voice" veteran announced suddenly this month that he would not return. Gwen Stefani is slated to take over his position on the show as Adam preps for a summer tour and continues working on his new music competition show, "Songland." As THR points out in a new feature about his departure, however, Adam's decision to leave will cost him big. He had reportedly inked a deal to return for two more seasons. But insiders tell THR he was "increasingly anxious in recent weeks to move on." Sources also said that he was most recently earning more than $14 million a season for "The Voice," making his exit a $30 million loss. Ashton Kutcher testifies in alleged serial killer's murder trial Ashton Kutcher was in court this week, testifying about his last interactions with Ashley Ellerin, who authorities believe was murdered by Michael Gargiulo, a suspected serial killer and Ashley's neighbor at the time. Gargiulo is on trial for two counts of murder. Both of his alleged victims were young women. People reports Ashton had first date plans with Ashley, 22, on Feb. 21, 2001. He told the court the two spoke that evening on the phone but when he tried to reach her again repeatedly, she did not answer. He said he finally went to her house between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m. and knocked but again, she didn't answer. He noticed the lights were on and the door was locked, but said in his testimony he "just assumed she had gone out with her friend and bailed," because he was late. Police believe she had been killed by the time he arrived. He learned she'd been brutally stabbed the next day and contacted the police. "My fingerprints are on this door and I was freaking out," he said at one point, recalling how he'd tried to open the door when she didn't answer. "I told [an officer], 'Let me tell you what happened.'" The suspect also faces a murder charge in the stabbing deaths of a young woman in 2005 in her home and another woman in 1993, as well as the attempted murder of yet another female victim. Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams' parents still haven't met each other How long can a couple last without their parents being in the same room together? Sarah Hyland and her boyfriend, Wells Adams, hope the answer is "indefinitely." In a new edition of his "Your Favorite Thing" podcast, the 34-year-old "Bachelor" alum reveals that after almost two years of dating, "My parents haven't met Sarah's parents and for good reason -- they both fall on opposite sides of the political spectrum and I'm just sure someone's going to get into a fight about something," according to the Daily Mail . "They are going to hang out one time and it's going to be at the wedding and the directive is no one is allowed to talk about politics," he adds. "It will be a bunch of liberal actors and my dad and my family who are a bunch of conservatives. My dad's a doctor, my brother-in-law is from oil money in Texas. It's going to be so weird," And no, Wells has not proposed, though he seems to have an engagement in his game plan. Sarah met Wells just a few days before her second kidney transplant. She's spoken openly about how invaluable his support through her various health issues has been. Meryl Streep: Toxicity isn't about gender, it's about people The newest addition to the women-centric series, "Big Little Lies," wants to clarify an area of gender equality few people talk about -- the fact that women can behave in the same kind of violent, emotionally unstable and sexually aggressive way men can. Speaking to Vanity Fair about male fans of the show, Meryl recently said it's important to distinguish some characteristics as being simply human. "Sometimes, I think we're hurt. We hurt our boys by calling something toxic masculinity. I do," she said, according to the Daily Mail. "And I don't find putting those two words together [works] because women can be pretty f------toxic. It's toxic people. We have our good angles and we have our bad ones." Ultimately, she said, the goal has to be getting along with one another. "I think the labels are less helpful than what we're trying to get to, which is a communication, direct, between human beings" the Oscar winner added. "We're all in the boat together. We've got to make it work." Jordyn Woods lands a guest-starring role on 'Grownish' The old saying, "there's no such thing as bad publicity," seems to be ringing true for Kylie Jenner's former pal, Jordyn Woods. In the wake of her alleged hookup with Khloe Kardashian 's then-boyfriend, Tristan Thompson, Jordyn continues to land attention-grabbing (and, presumably, income generating) gigs, starting with her "Red Table Talk" appearance. From there, she went on to speak on a panel about being, as she put it, "bullied by the world" for the Tristan incident. Now, she's heading for her first scripted television spot. "I've been waiting to share this with you guys but I am SO excited to guest star on this season of #grownish it returns June 5th on @freeform," she posted on Wednesday, May 29. "This was the first role I've ever booked and I was nervous at first but I got past that and had the best time," she continued. "... Take risks and stay consistent to your journey, you never know what the world has to offer." Page Six reports her first episode airs July 24. She plays a student named Dee whom People describes as a "sweet soul with a soft-spoken and sincere vulnerability." Jordyn had been working with various Kardashian and Jenner siblings on projects including Khloe's Good American jeans brand. The family cut those ties almost immediately after they heard she'd hooked up with Tristan. 'RHOBH' cast could get caught up in fraud lawsuit against Kyle Richards' husband The cast of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" has a new spate of drama looming ahead. Kyle Richards' husband, realtor Mauricio Umansky, is being sued by the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Manguea, and his Sweetwater Malibu CA, LLC, which claims Mauricio failed to sell a Malibu mansion for anything close to the highest offers. Instead, the plaintiff argues, Mauricio allegedly had plans all along to flip the house with the buyer a year after the sale as a means of earning another profit. This week, The Blast reported that because Kyle and Mauricio threw a huge Gatsby-themed party in the mansion, Obiang is demanding all "communications with any of the performed, producers, directors, writers, or any other persons affiliated with the 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' television show related to the property or this action." The party in question took place during Season 7, with Dorit Kemsley, Lisa Rinna, Erika Girardi and Lisa Vanderpump all in attendance. And because it wouldn't be the lives of any "Real Housewives" if the situation weren't super messy ... Obiang was forced to sell the house after the U.S. government seized it because of a previous sale being made with money Obiang allegedly stole from his own country, where his father has been president for decades. Mauricio was also sued by (and later, countersued) the insurance company he used for the deal. Mauricio has denied all the allegations against him.


President Trump delivered a full-throated defense of his administration's environmental record Monday, despite relaxing nationwide limits on air and water pollution and reversing course on U.S. climate policy. Trump's address, covering policies ranging from marine debris to hunting on public lands, comes as environmental issues are gaining traction in the 2020 presidential campaign. While voters still rank the environment below top-tier priorities like the economy and health care, rising concern about climate change has prompted several Democratic hopefuls to make it central to their campaigns. Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fl.) said in a phone interview Monday that Republicans have begun to recognize that they cannot afford to ignore climate change and win over swing districts like the one he used to represent. Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today's most popular stories on The Washington Post "The party has wasted a lot of time over the last two decades," said Curbelo, who used to represent a suburb of Miami. "Republicans generally have either ignored this issue, or been mistaken about it. So there's a lot of work to do, and not a lot of time, because younger voters are losing their patience with the government's inaction on climate policy." Facing Cabinet members including his Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department chiefs, the president said he had urged his deputies to tackle environmental challenges "so we can provide the highest quality of life to all Americans." "We want the cleanest air, we want crystal clear water. And that's what we're doing," he said. "These are incredible goals that everyone in this country can rally behind, and they are rallying behind." But Trump's recounting of his accomplishments prompted howls of incredulity from environmentalists, who noted that he had systematically dismantled dozens of policies over the past two and-a-half years aimed at safeguarding human health and the planet. Last month the EPA eased curbs on carbon emissions from power plants ; next month it is slated to finalize a rule freezing tougher mileage standards for cars and pickup trucks. These moves come as federal data suggests that U.S. air quality is worsening and its overall greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise. The number of unhealthy days for ozone and soot pollution reached 799 in 2018 and 721 in 2017, according to EPA data , the highest levels they've hit since 2012. The nation's carbon dioxide emissions increased more than 3 percent last year, according to the federal government, their biggest increase since 2010. "Donald Trump lecturing the world about America's environmental leadership is completely at odds with reality," said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of the advocacy group Food & Water Watch, in a statement. "This administration has never met an environmental protection it wasn't eager to overturn." While administration officials are not hoping to win over environmental advocates, they said that Trump can make the case to swing voters that he had managed to boost the economy without sacrificing core environmental protections. In a phone call with reporters Monday, Council on Environmental Quality Chair Mary Neumayr said that Trump decided to schedule the speech after discussing the status of several environmental and energy policies with his advisers. Ivanka Trump also urged her father to talk about the environment as part of his broader outreach to women, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. "The president recognizes that a strong economy is vital for a healthy environment and improving environmental protection," Neumayr said. "Under President Trump, this administration is focused on taking a practical approach to addressing environmental challenges while also supporting a strong economy." It remains unclear whether the White House message will resonate with Americans in the center of the political spectrum. While climate change and other environmental issues continue to resonate more strongly with Democrats than any other group, a majority of independents also rank it as an important consideration in the upcoming election. According to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll , 81 percent of Democrats said climate change was "very important," compared to more than the 56 percent of independents and 26 percent of Republicans. These views help account for why the nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates have elevated the issue of climate change and now endorse more aggressive policies than those adopted under Barack Obama. According to a Washington Post survey of 23 Democratic candidates, 19 support ending all fossil fuel leasing on federal land . All 23 said they would rejoin the 2015 Paris climate agreement Trump has disavowed, under which the U.S. has pledged to cut its carbon output between 26 and 28 percent by 2030. Administration officials touted America's environmental standing Monday on several fronts, even when the data suggests otherwise. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, for example, said, "I do believe that our air is cleaner and our water is cleaner than other countries around the world. And I think the data supports that." While U.S. water quality ranks among the highest in the world, and Americans face relatively low exposure to fine particle pollution, or soot, the country's smog problem is much worse than dozens of other countries across the globe. The Health Effects Institute's State of Global Air 2019 report shows the U.S. ranks 123rd out of 195 nations when it comes to smog, or ozone pollution. Dan Greenbaum, the institute's president, said in an interview that vehicle travel, electricity use and industrial activity all contribute to America's high ozone levels. But Janice Nolen, assistant vice president of national policy for the American Lung Association, said in an interview that climate change is also harming air quality because higher temperatures contribute to smog formation and the uptick in wildfires across the West are pouring more soot into the air. "Climate change has an enormous impact on human health," Nolen said, adding that Trump is scaling back the very policies aimed at curbing emissions linked to global warming. "It increases the risk of wildfires, ozone is going to be higher and worse, and ozone is appearing in places where it hadn't before. In addition to that, the heat itself is a risk to human health." juliet.eilperin@washpost.com seung-min.kim@washpost.com


