With the exhibition schedule underway, another season in the NFL cycle has begun. Call it the scrambling season, when urgency forces teams to make some moves that could have been made months ago, while other moves arise because of injuries or the sudden realization by teams that they have unexpected holes to fill. That season officially opened Thursday morning when the Cleveland Browns traded running back Duke Johnson to the Houston Texans. Johnson had been calling for a trade for months and finally got his wish. More moves are likely to come before the start of the regular season, and here's a look at 11 candidates to be traded. 11. Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Although Pierre-Paul was Tampa Bay's top pass-rusher last season, it's time for the Bucs to peddle him. Even though Pierre-Paul recovered nicely after injuring his hand in a 2015 fireworks accident, he's become damaged goods once again. He suffered a broken neck in a car accident in early May and, even in a best-case scenario, he's going to miss about half this season. The Bucs have several promising young defensive ends, and they can save more than $7 million of Pierre-Paul's cap hit for this year if they unload him. They would also get off the hook for $12.5 million in 2020. Pierre-Paul is 30, and even if he comes back from the neck injury, age will catch up to him soon. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 10. Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB, Miami Dolphins Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports This is a long shot, but it could happen if things play out the right way in Miami. Suppose (and, again, this is a big hypothetical), second-year pro Josh Rosen wins the starting job and plays well early. That could convince the Dolphins that Rosen is their guy for the long term. If that plays out before the Oct. 29 trading deadline and another team has a major injury at quarterback, Fitzpatrick could have some sudden market value. He's a dependable veteran, but not a long-term solution. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 9. Josh Jones, S, Green Bay Packers Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports A second-round pick in 2017, Jones hasn't panned out for the Packers. He apparently wants out of Green Bay, as ESPN reported in May that he wants to be traded. The team has said Jones is not being shopped, but that's how the front office has to play it. If the rest of the league knows the Packers don't want Jones, other teams can just wait for him to be released. But let's face reality. The Packers addressed the safety position heavily in the offseason. They signed free agent Adrian Amos and drafted Darnell Savage Jr. in the first round. Jones is highly expendable. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 8. Karl Joseph, S, Oakland Raiders Once you get into the doghouse of coach Jon Gruden, it's virtually impossible to get out. It became blatantly obvious that was the case with Joseph when the Raiders used a first-round pick on his apparent replacement, Johnathan Abram, this year. Joseph, who turns 26 in September, is still young and has talent. He could thrive elsewhere with a fresh start. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 7. Trae Waynes, CB, Minnesota Vikings A first-round pick in 2015, Waynes has been a solid, but not spectacular, player. He's expendable because the Vikings are loaded at cornerback. They have Xavier Rhodes as their No. 1 corner and Mike Hughes, a first-round pick in 2018, showed plenty of promise as a rookie. Waynes is in the final year of his contract. It would be a wise move for the Vikings to get something in return for a player they're unlikely to re-sign for 2020. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 6. Cameron Brate, TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Brate is a dependable receiving tight end. But the reality is O.J. Howard has potential for greatness and clearly is Tampa Bay's future at this position. With Howard and wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin getting most of the passes, having Brate is a luxury. The Bucs could use Brate as trade bait to get help at a position where help is needed more. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 5. Yannick Ngakoue, DE, Jacksonville Jaguars Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Ngakoue recently ended his holdout without getting a new contract. He apparently was seeking a deal that averaged around $20 million a year. But it would have been ridiculous to pay him anything close to that after the Jaguars used the seventh overall pick in this year's draft on Kentucky's Josh Allen, who appears to be Ngakoue's eventual replacement. The Jaguars might as well get something in return for Ngakoue while they still can. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 4. Vernon Butler, DT, Carolina Panthers A first-round pick in 2016, Butler has been a complete bust. He has two career sacks and hasn't been able to claim a starting job. The Panthers brought in six-time Pro Bowler Gerald McCoy in the offseason, and they already had Kawann Short and Dontari Poe at defensive tackle. It's unlikely the Panthers will get much in return for Butler. But even a late-round draft pick would get them something for their original investment on Butler. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 3. Solomon Thomas, DT, San Francisco 49ers The third overall pick in 2017, Solomon has been nothing but a disappointment in San Francisco. But most of the blame for that belongs to the coaching staff for not using Thomas the right way. He's a natural three-technique tackle, but the 49ers have used him more on the outside, where he simply isn't a great fit. He's carrying a big contract, and that might scare off trade partners. But Solomon still has plenty of talent, and a team that wants to use him the right way could be tempted to make a deal. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 2. Jadeveon Clowney, EDGE, Houston Texans Tim Warner/Getty Images Clowney was hit with the franchise tag (just under $16 million), and the two sides were unable to agree to a long-term deal before the deadline in July. Clowney has been holding out, but it recently was reported he plans to join the team after the third preseason game. He's one of the best defensive players in the league, and the Texans don't want to lose him. But it may be difficult to get him signed to a long-term deal after this season. If the Texans think bringing him back for the long term will be cost prohibitive, they could look to deal him to a team that thinks Clowney could be its only missing piece. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | 1. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images At 24, Elliott is already one of the best running backs in the league, and he's just entering his prime. But he also has been a headache for Dallas. In addition to previous off-field issues, he currently is holding out for a contract to make him one of the league's highest-paid backs (likely around $13 million to $14 million a year). That might be more than the Cowboys can afford, because they're also talking about new deals with quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper. JPP | Fitzpatrick | J. Jones | K. Joseph | Waynes | Brate | Ngakoue | Butler | Thomas | Clowney | Elliott | Top | Pat Yasinskas has covered the NFL since 1993. He has worked for The Tampa Tribune, The Charlotte Observer and ESPN.com and writes for numerous national magazines and websites. He also has served as a voter for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. MORE: A furious Chris Davis had to be held back from Orioles manager Brandon Hyde Deadline passes as Elliott loses accrued season, fines reach $500K WATCH: Raiders-Rams fight during Thursday practice Breaking down everything the Duke Johnson trade means for the Browns 6 quick takeaways from Packers' joint practices with Texans


Belgium's Royal Academy of Medicine recommended last week that children, teens, pregnant women and nursing mothers do not follow a vegan diet. An estimated 3% of Belgian children follow this type of vegetarianism that excludes meat, eggs, dairy products and all other animal-derived ingredients, according to the academy's statement . The eating plan is "restrictive," creates "unavoidable" nutritional shortcomings and, if not properly monitored, could lead to deficiencies and stunted development, the academy said. The medical opinion was requested by a representative of a national human rights organization, who sought guidance for pediatricians and other health care workers. The Royal Academy of Medicine functions as an advisory agency for Belgium's government institutions. Dr. Georges Casimir , a pediatrician at Queen Fabiola Children's Hospital and head of the commission appointed by the academy to study the issue of veganism, discouraged the diet for children and pregnant women due to the possibility of "irreversible" harms. A potential health issue caused by a vegan diet is a lack of sufficient proteins and essential fatty acids for the developing brain. Vitamins, including essential ingredients such as D and B12, calcium or even trace elements and nutrients essential for proper development are "absent from this diet," according to a statement from Casimir. Isabelle Thiebaut, a co-author of the opinion and president of an European organization for dieticians, said that it is important to explain to parents about "weight-loss and psychomotor delays, undernutrition, anemia" and other possible nutritional shortfalls caused by a vegan diet for children. If parents do not follow the new recommendation, children who continue to follow a vegan diet should receive supplements, medical followup and regular blood tests, according to the academy. Not everyone agrees with the academy's statement. The British Dietetic Association stated that "well-planned plant-based, vegan-friendly diets can be devised to support healthy living at every age and life-stage." Great Britain has about 600,000 vegans, roughly 1.2% of the population in 2018, according to the nonprofit Vegan Society . The same opinion is maintained across the pond. "Appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases," according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, an US organization for nutrition professionals. "These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes." The organization's position paper also states that vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer and obesity. A small group of vegetarians coined the term "vegan" in 1944, according to the Vegan Society . A recent study that explored the impact of different diets suggests that global adoption of a vegan diet would avoid 8.1 million deaths per year by 2050.


You can leave your umbrella at home for today, but light rainfall is in the forecast for Fort Worth starting on Friday, according to the seven-day forecast from drone-powered weather service Saildrone . Saturday's forecast shows the highest possibility of rain at 77 percent, while the most rainfall is expected on Sunday at 0.10 inches. The coming days will also see hot temperatures, due to stick around through Wednesday. The weather will bring a high temperature of 100 degrees on Friday. Skies will be mostly cloudy today and partly cloudy Tuesday through Wednesday. Winds will remain light through the week, with the highest speeds on Friday at just 11 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.


