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Story highlightsSigns of MH17 tragedy at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, where ill-fated plane took offFriends and complete strangers among those leaving floral tributes at terminal buildingMalaysia Airlines' Flight MH17 to Kuala Lumpur crashed near Ukraine-Russia borderU.S. believes plane was likely shot down by surface-to-air missileDeep red roses, waxy white lilies and bright, cheery sunflowers; as single blooms and in large bouquets, they pile up close to desk 29 at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.Twenty-four hours ago this was where Malaysia Airlines' Flight MH17 passengers checked in before boarding their ill-fated plane; bound for Kuala Lumpur, their journey would end far too soon, in a Ukrainian field close to the border with Russia.On Thursday, Suzan De Wit was chatting to many of those fliers. A customs officer at the airport, she helped them claim back their VAT (sales tax) before leaving the country.A day later, a crying De Wit was among those leaving floral tributes to the dead, still stunned by the tragedy that had unfolded."We saw a lot of the people that are on the plane and it's just really weird to me to imagine that they are gone," she explained tearfully. Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 dead Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – People pray during a special Mass in memory of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 20 in St. Vitus Church in Hilversum, Netherlands. The United States says a surface-to-air missile took down the Boeing 777 in eastern Ukraine on July 17 as it was flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing all 298 people aboard. At least 192 of the dead were Dutch.Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands sign a condolence register for relatives and friends of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at the Ministry of Safety and Justice in The Hague on Friday, July 18. Hide Caption 2 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – The Dutch flag flies at half-staff July 18 at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.Hide Caption 3 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – Dutch newspapers feature the crash of a Malaysian plane on Thursday, July 17.Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – Arthur Laumann holds a floral tribute and photograph of family friend Wayan Sujana, believed to be missing on the flight, at Schiphol Airport on July 18 in Amsterdam.Hide Caption 5 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – A woman grieves at a memorial in front of the Dutch Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 18.Hide Caption 6 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – People leave flowers for the victims at the Dutch Embassy in Kiev.Hide Caption 7 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Schiphol airport on July 18.Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – A couple walks through Schiphol Airport to a location where more information will be given regarding the flight on July 17, 2014. Hide Caption 9 of 10 Photos: Netherlands mourns MH17 deadNetherlands mourns MH17 dead – Family members of victims leave Schiphol Airport on July 17 in Amsterdam.Hide Caption 10 of 10 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Families of crew members aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 gather for a vigil Tuesday, July 22, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All 298 people aboard the passenger plane died when it was shot down Thursday, July 17, in a rebel-controlled part of eastern Ukraine.Hide Caption 1 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A woman cries July 22 during a service near the crash site.Hide Caption 2 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – People in Melbourne gather to mourn the victims during a candlelight vigil at Federation Square on July 22.Hide Caption 3 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – In memory of two Newcastle United fans who died in the crash, two wreaths are placed on seats July 22 at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. The soccer fans were traveling to New Zealand to watch their team play in a preseason tournament.Hide Caption 4 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A KLM employee reaches out into a sea of flowers July 22 at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Hide Caption 5 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A flower and stuffed animal sit near the crash site on Monday, July 21.Hide Caption 6 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A woman in Kuala Lumpur attends a candlelight vigil on July 21.Hide Caption 7 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Dutch Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 21. Although the passengers came from all over the world, many of them were Dutch because the flight originated in Amsterdam.Hide Caption 8 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A woman places a flower during a candlelight vigil in Kuala Lumpur on July 21.Hide Caption 9 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Mourners in Eynesbury, Australia, attend a memorial service Sunday, July 20, for a family of five killed in the disaster.Hide Caption 10 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Buddhist monks in the Malaysian capital light candles during a special prayer for the victims on July 20.Hide Caption 11 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Wildflowers lie on an engine from the crashed jet on Saturday, July 19.Hide Caption 12 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Friends of Nur Shazana Mohamed, a crew member aboard the flight, take part in a special remembrance prayer at a mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 19. Hide Caption 13 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signs a condolence register at the Ministry of Safety and Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on Friday, July 18. "I want to see results in the form of unimpeded access and rapid recovery," Rutte said in a press briefing. "This is now priority number one."Hide Caption 14 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – People pray for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at a church outside Kuala Lumpur on July 18. Hide Caption 15 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A woman in Berlin places a candle at a memorial on July 18. Hide Caption 16 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – People in Kiev gather to mourn the victims on July 18.Hide Caption 17 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Akmar Binti Mohd Noor, whose sister was aboard Flight 17, cries outside the family holding area at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on July 18.Hide Caption 18 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A man prays at a memorial in front of the Dutch Embassy in Kiev on July 18.Hide Caption 19 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Dutch cyclists wear a black armband in honor of the crash victims during the 13th stage of the Tour de France on July 18.Hide Caption 20 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten observes a moment of silence after signing a condolence book in The Hague on July 18.Hide Caption 21 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Candlelight prayers honor the victims at a church outside Kuala Lumpur on July 18. Hide Caption 22 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Floral tributes adorn the entrance to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.Hide Caption 23 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – A Dutch flag flies at half-staff in The Hague on July 18.Hide Caption 24 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – People place flowers in front of the Dutch Embassy in Moscow on July 18.Hide Caption 25 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Students attend a prayer July 18 in Central Java, Indonesia. Their teacher John Paulissen was a passenger on Flight 17.Hide Caption 26 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and members of his government observe a moment of silence on Thursday, July 17.Hide Caption 27 of 28 Photos: Photos: Reaction to MH17World reacts to MH17 crash – People pay tribute to the victims outside the Dutch Embassy in Kiev on July 17.Hide Caption 28 of 28 Photos: MH17: What they left behind Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A birthday card found in a sunflower field near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, July 24. The passenger plane was shot down July 17 above Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed, and much of what they left behind was scattered in a vast field of debris.Hide Caption 1 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A classical music record is seen among the sunflowers on July 24. Hide Caption 2 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A shoe, appearing to be brand new, sits under foliage at the crash site. Hide Caption 3 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Two Dutch passports belonging to passengers lie in a field at the site of the crash on Tuesday, July 22.Hide Caption 4 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Clothing, sunglasses and chocolate are seen on July 22.Hide Caption 5 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – More sunglasses and a travel guide lie in the field on July 22.Hide Caption 6 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A doll is seen on the ground on Saturday, July 19.Hide Caption 7 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A single shoe is seen among the debris and wreckage on July 19. There has been concern that the site has not been sealed off properly and that vital evidence is being tampered with. Hide Caption 8 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Pieces of a wristwatch lie on a plastic cover at the crash site. Hide Caption 9 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A toy monkey.Hide Caption 10 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Books, bags, a tourist T-shirt. Ukraine's government said it had received reports of looting, and it urged relatives to cancel the victims' credit cards. But a CNN crew at the scene July 19 said it did not see any signs of looting.Hide Caption 11 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Passports were scattered across the large field.Hide Caption 12 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Playing cards and euros are seen at the crash site.Hide Caption 13 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A travel guide and toiletries.Hide Caption 14 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Luggage on Friday, July 18.Hide Caption 15 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – An empty suitcase is cordoned off near the plane's impact site on Thursday, July 17.Hide Caption 16 of 16JUST WATCHEDMan loses four family members on flightReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMan loses four family members on flight 02:58Like De Wit, many of the others bringing flowers had little connection to those on the plane. Here to catch flights of their own, they dash inside, stopping at the airport florist -- more used to creating "welcome home" bouquets than funereal arrangements -- before walking back out onto the sidewalk to lay their offerings on the concrete.Outside the terminal, there are plenty of signs that this is no ordinary day at Schiphol, one of the world's busiest airports: The growing pile of flowers, the condolence book rapidly filling with messages of grief and support and, across the road, past the lines of cars pulling up to drop travelers off, huge numbers of film crews from across the world.But step inside the building, and it is business as usual: passengers looking forward to long-awaited holidays or arriving in the city for business meetings wheel suitcases across the concourse, shops and cafes are busy, and flights take off and land as usual.This extreme normality caused difficulties for at least one man, distressed and desperate to find out what had happened to his business partner, who he feared was on Flight MH17, and who was not answering his increasingly frantic calls. With no signs offering advice to those trying to check up on possible passengers, he was left wandering the airport, shuttling from one information desk to another, clutching one mobile phone to his ear and another in his hand as he tried to reach someone, anyone, who could tell him if his friend was on board.Sadly, there was to be no good news; after one call, crying "I knew it, I knew he was on the plane!" he hurried away.Many of the relatives of those on the plane are being cared for at a local hotel while they work out what to do next.The airline has offered them $5,000 compensation to cover their immediate expenses, and has said it will try and find a way of getting them to the crash site if they want to see it.JUST WATCHEDU.S. official: Flight MH17 shot downReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHU.S. official: Flight MH17 shot down 02:20JUST WATCHEDThe timeline before MH17 crashedReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe timeline before MH17 crashed 02:56JUST WATCHEDJournalist: Bodies splayed through fieldReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHJournalist: Bodies splayed through field 03:25JUST WATCHEDSeparatists recorded admitting fatal error?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSeparatists recorded admitting fatal error? 02:52It says visiting the site where a plane came down has proved helpful to relatives in some previous cases, but the location of MH17's final resting place -- in the middle of a conflict zone -- makes this problematic, to say the least.As the arguments and investigations over what brought down the plane go on, elsewhere in the Netherlands, other makeshift shrines are popping up.In the North Holland fishing village of Volendam, bouquets have been laid outside a flower shop owned by Neeltje Tol, who is believed to have been on the downed plane.Tol's boyfriend, Cor Schilder, apparently posted a jokey picture of the Malaysia Airlines plane on Facebook shortly before take-off: "In case it goes missing, this is what the plane looks like."On Friday, stunned customers and friends stopped by to sign a book of condolence and pay tribute to the florist; one weeping woman, a regular visitor to the store, said Tol was "a very nice girl" who would be sadly missed.As word spreads of those caught up in the tragedy, the number of mourners is only likely to increase in the coming days.CNN Flight 17 full coverage