With the ball on his palm, in basketball IQ, in business dealings, in shaping his own brand, we should agree LeBron James is brilliant in in a lot of ways. We have learned something new about him this summer, though. We have learned how astute James is at recognizing how the man in the mirror has changed. He is 34 now, relegated to third-team All-NBA last season. He is no longer the consensus best player in the league - not when age is factored. More significantly, he now seems content with not even being the best player on his team. This summer has been about James admitting he needs help. It has been about him orchestrating the end of his career, and making it easier for him to age gracefully, not desperately. It has been about him trying to make sure that epic career goes out on top - brilliant again, if he can pull it off. LeBron haters were reveling last season as the Lakers went 37-45 and missed the playoffs in his first season in L.A. What had he gotten himself into? Well, with Anthony Davis now beside him and Kawhi Leonard maybe joining him, too, LeBron is poised to have the ultimate last laugh. Step 1 was his Los Angeles Lakers trading away an array of players and future draft picks to pry the disgruntled superstar Davis, who calls himself, "the best in the world," from New Orleans. Done. James agreed to give his No. 23 jersey number to Davis, who'd wore it as a Pelican. A ceremonial gesture of sorts. Torch being passed from age to youth. (Dwayne Wade had done the same thing for LeBron in Miami, not with a jersey number, but with telling James before Year 2 of the Big 3 that this was LeBron's team now). Step 2 for the Lakers is trying to now lure the superstar free agent Leonard - the last available grand prize still unclaimed - to join LeBron and A.D. to form the next superteam - putting on the hardwood arguably the three best players on one team in league history. Leonard's decision will be seismic. Join the Lakers and Team LeBron will be overwhelming championship favorites for the foreseeable future. But if Leonard elects to join the crosstown L.A. Clippers or stay with reigning champion Toronto, there suddenly might be as many as eight franchises all thinking they have a shot at the crown - uncommon parity for the typically top-heavy NBA. Leonard is getting the media heat you'd expect to not take the perceived easy way out by joining the Lakers. Stephen A. Smith, Jason Whitlock and other pundits have said that would be the "weak move" - as if Kawhi isn't just about the last athlete on earth to not give a (bleep) what some gasbag is shouting into a mic. LeBron took the same flak coming to Miami in 2010. Kevin Durant faced that shrapnel leaving Oklahoma City to join an existing superteam in Golden State in 2016. I try very hard not to presume to instruct grown men on what to do with their lives, their relatively short careers. If Leonard signs with the Lakers, folks in Toronto have a right to be mad and Clippers fans have a right to feel let down. The rest of us have no horse in this race and need to just be a little bit quiet. I've heard it posited that a LeBron/Unibrow/Kawhi superteam would be bad for the league. I'm not even sure that's true. The Brady/Belichick dynasty in New England has hurt the NFL how, exactly? The NBA survived just fine when the LeBron/Big 3 Miami Heat made four straight Finals, or when the Warriors had their superteam run. If the Lakers are next, so what? It's a major franchise restored. It's a team that gets to be the national villain, and it isn't all bad for a league to have one of those. The NBA is big enough and popular enough and leading all sports in relating to urban youth and the social media age that it can withstand anything, and certainly another power shift. For every hoops fan bemoaning a lack of parity there would be another excited to see how James, Davis and Leonard mesh - whether they soar of stumble. The NBA owns sport summers because of the action we've already seen. Durant and Kyrie Irving joining forces as Brooklyn Nets had league-changing potential (though Durant will miss next season with that Achilles injury). The Knicks missing out on Zion Williamson and then watching Durant go to the other borough rocked New York. Klay Thompson sticking with Steph Curry in Golden State was big. So was Kemba Walker to the Celtics, and Kristaps Porzingis to the Mavs. Heck, even the Heat somehow maneuvering to land Jimmy Butler was an unexpected splash. That and those Bradley Beal whispers have Miami fans fist-bumping again. Kawhi Leonard's pending decision dwarfs them all. Especially if that decision is the Lakers, and the NBA's game of thrones is down to one team because suddenly King James' court is full of royalty. Visit Miami Herald at www.miamiherald.com Related Slideshow: NBA offseason moves (provided by imagn)


DENVER   Rapidly melting snow and heavy spring rains are sending Colorado's rivers tumbling out of the mountains, so far claiming the lives of at least 11 people and forcing some whitewater rafting companies to seek out calmer rapids and stock extra safety gear. Last year, 17 people died in boating accidents, including 14 on Colorado's rivers, after heavy late-season snow raised water levels, said Kris Wahlers, boating safety manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Colorado averages 10 boating deaths a year. But the deaths haven't dampened the attraction of the state's whitewater rafting industry, which drew about half a million people last year and had an economic impact of $160.1 million. "If it was entirely predictable, we probably wouldn't have that much business. Part of the thrill of it is it's unpredictable," said David Costlow, director of the Colorado River Outfitters Association, which represents the industry. Costlow added that having so few deaths with so many people running the rapids amounts to "a hell of a record." Those who have died this year include nine kayakers and rafters   both on guided commercial trips and navigating rivers on their own   as well as a man tubing near Pueblo and a fisherman swept away in Boulder Creek. The victims range from a 56-year-old man to an 11-year-old boy and include both out-of-state tourists and adventure-seeking locals. Two other tubers are missing and likely dead, including a 20-year-old man who fell off his inner tube and slipped out of sight Saturday on the South Platte River near Denver. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took the rare step of temporarily slowing releases from Chatfield Dam, which helps supply water to the metropolitan area, on Tuesday to lower the river's level and help searchers. Wahlers and industry representatives say it's hard to explain why there have been more deaths in whitewater rafting, a sport that poses a variety of risks and where flirting with danger is part of the attraction. They say it's possible more unprepared people have been attracted to the dramatic rapids. Historically, Costlow said, some people die of medical problems while rafting; some are killed in high water, while others die in shallow currents. He said it's more important to understand the inherent risks of the unpredictable and increasingly popular sport. Rocks and debris in the river also pose a threat, and rafters routinely must sign waivers saying they understand the risks. Wiley Ledwith, part owner of Independent Whitewater in Salida, said a lot of rafting companies are busing people to sections of the popular Arkansas River in central Colorado that are more manageable. His company also is stocking extra rescue throw bags and emergency blankets, dry clothes and gloves in case someone falls into the frigid water. Independent Whitewater sometimes sends a second raft to drift alongside the one carrying customers in case there's a problem. But even with the best of safety precautions, Ledwith said, accidents can happen. "Whitewater rafting is not a definite thing. It's not an amusement park," he said. As for people who decide to shoot the rapids on their own, Ledwith recommends that they be trained and up to date on current conditions and dangers. "You got to know what you're getting into, and if you don't, that's when you go to a professional," he said. Denver resident Nancy Shah, who rafted the Arkansas River on Sunday, said she has been on such trips about 10 times, but she wouldn't think of doing it on her own. "You could clearly tell they had been out there," she said of her guides. "They were very familiar with every spot on the river. They knew what they were doing." Shah said she knew about the river deaths before she went rafting but was undeterred because she felt comfortable going with professionals. "We had good raft guides," she said. "It didn't feel extremely dangerous. I think that's probably a factor of them being very cautious." ___ Associated Press writer Colleen Slevin contributed to this report. ___ This story has been corrected to include the full name of the Colorado River Outfitters Association.


