A century ago, the First World War had just ended, and the world was a different place. Women entered the workforce in large numbers, a plane completed a non-stop flight across the Atlantic for the first time, and Prohibition began in the United States. Here's a look back at life 100 years ago. 100 years ago: Photos from the year 1919 A century ago, the First World War had just ended, and the world was a different place. Women entered the workforce in large numbers, a plane completed a non-stop flight across the Atlantic for the first time, and Prohibition began in the United States. Here's a look back at life 100 years ago. Soldiers return home from the war World War I came to an end on November 11, 1918 , but with so many troops overseas, most would not return home until 1919. General John J. Pershing leads a victory parade General John J. Pershing commanded the U.S. forces in Europe during World War I. On September 10, 1919, Pershing led the victory parade down New York City s Fifth Avenue. Crowds gathered to cheer on 25,000 American soldiers who had served on the Western Front. Peggy O'Neil participates in the Stage Women's War Relief Irish-born actress Peggy O Neil took part in the Stage Women s War Relief , a New York organization to coordinate the efforts of volunteers among women in the theater, providing hospital supplies and clothing for soldiers in Europe. African-American soldiers from the 369th Infantry Regiment The French government awarded the U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters , the Croix de Guerre, its highest award for bravery. Members of the 369th Infantry Regiment jazz band The Harlem Hellfighters were famous for their battlefield prowess, but also for introducing jazz to Europe. A manicurist tends to a worker's hands J. Heinz was an early adopter of cleanliness and sanitation in manufactured food production. Workers who directly handled food received a mandatory manicure once a week for sanitation purposes, but employees also enjoyed the perk. Women peel and slice apples With their clean, manicured hands, women peeled and sliced apples at the H. J. Heinz Company. A woman operates a band saw in New Jersey The First World War was an opportunity for many women to gain more rights and independence . With millions of men fighting overseas, women took on manufacturing and agricultural positions on the home front. Women paint the interior of a building in heels Even as women left the home and entered the workforce, taking on typically male jobs, some maintained an air of femininity by wearing heels , as was the fashion of the day. Ideal homes designed for workers at Hammersmith, London Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Daily Mail , founded the Ideal Home exhibition in 1908 at London s Olympia exhibition center, to spark debate about better housing. The newspaper held competitions for its readers to design  ideal homes,  with the results frequently displayed at the exhibition. Red Cross workers in Boston Thousands of women from France, Germany, America, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, and other countries joined the Red Cross , often as nurses or making clothes and other supplies such as masks. Poethlyn crosses the finish line at the Grand National In 1919, Poethlyn won the Grand National in England, ridden by Ernie Piggott. Women at the Navy Yard in Puget Sound, Washington In 1917, the Navy officially authorized the enlistment of women, and thousands served as Yeomanettes , working as rivet heaters and passers. After the war, they were released from active duty. However, many stayed on in civilian roles such as building ships. A Parisian couple dresses up for the horse races A Parisian couple attends the Longchamp horse races. A picnic before a non-stop transatlantic flight Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown enjoy a picnic in St. John s, Newfoundland, before embarking on the first non-stop transatlantic flight to Clifden, Ireland. The first plane to fly across the Atlantic without stopping Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown made their historic transatlantic crossing in the Vickers Vimy , a British long-range bomber designed to hit targets in Berlin from the Western Front. Signing the Treaty of Versailles After six months of negotiations, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of the First World War by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany on June 28, 1919. The table in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles The historic Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. Lambot on the final stage of the Tour de France At the 1919 Tour de France, Belgian cyclist Firmin Lambot was the overall race winner. Lambot also won in 1922. Former soldiers barricade a street during the Spartacist Uprising After the war, a weakened Germany pushed Marxist leader Karl Liebknecht , along with Rosa Luxemburg, to found the Spartacus League, named after the gladiator Spartacus, leader of the slave rebellion against the Roman government in the first century BCE. The league, which became the Communist Party of Germany, initiated large-scale demonstrations in Berlin, but soon failed due to a lack of mass support for communism and was shut down by government force. Protesters gather in the street during the Spartacist Uprising Left-wing protesters demonstrated in Berlin with support from Soviet Russia, but were soon shut down by the army and the Freikorps volunteer militias. Both Liebknecht and Luxemburg were killed. A campaign for the election in Berlin After the war, elections were held in Germany. Friedrich Ebert, a moderate socialist, led the Social Democratic Party. Ebert won the election and became the first president of the Weimar Republic. Cases of confiscated whisky during Prohibition In 1919, the United States adopted Prohibition, the  legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages.  The Noble Experiment wasn t repealed until 1933. A victory parade of American soldiers marches through Minneapolis, Minnesota In January 1919, two million U.S. troops began coming home. Towns and cities across the nation celebrated by erecting temporary victory arches as centerpieces for parades of returning soldiers. Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin pose for a photograph The two Russian political titans  Lenin, elder statesman of the Bolshevik revolution, and Stalin, the rising party leader, clashed both politically and personally. Marie Curie with her daughter and students at the Radium Institute in Paris Polish-born French physicist Marie Curie (far right) is famous for her work on radioactivity and for winning the Nobel Prize twice, once for physics and once for chemistry. The Radium Institute in Paris served as a giant laboratory for the scientist. Guglielmo Marconi demonstrates the wireless Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi is most famous for successfully inventing the wireless telegraph and for winning the Nobel Prize for Physics. Eclipse observations confirm Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity On May 29, 1919 , a total solar eclipse occurred, lasting almost seven minutes. Sir Frank Watson Dyson, a British astronomer, designed an experiment that Sir Arthur Eddington, also a British astronomer, led in 1919 that was used to confirm Einstein s Theory of General Relativity by measuring the position of the stars during the eclipse and comparing them to their normal positions in the sky. The aftermath of the Boston Molasses Disaster On January 15, 1919, in Boston, a 15-meter (50-foot) tank holding 8.7 million liters (2.3 million gallons) of molasses erupted, unleashing a giant wave that reached nearly eight meters (25 feet) high at one point. The disaster killed 21, injured 150, and flattened buildings. Women working in a munitions factory in Nottingham, England During World War I, as men left to serve in the army, women joined the workforce in great numbers. In some factories, they made up more than 90 percent of the workforce. Women pushing wheelbarrows down a boardwalk in New York With millions of men gone to serve in the First World War, many women took on traditional male jobs . Actress Myrtle Lind poses on a beach with a Graflex camera American actress Myrtle Lind began her film career at the Mack Sennett Studios and went on to become one of Sennett s famous bathing beauties . A skating couple shows off on the ice in Chicago, Illinois Chicago has a long history of ice skating on its ponds, rivers, lagoons, and rinks as a popular wintertime activity. A woman models new Parisian fashions for winter 1919 Paris represented the height of fashion in the early 1900s and many young women made a twice-annual pilgrimage to the City of Light to buy clothes. Another woman models new Parisian fashions for winter 1919 Small studios on Rue Halévy, Rue Auber, Rue de la Paix, Rue Taitbout, and Place Vendôme were cramped with seamstresses producing wardrobes for the Paris fashion pilgrims from as far away as London, New York, and St. Petersburg. A British ship sporting dazzle camouflage arrives in Halifax, Canada To outwit Germany s fearsome U-boats, Royal Navy volunteer reserve lieutenant Norman Wilkinson  a painter, graphic designer, and newspaper illustrator  came up with a radical but ingenious solution: instead of trying to hide ships, make them conspicuous.  The idea was that stripes, swirls, and irregular abstract shapes viewed through a periscope would make it tough to figure out the ship s size, speed, distance, and direction. The result came to be known as dazzle camouflage. Two models show off their dazzle camouflage inspired fashion on the beach Even before the end of WWI, dazzle camouflage began to influence fashion, appearing on British and North American bathing suits. Dancer Irene Foote Castle poses for the camera Irene Foote and her husband, Vernon Castle, formed a dancing pair, made famous by their versions of dances such as the Texas Tommy and the Grizzly Bear and their own originals: the Castle Walk, the One-Step, and the Hesitation Waltz. Irene also  introduced bobbed hair and the slim, boyish figure to the ballroom and the world of fashion.  Actress Mary Pickford on the set of the silent film "Captain Kidd, Jr." The Canadian-born actress Mary Pickford was the highest-paid actress of the silent-film era and one of the most glamorous too. A WWI U.S. nurse poses in uniform A World War I era nurse wears the uniform, with the caduceus, the winged staff and serpent, of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps . Volunteer nurses tend beds at a U.S. Red Cross hospital in California The deadliest Spanish flu pandemic in history infected roughly 500 million people worldwide in 1918 and 1919, killing an estimated 20 to 50 million people. Masked U.S. Red Cross nurses run a drill At the time, there was no vaccine against the Spanish flu, so nurses and ordinary citizens were ordered to wear masks to prevent its spread. White Army soldiers during the Russian Civil War From 1918 to 1920, the Red Army defended Lenin s newly formed Bolshevik government against the anti-communist White Army. Here the White Army is being inspected by the leader of the counter-revolutionary forces. The first-known shot of Hitler is captured on film by director Lutz Becker As a precursor to the horrors of the Holocaust, in 1919, Adolf Hitler first branded Jews as the   driving force   of the Communist revolution in Bavaria, characterizing them collectively as the  tuberculosis of the peoples  and calling to remove them completely from Germany. Babe Ruth poses while still playing for the Boston Red Sox in 1919 One year later, Babe Ruth was infamously traded to the New York Yankees despite his  prodigious hitting, pitching, and fielding skills.  The trade is considered one of the worst in sports history and came to be known as the Curse of the Bambino . Rose Kennedy poses with her eldest children Rose Kennedy s son John (right) would go on to become the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, his term cut short when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Two children compare thousands of German marks to a single American dollar Hyperinflation in Germany after WWI was so bad that, by 1920, prices were  12 times as high as they had been before the war.  Some prices, like that of butter, had gone up by 33 times. A German woman uses bank notes as kindling Between 1919 and 1924, the German mark was so worthless that it was cheaper to burn stacks of bank notes than to burn wood. At the height of hyperinflation, a day's worth of food could cost trillions of German marks . Woman with children buying balloons A peaceful scene of everyday life back in 1919. Celebrating peace with a tea party in the street To celebrate the end of the First World War, some Londoners held a tea party in the street.


Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Chicago. Chicago's 'Bean' sculpture, cancer survivor wall spray-painted by vandals; 7 in custody Seven people are in custody after Chicago police said vandals hit both the iconic "Bean" at Millennium Park and also Maggie Daley Park. Read the full story on ABC7 . Police arrest black hospital patient pushing IV stand he was connected to Police are investigating why a black man being treated for double pneumonia at a northern Illinois hospital was arrested after a hospital security officer confronted him when he walked outside pushing an IV stand he was connected to. Read the full story on 7News - WHDH Boston . As shootings by Chicago cops drop 70%, shootings at officers stay flat A WBEZ analysis of city data shows a drop in shootings by police has not led to more shootings of police. Read the full story on WBEZCuriousCity . Study says many Chicago' homeless have jobs, college education, contrary to stereotypes A new study says thousands of homeless people in Chicago have jobs or have some level of college education, upending common myths about who struggles to find housing. Read the full story on Chicago Tribune . 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.


A lot has been made of the handful of guys the Washington Redskins selected in the 2019 NFL Draft, but as several veteran fans will tell you, some of the best players in league history went undrafted. In the grand scheme of things, undrafted free agents have a major role to play in the NFL. Highlighted by names like Kurt Warner, Waren Moon, Wes Welker, and Antonio Gates, it's not hard to see why players who go undrafted are incredibly important. Kano Dillon is one free agent the Redskins should have been excited about, writes Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox . Standing at 6'5″ and 256 pounds, Dillon has the ability to pose a threat over the middle in the passing game, and proved in college that he has the skills to develop into a particularly dominant run blocker, which is sorely needed in Washington. While both Jordan Reed and Vernon Davis have the bulk of offensive snaps accounted for, there's no reason that Dillon can't bide his time and make his mark on the league once he gets the opportunity. As any Redskins' fan knows by now, neither Reed nor Davis is particularly prone to staying healthy for long amounts of time. Unfortunately, the Redskins waived Dillon , yet keep an eye on whether he is someone they explore again over the summer. MORE: Drake tried to talk trash to Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had the perfect reaction NCSA: Five common recruiting myths Patriots will prove Super Bowl LIII shutdown defense was no fluke NBA Free Agency 2019: The top players Phil Simms: Daniel Jones 'fits what Pat Shurmur wants'


COLMAR, France (Reuters) - Slovakian Peter Sagan won the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 175.5-km bumpy ride from St Die des Vosges on Wednesday. The three-time world champion beat Belgian Wout van Aert and Italian Matteo Trentin in a sprint finish. France's Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. The overall contenders had a quiet day in the peloton ahead of Thursday's sixth stage, a 160.5-km ride from Mulhouse ending at the top of La Planche des Belles Filles. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)


It used to be much simpler. Voting for the Major League Baseball All-Star game in the lo-fi era only took one sentence to explain: Go to a game, get a ballot, pick your players and then return the ballot. Ah, the paper ballots. They've gone of the way of the VHS tape, the compact disc and 8-bit video games. Things these days are more "convenient"   the league would tell you   and more technologically advanced. But explaining MLB All-Star voting in one sentence these days would take a pretty long sentence. Especially in 2019. The league rolled out its brand new All-Star voting system Tuesday . It's a two-tiered approach that was announced before the season, but it's now active and collecting votes. It might be more convenient. It might be more technologically advanced. But the jury is out on whether it is actually easier to understand. You know what makes things easier to understand? Bullet points. So here are some bullet points on how the new system works: • Starting Tuesday, fans can cast their votes online for the All-Stars at each position except pitchers. This can be done via MLB.com/vote or be using a new Google-assisted platform that's built into the search engine. MLB is calling this portion "The Primary." • You can type "MLB vote" into Google and a new-look ballot pops up. You can make your selections right there. If you Google a player's name , there's also an option to vote for them for the All-Star game. Fans can submit five ballots every 24 hours. • The first round of voting runs until 4 p.m. ET on Friday, June 21. After that, a second round of voting called "The Starters Election" begins at 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 26. It features the top three players at each position in each league. Voting from The Primary doesn't carry over into the second round. • There's a 28-hour window for fans to vote on the finalists, wrapping up at 4 p.m. the following day with results announced at 7 p.m. ET. • As is customary, the rest of the All-Star rosters will be voted on by players, chosen by MLB and the All-Star managers. That final announcement will happen Sunday, June 30. See, that's definitely not one sentence. The new process is a lot like politics   a wider field narrowed into a smaller group and then ultimately a winner. There are a lot of layers when you compare it to the old way of voting, but it's also a product of a modern world in which people are used to voting on everything. In a Google-driven world where we pick music stars on "American Idol" and "The Voice" and algorithms know what we like before we do, it makes sense that this is what All-Star voting has become. Just hope you can remember it all.     Mike Oz is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at mikeozstew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @mikeoz More from Yahoo Sports: Raiders sign controversial OL Richie Incognito to 1-year deal Bruins beat Blues in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final Manny Machado mercilessly booed in return to the Bronx Brown: Baseball is going to miss underappreciated Bill Buckner


The Patriots announced the signing of rookie free agent Xavier Ubosi on Monday. The receiver went undrafted. Ubosi, 25 began his college career at Pierce College before transferring to the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He played in 20 games during his two years at Alabama-Birmingham, finishing with 48 receptions for 1,065 yards and nine touchdowns. In 2018, Ubosi caught 35 passes for 837 yards and eight touchdowns.


