CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)   The United Nations' top human rights official met separately Friday in Caracas with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and President Nicolás Maduro, who are locked in a prolonged struggle over control of the crisis-wracked country. Emerging from their meeting, Guaidó said he spoke with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet about the need to expel Maduro from power and end Venezuela's "suffering." "May this visit serve to bring solutions to the catastrophe that this country is experiencing," Guaidó said on the steps of the opposition-controlled National Assembly. "This visit should serve to reinvigorate the fight in Venezuela." Maduro, for his part, hailed Bachelet's visit as a "first step" in fostering stronger relations between Venezuela and U.N. human rights monitoring agency and he promised to earnestly consider her input. "She can count on me to take her suggestions, recommendations and proposals with absolute seriousness," he said after their evening meeting. Bachelet's first trip to the South American country as chief of the U.N. watchdog comes amid heightened international pressure on Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence. A once-wealthy oil nation, Venezuela is now experiencing a severe political and economic crisis that has driven a staggering 4 million people to flee. The socialist government struggles daily to keep the lights on and provide reliable drinking water. Describing his closed-door conversation with Bachelet, Guaidó said he emphasized that Maduro's government is still holding two opposition lawmakers in jail in addition to nearly 700 activists considered to be political prisoners. Guaidó said the high commissioner also appeared deeply concerned about human rights abuses, noting that she spent several hours on her visit this week with victims of violations and their relatives. She proposed opening a temporary office in the country to monitor human rights issues and allow her representatives to visit other regions, Guaidó added. Earlier this year, Bachelet issued a tough statement criticizing Maduro's government for harsh crackdowns on dissenters and reports of extrajudicial killings of poor, unarmed residents at the hands of security forces. "I am also deeply concerned about the shrinking of the democratic space, especially the continued criminalization of peaceful protest and dissent," she said in the March statement. Bachelet had already met with socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello, the Supreme Court head and attorney general, and completed her three-day visit by speaking with Maduro. The embattled president revealed few details about their meeting in a brief statement afterwards broadcast on state television. Some have feared Bachelet will get a highly curated, unrealistic view of a crisis, while others have seen the trip as something of a minor triumph for rights activists. Her predecessor, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, was repeatedly denied access to the country for criticizing what he said was the government's refusal to recognize a humanitarian crisis. In contrast, Maduro has rolled out the red carpet for Bachelet, who survived jail and exile during Chile's military dictatorship. On the eve of her arrival, the government freed 28 opposition activists considered political prisoners, including a substitute lawmaker and 18 people detained during recent anti-government protests. Previously, Maduro began allowing the Red Cross to deliver humanitarian aid. Appearing on state TV shortly before Bachelet's Wednesday arrival, Maduro said he was ready to hear out any of her proposals that aim to improve conditions in Venezuela. "We greatly anticipate her visit," Maduro said. "It will be good for Venezuela's system of human rights." Guaidó has failed to seize power five months after launching a campaign to oust Maduro. But he has managed to win the recognition of more than 50 nations and galvanize international opinion. Maduro maintains that his rival's efforts have been part of a U.S.-backed coup intended to remove him from office and exploit the nation's vast oil. In recent weeks, Norway has hosted two rounds of talks between representatives of Maduro and Guaidó, although the mediation effort has stalled over the opposition leader's insistence that the government agree to early presidential elections. On Friday, protesters attempted to capitalize on Bachelet's visit by gathering outside the U.N. headquarters in Caracas. Some carried banners asking her for medical help, while others held empty baby strollers over their heads to call attention to crumbling hospitals which provide inadequate care to children. Gilber Caro, an opposition lawmaker who was released this week after two months in jail, joined the crowd. "My liberation is a partial liberation because first and foremost we need to free the people of Venezuela," Caro said, noting that he met with Bachelet to press for an end to Maduro's rule and free presidential elections. "Venezuelans are demanding justice, demanding liberty, but above all a political transition to democracy."


As it stands right now, the Missouri Tigers will not be going to a bowl game at the end of the 2019 season even if they go 12-0. That is because the NCAA slapped the Tigers with a postseason ban for the upcoming college football season as part of a litany of sanctions levied against the program in January for violations of NCAA rules linked to ethical conduct, academic misconduct and academic extra benefits. However, Missouri is hoping their appeal will relieve the sanctions with enough time to make some postseason plans. A report from Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports says Missouri is expected to appear in front of the NCAA's Infractions Appeals Committee this week to state their case. However, no decision on the appeals is expected to be made for at least another month. A decision to lift a postseason ban could even come as late as September after the start of the 2019 season. Missouri formally filed its appeal of the sanctions in March. Missouri Athletics Director Jim Sterk said in June he was hoping the appeal would be heard before the football season . "We really think we have a strong case for overturning the majority of the decisions that they made," Sterk said in a radio interview . "The people that are a lot smarter than me that worked on this case really presented an appeal that's strong and compelling. And we'll be doing an in-person hearing, we're expecting somewhere in the middle of July and then hear something hopefully by before football starts or shortly thereafter." The NCAA lifting a postseason ban during the current season is not unprecedented. In 2014, the NCAA lifted sanctions against Penn State after the start of the season, thus allowing the Nittany Lions to have the opportunity to play in a postseason bowl game at the end of the year. At 6-6, Penn State went on to play in the Pinstripe Bowl against Boston College. The 2014 season was supposed to be the third year in Penn State's four-year postseason ban as part of the sanctions in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Penn State served just two years of a postseason ban before the NCAA dropped the sanctions against the program amid legal battles. Follow @KevinOnCFB