President Trump this week gave Attorney General William Barr new authorities to examine and possibly release classified material related to the Justice Department's inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. The move is widely perceived as an effort by Trump to ramp up his administration's probe of surveillance directed at members of his 2016 campaign. The president and his allies have suggested that federal agents biased against him improperly initiated the investigation into Russian election interference. Barr said last month he would examine the "genesis and conduct" of the Russia probe, adding that he believed the Trump campaign was "spied" on and wanted to ensure it was "adequately predicated." Those remarks drew fire from Democrats, who accused him of advancing a conspiracy theory. Here are five things you need to know about Trump's new direction. Sweeping powers for Barr On Thursday evening, Trump instructed top intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel, to "quickly and fully" cooperate with Barr's investigation into "surveillance activities" during the 2016 election. Barr was also given the authority to unilaterally declassify materials related to the investigation, allowing him to "direct" intelligence officials to declassify them. Such documents usually go through an interagency process to determine what can be declassified and released publicly, and the agency where the intelligence originated has to sign off on the final declassification. The White House memo sent to intelligence agencies on Thursday said Barr should, "to the extent he deems it practicable," consult with intelligence officials before declassifying certain materials. The move affords Barr considerable new powers to view and potentially release highly classified material gathered by the FBI and CIA in the course of the Russia investigation. "As far as I know, it is unprecedented for the president to delegate his authority to declassify to somebody who is not the original classifier," said Steven Cash, an ex-CIA officer and former chief counsel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). "He's now in the chain of command with respect to classification between the president and Coats, or Haspel, or whoever's information it is," added Cash, who is now an attorney specializing in national security law at the law firm Day Pitney. Trump's move also reflects the growing trust he has in Barr, who has earned praise from the president as a result of his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report and decision to open up an inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. The new declassification powers are limited to materials related to Barr's inquiry into the Russia probe. The memo released Thursday states that the powers will terminate when Barr leaves his post and will not extend to the next attorney general. Potential for conflict with intelligence community Trump is no stranger to conflict with U.S. intelligence agencies, and former officials say his latest move could put the intelligence chiefs in a difficult position. While it's not unusual for the intelligence community to cooperate with law enforcement investigations, some former officials say it will become problematic if Trump is seen as using the agencies to go after his political enemies. John Sipher, a retired member of the CIA's clandestine service, said it could create problems for Haspel and others if the president looks to "scapegoat" officials who collected intelligence that formed the basis for the Russia investigation. "Hopefully, Barr and people in the national security structure of Justice go about this in a standard way. They can get the information they need," Sipher said. "If he himself is trying to get specific information to be used by the president for political purposes, then he's really being irresponsible." Some also say that even the threat of declassifying materials could chill existing intelligence sources and make it difficult to cultivate new ones going forward. Foreign partners may also be wary of sending intelligence to the U.S. if they think it could ultimately be made public. It is unclear to what extent the intelligence agencies were consulted before Thursday's announcement. Coats said in a statement Friday afternoon he would provide Barr with the "appropriate information" in his review. He also expressed confidence the attorney general would work with the intelligence community "in accordance with the long-established standards to protect highly-sensitive classified information that, if publicly released, would put our national security at risk." An FBI spokesperson declined to comment, and a CIA spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Barr's use of the term "spying" has already put him at odds with FBI Director Christopher Wray, who told lawmakers during testimony earlier this month that he wouldn't use that term to describe lawful FBI investigations. Wray also said he had no evidence "personally" that FBI agents illegally surveilled the Trump campaign. At the same time, Wray described Barr's review as appropriate and said he had been in "fairly close contact" with the attorney general to assist him. Democratic fury meets Republican praise Democrats, already critical of Barr's handling of Mueller's findings, have accused Trump and the attorney general of attempting to politicize the nation's intelligence apparatus. Some suggested the administration may be looking to selectively release classified material to shape a false narrative. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) described Trump's order in a statement Friday as a "corrupt escalation of the President's intention, with the assistance of the Attorney General, to weaponize and politicize the nation's intelligence and law enforcement entities." Schiff added that his committee will "conduct vigorous oversight of any steps to selectively reveal and distort classified information, abuse the declassification process, and place at risk sources and methods, thereby weakening our safety and security." Trump's Republican allies have long clamored for an investigation of the Russia probe, pointing to text messages exchanged by FBI agents criticizing Trump before the election. Some have also scrutinized the FBI's use of information from Christopher Steele - author of the unverified Trump-Russia dossier - in a warrant application to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, alleging the bureau did not properly disclose the researcher's Democratic link. "Outstanding-President Trump authorizing the Attorney General to declassify documents related to surveillance during the 2016 election," House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a close ally of Trump, wrote on Twitter. "Americans are going to learn the truth about what occurred at their Justice Department." Other key Republicans, like Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), have not publicly weighed in on the move. A Burr spokesperson declined to comment on Friday. Trump's calls to 'investigate the investigators' get louder Thursday's developments illustrate Trump's calls to "investigate the investigators" - a message he has used to counter an onslaught of investigations from Democrats following the release of Mueller's report. Trump has accused FBI officials involved in the original Russia probe - former FBI director James Comey, former deputy director Andrew McCabe and others - of engaging in "treason." On Friday, Trump denied he was seeking "payback" following Mueller's two-year investigation, which did not result in Russia conspiracy charges against members of his campaign but nevertheless ensnared some of his allies. Mueller's final report contained embarrassing details about Trump's attempts to seize control of the investigation, but ultimately failed to reach a judgment on whether the president obstructed justice. Trump described the Russia investigation as "an attempted coup or an attempted takedown of the President of the United States" in remarks to reporters on Friday. "I don't care about payback," Trump said. "I think it's very important for our country to find out what happened." More shoes to drop Trump's recent move all but guarantees his administration will release certain materials from the early stages of the Russia investigation. Trump has long said he would declassify and release sensitive documents, including the application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil Page, a highly redacted version of which the Justice Department made public last summer under pressure from Republicans. Trump last fall backed off swiftly releasing the Russia documents after the Justice Department - then headed by Jeff Sessions - and U.S. allies raised objections. Trump told reporters on Friday he is leaving it up to Barr on what to release. "I declassified, I guess, potentially, millions of pages of documents. I don't know what it is. I have no idea. But I want to be transparent," Trump said. "We have documents now that I have declassified for the purpose of the attorney general. He can then show them to the public, do whatever he wants to do with them." Barr has tapped John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to spearhead the review. Meanwhile, Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz is conducting a parallel inquiry into the FBI's application for the Page warrant. That probe is expected to wrap up no later than June, and it's likely Horowitz will soon after release a report on his findings.


Jack Miller says MotoGP's Czech Grand Prix would have been like "tenpin bowling" if the race did start with all riders on slick tyres on a partially wet Brno circuit. A heavy downpour around 20 minutes before the MotoGP race was originally due to get underway left the track wet, though the circuit soon dried out, bar the first and last corners. With all riders set to start on slicks despite those two sections remaining wet, the race start was delayed by 40 minutes   a decision which was almost universally praised by the riders. Read Also: Brno MotoGP: Marquez eases to sixth win of 2019 "I have to say thank you to all the Dorna staff for the decision for the start of the race, because I didn't feel comfortable on the grid," Pramac Ducati rider said. "We're all racers and we all would have went with the slicks, 95 percent of the track is dry. But I did not feel safe sitting on the front of the grid with 23 bikes going in there with so much water on the ground. "It would have been like watching ten pin bowling. So thanks to those guys." Aprilia's echoed Miller's comments, and also believes there would have been a mass crash had the race gone ahead at its original start time. "I know there is one rule, doesn't matter how the track is you have to start; rain tyre or dry," he said when asked by Motorsport.com for his opinion of the delay. "But there is another rule not in the books that says when there's something dangerous [on track] it's better to stop the race, and today it was very dangerous because just the straight and corner one [was wet]. "I'm completely sure that if the race started, in the first corner 10 riders [would] crash because I went out with the slick and I was at 10km/h, I touched the throttle and the bike didn't move. "You have to think it is 300bhp on the slick, it's impossible to ride. So I think Dorna did a really good [choice], because the situation was not easy." LCR Honda rider says he "respects" the decision, but says he was "all action" to get the race underway and in part "didn't understand" why it was delayed. "I was all action to start the race on slicks, I wanted it started there and then," he told Motorsport.com. "I think I would have risked to push and go at the start with the other guys. I think me, Jack and Marc [Marquez] would have really pushed and risked, along with everyone. "I think that would have been an ideal scenario from where I was starting. But anyway, they delayed it, it was not my decision. "But I didn't understand why we didn't start. Yes, it was a lot safer to go when we went, at the end of the day the race was still the race. "The only thing we would have seen is riders crashing, so all the media, all the people [asking], 'why didn't they start the race?' - you just want the action. "I don't understand why it was not started either, but we want less risk, I want to be able to finish the championship and not have a broken collarbone. So I can understand both scenarios." Cal Crutchlow, Team LCR Honda Photo by: Gold and Goose / LAT Images