Recently NFL divisions were ranked and the AFC East chimed in as the worst overall grouping . How? Aren't the defending champion New England Patriots in this division? Well, Pro Football Focus perhaps explained why. The rest of the division, the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, and New York Jets recently took the bottom of the barrel in the analytics outlet's roster rankings. The Bills led that group at No. 29, while the Dolphins and Jets were right behind Western New York's team, respectively. In terms of the Bills' ranking, here's how PFF sees the team's biggest strength, weakness and "X-factor" via ESPN: Biggest strength: Buffalo has a great set of edge defenders and linebackers that helped it earn the 13th-best team defense grade (83.0) last season. Led by Jerry Hughes and Lorenzo Alexander, who are both coming off career-high overall grades, the Bills should have an above-average defense again in 2019. In addition to Hughes and Alexander, the Bills also have Matt Milano, who earned the 12th-best overall grade (76.3) among linebackers last season. Biggest weakness: The Bills' receiving corps left much to be desired last season, as it ranked last in the NFL with a receiving grade of 57.5. Zay Jones and Robert Foster are both young and have potential, but they'll need to fulfill it sooner rather than later if the Bills want to avoid ranking dead last once again. On the bright side, Foster's receiving grade of 73.3 did rank 38th out of 108 qualifying wide receivers, but the rest of the team's pass-catchers will also have to step up their game. X factor for 2019: Josh Allen had some good outings in his first year as a pro, but he also had some pretty bad ones. One thing Allen did do consistently well was run the ball, as his running grade of 81.4 ranked third among qualifying quarterbacks. His 47 scrambles were the second most among quarterbacks, and his 4.17 yards after contact per attempt also ranked second. However, Allen will need to have consistency as a passer if he wants to take the Bills anywhere, and his passing grade of 58.0 last season ranked 33rd out of 39 qualifiers. On the plus side for the AFC East bottom-feeders, they're not the Arizona Cardinals, the team that clocked in at dead last in PFF's rankings. Truthfully one can push aside the strengths and weaknesses for Buffalo via PFF's analytics. The upcoming NFL season is all about Allen. If he doesn't improve, the entire organization could be in line for another overhaul within a few seasons. But there's great news for those rooting for the AFC East. The Patriots ranked as the best roster in the entire NFL, edging out the Rams and Saints in second and third, respectively. Phew, thank goodness. MORE: LeBron James fans who bought No. 23 Lakers jerseys are now being mocked Danny Green: 'This is the time where I need to maximize the dollars on the longest amount of years that I can do' Roundup: Marianne Williamson is a Trip; Man's Unbelievable Bear Story; Algae in Lake Hoptacong Former Packers WR Randall Cobb stands out during Cowboys offseason 8 Browns players firmly on the roster bubble entering training camp


From the moment his named was called during the 2019 NFL draft, everyone knew that Johnathan Abram was going to play a lot as a rookie. With the Raiders declining the fifth-year option on former 2016 first-round pick Karl Joseph, some were wondering how quickly Abram could replace Joseph. However, the Raiders have an open mind in regards to their two first-round picks at safety. During the team's two-day mini-camp, Oakland had both Joseph and Abram on the field at the same time with veteran Lamarcus Joyner playing in the slot. During his media availability on Wednesday, Abram mentioned how much fun he has playing with Joseph and that they each "challenge" one another to make plays. Raiders rookie S Johnathan Abram moves up to first-team defense during OTAs. "It's pretty fun" working with Karl Joseph. "We challenge each other to get to the ball first." pic.twitter.com/mWVsKJd5ad - Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) June 12, 2019 Joseph and Abram are very similar players as they are each undersized safeties who love to be physical. While neither excels in coverage, they can both be tone-setters in the run game. It's encouraging to see Abram ascend to the first-team defense so quickly during his rookie season. Look for him to be a Day 1 starter and to be on the field a lot during the team's Week 1 matchup with the Denver Broncos. MORE: NHL fans sure enjoyed seeing Brad Marchand cry after Bruins' Game 7 loss NBA trade rumor rankings: Rockets on the move? Roundup: Latest David Ortiz Shooting Investigation Details, Elin Nordegren Expecting Third Kid Davante Adams on Packers rookie S Darnell Savage: 'We got a steal' Cowboys should enlist 3-year plan with Ezekiel Elliott, let him walk


Brad Marchand is definitely the biggest pest in the NHL, continually crossing the line and bugging the opposition, baiting them into taking penalties. During Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Marchand gave Blues goalie Jordan Binnington a light jab with his stick, causing the goalie to submit a candidate for the flop of the year. Marchand doing Marchand things, Binnington submitting a resume for a Golden Globe in overacting pic.twitter.com/KKOXuW8kHZ   CJ Fogler (@cjzero) June 4, 2019 Granted, the Bruins forward had no business having his stick in Binnington's pads, but the Blues goaltender went down as if he'd just stepped onto a slip-n-slide. It is hilarious to watch Binnington's attempt to draw a penalty against Marchand, and his flop rivals Esa Lindell's that occurred in the second round when the Blues took on the Dallas Stars. What's going to be more exciting: the last three games of Blues-Bruins, or three more games of Blues and Bruins fans battling in a whine-off to decide which team's gotten more screwed by the refs?


Johnny Manziel hasn't given up on his dream of continuing to play pro football for a living, but the former Texas A&M star has given thought to life after his playing days are over. Speaking about this on "The Dan Patrick Show" Monday morning, Manziel said he wants to work with the Aggies football program in some capacity whenever he is finished playing the game he loves. Manziel said he has a good relationship with current Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher, and a good relationship with the school. "That's a place that means a lot to me and a place that I want to tie myself to for the long term moving forward after my football career would be over." He also said he is a regular on campus, and that he attends Texas A&M practices when he can. Manziel has said in the past that he'd like to coach or get into media when his playing career is over. Reading between the lines, it sounds like he would love to get started on the coaching path under Fisher, if that option is open to him. In the meantime, it appears the XFL will likely be the last chance Manziel gets to show his stuff on the gridiron.


Michele McCoy always thought she and her siblings would inherit the house she grew up in on Decatur Street on Detroit's west side. Her father, a Detroit Police officer, and her mother, a schoolteacher, bought the three-bedroom bungalow in the late 1960s after moving here from Wheeling, West Virginia. "It would be part of our family legacy because that was the first property my family bought when they moved to Michigan," McCoy, 55, said. But that changed after a visit nearly 20 years ago from a door-to-door representative of a reverse mortgage lender. The house on Decatur now is one of 1,884 reverse mortgage foreclosures in Detroit between 2013 and 2017. No other city in the country has seen more in that span, according to a USA Today analysis of 1.3 million loan records and hundreds of foreclosure cases. The Free Press and USA Today reporters reviewed data and conducted interviews in recent weeks to try and understand why Detroit and other urban communities have borne the brunt of the reverse mortgage foreclosure trend. More: Seniors were sold a risk-free retirement with reverse mortgages. Now they face foreclosure. More: Are you thinking of getting a reverse mortgage? Who should consider one and who shouldn't Reverse mortgages work like this: Lenders appraise the value of a house and allow homeowners to borrow back money against that market value. Borrowers can stop making monthly mortgage payments, and they can stay put for life, so long as they maintain the home and pay property taxes and insurance. For years, reverse mortgages required no credit check and government-mandated financial counseling can be as easy as a 20-minute phone call. At the end   a move-out, death or default   the bank calls the loan due, to be paid back either by the sale of the home or an heir or homeowner repaying the loan money. Lenders and their investors make their money through origination fees that can top $15,000 with fees and mortgage insurance, and by charging interest on the loan balance. Reverse mortgage lenders targeted Detroit and other large urban areas over the last couple decades, sometimes with misleading sales tactics. Nearly 100,000 of the loans designed for seniors to generate some cash have now failed nationwide, leaving those elderly borrowers to navigate the often-unforgiving foreclosure process. McCoy's parents, William and Virginia Creighton, took out an $84,000 reverse mortgage in 2000 on the home for repairs. The house needed a roof, pipe work in the basement and a furnace, McCoy said. The Creightons fell behind on their property taxes and lost the house to foreclosure in 2016. Fannie Mae sold the property the next year to Paramount Consortium, a Warren-based company, for $4,500   an amount so paltry that McCoy said she wouldn't share with her parents. They are now both in their 90s and live in an apartment in Westland. Looking back, McCoy said she doesn't think her father fully understood the reverse mortgage. "He was just confused," she said. Detroit edged out Chicago   with a population quadruple Detroit's   to lead the nation in reverse mortgage foreclosures from 2013 to 2017. What's more, Detroit has three of the top 10 ZIP codes in the United States for reverse mortgage foreclosure in the last five years. Those ZIP codes are 48221, which includes the University District, and two others nearby, 48235 and 48227. Detroit was ripe for reverse mortgage lenders in the past couple decades because of its high senior population and the high number of homeowners with equity built into their homes. Even if the city's homes were declining in value, Detroit was attractive for lenders who could rake in closing costs and other fees. For low-income seniors who needed help with living expenses or home repairs, a reverse mortgage seemed like an attractive option to secure a new cash flow. Borrowers must be at least 62 years old to qualify for a reverse mortgage. "You have a large population of homeowners with equity built into their homes," said Joshua Akers, an assistant professor of geography and urban regional studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. "You have a large senior population that is also looking for additional income." Seniors who take out a reverse mortgage are still responsible for their property taxes and home insurance, and a missed payment can trigger a foreclosure. Loans also come due for surviving family members after the death of the borrower. If the family does not cover the loan balance, the lender can foreclose on the property. The effects of reverse mortgage foreclosures are particularly devastating for seniors. Many are out of the job market, making it more difficult to rebound from losing their home. "For many Americans, the home is their greatest asset. They're putting it on the line," Akers said. "For a lot of these seniors, losing their home is the last thing they had." Detroit's place at the top is emblematic of a national pattern. Reverse mortgages end in foreclosure six times more often in predominantly black neighborhoods than in neighborhoods that are 80% white. Even comparing only poorer areas, black neighborhoods fare worse. In ZIP codes where most residents make less than $40,000, the analysis found reverse mortgage foreclosure rates were six times higher in black neighborhoods than in white ones. Chicago was second in USA Today's analysis of reverse mortgage foreclosures with 1,846 from 2013 to 2017. Baltimore had 1,516; Miami 1,329; and Philadelphia had 1,027 to round out the nation's top five. One Reverse Mortgage, part of the Detroit-based Quicken Loans family of companies, is an industry leader. It made $788 million worth of government-backed reverse mortgages in 2018, the second-highest behind American Advisors Group, which issued $2.7 billion in loans, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, a company that tracks mortgage statistics. Gregg Smith, CEO of One Reverse Mortgage, said home equity should be factored into seniors' financial plans. "It empowers the senior to utilize the equity in their home in a way they deem to fit their needs," he said. Most of One Reverse Mortgage's loans, by volume, are in California, Florida and Texas   places with high populations and home values, Smith said. The company was not very active in Detroit from 2001 to 2009. It only originated 17 loans in that time, according to USA Today's data. Before finalizing a loan with One Reverse Mortgage, seniors undergo a financial assessment and counseling session where obligations like property taxes and home insurance are explained, Smith said, adding that his company has been up front and clear with borrowers throughout its existence, which dates to 2001. "From our perspective, I think we do an amazing job with every client and putting them in a position to succeed," he said. Mary Jo Homrich, 80, said the reverse mortgage she took out from AAG four years ago on her home in Portage has worked out well. "I have money I can draw from it if I needed," Homrich said. "I'm glad that money's available because I've had to have a couple things done to the house." Her home was worth about $120,000 and she used the reverse mortgage to pay off a $40,000 debt and obtain a $20,000 line of credit that can be used when she needs it. Homrich, a retired bookkeeper, said she has talked with her children about the loan and makes sure to stay up to date on her property taxes and insurance. "I'm hoping I can stay here for another 10, 15 years. I plan on staying around," she said. "It was a good deal for me." But in Detroit, housing advocates and legal aid lawyers have seen families suffer as a result of reverse mortgages. In the mid-2000s, risks of foreclosure often were not clear. Some advertisements for reverse mortgages even claimed that borrowers would not have to make any payments, said Joe McGuire, a staff attorney in Detroit for Michigan Legal Services. "There was an era, especially during the mortgage boom, where there was pretty unscrupulous pushing of these," McGuire said. McGuire said he mainly sees two types of eviction cases stemming from reverse mortgages. The first type of case involves a borrower who is alive but fell behind on property tax or insurance payments. Those payments previously may have been escrowed into the original mortgage bill. "It's a big change for a lot of people to go from that to having to pay the property taxes and the insurance themselves," he said. The second common instance involves children who lived in the home of a deceased borrower. The house is foreclosed on to satisfy the loan, leaving the senior's child to go from thinking they were going to inherit the house to getting evicted. "It's very disruptive to people," McGuire said. "With working-class people of color, most of the generational wealth is in the home and that home being passed on." Typically, there is an opportunity for families to redeem homes lost to reverse mortgage foreclosure at a sheriff's sale. The price is based on an appraisal by the federal government and may be less than the loan balance, said Kim Stroud, director of mortgage foreclosure prevention and land contract support for the United Community Housing Coalition in Detroit. Stroud said UCHC has small loan program that can help with those redemption costs. Seniors considering a reverse mortgage should make sure to get counseling from an agency certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said Dannielle Laura, interim director of economic opportunity services for the Wayne Metro Community Action Agency. "It's easy to think (a reverse mortgage) can be the answer to your prayers," Laura said. "My advice would be that a little healthy skepticism never hurt anyone." Nick Penzenstadler, of USA TODAY, and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, an assistant professor of multimedia journalism at Grand Valley State University, contributed to this report. Joe Guillen has been covering city governance and development issues for the newspaper since 2013. He has covered Detroit city hall, been a member of the investigations team and previously worked at The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer covering county and state government. Contact him at 313-222-6678 or jguillen@freepress.com. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit leads nation in reverse mortgage foreclosures


