Looking to add a new companion to the family? There are dozens of cool kitties up for adoption at animal shelters in and around Berkeley, so you won't have to look far to find the perfect fit. Hoodline used data from Petfinder to power this roundup of cats available for adoption near you. Read on to meet some friendly, furry locals. (Details like pet availability, training, vaccinations and other features are based on data provided by Petfinder and may be subject to change; contact the shelter for the latest information.) Max, tabby and domestic shorthair mix Max is a sweet male tabby and domestic shorthair mix currently housed at Home At Last Animal Rescue . Max will do best in a home without small children. He already has all of his shots, and he is neutered. He is already house-trained. Max's current caretakers say: He has a joyful personality and loves chin scratches. Oh, and he loves showers...showers of attention that is. He's ready to finish off the summer by moving in with you and watching the Oakland A's race for the pennant. Read more about Max on Petfinder . Theresa, tortoiseshell Theresa is a female tortoiseshell cat currently housed at Home At Last Animal Rescue . Theresa will get along great with your other cats. Her ideal forever home would be a dog-free environment. She's been vaccinated and spayed. Good news: She is already house-trained. From Theresa's current caretaker: She's very sweet and loving, and runs to the door to meet you. She likes petting and affection and will meow for attention. She is talkative. She prefers for someone to be around. Read more about Theresa on Petfinder . Liefa, domestic shorthair Liefa is a sweet female domestic shorthair cat staying at Berkeley Humane . Liefa is already spayed. Here's more from Liefa: I'm the cutest, sweetest little cat you've ever seen. I have been with Berkeley Humane since I was a baby due to some special treatments I needed for my eyes. But now that they have fixed me up, I am ready to go home. I am part of a bonded pair with my brother Cabo, so we are asking to go home together. With a safe home and plenty of love we'll grow into the best sidekicks you could ask for. Apply to adopt Liefa today at Petfinder . This story was created automatically using local animal shelter data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Jose Ramirez went into the upper deck for his first home run in more than a month. The Cleveland Indians later got a trio of long balls unlike any they have had in nearly 15 years. While rookie Zach Plesac allowed only two hits pitching into the eighth inning, Cleveland hitters were going deep. Ramirez ended a 29-game homerless drought in the third, and the Indians opened the seventh with three homers in a row to overwhelm the Texas Rangers 10-3 on Tuesday night. ''Everybody's contributing. It's nice,'' said Tyler Naquin, who had the last of the three homers in a five-pitch span off reliever Drew Smyly. After Jake Bauers led off the Indians' seventh with a 389-foot shot to right-center, Roberto Perez and Naquin followed with homers that measured more than 400 feet. Those were Cleveland's first back-to-back-to-back homers since July 16, 2004. ''Doesn't happen very often, so surely guys enjoy it,'' manager Terry Francona said. The three-run homer by Ramirez to right measured at 431 feet and made it 4-0. His fifth homer of the season was his first since May 14. ''Oh my goodness. That seemed like that was a lot of frustration all balled up into one swing,'' Francona said. ''That was a loud swing. Hopefully that propels him a little bit.'' Plesac (2-2) struck out six and walked five, the last two free passes to the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters to open the eighth and end his fifth career start. The only run the right-hander allowed came on Rougned Odor's one-out homer in the fifth that was the first hit he allowed. ''Yeah, I knew. But I got down 1-0, had to execute a pitch. I left it up over the plate and he was ready to hit it,'' Plesac said. ''I wasn't thinking about it or anything. I was more worried about executing pitches and attacking the zone.'' Oliver Perez got a double-play liner and a strikeout to get out of the eighth. Two of the five Texas hits came in the ninth, including Willie Calhoun's two-run homer. Rangers starter Adrian Sampson (5-4), who was 5-0 his previous six games, allowed five runs (three earned) in three innings. He gave up six runs in five innings at Boston in a no-decision last week. ''It just didn't look like he had a whole lot of life really from the first inning on,'' manager Chris Woodward said. ''It just seemed like he was kind of fighting, not only his mechanics but just the ability to execute pitches.'' Smyly, the veteran right-hander who was starting earlier in the season, took over in the fourth with a 32-pitch inning. A two-run single by Jason Kipnis made it 7-0 right after a double steal. After the three homers in the seventh, Smyly has an 8.42 ERA and allowed 19 homers over 51 1/3 innings in his 13 games this season. ''He really hasn't been built up and he hasn't been starting, so I don't know if that was just a decline in stamina,'' Woodward said. ''I'm not sure. First inning, he didn't get hit that hard. A lot of bloopers and weak contact. He just left some of his pitches up.'' SHORT HOPS Indians rookie Oscar Mercado had two hits and scored three times. He is hitting .308 in his 28 games. ''It's 100 at-bats, but it's been a really good 100 at-bats,'' Francona said. ...The Rangers are now 0-3 with a chance to reach seven games over .500. ... Bauers is 11 for 22 with five RBIs the last five games. ... Rangers second-round draft pick Ryan Garcia, the Pac-12 pitcher of the year from UCLA, signed for a bonus of $1,469,900 and was at the game. The right-hander was 10-1 with a 1.44 ERA with 117 strikeouts this season. TRAINER'S ROOM Indians: Francona said RHP Mike Clevinger had some swelling and discoloration in his left ankle after taking an awkward step off the mound Monday night during his first start since April 7. He will throw a side session later this week. ''I think all things lead towards him being OK,'' Francona said. Rangers: OF Hunter Pence, placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a strained right groin, described his injury as ''very minor, not too bad.'' ... OF Joey Gallo got to the team's complex in Arizona. Manager Chris Woodward said Gallo, out since June 2 with a left oblique strain, is swinging 100 percent and taking flyballs. UP NEXT Indians: Right-hander Adam Plutko (3-1, 4.63 ERA) will try to win his third consecutive start. He allowed four earned runs over 12 innings the last two. Rangers: Joe Palumbo will be recalled from Double-A Frisco for his second career start. The lefty allowed four runs over four innings in a no decision in his big league debut June 8 against Oakland. --- More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) Top-seeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan won the longest match of the WTA Tour season so far, overcoming Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) on Thursday to reach the Nuremberg Cup semifinals. Putintseva converted her first match point in a match that lasted 3 hours, 21 minutes against Friedsam, who is ranked No. 523 after recovering from a shoulder injury. Putintseva, who is bidding for her first WTA singles title, will face Sorana Cirstea in the semifinals after the Romanian player defeated Serbian qualifier Nina Stojanovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. It will be Cirstea's second semifinal in three years at the clay-court tournament. American Madison Brengle faced second-seeded Katerina Siniakova and Veronika Kudermetova was to play Tamara Zidansek in the other quarterfinals. --- More AP Tennis: https://www.apnews.com/apf-Tennis and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


A 27-year-old man has confessed to killing US scientist Suzanne Eaton on the Greek island of Crete, a police spokesperson told CNN Monday. The local man had been detained by police for questioning, after the 59-year-old molecular biologist went missing July 2 while attending a conference. More details are expected to be announced Tuesday, Crete police said. Eaton was attending a conference at the Orthodox Academy when she disappeared, apparently during a run. Last Monday, her body was discovered by two locals deep inside a cave, according to Crete's Chief of Police Konstantinos Lagoudakis. She was found around 60 meters (nearly 200 feet) inside the cave, beneath an air shaft that had been covered by a large wooden pallet. The underground caverns had been turned into a bunker by Nazi soldiers during the Second World War. The police said that Eaton had been asphyxiated. Minor stab wounds were also found on her body, but police said they were not believed to be the cause of her death. The police believe the body was dumped inside the cave, because it was found face down. Lagoudakis told CNN on Thursday that he had never seen a case like this in his four years as police chief. 'A truly wonderful person' Tributes from Eaton's relatives -- including her mother, son and siblings -- were released by Eaton's employer, the Max Planck Institute at Dresden University in Germany. Eaton was the wife of British scientist Tony Hyman and mother of two sons, according to the institute. Eaton's sister described her as an "accomplished woman" of "insatiable curiosity," and praised her achievements. "She took great pleasure in preparing exquisite meals and had an exotic fashion sense. She loved perfume. She taught and practiced Tae Kwon Do as a second-degree black belt. She finished crossword puzzles way too quickly, played concertos, and read extensively. She fit Jane Austen's strictest description of an 'accomplished woman' while maintaining a natural humility and 'insatiable curiosity'," her sister wrote. Her sister added that Eaton would often worry about not giving her family enough time as well as devoting herself to science. She continued, "But anyone who read of her accomplishments in the field of molecular and developmental biology, or who witnessed her joy in tutoring, comforting, and inspiring her children, or sharing with, and loving her husband, would not have suspected. With a deep sensitivity and compassion, she somehow made us all a priority." In a statement, the Max Planck Institute said Eaton was "an outstanding and inspiring scientist, a loving spouse and mother, an athlete as well as a truly wonderful person beloved to us all." The details surrounding Eaton's death have shocked locals, some of whom first thought she could have died in a hiking accident.