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Story highlightsRoger Federer beats David Ferrer 7-5 6-3 in semis at ATP World Tour FinalsThe 16-time grand slam champion is seeking a record sixth title in LondonHe will face French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Sunday's finalSwiss star will return to No. 3 in year-end rankings above Andy MurrayRoger Federer is on course to win a record sixth end-of-season tennis championship after beating David Ferrer in London on Saturday to reach his 100th career final and return to third in the world rankings.The defending champion triumphed 7-5 6-3 in one hour and 25 minutes to set up a ATP World Tour Finals showdown with sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Sunday.He extended his winning record against the fifth-seeded Spaniard to 12-0 in career meetings, and is now unbeaten in 16 matches after winning titles in his hometown Basel and Paris in the past month.The 30-year-old now has the chance to surpass Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras, who won the tournament five times in the 1980s and '90s respectively.Djokovic exits as Berdych beats Ferrer at ATP Tour Finals "It's obviously a special occasion for me tomorrow playing my 100th final, possibly winning my 70th title and winning my sixth at the World Tour Finals," Federer said.JUST WATCHEDO2 prepares for World Tour FinalsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHO2 prepares for World Tour Finals 00:52"It was a tough match. I could clearly see why David beat Murray and Djokovic here -- he takes the ball really early, is able to generate great angles off his plays and is super consistent. "It was a key 5-4 game for me to hold and then break the next game. Then, actually, break again early on in the second set. That was a crucial sort of 15-20 minutes for me. I'm happy I was able to decide the match right there." Ferrer will now turn his attentions to the Davis Cup final, as Spain take on Argentina in Seville on his more favored clay surface next weekend.He started the week with a bang, beating Andy Murray in straight sets before the third-seeded Briton pulled out with a groin injury.Ferrer then thrashed world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, but suffered a surprise defeat to Berdych on Friday that meant the Czech went through as Group A winner and avoided Ferrer in the semis.Federer, who beat Rafael Nadal in last year's final, has reached the title match for the seventh time after winning all four matches this week at the indoor hard-court event.Tsonga continued his strong end to the season with a 6-3 7-5 win over seventh seed Berdych in Saturday's second semi.The Frenchman will seek to avenge his Paris Masters final defeat by Federer, also losing to the 16-time grand slam champion in their Group B encounter in London.However, the 26-year-old has won two of their seven clashes this year -- most notably at the Wimbledon quarterfinals as Federer suffered his first defeat when leading by two sets in a grand slam.

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London (CNN)The former frontman of British rock band Kasabian has pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex-fiancee, a day after it was announced he was quitting the band over "personal issues."Tom Meighan, 39, admitted assaulting his former fiancee Vikki Ager at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the court confirmed to CNN.A judge ordered him to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.The court had been told Meighan "smelt heavily of intoxicants" as he "threw the victim across the room in a rage," PA Media news agency reported. Ager hit her head on a hamster cage after being thrown across the room, the agency added.Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan quits rock band over 'personal issues'The defendant also grabbed her leg and struck her on the head before threatening to hit her with a wooden pallet. A child witnessed the assault and contacted police, the judge said, PA reported.Read MoreMeighan initially denied the assault, but after watching CCTV footage of it taking place, he told officers he could not watch it any further because it was "horrible," PA reported. "I need to take account of the fact that not only did you hurt Ms Ager, you also let down many people -- band members and those who love your music. They will be shocked about what you did that night," the judge told the court.Kasabian, formed in 1997 in the English city of Leicester, announced the singer's sudden departure on Monday in a statement posted to its social media channels. View this post on Instagram Tom Meighan is stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent. Tom has struggled with personal issues that have affected his behaviour for quite some time and now wants to concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track. We will not be commenting further. A post shared by Kasabian (@kasabianofficial) on Jul 6, 2020 at 4:00am PDT "Tom Meighan is stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent," the statement read, explaining only that the lead vocalist "has struggled with personal issues that have affected his behaviour for quite some time."Fans were also informed that Meighan plans to "concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track."The band has released six albums since 2004, five of which reached number one in the UK.Following his guilty plea on Tuesday, the charity Women's Aid, which works to prevent domestic violence, said it was "disappointing to see Kasabian say the reason their lead singer was leaving the band was due to 'personal reasons that affected his behaviour'.""Today he pleaded guilty to assaulting his former fiancée in front of a child. There is no excuse for abuse," the group said.

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Story highlightsManchester United beat Chelsea 3-1 in top of the table clash in English Premier LeagueAstonishing open goal miss by Fernando Torres while Wayne Rooney missed a penaltyManchester City stay in second place after being held 2-2 at FulhamTottenham Hotspur thrash Liverpool 4-0 with Emmanuel Adebayor scoring twiceManchester United beat Chelsea 3-1 at Old Trafford Sunday in an English Premier League top of the table clash which mixed superb attacking play with comical misses by star strikers Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney.Rooney slipped and ended on his backside as he ran up to convert a penalty which would have given United a 4-1 lead and his second goal of the match, but his blunder was eclipsed a few moments later by Torres.The Spain World Cup star had made up for wasting a first half chance by pulling Chelsea back into the game with a superb piece of skill to beat David De Gea in the United goal.After Rooney's penalty miss and with his team still trailing 3-1, Torres rounded De Gea and with an open goal at his mercy somehow contrived to send his left-foot shot wide.Torres, who had shown more than enough to suggest he is returning to his best form, was left with his head in his hands as his side's last chance of salvaging a point had disappeared. The misses still continued with Rooney setting up substitute Dimitar Berbatov for another cast-iron opportunity but the Bulgarian's weak effort was cleared off the line by Ashley Cole.It has been the best start to a season for United since 1985 and they started with a flourish as Chris Smalling headed home Ashley Young's free kick.Torres screwed a right foot shot wide to spurn an immediate chance to draw Chelsea level before Portugal star Nani put the home side 2-0 ahead with a rasping strike which left Petr Cech with no chance.Chelsea looked dangerous going forward, but defensive sloppiness after a charge forward by United defender Phil Jones left Rooney with the simplest of tap-ins to make it 3-0 just before halftime.United's win was marred by an injury to striker Javier Hernandez, caught by a challenge from Cole as he tried to follow up on a Rooney shot that hit the post in the second half.Manager Alex Ferguson was furious with the challenge which may sideline the Mexican for several weeks. "For me it's a shocking tackle. The referee has booked him (Cole) and if he's booked him I don't know why it wasn't a penalty, " he told Sky Sports. But the victory for Ferguson's men saw them pull two points clear of local rivals Manchester City, who were held 2-2 at Fulham earlier Sunday after leading 2-0.Sergio Aguero continued his remarkable introduction to the EPL with a double strike at Craven Cottage, but City relaxed and Bobby Zamora and Danny Murphy salvaged a point for the home side.Sunday's other high-profile clash saw Tottenham Hotspur continue their recovery from a poor start to the season with a 4-0 win over Liverpool at White Hart Lane.Luka Modric put Tottenham ahead with a superb strike and Liverpool were further handicapped by having Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel sent off in either half.Tottenham capitalized against nine men as Jermain Defoe and the excellent Emmanuel Adebayor with a late double rubbed salt into the wound.The other match Sunday saw Sunderland move off the bottom with a 4-0 thumping of Stoke City.

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(CNN)Lionel Messi wants to stay with Barcelona until the end of his career, says club president Josep Maria Bartomeu, amid rumors the star is unsettled.The 33-year-old's relationship with the club has come under considerable strain this year and his future with the Catalans had been called into question with his contract up next season. Despite reports that Messi was looking for a potential way out, Bartomeu remains confident his man will stay at Barcelona for many more years to come. "Messi has said he will end his working and footballing life at Barca," he told Spanish network Movistar."I'm not going to explain the details because we are focused on the competition and we are negotiating with many players, but Messi has explained to us that he wants to stay and so we're going to enjoy him for much longer."Read MoreHis comments came after Barcelona beat Villarreal 4-1 away on Sunday to keep its faint hopes of a La Liga title alive.Messi was on hand with two assists but he could not add to his tally of 700 career goals. READ: The boy from the town "where dreams seem unreachable" who became a superstarLionel Messi helped Barcelona beat Villarreal on Sunday.Signs of troubleThe Argentine has looked unsettled at times this season and has spoken out a number of times against the club. Earlier this year, he lashed out at the club's Sporting Director Eric Abidal for accusing the players of not working hard enough under previous manager Ernesto Valverde.He also released a somewhat barbed statement in March when announcing the squad would be taking a pay cut amid the coronavirus pandemic. Messi seemed to suggest his teammates did not need to be asked by the club's hierarchy to take the deduction."It never ceases to surprise us that within the club there are people who want to put us in a bad light and try to pressure us to do something which we were always clear that we'd do," read the statement. The public feuds were all the more surprising given Messi's usual reluctance to speak out on his social media platforms.