It was the third episode of the Portland/Golden State movie franchise. We had seen this same plot in the last two games  Portland races out to an early lead thanks to unexpected hero, Golden State comes back and executes better down the stretch and wins   this one was more dramatic. It was almost the Meyers Leonard game   he had a career-best 25 points before the half and finished with 30 points on 12-of-16 shooting. Give him the ball & watch him WORK. @MeyersLeonard11 first half highlights 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/s8neklh6XO   Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) May 21, 2019 And the Warriors delayed their comeback to the fourth quarter this time, but comeback they did. Stephen Curry   who had a triple-double on the night and had 37 points to lead all scorers   was almost remembered for traveling with an exaggerated Harden step back rather than take a potential game-winning two (and his brother Seth Curry called it). Seth reacts to Steph's travel pic.twitter.com/SQjLbchVXI   The Render (@TheRenderNBA) May 21, 2019 In the end, none of that mattered. It was Draymond Green   who also had a triple-double with 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists   that hit a dagger three in OT off a Curry assist, and that proved to be too much for the Trail Blazers to overcome in OT. Golden State win 119-117 in a game of little defense, and with that takes the series 4-0. The Warriors will now have nine days off to get Andre Iguodala , Kevin Durant , and DeMarcus Cousins healthy   all three sat out this game   before taking on either the Bucks or Toronto in the Finals (which will start in the East city). Portland is done for the season, but they should look back on the growth this team has shown. They found a third star in Jusuf Nurkic , and then without him still made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals. This season was a step forward for Portland something to build on. Portland just did not have the matchups or answers for Golden State. Steve Kerr, without three guys who started Game 1 of the playoffs against the Clippers, threw out the kind of rotations usually seen on the second night of a back-to-back in January, but the Warriors depth came through. Kevon Looney had a strong game with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Shaun Livingston had eight points, Jordan Bell started and had 7. More than depth, what separated the teams in this series was Golden State could crank up the defense when it needed it. The Warriors played with more defensive intensity in the fourth, holding the Trail Blazers to 6-of-23 shooting. In overtime, Portland shot 3-of-10. The Warriors shot just 3-of-12 in the fourth, but the Warriors had five offensive rebounds and Green's three, and that was enough. They won a tough game without their stars. It's a movie we have seen before.


There's a brand-new food stand in town. Called Tolu: Modern Fijian Cuisine , the new arrival is located at 139 Ninth Ave. North in the Cascade. Tolu: Modern Fijian Cuisine offers poori tacos, Fijian-style ceviche and bhajia   seasonal veggies dipped in chickpea batter and fried. The food stand sets up shop at various farmers markets throughout the city, including South Lake Union Farmers Market and the Seattle Street Food Festival. According to the business' website , tolu means "three" in the Fijian language, representing its three founding brothers and its three cuisine influences: Indo-Fijian, Native Fijian and Pacific Northwestern. With a 4.5-star rating out of three reviews on Yelp so far, the new food stand is on its way to developing a local fan base. Yelper Chad S. wrote , "Everyone at the booth was friendly and the tacos were our favorite food of the night. The flavors reminded us a lot of Indian food. The chicken had lots of curry flavor and was topped with tamarind sauce and a pico de gallo, all stuffed in some great thin fry bread. We'll definitely return at future markets." And Alice W. noted , "Really delicious. It shares a lot of similar flavors as a samosa. Everything is cooked really well and is super fresh (the fry bread is even freshly fried on the spot)." Interested? Stop by to welcome the new business to the neighborhood. Tolu: Modern Fijian Cuisine is open from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.. on Saturdays at the South Lake Union Farmers Market. Want to keep your finger on the pulse of new businesses in Seattle? Here's what else opened recently near you . 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.


Manchester United have confirmed that Anthony Martial will wear the number nine shirt next season, replacing Romelu Lukaku after the Belgian's deadline day switch to Inter. The Frenchman wore 11 last season, when he appeared to fall out of favour under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer towards the end of the campaign, prompting rumours that his future could be away from Old Trafford. #AM9 👀 @AnthonyMartial #MUFC pic.twitter.com/df3xEuyMXS   Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 9, 2019 However, as a sign of their commitment to Martial , United took to their official website to confirm he will wear the number nine shirt next season, returning to the number he initially wore when he first joined the club. New signing Harry Maguire will wear the number five, whilst fellow new arrivals Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James have been handed 29 and 21 respectively. Youngsters Angel Gomes and Mason Greenwood have both been allocated numbers in the senior squad, with the pair set to wear the shirts which they donned during pre-season. Gomes will continue with 28, whilst Greenwood will wear 26. There are also numbers for Tim Fosu-Mensah (24), James Garner (37), Axel Tuanzebe (38) and Tahith Chong (44), all of whom will be hoping to feature heavily for the Red Devils over the coming season. Martial's number 11 remains vacant, with the Frenchman clearly eager to return to nine after spending three seasons away from the shirt. He managed 12 goals and three assists in 38 appearances last season, operating primarily as a left winger. He struggled to hold down a permanent place in the starting lineup, although Lukaku 's move to Inter appears to have created more opportunities for Martial.


Utah wildlife officials are searching for a bear that bit a sleeping 13-year-old on the face at a campground in the Moab area. The incident happened Friday along the Colorado River in the Dewey Bridge campground, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said in a Facebook post. "The young man was injured on his right cheek and his right ear and was transported to a hospital for treatment. We are currently working with USDA-Wildlife Services and using dogs and traps in an effort to capture the bear," it said. He told officials the bear was about his size, which would make it a smaller bear, CNN affiliate KUTV . Officials found the bear's tracks in the sand along the river. Because it attacked a human, it will be euthanized when it is located, officials said. The campground has been closed, and warning signs will be posted in the area. While bears often attack out of surprise or defensiveness, they can also target humans out of predation, according to the National Parks Service . Unlike surprised or defensive bears, stalking bears are ready to attack at anytime , so the best option is to seek shelter or be prepared to fight with everything you have, NPS said.


Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg responded to remarks from President Trump regarding offers of foreign intelligence, saying that in that case, the president should "call the FBI." The South Bend, Ind. mayor told CBS's "Face the Nation " that it is not acceptable to receive information from a foreign government about a political opponent. "Just call the FBI. It's not hard. It's not complicated," he said. "If you think there's a foreign effort to tamper with an American election and you're an American who cares about America, you call the FBI." Buttigieg also said that this issue "isn't hypothetical," referring to Russian interference attempts in in past elections. "We were attacked by a hostile foreign power that decided that they could damage America, destabilize America, by intervening in the election to help him win. And they did and he did, and now America's destabilized," he said, apparently talking about Trump. "So this is not some academic exercise. This is something that has happened and will probably happen again." The presidential hopeful also questioned how a president who cares about the U.S. could allow a "potentially hostile foreign power" to interfere in its elections. "You have to draw a very clear line," he said. "If you care about this country, if you believe in putting this country first, how could you ever talk about allowing a foreign- potentially hostile foreign power to interfere in the most sacred thing that we have in our civic tradition in America, which is our elections?" When asked about @realDonaldTrump 's comments that if a foreign government offered him information on his opponent he'd listen. @PeteButtigieg says that isn't acceptable, "Just call the FBI. It's not hard. It's not complicated." Story here: https://t.co/A8YJYuPkhB pic.twitter.com/yeNDaEphYs - Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 15, 2019 Buttigieg's remarks come after President Trump said Wednesday that he would consider accepting information political opponents from foreign entities. "I think you might want to listen. There's nothing wrong with listening," Trump told ABC News. "It's not an interference. They have information. I think I'd take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI." In the interview, ABC News host George Stephanopoulos noted that Trump's FBI director, Christopher Wray, has said campaigns should report such contact from foreign entities to the bureau. "The FBI director is wrong," Trump responded. The president's remarks received criticism from several lawmakers .