The search continued on Saturday for a Dallas man who removed his ankle monitor and disappeared after the third day of his own murder trial for fatally shooting another man in a Dallas strip club parking lot, authorities said. Rene Adrian Carrillo attended the first three days of his murder trial last week, before cutting off his electronic ankle monitor and skipping out on court Thursday, a spokesperson for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office said in a press release on Friday. The trial continued in his absence and he was convicted this week and sentenced in absentia. "A guilty verdict and a 99-year prison sentence was handed down to a 25-year-old man who was a no show on day four of his murder trial," according to the press release. "The United States Marshals Service immediately issued a warrant and released a wanted poster for Carillo. They have been on the hunt for him ever since." (MORE: Florida fugitive captured living in Mexico after 27 years on the run) On Oct. 11, 2017, Dallas authorities charged Carrillo with the murder of Jean Carlo Casiano-Torres, after the victim argued with Carrillo's friend inside XTC Cabaret Dallas. The argument spilled over into the parking lot of the club, prosecutors said. While on trial, Carrillo was out on bond and fitted with the electric monitor, authorities said. "We got him on a ankle monitor, life was good, until it was time to go to court, " U.S. Marshall B.K Nelson, who is looking for Carrillo, told ABC News on Saturday. Life was good, until it was time to go to court. "Court started Monday," Nelson said. "He showed up every day. I testified, homicide detectives testified. On Wednesday, he went home, thought about it, called some people, asked what he was going to get -- didn't like what he heard." (MORE: Fugitive in hatchet killing of ex-boss spotted 'limping' into urgent care center) Nelson said the company that monitored the ankle bracelet got a notification at 11:02 p.m. on Wednesday that someone was tampering with it. By 1 a.m. the monitor was deactivated completely. On Thursday morning, Nelson said -- when Carrillo did not show up at court -- the trial judge called him and said, "Hey BK, he's running, I need you to find him." When asked why authorities did not respond immediately when the alert when off indicating the device was being tampered with, Nelson said he did not know but said that there are many reasons an alert may go off improperly, or why a device would appear to be deactivated. Carrillo's lawyer did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. His voicemail box was full on Saturday and unable to accept new messages. If and when Carrillo is apprehended, he faces additional charges for fleeing and bail jumping, beyond his 99-year sentence for the murder, prosecutors said. "Although Carrillo decided to go on the run, it was important that he was held accountable," Dallas Assistant District Attorney Summer Elmazi said. "The jury did that today with their verdict."


Washington and New York have already played seven times in the Nationals' first 41 games, and they're set to play six more in the next week-plus... The first eleven games of the Washington Nationals ' 2019 campaign were against just two opponents, both of them division rivals. Three with the New York Mets opened the season, then a quick two-game set with the Philadelphia Phillies followed in D.C., at which point the Nats went on the road for a three-game series in Flushing, Queens, NY's Citi Field and three in Citizens Bank Park in the so-called City of Brotherly Love. Davey Martinez's squad took six of the eleven games, splitting six with the Mets and taking three of five from the Phillies. Martinez was asked as the second series with the Phillies wrapped up what he thought of all the games in the division, and against just two opponents so early in the season. "This has been good," the second-year manager said. "It's a fun atmosphere, coming here and playing the games like this and playing against the division rivals, it's fun, it's a lot of fun, and I know the boys are up for it, we're all excited about it, and we've got a whole year of this, so let's keep it going." The Nationals played three more with the Phillies in Citizens Bank as part of the last road trip and dropped two of three in that series, leaving them 4-4 against Philly after eight of the 19 games the two teams will play this season. The Nats and Phils play four more in June, three in July, and then wrap up the season series with four more in late September. After this week's three-game series with the Mets in D.C., the Nationals travel to Citi Field for four on May 20-23, then the two teams don't meet again until August 9-11 when they play a three-game set in Citi before wrapping up the season series with three at home in the first week of September. So how are Martinez and Co. feeling about all the intra-division matchups early this season now? "I don't like it honestly," Adam Eaton told reporters before the series opener with the Mets. "I'm not a huge fan of it, but I feel like once we get these out of the way, we won't see them till like September, but it's a little different. I think everyone's schedule is a little different that way." "It's the stretch that we're in and hopefully we can make it to our advantage," Eaton added. "We see the pitching over and over and over again, the [Mets] have a great pitching staff, and hopefully as hitters you can make it to your advantage to see these guys over and over and like I said, hopefully have an advantage going in there. "We have to see it as such, and hopefully we come out of here winning the best of the seven." Martinez, as he's said before, reiterated that he doesn't get too concerned about the other teams he's playing, and tries to focus on his own club. "I just worry about   like I said, today. Don't really matter. It is kind of weird though, that it worked out that way, but yeah, for me it's just playing. Sometimes   it works two ways, you get a team like that and all of a sudden you come in and they're on a hot streak and you've got to play them that many times, sometimes they're not, so for me it's just winning today." Or hopefully for the Nationals, winning tomorrow, because they fell behind 4-0 early in the first of three with the Mets in D.C., and ended up losing 6-2. As Eaton said before the game on Tuesday, regardless of which team they're playing, they have to start stringing some wins together, and soon. "We've got to play better baseball," Eaton told reporters . "I know that we had played better baseball in LA, but like I said, we've got to put a couple   a string of weeks together where we've played better, and hitting, pitching, defense, all facets have got to be better, but like I said, hopefully we're focused on it starting today."


A lot of people like to hate on the Porsche Cayenne . It dilutes the brand's image! Stick to sports cars! Get off my lawn! Never mind the fact that the Cayenne (as well as its smaller SUV sibling, the Macan ) accounts for the vast majority of Porsche sales. To all those haters out there, I have to ask: Have you actually driven one? The third-generation Porsche Cayenne is one of -- if not the -- best-driving SUV money can buy. Even the base version is a seriously satisfying steer . But if any model will change your mind about the goodness of Porsche's flagship SUV, it's this range-topping Turbo. With a 541-horsepower V8 and super-sharp reflexes, the Cayenne Turbo sets a new benchmark for performance SUVs. It's simply fantastic, and 100% worthy of the Porsche crest on its hood. 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo is a 550-horsepower super-SUV The need for speed Launching a 4,795-pound SUV to 60 miles per hour in 3.7 seconds is no small feat. The Cayenne's twin-turbocharged, 4.0-liter V8 delivers 567 pound-feet of torque from just 1,960 rpm, and the rush of power is unrelenting. The eight-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission shifts with a quickness that'll fool you into thinking it's a dual-clutch unit, and if you keep on chugging, you'll top out at 177 mph -- in sixth gear, no less. Even so, the on-paper specs don't quite do the behind-the-wheel experience justice. Whether you're flooring it from a stoplight or dialing in a bit more throttle to pass a slower car on the highway, turbocharged thrust is beyond ample. There's a bit of lag to the initial throttle demand, especially if you aren't driving in the more responsive Sport and Sport Plus settings. Of course, if you need to get around another car or shoot the gap right this instant , you can press the sport response button in the middle of the drive mode selector, which puts the engine and transmission on full boil and gives you 20 seconds of full-on assault. On the other hand, even with its immense power, the Cayenne Turbo isn't a car you have to constantly rein in while driving in the city. Yes, there's a volcano of force under your right foot, but Porsche's SUV is perfectly happy to just troll around town in Comfort mode, with easy throttle tip-in and silky-smooth transmission tuning. Take 'er easy and you just might have a chance of hitting the Cayenne Turbo's EPA-estimated 15 city, 19 highway and 17 combined miles per gallon ratings, too. Sharp reflexes Straight-line speed is one thing. That the Cayenne Turbo can also put its power to the ground with incredible poise is another. The SUV's base suspension and steering setup is automatically tuned to make it a rewarding driver on winding roads. But my Turbo tester has a few extra goodies added on that help turn everything up to 11. For $1,620 and $1,500, respectively, Porsche fits the Cayenne Turbo with rear-axle steering and its PTV Plus torque-vectoring tech. The former helps give the Cayenne a bit of a back-end nudge around turns, allowing it to better rotate 'round a bend. The latter, meanwhile, more eagerly shuffles power from side to side, which improves overall balance while cornering. The $3,590 Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control actively quells unwanted body movements and works with the air suspension to keep the ride quality firm yet compliant at all times. That's especially noticeable on this test car, which rolls on 21-inch wheels ($1,250) with Pirelli P Zero summer tires. For as much cornering grip as these wide, low-profile tires offer, the air suspension and PDCC tech keep the ride free of unwanted harshness. Combine it all with crisp steering and you've got an SUV that's unrivaled in just how well it handles canyon roads. None of this greatness comes at the expense of highway cruising comfort, either. The Cayenne Turbo comes standard with Porsche's new surface-coated brakes, which are both a blessing and a curse. Sure, they provide excellent stopping power and reduce the buildup of brake dust on your fancy-shmancy wheels, but I've often found them problematic at lower speeds. Slowing down on the highway is perfectly file, but coming to a stop at 25 mph can be a seriously jerky affair -- until you retrain your brain on how to modulate the brake pedal, anyway. You could opt for the ceramic composite brakes fitted to this test car, instead, which are set off by their yellow-painted calipers. They're even more powerful than the surface-coated brakes and don't have the same low-speed abruptness to their bite. Of course, they're also a $5,580 option. Great tech headlines a comfy cabin There's a lot to like about the Cayenne's interior. The front seats are comfortable and supportive, and I dig the flat, angled panel surrounding the gear shifter, though the piano black finish does put fingerprints on full display. The Turbo comes with leather-wrapped everything, from the dashboard to the seats to the grab handles on either side of the center console, and every surface feels as exquisite as it looks. Rear-seat space is about average for the midsize SUV class. At five-feet, eight-inches tall, I have no problem getting comfortable, with plenty of head- and legroom in the second row. Taller passengers will fit just fine, too. When it comes time to haul more than just ass, the 26.3 cubic feet of space behind the second row is less than what you'll find in a BMW X5 or Land Rover Range Rover Sport . So, too, is the 59.3 cubic feet of space available with the back seats folded flat. Infotainment duties are handled by the always-lovely Porsche Communication Management system, with a sharp, 12.3-inch display in the center console. PCM continues to impress with its quick response to inputs, myriad features and reconfigurable home screen, and comes standard with embedded navigation, a Wi-Fi hotspot and support for Apple CarPlay (but not Android Auto -- still). However, a good deal of niceties do not come standard, even on this most expensive $124,600 (before $1,250 for destination) Cayenne Turbo. Prepare to pay extra for lane-keeping assist with traffic sign recognition ($1,300), adaptive cruise control ($2,000) or a head-up display ($1,720). If you want 14-way power seats, lane-change assist, cooled seats and those cool LED matrix headlights, they're all part of the $3,690 Premium Package Plus. And all of that is before you peruse the Cayenne's extensive customization options. The driver's SUV All told, the Cayenne Turbo tested here stickers for $146,590, and represents a spec more focused on performance than comfort and tech. Still, it's a super well-equipped car -- for this price, it'd better be -- with things like a panoramic sunroof, the aforementioned air suspension, heated seats and more all bundled in as standard equipment. That said, I might recommend saving some coin and going with the $82,900 Cayenne S. You get a more-than-plentiful 434 horsepower from a 2.9-liter, twin-turbo V6, and I prefer its more subdued front end styling to the mouth-breather look of the Turbo. You can get all the same interior options, and since the S is as finely tuned as any other Cayenne, it too offers a comfortable, exciting drive. Turbo or not, the Cayenne is every bit a Porsche. This was originally published on Roadshow.