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Steven A. Holmes is a veteran journalist who worked at Time Magazine, The New York Times, where he was part of a team awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and The Washington Post before he joined CNN, where he was a member of the Standards and Practices team until retiring a year ago. The views expressed here are those of the author. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)Chris Wallace has the well-deserved reputation of a hard-hitting and fair journalist. He is one of the few at Fox News willing to bring as much heat to President Donald Trump as he is to any Democrat or progressive activist.Steve HolmesThat doesn't mean Wallace is immune to tone-deafness -- especially when it comes to matters involving Black people.This week Wallace, who will moderate the highly anticipated first presidential debate, announced the general subject areas for the encounter between Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. The topics included: "The Trump and Biden Records," "The Supreme Court," "Covid-19," "The Economy," "The Integrity of the Election."Then, there is this one: "Race and Violence in Our Cities." Say what?Read MoreWallace's framing of the topic of protests over police killing of Black people has drawn criticism -- much of it partisan -- that it is more akin to a Fox News chyron than a politically-neutral approach. Bend the Arc, a liberal Jewish organization, termed it "barely-coded language that reinforces anti-Black fear mongering." Let me add my voice to this condemnation because Wallace's framing is so wrong on so many levels.Wallace has the power to set public expectations on how the subjects will be debated by the way he tees them up. And, with regard to the issue of police brutality and public reaction to it, he has done so in a one-sided, intellectually lazy and racist manner.For starters, his approach is nakedly partisan and blatantly favorable to Trump. In the months since George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police, the President has fought to keep the focus on the violence that has marred some of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality, rather than talking about the police misconduct that prompted the protests in the first place.Wallace's framing follows in lockstep with Trump's rhetoric, and it has the potential of forcing the discussion onto the President's turf. It is equivalent to Wallace coming up with a subject called, say, "Presidential Character and Trump's Lying."Trump-Biden debate moderators face a huge challengeWallace's approach also ties Black people to violence. It is telling that the only subject where Wallace mentions race involves violence perpetrated by or in the name of Black people, a framing made clear by including the phrase, "in our cities."If Wallace wanted to bring forward the issue of politically inspired unrest, he could have framed it as "Violent Protests and Domestic Terrorism." That way he could have invited participants to engage on both the torching of sections of Portland as well as white extremists marching in Charlottesville, or driving vehicles into crowds of peaceful demonstrators. But no, if it's violence, it's got to be Black people.And aren't there a host of other ways to bring the issue of "race" into a presidential debate? How about "Blacks and Browns and the Economy?" Or maybe, "Racial Disparities in Health?" Are racial inequities in wealth and disparities in health outcomes -- and the solutions to each -- not worthy subjects of debate? Or is it just violence?And while we're at it, can we stop with euphemisms? When Wallace use the term "race" he has, in this instance, fallen to the all-too-common habit of using the word to be talking about just Black people. Seldom is the term associated with the actions of White people; giving the strong impression that White people, unlike Blacks, Hispanics and Asians, have no race.Think about it. When someone puts up a headline or a chyron that says, "Race and Covid-19," you can be sure the story or the discussion will be about the disproportionate number of Black and Brown people dying from coronavirus infection. It will not be about the mask-less White bikers rallying in Sturgis, South Dakota, or parties at White fraternity houses, or crowded pool bars during holidays at Lake of the Ozarks.Images of overwhelmingly White crowds flouting guidelines meant to stem the spread of Covid-19 have been blasted out on TV and on social media in recent months. But, somehow, the race of those engaging in these kinds of irresponsible behavior is not noted. Wallace, however, puts the race of those perpetrating violence stemming from BLM protests front and center, even if couched in euphemisms.Get our free weekly newsletterSign up for CNN Opinion's new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and FacebookComing up with and framing topics for a presidential debate is tough work. One most come up with framing that is as fair, accurate and sensitive as possible. Hard choices, both in subject matter and language need to be made. Critical subjects are sometimes left on the cutting room floor, as climate change was for this one.And considering that this first encounter between Trump and Biden will probably be the most watched ever, the pressure on Wallace and his other panelists is and will be intense.It is all the more reason for Wallace to bring his A game to his thinking about his role, and not to fall back on cliches and tropes. Unfortunately, that appears to be what he did, which is a shame.He's a better journalist than that.

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Story highlights The United States suspends bilateral trade talks with RussiaUkraine envoy: Russian has sent 16,000 troops into CrimeaRussia says Yanukovych asked them to send troopsFormer Ukraine PM asks "all the world" for help in stopping Ukraine from losing CrimeaRussia showed no signs of backing down Monday even as world leaders threatened sanctions and sternly rebuked the country for sending troops into Ukraine.At an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the unfolding crisis, Ukraine's envoy asked for help, saying that Russia had used planes, boats and helicopters to flood the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea with 16,000 troops in the past week."So far, Ukrainian armed forces have exercised restraint and refrained from active resistance to the aggression, but they are in full operational readiness," Ukrainian Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev said.As diplomats at the meeting asked Russia to withdraw its troops and called for mediation to end the crisis, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin insisted his country's aims were preserving democracy, protecting millions of Russians in Ukraine and stopping radical extremists.He said ousted President Viktor Yanukovych remains Ukraine's elected leader and has asked Russia to send troops. The Russian envoy read a letter from Yanukovych at the U.N. meeting, describing Ukraine as a country "on the brink of civil war," plagued by "chaos and anarchy."JUST WATCHEDEx-prime minister calls on world to actReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHEx-prime minister calls on world to act 01:22JUST WATCHEDCrisis escalating in UkraineReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCrisis escalating in Ukraine 01:49JUST WATCHEDNATO calls emergency meeting on UkraineReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNATO calls emergency meeting on Ukraine 01:39JUST WATCHEDObama to Russia: 'There will be costs'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHObama to Russia: 'There will be costs' 06:46"People are being persecuted for language and political reasons," the letter said. "So in this regard, I would call on the President of Russia, Mr. Putin, asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order, stability and defending the people of Ukraine."U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said Russia's claims about the situation in Ukraine are untrue and warned that sending military forces "could be devastating."Yanukovych, she said, abandoned his post last month and was then voted out of office by Ukraine's democratically elected parliament."Russian military action is not a human rights protection mission," Power said. "It is a violation of international law."Earlier Monday, global stocks slipped on fears things could get worse, and diplomats grasped for a way to stop the situation from escalating.British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the situation Europe's most serious crisis of the still-young 21st century. And U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States is examining a series of economic and diplomatic steps to "isolate Russia," and he called on Congress to work with his administration on an economic assistance package for Ukraine.Tensions mountIn Crimea, more Russian troops arrived, surrounding military posts and other facilities and taking effective control of the peninsula from Ukrainian authorities. What they planned to do next remained unclear. Analysts told CNN the apparently growing presence of Russian troops in Crimea means there's a risk the tense standoff could escalate."There are lots of unintended consequences when you have armed men staring at each other in places like you do in Crimea," said Michael McFaul, the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia. "So I think we all need to be very vigilant and worry about the worst case scenario, because it's no one's interest ... to see all out civil war in this country in the heart of Europe of 50 million people."Putin's moves into Ukraine come as the Russian leader struggles to deal with a political crisis in the neighboring country that didn't unfold as his government hoped, according to Russia analyst Jill Dougherty, formerly CNN's Moscow bureau chief."Putin has been trying to figure out what to do. So now he's taking these steps," Dougherty said. "And I think that he probably thinks that they're carefully calibrated. But he really is playing with fire."In one ominous incident, a Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman said the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet boarded a blocked Ukrainian warship and issued a threat.JUST WATCHEDTensions rise even higher in UkraineReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTensions rise even higher in Ukraine 01:41JUST WATCHEDUkraine PM: 'This is a red alert'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHUkraine PM: 'This is a red alert' 02:38JUST WATCHEDHow will the West respond to Ukraine?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHow will the West respond to Ukraine? 06:15"Swear allegiance to the new Crimean authorities, or surrender, or face an attack," he said, according to the spokesman, Vladislav Seleznyov.But a spokesman for the Russian Black Sea Fleet said there are no plans to storm Ukrainian military units in Crimea, according to the state-run Interfax news agency.And one Crimean official has reportedly described the situation there as quiet.Despite the assurances, stocks fell around the world, with Russian stocks leading the way as investors parsed the day's developments. Markets declined in Asia, Europe and the United States, where the benchmark Dow Jones fell 153 points Monday.State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that sanctions against Russia weren't just possible, but likely.Ukraine's shaky new government has mobilized troops and called up military reservists.In Kiev, interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who has accused Moscow of declaring war, vowed that his West-leaning government would not give up the region."Nobody will give Crimea away. ... There are no grounds for the use of force against civilians and Ukrainians, and for the entry of the Russian military contingent," he said. "Russia never had any grounds and never will."A strange scene: Somewhat polite standoff in CrimeaIf judged by the numbers, Ukraine's military loses war with RussiaWorried WestThe tensions have worried the West, and Russia's G8 partners have condemned Moscow's military buildup in Crimea. The world's seven major industrialized powers also suspended preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi, Russia, in June.Their finance ministers announced some economic support for cash-strapped Ukraine."We are also committed to mobilize rapid technical assistance to support Ukraine in addressing its macroeconomic, regulatory, and anti-corruption challenges," the finance ministers said in a written statement.JUST WATCHEDPutin defies U.S. warning about UkraineReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPutin defies U.S. warning about Ukraine 04:25JUST WATCHEDLawmaker speaks of blood-soaked soil ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLawmaker speaks of blood-soaked soil 03:08U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, due in Kiev Tuesday, said several foreign powers are looking at economic consequences if Russia does not withdraw its forces.The United States has suspended upcoming trade and investment talks with Russia due to the events in Ukraine, a spokesman for the U.S. trade representative said Monday.Obama said Monday that Russia should consider international condemnation of its military moves in Ukraine, adding that "over time, this will be a costly proposition" due to sanctions and isolation that will result if the situation continues or worsens.Kerry will offer Ukraine a "specific" package of U.S. economic aid when he travels to Kiev for talks Tuesday, Obama said.German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office said Putin had accepted a proposal to establish a "fact-finding mission" to Ukraine, possibly under the leadership of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and to start a political dialogue.How is the rest of the world reacting?East vs. WestUkraine, a nation of 45 million people sandwiched between Europe and Russia's southwestern border, has been in chaos since Yanukovych was ousted on February 22 after bloody street protests that left dozens dead and hundreds wounded.Anti-government demonstrations started in late November, when Yanukovych spurned a deal with the EU, favoring closer ties with Moscow instead.Ukraine has faced a deepening split, with those in the west generally supporting the interim government and its European Union tilt, while many in the east prefer a Ukraine where Russia casts a long shadow.Nowhere is that feeling more intense than in Crimea, the last big bastion of opposition to the new political leadership. Ukraine suspects Russia of fomenting tension in the autonomous region that might escalate into a bid for separation by its Russian majority.Ukrainian leaders and commentators have compared events in Crimea to what happened in Georgia in 2008. Then, cross-border tensions with Russia exploded into a five-day conflict that saw Russian tanks and troops pour into the breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as well as Georgian cities. Russia and Georgia each blamed the other for starting the conflict. Moscow has defended its parliament's approval of Putin's use of military force to protect its citizens in the Crimean Peninsula, an autonomous region of eastern Ukraine with strong loyalty to Russia. But Ukraine's ambassador to the U.N. says Russia's reasoning for a possible invasion is fake. "There is no evidence that the Russian ethnic population or Russian-speaking population is under threat," Sergeyev told CNN.The Russian parliament, or Duma, is also considering a law that would allow for the annexation of Crimea, according to the parliament's website. "Now they are trying to create new legal basis to prove annexation of the territory they're now occupying," Sergeyev said.READ: Ukraine mobilizes troops after Russia's 'declaration of war'READ: Opinion: Putin's move could be costly to U.S., Middle EastMAP: How Ukraine is divided