AUBURN, Ala.   A man who opened fire on police responding to a domestic disturbance report, killing one officer and wounding two others, was arrested Monday and charged with capital murder, authorities said. Grady Wayne Wilkes, 29, was being held without bond in the shooting death of Officer William Buechner, who had been with the Auburn Police Division for more than 13 years. Wilkes also was charged with attempted murder in the wounding of officers Webb Sistrunk and Evan Elliott, said Police Chief Paul Register. Both are expected to recover. District Attorney Brandon Hughes said authorities would seek capital punishment: "If you shoot a police officer, we're going to seek the death penalty, absolutely." The chief described Wilkes as a former member of the military who was working in the area and hadn't had previous contact with police. The "Blue Alert" sent out after the officers were shot described him as wearing camouflage body armor and a helmet. But with helicopters hovering overhead, he didn't get far. An intense, overnight manhunt led to Wilkes' arrest about nine hours after the shootings, less than a mile from the Arrow Head Trailer Park, where the officers were hit. Information from a citizen helped police and U.S. marshals take him down. The chief called the arrest "relatively uneventful" and said no one was injured bringing Wilkes into custody. A booking photo released by police showed Wilkes with red marks and apparent bruises on his face. Auburn Police spokesman Lorenza Dorsey said the injuries occurred before police found him. The person who called police wasn't hurt, the chief said, but Wilkes also was charged with domestic violence. Court records weren't available immediately to show whether Wilkes had a lawyer. Register wouldn't comment on details of the investigation. The Lee County coroner Bill Harris said the officer who was killed died in an emergency room. "This is probably the worst day of my time here," Register said. "Words cannot express the loss for this family, our family and this community." Buechner had a wife and two children. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey decried the violence. "This is so tragic and so useless. I'm just heartbroken," she said Monday during an appearance in Montgomery. A woman from Coffee County, south of Auburn, had asked a judge in November for a court order protecting her from abuse by Wilkes, records show. She wrote in a court document that Wilkes, who had an Enterprise address at the time, sexually assaulted her while she was incapacitated and she feared he would harm her after learning she was pressing charges. She is married to another man. The judge refused a protection order following a hearing in January, ruling that the woman didn't have a "qualifying relationship" with Wilkes, whom she said she did not know before the alleged assault. There is no record of sexual assault charges against Wilkes, who records show doesn't have a criminal record in Alabama. City officials said Buechner was believed to be the first Auburn police officer killed in the line of duty. "It might be Auburn's most difficult day," said Mayor Ron Anders Jr.


Like his former Tottenham Hotspur teammate Gareth Bale , Harry Kane is a bit of a golf freak. The England number nine, who calls Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead home, made our 2018 list of Best Athlete Golfers , clocking in as a 4 handicapper on the back of his first-ever sub-par round (immediately prompting shrieks of "sandbagger!" from our very own Alex Myers .) https://twitter.com/HKane/status/1061967361585176586 While frankly a more meaningful milestone, Kane very nearly claimed the one for which all golfers truly pine the ever-skittish hole-in-one on Monday only to be denied in the most brutal fashion imaginable. Spurs fans, you might want to look away. https://twitter.com/HKane/status/1143172016507428865 RELATED: Tottenham ball boy baits opponent into yellow card, winks to fans, becomes instant legend So go ahead, Gooners, trot those dusty bottle-job jokes out of whatever Europa League broom closet you're storing them in. We're more interested in the fact that Kane married his longtime girlfriend on Friday and was out there hunting flagsticks just over 48 hours later. That, ladies and gentleman, is 115% pure, uncut commitment. https://twitter.com/HKane/status/1142117549791993857


HONG KONG - Ethan Chu was volunteering at an aid station near government headquarters here last week for what started out as a peaceful demonstration. Then, without warning, the 18-year-old high school student heard the pop and hiss of tear gas canisters and the shrieks of fellow protesters being pelted by rubber bullets. "I was in complete shock," said Chu. "People with injuries started coming to us for help. Then the police started throwing tear gas at us. It was hard to evacuate anyone. We couldn't breathe." The June 12 crackdown by police in full riot gear only hardened the resolve of the demonstrators - who were protesting an unpopular extradition bill that they viewed as a threat to the territory's democratic freedoms - and helped swing public opinion further in their favor. The conduct of police that day was a serious blow to the reputation of a 30,000-member force that had long been dubbed "Asia's finest" for its restraint and professionalism. "The Hong Kong police in my days had a very well-deserved reputation of being politically neutral and exercising their powers with restraint," said Anson Chan, the 79-year-old former chief secretary of Hong Kong, the government's second-highest position. "I'm afraid over the years that image has been tarnished and continues to be tarnished. "The scenes that we saw on the 12th of June just adds to people's perception that you are no longer exercising restraint," she said. Now the force's reputation is sullied by accusations of excessive force, harassment and political influence by Chinese authorities. Video shared on social media shows half a dozen riot police kicking and beating a protester trying to recover a case of bottled water, baton-wielding officers pummeling another protester in front of journalists and another officer pumping pepper spray at point-blank range into the face of a demonstrator. The pedestrian walkways near the protest site remain plastered with signs and pictures denouncing the police, who fired 150 rounds of tear gas, or about twice the amount used in the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement demonstrations. Photographs of one man with a deep gash under his left eye and another with a bloodied face lying unconscious on the ground were typical of the images that circulated following the violence. Eighty people were reported injured in the melee, including 22 officers. Despite being ranked one of the safest cities in the world, Hong Kong is experiencing some of the same frictions between police and the people they serve that plagues many communities in the United States. The Hong Kong Journalists Association filed more than two dozen complaints against the police alleging violence and harassment, and Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's embattled chief executive, is facing increasing demands for an investigation into police abuse. She said that is unnecessary, but as criticism grows, experts say the risk increases of police developing a siege mentality that becomes difficult to reverse. That could drive a wedge between police and the public, who increasingly view the department as a tool for implementing pro-Beijing policies. "The media isn't reporting about the protesters throwing bricks at us or trying to hit us with steel bars," said a 28-year-old officer on patrol Wednesday who declined to share his name because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. "It's unfair. We're also human and we have to follow orders." A police spokesperson did not respond to a request from comment. A poll conducted by Hong Kong University a week before the clash showed satisfaction with the force at its lowest point in three years. The only support police can comfortably rely on is from politicians belonging to the pro-Beijing camp and the deeply unpopular chief executive. Disapproval of the department usually stems from its handling of political demonstrations - including the Umbrella Movement protests and the so-called "Fishball Revolution" of 2016, in which pro-independence groups fought a police crackdown on street food vendors in Hong Kong's gritty Mong Kok district. At one point during that clash, an officer took the rare step of firing warning shots in the air to keep angry mobs at bay. As China asserts greater control, Hong Kong police are increasingly accused of adopting the heavy-handed tactics of their authoritarian counterparts across the border in the mainland - and fears persist that the department's apolitical stance will swing more favorably toward Beijing. Last year, Hong Kong's counter-terrorism task force was invited to tour Xinjiang, the far western Chinese region where more than a million Muslim ethnic Uighurs are estimated to be held in reeducation camps. Hong Kong's former police commissioner, Andy Tsang, was recently nominated by China to head the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - a move seen by some as a reward for his loyalty to Beijing. "The mainlandization of Hong Kong police is inevitable," said Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "They will have no choice but to cooperate with mainland security people. You saw how they adopted their brutal style taking down students on June 12." The main union representing the police said in a letter to its members that the real victims since that day are rank-and-file cops. "Police officers have been under tremendous pressure since the riots on June 12," wrote Lam Chi-wai, chairman of the Junior Police Officers' Association. "Colleagues were mocked on the street, other departments were not willing to cooperate, restaurants refused to serve police officers, and colleagues and their families were bullied online. "The pressure has made us stronger and the impact has made us more united," he continued. Albert Lee Yiu-ting, a spokesman for the union, told the South China Morning Post that Hong Kong police were exceptionally tolerant compared with their former British colonial masters, who used wooden bullets to quell rioters. "If all these clashes happened in the United States, officers there would have shot to kill," he said. In the week since the violence, the department has shifted to a less confrontational approach. Police were barely visible during Sunday's massive anti-extradition bill march involving an estimated 2 million people. The softer policing may be tested as soon as Friday as activists have pledged to escalate their actions around the government headquarters if Chief Executive Lam does not retract the bill. The ordinance, which was suspended Saturday, would have allowed Hong Kong to send people to stand trial in China. For the department to win back trust, it needs to adopt techniques that made it one of the best police forces in the world in the 1980s, said Steve Tsang, a political scientist at SOAS University of London. Back then, he said, deescalation was the ethos. A potential riot was approached using officers in soft hats offering water and a chance to talk. Helmets, shields and tear gas were stored out of sight in trucks. By contrast, police almost immediately approached demonstrators on June 12 clad in armor and carrying weapons. "If you create this environment where you expect violence to happen, then violence will happen," said Tsang of SOAS University. "Who (threw) the first punch is immaterial." Hong Kong police under the British faced severe riots in the 1950s and 1960s as political instability in China spilled over. In the following decades, the colonial government realized it was in its best interest to be less confrontational, Tsang said. "Their legitimacy depended on people in Hong Kong wanting them to stay," he said. "You now have an administration that no longer has that sense of trepidation because they are not an external colonial government, but masters of their own house." ___ Los Angeles Times special correspondent Tang Wai Yin contributed to this report. Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com


TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against legislative steps that could grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and limit the power of the country's Supreme Court. The demonstration in Tel Aviv was attended by nearly all opposition parties, a rare show of unity for Israel's splintered political system. Police did not say how many people attended. A Reuters photographer estimated about 20,000 were present, while organizers put the figure at 80,000. In office for the past decade, Netanyahu won a fifth term in April despite an announcement by Israel's attorney general in February that he intended to charge him with fraud and bribery. The prime minister is a suspect in three graft cases. Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing, calling the allegations a political witch-hunt. The right-wing leader has said that with a renewed public mandate to govern he has no plans to resign, even if charged. Although the prime minister is under no legal obligation to step down if charged, Netanyahu loyalists in his Likud party have pledged to seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution for him while he is in office. Expecting legal challenges, they also have been advocating legislation that would annul any Supreme Court ruling rescinding immunity. Since the election, Netanyahu has not said whether he would seek immunity. On May 13, Netanyahu said on Twitter that his policy had always been to preserve a strong and independent Supreme Court, but that changes were needed in order to restore balance between Israel's executive, legislative and judiciary branches. The opposition has described any attempt to shield Netanyahu or put limitations on Israel's highest court as threats to Israeli democracy. Yair Lapid, one of the leaders of the main opposition party, the centrist Blue and White, said on Saturday at the demonstration that Netanyahu was trying to crush the Supreme Court in order to keep out of prison. "He's destroying the country," Lapid said. "We won't let him." Netanyahu is trying to form a new coalition with right-wing, ultranationalist and religious parties that would give him control of 65 of the 120 seats in parliament, which has already been sworn in. Most of the parties expected to join his coalition have expressed support for granting immunity to Netanyahu and limiting the powers of the Supreme Court, branded by some rightists as too liberal and interventionist. However, Netanyahu has only until Wednesday to produce a government and he has not yet secured a deal with any party. Negotiations came to an impasse this week when the factions failed to agree on a new conscription law for Israel's military. According to Israeli law, if Netanyahu fails to form a government by May 29 the president can ask another member of the Knesset legislature to try. No political party has ever won an outright majority in Israel's Knesset, making coalition governments the norm. Coalition talks have often been protracted with deals signed at the very last minute. Netanyahu is due to attend a pre-trial hearing over the graft charges with the attorney general, set for October. (Additional reporting by Rahaf Ruby and Ammar Awad; Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)


West Virginia's football team had a pretty solid 2018 campaign between the lines but that might pale in comparison for some given the dollars and cents that the Mountaineers generated for the surrounding Monongalia County. In a study commissioned by the school to look into the economic impact of WVU athletics, football was far and away the biggest generator and accounted for some $223.4 million of "direct and indirect spending by visitors and WVU football operations" during the 2017-18 school year. To put the number in perspective, as further detailed by the Charleston Gazette Mail , men's basketball was responsible for just $35.5 million over the same time period. "Once you see that number,'' AD Shane Lyons told the paper, "and what impact athletics has on this state and this county, it's a sign to what the Mountaineers mean to this state and to (Monongalia) County." It's worth noting that USA Today reported just over $89 million in expenses for the West Virginia athletic department as a whole during the prior year to give some additional context to that direct spending figure. While the nine figures generated is no doubt impressive overall and very understandable given how much the football team means to daily life in the state, it would be fascinating to see other peers and what kind of figures they generate for the local economy. Alabama and Clemson, to take two examples from last season's title game, have to see even more massive numbers given the size of those fan bases and the recent success at the top of the sporting pyramid that both have enjoyed. It's often said that athletics is the front porch of a university and studies such as this one undertaken by WVU go to show just how big of an impact that such sports have on the bottom line not just at a specific school, but the entire surrounding area in general.


There are several reasons to think Cardinals pass rusher Chandler Jones will have a monstrous season resembling 2017, when he led the NFL with 17 sacks. A change in defensive scheme. A new locker-room neighbor. A personal affront. Youth. And stale Debbie Snack Cakes in a kitchen cabinet. After bulking up to 280 pounds last year to play defensive end in Steve Wilks' 4-3 scheme, Jones has shed 15 pounds as he moves back to outside linebacker in the 3-4 implemented by new defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. Are you a sports fan? Stay in the know. Subscribe to azcentral.com today . By the start of the regular season, Jones plans to weigh around 255. "It's all about being disciplined," Jones said last week during the Cardinals final minicamp of the off-season. That requires laying off the snack cakes, a favorite of Jones'. Back when he was 280 pounds, it wasn't uncommon for him to get up in the middle of the night to eat some Debbie Cakes and wash them down with a big glass of milk. "So I stopped doing that," he said, smiling, "started eating cleaner." At 29, Jones is at an age where he can lose weight as fast as he gained it. Dropping 25 pounds from last year wasn't a necessity, because even at 280 pounds, Jones was productive. He finished with 13 sacks, the second highest total in his seven NFL seasons. But at 255 pounds, Jones should be even more of a force. His 2017 season provides evidence of that. He played at about that weight and led the NFL in sacks (17), tackles for loss (28) and quarterback hits (33). While he had 13 sacks a year ago, Jones had 15 fewer tackles for loss and 15 fewer quarterback hits. Jones insists he doesn't judge himself by numbers alone. His criteria is simpler: Am I consistent? Can coaches count on me? Impressing coach Kliff Kingsbury and his staff motivates Jones. "This is a new coach," Jones said. "Just like last year, I had a new coach (Wilks). And my first year here with Bruce Arians, it was a new coach. I feel like at any time, I can be traded. It might sound bizarre to say, but I'm someone who has been in that situation." Jones remembers how it stung when the Patriots traded him to the Cardinals in the spring of 2016. The move worked out for him personally, given that he produced on the field and received a long-term contract last year that included $31 million guaranteed. But the fact a team viewed him as dispensable keeps Jones' pilot light burning. "That little sense of rejection is a crappy feeling, honestly," he said. "That's what drives me and motivates me. I never want to be traded again." Jones needed no rejuvenation this season, but the signing of pass rusher Terrell Suggs in free agency has invigorated him. Suggs amassed 132 ½ sacks in 16 seasons with the Ravens, including 26 in the last three years. Suggs has been in NFL more than twice as long as Jones, so Jones figures there is a lot he can learn from the 36 year old in the locker next to him. "Just when you thought you had football figured out, or you knew all the possible looks or possible moves you could do, you meet someone and they can help you in your game," Jones said. That Jones remains curious and open to change doesn't surprise Cardinals guard Justin Pugh, who played with Jones at Syracuse. "I joke around and say he was a 185-pound defensive end when he got to Syracuse," Pugh said. "I've seen Chandler transform into the best defensive end in the league. There aren't many guys who can do what he does. "He's got these arms, he can reach across, and you can't prepare for that during the week. Guys just don't have that combination of size, speed and strength and football knowledge that Chandler has." And when the regular season starts, Jones won't have the figure of a defensive end any longer. He'll look like an outside linebacker again, and the Debbie Cakes will remain untouched. "They're probably a little stale now," he said. "I've got to throw those away." Reach Kent Somers at Kent.Somers@gannett.com. Follow him on twitter @kentsomers . Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Trimmed down, Chandler Jones primed to post big numbers for Cardinals Related slideshow: Ranking top 20 NFL draft classes (provided by imagn)