A California bill that would allow student-athletes in the state to profit from the use of their own name, image and likeness took another step closer to coming to fruition earlier this week. On Tuesday, California's Committee on Higher Education voted 11-0 to pass the Fair Pay to Play Act, which would go into effect in Jan. 1, 2023, through to the state's Assembly Appropriations Committee, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun. NCAA strongly opposes bill Though the NCAA formed a group to "examine issues related to student-athlete name, image and likeness" in May, it staunchly opposes this legislation, which previously passed through the state Senate by a 31-4 vote. Last month, NCAA president Mark Emmert sent a letter to state lawmakers asking to delay consideration for the bill until NCAA officials discuss the issue. When the NCAA announced its "working group" on name, image and likeness issues, it said an update on the group's efforts would be provided in August with a final report due to the NCAA Board of Governors in October. In Emmert's letter, he implied that universities in the state could be barred from NCAA championships if the bill is entered into state law and that it would "likely have a negative impact" on student-athletes. His letter also said the law would make it "impossible to host fair national championships" in California because the state's universities would be violating NCAA bylaws. State officials not backing down from NCAA 'threats' But state officials were not deterred by the NCAA's pushback. Jose Medina, the chairman of the state assembly's Committee on Higher Education, told ESPN that the NCAA's response to the bill has been "akin to bullying." "I don't take too fondly to threats to the state of California regardless of where they come from," Medina told ESPN . Emmert's letter prompted a minor amendment to the bill in which the state acknowledged that it will "monitor" the findings of the NCAA working group. According to ESPN, Senator Nancy Skinner said Tuesday that the timeline for the bill to go into effect (2023) was also designed to allow the NCAA to potentially shift its position on the issue and make changes. Otherwise, the bill will continue to proceed with the next vote likely coming in August. If the bill passes through the next state committee, it would next move through to the governor's office to be signed into state law. Bill would allow NCAA athletes to make endorsement deals If the bill is indeed passed into state law, student-athletes in California would essentially have the same endorsement opportunities provided to Olympic athletes. Schools would not be paying its athletes, but the athletes would be able to hire an agent and pursue outside business deals without jeopardizing their eligibility. Student-athletes would also own the rights to the use of their names and images on college-related apparel. "I ask you to imagine if any other billion-dollar industry relied on college students as their primary source of talent for the revenue of their industry yet denied those students compensation," Skinner said at Tuesday's hearing per the Desert Sun. While officials from several universities across the state spoke in opposition to the bill, fearing unintended consequences, one advocate for the bill is Los Angeles Chargers offensive lineman Russell Okung. Okung wrote about the issue in The Players' Tribune , detailing his financial issues during his college football career at Oklahoma State: "Being broke stung, particularly because I knew that my teammates and I had made others rich. During my days at OSU, I saw fans regularly pay thousands of dollars to fly out to Stillwater to attend games, while many of my teammates didn't have enough money to fly home to see our families during school breaks. I watched our university lavish elite donors with high-end dinners, while some of my teammates were skipping meals due to lack of funds." The NCAA has long used its tax-exempt status and the concept of "amateurism" as a way to defend its rules that prohibit athletes from being compensated in any way, including via the use of their own likeness. The name, image, likeness issue came to the forefront of NCAA debate in 2009 when two former college athletes, including former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon, sued the NCAA for the use of their likeness in video games. More from Yahoo Sports: 'I'm in dire need of a kidney,' pleads former NFL star Strip club event at Trump golf club canceled 'Robot umpires' debut in baseball league Chargers star wants new deal, makes sudden threat Related slideshow: Best photos of NCAA Championship (Provided by imagn)


Visitors to Dubai can now obtain a license to buy alcohol from registered retailers following recently introduced measures aimed at making the city more tourist-friendly. Before getting into full vacation mode in Dubai, visitors should note that the city has strict policies regarding alcohol consumption that apply to both residents and tourists. Though it may be best known as a city of superlatives, luxury brands and excess, Dubai draws a straight line when it comes to alcohol consumption. Previously visitors could only buy and consume alcohol at licensed venues like hotels, restaurants and clubs. According to Gulf News, the new policy allows tourists to obtain a license and purchase alcohol at one of 17 Mercantile and Marketing International (MMI) liquor stores across the city. This only applies to non-Muslim visitors over the age of 21. Tourists can either apply in advance online and pick up their license at the store, or apply upon arrival in Dubai at an MMI retailer with their passport. There is no fee and license holders can shop right away.


Bentley's brute is about more than straight-line performance. The Anglesey Circuit is a tiny, 11-turn track that clings to the side of a cliff on the northern Welsh island of the same name. At just 2.1 miles in its longest configuration, it's a course for the kind of agile, lightweight roadsters the United Kingdom made famous. It is not a place to thunder about in a 5,500-pound, twelve-cylinder SUV. Research the Bentley Bentayga on MSN Autos Family Friendly for Bentley Boys and Girls: 2019 Bentley Bentayga V8 Review: For The Masses First Drive: 2017 Bentley Bentayga But that's exactly what I'm doing. While hardly the right tool for the job, banging around Anglesey in the 2020 Bentley Bentayga Speed is as delightful as hitting something with a hammer. A big, W12-powered hammer. ( Editor's Note: My time with the Bentayga Speed was limited to two 10-minute sessions around Anglesey, a track I'd never driven before this trip. As you can imagine, that's not a lot of time to develop driving impressions. We're working with Bentley to arrange a longer test for a more comprehensive review. What you're about to read are my most immediate, track-only impressions.) The W12 is at best only a small part of the reason to buy the Bentayga Speed. Yes, it adds 26 horsepower to the standard twelve-cylinder engine, for a total of 626 hp, but the torque output remains at 663 pound-feet. Even with this modest improvement, though, the range-topping Bentayga cuts two-tenths of a second from the standard W12's 4.0-second zero-to-60-mph time and increases the top speed from 187 to 190. So while this is the fastest SUV on the planet , feeling the difference outside a track is tricky. By and large, the Bentayga Speed accelerates much like the normal W12: brutally. Huge amounts of low-end torque   peak twist is available from 1,500 to 5,000 rpm   help the tallest Flying B surge out of Anglesey's first turn, a banked right-hander that opens up into a long, gentle, high-speed right. Put the Speed in Sport mode and a bark from the dual oval exhausts accompanies each sharp upshift from the ZF eight-speed automatic transmission. he revised Sport mode is among the better reasons to buy the Bentayga Speed. It tweaks the engine and transmission for more dynamic performance, more or less following a tried-and-tested formula of revised throttle response and sharper upshifts and downshifts. I left the gearbox to its own devices rather than using the tiny paddles on the back of the Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel, and would do so again   the computer's shift logic in Sport mode is plenty smart for track work, even though you'd have to be mad to push the Speed around a track like Anglesey. Of course, the Speed can do a fine impression of a track car, thanks in large part to the 48-volt Dynamic Ride system. The active roll control system constantly adjusts the sway bars to account for the lateral movement of that big, high-riding body, so even when I fling it into Rocket (a hard, blind, left-hand turn that reminds me of the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca, minus the four-story drop at the end), the Bentayga maintains its composure. The Speed, though, improves things with a firmer air suspension that includes stiffer adaptive dampers. Despite its heft, weight transfer is easy to manage fore and aft. I can feel the Bentayga's weight moving around, but it's so progressive and composed in its actions that I forget I'm manhandling 5,500 pounds of Old England. The brakes, however, are acutely aware of the Bentayga Speed's weight. With its extra power and world-beating top speed, Bentley made the decision to offer fade-free carbon-ceramic brakes as standard. Cast-iron rotors are available, but the automaker expects the bulk of Speeds to carry the CCBs. That's fine, too. While carbon-ceramic brakes have always offered stunning performance, it's often come at the expense of livability, with a brake pedal that's hard to modulate and constant squealing from the pads and rotors outside of a track environment. The Bentayga Speed exhibits none of these bad manners. In fact, the Speed's brakes are one of my favorite things about it. The pedal is immensely satisfying and easy to modulate, whether I'm diving toward the hairpin at the end of Anglesey's longest straight or entering pit lane to hand off the keys. Taken together, the mechanical improvements to the Bentayga are immense. Even just a couple sprints around Anglesey are enough to demonstrate this SUV's dynamic capabilities. It's agile, but more than that, this massive two-row SUV is communicative. Be it through the steering (which is excellent considering the Bentayga's luxury SUV brief), the advanced suspension, or the powerful and predictable brakes, simply calling this a Speed undersells to the uninformed that Bentley improved much more than just straight-line performance. As an exclamation point on its improvements, Bentley ended my session by sticking me in the passenger's seat with racer Guy Smith at the wheel of the Bentayga Speed. The 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans winner   he competed for (you guessed it) Bentley   pushed the SUV far harder than I did. With a more competent driver at the wheel, I can better feel the progressiveness of the Bentayga's weight transfer and its balanced handling characteristics. It's willing to rotate under hard braking, but based on Smith's inputs, the big B feels tidy and well mannered. There's no frenetic sawing at the wheel   the Speed is perfectly able to manage its weight through the turns. Of course, there's not a single prospective Bentayga Speed owner on the planet that will push their SUV as hard as I did, let alone the way a Le Mans winner would. But that's not the point. Even though most of these SUVs will serve as very nice ways to take the spouse, the kids, and the family dog down a windy road in a lively way, the Speed will find customers because of its ultimate capabilities. And based on a short blast around Anglesey, they won't be disappointed. Research the Bentley Bentayga on MSN Autos 2020 Bentley Bentayga Speed Engine Twin-Turbocharged 6.0-liter W12 Output 626 Horsepower / 663 Pound-Feet Transmission 8-Speed Automatic Drive Type All-Wheel Drive Speed 0-60 MPH 3.8 Seconds Maximum speed 190 MPH Fuel Economy T.B.D. Weight 5,492 Pounds Seating Capacity 5 Cargo Volume 17.1 Cubic Feet Base Price $235,700


