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GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats in gun protest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House is preparing to vote Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting, an extraordinary move that the chamber has used only a handful of times since the Civil War.Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson are the subjects of the ouster vote. Last week, the trio approached the front of the chamber floor and chanted back and forth with gun control supporters who packed the gallery days after six people, including three children, were fatally shot at The Covenant School in Nashville.Their possible expulsion has once again thrust Tennessee into the national spotlight, underscoring not only the ability of the Republican supermajority to silence opponents, but also its increasing willingness to do so. The move sends a chilling message just as lawmakers grapple with how to respond to the devastating shooting.Even before the House p...

Lampard returns to Chelsea as manager until end of season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

In a wild season of comings and goings at Chelsea, Frank Lampard’s out-of-the-blue return to Stamford Bridge is among the most improbable of the lot.Lampard, Chelsea’s record scorer and one of its greatest ever players, was hired as interim manager until the end of the season on Thursday to give the club time to find a permanent replacement for the fired Graham Potter.It will be Lampard’s second spell as Chelsea manager — he was fired in January 2021 after 18 months in charge and replaced by Thomas Tuchel — and said it was an “easy decision” to come back.“This is my club,” he said at a hastily arranged news conference at Chelsea’s training base.“I’m confident in myself, I have a good understanding in the squad — of course I’ve worked with a lot of them before — but also the training ground, the stadium, the fans, what Chelsea fans want, and I’ll do my utmost to give them what they want.”Lampard’s first spell coaching Chelsea came before the arrival of club’s curren...

Live Updates| LIV’s Oosthuizen tied for lead at Masters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest from the first round of the Masters (all times local):10:15 a.m.LIV golfer Louis Oosthuizen shares the very early lead at the Masters at 1 under, although fellow tour member Kevin Na is bringing up the rear five shots backs of the leaders.So far eight of the tour’s 18 golfers at the Masters are on the course, including former Masters champions Patrick Reed and Sergio Garcia. The others are all even par.Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka will tee it up later in the day.LIV CEO Greg Norman told the Daily Telegraph earlier in the week that he expects if one of the tour’s 18 players wins the Masters they’ll all be there to congratulate him on the 18th green similar to a Ryder Cup win.Norman was not extended an invitation to the Masters this year with tournament chairman Fred Ridley saying he wanted to keep the focus to be on the competition on the course.___8 a.m. LIV golfer Kevin Na and 2003 champion Mike Weir launched their drives down t...

Today in Sports – D. Wade & D. Nowitzki play last NBA games.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

April 71940 — Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters by four strokes over Lloyd Mangrum. Mangrum opens with a 64, a course record by two strokes that stands for 46 years.1946 — Herman Keiser edges Ben Hogan by one stroke to win the Masters.1951 — Ben Hogan takes the Masters by two strokes over Robert Riegel.1956 — Joe Graboski scores 29 points and Paul Arizin 26 as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 99-88 to win the NBA championship in five games.1963 — Jack Nicklaus becomes the youngest Masters winner at 23, beating Tony Lema by a stroke.1969 — Ted Williams begins managing the Washington Senators.1985 — New Jersey’s Herschel Walker rushes for a USFL-record 233 yards in leading the Generals to a 31-25 victory over the Houston Gamblers. Walker breaks his own USFL record for the longest run from scrimmage by going 89 yards on his second carry.1995 — Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike.1996 — Dave Andreychuk scores a goal for his 1,000th career point, and th...

Today in Sports – Week Ahead, April 7-13

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

April 71940 — Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters by four strokes over Lloyd Mangrum. Mangrum opens with a 64, a course record by two strokes that stands for 46 years.1946 — Herman Keiser edges Ben Hogan by one stroke to win the Masters.1951 — Ben Hogan takes the Masters by two strokes over Robert Riegel.1956 — Joe Graboski scores 29 points and Paul Arizin 26 as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 99-88 to win the NBA championship in five games.1963 — Jack Nicklaus becomes the youngest Masters winner at 23, beating Tony Lema by a stroke.1969 — Ted Williams begins managing the Washington Senators.1985 — New Jersey’s Herschel Walker rushes for a USFL-record 233 yards in leading the Generals to a 31-25 victory over the Houston Gamblers. Walker breaks his own USFL record for the longest run from scrimmage by going 89 yards on his second carry.1995 — Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike.1996 — Dave Andreychuk scores a goal for his 1,000th career point, and th...