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ATLANTA   A Prohibition-era themed bar and restaurant has opened in Midtown after a redesign in the space formerly known as Community Smith. Rowdy Tiger Whiskey Bar & Kitchen Atlanta says it offers a new, Southern-inspired menu. The drink menu features more than 50 moonshines, craft cocktails and local beers for variety. The new menu was crafted by Executive Chef Christina "Chris" Wai. Most recently, Wai was executive chef at Midtown's Korean-Mexican fusion restaurant, Takorea. Rowdy Tiger Whiskey Bar & Kitchen will be open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch serving 150 patrons in the dining room and an additional street level and accessible patio that seats 20, as well as two semi-private rooms. Above Rowdy Tiger Whiskey Bar & Kitchen is Rowdy Tiger Rooftop that accommodates 200 people. The 'shareable plates' menu from the restaurant will pair with the extensive menu of beverages, with oversized games and wall-to-wall murals. Rowdy Tiger collaborated with Dallas-based design firm Studio 11 to redesign the restaurant and rooftop. The inspiration behind Rowdy Tiger's design was to bring the prohibition era to life with touches of the past. Specifically, tying in the name's history which stemmed from the citizens who were a part of the "Free & Rowdy Party" and would go to speakeasies called "Blind Tigers" to consume forbidden liquor. Rowdy Tiger Whiskey Bar & Kitchen will be open from 6:30 a.m.-midnight Sunday to Monday (the kitchen closes at 11 p.m.). Rowdy Tiger Rooftop will be open from 4 p.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 4 p.m.-midnight on Saturday and Friday (weather-permitting). In room dining at the Renaissance Midtown Atlanta Hotel will be available from 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Saturday. Rowdy Tiger Whiskey Bar & and Kitchen is located at 866 Peachtree Street NW and next door to Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel.


Entrepreneur Andrew Yang is running for president in 2020, and his unique policy platform has garnered a surge of attention in recent months. Yang is sounding the alarm about the impacts of automation on the American economy and is best-known for his Freedom Dividend plan, which would give a $1,000 per month to every American over 18. Here's everything you need to know about Yang's campaign and his nearly 90-point policy platform. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Who is Andrew Yang? Current job: Entrepreneur and 2020 presidential candidate. Age: 44 Family: Yang and his wife Evelyn have two young sons. Hometown: Schenectady, New York. Political party: Democratic. Previous jobs: Corporate lawyer, healthcare startup entrepreneur, CEO of Manhattan Test Prep, Founder and CEO of Venture for America. Who is Andrew Yang's direct competition for the nomination? Based on a recurring series of national surveys we conduct, we can figure out who the other candidates competing in Andrew Yang 's lane are, and who the broader opponents are within the party. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren do better among Yang voters than they do among Democrats in general. While Former Vice President Joe Biden is popular among Yang supporters, the businessman's backers like Biden about 10 percentage points less than your typical Democrat. INSIDER has been conducting a recurring poll through SurveyMonkey Audience on a national sample to find out how different candidate's constituencies overlap. We ask people whether they are familiar with a candidate, whether they would be satisfied or unsatisfied with that candidate as nominee, and sometimes we also ask whether they think that person would win or lose in a general election against President Donald Trump. Read more about how we're polling this here. What are Andrew Yang's policy positions? On healthcare: Yang supports Medicare For All and a single-payer healthcare system where healthcare would be funded by the government as opposed to private insurance agencies. He also wants to expand access to mental health services, advocating for an increase in providers serving rural areas, requiring insurance companies to cover postpartum depression screenings for new mothers, and incentivizing providers to use AI for more efficient healthcare. On immigration: Yang supports an "eighteen-year" path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants without criminal records who have lived in the United States for long periods of time. He also pledges to sign the DREAM Act into law, affording protection for undocumented people brought to the United States as children, and would expand the H1-B and F-1 visa programs to attract skilled immigrants. Yang also wants to invest in new technology to help secure the US' southern border , expand funding for Customs and Border Patrol, and reduce the backlog in US asylum and immigration courts. On climate change: Yang supports US government investment in cutting-edge technologies that could slow down the pace of climate change, like carbon capture and geoengineering. He would end federal government subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuel companies, and tax carbon emissions. Yang would also direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collaborate with private companies and local governments on innovative solutions to climate change. On campaign finance/election reform: Yang supports a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Citizens United v. FEC decision, as well as banning Super PACs and expanding public funding for elections. He also is favor of limiting Supreme Court Justices to 18-year terms As president, he says he would modernize and secure the US' existing election infrastructure by updating voting technology Yang also supports automatic voter registration , making election day a national holiday, extending statehood to Washington, DC and Puerto Rico, lowering the voting age to 16 , and reducing partisan gerrymandering. On abortion: Yang supports the right to choose abortion and affordable contraception access . He says he would nominate federal judges who also support legal protection of abortion. On LGBTQ rights: Yang supports extending protected status under federal law to LGBTQ individuals to safeguard them against discrimination based on sexual orientation. He also would increase government funding for programs that aid LGBTQ Americans who have faced discrimination. On education: Yang supports universal early childhood education, and the introduction of life-skills education in high schools for students who want to pursue trades. He also wants to make two-year community college education free or extremely low-cost, and implement a number of measures to implore four-year colleges to reduce their tuition costs. Yang also would like to promote and expand the amount of technical and vocational education available in high schools and colleges. In the wake of the college admissions scandal, Yang put a new policy plan to expand the class sizes at highly elite universities. Like fellow presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Yang supports increasing public school teacher pay. On guns: On Yang's campaign website, he presents a detailed plan to create a new, multi-tiered licensing system for firearms similar to the different levels of automobile licenses. These would require universal background checks. He would also introduce a federal weapons buyback program for those who want to surrender their weapons. Yang wants to create uniform federal safety standards and incentivize gun manufacturers to innovate new gun safety technology. On criminal justice reform: Yang supports a number of measures to reduce incarceration rates in the US , including legalizing marijuana, funding programs to re-integrate former prisoners in society and reduce recidivism, phasing out cash bail , and reducing federal contracts with private prisons. He also wants to combat the opioid crisis by decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of opioids and funding addiction treatment programs by fining the pharmaceutical companies he sees as responsible for the crisis. Yang is also interested in federal funding to give American police officers body cameras, expanding community policing initiatives, and investing in "non-lethal weaponry that can be used to de-escalate conflicts." On trade: In an interview with the Basic Income Earth Network, Yang criticized the Trump administration for waging a trade war with China , saying it was "not productive" and causing headaches for businesses. On foreign policy: Yang would embody a non-interventionist style of foreign policy , saying on his campaign website that he would repeal the Authorization for the use of Military Force, fully returning the power to declare war to Congress. He also says he would focus on strengthening America's relationships with its NATO allies and beef up the State Department's diplomacy efforts and outreach. On taxes: Yang supports the United States introducing a 10% value-added tax on big corporations, enacting a 0.1% tax on financial transactions , and ending the carried-interest investment loophole on capital gains. He also supports automatic income tax filing, modernizing the IRS to make it more efficient at processing taxes, and making tax day a federal holiday. On jobs and the economy: The policy Yang is best known for is his Freedom Dividend , a universal basic income program that would give $1,000 per month to every American adult and would be funded in part by taxes on companies that benefit the most from automation. Yang supports expanding vocational and technical training for students, and a program where the IRS would reimburse relocation expenses for people who have to move to find jobs. He would also create an American Journalism Fellows program that would give reporters grants to work at a local news outlet and report on local stories for four years. On technology: As president, Yang would create a new cabinet-level position of Secretary of Technology and a Department of Technology, which would regulate artificial intelligence and other new technologies. He also wants to incentivize healthcare and medical device companies to develop new, innovative medical technologies. Yang supports bolstering federal regulation and standards for cryptocurrency trading and digital assets and enacting new encryption standards. Some of Yang's other unique policy proposals include paying NCAA college athletes , providing free marriage counseling for all, and creating an exchange program for high school students to spend time in different parts of the country and meet people they otherwise wouldn't. What are Andrew Yang's biggest successes? In the mid-200s, Yang was the CEO of elite test prep company Manhattan GMAT, which he and his partners sold to Kaplan in 2009. Yang went on to create Venture For America , a program that sends college graduates to work at startups in cities hit especially hard by the financial crisis. According to Yang, VFA's 500 fellows and alums have created more than 2,500 jobs in cities all around the country. Yang received a Champion of Change Award from the Obama White House in 2012, and was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship in 2015. He's also made the Fast Company list of the "100 most creative people in business." How much money has Andrew Yang raised? Yang disclosed raising $659,578 between October of 2017 and December of 2018. But Yang's fundraising took off after he appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Breakfast Club, a popular podcast and radio show, respectively. Yang reported raising $1.7 million from 80,000 donors who donated an average of just $17.92 in March and February alone, bringing his quarterly haul to $1.8 million. In 2019's second quarter between April 1 and June 30, the Yang campaign reported raising $2.8 million and has $848,000 cash on hand. Yang has also secured the required 130,000 unique donors to qualify for the next round of primary debates in September. How is Andrew Yang viewed by voters compared to the competition? INSIDER has conducted a number of other polls to check in on how these candidates are perceived in comparison to one another. When we asked respondents to one poll to rank how far to the left or to the right they considered the candidates , Yang was generally considered to be one of the more centrist candidates in the field. Owing to his outsider perspective, Yang was identified one of the least experienced candidates in the field by far when we asked respondents to rank the candidates based on how prepared they are for the rigors of the presidency given what they knew about their history of public service and experience with government. And when asked how likable or personable respondents perceived the candidates to be , Yang was in the middle of the pack. Could Andrew Yang beat Trump? Yang is a more recent addition to our surveys and at this time has an insufficient sample size to draw conclusions with. 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Craving hot dogs? You're in luck: a new business has opened its doors in the neighborhood. Called The Hotdogologist , the new addition is located at 114 N. Ellison Drive, Unit #106. This hot dog stand specializes in New York-style dogs. Look for the Texas Classic among this spot's signature hot dogs. It features chili, onions, cheese and relish. Take a look at the menu , which includes a $7 lunch combo with two dogs, chips and a soda. The Hotdogologist has already attracted fans thus far, with a five-star rating out of three reviews on Yelp. Richard P., who was among the first Yelpers to review the new spot on April 30, wrote, "A taste of New York! I love a great hot dog and this spot doesn't disappoint. It serves Sabrett links, which have the snap you want in an authentic New York dog." Yelper Guerrero L. added , "I love this spot! I'm the only one in my home who likes hot dogs, so this is my go-to when I'm craving them. There are plenty of options to top your dogs here and the staff is great, too." Interested? Stop by to welcome the new business to the neighborhood. The Hotdogologist is open from 11:30 a.m. 5 p.m. on Monday-Thursday and 11:30 a.m. 7 p.m. on Friday. (It's closed on weekends.) 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.