South Dakota State transfer David Jenkins announced over the weekend that he has committed to UNLV, following his former head coach to Sin City. "I could not be more thrilled for the opportunity to continue coaching David," head coach T.J. Otzelberger said. Otzelberger coached Jenkins at South Dakota State last season before taking over at UNLV this spring. "He will quickly become a fan favorite here in Las Vegas because of his personality and his competitive drive. David is a gifted scorer, a proven winner and a fantastic teammate. We look forward to seeing his game expand over this year before getting him out on the court in a Runnin' Rebel uniform the following season." Jenkins is one of the top sit-out transfers available in this year's transfer market. A 6-foot-2 shooting guard, Jenkins averaged 19.7 points and 3.4 boards this past season despite playing on a team that also included Mike Daum. He shot 45 percent from three as well. Jenkins, a native of Tacoma, Washington, picked UNLV over Gonzaga and Oregon.


Rafa Benitez is yet to agree a new deal with Newcastle United because he wants assurances, written into his contract, that he will receive a guaranteed transfer budget of £100m for next season. The 59-year-old safely guided the Magpies to a mid-table finish in 2018/19, but his current contract at St James' Park expires at the end of the current campaign. Manager and club have been in discussions for several months, but remain at loggerheads. Benitez met with the Newcastle board last week, and 90min has learned that the former Liverpool boss has informed the club he wants a guarantee of a £100m budget to take the club forward written into his deal; this excluding money raised through player sales, and not inclusive of player wages. And although the club are keen to extend Benitez's stay, there is an unwillingness to bow to his demands, thus the delay in any confirmation. It remains to be seen whether the club will give Benitez what he wants - it remains unlikely - or whether Benitez himself will be given enough assurances to re-sign. Celtic are interested in bringing Benitez to Scotland, while Ligue 1 giants Marseille are interested in talking to the Spaniard too after parting company with Rudi Garcia. Roma, also on the hunt for a new manager, are known admirers too. Benitez has been lauded for his accomplishments since taking charge three years ago, leading the club to the Championship title in his first full season of the club - just months after he was unable to prevent them sliding to a second relegation in the space of seven seasons. He has become increasingly frustrated at the club's lack of activity in the transfer market, though, with Newcastle 's lack of financial firepower meaning they have been unable to progress on the pitch as quickly as Benitez would like. Newcastle did break their transfer record for the first time in 14 years when they signed Miguel Almiron for £21m in January, but only spent £43.5m over the course of the season - the exact amount they received through player sales that included Aleksandar Mitrovic, who joined Fulham for £22m last summer. Consequently, a change of approach must be undertaken to satisfy Benitez, but the current impasse leaves his future at the club under a huge cloud.


Video by Reuters WASHINGTON (AP)   President Donald Trump celebrated "the greatest political journey in human history" Thursday in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy, cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. Supporters welcomed his tribute to the U.S. military while protesters assailed him for putting himself center stage on a holiday devoted to unity. Trump called on Americans to "stay true to our cause" in a program that adhered to patriotic themes and hailed an eclectic mix of history's heroes, from the armed forces, space, civil rights and other endeavors of American life. He largely stuck to his script, avoiding diversions into his agenda or re-election campaign. But in one exception, he vowed, "Very soon, we will plant the American flag on Mars," actually a distant goal not likely to be achieved until late in the 2020s if even then. A late afternoon downpour drenched the capital's Independence Day crowds and presaged an evening of possible on-and-off storms. But Trump's speech unfolded in occasional rain, and the warplanes and presidential aircraft he had summoned conducted their flyovers as planned, capped by the Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team. Slideshow by photo services By adding his own, one-hour "Salute to America" production to capital festivities that typically draw hundreds of thousands anyway, Trump became the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on Independence Day. Protesters objecting to what they saw as his co-opting of the holiday inflated a roly-poly balloon depicting Trump as an angry, diaper-clad baby. Trump set aside a historic piece of real estate   a stretch of the Mall from the Lincoln Monument to the midpoint of the reflecting pool   for a mix of invited military members, Republican and Trump campaign donors and other bigwigs. It's where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech, Barack Obama and Trump held inaugural concerts and protesters swarmed into the water when supporters of Richard Nixon put on a July 4, 1970, celebration, with the president sending taped remarks from California. Aides to the crowd-obsessed Trump fretted about the prospect of empty seats at his event, said a person familiar with the planning who was not authorized to be identified. Aides scrambled in recent days to distribute tickets and mobilize the Trump and GOP social media accounts to encourage participation for an event hastily arranged and surrounded with confusion. Many who filed into the sprawling VIP section said they got their free tickets from members of Congress or from friends or neighbors who couldn't use theirs. Outside that zone, a diverse mix of visitors, locals, veterans, tour groups, immigrant families and more milled about, some drawn by Trump, some by curiosity, some by the holiday's regular activities along the Mall. Protesters earlier made their voices heard in sweltering heat by the Washington Monument, along the traditional parade route and elsewhere, while the VIP section at the reflecting pool served as something of a buffer for Trump's event. In the shadow of the Washington Monument hours before Trump's speech, the anti-war organization Codepink erected a 20-foot tall "Trump baby" balloon to protest what activists saw as his intrusion in Independence Day and a focus on military might that they associate with martial regimes. "We think that he is making this about himself and it's really a campaign rally," said Medea Benjamin, the organization's co-director. "We think that he's a big baby. ... He's erratic, he's prone to tantrums, he doesn't understand the consequences of his actions. And so this is a great symbol of how we feel about our president." The balloon remained tied down at the Mall because park officials restricted the group's permission to move it or fill it with helium, Benjamin said. Protesters also handed out small Trump-baby balloons on sticks. Molly King of La Porte, Indiana, a 13-year-old Trump supporter in sunglasses and a "Make America Great Again" hat, happily came away with one. "They're making a big stink about it but it's actually pretty cute," she said. "I mean, why not love your president as you'd love a baby?" A small crowd gathered to take pictures with the big balloon, which drew Trump supporters and detractors. "Even though everybody has different opinions," said Kevin Malton, a Trump supporter from Middlesboro, Kentucky, "everybody's getting along." But Daniela Guray, a 19-year-old from Chicago who held a "Dump Trump" sign, said she was subjected to a racial epithet while walking along the Constitution Avenue parade route and told to go home. She said she did not come to the Mall to protest but ended up doing so. "I started seeing all the tanks with all the protests and that's when I said, 'Wait, this is not an actual Fourth of July,'" she said. "Trump is making it his day rather than the Fourth of July." Trump had sounded a defensive note Wednesday, tweeting that the cost "will be very little compared to what it is worth." "We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door (Andrews), all we need is the fuel," he said, referring to Maryland's Joint Base Andrews, home for some of the planes expected for the holiday flyover. "We own the tanks and all. Fireworks are donated by two of the greats." Trump glossed over the expense of shipping tanks and fighting vehicles to Washington by rail and guarding them for several days, and other costs. Not since 1951, when President Harry Truman spoke before a large gathering on the Washington Monument grounds to mark the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, has a commander in chief made an Independence Day speech to a sizable crowd on the Mall. Pete Buttigieg, one of the Democrats running for president, said: "this business of diverting money and military assets to use them as a kind of prop, to prop up a presidential ego, is not reflecting well on our country." Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is a Navy Reserve veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2014. Two groups, the National Parks Conservation Foundation and Democracy Forward, want the Interior Department's internal watchdog to investigate what they say may be a "potentially unlawful decision to divert" national parks money to Trump's "spectacle." Trump and the event's organizers could be on the hook to reimburse the government millions of dollars if he goes into campaign mode, in violation of federal appropriations law and the Hatch Act, which bars politicking on government time, said Walter Shaub, who left the Office of Government Ethics in 2017 after clashing with the White House over ethics and disclosure issues. Washington has held an Independence Day celebration for decades, featuring a parade along Constitution Avenue, a concert on the Capitol lawn with music by the National Symphony Orchestra and fireworks beginning at dusk near the Washington Monument. Trump altered the lineup by adding his speech, moving the fireworks closer to the Lincoln Memorial and summoning the tanks and warplanes. ___ Associated Press writers Kali Robinson, Zeke Miller, Kevin Freking, Matthew Daly and Ellen Knickmeyer contributed to this report. ___ Follow Darlene Superville on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dsupervilleap Aides to


Spending time in Briarcreek-Woodland? Get to know this Charlotte neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a Pho spot to a bar and music hall. Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Briarcreek-Woodland, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results. 1. Pho Hoa Noodle Soup Topping the list is Vietnamese spot Pho Hoa Noodle Soup . Located at 3000 Central Ave., Suite #1, it's the highest-rated business in the neighborhood, boasting 4.5 stars out of 252 reviews on Yelp. You'll find Pho soup, vermicelli bowls and more on the menu here . 2. Portofino's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria Next up is Italian and pizza spot Portofino's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria , situated at 3124 Eastway Drive. With four stars out of 172 reviews on Yelp, it's proven to be a local favorite. Look for the rigatoni (pictured above) among the pasta offerings here. 3. Tommy's Pub Dive bar and music venue Tommy's Pub is another top choice. Yelpers give the business, located at 3124 Eastway Drive, Suite #710, five stars out of 21 reviews. In addition to spirits, this spot offers up live music events. 4. South 21 Drive In South 21 Drive In , a spot to score burgers, salads and sandwiches, is another neighborhood go-to, with four stars out of 86 Yelp reviews. Head over to 3101 E. Independence Blvd. to see for yourself. You'll find the hamburger steak among the plates available on this spot's menu . 5. Repo Records & Collectibles Check out Repo Records & Collectibles , which has earned 4.5 stars out of 25 reviews on Yelp. You can find the spot to score music and DVDs and vinyl records at 3325 Commonwealth Ave. You'll find vintage audio equipment in addition to records here . 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.


