Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Houston. Jim 'Mattress Mack' McIngvale in hospital after experiencing stroke, heart attack symptoms A Houston icon admitted himself to the hospital after experiencing symptoms of a ministroke or heart attack. Read the full story on KPRC2 / Click2Houston . 10-week-old girl dies after suffering cracked skull, nearly 100 fractures; Houston parents charged The parents of a Houston infant have been charged in her death after an autopsy found the child suffered a cracked skull and more than 90 fractures just days after being brought home from the hospital. Read the full story on KTLA 5 News . 5-year-old boy's wheelchair stolen from mother's van in North Houston The mother is praying thieves will have a change of heart and return her 5-year-old son's wheelchair. Read the full story on FOX 26 Houston . Surge of animals puts Harris County shelter in critical situation | Houston Public Media The shelter is housing 510 animals while its maximum capacity is supposed to be 200. Read the full story on Houston Public Media . Woman describes road rage incident in which man attempted to shoot through her windshield Early Tuesday morning, Jennifer Scott, of Houston, was driving for her life as a young man chased her down, at times shooting at her in a case of road rage. Read the full story on KPRC2 / Click2Houston . This story was created automatically using data about news stories on social media from CrowdTangle , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Protesters gathered outside the Bellingham summer camp that fired one of its counselors when staff learned he's gay. The summer camp is run by the faith-based Firs organization, and the Monday morning protests are happening on the first day of camp. Jace Taylor, 18, says he was hired by Firs to be a camp counselor at their Fir Creek Day Camp. But before he could start his job, he says he was terminated because management at the Christian organization found out he was gay. Taylor says he was especially hurt because he grew up with this faith-based group. "I feel kind of betrayed," he said. "I feel like they had loved and accepted me for so long up to now, and just to have this erupt., 'you can't work for us because of who you are,' is confusing and frustrating." Firs confirmed Taylor was fired because of his sexual orientation, but Taylor says he won't attend the protest. The Bellingham Herald says his family issued a statement saying they were supportive of the efforts. "In the end, I would really like to see their minds changed," protestor Cherrelyn Seegers said. "I don't know if they'll come around this year, but there's an opportunity for them to have discussions with other organizations who have been inclusive." The Opportunity Council announced it was terminating its more than 25-year-long kitchen lease with the Firs, saying "The Firs recent personnel actions are not compatible with our agency`s values." ___ (c)2019 KCPQ-TV, Seattle Visit KCPQ-TV, Seattle at www.q13fox.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


Earlier this offseason, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers called running back Aaron Jones "most athletic, fast guy with a little bit of a belly" but Jones is bringing less of a belly with him to work this year. Jones said he's cut his body fat in half while maintaining the same weight by cleaning up his diet. Jones was "big into candy," but stopped eating it and now feels "stronger in the legs" than he did in his first two seasons. The boost in strength comes as Jones prepares for his first season in head coach Matt LaFleur's offense. Jones believes the team will "rely on the run" more than they did while dropping back to pass over 71 percent of the time last year and thinks he's a good fit for what LaFleur wants to do. "I feel like I am ," Jones said, via ESPN.com. "We've run outside zone in previous years here, so that's what we're running and I feel good in this scheme. It's a lot of things I've seen before, so it's nothing new to me. We take a look on film and see how it's worked in other systems, so it just gets me very excited." Jones has averaged 5.5 yards per carry since entering the NFL, but has averaged just under nine carries per game. If he's right about the fit, the latter number should be going up and similar effectiveness would be a welcome boost to the offense.


One hot night? This one was one hot fight following Saturday's Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Tempers flared and boiled over following Kyle Larson's win, with Clint Bowyer charging toward Ryan Newman's car and throwing a flurry of punches at the Roush Fenway Racing driver as he sat in his car   double digits before Newman's team got to the car to pull Bowyer off. Fireworks after the #AllStarRace checkered flag between @ClintBowyer and @RyanJNewman ! pic.twitter.com/ciFkzAUKvy   #AllStarRace (@NASCAR) May 19, 2019 Once Newman emerged, he removed his helmet and the two had an intense conversation before being pulled away. MORE: Race results FS1 coverage showed Newman using his No. 6 Ford to spin Bowyer's No. 14 Ford on the cool-down lap. This story will be updated.


Golfweek takes a look at who's up and who's down each week on the three major golf tours. Here are the latest rankings for men and women . The Golfweek /Sagarin ranking for each player is in parentheses. PGA Tour 2 Up Brooks Koepka (6) That should settle it. Brooks Koepka picked up his third win of the season Sunday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis and ended the Player of the Year debate in the process. He's the only three-time winner on Tour this season, won the PGA Championship and also finished top-5 in all four majors. It's the first time Koepka has won more than twice in the same season and should erase any doubt that he'll now take POY honors for the second consecutive year. Editor's note: Click here for an explanation of how the Sagarin rankings are calculated. Bubba Watson (60) Bubba scored a T-9 finish in Memphis for his first top-10 since late March. He also made the biggest jump in the FedEx Cup rankings in going from 83rd to 67th, a key number with the playoff field cut to 70 after the Northern Trust. And yes, this is that magical two-week stretch where we will take the FedEx Cup standings seriously. Careers are at stake, people! Not Bubba's, though. He could retire tomorrow and live the good life on all that candy store/minor league baseball cash flow. 2 Down Matt Kuchar (10) While Koepka shook off a (relatively) disappointing final round at the British Open, Kuchar couldn't get it going after a tough final-round 79 to slide all the way down to T-41 at Royal Portrush. He finished T-43 in Memphis at even par for his worst back-to-back showing of the season. Daniel Berger (75) In danger of finishing the season outside the top 125, he didn't help his cause at the Barracuda Championship and lost more ground there by finishing 58th. Next week's Wyndham Championship is a big one for Berger and it seems like a long time ago that he was one of the top Americans playing for the U.S. President's Cup team in 2017. - Dan Kilbridge LPGA 2 Up Jin Young Ko (1) One of the best ball-strikers in the game nabs her second major of the year and third title of the season at the Evian Championship, showing the composure of a player who has been on the LPGA far longer than one and a half seasons. Leads the tour in money, scoring and greens in regulation. Can she make it two in a row at this week's AIG Women's British? Jennifer Kupcho (N/A) Posted her best final round as a pro at the Evian, carding Sunday's low round of 66 to vault into a share of second. The gutsy, bogey-free performance secured Kupcho her status for 2020, moving the Augusta National Women's Amateur winner to 34 th on the money list with $380,237. Not bad for two month's worth of work. 2 Down Cristie Kerr (72) Hasn't posted a top 10 since the Kingsmill in late May, missing the cut at Evian. She has struggled with her ball-striking with the Solheim Cup right around the corner. She's hoping a recent switch in instructors will sort it out quickly. Angela Stanford (155) The 2018 Evian Championship winner didn't find enough mojo to turn her game around in France. After working through the first major injury of her career (hip), Stanford has come to realize that how much playing with her back against the wall was a hallmark of her career. Now that she has achieved her most coveted goal - winning a major - she must find a new source of motivation. -Beth Ann Nichols 2 Up Tommy Fleetwood (4) Hard to believe he still hasn't picked up a win in the U.S., but the results have been consistently excellent. Followed a solo second at Royal Portrush with a T-4 in Memphis and now has seven top-10s in just 16 Tour events this season. We'll give it a few days before drumming up the 'Will Tommy Fleetwood win a major in 2020' discussion. Aaron Rai (293) Rai earned one of his biggest career paydays with a T-12 showing in Memphis. The 24-year-old Englishman went wire-to-wire for a win in Hong Kong to start the season and definitely made the most of WGC debut. 2 Down Danny Willett (116) We've been tracking his rise from the lowest depths of his post-Masters slump, including last week's T-6 at the British Open. So it's understandable that he didn't quite have it in Memphis while cooling off with a T-48 finish in his first WGC event since 2017. Matt Wallace (31) Had some big expectations entering the British Open and never got it going with a T-51 finish. The Englishman fired back with a third-round 65 in Memphis but fell off again and shot a disappointing 73 Sunday to fall down the board. - Dan Kilbridge MORE: Trevor Bauer angrily fired a baseball over the centerfield wall before being pulled from game Tom Brady disobeys Bill Belichick at practice, and suffers the consequences Most improved Packers defender? Mike Pettine picks DL Montravius Adams Browns Are Foolishly Changing Their Great Uniforms in 2020 Report: Steelers likely to be looking for new naming rights partner for Heinz Field