Petra Kvitova withdrew from the French Open with a left arm injury before her first-round match on Monday.. "I've had pain in my left forearm for a few weeks and last night an MRI confirmed a grade two tear, which unfortunately could get a lot worse if I play today," Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion and the No. 6 seed, posted on social media. She added later that a doctor told her to take two to three weeks off from tennis but that she hopes to play Wimbledon in July. The Czech Kvitova made her comeback from being attacked by a robber in her home on Dec. 20, 2016 at the 2017 French Open. In the attack, Kvitova sustained damage to the tendons in her hand, along with injuries to all five fingers and two nerves, and underwent nearly four hours of surgery. She does not believe the left arm injury is related to the work she's put in strengthening her left hand. "Yesterday, I hit a normal forehand, and suddenly I felt a sharp pain in the forearm," she said. "Yeah, my tears went to my eyes, and I said, OK, I finish this practice." Kvitova's comeback included a runner-up at this year's Australian Open and a return to her career-high ranking of No. 2. Kvitova was one of five women who came to Roland Garros with a chance to leave as No. 1. Two of them are out in the first two days after Angelique Kerber was upset Sunday. Naomi Osaka could lose her first-round match Tuesday and remain No. 1 unless Karolina Pliskova or Kiki Bertens reaches the final. The Associated Press contributed to this report. FRENCH OPEN: TV Schedule | Scores | Men's Draw | Women's Draw OlympicTalk is on Apple News . Favorite us! Follow @nbcolympictalk Sorry to have to inform you of some bad news this morning pic.twitter.com/snxhJkPRuh   Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) May 27, 2019


For five months now, Elizabeth Warren has bounced around the country pitching ambitious ideas -- typically anchored by well-timed policy rollouts -- to achieve the "big, structural change" at the core of her pitch to Democratic primary voters. Now, with the first round of debates in sight, the energetic campaigner is beginning to see a different kind of movement -- in the polls. The latest round of surveys have shown Warren creeping up behind her ideological ally and friend Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator whose campaign is increasingly adapting similar smallball tactics as a way of more directly addressing voters' questions and concerns. Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the frontrunner by a comfortable margin, but in the race to represent the party's more liberal wing, Warren is quietly on the rise. Her slow-burn campaign began on the last day of last year with modest fanfare, at least by comparison to the kind of attention initially dedicated to rivals like Beto O'Rourke, who dominated the will-he-won't-he headlines with a stream of journal entries and, eventually, a glossy magazine debut in March. But the opening slog of the primary, which still has about 8 months to run before the Iowa caucuses, gave Warren a chance to sharpen her trade -- and help her emerge in a way few predicted: as a cultural figure bolstered by a kind of meme-friendly fandom all candidates long for, but only a handful achieve. The Massachusetts senator's schedule is meticulously drawn, but her interactions with those who come to see her is, apart from a quick pitch that shows up in almost every appearance, mostly unscripted. At town halls from Iowa and New Hampshire to less traveled campaign trails in Tennessee and Alabama, Warren has been grinding away, taking questions and, famously, selfies -- literally tens of thousands of them. That appeal, typically confined to modest-sized "organizing events," has begun to spill over into social media, pop culture and the national press. During her Thursday morning appearance on "The View," an audience member held up a small flag reading, "Warren has a plan for that." She appeared on Time magazine's cover with those words -- "I have a plan for that" -- in headline print alongside her face, which looked on heroically to some distant horizon. For those paying attention -- and especially the voters, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll question, paying "a lot" of it -- the message seems to be landing. She was the only candidate other than Biden (42%) who registered double-digit support, at 15%. Photo gallery by Business Insider Warren has embraced the broader, and perhaps unexpected, new interest. "I have a plan" has become a reliable applause line at rallies, and she delivers it reliably, along with snippets of an autobiography that the former Harvard professor, as well as anyone else in the contest, naturally connects to explanations of her policy proposals. The selfie lines, and her dog, Bailey, have drawn untold likes on social media, and yes, that was a Warren 2020 bumper sticker on a car driven by the young female protagonists in the new movie, "Booksmart." In front of a national audience on "The View," Warren showed off her knack for serving up a complicated policy in a digestible bite. Speaking about her childcare plan, Warren said "this one is really personal for me" before recalling her time as a young mom who was bailed out by her "Aunt Bee," who rushed to her rescue so many years ago after a tearful phone call and then, after arriving a couple days later, "stayed for 16 years." "And that's how I made it through," Warren said. "If all of America had an Aunt Bee, we'd be in a different place, but childcare has gotten even harder, and holds women (and) some men back from getting an education, and getting into the workforce and taking a more demanding job." At that, Warren pivoted back to her proposal, and directed viewers to her website, which now has a feature that allows people to calculate -- based on where they live, their income and how many kids they have, or plan on having -- just how much they stand to save if her plan became law. A lot more would change if even a handful of her big ticket proposals -- some original, some of them revamped or repackaged past legislation -- came to life. Warren wants to enshrine broad new anti-corruption laws; break up big tech; cancel nearly all student debt; make higher education, like childcare, almost entirely free; make housing more affordable by changing zoning laws; place a moratorium on fossil fuel drilling by executive order; and create an incentive-laden system to encourage medical providers to drive down maternal mortality rates. To start. She would pay for the more expensive stuff, she says, with her wealth tax. But if Warren can, at times, seem to have answers to all the worries a voter can name, there are other, less high-minded questions she must still address. Her organization is large and, so far, functions with an apparent ease that matches the candidate's bearing. But it is also expensive and Warren, through the first quarter of 2019, struggled to raise the kind of money candidates like Sanders, O'Rourke and California Sen. Kamala Harris have attracted. She has a hefty Senate campaign bankroll to fall back on, but her decision to refuse money from all political action committees and other big donors -- the kind embraced by Biden, most notably -- could circumscribe how and where she campaigns later on. Warren's advisers have been tight-lipped about the questions centering on whether she can raise enough money to sustain the expansive organizing operation in Iowa and other early-voting states. After swearing off attending those high-dollar fundraising events this spring, she is relying solely on online donations. A longtime supporter and donor close to the campaign said fundraising has picked up during the last two months as Warren has drawn more attention through the flurry of policy proposals, television appearances and aggressive campaign schedule. She raised $6 million in the first quarter of the year, but the campaign has set a goal of at least $8 million for the second quarter, which she is on track to meet or exceed, a Democrat close to Warren said. "Things have looked up in the second quarter," the Democrat said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss fundraising goals, who added that fundraising remains one of Warren's biggest hurdles. She will not, however, be hampered by an unwillingness to spar with Biden, even as he does his best to remain above the primary fray by saving his shots for President Donald Trump, who has aided that strategy by insulting Biden when the opportunity presents itself. Warren welcomed Biden to the primary back in April by highlighting their decades-old rivalry, which traces back to a feud over bankruptcy laws. Their fight -- well-documented then and now -- was rooted in issues of economic fairness that are likely to resonate with Democrats in 2020. "I got in that fight because (families) just didn't have anyone," Warren said of their dispute over a major bankruptcy bill, "and Joe Biden was on the side of the credit card companies." Only Sanders, who is keen to position himself as the progressive alternative to Biden, has drawn more stark contrasts with the former vice president. Whether the primary ends up pitting Sanders and Warren against one another for the support of the Democratic left -- and the risks that entails for a movement that has, at times, claimed both of them as its own -- is a question both campaigns have yet to face. For now, though, the blinders are on and the march continues. Warren has already visited 18 states and Puerto Rico -- and will add two more next week, when she goes to Indiana and Michigan to talk about the economic future of the Upper Midwest and, presumably, her "plan for that."


Mission After training at Yoga Tree and Love Story Yoga , instructor Ngan Pham has opened her first yoga studio, Yoga Phamily , in the Mission. Located at 3134 24th St. (at Shotwell), the new studio is housed in a space that was previously used as a garage. "The space is owned by a family, and they helped me build it out," said Pham, who's been teaching yoga for about four years, and previously worked in a childcare facility in Noe Valley. After spending months seeking seeking a space there, "I was about to give up," she said. But then the opportunity in the Mission opened up. "I looked at the demographics, and there are so many families here," Pham said. As its name implies, Yoga Phamily is targeted at parents and their children, offering vinyasa and restorative yoga classes for all ages, as well as prenatal yoga and "mindful mama" classes. Parents can even bring babies old enough to crawl to some of the studio's postpartum yoga classes   a rarity in San Francisco, Pham said. Pham decided to target families because "it's very hard to find child-friendly things in this city," she explained. "Most moms end up hanging out at the playground." To help parents focus on yoga class, Yoga Phamily will offer childcare in a separate room in the back of the studio, with a trained caregiver teaching a planned curriculum of art for younger kids and homework help for older ones. It'll also offer a "parent circle" with no set agenda, where parents can chat, use the space's WiFi or just have someone watch their child while they use the restroom. Families can enjoy snacks, like protein bars, that are provided by the studio. "It is hard for moms, in general, to do something for themselves," Pham explained. Yoga Phamily will offer classes seven days a week, with 13 yoga teachers personally chosen by Pham for their diversity. Some instructors will offer classes that build heat and endurance, while others will invite practitioners to slow down and bring more balance into their lives. Children of all ages also get their own yoga sessions, with animated breathing exercises and imaginative relaxation techniques. Instructors will add music, picture books and age-appropriate props to support language development, motor coordination, and play skills. Even toddlers can be taught mindfulness techniques, encouraging them to sit still for as long as a minute. "Kids can decompress and be themselves," Pham said. In the future, Pham hopes to add birth prep classes to the schedule. She's also in the process of making the studio's backyard welcoming for children. Yoga Phamily is currently offering a grand opening special with unlimited monthly memberships for $125, including all classes and services. Yoga drop-ins start at $20, while a drop-in for childcare costs $13.