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Story highlightsItaly's Matteo Manassero, at 20, becomes the youngest winner of the PGA ChampionshipManassero beats Simon Khan and Marc Warren in a playoff at Wentworth Ryder Cup stalwart Lee Westwood struggles on back nine and falls out of contentionItaly's Matteo Manassero became the youngest ever winner at the PGA Championship. He had to work hard for it. Manassero edged England's Simon Khan on the fourth extra hole of a playoff after Scotland's Marc Warren exited on the first extra hole. The trio had finished at 10-under 278. Khan found the water with his second shot on the deciding hole in fading light at Wentworth, and when Manassero struck a birdie to clinch victory, he surpassed Bernard Gallacher as the youngest champion. At 20 years and 37 days, Manassero was two months younger than Gallacher when the Scot triumphed in 1969. As a result of winning the European Tour's flagship event, he'll move from No. 57 to inside the top 30 in the world rankings, leads the Race to Dubai and booked a spot at this year's U.S. Open. "I feel unbelievable, really emotional," Manassero was quoted as saying by the European Tour's Web site. "It's been an amazing week. I have always felt something really special about this place and this tournament. "Everything has come together this week. I managed to play well and managed to stay in contention after a tough day on Friday and pulled it off with this playoff."JUST WATCHEDFlorida welcomes two new resortsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFlorida welcomes two new resorts 03:51JUST WATCHEDThe toughest shot in golf?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe toughest shot in golf? 00:47The dramatic finish at Wentworth helped make up for the early departures of Rory McIlroy, the world's second ranked golfer, and defending champion Luke Donald. Read: Duo miss cut Both missed the cut after underwhelming in the opening two rounds -- played in chilly conditions. The fans at Wentworth couldn't lift Ryder Cup stalwart Lee Westwood to victory, either. He was only a shot behind overnight leader Alejandro Canizares. Westwood, who recently moved his family from England to Florida, led at one stage on the front nine but was undone by a double bogey and two bogeys on the back nine. He finished the fourth round at one-over 73. He was bidding to better two runner-up finishes at Wentworth. "Obviously Lee had the most support at the beginning, but I had so much -- the crowd in general this week has been unbelievable, really," Manassero added. "I think the weekend that they got to see was a reward for the people that were here Friday with that weather to watch." Manassero and Warren had chances to win the title before the playoff but faltered. Khan, five shots off the pace going into the final round, made a charge with a 66. When Khan won the PGA Championship in 2010, he rallied from a seven shot deficit in the final round with another 66. He was playing his first event since March due to his wife's illness, the European Tour's Web site reported. JUST WATCHEDLife on the road with Martin KaymerReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLife on the road with Martin Kaymer 05:06"I wanted to prove to myself I've got it in me and that's been the great thing today," Khan was quoted as saying. "I've played great. After such a long layoff, to come back and lose in a playoff of this fantastic tournament, I can take a lot out of it definitely.JUST WATCHEDThe return of golf's 'Mechanic'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe return of golf's 'Mechanic' 05:13"I felt great going into the playoff. It's just a shame that second shot (on the fourth extra hole) didn't carry another couple of yards or I would probably be going back out to 18 again."Canizares and Miguel Angel Jimenez, the oldest man in the tournament at 49, finished a shot off the pace. British Open champion Ernie Els tied for sixth following a final round 67, while Sergio Garcia, under fire last week for "fried chicken" jibe, ended up tied for 19th.

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(CNN)There are no plans to cancel the Tokyo 2020 Games despite the novel coronavirus outbreak in Asia, Olympic organizers have confirmed.The virus has so far claimed the lives of 1,350 people and infected over 60,000 worldwide, with the vast majority of cases reported in mainland China.Odion Ighalo training away from Manchester United first team due to coronavirus precautions"I want to again state clearly that cancellation or postponement of the Tokyo Games has not been considered," Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said in a press conference Thursday, PA Media reports. International Olympic Committee (IOC) member John Coates added that organizers are working "to ensure that all of the athletes, and all of the people who come to Japan for the games are not going to be affected, and that all the necessary precautions are being taken."The Games will take place between July 24 and August 9 this year. Read MoreJUST WATCHEDPatients describe what it's like to contract coronavirus ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPatients describe what it's like to contract coronavirus 02:38Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresA number of sporting events have already been impacted by the virus.World Rugby confirmed Thursday that the Hong Kong Sevens and the Singapore Sevens have been moved from April to October 10-11 and 16-18 respectively."The health and safety of our players, fans and everyone working on the event is always our highest priority," said a statement. "This prudent decision has been taken in order to help protect the global rugby community and the wider public and was taken based on the World Health Organization and relevant public authority travel and health guidelines. "The decision is fully supported by stakeholders, including unions and commercial partners."This year will be the 45th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens, the flagship event of the rugby sevens calendar.READ: China table tennis team takes refuge in Qatar Fans who bought tickets for either event will be able to attend the rescheduled tournaments or will be given a full refund, World Rugby added.The Hong Kong Sevens is the highlight of the city's sporting calendar that regularly sees 120,000 fans in attendance across the weekend.On Wednesday, the Chinese Grand Prix, which was scheduled to take place in Shaghai on April 19, was postponed, while the LPGA canceled two golf events in Thailand and Singapore scheduled to tee off later this month.