Joe Biden, recalling the "civility" of the Senate in the 1970s and '80s, on Tuesday touted his experience working with two segregationist Southern senators to get "things done"   drawing an immediate rebuke from Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, who is married to an African American woman and has an interracial family. Speaking at a fundraiser at New York City's Carlyle Hotel, Biden brought up the names of Sens. James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, both Democrats who were staunchly opposed to desegregation. Eastland chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee when Biden entered the Senate   a committee he would later chair. "I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland," the former vice president said. "He never called me 'boy.' He always called me 'son.'" Of Talmadge, Biden said he was "one of the meanest guys I ever knew, you go down the list of all these guys." "Well guess what?" Biden continued. "At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn't agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished. But today, you look at the other side and you're the enemy. Not the opposition   the enemy. We don't talk to each other anymore." De Blasio, also a presidential contender, struck back on Twitter on Wednesday. Another Democratic candidate, Sen. Cory Booker, who is African American, called on Biden to apologize. "You don't joke about calling black men 'boys.' Men like James O. Eastland used words like that, and the racist policies that accompanied them, to perpetuate white supremacy and strip black Americans of our very humanity," Booker said in a statement. "Vice President Biden's relationships with proud segregationists are not the model for how we make America a safer and more inclusive place for black people, and for everyone," Booker added. "I have to tell Vice President Biden, as someone I respect, that he is wrong for using his relationships with Eastland and Talmadge as examples of how to bring our country together." On the campaign trail, Biden, who has previously mentioned both Eastland and Talmadge in appearances, cautions against those who believe it's not worth the time to even try and persuade those across the aisle or with lawmakers who have morally different views on divisive issues. "You know I got (to the Senate) and all the old segregationists were there for Lord's sake," Biden said last month at a Nashua, New Hampshire, house party. "But after the fight was over, then you moved on and this is, like I don't consider the opposition my enemy, they're the opposition and no one has brought the vitriol to American politics who has won." Biden's team has long advised him not to discuss his relationships with former senators, including the segregationists, according to advisers. Another senator he has name-checked far more often is Jesse Helms, a conservative who represented North Carolina and was charged with racism throughout his career. Biden, who is leading the Democratic primary field in the polls, said Tuesday he believes "one of the things I'm pretty good at is bringing people together," before citing negotiations he took part in with Mitch McConnell, now the Senate majority leader. "I know the new 'New Left' tells me that I'm   this is old-fashioned," Biden said. "Well guess what? If we can't reach a consensus in our system, what happens? It encourages and demands the abuse of power by a president. That's what it does. You have to be able to reach consensus under our system   our constitutional system of separation of powers."


When the Green Bay Packers unexpectedly cut Pro Bowl defensive tackle Mike Daniels earlier this week, many instantly connected the dots between Daniels and the considerable contingency of ex-Packers in the Cleveland Browns front office. It seems Daniels followed those dots to Browns training camp in Berea, too. Per a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter , the Browns are hosting Daniels for a free agent visit and workout on Thursday. It's the first visit Daniels has made since being dumped by the only NFL team he's played for. As Schefter noted, the Browns had considerable interest in Gerald McCoy earlier this offseason when the Buccaneers parted ways with the multi-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle as well. Daniels was drafted by the Packers when their front office included current Browns execs Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith. It seems they have not lost their affection for Daniels, one of the NFL's more effective pass rushers along the defensive interior. MORE: Mike Trout's perfect 98.6 MPH throw to home plate had everyone in awe Packers GM explains reasoning for releasing DL Mike Daniels Ranking the NBA's Top 10 Big Threes Roundup: A-Rod Buys J-Lo a Porsche, PBR Hard Coffee, MLB Trade Deadline Bold Predictions 10 things we'll be watching the first week of Lions training camp


Louisville Metro police officers received special medical training for their 4-legged colleagues this week. With the help of a very realistic "robo dog," veterinarian Cheryl Nelson helps set up scenarios dogs might find themselves in while on the job and taught officers how to treat them in the field. "She can actually simulate massive injury, bleeding, and she taught us how to stop bleeding, how to pack the wound," Rick Heine, LMPD K-9 handler said. They even learn how to give oral resuscitation and how to remove ticks, which officers say is a big problem when they are out in the woods. LMPD does have first-aid kits for its K-9s, but the Louisville Police Foundation is trying to raise about $25,000 to buy new trauma kits with better supplies. READ MORE: Robot dog helps LMPD prepare to medically treat K-9 partners CHECK OUT WLKY: Live. Local. Late-Breaking. Get the top Louisville news, weather and sports from the team at WLKY   online, anytime.


Yorkshire and the North West would both have a stronger first XI than London if the various regions of England were to compete against each other in a hypothetical 'Regional Premier League', according to a unique study from Protectivity . Yorkshire was arguably the birth place of organised football in England as we know it today and the combined counties have continued to produce numerous England internationals, like Kyle Walker, Jamie Vardy, John Stones and Harry Maguire from last summer's World Cup squad. The North West, meanwhile is home to England's two most successful clubs, Manchester United and Liverpool , both of which have long had reputations for producing top players. One might expect London, with its size, number of clubs and the volume of 2018/19 Premier League hailing players from the capital to have the best regional XI in the country, but that title jointly belongs to Yorkshire and the North West instead. For the research, Protectivity first counted the number of 2018/19 Premier League players hailing from each of England's nine typical regions - North West, North East, Yorkshire, West Midland, East Midlands, East of England, London, South West and South East. Picture: Harry Kane was born in Walthamstow, part of north east London London comes out on top with 111, while only 14 each come from the South West and North East at the other end of the scale. There are 69 from the North West and 29 from the South East. The West Midlands has 26, the East of England has 25 and Yorkshire has 23. To gauge the quality of players from those regions, ratings from FIFA 19 were used as a proxy. The tally of ratings from the strongest team is then defined as that region's rating. It is here that Yorkshire and the North West, with the latter including the likes of Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, come out on top with a score of 873 each. London's rating is 871. At the bottom are the South West, a region without a Premier League club and where rugby union and cricket are popular, with a rating of 782. The North East is narrowly ahead on 786. Rank Region Number of Players Best XI Rating =1 Yorkshire 23 873 =1 North West 69 873 3 London 111 871 4 South East 29 840 5 West Midlands 26 834 6 East of England 25 832 7 East Midlands 15 798 8 North East 14 786 9 South West 14 782


Summer is one of the best seasons to travel. But not every traveler chooses their destination wisely. Here are the worst places to visit in summer Places You Should Never Visit in Summer Summer is one of the best seasons to travel. But not every traveler chooses their destination wisely . Those who look forward to sunstruck evenings and outdoor adventures might think that summer at any warm or popular destination would be a blast. What better time to go hiking or visit natural wonders than the heart of summertime? But the climate of certain parts of the world can be dreadful in these humid months. And other spots just are so overrun with rude tourists that they become impossible for travelers to enjoy. While these destinations are fabulous for vacations during other times of year, you should never book a trip to these places in the summer. Bahamas While the Bahamas is a scenic place to travel to escape chilly winter temperatures , it's not ideal in the summertime. The humidity can reach extremes, and rainfall levels are higher than any other time of year. Whether you prefer to splurge on a fancy resort or experience a quaint hotel among locals , it's likely most of your plans involve spending time outside. But the mosquito situation alone might be enough to ruin your poolside relaxation. Additionally, the Caribbean faces a threat of hurricanes in the late summer. Bogota, Colombia Tourists flock to Bogota for its vibrant food scene, its abundance of artistic venues and activities, and its upbeat culture. It's home to some of the happiest tourists , but you may be happier choosing another time to visit. The clubs, restaurants and amusement parks are packed all summer long, so you may end up wading through crowds and waiting in line more than you'd like. Wait until summer is on its way out and then pay this destination a visit. Cancun, Mexico This is a destination you may also want to avoid in the spring. Favorite of spring breakers and others looking to party in warmer weather, Cancun can get crazy busy. In the summer, the crowds don't really die down and the temperature rises quite a bit. Those who travel for the nightlife will miss out, and those who don't will still suffer some claustrophobia. Water temperatures are at their highest in August, so the ocean may not help you to cool off after basking in the summer heat . Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai is one of the world's hottest destinations   both literally and figuratively. But in the summer months, it can get way too hot for most people to handle. With highs over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the weather in Dubai just might be severe enough to ruin your trip. Unless you want to spend the vacation racing from one air-conditioned location to the next, you might want to put off your trip until summer is over. French Riviera This upscale destination on the southern coastline of France has been a glitzy escape for Europeans for hundreds of years. However, if you're hoping to enjoy your stay free of crowds and obnoxious tourists , you may want to pick a less popular season. It can seem like all of Europe traveled to this area at once, especially in August. The resort prices and lines will be enough to take all the glamour out of your experience. Grand Canyon, Arizona If you're trekking to the Grand Canyon, you probably have plans for hiking or otherwise touring the scenery. People sometimes say that the view seems unreal, but you might actually hallucinate if you spend too much time in the summer heat here. Temperatures have risen above 120 degrees Fahrenheit   not a climate in which you want to be marching through a desert climate. India Not only is India excessively hot in the summertime, it's also hit with monsoons through the season. Monsoon season lasts through September; it might be a good idea to wait until the threat of a natural disaster is over. Morocco Morocco has an abundance of cities and natural scenery to visit , but you don't want to travel there in summer. The weather is brutal, with temperatures veering into the hundreds and strong rays of sun baking the city streets. Marrakesh is best toured by spending time outdoors at street markets and palace lawns, while the rural areas near the Atlas Mountains are gorgeous for hiking. Wait till the temperatures have cooled (along with the crowds) and then travel to this Middle Eastern country. New York City New York City is always packed   but it gets especially bad in the summer. Times Square is a sunstricken madhouse. Manhattan is packed with people walking around and crowding all available sidewalk space. Children are roaming the subway system in large packs because of city summer camps. All the best outdoor restaurants are unlikely to have available reservations. Not to mention the fact that the subways are humid and lack sufficient air conditioning. What's worse than a packed subway car? A packed subway platform without A/C. Unless you want to end up nose-first in a tall person's armpit, avoid traveling around the city in the summer. Paris It may sound like a romantic destination , but a summer trip to Paris isn't the smartest plan. During the mild summer months, Paris is ridden with tourists. The museum lines are outrageously long, hotel prices skyrocket and flights are harder to come by. You want to visit the quaint streets of this city in another season when you can have some space to explore without fighting the crowds. Rome There are a few reasons to avoid this popular destination in the summer. First is the weather   you may not realize just how hot Rome gets during the warmest months of the year. You'll be walking down scorching, sun-scorched streets and wishing air conditioning was installed at the Colosseum. Additionally, many Italians actually leave the city during the summer to escape the heat themselves. As a result, local businesses tend to close shop to give families a break. Seville, Spain Andalucia's capital, Seville, is a beautiful cultural destination with awe-inducing architecture and tapas to die for. But if strolling the streets of Spain is your prerogative, you don't want to withstand the brutal temperatures of Seville in summer. The weather often rises above 100 degrees this time of year. You'll be so sweaty and tired you'll have to take a siesta. South Africa If you're looking to escape the summer heat , by all means, go to South Africa. But if you want to experience summer and its many activities , don't go this far into the Southern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, winter weather actually happens during summer months. In August, the temperatures of Cape Town might be in the 40s or 50s Fahrenheit, which could put a damper on your beach plans. South Florida Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach have some of the best beaches in the world . But summer is not the time to visit them. You might think that warm weather would be great for tanning, but you're underestimating just how hot it gets. Along with highs well above 100 degrees, it's not uncommon for South Florida to see humidity levels at 100 percent. This results in dense, sticky air that can feel so hot it's suffocating. Even the water at the beach won't provide relief, as it's often very warm. Tourists might find this odd , but most Floridians avoid spending time outside in summer, opting to hide in air conditioning instead. Thailand The weather in Thailand is unpredictable. There are so many things to do in this country for foodies and history buffs alike. But many of these activities take place outdoors. If you go in the summer, you may find that the weather rains on your parade for the entirety of your trip. Venice Beach, California Venice Beach is known for being one of the most crowded shorelines in the country. In summertime, it's going to be miserable to find a spot on the beach that isn't already claimed by huge families, drunk 20-somethings and littered trash. Wait until it calms down a bit and visit this stunning shoreline in the early fall or late spring. Walt Disney World, Florida The Most Magical Place on Earth gets considerably less magical once summertime hits. Students' summer breaks mean that families pack up their vans and take a road trip to Orlando to visit their old pal Mickey Mouse. But one park secret Disney doesn't want you to know is that Walt Disney World was built over a swamp in Florida. So it gets hot. And humid. And it will rain basically every day. Going to Disney World during the summer is one of the biggest rookie mistakes you can make . Other spots in Florida can be lovely in summertime, however. These are the destinations that are must-visits during the summer months .