UPGRADE Not sure where you want to vacation? Check out this tool from students at the MIT Senseable City Lab . It's called "Escape" and it shows you what the cheapest flights to different spots are on given dates. The idea is to help you narrow down your vacation choices based on price. MarketWatch input Atlanta as our home city into the search box for Memorial Day weekend, and learned that in North America flights to Orlando would give us the best deals, Bogota in South America, London in Europe, Tangier in Africa and Tel Aviv in Asia. This is far from the only helpful tool if you're looking for a flight deal. Earlier this month, Google Flights (GOOG) announced a wider release of a price insights tool that will show you if you're getting a deal on your flight or not. "Once you decide on a destination and start looking for flights, you'll now see a price insight for most trips," Google wrote in a blog post this month. "When we know, we'll also tell you if the price won't get any lower or if it's expected to increase soon so you can make the best decision on when to book." Another option: Hopper. The app analyzes trillions of airfares and other data points to predict when you can most likely get a deal on a flight   and when it's going to be more expensive. Note that, in general, the cheapest months to fly are January through the middle of February   and you should make sure you book your flight in this " perfect flight booking window " for maximum deals. It's also a good idea to look at spots that are serviced by a low-cost carrier when searching for deals, even if you want to fly on a legacy carrier. As Hopper's chief data analyst Patrick Surry recently told MarketWatch , when a low-cost airline like Spirit (SAVE) or Frontier (FRNT) enters the market, that competition can push the average good deal down by 40% to 50%, and push legacy carrier fares down by 20%. One myth persists: Booking on a Tuesday for deals. An analysis by CheapAir found that the average fares purchased were nearly identical on each day of the week, and Hopper found that Tuesday was the cheapest day to buy a flight for just 1.6% of domestic routes. However, the day of the week on which you fly does appear to matter: Flying on Tuesdays and Wednesdays tends to be cheaper than other days, research shows. Other tips to help you score a deal: Cheaper flights may be available for less popular red-eye flights or flights very early in the morning. Set fare alerts on a site like Google Flights or Kayak, look at nearby alternate airports to fly into (like Burbank or Long Beach instead of LAX), sign up for email alerts from airlines or follow them on social media, and follow sites like AirfareWatchdog.com and MattsFlights.com for alerts on great deals.


A tourist learned the hard way why it's important not to ignore local warnings. Footage of the speedo-clad beachgoer shows him attempting to pet a wild horse at a beach, only to find out why locals advise against it. As the man touches the animal, it kicks him in one of the most painful places for a man to get hit. The incident occurred on Assateague Island, located off the coast of Maryland, The Sun reports . It has not been reported if the man was injured in the incident, although the footage shows him falling to the ground in pain. The horses on Assateague Island are famous among locals and travelers. It's unclear how exactly they ended up on the island, but according to local folklore, they landed on Assateague after surviving a shipwreck over 300 years ago, The Mirror reports . Regardless of how the animals got there, local authorities want it made clear that they are wild animals and should be left alone. While the nearly 300 horses on the island have become a popular sight among visitors, the local authorities advise beachgoers not to pet or touch the horses. This is not the first incident involving tourists ignoring warnings regarding the horses. In April, it was reported that animals from the nearby Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge were moved to the south corral of Assateague Island after several visitors ignored warnings about approaching the animals. Last year, a beach lifeguard was kicked twice by one of the horses and received several injuries.


Firefighters are urging motorists traveling south into Anderson County to avoid Interstate 85. An accident involving 10 vehicles has blocked two lanes of the interstate near mile marker 23 and will take a couple of hours to clean up, according to Brad Hart, chief of the nearby Piercetown volunteer fire station. Firefighters were still cleaning up the scene at 2:25 p.m., an hour after the accident. "One of the tractor trailers, the trailer broke in half," Hart said. "That's what's taking so long." One motorist responded to the Piercetown station's Facebook page that she had sat in backed-up traffic for two hours. One lane is currently open, Hart said, and five patients have been transported to a local hospital. Hart said he is not aware of any life-threatening injuries to those involved. The South Carolina Highway Patrol confirmed no one was killed in the accident and encouraged motorists to find an alternate route. Southbound motorists can get off I-85 ahead of the accident at Exit 27 (State Highway 81). Take 81 south to Concord Road. Turn right onto Concord and continue going straight onto Brown Road. Brown Road (State Highway 61) eventually intersects with Clemson Boulevard. Take a right there to head north back to Interstate 85. This article originally appeared on The Greenville News: Major accident blocks Interstate 85 southbound in Anderson County


Center Marcin Gortat of the Washington Wizards has been fined $5,000 by the NBA for violating the league's anti-flopping rules for the second time this season. The incident occurred with 4:31 remaining in Washington's 88-84 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday at EnergySolutions Arena.


Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor is one of many college football players who has a chance to win the Heisman Trophy in 2019. Trying to get a head start on the action, the university has already launched a Heisman campaign for its star running back. Here's the 38-second video, in all its glory: Last season as a sophomore, Taylor racked up an astonishing 2,194 yards and 16 touchdowns   many of the highlight-reel variety   on the ground. Should he match or exceed those numbers in 2019, then the Heisman will surely be within reach. However, there are a few others who are seen as heavy favorites to win the award , including Clemson's Trevor Lawrence and Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa. Needless to say, Taylor has his work cut out. Related slideshow: Ranking the 10 best college football mascots (provided by For The Win)


Curious just how far your dollar goes in Seattle? We've rounded up the latest rental offerings via rental sites Zumper and Apartment Guide to get a sense of what to expect when it comes to finding housing in Seattle with a budget of $2,400/month. Take a peek at what rentals the city has to offer, below. (Note: prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 2020 E. Madison St. (Capitol Hill) Listed at $2,212/month, this 654-square-foot one bedroom, one bath apartment is located at 2020 E. Madison St. The unit offers hardwood flooring, in-unit laundry, a dishwasher and a walk-in closet. Building amenities include a fitness center, garage parking and secured entry. Luckily for pet owners, both dogs and cats are welcome. The listing specifies a $300 pet deposit. Per Walk Score ratings, the surrounding area is extremely walkable, is easy to get around on a bicycle and boasts excellent transit options. (See the complete listing here .) 910 Eighth Ave. (First Hill) Here's an 820-square-foot one-bedroom apartment at 910 Eighth Ave. that's going for $2,305/month. You can expect a dishwasher, a mix of hardwood floors and carpeting, in-unit laundry and a walk-in closet in the residence. The building features a fitness center, a roof deck and secured entry. Both cats and dogs are welcome here. Be prepared for a $300 pet deposit. Per Walk Score ratings, the area around this address has excellent walkability, is convenient for biking and is a haven for transit riders. (Check out the complete listing here .) 301 Minor Ave. North (Cascade) Located at 301 Minor Ave. North, here's a 722-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit that's listed for $2,346/month. In the residence, the listing promises a walk-in closet, a balcony and in-unit laundry. The building features a roof deck and a fitness center. Luckily for pet owners, both dogs and cats are welcome. The rental doesn't require a leasing fee. Walk Score indicates that the area around this address is a "walker's paradise," is convenient for biking and has excellent transit. (See the complete listing here .) 1408 E. Union St. (Central District) Next, there's this studio apartment located at 1408 E. Union St. It's listed for $2,342/month for its 690 square feet. Expect to see in-unit laundry, a balcony and a walk-in closet in the unit. The building features garage parking and outdoor space. If you've got a pet, you'll be happy to learn that cats and dogs are welcome. The rental doesn't require a leasing fee. Walk Score indicates that this location has excellent walkability, is convenient for biking and boasts excellent transit options. (See the complete listing here .) Working with a tight budget? Here are the cheapest rentals recently listed in Seattle . This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Washington will see light rainfall today and Wednesday, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Monday should see the most rain, with a forecast accumulation of 0.38 inches. The coming days will also bring hot temperatures, due to last through Monday. Temperatures will reach a high of 98 degrees on Saturday. Skies will partially clear on Thursday, remaining partly cloudy through Saturday. Winds will stay somewhat calm in the course of the week, with the highest speeds on Wednesday at just 8 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