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London (CNN)Julian Assange appeared in a London court by videolink from a high-security prison on Thursday as his battle against extradition to the United States on a computer hacking conspiracy charge got underway. The WikiLeaks founder, speaking from Belmarsh prison, wore a sports jacket and was not handcuffed.Asked by Judge Michael Snow if he wished to surrender himself for extradition, Assange said: "I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that's won many, many awards and affected many people."Lawyer Ben Brandon, representing the US government, said that the provisional arrest warrant for the 47-year-old was based on an indictment filed in Virginia for "one offense of attempting to access a computer without consent and accessing a computer without authorization."Julian Assange's legal battles have only just begun"Chelsea Manning (a former US Army intelligence specialist) downloaded a vast amount of classified documents. This included four databases with nearly 90,000 Afghan war reports, 400,000 Iraq significant activity reports ... (and) 250,000 state department cables," Brandon said.Read MoreManning then provided the documents to WikiLeaks, Brandon continued. He added that evidence collected during the course of the US investigation showed the pair "unlawfully conspired to effect these disclosures" and that Assange "agreed to help Manning crack a password that was connected to a government server."Brandon said the maximum sentence for this type of offense is five years, adding that the full request from the US government had not yet been received. Judge Snow said proceedings would be adjourned until May 30, when another procedural court date will take place. "The full extradition hearing is many months away where the substance of your case is likely to be argued," he added. Outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, dozens of Assange supporters -- including around 80 "yellow vest" protesters visiting from France -- rallied, waving signs and briefly blocked a main road nearby. A large truck with a billboard that read "#FreeSpeech" and showing Assange and Manning with American flags covering their mouths also disrupted traffic. The road was reopened after police arrived at the scene.Supporters outside Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday during a hearing into the US extradition request of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange. This was the second court appearance of the week for the Australian, who on Wednesday was handed a jail term of almost a year for skipping bail in 2012 when he sought political asylum in the London's Ecuadorian embassy. Assange was wanted in Sweden for questioning over sexual assault and rape allegations. The whistleblower -- who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing -- said he sought refuge over fears of onward rendition from Sweden to the US due to his work with WikiLeaks.His near seven-year stint in the embassy was brought to a dramatic close on April 11 when Ecuador withdrew his asylum and invited in British police, citing Assange's bad behavior. He was then forcibly hauled out by officers. Extradition 'where the real battle begins'Thursday marked the start of what will likely be a long and protracted extradition fight. While Assange is presently only facing one charge, US prosecutors have signaled more charges could be on the way.UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid told Members of Parliament on April 11 that the US has up to 65 days -- or until mid-June -- to send full extradition papers."They have the ability to add more charges before the 15th of June but our main concern is the fact that the allegations that are being made engage protected journalistic activities," Jennifer Robinson, a lawyer for Assange, told CNN after the court adjourned on Thursday.Assange's health seemed to be 'deteriorating rapidly' before arrest, says friendShe continued: "The allegations boil down to, as we heard in court, not about hacking, there is no suggestion that Julian Assange had actually hacked anything. What this is actually about, is the fact that he had conversations with a source about releasing information, encouraged that source to provide more information, and talked to that source about protecting their identity.""This is what journalists do all the time, and if he's going to be extradited and prosecuted for that activity, then that sets a great chilling impact to all journalists," she ended.A day before, WikiLeaks' Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said the US extradition claim is "where the real battle begins.""Although the extradition is based on a lower level of offenses, we think that is basically a snaring strategy to get him to United States where additional charges will be added," Hrafnsson explained.Mounting a defenseExtradition requests to the UK from outside the European Union are governed by Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003. When reviewing the US extradition claim, it will not be for the UK courts to determine culpability. A judge only determines whether the US request satisfies the "dual criminality" legal requirement -- meaning that the alleged crime is illegal in both countries. The judge would also consider if granting extradition would breach Assange's human rights.If satisfied that the claim meets procedural conditions, the case would be sent to the British home secretary for a final decision on ordering the extradition.On Wednesday, Robinson told CNN they wanted to wait to review the full extradition request before revealing their defense strategy. "We need to wait to see the final extradition request from the United States to determine what our arguments will be," Robinson said outside Southwark Crown Court. Omissions in Assange case and ongoing investigations signal broader charges to comeAssange's lawyers are likely to argue that the extradition request is politically motivated and that he would not be able to receive a fair trial in the US, according to Nick Vamos, the former head of extradition at the Crown Prosecution Service where he was responsible for the case. "It's going to be one of those where he throws the kitchen sink at it, I think that's clear," Vamos told CNN. Vamos added that "a whiff of political motivation" would not be enough to prevent extradition."What you need to prove is that the entire proceedings are corrupted and tainted by politics and that the person who is being prosecuted solely or primarily on the basis of their political beliefs, their political opinions, or political activities," he explained.CNN's Claudia Rebaza and Nina dos Santos contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsRichard Gasquet upsets David Ferrer to reach his first grand slam semifinal in six yearsGasquet entered the U.S. Open match with a 1-8 record against the Spaniard Gasquet will face another Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, on SaturdayItaly's Flavia Pennetta beats friend Roberta Vinci to advance to a first grand slam semifinalThe odds were against Richard Gasquet when he went to a fifth set against David Ferrer at the U.S. Open. Gasquet only registered one win in nine previous tussles against Ferrer, was coming off a nearly five-hour marathon against Milos Raonic in which he saved a match point and had dropped the third and fourth sets Wednesday. He has blown a two-set advantage at majors before, most notably to Andy Murray at both Wimbledon and the French Open. While the Frenchman has never been known for being tough on court, Ferrer is a warrior and one of the fittest players in tennis. But it was Gasquet who won that fifth set and the encounter 6-3 6-1 4-6 2-6 6-3 to reach his first grand slam semifinal in six years.He became just the second Frenchman to make the semifinals in New York in the Open era after Cedric Pioline. JUST WATCHEDAndy Murray wins Wimbledon men's finalReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAndy Murray wins Wimbledon men's final 01:53JUST WATCHEDTennis stars help Sandy victimsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTennis stars help Sandy victims 02:13JUST WATCHED'Little Giant' aims for Grand Slam gloryReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH'Little Giant' aims for Grand Slam glory 03:47"I have experience in five sets," Gasquet said in an interview on court. "I played a lot in my life so this one was very important to get into the semis in the U.S. Open. "I knew I had to serve well. I kept my serve in the fifth. It's a big win for me."Ferrer gifted Gasquet a break when he double faulted serving at 2-3 in the fifth and the world No. 9 held on. His foray into the last four is sure to please tennis purists who marvel at Gasquet's one-handed backhand and all-around game -- even if the 27-year-old can still play too defensively by standing yards behind the baseline. Gasquet will play his pal and tournament favorite Rafael Nadal in the last four after the second seed ruthlessly dispatched of fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-0 6-2 6-2. Read: Rafa on a rollNadal defended Gasquet when the latter tested positive for cocaine several years ago, believing the right-hander's story when he said the drug got into his system when he kissed a girl. Gasquet is 0-10 against Nadal -- in their pro career. Nadal is also on a 20-match hard-court winning streak this year."The last time I beat (Nadal) I was 13," Gasquet said, drawing laughs from the crowd. "So it's a long time ago. I beat him one time in my life. "I will try to play a big match."JUST WATCHEDMarion Bartoli on Wimbledon triumphReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMarion Bartoli on Wimbledon triumph 02:58JUST WATCHEDFrancesca Schiavone's historic Open winReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFrancesca Schiavone's historic Open win 01:27There was also an upset in the women's quarterfinals, as Flavia Pennetta beat Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-1 in a battle of Italians. Pennetta, into her first grand slam semifinal, suffered a career-threatening wrist injury that required surgery and missed six months starting in August 2012. A former world No. 10 in singles and ex No. 1 in doubles, Pennetta didn't expect to hit form in New York. "The results after my injury haven't come that quickly," she told the WTA website. "These are the first two weeks where I feel better and feel like myself again. But New York is special for me and the crowd is special for me, too."It's just amazing. I'm really happy."Pennetta, a quarterfinalist in New York in 2008, 2009 and 2011, takes on second-seed Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals.Azarenka, a beaten finalist in 2012, recorded a straight-sets 6-2 6-3 win over Russian Daniela Hantuchova.Serena Williams plays Li Na in the other semifinal.

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London (CNN)The UK government has said it would not be opposed to two members of a British ISIS cell known as "the Beatles" being executed in the US, prompting allegations it had undermined its longstanding opposition to the death penalty abroad.In a letter to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions last month, disclosed in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper Monday, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said that Britain would not demand "assurances" that two members of the terror cell would not receive the death penalty in return for the UK sharing intelligence about them.The leaked letter, dated June 22, refers to the case of Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh -- part of a four-man ISIS cell nicknamed "the Beatles" for their British accents -- who are believed to be responsible for beheading high-profile Western hostages in Syria and Iraq.ISIS fighters known as 'the Beatles' demand fair trial Capital punishment is illegal in the UK and the British government opposes its use abroad. The UK typically does not cooperate with foreign jurisdictions in cases where a death sentence could be imposed, unless written assurances are provided that it would not be sought or implemented.In the leaked letter, Javid said he was willing to make an exception in the case of Kotey and Elsheikh: "I am of the view that there are strong reasons for not requiring a death penalty assurance in this specific case, so no such assurances will be sought."Read More"As you are aware, it is the long held position of the UK to seek death penalty assurances, and our decision in this case does not reflect a change in our policy on assistance in US death penalty cases generally, nor the UK Government's stance on the global abolition of the death penalty," the letter continued.The opposition Labour party invoked parliamentary procedure to force a discussion on the issue in the House of Commons on Monday. The party's home affairs spokesman, Diane Abbott, said the UK could not be "a little bit in favor" of the death penalty: "Either we offer consistent opposition or we don't," she said.Replying, security minister Ben Wallace said the UK government's policy on the death penalty had not changed, and that it did allow exceptions in rare circumstances. Sharing intelligence with the US would increase the chance of the men facing trial, he said. Wallace also effectively confirmed previous reports that Kotey and Elsheikh had been stripped of their British nationalities. "We are not talking about UK citizens," he said.Among their victims was beheaded American journalist James Foley, whose mother Diane told the BBC's Today program that the death penalty would "just make them martyrs in their twisted ideology.""I would like them held accountable by being sent to prison for the rest of their lives," she said.Wrangle over foreign fightersThe two ISIS fighters, whose cell was fronted by Mohammed Emwazi, also known as Jihadi John, were captured in January and are now being held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. Emwazi was killed in a drone strike in 2015.The pair are among dozens of foreign-born ISIS fighters in the region seemingly left in limbo as their countries of origin wrangle over who should take responsibility for them.As ISIS fight ends, Brits should take the 'Beatles' backIndeed, while Javid's letter says the UK is "committed to assisting the US with a federal prosecution of Kotey and El-Sheikh," it also says the UK does not intend to request their transfer to the UK for prosecution.The Home Secretary added that given the high profile of the fighters, they could also be "held up as an example of how we treat and deal with alleged ISIS fighters."The group gained notoriety in 2014 and 2015 for a string of brutal propaganda videos, in which they demanded millions of dollars in ransom to spare the lives of foreign hostages, many of them journalists and aid workers. Few of the ransoms were met, and instead the hostages were beheaded.Fourth cell member Aine Davis was convicted of being a member of a terrorist organization by a court in Turkey in 2017 and jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