Even with the added flair, some people won't suspect this truck is fast at all. Hearkening back to the legendary 1970 Dodge Super Bee, this 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Rumble Bee is a modern classic. While it isn't a muscle car, it does feature the kind of brash styling and potent performance you'd expect from one, making it all the more interesting to collect. Dodge dropped its 5.7-liter Hemi V8 in this truck, which is quite potent at 345-horsepower and 375 lb.-ft. of torque. It works with a smooth automatic, so you're not dealing with a long stick in the cab. The result is quick acceleration If you look just at the front of the truck, that big hood scoop is one of the few indications there's anything different about this Ram. Those with a trained eye will note the front air valance and side skirts. There's also a rear air dam. The black paint has a great shine to it, indicating the previous owner cared for it closely. Of course, that Solar Yellow stripe on the tail and Rumble Bee graphics are dead giveaways something's up with this truck. Also, the 20-inch chrome wheels and flashy chrome exhaust tip add an upgraded look. The soft black tonneau cover appears to be free of damage, boosting aerodynamics and giving the truck a clean look. Just like all the other Rumble Bees, this one is a two-door model with a short bed. You'll notice the interior is completely original, including the Slate Gray leather seats with yellow piping. There are two buckets and a fold-down seat in the center which converts into a console. Solar Yellow accents on the door panels and center stack, plus white-faced gauges and Rumble Bee logos on the door panels/seats pump the design factor up. Built only for the 2004 and 2005 model years, the Dodge Ram 1500 Rumble Bee was limited to just 8,700 examples. That means even though it's a modern classic, there aren't many of these pickup trucks kicking around today. As time marches on, no doubt more of these pickups will bite the dust and the value of this one will continue to increase. This vehicle is being sold through Skyway Classics . More Trucks: - Orange Off-Roader: 1972 Chevy K5 Blazer - Ford-Powered FJ55: 1969 Toyota Land Cruiser


WASHINGTON   Stephen Strasburg didn't turn in a vintage performance. He still did enough   with plenty of help from the Washington Nationals' offense   to reach a career milestone. Strasburg earned his 100th victory, Anthony Rendon homered and drove in five runs and Washington rallied past the Chicago White Sox 9-5 for its eighth victory in 10 games. Strasburg (6-3) gave up four runs in a 39-pitch first inning and spotted Chicago a 5-0 lead. But he hung around long enough to complete five innings and become the first National to reach the 100-win plateau since the franchise moved from Montreal. "I definitely got punched in the face in the first," Strasburg said. "There's only one thing you can do and I think that's what we preach as an organization (and) that's never give up and keep battling." Strasburg threw 105 pitches in his second-shortest stint of the season. But the White Sox couldn't manage anything else after Yoán Moncada homered in the second. "We had a couple of opportunities in which he left us stranded out there," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "He worked through it. He's been around. He was able to navigate and did a nice job of keeping us from doing a whole lot of damage." Rendon did his part to spark Washington's comeback. The third baseman belted a two-run double in the third, then smacked a three-run homer in the fifth to chase former teammate Reynaldo López (3-6) and give the Nationals a 6-5 lead. Reliever Josh Osich surrendered back-to-back doubles before Víctor Robles belted a two-run homer to make it 9-5. Washington's six runs in the fifth were its most in any inning this season. Sean Doolittle recorded the final two outs for his 13th save in 15 opportunities. López, who was acquired from Washington in December 2016 and was facing the Nationals for the first time, is 0-2 with a 12.83 ERA in his last three starts. "He's just not being able to command right now as well as we would like him to," Renteria said. Strasburg struck out six as he improved to 100-55. The right-hander earned a victory while allowing more than four runs for the first time in his career. "I think it's a great personal accomplishment," Strasburg said. "Wins and losses, as much as you like having them next to your name, that's a team thing. It's just great that this was such a big team win and they were able to pick me up for that 100th." OUCH Home plate umpire Mike Everitt was hit in the chest by a 95-mph fastball from Lopez that was untouched by swinging batter Trea Turner or catcher James McCann in the third inning. Everitt was examined by trainers and remained in the game for the rest of the inning but was replaced in the fourth by second base umpire Lance Barrett. TRAINER'S ROOM White Sox: OF Jon Jay (hip strain) was 1 for 3 with an RBI on Monday in his first rehabilitation assignment game with Double-A Birmingham. Nationals: 2B Brian Dozier was hit by a pitch on his right arm in the second. "He's got a nice contusion right now so I'm assuming he's going to be stiff," manager Dave Martinez said. "Hopefully he'll be ready to go tomorrow." Howie Kendrick replaced Dozier in the fourth and homered that same inning. ... 1B Ryan Zimmerman (plantar fasciitis) will travel to San Diego with the team later this week and begin baseball activities during Washington's six-game trip. ... RHP Trevor Rosenthal (viral infection) pitched a scoreless inning for Double-A Harrisburg on Tuesday to lower his ERA to 4.32 in nine rehab appearances. UP NEXT White Sox: RHP Dylan Covey (1-4, 4.73 ERA) faces Washington for the first time in his career as the two-game series concludes on Wednesday. Nationals: RHP Aníbal Sánchez (1-6, 4.47) will look to win back-to-back starts for the first time since last June 9-14, when he pitched for Atlanta. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports


Today, binge living does not merely end at watching your favorite shows late at night, where you find yourself finishing an entire season in one sitting. For a lot of individuals, binge living exists because of having acquired an unhealthy obsession. This usually happens in any form of addiction, overeating and other similar lifestyle choices. However, when relating it to our sleep patterns, this refers to inconsistent patterns that we develop in the long run or while trying to complete a REM cycle when catching up on sleep. Before we can even begin to define what binge sleeping is, it is necessary to define REM sleep. According to an account made by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, there are five stages of rapid eye movement (REM) that occur when we are asleep. Here, it is essential to produce at least four to five sleep cycles per night, or a maximum of 9 hours per adult person. On the other hand, binge sleeping according to the chief of Division of Sleep, Charles Czeisler, is the break from consistency in our regular sleeping cycles. Moreover, many of us sleep less than the recommended hours, claims the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The three-day binge sleeping sounds like ultimate procrastination, a form of productivity that has gone havoc. But it seems logical when taken into consideration, because sleep, as we all know, is a necessary facet in order for an individual to properly function in a day. More than that, there is no concealing how tired we are if we do not get enough sleep. Studies recently conducted suggests that sleeping in for three to four nights can make up for sleep debt, therefore, reducing daily headaches and other unwell features of the body. Now, do keep in mind that to do this successfully, avoid staying up late during Friday nights and head to bed on or before 11 PM. And before you fall asleep, make sure to set a timer to go off in 10 to 11 hours. You may sleep binge on a Friday night and close in on Sunday. Related video: Losing Sleep? New Study May Know Why (Provided by Buzz60)