The Jets appear completely OK with their star running back skipping the team's voluntary offseason workouts. After Bell posted a "public service announcement" explaining his decision not to practice with the team yet, head coach Adam Gase, safety Jamal Adams and left tackle Kelvin Beachum defended the running back. Gase reiterated that these workouts are voluntary and that Bell attended offseason programs earlier, while Adams and Beachum offered their player perspectives. Adams commented on a Bell Instagram post that he understands Bell's decision and that he'll hold down the team while Bell does his thing. . @TheAdamsEra Much Love Prez pic.twitter.com/tTWdzzHj57 - Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) May 8, 2019 Beachum, who blocked for Bell from 2013-2015 in Pittsburgh, said he isn't disappointed in his former and current teammate. "I know the type of player he is. I know the type of work he puts in," Beachum said, according to ESPN . "I'm just excited to see him when he's in peak performance. That matters in September, November, October, December, January. That's when that stuff matters and I know he'll bring the juice then." As Gase mentioned, Bell isn't completely ghosting the Jets after they gave him a four-year, $52 million contract this offseason. He also isn't missing vital practices. The three-day minicamp this week is as casual as offseason practices can be - mostly with walk-throughs and positional drills. There are obviously reservations with Bell missing time with the team, though, after he skipped the entire 2018 season with the Steelers over contract disputes. Reports Bell was out of shape all of last year surfaced throughout free agency, and he's publically voiced concerns of Steelers' practices in the past. Bell not showing up for a voluntary workout is important, but not alarming. All offseason workouts are voluntary except for a three-day minicamp in June. As long as Bell shows up for that, the Jets shouldn't be concerned with his absence this early into the offseason. MORE: James Harden completely disappeared when the Rockets had yet another chance This is how the Boston Celtics head into the offseason Roundup: Denver Decriminalizes Magic Mushrooms, Howard Stern Book Details, Fox Sports Gambling App Giants already see Deandre Baker as their No. 2 cornerback Rumor: People close to Jeanie Buss telling her to trade LeBron James


Phillies slugger Jay Bruce exited Tuesday evening's contest with a strained right oblique muscle, the Phillies announced. There's no word on a a trip to the injured list, but the Phillies will likely have additional info after the game. The majority of oblique strains send players to the injured list, and it's not uncommon for position players to miss around a month with even a Grade 1 strain. Losing Bruce would be a blow to the Phillies' lineup; while he's only mustered a paltry .277 OBP since his acquisition, Bruce entered play Tuesday hitting .266 and slugging a whopping .574 with the Phils. He's already drilled 10 long balls and six doubles with Philadelphia, and he'd plated 29 runs in his first 32 games with the team. Bruce's acquisition helped to offset the loss of Andrew McCutchen , who suffered a torn ACL earlier this season and won't return until 2020. An absence for Bruce could open the door for the return of Nick Williams   the one-time top prospect who has yet to solidify himself as a big league regular in the manner most envisioned when he was rising through the minor leagues. The 25-year-old Williams logged an ugly .173/.221/.259 slash through 86 plate appearances with the Phillies earlier in 2019 before being optioned to Triple-A, but that poor output came in an extremely limited role that was surely foreign to him. Since being sent to Triple-A for regular at-bats, Williams has laid waste to International League pitching. In 120 trips to the plate, he's recorded a superlative .358/.417/.651 with six homers, 10 doubles and two triples. He'd be the obvious candidate to replace Bruce on a short-term basis, but one can only wonder whether the Phils would again look to the trade market for another outfield option. While the Phillies have quickly faded in the NL East race, they're still very much in the thick of the NL Wild Card mix. And after such an aggressive offseason, it'd be a disheartening concession for the team's decision-makers to operate as anything other than a deadline buyer.


MIAMI - When a man fell down a hole at Disney's Animal Kingdom, firefighters spent 90 minutes taking turns digging him out. At around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Orange County Fire Rescue got a call from Reedy Creek firefighters saying they needed help - a man was trapped in a trench and they didn't have the equipment to get him out, said Mike Jachles, an Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman. When they arrived at the Animal Kingdom parking lot, they found the man, who was in his 50s, with his leg trapped in a hole 8 to 10 feet deep and 5 feet across, Jachles said. Fire Rescue did not identify the man. The man had become trapped when the ground underneath him gave way. He was standing above a trench box that was underground; firefighters do not know why it caved in. Originally, the man had both his legs trapped but he was able to dig out one of them. Because of the size of the hole, only one squad technician could fit. Firefighters took turns digging the man out to free his leg, which was stuck up to his thigh in dirt, Jachles said. It took 15 firefighters and 90 minutes to get the man out. He was taken to a hospital by Reedy Creek Fire to be checked but had no injures. The Orlando Sentinel reported the man was a contractor working at Animal Kingdom. Visit Miami Herald at www.miamiherald.com


Sacramento will continue to experience hot temperatures in the coming days, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Temperatures will reach a high of 101 degrees today, with highs remaining in the mid-90s and above throughout the week. Also expect clear skies today and Thursday. Some clouds will appear on Friday. Winds will continue to be light throughout the week, with the highest speeds tomorrow at just 8 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


President Trump on Friday said he's not concerned by North Korea's latest missile test, repeatedly downplaying the projectiles as "short-range" and touting his relationship with Kim Jong Un. "They're short-range missiles and my relationship is very good with Chairman Kim," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "And we'll see what happens, but they are short-range missiles and many people have those missiles." When a reporter noted that he appeared unbothered by the missile launches, Trump responded "no, not at all." North Korea issued a statement early Friday saying that the missile test, which reportedly involved a new type of projectile, was intended as a warning to South Korea and its president, Moon Jae-in. Trump brushed aside the message, noting it did not include a threat toward the United States. "He didn't say a warning to the United States. I can tell you that," he said. "But they have their disputes. The two of them have their disputes... But they are short-range missiles, and very standard missiles." Trump has met face-to-face with Kim on three occasions in the last 13 months in an effort to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. He became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in the hermit nation of North Korea last month. While the president has spoken fondly of the North Korean dictator, the meetings have yielded no concrete commitments to dismantling the country's nuclear arsenal and North Korea has conducted multiple missile launches in recent weeks.