NASHUA, N.H.   Ask Democratic candidates for president how they would challenge President Trump's boasts about the economy, and the initial response tends to be less an attack than a concession. Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter "The overall numbers about G.D.P. or the stock market are great," said Elizabeth Warren after a town hall here last week, before discussing long-term wage stagnation and health care costs. "Yes, we are at a moment of stability, and we're at this moment of expansion," said Amy Klobuchar at an economy-themed talk at Dartmouth, before saying that made it a good time to address inequality and climate change. "So Donald Trump is elected in the last two years   and I will confess, even he couldn't screw up the momentum," said Michael Bennet on "Meet the Press," before mentioning housing, health care and higher education costs. This speaks to the fundamental challenge that the eventual Democratic nominee is likely to face next year: an economy that is easily the strongest in two decades, with an unemployment rate at 50-year lows. How does a Democrat answer Mr. Trump's inevitable claims that he has done more for the economy than any president ever? Economists have some perfectly good rejoinders, which Democratic candidates for the presidency and many of their supporters are happy to articulate when asked. In particular, since Mr. Trump's inauguration, the United States has experienced more a steady continuation of an expansion underway for the last seven years of the Obama administration than a meaningful acceleration of growth. Tax cuts and spending increases have fueled the recent good times, raising the budget deficit and implying a slowdown could occur as those effects wear off. And while wages have started to grow a bit faster   3.2 percent over the last year, versus 2.6 percent at the time of the 2016 election   they are not rising nearly as fast as they did during other prosperous periods in recent decades. But these kinds of nuanced arguments are usually not the stuff of campaign rallies. And if the overall economic numbers remain strong, the Democratic nominee will be looking for a pathway to defeat Mr. Trump that is distinctly different from those taken the last two times an incumbent president lost. Historically, when a president seeks re-election, it amounts to a referendum on the state of the economy. The last two one-term presidents were undone by economic slowdowns; they battled jobless rates of 7.4 percent (George H.W. Bush) and 7.5 percent (Jimmy Carter) on Election Day. The unemployment rate currently stands at 3.6 percent. Moreover, voters appear to be more positive about the economy than they have been in many years. In polling by Gallup this spring, the share of Americans who described the economy as "excellent" hovered near its highest levels since 2000, and only 13 percent of Americans mentioned economic issues as the nation's most important problem. That helps explain why the candidates are avoiding frontal assaults on the economy. Most prefer to change the subject to longer-term problems than to get wrapped up in debates over the Obama economic record or budget deficits. "The challenge that Trump could run into in 2020 is that people don't measure the quality of their economic life in the jobs numbers they see," said Jacob Leibenluft, who worked in the Obama White House and was a senior policy adviser on Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign. "If you look at what Trump has done from a policy perspective, there's very little to suggest that he's addressed the acute problems that people feel in their economic lives." Indeed, Democratic base voters   like those who showed up at campaign events recently in New Hampshire   tend to latch onto problems deeper than what macroeconomists normally talk about when evaluating the economy. "Unemployment isn't much of a problem, but I know many people here in Nashua who are extremely poor," said Robyn Robison, 58, at a campaign event for Senator Warren. "They're working for 50 hours a week to make the rent payment and basic utilities and don't have anything left over to save for the future. Meanwhile, the tax cuts went to Fortune 500 companies and the wealthiest people." That view aligns with how Ms. Warren and other candidates have cast their economic arguments   not so much litigating the state of the near-term economic cycle as making the case that something deeper has gone wrong in recent decades that Mr. Trump has done little to fix. Speaking with reporters, after acknowledging the overall numbers are "great," she said: "But they don't reflect the experience of most Americans. Go around a room like this and for most people wages haven't gone up in a generation. And yet the cost of housing, the cost of health care, the cost of child care, the cost of sending kids to college has all gone through the roof." Perhaps unsurprisingly, Joe Biden has chosen a strategy of attributing much of the economy's strength to the Obama administration in which he served as vice president. "I know President Trump likes to take credit for the economy and the economic growth and the low unemployment numbers," Mr. Biden said at a rally in Philadelphia. "President Trump inherited an economy from the Obama/Biden administration that was given to him, just like he inherited everything else in his life." That matches the views of many Democratic voters. "Trump inherited a good economy," said Walter Hoerman, a pediatrician who lives in Portsmouth N.H. "He never talks about a particular policy he's done that has helped because he hasn't really done anything but this tariff stuff." "The stock market is fine, but that's about it," said Dr. Hoerman, who was attending the Rockingham County Democrats Clambake last weekend where Senator Warren spoke. Sabina Chen of Pelham, N.H., is a small businesswoman, the owner of a microelectronics manufacturing company that employs 14 people. "It's been a good couple of years for us   I was able to give my folks bonuses this year," she said at a gathering for Senator Klobuchar in Salem. But she then began listing ways that the Trump administration has either made things worse or failed to make them better. "Our health care costs are high, and our health insurance program is not great," she said. Tariffs resulting from the administration's trade wars are on track to increase costs of many of her raw materials in the months ahead, she said, which could prove a strain on business. Moreover, "I'd like to see more investment in education so that my work force is prepared to come in and work at a skilled level," Ms. Chen said. "As a small-business owner, we can see things that are good for us now, but what are the things we need to continue?" Democrats are already making more direct criticisms of Mr. Trump's failure to deliver on some of the economic promises of his 2016 campaign: He has not produced a much better, cheaper health care system, nor made huge investments in infrastructure. If the economy wobbles between now and Election Day 2020   something the escalation of the trade war with China could make more possible   expect more of those head-on attacks, and less willingness to concede that the overall economy is doing pretty well.


None of it felt completely real until the final buzzer, but here we are. The Toronto Raptors are one win away from an NBA title. By the end of Game 4 , the Raptors looked deeper, stronger and smarter than the Warriors. It was a story that began with defense. The Raptors harassed the Warriors all night Golden State shot just 45%, including 30% from three alongside 19 turnovers. That defense is what allowed the Raptors to keep the game from getting out of hand in the first half. Then, in the third quarter, it ended with Kawhi Leonard. "He played amazing," Steph Curry said of Leonard. "He hit every big momentum shot in that third quarter. It gave them the lead. And then kept the separation. They took control of the game. It's one of those nights where you play with a lot of energy and you start to build momentum and then the wheels fall off a little bit." On the way into Game 4, I wrote this is in our preview : "If I were a Warriors fan, I would be wary. Kawhi can play better than he has. He can dominate in the midrange, he can hit from outside, and when the game slows to a grind, he can take over. The Raptors have gotten a great win at home (Game 1) and a killer game from their role players (Game 3), and now Golden State is wobbling. Game 4 would be the perfect time for Kawhi to step forward and provide a knockout punch that changes the entire series and sends the Warriors into full-on crisis mode." In the end, that's exactly the way the night unfolded. The Toronto defense smothered a confident Warriors team and made them work for everything in the first half, and then Kawhi buried shot after shot to take control of the game after halftime. The Warriors' third-quarter spurts have been legend over the course of this team's run at the top of the league exhibit A would be this ESPN long-form article , or exhibit B would be Game 2, when Golden State seemed to take control of the series after a 20-1 run at the end of the second quarter and into the third. Friday, the entire story flipped. So did the series. Toronto was able to hang around in the second quarter and narrowed a double-digit Golden State lead to just four points by halftime. In the third, the Raptors won the quarter by a whopping 16 points. The run was jumpstarted by back-to-back Kawhi threes to begin the half and it was punctuated by 11 points from Leonard in the final 3:17 of the quarter. Kawhi finished with 36 points, 12 rebounds and four steals on 12-of-22 shooting. The entire night was a masterpiece. In the first quarter, too, Leonard put up 14 points and carried the Toronto offense when it looked like the Warriors may take control of the game. The other Raptors went 1-of-13 from the field for just three points through that stretch, but Kawhi kept the team afloat and Toronto made it to the second quarter with the margin still in single digits. Video by USA TODAY Sports The rest of the Raptors deserve credit alongside Kawhi. Their defense was excellent, and players like Serge Ibaka, Fred VanVleet, Marc Gasol and Kyle Lowry made plays all night long. "Most teams will take cues from their star players," Nick Nurse said of Leonard afterward. "But Marc's pretty steady out there. Kyle's been great with his emotional makeup this season. Pascal, for being a young guy, has probably taken the cues from those older guys. And Freddie, Freddie's pretty steady too." Kawhi's 2019 playoff run seems like it could go down in history alongside Dwyane Wade in 2006, Dirk Nowitzki in 2011, LeBron in 2016, and every other legendary run we'll be talking about for the next several decades. But the entire Raptors rotation has been relentless every step of the way in these playoffs. Each time it looks like they'll finally fold, they come back and silence every doubter. That happened in the second round, the Eastern Conference Finals, and even halfway through the second quarter in Game 4, when what initially looked like a comfortable Warriors win quickly became a lot more interesting. Frankly, we all should have known better. On the Warriors side, the next few days will be dominated by questions about Kevin Durant's health and plenty of soul searching. Klay Thompson returned from injury with an excellent night 28 points on 11-of-18 shooting but Curry struggled. He scored 27 points but he was 9-of-22 from the floor and hesitated on several threes. By the end, he looked exhausted and so did the entire team. Now the Warriors are on the brink. It seems impossible that Golden State would finish this series losing three straight games to this Toronto team, but so far in the Finals, the Raptors have been flat-out better on both ends of the floor. Outside of 18 minutes in Game 2 and the first quarter in Game 4, Toronto has controlled practically the entire series. Also, for the record, it once seemed impossible that the Warriors would return to Oracle and lose both games at home. "We're playing a really good team," Steve Kerr said postgame. "We have had our moments defensively, but we haven't been able to string together the stops over the course of a game that we have needed to. So I give them the credit. They have just played really well offensively, and they got a lot of threats out there, a lot of shooters, a lot of passers. So they're playing well, and we have got to do better." The series isn't over, but the Raptors have control. The Warriors are staring at the toughest challenge we've seen them face in their past five years at the top of the league. Kawhi is in the midst of a historic run, his teammates continue to step up on both ends of the floor, and Golden State looks shorthanded and exhausted. All of this is going places that nobody in basketball could have imagined even 10 days ago. At the end of the night, another media member ventured into the press room and laughed at the game we just watched. "What the f--k ?" he asked. I'm sure the Warriors are asking the same thing. Related Slideshow: Best of the 2019 NBA Finals (provided by imagn)