New diets trends are rarely innovative. The latest fads appear different with their particular set of rules, banned foods, or daily carbs allowance, but most diets use roughly the same mechanism: cutting calories. People often lose weight on keto because they eat less food overall. Same goes for low-fat dieters. The latest health trend, Called Calories In, Calories Out (CICO), is actually just a new name for an old idea. The plan operates under the premise that you'll drop pounds by consuming fewer calories than your body uses to perform its daily functions. It makes sense, right? "The idea of calories in and calories out is absolutely the backbone of weight loss," says Bethany Doerfler , MS, RDN, Clinical Dietitian at Northwestern University. "But metabolism and weight loss are so much more complex than that." Counting calories doesn't always translate into long-term weight management . Even worse, the strategy could leave you feeling deprived and lead to disordered eating. Here's what to consider before adopting the CICO approach. Let's start with the basics of calorie counting Calories are units of energy found in food that fuel everyday activities. Breathing? Yup, that burns calories as does eating and hitting the gym. Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of calories your body burns to stay alive. This figure is individual specific and determined by a number of factors including height, weight, and age. Online calculators offer an estimate, and some doctors use breathing machines that deliver more precise and customized BMRs. Then, lifestyle factors like physical activity need to be accounted for since you're probably not lying in bed all day. Again, online calculators and formulas offer rough estimates of how many calories your body uses. Losing weight requires eating fewer calories than your body needs to maintain its activity level. Not all calories are equal It's generally accepted that most diets work because of a calorie deficit, says Abby Langer, R.D. "However, calories as we know them are so arbitrary," she explains to Men's Health . "The calorie was invented a really long time ago and isn't necessarily accurate in terms of how our bodies metabolize each individual food." Research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that people absorb only about 75 percent of the calories found in almonds, according to a 2016 paper published in the journal Food & Function . (For what it's worth, the study was funded by the Almond Board of California.) "We're learning so much more about how calories are absorbed," says Langer. Your body takes in more calories from food that's been processed, or broken down from its natural form, she explains. "So if you have a smoothie you're going to absorb a significant portion of those calories compared to if you eat that food raw or cooked," says Langer. Emerging research shows our bodies handle ultra-processed items like chips or Twinkies differently than kale or bananas. "Those [packaged snacks] are going to be viewed very differently on a cellular level," says Doerfler. The National Institute of Health found that ghrelin, a hormone that drives hunger, is higher when people consume ultra-processed foods compared to after eating a well-balanced diet, according to 2019 research published in Cell Metabolism . Heavily-processed foods high in sugar, fat, and salt, may spike insulin levels and cause your body to store more fat, explains Doerfler. Then, you have to consider the benefits of a fiber. "Fiber-rich foods provide a certain level of satiety and fullness," says Doerfler. The nutrient also promotes healthy gut bacteria, which scientists believe may determine a person's weight. Nutrition labels aren't always accurate Turn over a bag of Oreos and you'll see that three cookies have 160 calories. That might be true. Or, the cookies could contain as many as 192 calories per serving. That's because the Food & Drug Administration allows discrepancies of up to 20 percent on nutrition labels. A study of 24 snack foods found a four percent difference between the labeled and actual nutrition information, according to a 2014 paper published in Obesity . Calorie counting can feel restrictive Apps like MyFitnessPal are useful ways to monitor what you're eating. People who spent just 15 minutes a day logging food lost about 10 percent of their body weight in one month, according to a February 2019 study published in the journal Obesity . That said, counting calories can feel like a chore, lead to obsessive behavior, and even spark binge eating, says Langer. "When you're drilling everything down to numbers it takes away all the joy of food and disconnects us from nourishing our bodies," she asserts. "This perpetuates diet culture by being punishing." Stressing over numbers can be a trigger to binge for people with eating disorders. If you have a history of disordered eating, consult a dietitian who can customize a plan that works for you. And strict diets don't take birthdays or any other celebratory meal into consideration. "People are not quite so robotic," says Doerfler. "Even if someone needs 1,200 calories a day to lose weight, most people are not adhering to that 100 percent of the time." But CICO can be a healthy way to lose weight when done properly Counting calories isn't inherently problematic, says Doerfler. In fact, she believes Americans should identify weaknesses in their diets. "I like that this diet has brought back to the forefront looking at calories and seeing where your high-calorie food comes from," she says. "Almost all the time those calories come in the form of refined snack foods and sugar-sweetened beverages. The hope is that those calories would be used for smarter and healthier eating." Realizing that morning bagel with cream cheese tops more than 600 calories could inspire you to choose a satisfying meal that contains fewer calories, like oatmeal and peanut butter. Ultimately, the best diet is one that doesn't consume your every thought. Dieting becomes an issue when you refuse to eat even though your hungry, says Langer. "If you have to pee you wouldn't say, 'No I can't pee for another three hours,'" she asserts. Langer recommends listening to your body's natural hunger cues and taking a more relaxed approach. "Stop thinking of food as good or bad and just eat," she says. Slideshow: 40 male celebrities who don't drink alcohol (Provided by Men's Health)


Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has predicted that Manchester City will pip Liverpool to the Premier League title again, after claiming their second consecutive win last season. The Sky Sports pundit admitted City may be too powerful to overcome, with the Premier League champions strengthening last season's team with the summer additions of Rodri and Joao Cancelo. "Liverpool will be the closest challengers again," Carragher wrote in his column in the Telegraph, "but keeping Mauricio Pochettino was crucial for Spurs. Arsenal will improve with their new signings." Carragher also had City pencilled in (finally) for Champions League glory after they lost in the quarter-finals to Spurs last season, but predicted a trophy for his Reds in the FA Cup   saying: " Klopp has a miserable record in this competition but he knows this is a great opportunity for more silverware." The former England defender backed both north London clubs   who have both been busy in the transfer market   to round out the top four, with Tottenham breaking their transfer record fee to acquire Tanguy Ndombele and Arsenal shattering their own to bring in Nicolas Pepe From Lille. The Gunners spent deadline day strengthening their defence with Kieran Tierney and David Luiz, while Spurs signed Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon in the final hours of the transfer window. The Premier League begins on Friday night, when Liverpool host newly-promoted Norwich at Anfield.


The Raptors reportedly felt Kawhi Leonard 's advisor and uncle, Dennis Robertson, made unreasonable requests of them before Leonard signed with the Clippers. The Lakers, the other team that waited for and missed out on Leonard, also apparently has misgivings about the process. Brian Windhorst of ESPN : I've heard complaints in the days after the signing. I heard complaints from the Lakers that they got played. I heard complaints from the Raptors that Kawhi came in and asked for the sun, the moon, the stars then left them at the altar. The implication: Leonard knew all along wasn't signing with the Lakers, waited a week into free agency so other top free agents would commit elsewhere then announced his decision just to sabotage the Lakers. I don't think Leonard did that. That'd be so calculating and sinister. But I don't know. We really don't have much insight into how the famously secretive Leonard operates. I can't rule it out. Also, if Leonard did execute a devious plan to spite the Lakers, it'd look a lot like his actual free agency went. Of course, nobody forced the Lakers to wait a week for Leonard. There had been longstanding reports Leonard didn't want to play with LeBron James . The Lakers could have followed the Knicks model of dropping the Leonard pursuit to sign other players. This is the calculus small-market teams must do frequently. They often bow out of star races, lacking confidence about succeeding. The Lakers ( often incorrectly ) believe they can get anyone. In this case, they were correct to chase Leonard until the end. He's that big of a prize. Leonard is arguably the NBA's best player. He can transform any franchise. The Lakers could also offer Leonard his desired Southern California locale and an opportunity to inform an incredible top trio with LeBron and Anthony Davis . For better or worse, that differentiated the Lakers from the Clippers. The plan just didn't work. Getting to the Clippers was clearly Leonard's priority. He convinced George to join him, even moving a meeting with the Lakers so he could meet nearby with George unseen. That probably adds to the Lakers' suspicion. I don't mind the Lakers venting. It must have been frustrating to miss out on Leonard. Most importantly, they took care of business in the aftermath. The Lakers signed some good role players, chiefly Danny Green . Their roster would likely look better now if they never pursued Leonard. But that opportunity cost was absolutely worth the potential upside of landing Leonard.