For the past two decades, the Baltimore Ravens have been well known for hard-hitting, suffocating defense. But with recent losses this offseason, many are questioning whether the Ravens still have the gold standard. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey doesn't see it that way, though. With all the losses, Humphrey sees more opportunities for young players to shine. "You see new faces, I see new opportunity." @marlon_humphrey pic.twitter.com/1MercuNh98 - Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) May 23, 2019 Baltimore released safety Eric Weddle this offseason and suffered more losses in free agency. Linebackers Terrell Suggs, Za'Darius Smith and C.J. Mosley went to other teams, creating voids at some of the Ravens' biggest spots on defense. While Baltimore brought in safety Earl Thomas and linebackers Shane Ray and Pernell McPhee, it's expected a number of young players will be in the running for starting jobs this season. At outside linebacker, Tim Williams and Tyus Bowser are likely champing at the bit to start opposite Matthew Judon. At inside linebacker, Patrick Onwuasor is looking to step up. At safety, players like DeShon Elliott and Chuck Clark are in line for more playing time. Humphrey himself should have already cemented himself a starting job at cornerback, but competition with Brandon Carr and Jimmy Smith is still on the horizon for minicamp and training camp. At nearly every position on the roster, Baltimore has young players vying for more playing time and impactful roles. The Ravens have embraced getting younger this offseason, both through their own choices and because of a fevered free-agency period. As Humphrey said, it's a golden opportunity for young guys to compete and bring in the next era of Baltimore defense. MORE: Why is Carli Lloyd not playing for USA at the World Cup? Dabo Swinney Calling Himself 'Osama bin Dabo' is Horrendous How Kevin Durant's Achilles injury alters Kyrie Irving's free agency Watch as jury convicts former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. of raping homeless woman Coach Matt LaFleur feels good about Packers' young, fast WR group


A first-of-its kind partnership between the City of Atlanta and the private sector to help the city's homeless and provide them with proper housing and care is expected to be formally announced by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms late in August. But 11Alive has exclusive details now on just how this partnership aims to drastically reduce the number of homeless people on Atlanta's streets. By the latest point-in-time count - completed every January with more than 300 volunteers - Atlanta's homeless population is down 25% since 2015, but the city still has more than 3,000 homeless, with 700 unsheltered and living on the streets. The same census formula used in Atlanta is used in most major American cities to track the homeless population. Although Atlanta's homeless numbers pale in comparison to New York with 78,000 homeless, Los Angeles with almost 50,000, Seattle with 12,000, and Washington with more than 6,000, the problem is still noticeable in Atlanta, especially downtown near the major hotels. Peter McMahon is general manager of the downtown Hyatt Regency Hotel. "In the last 6 months or so we have really noticed a difference in the amount of unhoused folks that are congregating around downtown and creating new encampments in our area," he said. "And so we felt we were obliged to the community to say we need to get behind this and show that we are concerned." This formidable challenge is now being met head-on with the HomeFirst initiative. It is a landmark idea that came together through the efforts of Atlanta attorney and co-chair of the Regional Commission on Homelessness, Jack Hardin. "We made our challenge to the city in December of 2016 and by February the city had accepted and by November they had sold $25 million worth of bonds and put them on deposit with Invest Atlanta," he said. Invest Atlanta is the entity that will administer the City's HomeFirst funds. Hardin then set out to raise the other $25 million from the private sector. He did it. The city's half will be used for hard costs like renovation and construction of affordable housing and other facilities, while the private half of the fund will be used for services. "We will address emergency shelters, permanent supporting shelters, and rapid rehousing," Hardin said. "We will do intensified street outreach and we have innovative strategies for prevention and diversion. We put lawyers in school systems to identify families experiencing imminent housing loss, and we will assist them in staying in housing in the school districts, so the child's education is not disrupted by housing issues." On the streets of Atlanta, Hardin says HomeFirst will have 15 social workers interfacing with the unsheltered homeless around the clock. He stresses patience, as results of the street outreach take time. "I would hope that over the next few months and certainly within the next 12 months people will begin to feel the difference," he said. In summing up the effort, Hardin added: "The public private partnership is unprecedented. The size of it; the intensity of it; the intentionally of it - it is all original." With $50 million on the line and a total focus on eliminating homelessness in Atlanta, the impact of HomeFirst will be carefully tracked and analyzed. We will be following the progress of HomeFirst and will present frequent reports from the downtown streets, the shelters and the job training centers as the program gets into full swing. MORE HEADLINES: Major Atlanta hotels ask city to address aggressive panhandling amid guest complaints Simple Needs GA addresses homelessness in Cobb County He's 20, he's homeless and he just sang his heart out on stage Georgia woman, homeless man create special bond Another homeless veteran has been laid to rest. Nearly 40,000 remain across America.


After playing his college football at Air Force from 2013 to 2016, safety Weston Steelhammer participated in the Eagles' rookie minicamp two years ago. Now he's back. Steelhammer is among the players trying out at the Eagles' rookie minicamp this weekend. For the last two years, Steelhammer has been serving in the Air Force, as required by the U.S. Department of Defense, but now his active-duty obligation is over and he's free to pursue an NFL career. The military has changed the rules through the years for players from Army, Navy and Air Force who have NFL opportunities. At some times, players have been required to serve as many as five years before playing, while at other times players have been allowed to go straight from college football to the NFL. President Trump said this week that he is considering changing the current rule and allowing service academy players to turn pro immediately without any compulsory military service. A three-year starter at Air Force, Steelhammer played youth football with Eagles coach Doug Pederson's son, and Pederson was happy to give him an opportunity once he and fulfilled his commitment.


If you love live music, there's no time like the present when it comes to getting out and about in Dallas. From classic rock to tributes, here are the local shows worth checking out this week. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. Carnage From the event description: Doors open at 10 p.m. and lines can be long, so we recommend showing up as soon as possible to ensure entry. When: Friday, July 5, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Where: Stereo Live Dallas, 2711 Storey Lane Price: $20-$30 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets The Big Jangle - Tribute to Tom Petty From the event description: Based out of Dallas, The Big Jangle is a high energy blast of golden era rock and roll with strong ties to the music of Tom Petty, The Kinks and The Stones. When: Saturday, July 6, 7-10 p.m. Where: The Sound Stage & Amphitheater, 3081 Olympus Blvd. Price: Free Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Emo Nite From the event description: Emo Nite LA Presents: Emo Nite Dallas. When: Saturday, July 6, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Where: Lizard Lounge, 2424 Swiss Ave. Price: $10-$15 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Pink Floyd Tribute by Bricks in the Wall From the event description: No recreation of a Pink Floyd concert is complete without a laser light show, and the tribute band Bricks in the Wall doesn't disappoint. When: Saturday, July 6, 9 p.m. Where: House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St. Price: $6.25 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Guns 4 Roses (A Guns N' Roses Tribute) From the Guns 4 Roses (A Guns N' Roses Tribute) deal description: Seasoned Guns N' Roses tribute band re-creates the "Appetite for Destruction" line-up and hits including "Welcome to the Jungle." When: July 5, 8:30 p.m. Where: Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill , 10261 Technology Blvd. E Price: $5 (73% discount off regular price) Click here for more details, and to score this deal This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Looking to shake up your regular routine? Check out these four ideas for what to do in Pittsburgh this week, all clocking in at under $20 per person. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. Life Sciences Week Pittsburgh - Keynote: Dr. Frances Arnold From the event description: The Pittsburgh Innovation District is welcomes 2018 Chemistry Nobel-Laureate, Dr. Frances Arnold back to Pittsburgh as the Keynote Speaker for Pittsburgh's Life Sciences Week. Frances Arnold is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry and Director of the Rosen Bioengineering Center at the California Institute of Technology, where she has been on the faculty since 1986. Recognized most recently with the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Arnold pioneered directed protein evolution and has used those methods for applications in alternative energy, chemicals, and medicine. When: Monday, May 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Where: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave. Admission: $20 (students); $40 (standard admission) Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Eli Paperboy Reed From the event description: Eli Paperboy Reed is performing on Tuesday at Cattivo. The artist is supporting his latest album, "99 Cent Dreams." When: Tuesday, May 14, 7 p.m. Where: Cattivo, 146 44th St. Admission: $15 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets John Paul White From the event description: John Paul White is playing a concert on Wednesday at Spirit Hall. The artist is touring to support his latest album, "The Hurting Kind." Folk and indie-rock artist Erin Rae is the supporting act. When: Wednesday, May 15, 7 p.m. Where: Spirit Hall, 242 51st St. Admission: $18 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