As a summer characterized by shake-ups at the upper reaches of the Volusia County school district comes to a close, the School Board on Monday began looking ahead to the next big leadership change on the horizon: finding a permanent superintendent. The district went through an abridged version of this process over the summer, after the School Board narrowly voted to cut Superintendent Tom Russell's contract short. He was officially out July 1, and after a quick search the School Board hired Tim Egnor to do the job for about six months while the board seeks to make a permanent hire. [READ MORE: Superintendent Tim Egnor wants to bring trust back to Volusia school district] [READ MORE: Now what? Volusia County School Board looks at how to replace Tom Russell] The process for hiring a permanent superintendent will be more in-depth, and the School Board had to make some decisions before the Florida School Boards Association, which was hired to lead the search for a $25,000 fee, could really get started. Perhaps foremost: board members agreed to offer a higher salary than Russell got. They conceded to a $185,000 to $225,000 range for the base salary, topping Russell's $175,000. "If you look up those five (nearby districts of similar size), each one of those is already paying their superintendent more," FSBA Executive Director Andrea Messina told board members at a workshop meeting on Monday in DeLand. "And for some districts that's 20,000 students different and they're still paying more." School Board Chairman Carl Persis expressed concern about over-paying someone in their first year and offering too high a salary when everyone else in the district is underpaid, but the rest of the board members agreed that a bigger salary is necessary to attract the right candidate. Additionally, School Board members had to define what they want in a superintendent. They described problems that they hope a new leader can address: longstanding teacher vacancies, a relatively inexperienced administrative staff after a wave of retirements, a lack of student and parent involvement and a depleted sense of pride in the district. Board member Linda Cuthbert said she wants an "educational leader." "A visionary," she said. "Someone who has excellent relationships with all our stakeholders." Ruben Colon repeated what he's been saying all year: He wants an effective communicator. Jamie Haynes and Ida Wright both said they're looking for "a decision maker." And Persis said he wants "a problem solver." "Someone who can help guide us through all these minefields that are out there," he said. "Someone who has that ability to not just placate us individually, but then also can be tough enough to say, 'This is what we need to be doing.'" The board cited communication issues and problems with student performance and progress when it ousted Russell at the end of the school year. The district will be adjusting to a host of changes this year: new reading and math textbooks for elementary teachers, new school schedules for all grades, and new computer systems for student information and human resources. [RELATED: Flagler school superintendent reveals retirement plans] The tentative timeline has the application period opening by the end of August. The School Board also plans to offer a community survey for people to weigh in on the qualities they'd like to see in a superintendent, host community forums and select a screening committee to go through the applications. By Nov. 12, the FSBA hopes the School Board can choose a new candidate, with a contract approved by mid-December and the new hire officially starting on Jan. 1, 2020. ___ (c)2019 The News-Journal, Daytona Beach, Fla. Visit The News-Journal, Daytona Beach, Fla. at www.news-journalonline.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


Dallas police are once again searching for a man who they believe has broken into dozens of homes and cars in the city. Michael Mauricio Martinez is a long-time criminal who most recently served nearly three years for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Now, police say they believe he is responsible for dozens of break-ins. "They know for a fact that they can put 50 cases on this one guy," said Mike Mata, with the Dallas Police Association. "Fifty-plus times he's made a victim of some family or some person." After months of investigation, in mid-May, they tracked Martinez down at a Budget Suites Hotel in Dallas. They arrested him. In early June, he appeared in district court. At the time, detectives couldn't tie all the break-ins to Martinez, but judges were aware of his criminal history and several new burglaries. His bond was set at $25,000, meaning he paid $2,500 to get out. He was also ordered to wear an ankle bracelet. "So he gets out on a $2,500 bond and an ankle monitor, which a day and a half later all he did was cut off and go right back to committing crimes again," Mata said. So, Martinez is once again on the streets. According to court documents, he started wearing an ankle bracelet on June 13. But two days later, on June 15, his device had a tracking issue and his mom said he cut his bracelet and left her home. She said she doesn't know where he went or where he is now. Court officials said they can't comment on a pending case. But his court coordinator said that he did not preside over all aspects of Martinez's case. "Well, I got news," Mata said. "DPD did our job. It's time for Dallas County to do theirs." Ally Venable is a musician who had equipment stolen while she was performing. Her guitar pedals were stolen out of her dad's truck. Martinez is the suspect. "You know, you work so hard for the gear that you have and in just a split second it's gone," Venable said. "You finally save up the money to get the gear that you need to go do your job on stage and then when it's taken from you. It's like a really big insult to a lot of people." But Mata says this isn't just a property crime. He worries it may turn violent. In one case, Martinez was caught on video going through a garage with a gun in his hand. And earlier this week, police said they almost arrested him, but he rammed a squad car and drove through a wooden fence to get away from officers. Mata said he is frustrated with the court. "When you have an individual who is a serial criminal   that's what this guy does for a living," Mata said. "This is his job   to steal and rob others who have worked hard for their property. That is all this guy does." "And that's what a judge should have looked at," he continued. "He should have looked at that history. He should have looked at what he was arrested for, all those cases, and said, 'You know what? This guy is not going to go out, and I'm going to make sure this guy is not going to go out and make more victims.'" More local WFAA coverage: Bystander killed in shootout in downtown Dallas, police sources say Fort Worth business scams customers $20,000 Death of Dallas toddler leaves many questions for Child Protective Services Sheriff: Mother found inside burning home was murdered


One of England's brightest young amateurs will make his European Tour debut in next week's $3.4 million Betfred British Masters. Sixteen-year-old Conor Gough will tee it up at Hillside Golf Club alongside tournament host Tommy Fleetwood, defending champion Eddie Pepperell, four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace and a host of other strong players. A good showing could guarantee Gough a place on this year's Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team to face the United States at Royal Liverpool September 7-8. Gough, the reigning British Boys champion, is a member of the 30-player squad from which the eventual 10-man team will be selected. At 11 th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Gough is the highest ranked player in the GB&I squad. In fact, he's the world's second-best European behind world No. 1 Viktor Hovland after adding the Fairhaven Trophy and Major Champions Invitational to the British Boys he won last year at Royal Portrush. Gough, a member of Stoke Park Golf Club near London, was the first English winner of the British Boys since Matt Fitzpatrick in 2012. "I'm very excited," said Gough, who represented Europe in last year's Junior Ryder Cup. "I can't wait to see the European Tour pros play up close and try and compete with some of them. It'll be a great experience for me, and it'll give me a taste of what the future may hold. "Having people like Tommy to look up to really gives young English golfers a lot of confidence, knowing that there are players out there who are better than the Europeans or the Americans. It's very important to have people like Tommy, Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace to name a few to look up to - it gives us the knowledge that it can be done." Fleetwood, Pepperell and Wallace won't have quite as much on their minds next week as Gough. Aside from trying to match his talents against Europe's best in his first pro tournament, Gough will also be studying for high school exams. "When I'm at Hillside, I'll be revising when I'm not playing golf. I think I'll manage it. I might be one of the busiest people that week." He might just be hoping he does better in his European Tour exam than he does in his high school tests. It might have a bigger bearing on his future. MORE: 2019 Kentucky Derby post positions and odds Emmitt Smith would pay Zeke, another former Cowboy prioritizes Dak Packers boast deep defensive line rotation following free agency, draft 5 questions for the Steelers to sort out before the season starts NBA Free Agency 2019: The top players


Manchester United are potentially close to completing the signing of Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - if the latest gossip from Rome is to be believed - as Real Madrid continue to pursue unsettled star Paul Pogba Real coach Zinedine Zidane is determined to sign Pogba this summer as part of an ongoing overhaul in the Spanish capital, but United have maintained the Frenchman is not for sale this summer, while reported valuations have reached as much as €200m (£179m). Any deal for Pogba would also likely be dependent on both Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez leaving Real in order to raise the necessary funds . Even then there are major obstacles, with suggestions that Los Blancos don't wish to pay more than €150m (£135m). In the event that United do sell Pogba this summer, a replacement is obviously crucial. But while an exit for the French World Cup winner still feels unlikely, Rome-based newspaper La Repubblica now claim that United are well on their way to securing a deal for Milinkovic-Savic. It is alleged that the Old Trafford club's pursuit of the Serbian international is a 'well established operation' and that a deal with Lazio worth €75m (£67m) plus add-ons is 'practically' agreed. Lazio's asking price has previously been reported to be €90m (£81m), although as Sport Witness point out, accepting a lower initial fee could be seen as acceptable if the unspecified add-ons are relatively easy to trigger. La Repubblica also tip Milinkovic-Savic to sign a lucrative five-year contract with United, while also suggesting that Lazio will aim to replace him with Trabzonspor's Yusuf Yazici - United fans may remember the name as he himself has also been linked with Old Trafford . Lazio president Claudio Lotito was seemingly paving the way for Milinkovic-Savic to be sold when he said earlier this week that the club would not stand in the way of his ambition. "He has fair and correct ambitions, we do not want to hold him back; he wants a top 10 club in the world. We hope the conditions are created for us to become one of those top clubs soon," the Biancocelesti chief commented, via AOL . Whether this supposed move to United actually happens remains very unclear. It will obviously all hinge on Pogba - if he doesn't move, United don't move - yet there seems to be little progress of genuine substance on that front. United will not sell for anything other than a truly enormous offer and Real may be unwilling or unable, or both, to go that high. What's more, United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems insistent on building his new look team around the 26-year-old, commenting last week , "I've had a great relationship with him. Of course, I had him in the reserves a few years back. And I said: 'If he's in your squad, you'd build a team around him'. I haven't changed that much since then, so I would say the same now." Solskjaer has also answered Pogba's admission that he wants a 'new challenge' by insisting that the player can still have that by staying at Old Trafford.