The cemetery sits off a lonely two-lane road, tucked between cornfields and the occasional house screened from passing traffic by thick clumps of trees. The neat rows of tombstones rest in rural Thompson Township, Ohio, 42 miles northeast of Cleveland. One marker stands out among the usual epitaphs memorializing long-gone loved ones. A single year is chiseled into the stone   1993   under an odd name: "Geauga's Child." One side of the grave marker reaches for poetry. "Geauga's Child lies here now in safety   just too late," it reads. "Too late to save his life / Too late to make things right/ But not too late to teach us all to love and cherish life." Subscribe to the Post Most newsletter: Today's most popular stories on The Washington Post The stone's other side lays out the facts: How on March 25, 1993, a newborn boy was found dead in a trash bag on a nearby muddy country road. How the child   who the coroner determined was alive at birth   tore so deeply at the community that volunteers donated money for the burial and the tombstone. How the community named the boy Geauga's Child after the county where he was discovered, an effort to wrench the discarded baby away from the anonymity of his death and adopt him as their own. But until recently, the simple story told on the tombstone was all anyone knew about Geauga's Child. Despite hundreds of tips and decades of investigation, police failed to not only identify the child, but understand who had left him behind. The community, however, did not forget. Residents reportedly still leave gifts and flowers on the child's grave. That included Thomas Dewey, a now-retired Geauga County Sheriff's detective who was the first law enforcement officer on the scene when the boy was discovered. "I periodically would stop down at the gravesite and tell the kid, 'I'm sorry this happened to you and I'm trying to do what I can to find you mother [sic] to find out why it happened to you,' " Dewey recently told the Geauga Maple Leaf . "And I kind of felt like it was going to be a lost cause." Twenty-six years after Geauga's Child was discovered, police have answers   or at least some answers. At a news conference on Thursday, Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand announced the child's mother had been identified using genealogical research. The woman, 49-year-old Gail Eastwood-Ritchey, is a married mother of three from the Cleveland suburbs. She has been charged with aggravated murder and murder. Hildenbrand told reporters the suspect has admitted to abandoning the child. Despite the announcement, Eastwood-Ritchey's identification has only upended the logic of a cold case arrest. When these longtime mysteries are finally cracked, answers are supposed to pour out, the long-sought who filling in the elusive why . But the bizarre details revealed last week only sink the case in more obscurity. "Her reaction was that she had not even thought about this until we brought it up," Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand said, according to WEWS . "She had completely put it out of her mind. She always referred to the baby as 'it.' She really had no emotions as far as that's concerned." The most shocking new detail, according to authorities, is that Eastwood-Ritchey allegedly confessed that Geauga's Child was not the first baby she had secretly abandoned. The story of Geauga's Child begins on March 25, 1993. That morning, 21-year-old Cheryl Jenkins was bouncing down an empty county road in a pickup truck with a friend. They were driving their route delivering newspapers. Watching the edge of the road, where melting snow brushed against the woods, Jenkins noticed something that made her stop the car and swing back around. It was a dead baby, stuffed inside a garbage bag. The infant's arm and leg were gone, likely the result of animals. A piece of the umbilical cord was still connected to the newborn. "It was a horrific scene," Dewey, the first deputy on the scene, would later tell the News-Herald . Authorities later determined the child was between 1 and 5 days old. They could not discern whether he was dead when he was abandoned, or died in the cold. "I just hope they find out who did it," Jenkins told WOIO in 1993. "I hope they're punished because there are a lot of people out there who want babies, they could have gave it up for adoption." Man-hours and tips and legwork could not lead investigators to answer who would leave a child in such a state. According to the News-Herald , 34 individuals were investigated, 24 subpoenas were issued. Nothing. Wondering if the publicity swirling around Geauga's Child would kick loose remorse in the parents, investigators hid a camera at the child's grave, hoping to catch the parents returning to secretly pay their respects. In 2003, years after the boy was found, a ceremony was held at the grave to mark the occasion. Dewey, the deputy, placed a baseball mitt and ball near the tombstone. "He would be 10 years old now, probably have a crew cut with a baseball cap," he told the News-Herald at the time. "He would like to play ball and run around with his siblings. That's what should have happened for Geauga's Child." As Hildenbrand detailed at last week's news conference, the real break in the case came in 2018, when headlines across the nation began blaring news about how forensic genealogy was being used to crack long-cold cases, including the Golden State Killer. Using a DNA sample collected from the child, investigators began to piece together familial connections. "A family tree was produced consisting of over 1,400 people in an effort to identify the parents of Geauga's Child," Hildenbrand said. "These people were from around the world, in different countries, when they started. They were narrowed down by their DNA that they had previously submitted voluntarily to an online database. With their permission, we were able to compare their DNA to one another and to Geauga's Child." Eventually in late 2018, the matches led to Eastwood-Ritchey. Two weeks ago, her DNA sample was matched with the dead child's sample. There were more surprises. Investigators learned that Eastwood-Ritchey had been married and raised three now-adult children. The DNA testing, however, determined that Eastwood-Ritchey's husband was the father of Geauga's Child. When confronted by investigators, Eastwood-Ritchey admitted to abandoning the boy. She was arrested last Thursday. According to Hildenbrand, she told authorities "that she hid the pregnancy and that nobody knew she was pregnant," the Maple Leaf reported. But Eastwood-Ritchey showed "absolutely no remorse and takes no ownership" of the baby, the sheriff added. "I don't know how you could up the next morning like that [sic], let alone 26 years later, and raise a family and go one like a normal person," he said . She also told investigators that she had committed a similar crime with another baby in 1991, police said. Hildenbrand told reporters authorities are investigating the claim, but have yet to find any remains. "She gave us a pretty specific area where she had taken the first baby," Hildenbrand said . "That was 30 years ago and there's no evidence there." The news shocked Eastwood-Ritchey's friends and neighbors. For the last three years, she worked as a receptionist at a dance studio. The studio's director, Colleen Rhode, told WKYC Eastwood-Ritchey was a friendly Christian woman. "She was a lovely lady and she was well liked by our whole entire studio," Rhode said. "She always had a smile on her face. She was always involved in her kids activities." Eastwood-Ritchey is in police custody. She will be formally arraigned on Monday. Court records do not indicate whether she has an attorney. Dewey, now retired from law enforcement, told the Maple Leaf he was tipped off to the coming arrest by the sheriff two weeks ago. "Actually, on Memorial Day I went down to the cemetery and I put a flower on the kid's grave and told him, 'Little guy, we found your mother and I hope to make her pay,' " he said.