We Americans have been confronted by devastating images from our southern border and increasingly polarized views on how to address this untenable situation. At times I wonder if we are retreating from the ideal of America as a country founded by and for brave, bold, freedom-seeking rebels, and becoming instead inward-looking and fearful. I suspect many of us will refuse to retreat. We grew up in this beautiful, free country, in all its diversity. We know nothing good ever came of fear, and that our own history   including the shameful mistreatment of Native Americans   should incline us to humility and respect when considering the question of migration. I'm not a lawyer, an asylum seeker, or one of the people working every day to protect our borders and run our immigration system. But I work with the UN Refugee Agency, which operates in 134 countries to protect and support many of the over 70 million people displaced by conflict and persecution. We in America are starting to experience on our borders some of the pressures other nations have faced for years: countries like Turkey, Uganda and Sudan, which host 6 million refugees between them. Or Lebanon, where every sixth person is a refugee. Or Colombia, which is hosting over 1 million Venezuelans in a country slightly less than twice the size of Texas. There are lessons   and warnings   we can derive from the global refugee situation. The first is that this is about more than just one border. Unless we address the factors forcing people to move, from war to economic desperation to climate change, we will face ever-growing human displacement. If you don't address these problems at their source, you will always have people at your borders. People fleeing out of desperation will brave any obstacle in front of them. Second, countries producing the migration or refugee flow have the greatest responsibility to take measures to protect their citizens and address the insecurity, corruption and violence causing people to flee. But assisting them with that task is in our interest. Former senior military figures urge the restoration of U.S. aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, arguing that helping to build the rule of law, respect for human rights and stability is the only way to create alternatives to migration. The UN Refugee Agency is calling for an urgent summit of governments in the Americas to address the displacement crisis. These seem logical, overdue steps. Our development assistance to other countries is not a bargaining chip, it is an investment in our long-term security. Showing leadership and working with other countries is a measure of strength, not a sign of weakness. Third, we have a vital interest in upholding international laws and standards on asylum and protection. It is troubling to see our country backing away from these, while expecting other countries, who are hosting millions of refugees and asylum seekers, to adhere to a stricter code. If we go down this path, we risk a race to the bottom and far greater chaos. An international rules-based system brings order. Breaking international standards only encourages more rule-breaking. Fourth, the legal experts I meet suggest there are ways of making the immigration system function much more effectively, fairly and humanely. For instance, by resourcing the immigration courts to address the enormous backlog of cases built up over years. They argue this would help enable prompt determination of who legally qualifies for protection and who does not, and at the same time disincentivize anyone inclined to misuse the asylum system for economic or other reasons. The American Bar Association and other legal scholars and associations are calling for immigration court to be made independent and free from external influence, so that cases can be fairly, efficiently and impartially decided under the law. There are also proven models of working with legal firms to provide pro-bono legal assistance to unaccompanied children in the immigration system without increasing the burden on the U.S. taxpayer. Expanding these kinds of initiative would help to ensure that vulnerable children don't have to represent themselves in court, and improve the effectiveness, fairness and speed of immigration proceedings. Approximately 65% of children in the U.S. immigration system still face court without an attorney. We all want our borders to be secure and our laws to be upheld, but it is not true that we face a choice between security and our humanity: between sealing our country off and turning our back to the world on the one hand, or having open borders on the other. The best way of protecting our security is by upholding our values and addressing the roots of this crisis. We can be fearless, generous and open-minded in seeking solutions. Pictures: Along the US-Mexico border


Researchers say they've tracked a great white shark deep into the Long Island Sound, a place no tagged shark has ever been seen before. Its arrival near Greenwich, Connecticut, is a reminder for beachgoers to stay safe this Memorial Day. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports for TODAY.


A man attending Belgium's Tomorrowland festival, one of the world's biggest electronic music events, collapsed and was later declared dead in hospital, organisers and medical sources said Saturday. The 27-year-old from India fell unconscious while at the festival on Friday, Antwerp prosecutors told VTM news. He was transported from the site in the town of Boom to Antwerp University Hospital where he could not be revived, a hospital spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday. An autopsy was to be carried out on Monday. In a statement to Belga news agency, Tomorrowland organisers announced "with sadness the death of one of its guests". Spokeswoman Debby Wilmsen told VTM the cause of death was not yet known. She added that the festival had zero tolerance with regard to drugs, a common feature of many big European electro gatherings. Tomorrowland brings together 400,000 people over two weekends in July to see many of the biggest names in electronic dance music. The spokeswoman for Antwerp University Hospital, Evita Bonne, said the Indian was among four people from the festival admitted Friday for intensive care. One remained in the hospital on Saturday. Last year, a 26-year-old woman, also from India, became unwell at the festival and died one day later in the hospital. A Czech woman also died. Both victims had traces of of the drug ecstasy in their blood. But according to authorities their causes of death were due to a combination of factors, media reported. In 2012, a 26-year-old British woman succumbed to a drug overdose. This year's festival includes more than 130 performers including Eric Prydz, former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, fashion designer Virgil Abloh, Steve Aoki, DJ Tiësto and Dave Clarke.


A gas leak prompted evacuations Monday morning on West Main Street in Yadkinville. About 50 people were evacuated from homes and businesses in the immediate area of the scene, which is in the area across from the former Hoots Hospital area. Yadkin Emergency Medical Services director Keith Vestal said the gas leak happened as Duke Power was drilling for a new power pole and struck the gas main. West Main Street is shut down as crews turn off the gas and work to make repairs. READ MORE: Gas leak prompts evacuations in Yadkinville CHECK OUT WXII: Get the latest Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem news of the day. Catch the top stories, sports and weather from the team at WXII12.