BRENTWOOD, N.Y.   Heydi Gámez Garcia was discovered by her aunt just after midnight. In recent weeks, Heydi, a 13-year-old immigrant from Honduras, had become increasingly depressed about her father, who had been held in detention since he was caught illegally crossing the southern border in early June. It had been his third attempt in four years to reach the United States to be with his only child, who was living with his sisters in New York. But as days turned into weeks and more than a month passed without his release, the young girl seemed to lose hope, her family said. Around 10:30 p.m. one night last week, Heydi shut herself in a room, saying she wanted to be alone. About an hour and a half later, her aunt, Zoila, gently opened the door to offer her a snack. Maybe some cookies and milk would cheer her up, she thought. Sign Up for the Morning Briefing Newsletter But the bed with blue and violet flowered sheets was empty. Zoila peered out the window, and then caught a glimpse of the closet on the opposite end of the room: There was Heydi, hanging from a phone-charging cable that she had fashioned into a noose. She was unconscious, on the edge of death. She had left no note   nothing to help explain what, of the many things that can lead young people to take their own lives, had prompted her to try to end hers. "She was so smart, it doesn't make sense why she made a decision like this, a decision so out of character," said Jessica Gámez, 32, the aunt Heydi lived with in the Long Island hamlet of Brentwood. "I thought she would be safer here with me, safer than in Honduras." Heydi's short life story is much like those of thousands of Central American families who have been making their way to the United States over the past five years, petitioning for asylum from the turmoil of their homelands and hoping that the challenges of building a new life in an unfamiliar country will not be greater than the ones they left behind. Heydi's mother abandoned the family when she was just 2 months old; her grandparents, who raised her in Honduras, both died   she was among those who found her grandfather dying in the street after he was attacked by gang members. She moved to New York and had the usual challenges of adolescence, going to a new school and learning English. But more than anything else, her family and friends said, she missed her father. "Heydi was so excited when he told her he was coming, I think the idea of her dad being here with her felt like a refuge," said Erika Estrada, 25, who knew Heydi from their church, the Gospel Tabernacle Church in Brentwood. "She lost her grandparents, her mother left, she had all this daughterly love that she couldn't put towards her aunts or her uncles, only him," Ms. Estrada said. The story of American immigration has long been one of split families   a parent travels to the United States to work; children and sometimes spouses are left home. In earlier years, migrant workers would return home at the end of the work season and then cross back. But the fortification of the border that followed the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 and stepped-up security in the years since have made such comings and goings far more difficult. In many families, parents and children remain separated for years, sometimes for a lifetime. While the past year has seen repeated cases of migrant family separations and children detained on the border under President Trump's strict new immigration policies, the Gámez family's difficulties spanned three presidential administrations   all of which debated but did not deliver a wide-ranging legal solution for migrant labor in the United States. "Going home to be with a sick parent, attend a funeral or to another emergency: It happens all the time," said Marty Rosenbluth, a lawyer who represents immigrants at a detention center in Lumpkin, Ga. "Then people get caught when they try to return to the U.S." What happened to Heydi has been reconstructed through interviews with her father, aunts and uncles, cousins, a family friend and her father's lawyer, as well as information from the family's asylum cases, federal court records and immigration authorities. Heydi grew up in a modest concrete home in El Progreso, a town in northwest Honduras flanked by a mountain range to the east and the Ulúa River to the west. For decades the city was a hub for commercial banana plantations. But by the time Heydi was born in March 2006, El Progreso had also become host to some of the country's many violent gangs, including MS-13. Gang members often demanded cash payments   "taxes"   from Heydi's family and others in exchange for guaranteeing their safety. The instability combined with lack of opportunity led her father, Manuel Gámez, now 34, to head for the United States. In 2007, leaving Heydi behind with his parents, he sneaked across the border and traveled to Long Island, where his sister, Jessica, had settled two years earlier. Being apart from Heydi for most of her childhood was difficult, Mr. Gámez said, but he made enough as a landscaper to send money to support her. When Heydi returned from her Catholic nursery school, she played with the family dogs or rode a pink bicycle her father had given her, recalled Zoila, another of Mr. Gámez's sisters. Occasionally, she helped in the small store her grandparents ran from their house, raiding shelves and stealing caramels. But one day in June 2014, the security in which Heydi's grandparents had enveloped her was shattered. After months of rebuffing gang members' demands that he hand over his small S.U.V., her grandfather was gunned down two blocks from their home. Hearing the commotion, Zoila had rushed outside to find her father sprawled on the ground. Peeling back his cattleman hat, she saw blood seeping from his head, forming a pool on the pavement. Heydi stood at a distance, watching the scene unfold. Within days of the killing, Mr. Gámez said, he was on a plane back to Honduras. "There was no one there to take care of Heydi or Zoila; my mom was very sick then," he said. "I thought it might be a risk to go back, but I couldn't leave them there alone." About a year later, Mr. Gámez's mother died of complications from diabetes and, according to her children, heartbreak over her husband's death. With four of his siblings in Long Island and the fear of further retaliation from the gangs weighing on him, Mr. Gámez decided that Heydi and Zoila must go to the United States to be safe. He sent Heydi first, in the summer of 2015, deciding to stay behind in Honduras in case she was turned back at the border. On Sept. 25, 2015, after nearly two months in a migrant shelter for minors, the 9-year-old Heydi landed at La Guardia Airport, followed a few months later by Zoila. Surrounded by seven cousins around her age, Heydi adjusted well to life in America, her aunts and cousins said. Within six months, she learned English, motivated as much by her ambition to succeed in her new school as by her desire to be included in the secret conversations her cousins had in English around their Spanish-speaking aunts and uncles. On nearly daily video calls with her father in Honduras, she began teaching him the basics ("Hello. How are you?") and chastising him for not learning the language better, since he had lived in the United States. Heydi even taught him some lines for talking to women when he arrived in America, perhaps her way of nudging him to find her a mother, he thought. "She taught me 'Are you married? Are you single?'" he recalled. "I would say it and she would laugh and smile, she said my accent was very bad." Heydi urged her father to practice. He had to prepare for living with her, she said. He assured his daughter that he would arrive soon. In June 2016, based on the threat from gangs to her family, Heydi won asylum, entitling her to live permanently and legally in the United States. Around this time, Mr. Gámez made his first attempt to return to the United States. But the border was much harder to cross than when he had first journeyed to America nine years earlier. "The first time I came I crossed with a big group: It took two days, it was easy," he said. "But then it became more difficult, much more difficult. There were Border Patrol agents everywhere." When Mr. Gámez was apprehended in McAllen, Tex., he told agents that he feared for his life should he be returned to Honduras. But an asylum officer deemed that his fear was not credible, and he was deported that November. "How is it that his daughter and sister are both eligible for asylum and he fails?" said Anibal Romero, Mr. Gámez's lawyer. "He clearly is fleeing for his safety, for the same reasons. This just shows you how this is a flawed system." In September 2017, immigration officials detained Mr. Gámez near Santa Teresa, N.M., after he had made yet another attempt to enter the country. He was convicted of illegally re-entering, served 45 days in prison and was deported to Honduras a second time in November. With each failed attempt, Heydi grew more dispirited. "I told her, 'I can't be there right now because the law won't allow me,'" he recalled. "But how do you explain that to a child? How do you explain what laws are to her?" Mr. Gámez remained in Honduras, hawking shoes on the side of the road to support himself. By the time Heydi reached the sixth grade this past year, she was developing some crushes. For months she clung to a love note from a classmate, Carlos. "I want you to be my girlfriend and for us to be together forever. Let me know what you think," it said, its worn edges folded into a perfect rectangle and tucked between assignments in her homework binder. But she also showed signs of emotional distress. In the same binder, Heydi scribbled a note in the margins of a poem she was studying in her English class. The stanza she marked said, "and the thought of my own / grandmother homeless / in the cold with no place / to pray and be warm / made me sad and depressed." Heydi wrote: "It reminds me of my own depression." Jessica attributed her niece's sadness to both the trauma of losing her grandparents and her growing exasperation over whether she would ever be reunited with her father. Heydi often complained to her aunts that everyone else had a mother and a father, but she felt like an orphan. She started pleading to return to Honduras to be with her father. But Mr. Gámez maintained that Heydi needed to stay in America, where she had won asylum and had educational opportunities that he had never had. On Heydi's 13th birthday in March, Mr. Gámez promised her he would be with her by her 15th to celebrate her quinceañera, the traditional coming-of-age celebration. But sensing her increasing despondence, he told her he would try to cross the border in June. The two started to make plans for their first summer together in the United States: They'd go to the mall, to the park, to the small beach by the Bay Shore Marina. From Reynosa, Mexico, in early June, Mr. Gámez called Heydi and told her he was almost in the United States. They may not be able to talk for the next few days, he warned her, but he would see her soon. Mr. Gámez never had the chance to call her from the other side of the border. After illegally entering the United States, he was apprehended by Border Patrol agents and sent again into detention. When Heydi learned he was in custody, she broke into tears. For days, her aunts said, she did not want to leave her room. She lost her appetite. Jessica thought spending a few nights with Zoila, her younger aunt, might raise Heydi's spirits. They planned an outing to Six Flags for July 5. But the trip never happened. At 12:36 a.m. on the morning of July 3, the police responded to a 911 call from Zoila's house, where medics tried to resuscitate Heydi. She was taken to Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, where doctors determined she was "neurologically devastated." A week later, they declared her brain-dead. On July 13, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreed to a request from Mr. Gámez's lawyer, Mr. Romero, to release him from custody to be with his dying daughter. The authorities put him on a plane with a round-trip ticket from Texas, where he will return to detention   he had 14 days to bid Heydi goodbye. As Mr. Gámez's flight from Houston approached Newark, Jessica and her siblings waited in the arrivals terminal. "He still doesn't know what happened," Jessica said, cradling her elbows in her hands. "I still don't know how I'm going to tell him." When Mr. Gámez emerged, Jessica lunged toward him. "Brother, please forgive me," she murmured. As the siblings wove through traffic to the hospital, Jessica tried to explain what had happened. But her brother did not fully grasp that his daughter was brain-dead   until he saw her. She lay in a hospital bed, eyes half-shut, buried beneath breathing tubes and IV drips, surrounded by monitors. His eyes welled. "My dear, my dear, please," he said softly, stroking the crown of her head. "Please, if you see a light, don't go toward it, please." "I'm here, I love you," he whispered. Mr. Gámez spent the night beside her, the flicker of hope that she might awaken dimming with each monitor's beep. By morning, the severity of Heydi's condition had sunk in. As he sat on the couch in Jessica's apartment the next day, a look of disbelief and grief washed over his face. "As a parent, you don't have any hopes or dreams for yourself, all your dreams are for your kids," he said. "All my dreams are in her heart. All of them are gone with her." On Thursday, Mr. Gámez plans to take Heydi off life support. They will have spent her last four days alive, together.