On the campaign trail, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., largely faced a warm reception as he emerged from relative obscurity to become a promising Democratic presidential contender. But when he addressed a majority-black audience on Sunday afternoon in South Bend, things were markedly different. This time, Buttigieg wasn't speaking as a candidate but as the mayor of a city where emotions have run high since a white police officer shot a black man last week and failed to capture the fatal confrontation with his body camera. The town hall meeting, which Buttigieg convened to respond to the rising tensions, descended into chaos as community members shouted their anger and frustration. At times, the mayor struggled to speak amid the interruptions, and he was repeatedly heckled and booed. "We don't trust you!" yelled one audience member. "Liar!" yelled another. The police shooting fallout is the latest example of how thorny questions of race are playing a central role in the Democratic primary, most recently exemplified by backlash over Joe Biden's remarks about working hand-in-hand with segregationists, and the ongoing debate over reparations. As The Washington Post's Wesley Lowery reported , the shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan has exposed Buttigieg's chilly relationship with South Bend's black community, which could potentially hurt him as he attempts to appeal to black voters on a national scale. Buttigieg, whose campaign announced the day after the shooting that he had canceled a series of scheduled appearances so that he could stay in South Bend, told reporters after the town hall that he intended to follow up on the suggestions raised by residents at the meeting. "You can sense the pain, not only around this incident, but around our history, not only around our history as a city, but what's happening everywhere when it comes to the disempowerment that so many black Americans have felt in relationship to the police," he said . "And obviously that was expressed in a lot of ways today." On Monday, Buttigieg sent a letter to campaign supporters, calling the town hall meeting a "painful but needed conversation." "I feel overwhelmed and heartened by the number of people   supporters and critics   who have reached out and made it clear over the past week that they want to join hands and face these problems together," he wrote. Though black residents' frustrations with the South Bend Police Department predate Buttigieg's tenure, it was clear on Sunday that the mayor's presidential ambitions had done little to improve matters. At one point, when audience members were asked to be respectful of Buttigieg's schedule and reminded that his time was limited, outrage erupted. "You gotta get back to South Carolina like you was yesterday?" one man yelled, referencing Buttigieg's decision to briefly return to the campaign trail on Saturday so that he could deliver a speech at the South Carolina Democratic Party Convention. Police have said Logan was rifling through cars in an apartment complex's parking lot in the early hours of June 16 when an officer confronted him. Logan allegedly pulled out a knife, and the officer opened fire. But because the officer failed to turn on his body camera, residents have expressed doubts about the truthfulness of the police department's version of events, the Los Angeles Times reported. Buttigieg's initial response to the shooting was panned by critics. "How's he handling it?" said Oliver Davis, the longest-serving black member of the South Bend Common Council, told The Post last week. "Well, he talked to the media before the family. He skipped the family vigil, full of black residents. And then he then gave a speech to the police. So, how do you think that went over?" Another tense moment came Friday, when, after canceling a slew of campaign events, Buttigieg joined protesters at a rally outside the South Bend Police Department. Though some thanked him for showing up, others had a more cynical response. "You [are] running for president and you want black people to vote for you," one protester told him, according to CBS News. "That's not going to happen." When Buttigieg assured her that he wasn't asking for her vote, the woman responded, "You're not going to get it." As a candidate, Buttigieg has touted the renewal of South Bend under his watch, describing it as one of the "best-run" cities in the country. But that progress has not been felt equally. As The Post reported last week , 40 percent of black residents still live below the poverty line, and predominantly black neighborhoods have not seen the same rapid rate of economic development found elsewhere. Meanwhile, the mayor has faced criticism over his aggressive redevelopment efforts, which led to the bulldozing of houses in predominantly black and Latino communities in the northwest of the city. After taking office in 2012, Buttigieg forced out the city's first black police chief, who had been accused of improperly recording white police officers making racist comments, according to the Times. His handling of police misconduct cases has led to backlash during his tenure, as did the lack of diversity on the police force. Though roughly a quarter of South Bend residents are black, only 5 percent of the police department is African American, according to the South Bend Tribune . Buttigieg, for his part, acknowledged during Sunday's town hall that attempts to diversify the police force had been unsuccessful. "I accept responsibility for that," he said. Sitting next to the city's police chief, who is white, in a high school auditorium, Buttigieg listened solemnly for well over an hour as residents took turns airing their frustrations. One community member told him that her 7-year-old grandson was scared of the police. "That is not what's supposed to happen in America, in Indiana, in 2019," she said. Buttigieg told her that he agreed that wasn't acceptable. "I'm doing everything I know to fix it," he responded. "Obviously, we are not there yet, but we can't do it alone. We can't do it without the community." Remaining calm while audience members shouted at him   and, at times, each other   Buttigieg also pledged to do his part to restore the trust between black residents and police, and emphasized that he welcomed community input. He promised transparency and received loud applause when he said that he would ask the Justice Department to review the Logan shooting, and for a special prosecutor to conduct an outside review. But many in the room expressed skepticism that anything would change. "How can we trust this process?" one local activist asked. "How are we supposed to trust you?" Speaking to reporters after the town hall, Buttigieg said that he still plans to participate in the first Democratic debates on Thursday in Miami. Asked what African Americans watching at home should think of the contentious atmosphere in South Bend, he replied that he hoped they would see that the city was facing issues of race and policing head on, rather than trying to avoid uncomfortable conversations. "This problem has to get solved in my lifetime," he said. "I don't know of a person or a city that has solved it. But I know that if we do not solve it in my lifetime, it will sink America." John Wagner contributed to this story. 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Top dietitians reveal the advice you must know before shedding pounds. 28 Things Dietitians Want You to Know Before Losing Weight No matter how much you educate yourself, how many hours you log in the gym, and how much you meal prep, losing weight is tough . Even if you've found weight-loss success in the past, it's totally normal to hit a plateau. But don't be discouraged. You may need a little help from the pros when it comes to sticking to a healthy weight-loss diet plan. That's why we've consulted some top dietitians and nutritionists to reveal their top tips for losing weight and keeping it off. If you feel stuck in your diet or aren't sure what the next steps to take are, take it from these experts who help clients every day with the same struggles. For even more weight loss inspiration, be sure to check out our list of the 200 Best Weight Loss Tips . 1. Weight loss is a journey. "Most people live their lives trying to meet specific health goals and get down on themselves when they hit a roadblock or experience a setback, often throwing in the towel altogether. I wish everyone knew that achieving health and wellness is a journey, not a destination. Roadblocks and setbacks are part of the process and should be used as learning experiences, not excuses to give up."  Kara Lydon, RD, LDN, RYT, author of Nourish Your Namaste 2. All sugars aren't created equal. "All sugar isn't created equal. Sugar is sugar, yes, but some sugars are worse than others. Sugars you get from fruits are more natural and also come packed with important things like vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. Added sugars like high fructose corn syrup and table sugar are the ones to skip, along with artificial sweeteners."  Isabel Smith, MS, RD, CDN, registered dietitian and founder of Isabel Smith Nutrition To learn more about the difference between honey, monk fruit extract, Splenda, and other sources of the sweet stuff, don't miss our exclusive report, Every Popular Added Sweetener Ranked! ! 3. Gluten-free doesn't equal healthy. "I wish people knew that gluten-free foods aren't all automatically healthy. People often lose weight and feel better on a gluten-free diet, but it's usually not because of lack of gluten. It's because they're paying attention to their food choices and eating more real foods and less simple carbs. Gluten-free labeled packaged foods actually tend to have more calories and extra fat or sugar for added flavor."  Torey Armul, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 4. There are no "bad" foods. "I wish people knew that there isn't one bad food or one bad nutrient. First, fat was blamed for our country's obesity epidemic, then it was carbs, now it's sugar. We need to shift our focus to eating real, whole foods like fruits, vegetables, lean proteins , and whole grains foods that have a ton of nutritional value and taste delicious instead of fearing entire food groups and creating an unhealthy 'good' versus 'bad' relationship with food. All foods can fit into a healthy diet."  Kristen Carlucci Haase RD-N 5. You can't outrun a bad diet. "Many people think that they can eat whatever they want as long as they work out. But the truth is, if you are looking to lose or maintain your weight, what you put in your body is significantly more important than hitting the gym. Exercise is important to keep your body healthy, but just because you work out for an hour or more per day, it doesn't give you the liberty to eat whatever you want!"  Ilyse Schapiro, MS, RDN, Co-Author of Should I Scoop out My Bagel 6. You can't be addicted to carbs. "A pet peeve of mine is hearing about how certain people are 'addicted to carbs.' I would love to scream across America that carbs are not, in fact, an addictive substance. By telling yourself that they are, you are not taking responsibility for yourself in terms of your food choices. You're also creating a story about food that is untrue."  Kristin Reisinger, MS, RD, CSSD, and founder and owner of IronPlate Studios 7. Wine is only healthy in moderation. "Yes, wine is good for you, but only in moderation. That's one 5-ounce glass of wine a day for women, two for men. Restaurants and bars commonly pour glasses that surpass that amount, so if you indulge in two or more glasses, you're likely going to drink more than half a bottle. Most people don't know or don't want to know that wine and other alcoholic drinks are associated with breast cancer incidence. But it's a truth that shouldn't be ignored."  