The Nashville Predators, home to arguably the deepest blue line in the NHL, nevertheless value having a wealth of options on defense and have agreed to terms to retain one of their many defensemen. TVA's Renaud Lavoie reports that the team has re-signed AHL captain Jarred Tinordi to a two-year extension. It is a two-way deal for Tinordi that will pay him the minimum $700K at the NHL level but a comfortable $300K in the AHL. Tinordi, 27, is coming off a career year in the minor leagues with the Predators' AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. Tinordi paced the Admirals defensemen with 75 games played and 85 penalty minutes and a dependable stay-at-home defender and physical force. The former first-round pick also set a career high offensively with eight goals and 22 points on the year. While many will only ever see Tinordi as a first-round bust   the 22nd overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in 2010, Tinordi has six points in 53 NHL games   he has slowly but surely grown into a reliable depth defender. At 6-foot-6 and 230 lbs., Tinordi has always been a dominating presence, but his hockey IQ has caught up with his physical stature and he has become a more composed player on the ice and a leader in the dressing room for Milwaukee. Although he has not appeared at the top level since a brief stint with the Arizona Coyotes three years ago, it's safe to say he has improved in that time. With Tinordi signed, Nashville now has their top ten blue line options locked up through next season. Even if he resumes his strong play next season, Tinordi will very likely never see any NHL action. The Predators have ten defensemen on one-way contracts next year: top-four mainstays Roman Josi , P.K. Subban , Ryan Ellis , and Mattias Ekholm , reliable bottom pair Yannick Weber and Matt Irwin , veteran Dan Hamhuis , and rookie Dante Fabbro . Experienced AHLer Matt Donovan , who led all Admirals defenders in scoring last season, also acted as the team's first man up on the back end and returns for the second of his own two-year, two-way deal. Barring a trade, Tinordi will likely be asked to again lead the Predators' young prospects in Milwaukee and to be an emergency depth option, as Nashville is simply loaded on defense.


The Chinese government has announced a suspension on imported meat products from Canada over claims of forged customs documents, the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries. The Chinese embassy in Canada announced the move in a statement Wednesday, saying the decision had been sparked by the discovery of "ractopamine residues" in a batch of pork sent by Canadian company Frigo Royal on June 3. Ractopamine is a veterinary drug and feed additive which is banned in mainland China due to concerns over the possible negative effects on consumer health, according to the Hong Kong Center for Food Safety. It is permitted for use in the United States and Canada, however. China immediately suspended Frigo Royal's import license but, according to the embassy, a subsequent investigation by Canadian authorities found 188 forged veterinary certificates on exported meat products. In response, Beijing called on the Canadian government to stop issuing health certificates to meat exported after June 25, effectively cutting off Canadian suppliers. "We hope the Canadian side would attach great importance to this incident, complete the investigation as soon as possible and take effective measures to ensure the safety of food exported to China in a more responsible manner," the embassy statement said. CNN has reached out to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for comment. China is Canada's second largest trading partner after the United States. In 2017, it imported $292 million in pork products to China, according to MIT, although that is likely to have grown following the swine fever crisis spreading across China. Meat products aren't the first Canadian export to China to be disrupted in recent months. In March, top Canadian agricultural firm Richardson International said that its shipments of canola, a major Canadian export to China, were being blocked. A top executive at the company told Canadian broadcaster CTV that he believed the move was "politically motivated," an allegation Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang denied. "It is the Chinese government's responsibility to protect the safety and interests of the Chinese consumers and the agricultural production and ecological security of the nation," he told a news conference on March 11. Diplomatic relations between Beijing and Ottawa have remained fraught following the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada in December 2018. Meng faces extradition to the US over allegations she helped Huawei evade US sanctions on Iran. The Chinese government claim the arrest is politically motivated. Shortly after Meng's detention, two Canadians were taken into custody in China, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor. Both were formally arrested in May, accused of gathering and stealing "sensitive information and other intelligence" since 2017. Separately, Canadian man Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who had previously been found guilty of trafficking drugs to China, was rapidly retried in January and sentenced to death. The Canadian government has joined with human rights organizations to call for the release of Kovrig and Spavor, describing their detentions as "arbitrary."


Lonnie G. Bunch III has been elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, becoming the first African-American person to assume that position. Bunch, 66, is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Smithsonian's Board of Regents approved Bunch's nomination on Tuesday. He succeeds David Skorton, who announced his resignation last December and will leave on June 15. Bunch said he was humbled by the new role. "I am humbled and honored to become the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution," he said in a statement. "I am excited to work with the Board of Regents and my colleagues throughout the Institution to build upon its legacy and to ensure that the Smithsonian will be even more relevant and more meaningful and reach more people in the future." Bunch will be the first museum director to ascend to secretary in 74 years. "Lonnie Bunch guided, from concept to completion, the complex effort to build the premier museum celebrating African American achievements," Chief Justice John G. Roberts, who also serves as the Smithsonian chancellor, said of Bunch's appointment. "I look forward to working with him as we approach the Smithsonian's 175th anniversary, to increase its relevance and role as a beloved American institution and public trust."


As a single father, whenever Lauriston Crockett III hits the road it's not uncommon to bring his son, Lauriston Crockett IV, along for the ride. Sometimes that even means bringing him to work. Lauriston is a pet health expert and hosts a podcast called "Your Pets Radio," and his son is deeply captivated by his dad. "It warms my heart," Lauriston III said. "When he was born is when I really realized what love was all about." "I love him more than anybody else in the whole entire world," Lauriston IV said. "I want to be just like my dad." That's why, not long ago, when his dad was scheduled to be a guest on a different podcast, 8-year-old Lauriston stopped him in his tracks. "I just took over him and went, 'Daddy, I got this,'" he said. "He literally reached over to me on the mic and just gave me a little pat and says, 'Daddy, I got this,' and sat down and took over the lead chair," Lauriston III said. Little Lauriston was such a hit that he was invited to come back as a host. People like Burton Gilliam from "Blazin Saddles," Football Hall of Famer Tim Brown and Cowboys' legend Ed "Too Tall" Jones have all been guests on Lauriston's show, "Celebrity Interviews With Milk and Cookies." Of course, every guest is required to share a cookie. Truthfully, though, having his own podcast was never about celebrities or cookies. It's always been about something sweeter. "It's a great way to show my dad that I love meeting people and traveling with him and I just love my dad," said Lauriston IV. Which is why, no matter how many famous people he interviews, his favorite celebrity will always be dad. Click here to learn more or listen to Lauriston's podcast.


Get ready to win awards with this beautiful 911 C4S! The 993 generation of the Porsche 911 is famous for being the last of the air-cooled models making it extremely desirable among Porsche purists. What we have here is a 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S that is perhaps one of the cleanest and low-mileage 993s currently on the market, and it's currently listed for sale at Gaudin Porsche for $157,911. If you're looking for an investment-quality 993 911, you'll be hard pressed to find anything more authentic than this one. At that price, you're getting a time capsule of a car with just 14,000 miles on the odometer, and an overall Concours-level quality that looks showroom-fresh despite being 23 years old. The Arena Red paint job looks absolutely flawless, and the exterior color is a perfect accent to the Cashmere tan leather interior. The Carrera 4S (or C4S for short) was introduced for 1996 bringing some of the styling and handling bits over from the 911 Turbo. In addition to the Turbo's wide-body stance, the C4S also received upgraded brakes and a lowered suspension Despite the Turbo add-ons, the heart of the 911 C4S is still the Carrera's 3.6-liter flat-six putting out 282 horsepower, and it's mated to a six-speed manual. Just as the car gods have always intended! This C4S has definitely been babied in its life, and the pampering continued this year with a full detail to keep the car's incredible luster. Of course, if you want to take it out and enjoy it (and who wouldn't?), this car is also wearing a fresh set of Bridgestone Potenza tires. Bottom line, this immaculate car is ready for just about anything whether it be getting tucked away in storage as a collector or driven to car shows to impress Porsche fanatics when they check out the odometer. Read More... Unique, Collectible 1960 Porsche 356B Super 90 Could Be Yours 1964 Volkswagen Bus 21 Split Window Makes Transporting The Crew A Blast


A protest from employees at the Louvre Museum in Paris caused the historical monument to be closed to tourists Monday. According to NPR.com , members of the Louvre's security and reception staffs walked off the job, with union representatives saying the museum is "suffocating" due to a 20 percent surge in visitors since 2009 and a decline in staff. The Sud Culture Solidaires Union said the situation is "untenable." In 2018, an estimated 10.2 million people visited the facility last year, a 25 percent increase from the previous year. While the number of visitors has skyrocketed, the number of employees dropped from 2,161 to 2,005 between 2009 and 2018. The overcrowding makes lines to get in the facility long and space inside the French museum crowded, which results in impatient visitors. The abundance of visitors can also cause much more serious issues, such as the lack of an adequate evacuation plan. "What to say about visiting conditions when people are confronted with noise, trampling, crowds, extreme fatigue and the total inadequacy of museum facilities at such a high volume of visitors?" a union spokesperson told NPR. "The Louvre does not have the means of its ambitions." Louvre employee and union representative Pierre Zinenberg said the renovation work around the Mona Lisa has resulted in organizational problems and massive lines. While the museum was closed Tuesday as it is weekly, the Louvre also opened late Wednesday due to a general meeting attended by members of reception and security staff.