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Story highlightsPulisic carrying the weight of US soccerUSA struggling in World Cup qualifyingTeenager recently won his first major trophy (CNN)To say Christian Pulisic is US soccer's new hope would be something of an understatement.Rarely has the weight of one of the world's biggest nations been placed squarely on the shoulders of a teenager -- and such slender shoulders at that.Follow @cnnsport Pulisic is the first American player to break through at a top European club -- Borussia Dortmund -- at such an early age.But it's not just his breakthrough in Europe that has won him plaudits, it's also the manner in which he's done it. Guess what? You get to watch @cpulisic_10 play two more times next week.🔍 A closer look at his #USAvVEN equalizer tonight. pic.twitter.com/bufPYAaXFO— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) June 4, 2017 One of the main criticisms leveled at US football in recent years has been its insistence on producing athletes, rather than technical and tactically savvy players.Read MoreThe US Men's National Team's (USMNT) youngest ever goalscorer, Pulisic stirs excitement in his homeland like never before. His gangly frame and technical prowess break the mold of the archetypal US soccer player. Already with 14 senior caps to his name and over 50 first-team appearance for Bundesliga giants Dortmund, it's easy to forget Pulisic is still only 18-years-old.But rather than viewing the weight of expectation as a burden, Pulisic is relishing every moment of his fledgling career."It's been amazing," he tells CNN Sport anchor Patrick Snell. "Everything has happened so fast. Of course I'm still so young but I wouldn't change a thing. It really is a dream come true to me.READ: How to qualify for $30M Champions League 'jackpot'READ: Manchester United usurps Real Madrid as world's most valuable football clubREAD: Meet the 24/7 athlete -- Less alcohol, more meditationREAD: Does Gulf crisis put Qatar World Cup in jeopardy?"You know, people ask me what it's like and I just can't describe it because it's everything I ever wanted. Just being able to play for both club and country is just the biggest honor in the world."I'm just really excited moving forward."Trading cardsPulisic remembers clearly the moment he knew he'd made it as a footballer.Just some of the highlights from today's signing and exclusive announcement with @ussoccer star @cpulisic_10. #WhoDoYouCollect #USMNT pic.twitter.com/Mj0nKUA8JM— Panini America (@PaniniAmerica) June 6, 2017 It wasn't his debut for the USMNT, nor his first international goal. It wasn't even his first Champions League goal, an impudent chip -- a "truly special" moment -- against Benfica that made him the competition's youngest American scorer.It came during last year's Copa America Centenario, the 100th anniversary of South America's most prestigious tournament, held on home soil.Though the USMNT exceeded expectations on the pitch by reaching the semifinals in impressive fashion, Pulisic's crystallizing moment came when he found out he was immortalized on a Panini trading card."I don't know if I had a particular idol," Pulisic says of his own collection growing up. "But, you know, I always loved collecting cards from all sports and it was a big honor to be part of that Panini family."Mexico rivalryIn his brief career so far, Pulisic's experiences have been overwhelmingly positive.He's consistently set records, both at club and international level, and another successful season culminated in him winning a first major trophy, as Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt to lift the German Cup.👏, @cpulisic_10 is a #DFBPokal Champion! What a year.🇩🇪🏆 | https://t.co/gvcTvQDBLx pic.twitter.com/LpfYmNcSq2— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) May 27, 2017 Though, like any professional athlete, Pulisic has experienced some lows. Arguably the toughest came in the USA's home defeat to bitter rivals Mexico in World Cup qualifying."It was my first time playing against Mexico earlier this year and unfortunately we couldn't come out with a result," Pulisic recalls."But it really does show a rivalry game and it's our biggest match-up, our biggest rival so we're always excited."Rather than dwelling on the past, the teenager is looking forward to avenging that defeat when the sides meet again in Mexico on Monday."When it comes to the US vs. Mexico it's just something different. It's an amazing game to play in and I'm just really excited to have another chance at it."That defeat, however, would set the tone for what has been a disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign. A 4-0 hammering at the hands of Costa Rica followed, before the ship was briefly steadied thanks to 6-0 victory over Honduras.That win should have been a turning point, but instead the US faltered to a draw against Panama, although Pulisic still maintains this was a positive result.Massive win in the Mile High City. @cpulisic_10's double gives the #USMNT three crucial points. 🇺🇸 vs. 🇹🇹 recap: https://t.co/ROjBJSkAJd pic.twitter.com/HIrtRcFCIt— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) June 9, 2017 Thursday's victory over Trinidad and Tobago moved the USMNT into the third and final automatic qualifying place at the halfway stage, although consistency under re-appointed head coach Bruce Arena will need to improve to guarantee qualification.Two goals against Trinidad mean Pulisic has now had a hand in the USMNT's previous eight goals (four goals, four assists). He remains unfazed about his country's inconsistent form and -- as he has done throughout his career -- is maintaining a cool head and showing a maturity beyond his years."I mean, we just have to stick to our game plan," he says matter-of-factly. "We have some tough matches coming up, but I think a big quality in this team is that we always respond well."After tough situations against Mexico and Costa Rica, we responded well with a win and a tie."So now it's just about staying consistent and coming out with three points in this next game for sure and just continue to battle. That will give us a good chance to qualify for the World Cup."DortmundAlthough the end of Pulisic's club season was just 12 days ago, a lot has already changed at Dortmund.Thomas Tuchel was sacked as coach just three days after leading the club to a first trophy in five years -- amid reports of a relationship breakdown between him and the board -- and replaced by Peter Bosz, the man who led Ajax to the Europa League final.Peter Bosz is the new BVB Head Coach. Contract will last until 2019. Further info in a press conference this afternoon. #welkomhier #bvb pic.twitter.com/us7FngPgXy— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) June 6, 2017 Pulisic is grateful for the opportunities Tuchel afforded him but understands the ruthless nature of top-level football."Yeah, it's tough," Pulisic admits. "That's what happens in professional sports."Of course we had a pretty successful season but now the coach is gone. He did a lot for me and I'm thankful for that."If Pulisic is keen to shed light on the high points of his season, there is one night he can't escape. It's one that cast a dark shadow not only on Dortmund, but on the whole of football.On April 11, as Dortmund's team bus was making its way to Signal Iduna Park, the club's home ground, it was hit by three bombs left at the side of the road.Defender Marc Bartra had to be taken to hospital and underwent surgery on a broken hand sustained in the blast, while the rest of the squad were left seriously shaken.Proud to being part of this FAMILY!!!! VIELEN DANK!!!!!!!! 🌕⚫️#NoWords#EchteLiebe @BVB pic.twitter.com/NT4TdUVVTE— Marc Bartra (@MarcBartra) April 15, 2017 The match was postponed but rescheduled for the following evening, a decision that drew widespread criticism.Pulisic believes he and the rest of the squad should have been afforded more time to recover."It was really tough, it was definitely a tough week," he says, his tone noticeably lowered. "Especially having to play so soon after that, but it's something that's tough for me to talk about."It's just something you don't wish to happen to anyone. It was just a tough moment."Again, Pulisic's maturity is striking. For someone so young he exudes an understanding of a man twice his age.The scars from that night will not fade quickly but Pulisic, as he has always done, will continue to look forward."Now we're lucky we're still here and we're just thankful to be alive, playing soccer and do what we love every day."

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Story highlightsGermany wins right to host Euro 2024UEFA members voted at the organization's HQ, Switzerland Competition will be held in June 2024 (CNN)Germany has won the right to host the 2024 European Football Championships -- fending off competition from Turkey. Seventeen UEFA executive committee members voted in favor of the German bid at the organization's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Follow @cnnsport The decision is another blow to Turkey's dreams of hosting a major sporting event. It has previously failed bids to host Euro 2008, 2012 and 2016 and the 2020 Olympic Games. The 2024 edition will see a return to the tournament's traditional format, with Euro 2020 being hosted in 12 different cities across the continent, to mark 60 years of the competition. The Allianz Arena will host the final of Euro 2024, the competition's 17th edition. Human rights an issueRead MoreGermany had been heavy favorites ahead of Thursday's vote after positive recommendations in a UEFA report released last week. In contrast, the report found issues concerning the Turkish bid. Europe's governing body put human rights at the forefront of the bidding process for the first time, implementing a clause which stipulated that the host country should "culturally embed human rights."in its evaluation report UEFA highlighted the "lack of an action plan in the area of human rights" as a concern in the Turkish bid. Re-elected Turkish President in June 2018, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been heavily criticized for failing to protect women's and human rights, as well as curbing freedom of speech following the failed coup attempt in 2016, when thousands were arrested during the state of emergency.Meanwhile, the German bid was considered to meet overall expectations in regards to "political aspects, social responsibility and human rights."Visit cnn.com/sport for more news and videosTurkey has also never hosted a major sporting event. Their bid involved significant investment in rebuilding and renovating the 10 proposed stadiums. There were also concerns over the country's ability to cater for the expected influx in fans. In comparison, Germany's bid needed minimal investment, with infrastructure in already place, along with stadiums that could immediately stage the tournament Hosting the tournament in Germany will also be financially beneficial for UEFA. The German bid can boast 300,000 more tickets for sale, providing more opportunity for revenue. The country has previously hosted the World Cup in 2006 and and as West Germany the World Cup in 1972 and also Euro 1988.The announcement is a boost for German football after the national team's embarrassing group stage exit at the 2018 World Cup. Photos: Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric thanked his family, fans and captain of the Croatian 1998 World Cup team Zvonimir Boban after being named Best FIFA men's player of 2018. Hide Caption 1 of 6 Photos: Modric was also part of the FIFPro World XI side, marking a global All-Star team for the year. His Real Madrid teammates Sergio Ramos (left) along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo were also named on the side. Hide Caption 2 of 6 Photos: The FIFPro World XI awards were presented by former Brazil and Barcelona player Ronaldinho (far left) and Brazil and PSG defender Dani Alves (second to left). Hide Caption 3 of 6 Photos: Orlando Pride and Brazil forward Marta received her trophy for the Best FIFA Women's Player of 2018 Award on Monday. Marta was the runner-up in 2016. Hide Caption 4 of 6 Photos: Former Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger presented Didier Deschamps the award for manager of the year. Deschamps led France to a World Cup win in July. Hide Caption 5 of 6 Photos: Former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina (R) and former Italy and AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini presented an award on the evening for fair play, which went to German player Lennart Thy. Hide Caption 6 of 6There had been controversy between the two bidding nations in the run up to the vote, involving Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil. Ozil accused the German FA (DFB) of racism after his retirement from international football in July.The former German international, with Turkish parents, pointed to Germany Football Assocation (DFB) chief Reinhard Grindel as the catalyst. "I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose," said Ozil. The comments looked to have harmed the DFB's reputation, especially after their "bungled" response was widely criticized.Subsequently Grindel has since expressed his regret for not dealing with the issue better."I could have taken a clearer position at some points and stood by Mesut Ozil. I should have been clear with my words. Such attacks are completely unacceptable," Grindel said.