The No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford of Ryan Newman failed pre-qualifying technical inspection twice for Saturday night's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on NBC/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). As a result, NASCAR officials ejected engineer Travis Peterson on Friday afternoon for the remainder of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race weekend. RELATED: Coke Zero Sugar 400 starting lineup | Daytona weekend schedule The No. 15 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet of Quinn Houff also failed technical inspection twice and lost car chief John Colbert. Both teams will also lose 15 minutes of practice time at the next championship points event. NASCAR officials treated this as a pre-qualifying technical inspection, meaning both cars will not be forced to drop to the rear of the field before the green flag. Newman is set to start 18th, while Houff will take off from the 32nd starting spot on Saturday night. NASCAR set the race lineup per the Rule Book (owner points) after qualifying was canceled because of inclement weather. ]]>


At 24 weeks pregnant, Talisa Jackson gave birth to a 12-ounce micro-preemie who had less than a 30% chance of survival. But now, more than five months later, baby Logan Allen is defying odds. On Jan. 26, Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola welcomed its smallest miracle in hospital history. Born at 12 ounces and 10 inches long, Logan was given little chance of survival when he entered the world. CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING TODAY: Help support our local journalism "To be very honest, nobody was looking for my son to live," Jackson said. Nearly six months ago, the Century mother was admitted to D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton, Alabama, where she was told she was miscarrying and there was nothing that could be done to save her baby. The expectant mother was then transferred to Sacred Heart in Pensacola. Already considered high-risk because of her pre-eclampsia, Jackson suffered a long day of contractions before doctors prepared her for an emergency Cesarean section. "Stuff was happening so fast and I went into shock, all I remember is people grabbing me and telling me 'It's going to be OK,'" Jackson said. At 6 p.m., Jackson was in for two surprises. Not only did she now have a micro-preemie   a baby weighing under 1,500 grams   she also had a boy after months of preparing for a girl. Bringing smiles: Therapy dog lifts spirits at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola Dedicated: Sacred Heart dedicates the new Studer Family Children's Hospital With a neonatal intensive care unit team in the operating room, premature babies can receive care immediately. Micro-preemies are placed in a temperature-controlled incubator to safely transfer them from the operating room to the NICU, said Dr. Ramak Amjad, medical director of the NICU at The Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart. "Our goal is to have everything stabilized and as quiet as possible within the first hour. ... This is called the 'Golden Hour,' and it greatly improves outcomes," Amjad said. The size of a soda can For the following three to four days, Jackson was too weak to see her newborn son. Once she gained the strength to visit the NICU, she was shocked when she saw Logan   comparing him to the size of a soda can. Logan was born well under the average weight of his gestational age. Babies born at 24 weeks gestation typically weigh 660 grams. Logan was born at nearly 370 grams, the size of a baby around 21 to 22 weeks gestation, Amjad said. According to calculations from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Logan had about a 24 to 28% chance of survival, he said. Testing those chances, Logan underwent two near-death experiences in mid-February. At only a few weeks old, Logan transitioned to a conventional breathing machine and Jackson could hold her baby to her chest for the first time. As she did, the tube supporting Logan's lungs wiggled out of place. Logan could not catch his breath. Quickly, the patient monitor showed a drop in his heart rate from 100 to five beats per minute, Jackson said. "For a minute, he just didn't respond," she said. Jackson began to fear holding her young son, as the second time she did, Logan lost his breath again. Watching Logan fight for his life caused Jackson to think of what she could have done better, blaming herself. Yet with each moment of uncertainty, she was reminded that no one can prevent this   it cannot be prepared for. With the help of Logan's NICU team and the support of family, Jackson gained the reassurance needed to hold her son again and let him feel her heartbeat once more. "Never think it's your fault," Jackson said. 'He's my strength' Since his two episodes, Logan has made it through every difficulty thrown his way, including laser eye surgery, cardiac lung disease treatment and constant placement on and off of a ventilator, Jackson said. "He's my strength. ... When I'm having a bad day or I just need to take a breather I can go look at him and be like 'OK, this little guy has gone through a lot, whatever I'm going through is small,'" Jackson said. Through all the surgeries and treatments, Logan also underwent a big move as Sacred Heart's old NICU transferred its patients to the spacious new Level III NICU in early May. New home: Sacred Heart celebrates Children's Hospital's 50th year, cuts ribbon on new facility "One of the benefits of the new children's hospital is that all rooms are private, and parents are able to room in with their babies throughout the entire NICU stay," Amjad said. Steps from the hospital, Jackson visits her son every day, arriving to the NICU as early as 9 a.m. and leaving late in the afternoon around 5 p.m. Being a 45-minute drive from their home in Century, Jackson and her family have come to call the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida in Pensacola a home-away-from-home. When Jackson introduced her two young daughters to their baby brother, the whole family cried, she said. Now, Logan's sisters sing to him and play by his bedside whenever they visit. With almost six months of hospital life under her belt, Jackson is very hands-on with her son   changing diapers, bathing and checking his temperature. If one of Logan's nurses notices another NICU patient in need, Jackson gives the go-ahead, reassuring them she can handle whatever Logan needs while they care to another child. Fighting to come home Logan now weighs 5 pounds, 8 ounces and measures 13.5 inches long. In stable condition, there are just a few boxes to check off before he can go home. Once Logan gets off the continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine, doctors and nurses will adjust his fluids to six liters of water and work each day to wean him down to around half a liter, Jackson said. After these conditions are successfully met, Logan's family will perform an in-house, overnight stay in the NICU to practice knowledge of equipment with the comfort of nurses nearby. However, Jackson is in no rush to get Logan to Century. She just wants to make sure he is healthy, so that when he does go home, the only times he will return to the hospital will be for regular appointments, she said. In Logan's short life, many people have doubted his strength, but his mother never gave up hope. No matter how many times she was told her son was not going to make it, deep down she knew he would. "Man can say anything, but God has the last say so," Jackson said. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola treats smallest baby born at 12 ounces


A man working on a roof in a suburb of Tampa, Florida, was shot and killed Wednesday after another construction worker accidentally fired his gun while exiting a truck, officials said. A 44-year-old man was found in critical condition by authorities on top of a roof in Riverview, said Major Frank Losat with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. He was lowered from the roof by the fire department and taken to a local hospital where he later died. Authorities did not release the name of the victim or the shooter. The man who fired the gun, described as a longtime friend of the victim, Losat said. "The person who fired the shot was getting actually out of his truck, slipped on a piece of construction debris at this point," Losat said. "He was transitioning the gun from his waistband, his pocket, and at some point the gun is fired unintentionally." Losat said the shooter was fully cooperating with authorities. The sheriff's department is still investigating and could not say whether they would file charges.


Barcelona and Japanese club Vissel Kobe have announced they have partnered up ahead of the 2019/20 season with an agreement that will see the teams 'share knowledge and collaborate on a business level'. The announcement comes in the aftermath of Barça's 2-0 win over Vissel in the Rakuten Cup, a pre-season tournament being held in Japan. Young forward Carles Perez scored the goals on the field, but it's this deal that will live long in the memory, particularly for Vissel - who already have three former Barça players on their books in Andres Iniesta, David Villa and Sergi Samper. A statement confirming the link up on Barça's official website read: "The Catalan club and the Japanese team, which plays in the J1 League, wish to take advantage of synergies to share knowledge both on a technical level, such as staff training and work systems, and in other areas of their clubs, such as marketing and commercial aspects. "In addition, both clubs would like to explore joint interests on a business level. Thanks to this agreement, both clubs will have the chance to send young players from one to the other, in order to test their level in other environments and to give them the opportunity to develop their expertise. "Furthermore, both clubs will share reports, as well as players and team analysis. Particularly, FC Barcelona will help Vissel Kobe with scouting players worldwide, and Vissel Kobe will share its knowledge of Asian youth markets with Barça. "This partnership will further deepen the relationship between FC Barcelona and Vissel Kobe. The Japanese club currently features three players who have been part of the Barça family, namely Andrés Iniesta, David Villa and Sergi Samper." The two clubs have been linked prior to today's announcement, with Rakuten Inc - who own the Japanese club - the principal shirt sponsor of Barcelona since 2017.


A very special delivery came to the Dayton community Wednesday: nine handmade crosses, one for each person killed by the gunman in Sunday's mass shooting. They are from Greg Zanis, founder of Crosses For Losses. Zanis started it 20 years ago, delivering handmade crosses to the families of victims of the Columbine school shooting. Since then, he's been to Newtown, Connecticut; Parkland, Florida; Pittsburgh; and most recently El Paso, Texas. "I think I've been crying for the last 1,500 miles in my truck," Zanis said. "It's a lot more stress that I've ever dealt with having these back to back." Even he's surprised by the number of crosses he's had to make over the years: nearly 27,000. Of those, 21,000 are from shootings. The effect this gesture had on the community was undeniable. People came from near and far to say thank you. When the sun finally set, each cross was illuminated by candlelight. The vigil was a way to continue healing after the tragedy. READ MORE: Carpenter builds crosses for victims of Dayton shooting CHECK OUT WLWT: Stay in the know. Get the latest Cincinnati news, weather and sports from the team at Ohio's own WLWT.