Phones are like cars -- their value drops the moment you start to use them. To wit, the Galaxy S10 depreciated by 50% in 30 days , according to a report. That's alarming, since the phone is Samsung's most recent flagship model and since you can typically resell a months-old device for a good chunk of what you originally paid for it. Whether you resell a phone or trade it in to buy a new one, the same goal applies: how to get the most value from your device to get the most cash or biggest trade-in value you can. Unfortunately, there's no magic bullet here. The absolute best way to retain a phone's commercial value is to keep it in tip-top condition. Here's what you need to look out for. Whatever you do, don't skip the case Yes, it's ugly. Yes, you need one : You probably already use a case to keep your phone's delicate glass screen and back from breaking. We know, we know, it ruins the appeal of a particularly beautiful gradient design or color , but if you want to keep your phone looking dent- and crack-free when you sell it, a case is the way to go. Smart tip : Buy the case before you start using your phone. Phones can and do drop and shatter within minutes of coming out of the box. What to look for : Complete coverage all around the edges, and some sort of rise -- even a small one -- between the screen and the lip of the case. Buy a screen protector. Now Why you need it : Screen protectors are sacrificial screens that you layer on top of the phone's original display -- buy a glass one, not plastic. There are oodles of them in your carrier store and online. A good one can cost you, but a $30 screen protector is worth it in the long run if it helps you nab hundreds of dollars more for your phone when it comes time to sell it or trade it in. Keep a spare : Screen protectors can break when you drop the phone -- that's what they're for. It's not a bad idea to keep a spare on hand in case yours breaks, so you won't have a gap in protection if you do need to switch it out. If you don't need it and you sell your phone on the open market, you can bundle in the screen protector as part of the price. Keep the box and all the parts Really! : Carriers will prefer to have your original charger, but may not care about the box when you trade-in a phone. But if you sell the phone through Craigslist or Swappa , your buyer will. Reboxing the phone in its original condition -- or as close as you can get to it -- will make your device more appealing, which will translate into more bucks. What about the case? You can sell that, too. Clean your phone before you sell it -- the right way Cleanliness is money-ness : This one's important, whether you sell your phone to a stranger, through a third-party reseller like Gazelle or back to the carrier or manufacturer. You'll get more for a phone that looks and works like new than you will for a crusty handset that's merely limping along. Since you won't get paid you until the buyer inspects your device, you may not wind up with your asking price if the used phone doesn't match up to expectations. Cleaning your phone the right way before sending it in is well worth the effort. What about the parts? Wipe down the box and case with a lightly damp cloth or paper towel, too. Nobody's buying your grime. Repairing a cracked screen could be worth it Work the math : You might wind up with more in your pocket if you repair a broken phone (e.g., through U Break I Fix or Apple stores) before trying to sell it to a third-party reseller or trading it in. Why even bother? Broken phones still retain some value because they can be refurbished or stripped for parts to either recycle or repair other phones for resale. How to tell : Go on a third-party reseller site or your carrier's trade-in site to see how much they estimate the value to be for your cracked-screen or water-damaged phone, versus the value for a phone with no damage. Then compare that to the cost of a repair. If there's enough of a difference (e.g., your phone is fairly new or in high demand), it might be worth the hassle. What else do I need to know? In all cases, you'll need to backup your phone and return it to factory settings before handing it off. This will help protect your identity and make sure you keep all the photos and other data you need to switch over to a new device. There's much more information here about reselling a phone , including some suggestions for third-party resellers and how to compare pricing so you get the most bucks.


Editor's note: The opinions in this article are the author's, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. EL PASO   If consoling the nation in a time of desperate need is a vital and yet simple task of the American presidency, Donald J. Trump failed miserably this week. From his flight on Wednesday to Dayton, Ohio, to this sprawling high-desert city on the Mexican border, the 45th occupant of the White House not only littered his consolation tour with petty insults   but just to rub salt in the wound, doses of renewed racism. Yet most striking was how alone and outnumbered the president was: rejected, ostracized and told to go home. Sign up for the Morning Briefing Newsletter. The people who streamed the scene of the terrorist attack here   brown, black, white and every hue in between   defiantly defended the nation's diversity. With no public appearances, the president seemed to shrink, ever more alone as he clung to his white nationalist politics and governance. But he and his supporters were grossly outnumbered. For perhaps the first time in his angry, racist and cruel presidency, the tables were turned in smoldering, righteous popular anger   and he was on the receiving end. You have to give this to Mr. Trump: He never backs off. He doubles down like a wild gambler in a casino, raising the stakes one more time demanding just a few more chips from the house. Leaving the White House on Wednesday morning, he said, "I think my rhetoric brings people together," adding he was "concerned about the rise of any group of hate. I don't like it, whether it's white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy." As if there was some other kind of violent political ideology that has killed people   blacks and whites, Jews and Latinos   from Charlottesville, Va., to Pittsburgh, Dayton and El Paso. Leaving Dayton, Mr. Trump insulted the mayor and a senator from the safety of Air Force One and, of course, Twitter. Trump even jabbed a racist poke at El Paso, ridiculing the former Democratic Representative Beto O'Rourke's Spanish first name, though he is of Anglo descent: "Beto (phony name to indicate Hispanic heritage) O'Rourke, who is embarrassed by my last visit to the Great State of Texas, where I trounced him, and is now even more embarrassed polling at 1% in the Democratic Primary, should respect the victims & law enforcement   & be quiet!" While it was bad manners for a nation in mourning, it was more than that: It was a fresh dose of racism. In an era in which minorities are becoming majorities, as in Texas, and intermarrying with Anglos, who is Mr. Trump to judge people's race and ethnicity based on their names? My last name is Anglo, but I am the son of a Mexican immigrant. At the makeshift memorial to the 22 killed for the hue of their skin while shopping at a Walmart on a Saturday, I spoke with a young soldier from the 1st Armored Division at nearby Fort Bliss. Big and burly in his camouflage uniform, Pvt. First Class Richard Riley, 20, stood with arms crossed, staring silently at the piles of flowers, plastic hearts and white crosses, one for every victim. But behind his dark glasses, his eyes welled up. "I just can't believe it," he said. "I'm Hispanic, too. And I can't believe that these people were killed because they were." In the dark hours after the attack, fear swept over my hometown. Lightning flashed on the horizon, illuminating empty streets and parking lots. Bars and restaurants shuttered their doors. Wherever I went, as I departed I heard this: "Take care out there." That was a phrase I'd never heard in this city in more than 50 years. Even at a public library, near the site of the attack, people openly advised each other to be careful, even exiting to the parking lot. "You gotta look both ways when you head out there," said one man, loud enough for all to hear. "Be safe out there in all aspects." But in the human cycle of grief, the fear, disbelief and anxiety has transformed into a seething anger. El Paso is not a volatile, rioting city where the president could expect trouble. But he inevitably saw how alone he was in his toxic, racist politics, some throwback to a receding time in America. When Air Force One touched down, the temperature was soaring toward 104 degrees and just one single local official, Mayor Dee Margo, was there to greet him (Gov. Greg Abbott was there as well). Along the president's route from the airport to a hospital, people lined the roads to greet the him   largely with rejection. "What's more important?" Asked one man's sign. "Lives or re-election?" American and Mexican flags sprouted together in the August heat. Signs with quotes bearing his name came back to haunt him: "We cannot allow these people to invade our country." "Not Welcome" covered a stage at a park where people protested the president. The El Paso Times ran a black front page with this headline: "Mr. President, We Are Hurting." How people actually live here stands in stark contrast to Mr. Trump's white nationalism, consistently separating Americans into old-fashioned, racist categories. (Among other instances: He has told American Jews that Israel's prime minister is their leader and proudly boasted of his few black supporters by calling them "my African Americans.") Six in 10 Americans here have family on the other side of the trickling Rio Grande, according to a study by the El Paso Community Foundation, while six in 10 Mexicans just across the border have family on the American side. Thirty percent of Latinos here marry outside their ethnicity, usually an Anglo. Nationwide, one in six marriages are interracial, according to the Pew Research Center. And what is usually forgotten is that racial violence in America has almost never been a two-way street. Instead, it has been visited, unfortunately, by the majority   whites. What whites have historically called "race riots" have actually been one-sided assaults by whites: Anglo-on-Latino in Texas, white-on-Chinese further West, white-on-blacks in Oklahoma and the Deep South. And so it continues, in 2019. As if to symbolize just how out of touch Trumpism is here and in much of America, a sole woman approached the makeshift memorial at the Walmart where 22 people died. She wore a bright red MAGA hat, and quickly over 30 people surrounded her chanting: "Take it off! Take it off!" She refused, yelling back that the president should be accepted here   only to be drowned out. Later, young people appeared, dressed in black, chanting: "white violence, White House." Something is shifting. Mr. Trump may not have felt it during his few hours in town, but walking around, you couldn't miss it. The El Paso massacre brought together the most active of America's shifting tectonic plates: racism, assault weapons, a national Latino population of 60 million now with a target on its back, Mr. Trump's white nationalism and his awful manners for a country in mourning. Another president might have been sensitive enough to sense the shift, and changed course accordingly   played the convener, the unifier. Instead, Mr. Trump displayed just how small he is, no matter how big his mouth or powerful his office. He never once appeared in public. By 6:01 p.m., after just a little more than two hours, he was safely aboard Air Force One again and it was wheels up into the sky. But he is a shrinking president, stuck in a racist past, flying over a changing America. And I think we   or most of us   are all El Paso now. Richard Parker is the author of "Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America." The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We'd like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips . And here's our email: letters@nytimes.com . Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram .


Orlando's weather report has light rainfall predicted for the upcoming week, starting on Sunday, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Sunday's forecast shows the highest possibility of rain at 76 percent, with predicted rainfall of 0.15 inches. The coming days will also bring warm temperatures, expected to persist through Tuesday. Temperatures will reach a high of 83 degrees on Saturday. Skies will be cloudy today and partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday. Winds are forecast to reach a modest high of 14 mph on Monday, with daily top speeds over 10 mph for the rest of the week. 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.