The Port Authority unveiled plans for the Bayonne Bridge bike path including a new 12-foot-wide path shared by cyclists and walkers. CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports.


It started with an e-mail. At first, NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb thought the note was one of those scam-artist come-ons promising millions from a long-lost foreign bank account. But she did some checking, and the invitation to serve as a United States "ambassador" to another country turned out to be real. Cobb has already been to Georgia   not the state known for its peaches, but the country south of Russia. This year, she'll take her gift of gab on three separate trips to Russia itself, first to Moscow and surrounding cities after the Truck race at Charlotte, then later to St. Petersburg in July and finally back to Moscow in September   all during breaks in her racing schedule. "They want me to come talk about my racing career," Cobb said Friday at Kansas Speedway. "They want me to come talk about overcoming obstacles. They want me to come talk about science, technology, engineering, math, and how it relates to what I do. "I'm not a natural STEM person. In school I did not excel in those areas. I excelled in talking and writing and socializing. But I've had to learn to figure out things like that, because I work on my own race cars, and I want them to go faster." Cobb will use a translator when she gives her talks in Russia, but she has been preparing for the trip by learning a few basic Russian phrases and reading spy novels. "I'm a little scared," she acknowledged. "I'm reading stupid Russian spy books right now to try to just get a feel for culture, and I need to stop. It's scaring me." In reality, Cobb expects her trips to Russia to be as fascinating and rewarding as her trip to Georgia was. "It's amazing as an American to go to other countries and get that perspective," she said. ]]>


New York-based financial services company EasyKnock has secured $12 million in Series A funding, according to company database Crunchbase , topping the city's recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced May 9 and led by Blumberg Capital. According to its Crunchbase profile, "EasyKnock is a real estate tech company on a mission to help homeowners tap their home equity. Our Sell & Stay program enables homeowners to access their home equity without moving. We buy your home, pay off your mortgage and lease it back to you." The three-year-old startup has raised four previous funding rounds, including a $100 million debt financing round in 2018. The round brings total funding raised by New York companies in financial services over the past month to $737 million, an increase of $143 million from the month before. The local financial services industry has seen 269 funding rounds over the past year, capturing a total of $8.2 billion in venture funding. In other local funding news, water purification company rOcean announced a $6 million funding round on May 9, led by Blue. According to Crunchbase, "At rOcean, we're not only committed to sustainable, eco-friendly and transparent practices, but to innovative design and simple solutions. The problem we're here to tackle? More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans every year." The company also raised a seed round in 2018. Meanwhile, SaaS company Intello raised $2.5 million in seed funding, announced on May 9. The round's investors were led by Resolute Ventures. From the company's Crunchbase profile, "Intello is a SaaS Operations platform that enables companies to discover and manage their SaaS spend, usage and compliance data. Intello monitors all internal software subscriptions, helping to manage the lifecycle of SaaS apps, reduce wasted licenses and ensure application security. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in New York, New York." Intello last raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding in 2018. This story was created automatically using local investment data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


It was one year ago Monday that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sneaked through the back entrance of a Missouri Western State dormitory, evading a line of TV cameras awaiting his arrival. Albeit briefly, he enjoyed a moment of inconspicuousness. Twelve months later, those moments are long gone. Hard to believe they ever existed, really. He's featured on national commercials and plastered on the cover of the Madden 20 video game. He's a guest on late-night talk shows and occupies the front row at the ESPYs. And, oh, yeah, there was that NFL MVP award. Mahomes' stardom casts a wider shadow than any other player to wear a Chiefs uniform. In a year's time, in other words, life had changed considerably as he walked back onto the Missouri Western campus Tuesday for the start of Chiefs training camp. Well, publicly it had. Privately? "Everybody is asking that same question - is he changed?" Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. "I think when you're around him, you can see this is who he is. "He grew up around this. He grew up around star players. He's not awed by them. He wants to be a great player in the National Football League. He understands the different things he's gotta take care of." There are some differences. After an offseason spent trying to lose some of his baby fat, as he put it, Mahomes' body-fat percentage tested at a lower level Tuesday than it did at last year's camp. Close to a career best, actually. But otherwise? The alterations within Mahomes' way of life came in the offseason. Throughout the rounds of endorsements and promotions. While traveling the country, and internationally, with teammates, family and friends. While attending Final Fours and Stanley Cup playoff games. During those late-night talk show appearances. "I had more obligations, of course, but I got to enjoy it. I think that was the biggest thing," Mahomes said. "I got to do a lot of things that I dreamed about doing, aligning myself with a lot of great partners and traveling to be with a lot of teammates and friends and be a part of that. But now I'm glad to be in (St. Joseph, Missouri) playing football and focusing on football all the time, all day long." A day before arriving at camp, Mahomes posted an Instagram video that recapped the past 12 months - a whirlwind that began with little more than optimism at this point last season. The Chiefs were hopeful. But until Mahomes lit up the Los Angeles Chargers in their 2018 season opener, he was a relative unknown. Maybe even a risk. The past several months have entailed more fine-tuning than overhauling. Reid presented Mahomes with new plays during the offseason. Together, they reviewed film from last year, stacking together similar plays and analyzing the reasons for success and spots where he could have been better. "The neat thing about Patrick is he loves new challenges," Reid said. The non-football obligations were littered between film sessions, between workouts, between throwing the football to receivers on back fields. This is where the adjustment was required. That situation presented a new element in Mahomes' life. But his background - growing up with a father who played professional baseball and a godfather who did the same - offered perspective. "I think just using the people around me - having LaTroy Hawkins and my dad, who have been professional athletes (helped)," Mahomes said. "(They) had to do other things outside their sport and still make sure the sport was the first thing. Using them for advice as role models for me, I can go out there and do these things outside of football but at the same time keeping football as the main motivation." Visit The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.) at www.kansascity.com


Michael Bennett isn't afraid to rib one of his new coaches. Following his training camp debut - delayed a few days for personal reasons - Bennett admitted he was giving a hard time to Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo, a 33-year-old who entered the NFL just one year before Bennett. "I told Jerod that I'm not listening to him because we're the same age," Bennett said on Sunday after practice. But of course, he quickly changed tack. "No, but it's good because we came out at the same time in the draft and I remember him playing. We used to work the Ty Warren camp together, and now he's the coach. It's nice to have a young guy who knows the plays, who lived the defense, and he just knows. You trust the way that he plays because he played in the game and you know he knows the call. He was the leader before, so to have him in the huddle every single time, you can't let him down because he's been in the game." Mayo has quickly earned respect among players in his first year as a coaching assistant for the Patriots. Veterans like Duron Harmon, Devin McCourty, Jamie Collins and Dont'a Hightower have sung Mayo's praises. Even Belichick has shown a vote of confidence in Mayo by allowing him to call defensive plays during spring and training camp practices. And while Bennett isn't afraid to throw some playful shade in the direction of the rookie play-caller in Mayo, Bennett has a clear appreciation for his new organization after joining the Patriots in a trade this offseason. "This is just a team, I mean, I always dreamed about getting a chance to play in that stadium. When I grew up, Adalius Thomas and Ty Law and all those guys were guys I looked up to, and it's just an honor to be able to walk into that place," Bennett said. "Like I said before, I take every moment and I cherish every day like it's my last, and I just play as hard as I can." MORE: Tom Brady disobeys Bill Belichick at practice, and suffers the consequences Browns Are Foolishly Changing Their Great Uniforms in 2020 Freddie Kitchens stopped practice to punish the Browns for a training camp fight Most improved Packers defender? Mike Pettine picks DL Montravius Adams Report: Steelers likely to be looking for new naming rights partner for Heinz Field


Scroll through to see scenes from the garage area and pit road as well as on-track photos from this weekend at Pocono Raceway. Bubba Wallace takes a look at his new No. 43 Victory Junction Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for select Cup races. Richard Petty and Bubba Wallace are all smiles after seeing their new Chevrolet after a partnership announcement with Victory Junction and World Wide Technology. A look at Joey Logano's No. 22 Team Penske Ford before the first practice at Pocono. Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 crew gets his car prepared for the first Cup Series practice at Pocono. John Hunter Nemechek will have to head to a backup car for Saturday's Xfinity Series race after getting into the wall during first practice. John Hunter Nemechek helps his No. 23 GMS Racing team get the backup car ready for final Xfinity Series practice. After last weekend's career-best finish for Jeffrey Earnhardt, he is focused and dialed in for Friday's practice. Austin Cindric gets ready for the first NASCAR Xfinity Series practice at Pocono.


Looking to try the best diners in town? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable diners in Mesa, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to meet your needs. 1. Cozy Corner Cafe Topping the list is Cozy Corner Cafe . Located at 5901 E. McKellips Road, Suite 102 in Alta Mesa, the cafe, diner and breakfast and brunch spot is the highest rated affordable diner in Mesa, boasting 4.5 stars out of 239 reviews on Yelp. "I've been here many times and absolutely love the breakfast and service," said Yelper Larry A. 2. Wild Berry Diner Next up is Wild Berry Diner , situated at 4805 E. Main St. With four stars out of 148 reviews on Yelp, the diner and breakfast and brunch spot has proven to be a local favorite for those looking for an affordable option. "I'm a regular," said Yelper Steve H. "My favorite is the Aunt Sarah's omelette with the crispy hash browns." 3. Mikey's Family Restaurant Mikey's Family Restaurant , located at 9333 E. Main St., Suite 11, is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the low-priced diner, breakfast and brunch and traditional American spot four stars out of 52 reviews. 4. Rochester's Family Dining & Sports Bar Rochester's Family Dining & Sports Bar , a diner, sports bar and New American spot in Sunland Village, is another affordable go-to, with four stars out of 20 Yelp reviews. Head over to 721 S. Rochester, Sunland Village to see for yourself. "I came for the Friday night fish fry," said Yelper Chris L. "The clam chowder was excellent! It was the best clam chowder I've had in a long time!" 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.