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(CNN)Imagine a long river of water vapor in the sky coming into the West Coast. It is how Marty Ralph, the director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, described the storm event threatening California at the moment.The storms are called "atmospheric rivers," which are narrow bands of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere emerging from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, cruising more than two miles above the sea. An average atmospheric river transports more than 20 times the water the Mississippi River does, as vapor.Throughout the weekend and into next week, parts of the West Coast will go from extreme drought to facing a series of bomb cyclones and an associated atmospheric river. The weather whiplash may unleash rains, flash floods, debris flows, and potential hurricane-force winds, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. West Coast braces for simultaneous 'bomb cyclone' and 'atmospheric river' "Wherever the storms hit shore on the West Coast is where the heaviest precipitation occurs, and that can be very beneficial in areas that often don't have enough water — and we have the drought going right now," Ralph told CNN. Read More"And then there are times when there's too much and it can create flooding," he added. "A few of these storms really make the difference over the course of the year."Human-caused climate change has increased the potential for this weather whiplash, where dramatic shifts in periods of drought and high precipitation can to occur more often. Scientists say the chances of sudden transitions from severe drought to atmospheric river events will become more common in California in the coming decades.Much needed rain, but too much of a good thing?In 2019, Ralph led the development of the system to categorize atmospheric rivers by strength, much like hurricane categories. In the scale, AR4 translates to 'extreme,' while AR5 — which is what he projects this storm to be — means 'exceptional.'"AR's 4 and 5 are mostly hazardous, but they can also be very beneficial, as we're seeing in this case, where it's coming on the heels of a serious drought," he said. "And largely the impacts are probably going to be beneficial because it's moisturizing the soil, restoring some water in the rivers, and a little bit of the lakes."But this storm, according to Ralph, is a rare event. AR5 storms are rare in California, especially during October. Analyzing a 40-year period, his team found only a total of 10 AR5 storms occurred in 40 years, and only one happened in October.The impacts also vary depending on the region. Smaller watersheds in urban areas, for instance, may trigger flash floods, while regions where wildfires have left burn scars may experience some debris flows. Transportation, Ralph adds, could also be impacted with the wet roads, cautioning drivers who may travel during the storm event. Ultimately, experts like Ralph say the atmospheric river is needed more than ever to replenish the unrelenting drought in the West.In California, dry conditions this summer were the most extreme in the entire 120-year record. It drained reservoirs and triggered historic water shortages. Governor Gavin Newsom recently expanded a statewide drought emergency proclamation. Climate researchers say two major factors contributed to this summer's severe drought: a lack of precipitation and an increase in evaporative demand, also known as the "thirst of the atmosphere." In this case, the coast did not experience enough storms to quench the thirst of the atmosphere, as well as the drying landscape. Low water levels at Lake Oroville in California on July 22, 2021. As extreme drought persists in California, Lake Oroville's water levels are continuing to drop.The historic drought in the West also created the perfect landscape for wildfires to spark and expand.In the short term, Julie Kalansky, a climate scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said the storm will help alleviate the dry landscape as well as reduce the potential for fires to spread and ignite. "In the long term, it's really hard to tell," Kalansky told CNN. "Just because we have a wet October or have a big event in October, it doesn't necessarily mean the rest of the season is going to be wet, so the rest of the season is still really to be determined."California's Mediterranean climate, where dry summers and wet winters provide the perfect conditions for a robust agricultural economy, makes it vulnerable to drastic shifts in weather events. But after a long dry period, Ralph said many farming communities would benefit from a high-precipitation event. "It seems to me this is a storm that's going to help return some moisture to the soil in a significant way that should green up the hills and the fields a bit more than otherwise," Ralph said. "And then, a big picture is that this is a storm that's going to set the stage for the watersheds to produce more runoff when the next storm comes, which is going to start filling the depleted reservoirs that they depend upon."Climate change is making storms wetter, strongerScientists have linked the climate crisis to an increase in the amount of moisture the atmosphere holds, meaning storms, such as the one impacting the West Coast now, will be able to bring more atmospheric moisture inland than it would without climate change, which in turn leads to an increase in rainfall rates and flash flooding. Meanwhile, the intensity of storms is also increasing.This weekend's bomb cyclone, named for the speed at which it intensifies or "bombs out," is expected to near or set records for the lowest pressure for a storm in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The strong system is forecast to produce winds of hurricane strength (75 mph or greater), though the strongest winds should remain over the ocean, according to the latest forecast. The West's historic drought in 3 mapsAnd since the storm is coming earlier in the season than usual, Kalansky said preparedness is crucial for an event like this. "It is a very extreme event for this early in the season, and people might not be prepared for something like this because it doesn't typically happen," she said. "I always advise people that it is really important that they stay up to date with what the National Weather Service is predicting in terms of hazards."These rapid changes in climate extremes — from drought to high precipitation — could make it harder for societies and communities to mitigate and adapt. In some cases, it could be destructive: according to a 2019 study, atmospheric rivers created an annual average of $1.1 billion annually in flood damage across the West. But one thing is clear: as the planet warms, extreme weather events such as this will only get worse."The research has shown that atmospheric rivers are projected to become more extreme in the future," Kalansky said. "For California, they're projected to contribute more to the overall annual precipitation. Our climate models are suggesting that atmospheric rivers will become increasingly important as the climate changes."

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(CNN)Missing Lionel Messi, La Liga champion Barcelona stumbled to a 1-0 defeat by Athletic Bilbao on Friday as the Spanish league season got underway in thrilling fashion.Messi sustained a calf injury during pre-season and without the Argentine, Barca looked distinctly ordinary as substitute Aritz Aduriz's stunning acrobatic volley in the game's closing minutes sealed Bilbao's surprise win. "The competition has put us in our place," Barca defender Gerard Pique told reporters. "We were not us."Last season, Barcelona coasted to the La Liga title, losing just three times and finished 11 points clear of second-place Atletico Madrid. Messi was the league's top scorer with 34 goals.But little went right for the Spanish champion on Friday. Barca striker Luis Suarez, who scored 33 goals last season, hit the post in the first half but soon afterwards limped off with an injury.Read More"Tests carried out on Saturday morning have confirmed that first team player Luis Suárez has an injured right calf," said Barca's website on Saturday. "His recovery will dictate his return to action."It's unclear how long Suarez will be out with a calf injury.Antoine Griezmann joined Barca from Atletico Madrid in July.READ: Real Madrid heads into the new season with more questions than answersREAD: World's best soccer stars are playing too muchFrenkie de Jong and Antoine Griezmann made their debuts for Barca, but it was the 38-year-old Aduriz who delivered the game's dramatic finale."Sometimes football can be so beautiful," Aduriz told reporters. "It will be impossible not to miss this but everything has a beginning and an end. I am incredibly grateful to be able to choose this ending."Bilbao, who finished eighth last season, were well worth their win with striker Inaki Williams frequently troubling the Barca defense.Frenkie de Jong (C) had an impressive debut even if Barca lost.Aduriz struck late to secure Bilbao's win.READ: The loneliness of the megabucks soccer starREAD: 'Adrian!' Klopp hails Liverpool's goalkeeperMeanwhile Barca and Bayern Munich have reached agreement for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho to the Bundesliga team.The 27-year-old Brazil international will initially join on a season-long loan, with Bayern having an option to make the deal permanent for the 27-year-old forward."We've watched Coutinho for quite some time. The name doesn't matter, only the quality," Bayern chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the club's website following the 2-2 draw with Hertha BSC in Friday's Bundesliga opening match."Obviously we still have to finalise a few details, but we're delighted to be bringing this player to Bayern," added Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.Philippe Coutinho will look to revive his career with Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.Coutinho, who joined Barcelona for a reported $170 million from Liverpool in 2018, has struggled to make an impact in Spain after starring in the English Premier League.He became the third most expensive player in history when he made the move to Barcelona.