Orlando teacher fired after student complains about inappropriate lesson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (WSVN) – A lesson plan that included having students write their own obituaries has cost a psychology teacher his job at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando.Jeffrey Keene, said there was going to be an active shooter drill at the school and thought he could tie it into a lesson about safety and reflection on what’s important. Keene asked the students, “If they died 24 hours from now, what would they do differently than they did yesterday?” During his first-period class, a student got upset and asked to speak to a counselor, shortly after a supervisor came to observe his lecture during the second period.“I put a disclaimer on the bottom of the lesson saying this is in no way to upset you,” Keen said. He tried to example himself to the supervisor but was shut down. Keene said his intention was never to stress his students out. “When they said you have the option to resign without violating your contract, I said, ‘I didn’t do anyt...

Jeremy Renner says he wrote his ‘last words’ to his family after snowplow accident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

(CNN) — Jeremy Renner felt so close to death following his devastating snowplow accident on New Year’s Day that he made sure to communicate some final words to his family while in the hospital.In a new teaser clip released on Wednesday for his interview with Diane Sawyer, the “Hawkeye” star said that after the accident, he was “writing down notes in my phone,” calling them his “last words to my family.”Renner, 52, has spent the last three months recovering from the accident, which occurred when he attempted to save his nephew from getting hit by a snowcat the actor had been operating near his Nevada home.A separate trailer for the interview included a description of Renner’s extensive injuries — a collapsed lung, eight ribs broken in 14 places, a broken eye socket and a pierced liver, among others.Late last month, the “Mayor of Kingstown” star posted a video to his verified social media which showed the physical...

Long-distance love: Rollo and Sadie’s heartwarming friendship goes viral

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (WSVN) — The internet has gone crazy over the adorable love story of two dogs named Rollo and Sadie. Despite living miles apart, the two have been able to maintain their strong bond through weekly FaceTime calls.The duo met during the pandemic when their owners, who were living in separate apartments in the same house in Edmonton, Canada, introduced them to each other. Sadie, a husky and German Shepard mix, immediately fell in love with Rollo, a rottweiler shepherd mix, and the two have been inseparable ever since.“Sadie’s never been the biggest fan of other dogs when she met Rollo she whined and cried and laid on her back like she’d just met the love of her life,” said Kayla McTeer, Sadie’s owner. When Rollo’s owner had to move three hours away for a job opportunity, the two dogs were left heartbroken, but their weekly video calls keep their friendship alive. These calls have become a reunion for both pairs of best friends...

Overfishing threatens a way of life in the Bahamas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the seabed.But in recent years, Davis, 49, and conch fishers like her have had to go further and further from shore – sometimes as far as 30 miles – to find the mollusks that Bahamians eat fried, stewed, smoked and raw and are a pillar of the island nation’s economy and tourism industry.Scientists, international conservationists and government officials have sounded the alarm that the conch population is fading due to overfishing, and a food central to Bahamians’ diet and identity could cease to be commercially viable in as little as six years.“When I was a child, we never had to go that far to get conch,” said Davis, speaking at a Freeport market where she sold her catch. “Without conch, what are we supposed to do?”Conch’s potential demise reflect...

European Commission signals game over for China investment deal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:47:50 GMT

BRUSSELS — A landmark trade and investment pact sealed by the EU and China in recent years is effectively dead.On Thursday, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, gave her strongest signal yet that the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) deal is dead in the water as the pact had not even been discussed.“The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment did not come up,” she told a press conference following her meeting with the Chinese president. “You know our position. We started negotiations round about 10 years ago and concluded the comprehensive agreement on investment two years ago. A lot has happened since then,” she said, including deterioration in market access for EU companies in the Chinese market.Von der Leyen had made similar comments last week in a keynote speech on China in Brussels, saying the EU needs to “reassess” the pact.“Our position is that we do have to reassess the Comprehensive Agreement...