Christine M. Palumbo, MBA, RDN, FAND 8. Carbohydrates aren't all bad. "I wish people knew that carbohydrates aren't bad. It's the type of carbs that count. Opt for complex carbohydrates with fiber, like fruits, veggies, and whole grains, and limit simple carbs, like table sugar, baked goods, candy, and white grains and breads."  Torey Armul, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 9. You should do what works for you. "I wish people knew that there is no one-size-fits-all diet that works for everyone. Individuals have different food preferences, dining habits, schedules, body types, past experiences, and obstacles. Stop falling for restrictive diet plans, America! Start by changing one simple habit and build from there."  Stephanie Brookshier, RDN, ACSM-CPT 10. Nutrition panels don't tell the whole story. "The numbers on the nutrition panel aren't the most important part of a food product. You need to look at the ingredient list, too. If there are ingredients you cannot pronounce or if you see anything you think may not be a natural ingredient, put the product back on the shelf."  Isabel Smith, MS, RD, CDN, registered dietitian and founder of Isabel Smith Nutrition 11. Sleep matters. "Contrary to the idea that most of us grew up with, sleep is not a waste of time. In fact, it's a valuable use of your time and should be prioritized as part of your overall healthy lifestyle. Adequate amounts of quality sleep set the stage for good diet and exercise decisions during your waking hours."  Christine M. Palumbo, MBA, RDN, FAND 12. You don't need to obsess about portion sizes. "Too many people are still obsessing over portion sizes and calories, which is totally old school! Instead, trust your body to tell you when to eat and when to stop. Is that doughnut in the break room calling your name because you're actually hungry? Or are you using it to relieve boredom or stress? Think before you eat and stop before you feel full. Leaving food on your plate or saving it for later is not a crime!"  Stephanie Brookshier, RDN, ACSM-CPT 13. It's OK to treat yourself. "It's OK to treat yourself every day as long as you keep it to a small sampling. The healthiest sweet options would be a bowl of fruit, frozen grapes, Greek yogurt with berries, or an apple with peanut butter. However, there are times when those types of things just won't cut it. On those nights, try to keep the treat to 150 calories, which is equivalent to two to three squares of dark chocolate, a couple of small cookies, or an individual chocolate pudding. You could also choose a few spoonfuls of ice cream or sorbet, a baked apple, a popsicle, or even a small brownie. Since you know you can treat yourself to another few bites tomorrow, sticking to a small serving should be doable."  Ilyse Schapiro, MS, RDN, Co-Author of Should I Scoop out My Bagel 14. Fad diets aren't the answer. "Fad diets and meal replacement shakes are not the answer to sustainable weight loss or better health. Sure, you can do something drastic to lose 20 pounds in a month, but chances are these actions aren't sustainable. If you want to lose the weight and keep it off for good, target a weight loss of one to two pounds per week so you can truly see permanent, long-lasting results! Would you rather reach your goal weight and stay there for a month or for the next 40 years?"  Kristen Carlucci Haase RD-N 15. Almond milk is a dud. "While there are all sorts of reasons people choose the milk that they use in their daily cereal or coffee, I wish people knew that almond milk is no nutritional match to cow's milk. In addition to being a great source of calcium and potassium, a cup of cow's milk has eight grams of protein, which is about the same as a whole egg. Almond milk has only 1.5 grams of protein and can have added sugar when people buy the flavored or sweetened versions. Protein is important for making us feel full and energized longer, and that's key for being able to have a productive weekday morning."  Libby Mills, MS, RDN, LDN, Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 16. Meal prep is super important. "Maintaining a healthy diet is easier when you plan. Taking some time to plan a menu for the week ahead and prep some food in advance so it's already in the fridge will save you time during the week and help ensure you get healthy, balanced meals on the table."  Jessica Fishman Levinson, MS, RDN, CDN, culinary nutrition expert, and healthy lifestyle blogger 17. Proper hydration is everything. "Proper hydration is one of the most important things you can do for your brain, your waistline, and your energy levels. Our bodies are about 55 to 70 percent water and any reduced volume of water can affect our satiety. That means you may end up thinking you're hungry when you're actually thirsty. And remember: caffeine and alcohol can promote dehydration!"   Isabel Smith, MS, RD, CDN, registered dietitian and founder of Isabel Smith Nutrition RELATED: Learn how to fire up your metabolism and lose weight the smart way. 18. Slow and steady wins the race. "People who wish to lose weight usually want to do so very quickly; as in, a few weeks. When I ask them how long it took them to put the weight on, they invariably state it took years and often decades. Just as excess weight tends to creep up, it is best taken off gradually. People who lose weight slowly are more apt to keep it off in the long run."  Christine M. Palumbo, MBA, RDN, FAND 19. De-stressing is a must. "Stress can be a huge factor in an unhealthy lifestyle. It can cause people to overeat, undereat, skip meals, make poor food choices, and much more. Reduce stress by focusing on things that aren't food- or alcohol-related, like exercise. Also, remember to eat consistent meals and snacks so when you are stressed out, you aren't reaching for food as a source of comfort."  Sarah Koszyk, MA, RDN, founder of Family. Food. Fiesta. 20. Skipping meals doesn't help. "When weight loss is the goal, skipping meals is never the answer. Eating every three to four hours is key because it keeps your energy levels stable. And for those who workout, eating every few hours also helps maintain lean body mass and ensures that adequate caloric and protein needs are met. Also, when one skips a meal, they're more likely to overeat at the next meal, making it difficult to meet health goals."  Yasi Ansari, MS, RD, CSSD 21. There isn't one right way to lose weight. "Truth is, there is no single right way to lose weight. Successful 'losers' usually have tried a myriad of ways to lose weight, and eventually they find what does work and make it their lifestyle. Weight is lost by consuming fewer/burning more calories than the body needs. But, there's nothing super sexy about that (nobody's writing any books on that), despite the fact it works. What works for one does not necessarily work for everyone."   Jennifer Neily, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, Neily on Nutrition 22. Yes, you can eat after 8 p.m. "While you're likely less active as you reach evening time and your metabolism slows a bit, this doesn't mean automatic weight gain after the clock strikes 8. Our bodies need a certain amount of fuel (calories via food) each day. Give it too much, and you gain weight. Too little, and weight loss results. This is true no matter what time of day (or night) it is. That said, there are some people that benefit from giving themselves an eating cut-off time. If you tend to mindlessly snack on large portions while watching TV after dinner or you find yourself stress-eating at night, giving yourself a rough nighttime eating cut-off time can help."   Willow Jarosh MS, RD, co-owner of C&J Nutrition and co-author of The Healthy, Happy Pregnancy Cookbook 23. Juicing isn't necessary. "If you love the flavor of juices that primarily contain vegetables, then including juice as part of your daily routine (or getting a juice occasionally) isn't a bad way to get a boost of nutrients. However, if you typically hit the mostly fruit juices, consider that 4-6 ounces of fruit juice is calorically equivalent to a large piece of fruit but not as satisfying because you're not chewing or getting any fiber. In addition, because the fiber is removed from juice, we wouldn't recommend that you replace your daily veggie servings with veggie-rich juice, but rather use the juice as a supplement to provide a boost of nutrients and fun flavor."   Stephanie Clarke MS, RD, co-owner of C&J Nutrition and co-author of The Healthy, Happy Pregnancy Cookbook 24. Start out by making small changes to your lifestyle. "We always say our nutrition plan has to fit your lifestyle; we know you're not going to change your life to fit a food plan (plus, it won't stick!). Start with the basics: Get your hydration, meal timing and sleep on point, and then focus on what you're adding in versus what you're taking out. Also, and probably hardest, separate yourself from your computer, phone, and television while eating and take a real meal break, even at the office. Mindfulness for just 10 minutes works wonders in knowing when you're full."   Carolyn Brown, MS RD, Foodtrainers 25. The power of vegetables is real, and you should always eat them first when you're having a meal. "Eat your veggies first. Sounds so simple, but vegetables fill you up, not out. I find that when people focus on eating more vegetables, they naturally eat less of the more caloric foods and are able to lose weight easier. Not to mention, they enjoy an incredible nutrition boost."   Marisa Moore, MBA. RDN. LD., Marisa Moore Nutrition 26. You should always try to eat breakfast. "Skipping breakfast will not make you fat. However, if skipping breakfast leads to eating a larger meal, then it will. Patients who are not fans of breakfast often skip over this meal and "back end" calories to the end of the day. I ask those patients to take notice of this try eating breakfast one day and then the next skip it if your dinner on the days that you skip breakfast turns out to be larger, then you may actually benefit from having this morning meal."   Leah Kaufman, MS, RD, CDN 27. You can still eat snacks you just have to make smarter choices. "Your total snack should be less than 200 calories and have a combination of fiber, healthy fat, and protein, such as KIND Nuts & Spices Bar , Mini Babybel cheese and piece of fruit, or 100% whole grain WASA crisp bread with one tablespoon of almond butter."   Keri Gans, RDN, author of The Small Change Diet 28. You can still have a late-night snack, too. "It's always important to listen to your body, and as long as your late night snack isn't putting you over your daily calorie goals, it won't promote weight gain any more than eating at other times of the day. Pay attention to your hunger-cues (stomach pains, shakiness, lightheadedness, or irritability) and make sure you are eating because you are actually hungry and not bored or stressed out. Great late night snack options are small amounts of foods high in protein and/or fiber. Great options include nuts (a handful of almonds, walnuts, or cashews), Greek yogurt or coconut milk yogurt with berries, and Chia seed pudding made with coconut milk."   Lori Zanini, RD, CDE, National Media Spokesperson, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics And for more tips, we rounded up 31 things you might be doing every day that are sabotaging your weight loss goals!