The Giants have designated left-hander Derek Holland for assignment, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports. Holland, formerly with the Rangers and White Sox, joined the Giants entering 2018 on a minor league contract. He was coming off multiple rough seasons at the time, but Holland made his way to San Francisco last year and enjoyed a career renaissance. Holland's output a year ago was enough to convince new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi to make the 32-year-old his most expensive free agent signing in a modest winter for the club. The Giants inked Holland to a one-year, $7M pact with a matching club option for 2020. They're now likely have to eat the approximately $2.67M remaining on Holland's deal, as it's difficult to believe a team would take on him and his money in light of the subpar production he has put up this season. Holland got off to such a poor start out of the Giants' rotation this season that they shifted him to their bullpen. Neither job has worked out that well in 2019 for Holland, though. Across 68 2/3 innings, Holland has pitched to a 5.90 ERA/6.08 FIP with 9.31 K/9, 4.59 BB/9 and a 41.4 percent ground-ball rate. Home runs helped lead to the death of Holland's Giants tenure, as he yielded them on 23 percent of fly balls this year en route to his designation. He did, however, stymie same-handed hitters, who batted .182/.276/.195 against him. With that in mind, perhaps a team will take a chance on Holland as a LOOGY. Regardless, his next deal will likely be of the minor league variety. Related slideshow: 2019 MLB season (provided by imagn)


It's Thursday, which means one more day until the weekend. Yes, for us working folk, Monday through Friday is a weekly war of attrition. Traffic jams, board meetings and fake-laughing at your boss's dumb jokes gets old, but we do what we need to in order to get by. For NFL stars, they need not worry about such trivial things. Sure they have meetings and film study, but they're playing the game they love and getting paid handsomely to do so. And for Tampa Bay Buccaneers players, they get to enjoy the NFL lifestyle under that warm Florida sun. So it should come as no surprise that Bucs receiver Justin Watson is enjoying his career choice. Take a look. Best job in the world pic.twitter.com/zoyOQ4bgux - Justin Watson (@jwat05) May 16, 2019 To be honest, Watson should thank his lucky stars he's in the NFL. He went to some small unknown college called U. Penn and graduated from their business school. Not sure he has much to fall back on should football not work out. MORE: Report: Browns rookie RB LJ Scott decides to quit NFL after just 2 days Five potential Jimmy Butler landing spots in free agency The 12 worst ceremonial first pitches of all time, ranked (UPDATED) Sports Media Members as Game of Thrones Characters A look at the Seahawks projected starters in 2019


An unwanted guest surprised a woman at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Los Angeles on Thursday. Alisha Norman, a Houston native who was visiting Southern California, told Houston ABC station KTRK she was at the restaurant watching the U.S. women's soccer team play Sweden in the World Cup when a live rat fell from the ceiling onto her table. (MORE: Our rats, ourselves: What the rise of rodents reveals about humans) "I heard a noise and we all looked up and down came the rat," Norman told KTRK. The restaurant's manager quickly scooped up the rat with two plates and placed it into a bag. Norman's lunch was compensated. "It was disgusting, it was still alive. Its heart was still beating," she said. The manager said significant construction in the area caused the rat to the fall from the ceiling. (MORE: Cluster of rat-related disease discovered in New York, 1 dead) A spokesperson from Buffalo Wild Wings said the restaurant was closed for cleaning, but would reopen soon. "The isolated incident at the Westchester-area Buffalo Wild Wings in Los Angeles yesterday was unfortunate," Buffalo Wild Wings said in a statement. "We hold Buffalo Wild Wings to the highest operating standards and promptly closed the restaurant for proper remediation, cleaning and sanitization." The restaurant had an A rating from the city Department of Public Health.


In case you haven't noticed, things have been a bit bumpy over the past couple of weeks after a historically strong start to the new year. In the first quarter, the broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) galloped to its biggest quarterly gain since 1998, with all three major indexes, the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) , rallying to all-time closing highs in April. It seemed as if the market could do no wrong, with the indexes more than doubling their historic average annual return, inclusive of dividend reinvestment and when factoring in inflation, through four months. May, however, put no "spring" in investors' steps. Rather, the U.S.-China trade war escalation, persistent bond-buying that pushed down U.S. Treasury rates, and the threat of tariffs now being imposed on Mexico shook Wall Street to the core. All told, the S&P 500 fell 6.6% in May, its second-worst performance in May since the 1960s, according to Bloomberg , all while wiping out $4 trillion in market value. With the S&P 500 now down close to 7% from its all-time high, Wall Street and investors are left to weigh whether we're on the verge of our 38th official stock market correction since the beginning of 1950. A stock market correction is traditionally defined as at least a 10% decline from a recent high, with a "bear market" representing a minimum 20% pullback from a high. Regardless of whether a genuine stock market correction is in the cards or not over the coming days, weeks, or months, it's important that you understand the three basics of downtrending markets. Consider this a crash course in the must-knows of stock market corrections. 1. Stock market corrections happen a lot more often than you realize The first clue you may have taken from a statistic I divulged earlier is that stock market corrections aren't the rarity that the media makes them out to be . Investors are often shocked when the stock market heads lower by any significant amount, but the fact remains that it happens all the time. According to data aggregated by market analytics firm Yardeni Research on the S&P 500, there have been 37 stock market corrections of at least 10% (i.e., not rounding up to 10% for losses totaling between 9.5% and 9.9%) since the beginning of 1950. Through May 31, this works out to a bona fide correction every 1.876 years. Understandably, the stock market isn't going to stick to a schedule of averages. Sometimes we can go years without a real correction. For instance, there was about a seven-year period between the third quarter of 1990 and the third quarter of 1997 where the S&P 500 only underwent two notable drops of 8.9% and 9.6%, neither of which qualifies as a true stock market correction, based on the definition noted earlier. Comparatively, if we assume that this current downtrend turns into a genuine stock market correction, it could be our third in roughly 16 months. There's no predicting when stock market corrections will occur, but know that they happen more frequently than you probably realize. 2. Corrections tend to last a relatively short amount of time The next "must-know" about stock market corrections is that they're generally short-lived. Even though we can't predict how long they'll last (to a T), when they'll start, what causes them, or how steeply the drop will be, data since the 1950s shows them to be relatively short events . There are a couple of reasons corrections tends not to last all that long. For starters, keep in mind that short-selling (i.e., betting against a stock or equity) involves borrowing money. Having to pay interest to your brokerage to bet against equities makes short-selling considerably costlier than simply buying a stock. As a result, downside bets tend to be of the short-term variety. Another reason is that moves lower in the market are apt to be driven more by emotion, at least relative to upward swings in stocks. This emotion-driven trading has a propensity to push stocks and the market lower at a rapid rate. Also, don't overlook the fact that most of the protracted stock market corrections occurred prior to 1984. Since the mid-1980s, and especially the 1990s, television networks devoted to financial news, such as CNBC, and the internet, have transformed the way Wall Street and investors consume news and financial reports. Whereas 50 years ago it was possible for wild rumors to move markets for extended periods of time, that's become highly unlikely today with retail investors having the same access to information on individual stocks and broad-based economic data as professional traders on Wall Street. 3. You're pretty much always a winner if you buy during a correction (as long as you stick around) The last of the must-knows of stock market corrections is that you'll almost always look like a genius if you buy new stocks, or add to existing positions, during one. Despite 37 previous corrections in the S&P 500 since the start of 1950, some of which surpassed 30%, 40%, or even 50%, each and every one of these declines has been completely erased by a bull market rally . Sometimes it takes just weeks or a few months to completely recoup all losses, such as what we saw occur at the beginning of 2019, when it took only a few months to erase the roughly 20% decline experienced during the fourth quarter of 2018. Other times, it can take years to soar to new heights, such as the 1973-1974 bear market in the S&P 500 where new highs wouldn't be hit for more than five years in the benchmark index. The point being that if you buy into a diversified number of high-quality companies (i.e., don't put your eggs in one basket) during a stock market correction or bear market, you're almost assured to come out ahead over the long run. The key being that you have to stick around long enough , and be willing to deal with occasional (but normal) hiccups, to reap the rewards. In short, while folks panic about potential trade wars on multiple fronts and the inversion of the Treasury yield curve, just know that if you're buying, you're likely to come out smelling like a rose at some point in the future. Sean Williams has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy . SPONSORED: 10 stocks we like better than Walmart When investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, the Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has quadrupled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Walmart wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. Click here to learn about these picks! *Stock Advisor returns as of April 1, 2019 The author(s) may have a position in any stocks mentioned.