LOS ANGELES   It's been more than a week since two of the largest earthquakes to hit Southern California in nearly two decades hit, and the aftershocks keep coming. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake Monday morning struck about 25 miles northwest of the July 5 magnitude 7.1 quake. There have been more than 70 earthquakes of magnitude 4 and greater since July 4, when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Independence Day; a day later, a much larger magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit. The earthquake at 1:38 a.m. occurred in the northwestern section of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. The closest towns nearest to the earthquake, Ridgecrest and Trona, both about 30 miles southeast of the epicenter, were calculated by the U.S. Geological Survey to have felt shaking on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale of between 1 and 2   either so faint it wasn't felt, or "weak" shaking that it might have only been felt by a few people, even those sitting still. The town of Lone Pine is about 40 miles northwest of the epicenter. The shaking at the remote epicenter, just northwest of Sugarloaf Mountain within the borders of the naval air weapons station, was moderate, or intensity level 5. Thousands of aftershocks have already been reported, and scientists said last week they expect thousands more   about 34,000 over the next six months.     ©2019 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


A 13-year veteran of the Orange County Fire Department has been relieved of duty following a voyeurism arrest in Seminole County, officials said. According to jail records, Steven Brandenberger was arrested Monday on one count of eavesdropping and one count of video voyeurism. The victim in the case was described in an arrest affidavit as a close friend and roommate of Brandenberger's. A visitor first spotted a camera in a vent facing the shower and told the roommate, according to an arrest affidavit. The roommate then found another camera that faced her bed, the affidavit said. When the victim found the cameras she began moving out of the home, which is owned by Brandenberger's mother, the affidavit said. The victim told deputies that when Brandenberger's mother asked why she was moving, she told her about the cameras. The arrest affidavit said Brandenberger told his mother "they were not cameras, just sensors." "Orange County Fire Rescue has relieved Firefighter Steven Brandenberger of duty, pending the outcome of an administrative hearing, following an off-duty arrest by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office," a statement from the Orange County Fire Department said. Brandenberger was hired by the department in 2006. READ MORE: Orange County firefighter relieved of duty following voyeurism arrest CHECK OUT WESH: Stay in the know with the latest Orlando news, weather and sports. Get the top stories and all the scores from the team at WESH.


As the Indianapolis Colts progress through the spring workout program, there will be plenty of fantasy football managers keeping their eyes on the wide receiver competition and specifically Parris Campbell. The second-round pick out of Ohio State has a chance to carve out a role early in the Colts offense. When he will do so and in what capacity remains to be seen, but this gives him some intriguing upside in fantasy football. Even though re-drafts are still months away, Campbell was listed as an under-the-radar wide receiver for fantasy football by Jamey Eisenberg of CBS Sports. "By the time we get closer to the season, I expect Campbell's ADP to rise. But right now he's in the Round 11 range, which is amazing given what his production could be. He's expected to be at least No. 3 on the depth chart for the Colts with T.Y. Hilton and Devin Funchess, but I'm counting on Andrew Luck and Frank Reich to give Campbell plenty of chances to make plays. He reminds me of Percy Harvin coming out of Ohio State, and both played for Urban Meyer in college. Campbell will have to prove he can make plays down the field, but Luck should have fun using Campbell as a short-area target who still has big-play ability." The roles in the wide receiver room behind T.Y. Hilton are up for grabs by just about anyone. Campbell, along with several players including Devin Funchess and Deon Cain, will be in the running for big roles in the offense. Campbell should currently be looked at as a stash and potential sleeper given that he actually hasn't won a job yet, but there is a chance he has fantasy impact during his rookie season. MORE: NBA fans had so many memes for Steph Curry's exchange with Drake Giants get a chuckle: Odell Beckham already in hot water in Cleveland Why N'Keal Harry stands out among Patriots WRs in Bill Belichick era Could Raiders rookie DE Maxx Crosby start over Arden Key in 2019? Four potential Clint Capela trade destinations


Montgomery is like a city of ghosts. Walking the streets and breathing in the air from the Alabama Riverfront is like communing with them. Being in the city calls to mind the lives and activism of Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Mary Louise Smith, Martin Luther King, Jr. , and countless others, both named and unnamed, known and unknown, heralded and ignored. To visit Montgomery as a tourist is to confront painful legacies and to unabashedly look them straight in the face. Montgomery is not a special case nor an anomaly. Many destinations in our country have an ugly past, especially as it relates to southern cities, including many which built their entire economies upon the labor of enslaved Africans. As a black woman, a daughter of the South with ties to Alabama on my mother's side, I wanted to revisit Alabama to reacquaint myself after not visiting for close to a decade. I'd also never been to Montgomery. And so as I drove from Georgia , I saw the water, the Alabama Riverfront, in the distance. It lines the shores of Gun Island Chute, a tributary feeding into the larger Alabama River, and was the site where thousands of Africans were trafficked into the state. It was their point of entry before being shuttled to a holding warehouse blocks away, the same building which now houses the Legacy Museum . These facts are integral to understanding the history of Montgomery because by the year 1860, the city was the capital of the domestic slave trade in the state and a major hub. This history, albeit well-known and accepted, is quieted. The area has been transformed into something else, something scenic but also obscuring. Tourists now refer to it as Riverfront Park , and catch the Harriott II Riverboat to sail across the river in either the late afternoon when the sun is most overbearing or a sunset cruise with dinner and drinks. On land, throngs of mixed groups of both black and white residents jovially walk to bars side-by-side and sit at shared tables in the bars and restaurants Mellow Mushroom, Central , Sa Za , Aviator Bar , to name a few. There is a very different, unexpected energy here, knowing mere decades ago some of these same scenes would have been illegal due to corrosive Jim Crow legislation. When I was in town for the Legacy Museum's one-year anniversary, I grappled with these sights and the complicated feelings that came with them. I mostly stayed within the downtown entertainment district, less than a five-minute walk to the Riverfront. I couldn't bring myself to walk there because I couldn't stop thinking about my ancestors arriving chained, confused, disconnected, far from home. I was postponing feeling the gravity of it, giving myself some more time. For whatever I tried to avoid, visiting Legacy Museum and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice surely mounted all my apprehension into emotional overwhelm. But it was important to me to visit these places and these sites, to be a witness to the history which I am tied to. The museum, while profoundly moving due to the vast amount of information in the videos and various exhibits, rattled me in a way that has stayed with me since. My hometown of Stone Mountain, and its family-friendly park of the same name, was depicted at the Legacy Museum in a video. I cried through most of it as I watched, self-consciously wiping tears, trying to appear unmoved as people moved around me. Close to the video was an interactive map of DeKalb County, where I grew up and went to school in my formative years. I learned four documented lynchings took place in my county between 1877 and 1950, the most recent in 1945. That same day, hours later at the Memorial for Peace and Justice, I stood feeling small as rust-colored structures hanging high above my head, symbolic of racial terror lynchings, with the names of those four people killed in my home county memorialized. I solemnly wondered if the soil I'd played with as a child, the Georgia red clay I kicked around in a game of kickball or tag, was the same soil that cradled the death and violence of innocent people who were only guilty of being Black. Montgomery is in the midst of a renaissance of sorts. EJI reported more than 400,000 tourists visited the city to walk through the same museum I did . Hotel after hotel is popping up in the downtown area as the city tries to reimagine and reposition itself as a tourist attraction. The city's only production brewery, Common Bond Brewery , opened last year. It is a city trying to find its way in this new millennium tinged with the horrors of its all too recent history. Many travelers, like me, don't have the luxury of forgetting these things. My time in Montgomery was a reminder of how crucial it is to cling to sacred remembrance and confront those ghosts of a troubled past. It's a difficult space, but it's also one where the act of remembering honors the struggles of the past while leaving room for transformation and healing in the present.