Editor's note: This story was first published in The Greenville News' pullout section of City People on Nov. 12, 2010. Greenville native Josh White Sept. 5, 1969. Josh White sang the blues. Also gospel, folk and even some jazz. One of the finest and most famous black guitarists and singers of the 1930s and '40s, this Greenville-born and reared musician introduced spirituals, prison songs and black folk music to New York nightclubs and then to European audiences. His fame has faded in the 40 years since his death, but in his time (1914-1969) he was a revolutionary force in American music, a top recording artist, a charismatic nightclub performer and a White House guest. His extraordinary career can be traced in part to his Greenville childhood. Born on Dean Street Joshua Daniel White was born Feb. 11, 1914, in a small house on Dean Street, into a large extended family. His grandfather, Boshel Humphrey, had been a slave of the Mauldin family, and family members remained patrons, providing housing, food and protection. His father, Dennis White, tall, light-skinned and strong, was a devout member and occasional preacher at Allen Temple AME Church, the owner of a "pressing club," and an occasional drayman who delivered furniture. His mother, Elizabeth Humphrey White, a spotless housekeeper, was equally religious. Their growing family (six children by 1920) was strictly reared: The only acceptable drinks were buttermilk, milk and water; church services were the only acceptable social events; and spirituals were the only acceptable music. For musical they were. They sang fervently and frequently. Josh remembered Christmas mornings when his father piled the entire family into his delivery wagon   his mother with her autoharp, Josh with a tambourine   and serenaded neighbors with carols and spirituals. Tragedy strikes The solid family had moved to Batson, now Bayou Street, near Sterling High School, when tragedy struck about 1921. (Details of his youth are a bit hazy, since all are based on interviews years later.) A white bill collector came to the door. His father invited him inside, and the man entered, leaving his hat on. When Dennis White asked him to remove it, the collector refused and aimed a wad of spit at the fireplace that landed on Mrs. White's newly scrubbed floor. White picked up the man by the scruff of his neck and carried him outside. The bill collector went away, threatening revenge. Soon afterward, four deputies burst into the house, beat up Josh's father, and dragged him through the streets to jail. Fighting all the way, he evidently landed a punch on the sheriff. Without a trial, he was ruled insane (a black man daring to attack a white policeman had to be crazy), and incarcerated in the state asylum in Columbia. Raised by a single mother So from the time Josh White was about 7, his mother was responsible for the family; her only income came from taking in washing. When John Henry "Blind Man" Arnold, a locally famous black street musician, asked young Josh to guide him around the streets of Greenville, his mother agreed because Arnold offered $4 a week (the average salary for a black farm worker at the time) for her son's assistance. He became the family's primary wage earner. In addition to leading Arnold, his job consisted of playing the tambourine and, dressed in rags to increase sympathy, passing around a tin can for donations after every song. Within a few months, Arnold decided to try his luck in Florida, and Josh, who had finished third grade, accompanied him. They walked much of the way, performing anywhere the blind musician could find a street-corner audience for his spirituals. At night they slept under the stars. One night, near Macon, Georgia, the 8-year old saw a lynching in progress; he and Arnold were briefly jailed in Jacksonville. He grew up fast. For the next six years, he toured the Southeast with Arnold and other blind musicians. While his schooling was sporadic, he saw the country, memorized hundreds of songs and learned to play the guitar exceptionally well. White's biographer, Elijah Wald, asserts that he learned from Arnold, from other black musicians and from the guitar playing he had heard at home, since "no other (place) could boast a higher level of guitar virtuosity than the area around Greenville." In 1927, Arnold went to Chicago to record spirituals; Josh, still wearing rags but sleeping now in garages, accompanied him, playing backup on Arnold's records. The following year he made his first solo record. He was paid enough to buy a suit and send money home to his mother. When he was about 15, he returned briefly to Greenville and enrolled in sixth grade at Sterling High School. That was the extent of his education. In 1931, he was in New York, recording "race music," primarily gospel songs, marketed to African Americans and sold for 25 cents at dime stores. Although initially known as "the Singing Christian," he soon branched out into blues, jazz and popular music like "The Greenville Sheik." Then he injured his hand. For three years in the midst of the Depression, he couldn't play. But his skill returned. By 1940, handsome, charismatic and talented, Josh White was entertaining debutantes and visiting royalty at the biracial Café Society nightclub, singing with Leadbelly, featured with Paul Robeson in a Broadway musical. Among his hits were "Chain Gang," "One Meat Ball," "Free and Equal Blues," "Strange Fruit," "St. James Infirmary," "The House I Live In" and "Waltzing Matilda." Singing protest songs about poverty and racism, he became the darling of professional folklorists like Alan Lomax. In 1941, White performed at Constitution Hall for a Franklin D. Roosevelt inauguration gala, at the Library of Congress and, in a command performance, at the White House. He became an unofficial presidential adviser on race issues, and Eleanor Roosevelt was godmother to his third child. In 1945 he became the first African American to do a nationwide concert tour. In 1949, he received an honorary doctorate from Fisk University, and in 1950, he made a goodwill tour of European capitals with Mrs. Roosevelt. But then he fell. He was labeled a subversive by the House Un-American Activities Committee and interrogated by the FBI. Although he wasn't a communist, Josh White had protested virulent racism and inequalities, and he knew communists. His friends on the left were furious when he testified before the HUAC; right-wingers blacklisted him. For more than a decade, there was no work for him in America. Few people remember him today. That's a shame, for this Greenvillian had an astonishing career, a tremendous talent and a major influence on American music and musicians. This article originally appeared on The Greenville News: Greenville SC's Josh White a revolutionary force in American music


Newcastle United have shocked everyone to bring Andy Carroll home. Carroll, 30, is Newcastle born and bred and was a free agent after leaving West Ham at the end of his contract last month. He signed a one-year contract with the Magpies on Thursday, with the former Newcastle forward eager to return to his hometown. [ STREAM: Every PL match live ] Watch our special Deadline Day show live on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com from 11 a.m. ET, right here . "Coming back is something that only dreams are made of," Carroll told Sky Sports News. "It's an amazing feeling to be back. On the way up it was just butterflies in the stomach. I couldn't believe it really. Now it's finally happened it's a great feeling." I'm Coming Home!! pic.twitter.com/aEwYeDO9ti   Andy Carroll (@AndyTCarroll) August 8, 2019 Carroll left Newcastle in 2011 for Liverpool, when he signed for a then British record transfer fee of $42.5 million, but has spent the past few seasons on the injury table at Wembley. The England international arrived at St James' Park on transfer Deadline Day to discuss a deal, and talks didn't take long as new Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has bolstered his attacking options ahead of the new campaign. If Carroll can stay fit, and that's a big if , there's no doubt this will be a great move for the Magpies. After losing Salomon Rondon and Ayoze Perez over the summer, Newcastle spent over $50 million to sign Brazilian striker Joelinton from Hoffenheim. [ MORE: PL season previews ] Carroll represents an experienced head and given his affinity for the club and the realization that injuries have wrecked the last few years of his career, he may well have signed on reduced wages or on a pay-as-you-play contract. The return of one of the most talented players to come out of Newcastle's academy is a feel-good story. It will stay that way if Carroll can score goals and stay fit this season. He is perfect for a Plan B situation as the big man up front, or just generally a good fit for the way Bruce sets his teams up with a direct style of play. Sometimes romantic moves work. Follow @JPW_NBCSports


Pennsylvania is still spending tens of millions of dollars annually on Keystone Exams that have not been required federally for four years, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale noted in a new report. He believes students would be better served by instead taking the SAT or ACT. DePasquale is irked that the Pennsylvania Department of Education is still paying the test creator, Minnesota -based Data Recognition Corp., tens of millions of dollars each year to administer and score the exams. Between 2015 and 2021, Pennsylvania will have spent nearly $100 million on the Keystones, he said. "When the federal law changed in 2015, why didn't Pennsylvania begin to phase out the Keystone Exams? I could understand if they used them for a short time after that, but it's been four years   and if (the education department) completes the current contract they will have spent nearly $100 million," DePasquale said. DePasquale, who recently launched a congressional bid, said students could have been taking a nationally recognized test such as the SAT or ACT   which is shown to improve the rate at which students attend post-secondary education   at a lower cost than what has been paid for the Keystones. "Not only would this change benefit families who now have to pay out of pocket for their children to take these nationally recognized tests, it could help students who are not on a college track discover that they could succeed in college and possibly change the course of their future," DePasquale said. DePasquale's 18-page special report details five observations and provides five recommendations for action to stop spending taxpayer money on standardized tests Pennsylvania students do not need. Read the entire "Where Did Your Money Go?" report by clicking on the link.