Le'Veon Bell is a man of many hobbies. When he's not busy playing football, he's either in the studio making music, playing basketball or entertaining his large social media following with stories on Instagram and Snapchat. With Bell's other hobbies being well-documented on social media, many have criticized him for not being solely focused on football. New York's star running back is no stranger to catching some flak, but on Sunday, Bell decided enough was enough and took to Instagram to deliver a message to his followers and critics. "I'm tired of social media, I'm tired everybody telling me, 'Oh, Le'Veon, you not focused. You only wanna make music. You wanna play basketball. You do everything besides play football,'" Bell said in his rant. "You think [LeBron] is waking up, and he ain't have no Taco Tuesdays? Bron don't have Taco Tuesdays, you think he's hoopin' all day? You think Beyoncé is waking up singing all day? She don't go to work, she don't act?" Since his decision to sit out the 2018 season due to a contractual dispute with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bell has been a constant target of criticism from the media and fans. Some have called him selfish, while others have insinuated that he only cares about money, not football. People are entitled to their opinions, but after a while, it becomes a lot for the person being criticized to take. Many often forget that professional athletes are people, too. They are allowed to enjoy things other than the sport they play and publicize what they do outside of sports however they please. Criticism of Bell's actions off the field is unwarranted and unnecessary. Just because he indulges in things other than football does not mean he doesn't care about the sport. As long as he gets the job done on the field and stays out of trouble off it, not much else should matter. MORE: Lakers' Quinn Cook Q&A: 'It feels like this team has been together a while' Brooks Koepka explained what's the most frustrating part of J.B. Holmes' slow play Brooks Koepka Calls Out J.B. Holmes Following Disastrous Final Round at The Open Phil Simms: 'Multiple' teams were set to take Daniel Jones before No. 17 14 biggest questions for the Packers entering training camp


Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry said Wednesday. The attack near the regional capital El-Arish targeted an "assembly centre" for police, according to the ministry. Four assailants died "during clashes" following the attack, one when he detonated an explosives belt, it said. North Sinai has long been a centre of insurgents and Egyptian authorities last year launched an offensive against the jihadists. Hundreds of militants have been killed along with dozens of soldiers, according to official figures which cannot be verified as Sinai is largely cut off to journalists. Egypt is currently on high alert as it hosts the Africa Cup of Nations, although none of the games are taking place in Sinai. A month before the tournament kicked off, a tourist bus was hit by a roadside bomb near the famed pyramids of Giza. A similar attack in December killed three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide. The country's security forces and Christian minority have also been targeted by jihadist attacks.


WOBURN, England   Georgia Hall was on vacation sunbathing in the Barbados late last year when a random beachgoer recognized her as the reigning Women's British Open champion. "Kind of strange," Hall said. "But it's nice. "Definitely recognized a bit more in America." Of course, Hall is also getting noticed more at home. Her photo is plastered all over billboards and posters in and around Woburn this week with the AIG Women's British Open back in England. When she won at Royal Lytham & St. Annes last year, the English came out in strength to watch the final round. "It's very special, for my face to be in a lot of places," Hall said. "Very good Photoshop." Hall isn't the only Englishwoman on the rise. That's the thing this week. Hall may have opened the door to more breakthroughs among a dynamic group of her fellow countrywomen. There's a lot for the homeland to get excited about with Woburn about 50 miles north of London. Full-field tee times from the AIG Women's British Open Full coverage of the AIG Women's British Open Bronte Law won her first LPGA title at the Kingsmill Championship this spring, after losing in a playoff at the Mediheal Championship the week before. She's now the highest ranked Englishwoman in the world at No. 22. Charley Hull, who is the real hometown favorite this week as a member at Woburn, is No. 27, with Hall at No. 30. Mel Reid appears to be on the rise again, and Jodi Ewart Shadoff is in the mix to make another Solheim Cup team. Meghan MacLaren is an emerging talent on the Ladies European Tour. England looks as if it will be the backbone of European captain Catriona Matthew's Solheim Cup team, with possibly four or even five Englishwoman making the team that will be finalized after next week's Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open. It will be reminiscent of those early European teams England's own Mickey Walker captained. There were five Englishwomen on her '96 European Solheim Cup team. "The fact that there's potentially going to be four English players on the Solheim Cup shows, really, the strength of golf in England," Law said. "All of us have been through that England setup, and it just shows the program that they have in place is one that's really working." The four woman-team England sent to the UL International Crown last year nearly upset the heavily favored Koreans in South Korea. Hall, Hull, Law and Shadoff were formidable in the team format. "Shows the strength we have in match play," Law said. There was a chemistry that made the English one of the most entertaining teams competing in Korea. "With us being such a small country, and to come in second to Korea, I think it was amazing," Hall said. "We're all very, like, strong English people, and we get along very well. So, of course, we want to do the best we can for England and our country." Hall has enjoyed being the face of English women's golf this past year, after making a major her first LPGA title. She joined Laura Davies, Alison Nicholas and Karen Stupples as the only English women to win majors. Fourteen Englishwomen are in this week's field. "I know that there's a couple English amateurs playing this week that qualified," Law said of Alice Hewson and Emily Toy. "I think they are part of the next group and wave of English players that are going to come through and do well on tour, as well."


This iconic anime-adapted replica is based on a 1980 Corvette and looks in fine fettle ready for its new owner The discerning enthusiasts amongst you will just about recognise the form and interior of a C3 Corvette underneath this convincing Mach Five replica car. Speed Racer was an anime adaption from a comic produced in Japan during the 1960s, which later became the TV series upon which this car is based. The original 52 episodes aired between 1967 and 1968 to much acclaim. A rerun aired back in 2008, tieing in with the Hollywood remake starring Emile Hirsch and John Goodman. More movie content: Relive Your Childhood Fantasy With These American Movie Cars 1990s American Collector Cars Destroyed in HBO Film Set Blaze Despite its anime origins, the car was never depicted to go at the supersonic speeds its name would suggest; even for anime that may have been beyond the realms of plausibility. What we have here , however, is a particularly convincing replica of the car complete with all the decals, swoops and bulges you'd expect. It's offered by Ideal Classic Cars . Despite the lack of recorded mileage from the vendor, judging by the fit and finish of the vehicle, along with that absolutely pristine interior, we would assume a negligible distance has been covered, or a sumptuous refit at some point recently. Look closer at the steering wheel and fans of the anime will recognise the centre boss instantly. The six letters surrounding the letter G denote the cars alleged capabilities and was its defining feature for the series. The most interesting of these options includes button B, which offers up tires that bend the laws of physics with some pragmatic flexing. In addition, some 5000 horsepower is offered to each of the car's tires. That's some power. The second is Frogger Mode, selected via button F. A feature that allows the Mach Five to become an amphibious vehicle. Upon its use, oxygen engulfs the cabin which somehow makes the unthinkable possible. If you've been after a particularly accurate and quality replica of this iconic car, then hesitate no more, as these rarely come up for sale. For more information, visit the Motorious classifieds .


NEW YORK (AP)   When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the moon in 1969, the world was watching. Live TV coverage made hundreds of millions witnesses to history. They huddled in front of televisions at home and gathered in auditoriums and schoolrooms as the Apollo 11 astronauts ventured onto another world for the first time. Even now, 50 years later, that day is still deeply etched in memories of many. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum , NASA and others have gathered their stories for this week's golden anniversary. Here are five of the Smithsonian's submissions. They have been edited for length. Frank Schramm of Montclair, New Jersey, was 12 years old and away at summer camp for four weeks of swimming, hiking and building rockets. The Apollo 11 landing was during his second week at Camp Watonka in Hawley, Pennsylvania. The only problem was that they didn't have a television there. At his suggestion, the camp rented a small 15-inch TV: "It was set up that Sunday, July 20th, and there were only two chairs in the ping pong room. I staked out my place the whole day. I will never forget that evening of all 175 campers and I sitting in the chair, watching this small black-and-white TV with Neil Armstrong coming out of the lunar module in that very blurry image from the moon. The room was in total awe, you could hear a pin drop. I will never forget this day!" Schramm has been fascinated with the moon landing ever since. He and his family even met Aldrin in 2016 when the former astronaut returned to Montclair to celebrate his old school being renamed Buzz Aldrin Middle School. ___ In King, North Carolina, then 14-year-old Cathy Goff, an avid Star Trek and science fiction fan, followed Apollo 11 closely, cutting newspaper clippings about the mission for a school science project: "I remember my mother letting my sister and me stay up late to watch the moonwalk. I love anything space related. I had a model of the Apollo 11 rocket, the lunar module, and the Star Trek Enterprise on my desk. I still have my scrapbook of newspaper clippings starting one week before blast off until the day the astronauts came out of quarantine on the Apollo 11 mission. I got to meet Buzz Aldrin at the Star Trek 30th anniversary convention in Huntsville, Alabama. It was one of the greatest thrills of my life!" ___ On July 20, 1969, David Waldrup of Reston, Virginia, was celebrating not only man's first steps on the moon, he was also chowing down on chocolate cake for his 15th birthday: "I was a child of the space race growing up in the 60s and watching everything we did to put men on the moon. I built models of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft and read everything I could find on the vehicles and men flying them. But I was most excited when, on my 15th birthday, my family gathered around our TV to watch the live broadcast in Dallas, Texas, as Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. What a birthday gift for an excited space nut! And then my next feeling was, wow, what are we going to do next? It's literally not just the sky, but outer space is the limit. And I can't wait to be part of it. And I knew at some level, I would be part of it somehow." Waldrup started flying planes later that year. He eventually became a pilot in the Air Force and watched two of his buddies go on to become space shuttle astronauts. Waldrup is now a volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. ___ While others were watching in the wee hours of the night or morning, June Dorricott of Brisbane, Australia, was spending the afternoon home on an unofficial day off from school: "I was seven years old and waiting at the bus stop in a little town called Toowoomba, Australia when my mother came up to get me. She told me I didn't have to go to school because a man was going to walk on the moon. Little Judy Wakefield, who was waiting with me, started to cry, and mum told her she had the day off too, so she could go home. I found out much later in life that we didn't actually have off school. I really think she thought it was important that we witness a man make history live on TV. My memories of sitting in the living room in our house in Perth Street with mum, and watching on TV as the first man ever walked on the moon are precious to me in so many ways. My mother passed away a few years ago, and our family home was sold and then demolished. But they are both so vivid in my mind, it's as if they're still there." ___ Peter Cowin in Cheltenham, England, stayed up until the middle of the night to watch the moon landing, with his parents' permission. "I was something of a space junkie at the time," he said. The 13-year-old was the only one awake; his family was headed on vacation later that day. But for him, it was worth missing sleep: "At first the picture was upside down and horribly grainy, but it improved as time went on so I could see two ghostly figures   raising the flag, setting up experiments, and taking that 'giant leap for mankind.' The day after, it seemed as if the whole world was celebrating and uplifted at the thought of what 'we' had achieved. The moon landings showed us that mankind could achieve absolutely anything it set its mind to. As a man in his early 60s, I have a much better understanding of the politics involved, the price paid   and just how close some of those Apollo missions came to catastrophic failure. But I will always be in awe of the bravery, commitment and determination of the 400,000-odd people who made Apollo such a milestone in the history of mankind   and the insight they gave us into our place in the universe." ___ Follow Jeremy Rehm on Twitter @jrehm_sci ___ Follow AP's full coverage of the Apollo 11 anniversary at: https://apnews.com/Apollo11moonlanding ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.


Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in New York City. Trump called for the execution of the Central Park Five. He still won't apologize. And he suggests they might be guilty despite evidence exonerating them. Read the full story on Washington Post . 'Baby' found dead near park turns out to be realistic doll Horror and alarm over the discovery of what appeared to be the body of a dead baby at a New York City park turned to relief, and probably some embarrassment, Tuesday when the blue-skinned corpse was later revealed to be a realistic-looking doll. Read the full story on KRON 4 News . Foie Gras May Be Banned in New York City Farmers and animal-rights activists faced off during a nearly-day-long New York City Council hearing over a bill that would prohibit the sale of foie gras, with violators punished by a fine as high as $1,000. Read the full story on The Wall Street Journal . Mayor de Blasio selects Gregory Russ as Chair of the New York City Housing Authority The appointment of Gregory Russ as Chair of NYCHA was announced Tuesday by Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. Read the full story on ABC New York, WABC . Purloined pooch returned to NYC couple; Wag worker accused of stealing pet A New York City couple are grateful after being reunited with their dog, which was allegedly stolen by a worker for Wag, a dog walking company. Read the full story on Boston 25 News . 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.


If you've followed football at all over the past few years, you probably don't need me to tell you that Diego Costa is absolutely mad. Whether it's crashing press conferences, fighting other players or just running around screaming incomprehensible slurs, you always know you're in for a good time when Costa is around, so following the Atletico Madrid man on social media is a good way of keeping up with his latest antics. Here are six of Costa's greatest videos ever posted on social media. Anyone for a Staring Contest? Costa only joined Instagram in 2015, and most of his early posts were innocent enough. There was plenty of 'Yay Chelsea !', but then there was a peculiar video in November 2015 . Partnering with Adidas, Costa recorded himself staring into the camera. Just staring. Staring right into your soul, almost as if you had done something to hurt him in a former life. He then ends the video by shouting right at the camera, in what was the first taste English fans had of just how bizarre the striker could be. Explosive Celebrations Hailing from Lagarto, Brazil, Costa is clearly fond of his early roots, and that was incredibly clear when he returned to the region for their Silibrina de Lagarto festival in the summer of 2016. In the video , citizens of the region flock to the streets to celebrate, and they do so by flinging fireworks at each other. Sparks fly (literally) all over the street, covering people who seemingly could not care less about the fact others are waving explosives in their face. He even returned for the festival this summer, and some of his Instagram stories were exactly the same. He's clearly right at home in that kind of environment. The Car Ride From Hell Costa clearly isn't one for living a quiet life. Some players opt to spend their summer break relaxing by the swimming pool, but not Costa. In the summer of 2018, the Spaniard decided to post a video of a little joy ride. In the driver's seat of an off-road car, he comes flying down a hill, before crashing through countless huge puddles of water, spraying mud all over the place. He then proceeds to cause as much mayhem as possible, completely coating his camera in mud and water on a number of occasions, and I bet even he does not know why. A Rude Awakening If Costa has taught us anything, it's that nobody is safe when he is around, not even his older brother Jair. The Spaniard was clearly in the mood to celebrate the beginning of 2019, but Jair was not. So, in one of his Instagram stories (via Fotomac ), Costa decided the best way to spread festive cheer was to throw some fireworks in a pan, leave the pan next to a sleeping Jair, and watch him as he almost leaps out of his skin. Nothing like a bit of brotherly love. A Free Makeover So this one is cheating a bit, in that it's actually on teammate Filipe Luis' page . However, I think you'll agree that it deserves it. Back in January, when Costa was recovering from foot surgery, he proved that he was in high spirits by playing a little prank on Lucas Hernandez. The Frenchman was in the shower, so Costa decided to steal his clothes and spray them with a fire extinguisher, leaving them covered in powder and dust. Why? Well, why not? Fortunately, Lucas saw the funny side of everything. Still in his underwear, the Frenchman marched outside and gave Costa's car the same treatment. Maybe his fear of Costa's revenge convinced him to move to Bayern Munich this summer. The Best Way to Recover From Injury In May of this year, Costa suffered a nasty-looking ankle sprain, but he clearly isn't too bothered about his recovery by the looks of his summer holiday posts. One of his recent Instagram stories (captured by AS ) shows Costa flinging himself off a huge cliff into the sea, which probably isn't part of Atletico 's recovery plan for him. To make matters worse, he then posted a video a few days later of him in another off-road vehicle. The striker can be seen flying around sharp corners and over jumps, which certainly isn't most people's idea of rest and relaxation. But hey, at least his ankle is feeling better.


COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (WCCO)   Cottage Grove police say they found a woman who was bloodied and appeared to have been assaulted inside a storage unit Wednesday. According to a post on the department's Facebook page , officers responded to Park Place Storage just after 6 a.m. to a report from a caller who said her friend was injured inside of a storage unit. When police arrived, they made contact with the caller and they say she showed them photos of the victim who was covered in blood with a brass shell casing by her feet. Police attempted to contact the victim in the unit on a PA system, but were unsuccessful. They were then forced to breach the door, and subsequently found the victim. Authorities say detectives are still on scene gathering information relating to the incident. No further information was made available.


The owners of Northern Kentucky's Ark Encounter -- a wooden replica of the biblical Noah's Ark -- are suing over rain damage. Yes, really. In the Bible, the ark survived an epic flood. Yet the owners of Ark Encounter are demanding their insurance company bail them out after flooding caused nearly $1 million in property damage. The Ark Encounter says in a federal lawsuit that heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road . Crosswater Canyon Inc. and the Ark Encounter have filed suit against multiple defendants who comprise the business' insurance underwriters after their property was damaged by heavy rains. According to the suit, heavy rains caused a landslide and some structural support damage near the ark exhibit. The ark itself was not damaged "Subsequent to heavy rains, a significant landslide occurred along portions of the slope, which eliminated the structural support for the roadway, caused significant damage to the road surface itself and the incorporated improvements, and rendered portions of the road unsafe and unfit for use," reads the suit. The lawsuit states that engineers fixed the roadway at a cost of $1 million, but when they asked insurers to cover the repairs, the insurers refused. The defendants denied liability, according to the lawsuit, citing faulty craftmanship as the reason for the road issues. But officials with Ark Encounter encouraged them to reconsider. The defendants later said only a part of the Ark Encounter's loss was covered under the policy, the lawsuit reads. "By refusing to pay all but a very small proportion of Plaintiffs' covered claim, the Defendants have failed to meet their Policy obligations and failed to handle Plaintiffs' claim properly and in good faith, causing Plaintiffs to incur significant additional loss and expense," the lawsuit reads in part. The lengthy lawsuit asks for both punitive and compensatory damages. Read the full lawsuit here. The 510-foot wooden ark, modeled after the one in the biblical story of Noah, opened in July 2016. The group that built the ark, Answers in Genesis, promotes a literal interpretation of the Bible's Old Testament and predicted 2.2 million visitors a year. READ MORE: NKY Noah's Ark attraction files lawsuit over flood damage CHECK OUT WLKY: Live. Local. Late-Breaking. Get the top Louisville news, weather and sports from the team at WLKY   online, anytime.


The PGA Tour returns to Michigan for the first time in a decade for the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Nate Lashley carded an opening-round 63 with nine birdies on Thursday to lead by two strokes entering the second round. Lashley, the World No. 353, sits one stroke ahead of Ryan Armour and Nick Watney in second place. TEE TIMES, GROUPINGS: Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 2 SPORTS FANS : Best credit cards on the market SCORES: Leaderboard at the Rocket Mortgage Classic Follow our live blog and news feed right here all day. Live feed A Twitter List by golfweek Rocket Mortgage Classic Round 2 TV/Streaming Info Friday Golf Channel: 3-6 p.m. PGA Tour Live: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. PGA Tour Radio (Sirius 208/XM 92): 12-6 p.m. https://compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/golfweek/tiger-woods-has-15-majors-will-he-pass-j MORE: Tom Brady appeared to take a shot at Max Kellerman with this impressive workout photo Danny Green: 'This is the time where I need to maximize the dollars on the longest amount of years that I can do' Past Packers draft picks entering training camp on the roster bubble Boston should consider looking for younger players with high-upside DeAngelo Hall offers 3 pieces of advice for Cowboys in 2019