If the playground, park and movie routine is getting a little tired, why not do something different with the kids this week? From Wildcats Weekend to deals on kids' karate classes, these events will win approval from everyone in the family. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. The Warm Up: Wildcat Weekend Orlando From the event description: Calling all Wildcats! Join us for an Inaugural Wildcats Weekend Orlando starting this Friday with happy hour and drink specials at SHOTS. Besides Homecoming and the Classic, this event gives you another reason to reunite with your college friends. When: Friday, July 19, 5- Sunday, July 21, 2 p.m. Where: SHOTS Orlando, 69 E. Pine St. 1st Floor Price: Free Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Evening Exchange From the event description: Join us every third Friday of the month for our Evening Exchange. This community event showcases more than 35 local makers, retailers, curators, thought leaders and risk takers. Shop for vintage and handmade goods, participate in workshops and enjoy desserts and drinks. When: Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. Where: 3201 Corrine Drive, Orlando, FL 32803 Price: Free Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Up to 55% Off Admission at 3Quest Challenge From the 3Quest Challenge deal description: Gather up to six friends and challenge your crew to a local scavenger hunt. With the digital scavenger hunt 3Quest Challenge running on your smartphones, you'll race the clock, solving puzzles, gathering clues and completing challenges around the city. Where: 11 N. Rosalind Ave., South Eola Price: $18 (55 percent discount off regular price) - 3Quest Challenge for Two. More options available. Click here for more details, and to nab this deal Up to 70% Off Kids' Gymnastic Classes at Jackson's Gymnastics From the Jackson's Gymnastics deal description: Score a deal of up to 70 percent off on one month of gymnastics classes for two kids. In a safe environment, they learn gymnastic skills, build strength, and even get some trampoline time. Recommended for ages two to five. Where: Jackson's Gymnastics, 7101 Presidents Drive, Oak Ridge Price: $48 (64 percent discount off regular price). More options available. Click here for more details, and to get this deal Up to 65% Off Karate Classes at Shaan Saar From the Shaan Saar deal description: Shann Star is offering up to 60 percent on one month of kids' karate classes. With the guidance of experience instructors, kids learn basic self-defense techniques. Where: Shann Saar, 6700 Conroy Windermere Road, Kirkman South Price: $86 (60 percent discount off regular price). More options available. Click here for more details, and to nab this deal This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Central Falls, Rhode Island, is one dense, urban square mile. As a mill town, it's drawn immigrants for generations. Next to Central Falls High School's outdoor stadium ( closed for soil remediation ) is a brown, concrete building surrounded by fences and barbed wire: the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, known locally as "the Wyatt." "It's huge," said Daniella Magana, 18, a Central Falls native and senior at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy . "You know, you can't really miss it. But I never really knew much that was going on." Until this past March. Magana heard about it at school: The Wyatt was holding 133 people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. People were protesting outside. Magana was asked to speak at a demonstration. She'd never done that before, and her parents were worried. They're from El Salvador. Related: Can a 'merit-based' immigration system like Canada's or Australia's work in the US? "One of the biggest fears is, 'OK, well, what if you go speak out, and then somehow this comes back to us, and we for whatever reason get in trouble, or worst-case scenario get kicked out of the country,'" she said. "They don't want that." Magana calmed their fears. When she spoke outside the Wyatt, she was surrounded by city leaders. "Wyatt represents inequality," Magana said. "It represents inhumanity. But most importantly, Wyatt doesn't belong in Central Falls." But it did, once, for another generation of Central Falls residents. Twenty-six years ago, when the struggling city needed money, a detention center seemed like a good idea. "We held numerous public hearings," said Thomas Lazieh, the former Central Falls mayor who built the Wyatt. He's the son of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants. Related: Why it's harder to win asylum, even in New York The Wyatt was the first in a nationwide building boom of privately run prisons encouraged by the Clinton administration . It was set up as a nonprofit corporation , with a board whose members are appointed by the mayor. "The revenues that came in from the facility were first to be used for its operation," Lazieh said. "Secondly, to pay the bonds. And thirdly, the city would gain any revenue if the revenues exceeded those amounts." And the city did make money, initially   more than $5 million. But that all stopped in 2008, when a detainee died as a result of medical neglect . After that, ICE canceled all of its contracts with the Wyatt. The facility continued to take detainees from the United States Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons. Without ICE, the Wyatt fell into deep debt. It tried for years to work its way out by getting back in business with ICE. It wasn't successful until earlier this year, the ICE contract was renewed. "There is revenue to be brought to the city through the proper operation of the facility   that this new contract was going to accomplish," Lazieh said. But then came the protests outside the Wyatt, followed by a move that got people talking in Central Falls. It happened in one evening . On April 5, the mayor abruptly appointed new board members. And those members voted to cancel the ICE contract, saying the detainees hadn't had access to lawyers. Lazieh, the former mayor, was in the audience and said the board had no proof. Related: California governor halts deportations of 2 Cambodian refugees, thwarting Trump administration "I think the interest of Central Falls has been centered on satisfying the Hispanic population in our city and not being fiscally responsible to the entire ethnic populations in our city through proper management," Lazieh said. It seemed as if the Central Falls protesters had been successful. ICE began moving its detainees out. Deborah Gonzalez, director of the Immigration Clinic at the nearby Roger Williams University School of Law, was asked to come in to tell the remaining ICE detainees at Wyatt about their legal rights. Gonzalez said there were about 20 of them wearing orange scrubs and white cloth shoes. "One of them looked really young. Like he'd just turned 18," she said, recalling how she asked them if they knew where they were   Rhode Island. "And they're like, 'Well, it's in the US,'" Gonzalez laughed. "I don't think they have any concept of where that is." She said one young man knew he was being transferred out of the Wyatt and cried because he thought he was going to be deported. "He held onto the table and said, 'We don't want to leave this place,'" Gonzalez remembered. "Although they were just going to another facility. But I don't think they were being told where they were going." The Wyatt warden, Daniel Martin , says what people don't understand is that detainees are treated really well there. "That's not always the case in other correctional systems," he said. Martin says he's used to locals misunderstanding what he does. "Very simply, you just have to kind of educate them and inform them as to what, you know, what we do and how we do it," he said. "We would hope they would support the fact that we don't control who's housed there. You know, unfortunately, this is a business that's misinterpreted." A misinterpreted business, maybe, but still powerful. The Wyatt's bondholders struck back forcefully. In April, they sued the city . And there was a quick reversal once federal courts got involved. Later that month, a federal judge ruled the Wyatt board couldn't cancel the ICE contract, and it was reinstated. The judge also appointed a board monitor. Within days, ICE started sending detainees back to the facility. "You always want different results, but I think you have to be happy in knowing that at least steps were made to ensure people's rights," Martin said. The current Central Falls mayor, James Diossa , is the son of a former undocumented immigrant. With news of children dying in detention facilities , he says having more oversight at the Wyatt helps him sleep at night. "Mayors, since they're on the front lines, have to deal with these issues," he said. "And I think if leaders don't stand up, matters are going to get worse." It's an unsatisfying ending for Magana. She understands things can't change completely overnight. "It doesn't work that quickly, especially because of the government that we have, and the society that we live in," she said. But Magana said with cities fighting back, ICE will at least have to work harder to figure out where to house detainees. "I'm just hoping there's actually a victory," she said.