(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet on Saturday at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Japan to try to resurrect a deal to end a costly trade war. Negotiations between trade teams from the world's two largest economies broke down in May when Washington accused Beijing of reneging on commitments to change its laws to enact economic reforms. Here is a look at the state of talks, the key issues and their implications: WHAT ARE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF THE G20 MEETING? After over a month with little contact, it's unlikely the two sides will make much headway on a trade deal at the summit. One possible outcome would be for Xi and Trump to agree to delay further escalation of the dispute while talks continue at the negotiator level. That would be a repeat of what was agreed when the two presidents last met at the G20 in Buenos Aires in 2018. U.S. officials have repeatedly said they want to avoid drawn out negotiations with China, however. THE STATE OF TALKS Trump did not agree to any preconditions for his high-stakes meeting with the Chinese president and is maintaining his threat to impose new tariffs on Chinese goods, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday. Neither side has signaled it would shift from positions that led to the impasse last month, when Beijing revised a draft of the trade deal, removing references to changes in Chinese law. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the changes substantially weakened the deal. Lighthizer has repeatedly called for a strong, enforceable deal. U.S. officials have said that the resumption of talks would depend on China returning to the original text. Lighthizer told a congressional hearing this month that China also backtracked on commitments on digital trade issues, including U.S. access to cloud computing services in China. China has downplayed its changes, and also said U.S. demands violate its sovereignty. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday he hoped the U.S. side could meet China halfway. WHAT CONCESSIONS HAD BEEN AGREED AND WHAT WERE THE STICKING POINTS?Before the talks broke down, U.S. officials had said the two sides made progress on intellectual property protection and that China made proposals on a range of issues that went further than Beijing had gone before. For example, China for the first time discussed forced technology transfer as a widespread problem. China had previously refused to acknowledge that such coercion had existed to the extent alleged by the United States. U.S. companies complain they are pressured to hand over their competitive secrets as a condition for doing business in China. U.S. officials also said they had made progress on cyber theft, services, currency, agriculture and non-tariff barriers to trade. China had offered to bring subsidies in line with World Trade Organization guidelines but had not detailed how it would do that. For its part, the United States had watered down demands China end industrial subsidies, which would require a change in China's state-driven economic model. U.S. officials have said China offered to make purchases of over $1 trillion worth of goods over the next six years, including agricultural and energy products as well as industrial goods. China has said, however, that there is still disagreement between the two sides on the actual purchases. One of the key sticking points until talks broke down was the timeline for removal of the 25% tariffs on $250 billion worth of imported goods from China that the Trump administration has already imposed. The United States wanted to keep some tariffs in place to ensure that China met the terms of the deal, but China demanded all tariffs be lifted immediately. Another contentious issue was the plan for a regular review of China's compliance, a mechanism that would maintain the perpetual threat of U.S. tariffs. THE STAKES One of the biggest U.S. concerns is who will dominate future high-technology industries. China is determined to upgrade its industrial base in 10 strategic sectors by 2025, including aerospace, robotics, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and new-energy vehicles. Washington's demands for change follow years of steadily rising U.S. trade deficits with China and U.S. complaints that Beijing has systematically obtained American IP and trade secrets through coercion and outright theft. The USTR says China's subsidies to state enterprises, including at the provincial and local government levels, have also led to an unsustainable build up in industrial capacity in China - such as in steel - that has depressed global prices and hurt producers in the U.S. and elsewhere. U.S. officials argue that China's massive support for state-owned enterprises makes it hard for U.S. companies to compete on a market-driven basis. They say they do not have a problem with China moving up the technology ladder, but they do not want it to happen with stolen or unfairly obtained American know-how or in a market in which Chinese firms have an unfair advantage. HOW DOES BEIJING VIEW THESE COMPLAINTS? Chinese officials generally view the U.S. actions as a broad effort to thwart the Asian country's rise in the global economy. They previously denied China required or coerced technology transfers, saying that any such actions are commercial transactions between American and Chinese firms. Beijing says three main sticking points remain between the two sides in trade negotiations. They are the removal of tariffs imposed in the trade war, the scale of goods purchases from the United States that China will make to help reduce the trade imbalance between the two, and the need for a "balanced" text for any trade deal. China has pledged to buy more U.S. goods in the future to reduce the trade imbalance between the world's two largest economies, and has taken some steps to open up more markets to foreign competition. WHAT ACTIONS HAS THE UNITED STATES TAKEN? In addition to the tariffs on $250 billion worth of imported goods from China, Trump is preparing to extend tariffs to the remaining $300 billion of Chinese imports, and will be in a position to make a decision on implementing them after July 2, when a public comment period closes. Trump has also blacklisted China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , citing national security concerns. This effectively banned U.S. companies from doing business with Huawei, and many non U.S.-based global technology firms have since cut ties with the company, the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker. China has demanded the United States lift those restrictions, trade deal or no. The United States is lobbying other countries to reduce dealings with Huawei and threatened to blacklist other Chinese firms. HOW HAS CHINA RETALIATED? China has imposed tariffs of 25 percent on $110 billion worth of U.S. goods, including soybeans, beef, pork, seafood, whiskey, ethanol and motor vehicles. China has said it would draft its own list of foreign companies that it deems had harmed Chinese companies. That could serve as the basis for retaliation against U.S. companies for action against Huawei. China has also indicated it may strike back through limiting rare earth supplies to the United States. Rare earth are minerals important to manufacturers of high-tech consumer goods and China is the dominant supplier. (Writing by Simon Webb and Chris Prentice; Editing by Alistair Bell)


Things are heating up in local high school baseball. Here's a look at some notable boys varsity baseball matchups on the calendar from in and around Milwaukee, selected using data from high school sports source MaxPreps . (Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Details like game dates/times and team records are based on data provided by MaxPreps and may be subject to change; the latest up-to-date information is available at the links below.) Milwaukee Hamilton vs. Pulaski/Milwaukee Arts/Juneau The Milwaukee Hamilton Wildcats (8-3) have a conference game against Pulaski/Milwaukee Arts/Juneau (4-5) at home on Wednesday, May 22. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at 6215 W. Warnimont Ave. Bay Port vs. Pulaski The Bay Port Pirates (12-5) are set to play a nonconference game against the Pulaski Rams (2-9) at home on Wednesday, May 22. It all goes down at 2710 Lineville Road in Green Bay. Milwaukee Vincent vs. Bay View/Conservatory of Lifelong Learning On Thursday, May 23, the Milwaukee Vincent Vikings (4-7) face the Bay View/Conservatory of Lifelong Learning Redcats (2-3) in a home conference game. Catch the action at 7501 N. Granville Road, starting at 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee Vincent has a 4-5 conference record, and the visiting Bay ViewConservatory of Lifelong Learning boys are 2-3 in conference play so far this season. Whitefish Bay vs. Milwaukee Riverside On Thursday, May 23, the Whitefish Bay varsity Blue Dukes (20-2) have a home nonconference game against the Milwaukee Riverside Tigers (3-15). The first pitch is set for 5 p.m. at 1200 E. Fairmount Ave. in Whitefish Bay. Kettle Moraine Lutheran vs. Milwaukee Lutheran The Kettle Moraine Lutheran Chargers (5-11) have a nonconference game against the Milwaukee Lutheran Red Knights (7-9) at home on Thursday, May 23. The first pitch is scheduled for at 3399 Division Road in Jackson. Milwaukee Bradley Tech vs. Milwaukee School of Languages/Madison University/Marshall/Northwest On Friday, May 24, the Milwaukee Bradley Tech Trojans (11-0) face the Milwaukee School of Languages/Madison University/Marshall/Northwest Hawks (4-6) in a home conference game. The game will begin at 4:30 p.m. at 700 S. Fourth St. Milwaukee Bradley Tech boasts an 11-0 conference record, and the visiting Milwaukee School of Languages/Madison University/Marshall/Northwest boys are 2-4 in conference play this season. Milwaukee Reagan vs. Milwaukee Riverside On Friday, May 24, the Milwaukee Reagan varsity Huskies (8-8-1) have a home conference game against the Milwaukee Riverside Tigers (3-15). The first pitch is set for 4:30 p.m. at 4965 S. 20th St. Milwaukee Reagan has a 4-1 conference record, and Milwaukee Riverside has yet to win a conference game this season. D.C. Everest vs. Pulaski On Friday, May 24, the D.C. Everest varsity Evergreens (5-4) have a home nonconference game against the Pulaski Rams (2-9). The contest is set for 5 p.m. at 6500 Alderson St. in Schofield. Cedarburg vs. Milwaukee King On Friday, May 24, the Cedarburg Bulldogs (7-9) face off against the Milwaukee King Generals (11-8) in a home nonconference game. The game will take place at 5 p.m. at W68 N611 Evergreen Boulevard in Cedarburg. Milwaukee Bradley Tech vs. South On Friday, May 24, the Milwaukee Bradley Tech varsity Trojans (11-0) have a home conference game against the South Cardinals (2-7). Watch what happens at 700 S. Fourth St., starting at 7 p.m. While Milwaukee Bradley Tech boasts an 11-0 conference record, the visiting South boys are 2-6 in conference play this season. This story was created automatically using local sports data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Reigning Masters champion Tiger Woods got an early start to his 2019 U.S. Open week, making his way out to Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday for a quiet practice round with caddie Joe LaCava and good friend Rob McNamara. Reports from the course indicate that Tiger played alone and worked on all aspects of his game as he prepared for the year's third major championship. https://twitter.com/usopengolf/status/1137902808009543680 The time spent no doubt will help Woods reacclimate to a course that he has had success at most notably his 15-stroke victory during the 2000 U.S. Open but has not played in competition since the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. RELATED: How Pebble Beach became the USGA's crown jewel Woods also has won the PGA Tour stop at Pebble (also in 2000), and finished T-4 there in the 2010 U.S. Open won by Graeme McDowell. But subsequently he had been critical of the course's small greens and its bumpy Poa annua surfaces, explaining in part why he had not competed at the venue while healthy in recent years. Since his impressive victory at the Masters in April, Woods has played in just two tournaments. He missed the cut at the PGA Championship four weeks ago, unable to practice much in the days leading into the event due to illness and mental fatigue from his Augusta National win. More recently, Woods finished tied for ninth at the Memorial Tournament, closing with a 67 to give him some positive momentum heading into U.S. Open week. Woods' practice schedule the remainder of the week is unclear, but he is slated to playing in a pairing with Jordan Spieth and Justin Rose that tees off at 5:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday afternoon. Here is more footage of Woods during his Sunday practice round: https://twitter.com/usopengolf/status/1137871441091710976 https://twitter.com/usopengolf/status/1137873915789713408 Explore Golf Digest All Access, with more than 30 video series to improve your game WATCH: GOLF DIGEST VIDEOS See the video. Every Hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links