Houston will see a return of last week's warm temperatures this coming week, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Temperatures will fall to 83 degrees on Tuesday. The immediate forecast also includes light rainfall. Today's forecast shows the greatest likelihood of rain at 97 percent, while the most rainfall is predicted on Friday at 0.33 inches. Skies will be cloudy tomorrow. Winds will stay light over the course of the week, with the highest speeds on Monday at just 10 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.


Drive sober or risk getting pulled over and issued a hefty ticket, or worse, jail time. Law enforcement officers from police departments, sheriff's offices and the Michigan State Police advise Michiganders to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with caution and have a plan to get home safely. Any form of impaired driving is illegal. "Driving while impaired is completely preventable as are the deaths and injuries that result from this behavior," said Michael Prince, OHSP director. "The campaign is designed to inform the public that additional patrols will be out in force, and they should make alternate arrangements for transportation before drinking. There is absolutely zero tolerance for impaired driving in Michigan." Stepped up drunk driving enforcement will take place July 1-14 across the state. During last year's Fourth of July holiday, there were seven traffic fatalities with at least one crash involving alcohol. During this crackdown, officers will be on the look out for motorists under the influence of drugs and alcohol. In Michigan, it is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or higher, although motorists can be arrested at any BAC level if an officer believes they are impaired. Michigan has what is commonly referred to as a zero-tolerance drugged driving law. RELATED VIDEO: ►Make it easy to keep up to date with more stories like this. Download the 13 ON YOUR SIDE app now . Have a news tip? Email news@13onyourside.com , visit our Facebook page or Twitter .


PHILADELPHIA   For years, the Sixers trumpeted the mantra "Trust The Process," marking the team's steady improvement over the years to the top of the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia showed signs of growth en route to ending a four-year playoff drought in 2018. Then "The Process" met the Celtics, who discarded the Sixers in these same Eastern Conference semifinals, making quick and easy work of a team with plenty of potential but not enough punch. Philadelphia fought hard through 21 lead changes to save its season, only to ultimately fall four games to one, stunting "The Process," if only temporarily. "The Process is never going to end," Joel Embiid said after the Game 5 loss that ended the Sixers' season. "This is a process to get to the playoffs, we did it. This was a process to get to the conference finals, we didn't. Next year, that's our goal." BOX SCORE: 76ERS 116, RAPTORS 95 Next year is now this year, with a season's worth of lessons lodged in between. The Sixers find themselves in the same place, the Eastern Conference semifinals, with a different opponent, the second-seeded Raptors. Despite dropping Game 1 in Toronto, Philadelphia remained poised on the road, rebounding to earn a crucial split in a series many predict to go the distance. Welcomed home for Game 3 by a championship-starved crowd starring the beloved Allen Iverson ("Let's Go Sixers," roared through Wells Fargo Center before the opening tipoff), the Sixers routed the Raptors for a 116-95 win and a 2-1 series lead. But Embiid had no interest in discussing "The Process" postgame when prompted to discuss Philadelphia's progress. The difference a year makes was evident in his response. "This is not a good time to talk about 'The Process' … We have to focus on the playoffs," Embiid said. "And we have a great opportunity up 2-1. On Sunday, we have to take care of business. It's good that we've been closer than we've been through all these years, but we have a lot more to give. We have a chance to do something special. And that's what I'm focused on." Growth hasn't come without change, and the Sixers field a new-look club from a year ago in the 2018-19 postseason. Personnel-wise, the Sixers went all-in to trade two pivotal role players for Jimmy Butler, who scored an efficient 22 points in Game 3 after posting 30 in Game 2, and acquired Tobias Harris (13 points) and Mike Scott at the trade deadline. Embiid, hampered by injuries all postseason, appeared healthy as ever, atoning for a turnover to start the game to finish with 33 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks. His energy on offense sparked the Sixers, whose starters finished in double figures. His defense set the tone. Illustrating Embiid's dominance on both ends late in the fourth, the Sixers' big man barreled through the lane to throw down a windmill dunk minutes after blocking Pascal Siakam. The impromptu aerial display put the Sixers up by 26 points with just over five minutes left and blew the roof off the arena before a crowd of 20,658. Sixers head coach Brett Brown had no choice but to admit he had the best player in the series when healthy postgame. "I mean for me it goes straight to the blocks," Brown said. "You know, we can talk about a windmill dunk. You can talk about some finesse post moves and that. But I go to defense. That's what interests me the most to date with this series. When we talk about whatever we're going to talk about, my mind goes straight there. He is our crown jewel defensively, and I suppose offensively, too. But certainly defensively. And his rim protection and blocking shot ability tonight stood out as much to me as anything in an incredible performance." Behind Embiid, the Sixers stifled the Raptors' offense. Outside of Kawhi Leonard's 33 points and Slakam's 20, only Danny Green scored in double figures for Toronto, with 12 of his 13 points coming off a trio of first-half threes. For the Sixers, contributions came from all angles and sides, as the team shot 51.2% from the floor, and made 10 of 23 threes, with Harris and JJ Redick nailing three apiece. Philadelphia's consistent and balanced scoring attack wore on the Raptors, who tried to keep pace before the game broke open during their 14-point fourth quarter, with Embiid's windmill serving as the hammer. The entire team felt the unraveling. "You know, the way we've been adjusting and the way we've been playing together, I still feel like we have so much potential," Embiid added. "Especially with Tobias [Harris], Ben [Simmons], JJ [Redick]." After Thursday night, the all-grown-up Sixers have handled business up to this point in the postseason. One more win at home in Game 4 on Sunday, and Philadelphia jumps into the driver's seat heading back to Toronto. Two more wins, and the Sixers jump back into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000-01, when Iverson willed the organization to the NBA Finals. "The Process" has come a long way, even if Embiid's not ready to discuss it. Related Slideshow: Best of the 2019 NBA Playoffs (provided by imagn)