An innocuous long-range effort from Sporting CP's Bruno Fernandes at the Yankee Stadium should have been meat and drink for any experienced goalkeeper worth their salt. However, Liverpool had Simon Mignolet in goal and an instant later the ball had canned off his forearms and into the back of the net. Yes, it was only a friendly match that won't live for long in the memory but it was a moment that typified the volatile Liverpool career of Simon Mignolet. While his role as deputy to Alisson Becker may be secure for now, Liverpool would do well to consider the future of the affable, but error-prone Belgian keeper. The former Sunderland man has been through a full collage of emotions during his time at Anfield. A dramatic late penalty save and superb follow-up stop against Stoke City's Jon Walters on his debut had many Liverpool fans quietly optimistic that a worthy replacement to Pepe Reina had been found. From there though, things have not gone entirely to plan for the Belgium international. Mignolet was increasingly an erratic figure between the sticks and lacked the authority to properly marshal his defenders and instil full confidence in his abilities. Some poor natural starting positions and an indecisive persona combined to further hinder his form and leave question marks over his suitability at a top club. Things became so bad at times, that the club turned in desperation to Brad Jones and the hapless Adam Bodgan (shudder) to see if they could offer any improvement. They couldn't. After Brendan Rodgers departed in 2015, Jurgen Klopp persisted with the man he'd inherited, leading to some really below par results and let downs on the highest level. A high profile error in the Carling Cup final that season gave Manchester City the lead at Wembley. Later on in the same campaign, Mignolet allowed a close range, tame effort to squirm under him in the Europa League final as Sevilla flew out in a devastating second half spell. Big moments that needed big saves only served to produce costly errors. It had become a tiresome record for Liverpool fans. Indeed, that season would prove to be his last as the out-and-out number one for the club and his status has been in decline ever since. Even his reputation as a quick-fire shot stopper came in to doubt as Liverpool struggled to decide between Mignolet and Loris Karius in 2017/18. That season, he was second only to Joe Hart, with the lowest save percentage in the Premier League, just 59.3% to be exact. His decline was complete the following season when he was relegated to domestic cup duty, with Alisson reinstating some much-needed, world-class quality between the sticks at Anfield. 17 - Alisson has kept 17 clean sheets in the Premier League this season   the most by a keeper in their debut season in the competition since Jose Reina in 2005-06 (20). Wall. pic.twitter.com/c0V8757uvo   OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 3, 2019 As things presently stand, Jurgen Klopp appears to be relatively relaxed about his backup keeper and recently ruled out any summer departure for Mignolet. However, it does seem an odd position for the German to take, given the sheer volume of errors and uncertainty that the Belgian brings to proceedings. Liverpool lifted a huge millstone of pressure from their necks with their Champions League success. It was the club's first major honour since 2012 and only their second since Steven Gerrard almost single-handedly won them the FA Cup in 2006. Klopp will know that he must now build on the Champions League victory and not allow another painful trophy drought to set in at such a big football club. Is Mignolet the right man to help them navigate the tricky water of the domestic cup competitions? Short answer; no he isn't. In his last three outings in the cups for Liverpool, he has shipped seven goals from the 13 shots he has faced. Now not every goal was his fault of course, but you do, at times need your keeper to bail you out if things go wrong, On the surface of it, Mignolet simply cannot offer that. Yesterday was a memory - a gift that will stay with me for my whole life! Thank you REDS!! ❤ #YNWA pic.twitter.com/2y1cYXnP3R   Simon Mignolet (@SMignolet) June 3, 2019 While some Liverpool fans warmed to the keeper last season thanks to his positivity and cheerleading antics on social media; this simply is not enough to warrant him staying on at the club on a big contract. Liverpool would do well now to cut their losses and jettison the error-prone keeper if they are to truly challenge on all fronts for multiple honours in the coming seasons. Perhaps an older keeper to come in on and keep the bench warm for a couple of years and play a few cup games here and there, would not be a bad alternative to the current set up. Tom Heaton and Ben Foster have both been linked in recent transfer windows. Whether either man (both formerly of rivals Manchester United of course) would be a viable upgrade to Migolet is debatable. What is not, however, is Liverpool's urgent need to upgrade their deputy stopper and take another step towards more frequent trophy success.


Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. Who are the real American patriots? Who are the real racists? These two questions will play a big role in the 2020 election. The left is desperate to turn any traditional patriotic appeal into an act of racism. The left is desperate to smear Republicans and moderate Democrats as racists. Part of this desperation is in the left's inability to debate the facts and their hope that strong smears can shame their opponents out of broaching the argument. Part of this desperation is in the left's growing realization that President Trump and the Republicans are beginning to attract minority support in a serious way. The 2018 election was a watershed in the shift of minority voters toward Republicans. Consider the example of the very left-wing African-American female candidate for governor in Georgia. She alienated enough African-American males with her radicalized platforms that the Republican candidate wound up with a significant percentage of African-American male votes. In Florida, a left-wing African-American candidate for governor lost almost one out of five African- American female votes because of his opposition to school choice. In Michigan, a charismatic Republican African-American veteran and businessman, John James, received more votes for the Senate in Michigan than any Republican since the year 2000. James is running again, and if he wins, the historic monopoly that the left has on the African-American vote will collapse. All around the country, President Trump is attracting Latinos to his rallies in record numbers. There is strong support in the Latino community for job creation, income growth, small business prosperity, and enforcing the law. The left's reaction to these threats has been hysteria. Screaming "racist"   which the left-wing propaganda machine did relentlessly this week   is their most common effort to shut up conservatives in general and President Trump in particular. Defending the flag is racist in this left-wing world. Defending George Washington and Thomas Jefferson is racist according to the left. Again and again, they seek to shame today's patriots into silence. Yet the real racists are on the left. Consider Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley saying , "We don't need any more brown faces that don't want to be a brown voice. We don't need black faces that don't want to be a black voice. We don't need Muslims that don't want to be a Muslim voice. We don't need queers that don't want to be a queer voice." Consider both the racism and the fascist arrogance in that statement. First, Pressley asserts the right to define the authenticity of voices. Second, she defines each voice by skin color, religion, or sexual orientation rather than the content of their character. Third, she dismisses or dehumanizes everyone who fails to meet her standard. Consider her arrogance just in regard to the African-American community. By her standard, Secretary Colin Powell isn't authentically black. Neither is Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Secretary Ben Carson, Justice Clarence Thomas, Senator Tim Scott, or senatorial candidate John James. You can go through each of Pressley's defined subgroups and find people who deeply disagree with her. One of the keys to the 2020 campaign will be who the American people conclude are authentically patriotic and what views are actually racist. President Trump and Republicans will be defined as genuinely patriotic. The left will grow hysterical as it loses its ability to dominate the public narrative with name-calling. The election of 2020 will be one of the most defining elections in American history. If the left succeeds in making its "racist" charge stick, it could seal off minority voters from even considering voting for President Trump and other candidates on the Republican ticket. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP On the other hand, if Republicans successfully answer the racist attack and then prove that the Democrats have become the party of radical proposals that would destroy America as we know it, then the Democrats could find themselves losing everywhere except on college campuses and in some radical neighborhoods. Patriotism and racism will be key arguments over the next 15 months. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM NEWT GINGRICH


US bars American aircraft from Iran airspace amid high tensions after drone shot down The U.S. on Friday barred American-registered aircraft from flying over Iranian-administered airspace in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, a day after Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone . The region is crucial to global air travel. Iran said the drone "violated" its airspace, while the U.S. called the missile fire "an unprovoked attack" in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon called the downing of the unmanned, unarmed drone Thursday a " dangerous and escalatory attack, " and President Donald Trump called it a "very big mistake," suggesting a retaliatory U.S. strike was imminent. Later Thursday, a U.S. official told The Associated Press that the military made preparations for limited strikes on Iran, including radars and missile batteries, but approval was abruptly withdrawn before the attacks were launched. The White House on Thursday night declined the AP's requests for information about whether Trump changed his mind. Brighten up! The summer solstice is here The summer solstice falls on Friday , when at 11:54 a.m. ET, the sun will be at its highest point in the sky all year. The date signals the beginning of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by the day with the most daylight. People in Anchorage, Alaska, will get 19 hours of daylight, and those in Seattle and New York City will see more than 15 hours. Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta will see more than 14 hours of daylight; Miami and Honolulu will see less than 14 hours. As an added bonus, there are lots of free food deals celebrating the start of summer . Democratic presidential hopefuls gather in South Carolina 6,400 slices of white bread, 4,400 pounds of fish, and 22 Democratic presidential candidates will be on display Friday night for a key event in the early primary state of South Carolina. Congressman Jim Clyburn is hosting his "World Famous Fish Fry" to mark South Carolina's party convention this weekend in Columbia, with almost the entire Democratic field scheduled to deliver a short speech at the event. Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, is seen as an influential king-maker in South Carolina politics and has spoken about Joe Biden's strength as a front-runner. While the former vice president is leading early polls, there are still more than eight months until South Carolina holds its primary. Deadline looms for Missouri's sole abortion clinic Missouri's last remaining abortion clinic faces a key court hearing Friday on the renewal of its license. If Planned Parenthood of St. Louis fails to secure renewal, Missouri would become the first state without an abortion provider . A judge last week issued a preliminary injunction to keep the clinic operating until he makes a final ruling. In May, Missouri banned abortions on or beyond the eighth week of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. The law arose from copy-and-paste style legislation that has moved through six other state legislatures as well, with none of the measures taking effect until courts weigh in. Meanwhile, the St, Louis clinic said Thursday it will no longer comply with a state law requiring physicians to perform an additional pelvic exam on patients getting surgical abortions. NHL draft: Will Jack Hughes go No. 1? Just over a week after the St. Louis Blues lifted the Stanley Cup, hockey's attention shifts to the first round of the NHL draft on Friday night. The New Jersey Devils possess the No. 1 pick and are widely expected to select 18-year-old American center Jack Hughes . Taking the American at No. 1 could start a trend, with a large number of U.S. talents anticipated to be among the top selections . The draft spans two nights and seven rounds in Vancouver, Canada, and will conclude Saturday. Eager for more NHL draft history? Here's a look at the best players picked from 1-31 in the draft. Bonus: 'Toy Story' introduces fans to a new set of friends "Toy Story 4" opens nationwide Friday after rave early reviews and looks to carry on Pixar's pantheon of hits . Directed by Josh Cooley, "Toy Story 4" (★★★ out of four; rated G) marks a major shift for earnest cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), oddball space ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the plastic-is-fantastic gang: Their old owner Andy has gone off to college and they now belong to young Bonnie, whose bedroom offers fresh challenges and a changing status quo. The latest adventure introduces Forky, voiced by "Arrested Development's" Tony Halel , as a toy who did not choose the life of a child's plaything and runs away. Read why we thought the fourth outing for Buzz, Woody and the gang soars to infinity and beyond. AP Entertainment 'Toy Story' stars say franchise a gift that keeps giving Tom Hanks and Tim Allen discuss the generational success of the 'Toy Story' franchise, as well as making a fourth movie and carrying the story forward. Also, Tony Hale talks about his new character. (June 18) Contributing: The Associated Press This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: US-Iran crisis, Summer solstice, NHL draft, 'Toy Story 4' hits theaters: 5 things to know Friday