Tales of hidden treasure are always thrilling, but even more so when the treasure in question might just be right in your own backyard. Forest Fenn's deadly Rocky Mountain challenge About a decade ago, 85-year-old Forest Fenn allegedly hid what experts estimate as $5 million worth of gold, jewelry, and artifacts in a small bronze chest somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. In a cryptic poem, The Thrill of the Chase , Fenn dropped clues as to the whereabouts of this hidden treasure and inspired thousands of adventurers and treasure-hunters to go searching. Sadly, some have even died trying. So far, the treasure has not been located and even inspired an April Fools story this year. Ted Binion's Nevada stash Wealthy casino heir Ted Binion has been dead for two decades, but his legacy lives on in the form of a silver collection said to be worth several million dollars that's rumored to be buried somewhere on the property of his Pahrump, Nevada ranch. Binion was allegedly murdered in 1998 at the age of 55, by his girlfriend and a collaborator. While the duo was acquitted of murder on appeal, they were convicted on charges related to silver theft, the motive being his collection of silver items worth several million dollars at the time (now worth far more). Some believe all the silver has been recovered, but others think a buried fortune remains somewhere on (or under) the property. The Old Ozark Treasure Cave In one of the Ozarks' biggest mysteries, The Old Spanish Treasure Cave in the northwest corner of Arkansas is believed to hold treasure buried by Spanish conquistadors fleeing the Native Americans over 350 years ago. The supposed treasure, itself, has not yet been found, but artifacts from the time period (helmets, weapons, armor) have, so there is still hope yet. Somewhere in Virginia lies Mosby's sack In 1863, Confederate ranger John Singleton Mosby and his band of guerrilla raiders were able to sneak ten miles into Union territory and capture more than 40 Union troops at the Fairfax, Virginia Courthouse all without firing a single shot. Mosby reportedly left with a burlap sack stuffed with what was then valued $350,000 worth in gold, silver, jewelry, candlesticks, and other family heirlooms , all of them taken from the homes of local plantation owners. On the way back to the Confederate line, Mosby was warned that Union soldiers were nearby and opted to bury the sack between two trees, marking the spot with his knife. Later, he sent seven of his men back to retrieve it, but they were captured and executed. As far as we know, Mosby never went back, so the loot could still be out there. Blackbeard's Atlantic Coast treasure trove From 1716 to 1718, the pirate Blackbeard steered his ship around the West Indies and Atlantic Coast of North America, attacking ships laden with gold, silver, and other treasures from Mexico and South America on their way back to Spain. Blackbeard is said to have boasted about his buried treasure but never trusted anyone enough to divulge the secret location. He was finally defeated and executed in 1718. Treasure hunters have been searching for it ever since, seeking clues everywhere from Virginia's Chesapeake Bay to the Caribbean and Cayman Islands. The east Idaho stagecoach robbery 'Somewhere in east Idaho is a bloody treasure worth millions of dollars [in gold]...at least that's the legend, anyway,' writes the East Idaho News . The Overland Stage Line in 1865, carrying gold in its cargo, was held up by the Picket Coral Gang, a pretty prolific stagecoach robbery syndicate from back in the days. Now if the robbery took place and it's not a foregone conclusion that it did the gang probably hid it in the Portneuf Canyon. Here's why it was called a 'robbery' and not a 'burglary.' Hawaii's Palemano Point Palemano Point, an exposed reef break off Hawaii's Big Island, may contain over $5 million in buried pirate treasure in the form of silver and gold said to have belonged to Captain Thomas Cavendish, an English privateer who lived in the 16th century, according to Hawaii's Unsolved Mysteries . Modern-day explorers have tried and failed to locate the treasure (and the ship, itself). But who knows what tomorrow will bring? King Kamehameha's Burial Chamber Hawaii's King Kamehameha died in 1819 and was supposedly buried with millions of dollars' worth of gold and jewels. But Kamehameha's burial chamber has never been located, at least not yet. Some believe it's on the Na Pali coast on Kauai. Oregon's Spanish shipwreck In yet another tale of lost Spanish loot, when a Spanish ship sunk off the Oregon coast in 1705, it supposedly left behind gold and other treasures. The mere fact that it might exist is enough to drive real estate in the area. 'If you thought you could buy a second home on the coast but knew it would stretch your budget, the tipping point might just be, 'Oh my God, there's 500 pounds of gold somewhere up there,'' Gary Albright, executive director of the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, remarked to PDX Monthly. Oklahoma's secret space(s) for Jesse James' loot Somewhere in Oklahoma and most likely somewhere in the vicinity of Robbers Cave in the Wichita Mountains, there is said to be over $1 million worth of hidden treasure left behind by Jesse James and his band of outlaws back in the 19th century. There are literally hundreds of tales all ending essentially the same: 'He left that treasure behind in the Wichitas, and it's never been seen again.' Dutch Schultz's treasure One of the world's most perplexing hidden treasure mysteries is that of the gangster Dutch Schultz, who may or may not have hidden a $7 million fortune somewhere in the Catskill Mountains of New York. As Schultz lay dying, shot by a rival gangster, he muttered something about hidden treasure, but no one has ever found it as far as we know. That could change in July when the Travel Channel show Code of the Wild airs the episode where there's a massive hunt for Schultz's stash. Lost Pirate Treasure of Machiasport, Maine The small eastern Maine town of Machiasport may be secreting millions of dollars in valuable treasures that once belonged to the pirate Samuel Bellamy (who some say was the model for Captain Jack Sparrow). Back in 1716, Bellamy stumbled across the area and built a house to hold his treasures. But Bellamy and his 'Pirate Princes' didn't stay long. The were soon back out, scoring more loot. Ultimately Bellamy was captured and hanged in Massachusetts. His treasures have never been located. The lost Fabergé eggs In 1918, after the death of the Romanovs, the House of Fabergé, a Russian jewelry designer, was ransacked by the Bolsheviks (who had also murdered the Romanov family). Most of the Fabergé eggs were confiscated and sent for safekeeping in Moscow. After they were discovered again in the early 1930s, entrepreneur Armand Hammer took an interest in them and brought ten home to America. Some sold. Some did not. Some have changed hands multiple times. And what is known for sure is that eight of the 50 eggs Fabergé made for the Imperial Family remain unaccounted for.


Unsure where Seattle's in-the-know crowd is eating and drinking? It's easy to spot lines out the door, but some underlying trends are harder to see. We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to deduce which eateries have been getting a noteworthy increase in attention this month. To find out who made the list, we looked at Seattle businesses on Yelp by category and counted how many reviews each received. Rather than compare them based on number of reviews alone, we calculated a percentage increase in reviews over the past month, and tracked businesses that consistently increased their volume of reviews to identify statistically significant outliers compared to past performance. Read on to see which spots are riding a trend, right now. Aerlume Open since December 2018, this New American spot, which offers desserts, salads and more, is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "American (New)" on Yelp. Citywide, New American spots saw a median 1.7% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Aerlume saw a 30.8% increase, maintaining a mixed 3.5-star rating throughout. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, Aerlume's review count increased by more than 170%. Located at 2003 Western Ave., Suite C (between Pike Place and Virginia Street) in Pike Market, Aerlume offers sweat pea and goat cheese dumplings, buttermilk fried chicken, falafel sandwiches, burgers and more. Watson's Counter Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Ballard's Watson's Counter , which offers Korean-inspired breakfast, brunch, coffee and more, is a hot topic according to Yelp review data. While businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp saw a median 1.6% increase in new reviews over the past month, Watson's Counter bagged a 31.7% increase in new reviews within that timeframe, maintaining a strong 4.5-star rating. There's more that's trending on Seattle's breakfast and brunch scene: Cafe Opla has seen an 8% increase in reviews, and Retreat has seen a 9.2% bump. Open at 6201 15th Ave. NW (between 62nd and 63rd streets) since March, Watson's Counter offers chicken and waffles, pork belly eggs Benedict, Korean poutine, cereal-crust French toast and more. Daniel's Broiler Belltown's Daniel's Broiler is also making waves. Open since December 2018 at 808 Howell St. (between Olive Way and Ninth Avenue), the steakhouse, which offers seafood and more, has seen a 20% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 1.4% for all businesses tagged "Seafood" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, Daniel's Broiler's review count increased by more than 140%. There's more than one hot spot trending in Seattle's seafood category: Old Stove Brewing has seen a 12.7%increase in reviews. Daniel's Broiler offers Alaskan halibut, bacon-wrapped scallops, lobster mashed potatoes, clam chowder and more. Over the past month, it's maintained a mixed 3.5-star rating among Yelpers. 85°C Bakery Cafe The International District's 85°C Bakery Cafe is the city's buzziest bakery by the numbers. The bakery and patisserie/cake shop that opened at 501 S. Jackson St. (between South Sixth and South Fifth avenues) last December, increased its new review count by 27.8% over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 1.9% for the Yelp category "Bakeries." It outperformed the previous month by gaining 1.7 times more reviews than expected based on past performance. 85°C Bakery Cafe offers danishes, sponge cakes, tarts, sea salt coffee, iced milk tea and more. Ba Bar The Cascade's well-established Ba Bar is currently on the upswing in the cocktail bar category on Yelp. While businesses categorized as "Cocktail Bars" on Yelp saw a median 3.1% increase in new reviews over the past month, this cocktail bar, bakery and Vietnamese spot increased its new reviews by 5.6% and kept its rating consistent at 3.5 stars. Review counts increased by more than 370% on a month-to-month basis. There's more abuzz in the world of Seattle cocktail bars: Mbar has seen a 6% increase in reviews. Open for business at 500 Terry Ave. North (between Republican and Mercer streets) since November 2016, the business offers unique house cocktails like Yerba Mate-infused gin, sparkling sangria, Japanese whiskey with orange flower water and a coconut mango slushie cocktail. This story was created automatically using local business data, then reviewed and augmented by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.