Video by CNN SEOUL, South Korea (AP)   U.S. President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an "excellent" letter, the North's state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would "seriously contemplate" the content. The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, said Trump sent a letter and "correspondence between the two leaders has been ongoing." Formal talks between the U.S. and North Korea broke down after a failed summit between Kim and Trump in February in Vietnam. But earlier in June Trump told U.S. reporters he received a "beautiful" letter from Kim, without revealing what was written. In an interview with TIME magazine last week, Trump said he also received a "birthday letter" from Kim that was delivered by hand a day before. The official stances remain the same. The U.S. is demanding that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons entirely before international sanctions are lifted. North Korea is seeking a step-by-step approach in which moves toward denuclearization are matched by concessions from the U.S., notably a relaxation of the sanctions. Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency's report on the Trump letter said Kim "said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content." "Appreciating the political judging faculty and extraordinary courage of President Trump, Kim Jong Un said that he would seriously contemplate the interesting content," the agency said, without elaborating. South Korea's presidential office said it sees the exchange of letters between Kim and Trump as a positive development for keeping the momentum for dialogue alive. News of Trump's letter came days after Kim's summit with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, which experts say underscored China's importance in the diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North. North Korean state media said Kim and Xi discussed the political situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula and reached unspecified consensus on important issues. Xi is expected to meet with Trump next week in Japan during the G-20 summit. Analysts say he could pass him a message from Kim about the nuclear negotiations. Kim said during his New Year's speech said he would seek a "new way" if the United States persists with sanctions and pressure against North Korea. After the collapse of his meeting with Trump in Hanoi, Kim said Washington has until the end of the year to offer mutually acceptable terms for a deal to salvage the negotiations. Following a provocative run in weapons tests, Kim initiated negotiations with Seoul and Washington in 2018, which led to three summits with South Korea's president and his first with Trump in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Kim and Trump issued a vague statement at that summit saying they would work toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula without describing how. The lack of substance and fruitless working-level talks set up the breakdown of Kim's second meeting with Trump, which the Americans blamed on excessive North Korean demands for sanctions relief in exchange for only a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities. Nuclear negotiations have been at a standstill since. Trump and Kim also exchanged letters in 2018 after their first summit. Sanders said at the time that the letters addressed their commitment to work toward North Korea's "complete denuclearization." In September 2018, Trump told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally in West Virginia that Kim "wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters. We fell in love." Analysts say the gesture of sending letters is part of North Korean efforts to present Kim as a legitimate international statesman who is reasonable and capable of negotiating solutions and making deals. Because of the weight of formality they provide, Kim might see personal letters as an important way to communicate with leaders of countries the North never had close ties with, they say.


Popular former UCLA football coach Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in program and Pac-12 history, has been diagnosed with cancer, the university announced Tuesday. Donahue, 74, had surgery Friday and was released from the hospital Tuesday morning. He will begin chemotherapy after his recovery from the surgery, UCLA said in its news release. Former head coach Terry Donahue is recovering from surgery following a recent cancer diagnosis. We wish Coach the best in his fight and look forward to seeing him back on the sideline. https://t.co/0zSeOF6fZR pic.twitter.com/MaJYaYQf9b   UCLA Football (@UCLAFootball) May 21, 2019 The university did not specify the type of cancer Donahue has, adding, "(t)he family appreciates everyone's well wishes but requests privacy at this time." "He's a man of faith, he's a family man, he is a mentor, I think even long before he is a football coach," former Bruins quarterback Tom Ramsey, who played for Donahue from 1979-82, told the Los Angeles Daily News . "And then he's a Hall of Fame football coach, so that will tell you where it starts for him. … He's got a lot of former players in his corner." Donahue, who succeeded Dick Vermeil in January 1976, was 151-740-8 (.665) in 20 years as the Bruins coach. UCLA finished in the top 20 a dozen times, including five times in the top 10. Named conference coach of the year twice, he holds the record for career conference wins with 98, and his 151 wins are the most in UCLA history. He led the Bruins to 13 bowl games, including four Rose Bowls with two of his three wins in Pasadena among a record seven bowl victories in a row from 1983-89. MORE : Former FSU QB Deondre Francois to walk on at Florida Atlantic | Illinois' Bobby Roundtree suffers 'severe spinal injury,' undergoes surgery Donahue coached 34 first-team All-Americans and more than 100 players who were selected in the NFL Draft, including some of the greatest in school history, such as Troy Aikman, Kenny Easley, Ken Norton, Jr. and Jerry Robinson. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1997 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.


While Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) may be gaining on Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in market cap and growth rate, the search engine remains much larger in terms of total audience in the United States. That will, at least for now, give Google an advantage in revenue and its percentage of the overall online advertising market, which it has dominated for years. According to new data from research firm comScore, in July, Google had an audience of 243 million unique visitors via desktops and mobile devices. The entire Internet audience was only slightly bigger, at 256 million. In other words, almost everyone online uses Google. Facebook ranks second with 214 million. Its global membership of 1.3 billion is heavily concentrated in the United States. That membership shows up in the comScore numbers. The revenue yield from their audiences show another Google advantage. Its revenue in the most recently reported quarter was $17.7 billion. Facebook's was $4.0 billion. At its current growth rate, it may have a chance to reach Google's revenue level in four or five years. Beyond Google and Facebook, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) ranks third at 210 million. It continues to grapple with efforts to increase its revenue rapidly. Its $1.1 billion transaction to buy blogging site Tumblr is a sign that it means to use its balance sheet to expand via acquisitions and mergers. Fourth on the list is Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which is not only the leader in e-commerce by far, it also has begun services that may enhance its lead. These include local deliveries of groceries and rating of local goods and services for its users. Its audience was 187 million. ALSO READ: 6 Analyst Stocks Called to Rise 50% or More Next on the list, in fifth place, is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), with an online amalgamation of people going to Microsoft.com and MSN, its portal. Its total audience was 178 million. And the last of the three portals, AOL, ranks sixth with an audience of 174 million. That company recently sold itself to Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). It is presumed that the Huffington Post is the primary driver of the AOL audience size. For the time being, search is still the king of the Net.