STROUDSBURG, Pa.   Police say three women attacked another woman who had asked them to be quiet inside a northeastern Pennsylvania movie theater, breaking her eye socket and leaving her with cuts and bruises. Police on Friday released a surveillance photo of two of the three suspects. The assault happened Sunday after a 7 p.m. showing of the film "Furious 7" at a mall near Stroudsburg. The victim told police that the women were sitting behind her and talking loudly and cursing during the movie. She says she asked them to be quiet because her mother couldn't hear. The victim says she complained to theater management after the movie, then left the mall with her family and ran into the disruptive patrons. She says the women began arguing with her, surrounded her and attacked.


Sacramento will see a return of last week's hot temperatures today, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Temperatures will reach a high of 94 degrees on Tuesday, then ease off slightly from Wednesday to Thursday. There's no rain predicted this week, with the possibility of showers remaining below 0 percent for the next seven days. Skies will be clear today and partly cloudy tomorrow. Winds will stay somewhat calm throughout the week, with the highest speeds today at just 9 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


After leaving Wyoming earlier this offseason for what was described as personal reasons , Jevon Bigelow has headed home. Earlier this month, speculation was making the rounds that Bigelow was set to make a move to Fresno State and play for the Bulldogs. This week, Bigelow's name was added to the Mountain West school's official online roste r; Thursday, the running back hit the field with his new teammates and participated in practice for the first time as a Bulldog. Because of NCAA transfer rules, Bigelow will be forced to sit out the 2019 season. He will then have three years of eligibility to use beginning with the 2020 season. As a true freshman this past season, Bigelow rushed for 292 yards and two touchdowns on 69 carries. The yardage was good for fourth on the team. The 6-2, 215-pound back played his high school football in Fresno and was a three-star 2018 signee.


Expectations have gone up for the Browns this year and one of their players has adjusted his expectations for himself as well. Wide receiver Antonio Callaway caught 43 passes for 586 yards and five touchdowns during his rookie season and those results have him in line for work behind Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry at wide receiver this year. Callaway may be No. 3 on that list, but he isn't letting that take a bite out of his goals for the year to come. Callaway said that he's looking for 1,000 receiving yards and "ten or more" touchdowns in 2019. "I need goals like that to push me ," Callaway said, via Cleveland.com. Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens cautioned rookie cornerback Greedy Williams to stay out of " the prediction business " when Williams said the team would be going to the Super Bowl and has pushed back at the rising outside expectations for his team, but said he has no problem with Callaway's goals because "setting the expectations high for ourselves" is a good thing.


NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP)   From President Donald Trump's putting advice to playing partner Kelly Kraft's two late bogeys, Jim Herman got the help he needed to win the Barbasol Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title. He executed when he had to, too. "Really proud of how I can step up on that 18th tee when everything's on the line and hit the fairway and hit the green and get out of there," Herman said. Trump's regular golf partner while working as an assistant professional at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey, Herman changed to a conventional putting grip and clubhead at the president's suggestion following a recent round. Encouraged by Trump more than a decade ago to pursue a playing career, Herman won the 2016 Shell Houston Open for his lone tour title -- a victory that also followed a friendly round with Trump. "I think I need to see him again soon," the 41-year-old Herman said on the 18th green after his winning tap-in par. "He motivates me and puts me in a good spot." Herman finished with a 2-under 70 at Keene Trace in the round interrupted for over three hours because of a thunderstorm with the leaders on the seventh pole. Herman's putting cooled off after sizzling in opening rounds of 65, 65 and 62. "Today was just hanging on," Herman said. "Kelly and I couldn't find what we had on Saturday.... I was just able to hang on. Kelly played great obviously all week, but I came out on top." Video by Louisville Courier-Journal A shot ahead with three to play, Kraft bogeyed the par-3 16th and par-4 17th. He followed a third-round 61 with a 70 to finish a shot back and squander a chance for his first tour victory. "I just didn't have my best stuff today, but I had it going there -- made a couple birdies, 14, 15," Kraft said. "I just gave it to him coming down the stretch, that's basically all there is to it." Herman parred the last three holes to finish at a tournament-record 26-under 262. "Obviously, with one hole (left) and a one-shot lead, I've been in that scenario before, just had to hit a good drive," Herman said. "You have to step up and give yourself a look at birdie just in case Kelly was going to have a look as well." Herman earned a two-year tour exemption and a spot in the PGA Championship, but not in the Masters. He played the last two weeks on past champion status and thought he was headed down to the Korn Ferry Tour. "My future on tour was not looking too bright coming off a lot of cuts," Herman said. "I didn't feel like I was playing poorly, but just putting, short game was not there. Driving, irons has always been there for me, but this week found the touch and here we are." The former University of Cincinnati won close to home, giving many family members and friends a chance to watch. "I've never really had a problem with Kentucky, but they beat us in basketball a bunch," Herman said. "It's great to win here so close to home. Winning in Houston, didn't have many people around." He was surprised to see wife Caroline and children Abigail and Andrew during the rain delay. "I'm sitting there with the rain delay and my wife shows up," Herman said. "We spend most of the summer with her mom and dad in Philadelphia and they drove over this morning. They left at, I don't know, 4 this morning, so they were confident on what I was doing. .... Didn't want to waste the opportunity for them." He was looking forward to hearing from his golf buddy in the White House. "I'm sure I'll be receiving some kind of message," Herman said. "That was very unexpected to hear from him directly on Friday night. I got a phone call from him wishing me on for the weekend and congratulating me on my first two rounds. It's pretty amazing I've had this relationship with him. I'm very fortunate I get to play a little golf with him." Sepp Straka of Austria was a career-best third at 23 under after a 66. Matt Jones (63) and Austin Cook (70) followed at 22 under. Cook had a tour-record five birdies in the week. There were 114 eagles during the event, the most in a single-course tournament since the tour began tracking the statistic in 1990. Lexington native Josh Teater tied for sixth -- his best finish since 2013 -- at 21 under after a 68.


Nabil Fekir's proposed transfer from Lyon to Arsenal could be dependent on the departure of Mesut Özil. The World Cup winner's transfer to Liverpool famously fell apart at the medical stage last summer, but the midfielder has been promised a move again this year with Arsenal the latest club to be linked. However, before negotiations between Lyon and the Gunners can begin in earnest, the Gunners may first have to disencumber themselves of the German's £350,000-a-week wages. Breaking | Arsenal have made opening contacts for Nabil Fékir, but are yet to concretely position themselves, according to tomorrow's L'Équipe. A deal probably won't happen if the Gunners don't sell Mesut Özil. More follows tomorrow.   Get French Football News (@GFFN) July 2, 2019 L'Equipe have reported that Fekir has been offered to Unai Emery for as little as £30m, a sharp decrease from the £53m agreed between Liverpool and the Lyon last summer. That move was halted due to concerns over the Lyon attacker's fitness, but he has defied his doubters this season by only missing a handful of games, whilst playing a vital role in the club's qualification for the Champions League. Fekir only has one year left on his current deal and with it looking unlikely that he will re-sign at the Olympique Lyonnais, with club president Jean-Michel Aulas keen to sell the Frenchman before the close of the transfer window. Even at such a knock-down price, Arsenal may struggle to find the funds to make the move possible. Emery has been afforded a measly £45m transfer budget and has been publicly critical of the Gunners' board's lack of investment. This is why Emery appears keen to sell the club-highest earner, Özil. However, due to his substantial wages and apparent desire to stay at the club , interest in the German has been limited to Turkish side Istanbul Başakşehir. Arsenal's pursuit of Fekir reflects the Gunners' clear desire to bolster their offensive creativity for the upcoming season. They have also been in negotiations with Crystal Palace over the transfer of Wilfred Zaha, whilst ex-Porto winger Yacine Brahimi is supposedly close to securing a move to the Emirates Stadium. Though such as with Fekir, both of these deals has been slowed by Arsenal's relative lack of financial pulling power.