Mr. Big Chest is threatening to take his helmet and go home. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Raiders receiver Antonio Brown has informed team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again . Schefter also reports that Brown believes that the new helmet he is supposed to wear " protrudes out and interferes with his vision as he tries to catch [the] football." Brown has refused to wear other approved helmets offered to him by the Raiders. As PFT has reported, the model of Brown's specific helmet is among those that can be worn . Apparently, however, that model has sufficiently changed in the past decade to make Brown not interested in wearing it. It's unclear whether Brown means what he says. But, again, he's used to getting his way   and he'll apparently keep trying to get the NFL to bend to his wishes. At a time when the NFL seems to be willing to do whatever it has to do to ensure that highly-talented football players are available to play football, maybe the NFL will find a way to let Brown do what he wants, if he truly is serious about not playing football. In the interim, it would probably be smart to keep an eye on Brown's social-media feeds for a late-night, shirtless press conference from an elliptical machine.


West Ham host Southampton on Saturday afternoon, riding high after becoming the first team to win at Tottenham's new stadium, when M ichael Antonio's second half goal coupled with an unlikely clean sheet was enough to give the Hammers all three points. Saturday's clash sees both sides with little to play for, after Saints secured safety with a 3-3 draw against Bournemouth last weekend, however Manuel Pellegrini will be looking to end the season strong and push for a top half finish. Here's a look at how his side could line up. Goalkeeper and Defenders Lukasz Fabianski (GK) - The 35-year-old has been a rock in the West Ham goal all season and has saved his side countless times. He'll be looking to stop an in-form Shane Long. Pablo Zabaleta (RB) - The veteran right-back has recently signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club until 2020. He's a leader on and off the pitch, and is still putting in top class performances in the top flight. Fabian Balbuena (CB) - The Paraguayan has made 21 appearances in the league this season and averages seven clearances a game. Issa Diop (CB) - Diop has had a fantastic maiden season at the London Stadium. A technically gifted centre-half, he's been a top signing for the club and will be an important player going forward. Arthur Masuaku (LB) - Aaron Cresswell is back in training for the Hammers, but may not be fully fit to start. The Frenchman has done well filling in, and could start again on Saturday. Midfielders Declan Rice (CDM) - A revelation in defensive midfield, Rice has had a terrific season. Asserting himself as an integral player in Pellegrini's side along with establishing himself in the national setup, he'll be hard to keep a hold of in the summer transfer window. Mark Noble (CDM) - The captain has been solid at the heart of midfield all season and has chipped in with three goals and four assists in the league. Michail Antonio (RW) - Last weekend's hero scored his 26th league goal of his career, all of which have come from inside the box. He'll be looking to get on the scoresheet for the third game in a row. Robert Snodgrass (CAM) - The Scotsman has earned the trust of his manager this term after a loan spell at Aston Villa threw his West Ham future into doubt last season. He has four goals and five assists so far in all competitions. Felipe Anderson (LW) - The 26-year-old is the club's top scorer in the league with nine goals, but he only has one in his last 16 Premier League outings. He'll be looking to find the net on Saturday to end the drought. Forward Javier Hernandez (ST) - The Mexican forward has returned from injury however was an unused substitute against Tottenham . With Arnoutovic an injury doubt, the 30-year-old could get the shout ahead of Lucas Perez.


The body of a stowaway fell from a plane as it began its descent into London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday, and landed in a private garden. Over the last 30 years, bodies of illegal travellers have been found on southwest London high streets and in car parks which lie under Heathrow's busy flight path. On a plane the most popular place for stowaways to hide is the "wheel well," where the wheels are stored between take-off and landing. Temperatures can drop to -60 degrees Celsius (-76 degrees Fahrenheit) when a plane is at its cruising altitude and oxygen levels are extremely low, meaning most die in mid-air. As pilots open the wheel hatch to prepare to land, the frozen-solid bodies of stowaways fall over southwest London. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A stowaway fell from the undercarriage of a jet as it approached Heathrow Airport on Sunday and landed in the garden of a south London townhouse, an event happens with an alarming frequency. Desperate asylum seekers often sneak into a plane's "wheel-well" - where landing gear and wheels are stored between take-off and landing - and chance their luck against oxygen levels of 26% of those at sea level and temperatures of -60 degrees Celsius (-76 degrees Fahrenheit). Most stowaways freeze to death in mid-air, their bodies then falling from the plane when the pilot opens the hatch to deploy wheels for landing. Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport and hundreds of flights pass over southwest London before touching down each day, meaning dead stowaways often fall in this area, and are found in built-up or public places. On Sunday, London's Metropolitan police found the body of a man in a garden in Clapham. He had fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Heathrow. He is the latest in a long line of stowaways to fall. A long history of stowaway deaths near Heathrow There is a long history of recorded stowaways hiding on commercial jets. According to a report from the FAA, stowaways were recorded as long ago as 1947, with a 30-year-old man surviving a flight from Lisbon to Natal in Brazil in the wheel-well of a KLM airliner. Heathrow, however, is a particular hotspot for the phenomenon, with numerous incidents recorded in recent decades. In 2015, the body of a 24-year-old South African man was found lifeless on the roof of a west London office block . The unnamed man had attempted to make it to the UK by clinging to the undercarriage of a British Airways flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow, but had passed out and fallen when the hatch was opened. The 10-hour flight was 8,000 miles long and flight data, cited by the Guardian , put the plane at 427 meters high when it passed over the office block. At 7:45 a.m. on September 9, 2012, early morning commuters watched in horror as the body of a man plummeted from the sky and crashed into the pavement of Portman Avenue, in the southwest London suburb of East Sheen. The man had fallen from the landing gear of British Airways Flight 76, which was flying from Luanda, Angola, to Heathrow. In 2001, 21-year-old Pakistani native Mohammed Ayaz fell from the sky into the car park of Homebase - a British DIY store - in Richmond, southwest London. Five years earlier, in October 1996, the body 19-year-old Vijay Saini was found across the road on the site of an under development supermarket. Saini had snuck onto a British Airways Boeing 747 from Delhi, India, with his brother Pardeep, 23. Pardeep survived the 10-hour ordeal, but it took police three days to find his brother, who had fallen from the wheel-well as the wheels were lowered. In August 1998, revelers at a pub nearby called The Marlborough told police they had seen a body fall from a plane into the same Sainsbury's building site. It was never located. Some stowaways get lucky and make it to Heathrow alive, but it is rare. In June 2010, a Romanian stowaway survived an 800-mile trip from Vienna to Heathrow on a private Boeing 747 owned by the Dubai royal family.


The Providence Journal delivers accurate, timely news about the moments that matter most. To receive stories like this one in your inbox, sign up here . PROVIDENCE -- A 19-year-old Providence man accused of shooting a police officer Friday afternoo n will face two counts of assault with intent to commit murder, Providence Police Chief Hugh T. Clements said Saturday morning. Tyrone Robinson is accused of firing several shots and striking Officer Matt McGloin, a member of the department's violent crime task force. McGloin was wearing a bulletproof vest, which stopped the bullet, according to the police. Robinson faces several other charges, including two counts of using a firearm while committing a crime of violence, carying a stolen firearm while committing a crime of violence, carrying a dangerous weapon while committing a crime of violence, firing in a compact area and lacking a license for carrying a pistol. -- Reported by Journal Staff Writer Mark Reynolds     ©2019 The Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.) Visit The Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.) at www.projo.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.