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Story highlightsNorth Korea's latest missile could have range to hit Los Angeles and Chicago, experts sayUS should regard the launch as a "grave warning," Pyongyang says (CNN)North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday that appears to have the range to hit major US cities, experts say, and prompted a fresh round of condemnation from the United States, China, Japan and South Korea.A combination of US, South Korean and Japanese analyses of the launch from Mupyong-ni, near North Korea's border with China, shows the missile flew about 45 minutes, going 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) high and for a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles).If the missile were fired on a flatter, standard trajectory, it would have major US cities such as Los Angeles, Denver and Chicago well within its range, with the possible ability to reach as far as New York and Boston, according to David Wright, a missile expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists.However, early analysis of Friday's test cannot determine how heavy a payload the missile was carrying in its warhead, Wright said. The heavier the payload, the shorter the range. Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Photos taken from Korean Central Television show the activity around North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch late Friday.Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 3 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 5 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 7 of 8 Photos: North Korea says 'whole US mainland in range'Hide Caption 8 of 8South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said they estimate the missile tested Friday is more advanced than one launched earlier this month based on the range it traveled. Experts had said that test showed Pyongyang had the ability to hit Alaska.Read MorePresident Donald Trump condemned the missile launch and said the United States would act to ensure its security."Threatening the world, these weapons and tests further isolate North Korea, weaken its economy and deprive its people," Trump said in a written statement. "The United States will take all necessary steps to ensure the security of the American homeland and protect our allies in the region."Kim calls weapons program a 'precious asset'Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that the latest missile launch was a Hwasong-14, the same missile tested earlier this month.Friday's test was designed to show the Hwasong-14's maximum range with a "large-sized heavy nuclear warhead," it said, adding that Washington should regard the launch as a "grave warning."North Korean state media was quick to tout the missile test as a success, with video and stills showing leader Kim Jong Un overseeing the launch and celebrating with the troops involved. North Koreans hailed the test-firing, the news agency said. Kim Yu Chol, a researcher at the State Academy of Sciences, called the achievement "another great victory which dealt a heavy blow to the US imperialists and its vassal forces." Jo Son Hyang, a resident of Pyongyang's Rangnang District, said the "future of the country is bright" now that it has a "powerful sword for keeping peace."JUST WATCHEDExpert: North Korea will continue to improveReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHExpert: North Korea will continue to improve 04:34Kim was quoted as saying "the whole US mainland" is now within North Korea's reach. He called Pyongyang's weapons program "a precious asset" that cannot be reversed or replaced, according to the agency.In the wake of the test, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., and Adm. Harry Harris, commander of US Pacific Command, called the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Lee Sun Jin, to express "ironclad commitment" to the US alliance with South Korea and discuss military response options.Hours after that call, the US and South Korean military conducted a live-fire exercise as a show of force in response to the test, according to Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis. The exercise included firing missiles into the ocean. Both militaries conducted a similar show of force after North Korea's first ICBM test in early July.If North Korea's assertions about Friday's test are true, Pyongyang may be even more advanced in its missile program than previously thought. Earlier in the week, a US official told CNN the United States believed that North Korea would be able to launch a reliable nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile by early 2018.The official said that while North Korea can currently get a missile "off the ground," a lot of undetermined variables remain about guidance, re-entry and the ability to hit a specific target.China condemns launchChina, a longtime North Korean ally, issued a statement Saturday condemning the missile launch and asked Pyongyang to "stop taking actions that would escalate tensions" on the Korean Peninsula.North Korea's missile tests by the numbers"The UN Security Council has clear regulations on North Korea's launch activities that use ballistic missile technologies. China is opposed to North Korea's launch activities in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and against the will of the international community," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said.Beijing's statement reiterated its long-held position on North Korea's missile program.US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China and Russia need to do more to stop North Korea."As the principal economic enablers of North Korea's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile development program, China and Russia bear unique and special responsibility for this growing threat to regional and global stability," Tillerson said in a statement.After speaking Saturday with Tillerson, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo would join Washington in new appeals to those countries to stop North Korea.The missile splashed down about 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of the Shakotan Peninsula of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, well within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone, Kishida said. Not everyone agrees that North Korea launched an ICBM. The Russian Defense Ministry said its tracking indicated the weapon was a "medium-range ballistic missile," Russian state news agency Tass reported Friday. Nuclear-capable missile?Michael Elleman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated a range of at least 9,500 kilometers (5,900 miles) for the missile, according to Reuters news agency -- less than that estimated by Wright, but still potentially putting Los Angeles within reach.JUST WATCHEDNorth Korean missile classified as 'brand new'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNorth Korean missile classified as 'brand new' 02:10"The key here is that North Korea has a second successful test in less than one month," he said. "If this trend holds, they could establish an acceptably reliable ICBM before year's end."North Korea has seen a year of rapid progress in its missile program.Pyongyang has carried out 12 missile tests since February and conducted its first test of an ICBM on July 4 -- which it says could reach "anywhere in the world.""North Korea is slowly morphing into a nuclear and missile power right before our very eyes," said Harry J. Kazianis, director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest and an expert on North Korea."North Korea will continue to test over and over again its missile technology and nuclear weapons in the months and years to come in order to develop the most lethal systems it can," Kazianis said. "You can bet every time they do tensions will continue to rise. This is what makes the situation on the Korean Peninsula as dangerous as it is." Trump urged to respondLess than six years in power, Kim has tested more missiles than his father and grandfather combined.The North Korea threat: What can Trump do?The latest test has spurred calls for a response from the Trump administration. "North Korea's latest missile test shows the Trump administration's actions are not changing North Korea's behavior and it's time for the President to articulate a comprehensive strategy to the American people -- so far he's failed to do that," Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu told CNN on Friday.Administration officials have warned that "all options are on the table" but a clear path forward has yet to materialize. Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute who specializes in foreign policy, told CNN that North Korea's missile launch shows its leaders are "absolutely committed to their missile programs" and not interested in tempering their activities.Bandow, who visited North Korea last month, said the regime is convinced that developing its missile program as a nuclear deterrent is absolutely necessary. It's a mindset, he said, that puts pressure on Trump, who finds himself in a situation with no good choices.CNN's Zachary Cohen, Barbara Starr, Junko Ogura, Steven Jiang, Taehoon Lee, Spencer Feingold and KJ Kwon contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsThe doctor, 38, was "mentally depressed" and regrets his actions, his attorney saysHe will stand trial later this month (CNN)A Swedish doctor has been charged with drugging, raping and kidnapping a woman he allegedly imprisoned for six days in a windowless cement bunker, Stockholm's chief prosecutor says.The doctor told police the reason he built the sound-proofed bunker was because "he wanted to have a girlfriend," Stockholm chief prosecutor Peter Claeson told CNN.Horrific details about the 38-year-old doctor's alleged crimes last September have drawn comparisons in the media to Josef Fritzl, an Austrian rapist and kidnapper who kept his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years. Claeson said the man, who was charged January 11, admitted drugging, kidnapping and depriving the victim of liberty, but denied raping her.The doctor's lawyer, Mari Schaub, told CNN her client denied the rape allegation and denied "the degree of deprivation of liberty charge" leveled against him.Read MoreWhile he admitted building the bunker, he had no intention of holding multiple people there over an extended period of time, as was alleged, and had no intention of sexually harming the victim, she said."He is a man who was mentally depressed and when at the police station, complied with all the requests of the police," she said."He is very much in regret of what he has done."Rohypnol usedClaeson said the woman's ordeal began when the doctor drugged her in her apartment by serving her chocolate-dipped strawberries and orange juice that had been spiked with Rohypnol, a potent sedative known as a date-rape drug.The woman was allegedly raped at the apartment, the prosecutor said.Once she was unconscious, the doctor put her in a wheelchair and wheeled her to his car. He drove her about six hours to his home outside the city of Kristianstad in southern Sweden, where he had built the bunker, Claeson said.The prosecutor said the structure -- which was self-contained, with its own plumbing and water supply -- was designed to hold more than one captive.Claeson said the accused took medical samples from the victim and created a false identity under which the samples could be screened for sexual diseases. He told police he did this so he could have unprotected sex with the victim, Claeson said.Unlikely escapeThe woman was allegedly held for six days, and only escaped through an unlikely series of events. Once the man realized police were looking for the victim, he drove with her to a police station, armed with a gun, to tell officers that they were a couple, the prosecutor said. But police asked to speak to the woman in private, and she told them of her ordeal, Claeson said.The doctor had worked in several hospitals in the region, Claeson said.His trial is due to begin in Stockholm on January 25.

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(CNN)Being young and Polish has never been this lucrative. A new law that comes into effect in Poland this week will scrap income tax for roughly 2 million young workers.It's an attempt by the government to stop the dramatic brain drain Poland has experienced since it joined the European Union 15 years ago. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the tax exemption will bring new opportunities for young people "so they match those available in the West."Poles under the age of 26 who earn less than 85,528 Polish zloty ($22,547) a year will be exempt from the country's 18% income tax starting August 1. The allowance is generous, considering the average Polish salary stands at just below 60,000 zloty ($15,700) a year.Read MoreThe government said 2 million people will qualify for the benefit.Seasonal workers from Poland harvest white asparagus in Germany.When Poland and seven other central and Eastern European countries joined the European Union in 2004, its citizens gained the right to work across the bloc without the need for a work permit or visa. When advocating for the new law in the parliament, Morawiecki said 1.7 million people left Poland in the past 15 years. "It's as if the entire city of Warsaw left ... it's a gigantic loss," he said."This must end, young people must stay in Poland," Morawiecki added. The exodus has had a negative impact on the economy. "In the past three (or) four years we started seeing worker shortages and (realized) that we need those people back," said Barbara Jancewicz, who heads the Economics of Migration Research Unit at the Center of Migration Research in Warsaw.European Union takes legal action to protect Polish judgesKinga Kitowska is one of those who left. The 22-year old corporate analyst came to London to study and stayed after getting a job in finance.While she thinks the government's offer is generous, it won't be enough to convince her to return. "To make young people stay in the country, I don't think that's the way to go," she said. "It's about building opportunities and opening sectors which are attractive for young people at the moment."Immigration experts are also unconvinced the strategy will work. "It's not all about money," said Heather Rolfe, the head of employment and social policy team at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a think tank in London. "The research that has been done on young Polish migrants in the UK has highlighted that often young people leave as a kind of rites of passage, they will go to get away from their family, to gain some independence," she explained. Kitowska agrees. Salary, while important, is not a priority. "I'm looking for opportunities rather than money in the short term," she said. The job she's got in London doesn't really exist in Poland. Most finance jobs available there are in back offices, the behind-the-scenes parts of the businesses that don't deal with clients. "You don't have that many opportunities in the front desk kind of space," she said.The UK has been the most popular destination for Polish migrants since 2004: almost 1 million now reside in the British Isles. Despite the major economic advances Poland has made in recent years, salaries are still significantly higher in the UK. "The 18% tax break, it's a lot, but it still doesn't close the (earnings) gap between Poland and the UK," said Jancewicz.UK fruit farmers feel the squeeze as Brexit loomsThe tax exemption is just one of many welfare handouts announced by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party ahead of the European elections in May. A general election must also take place by November.The government expects the welfare package, which also includes new benefits for families with children and bonus pension payments, to cost 40 billion zloty ($10 billion).Morawiecki insists the reforms are investment into society and economy. And while the law gained an overwhelming support in the PiS-dominated Polish parliament, it has sparked some criticism too. Ryszard Petru, member of the parliament for the opposition Now! party, called the measure "extremely deceitful populism."The Polish government wants young people to stay in the country. Speaking in the parliament, Petru said that instead of making young people better off, the costly new law will likely lead to employers slashing wages, keeping the after-tax pay packages the same. "And what will happen when they turn 26? They will be made redundant because suddenly, they'll be more expensive," he added. Rolfe said that the age limit will likely disqualify those who are already abroad and are thinking about returning to Poland. "The time when people start to think about whether they do want to stay or go back to their own country is slightly later, when they've decided that they're going to have kids, sort of late 20s, early 30s," she said.However, the law could help convince those who are thinking about leaving to stay. "It's much more important for those who are still in Poland and had not migrated yet, because it encourages a more stable employment, and it gives them some benefit ... so they might be more prone to stay in Poland," Jancewicz said.CNN's poll shows why immigration is impossible to solveEven if the policy doesn't work as intended, Polish people might reconsider their British futures. The slump in the value of the pound following the Brexit referendum in 2016 has made working in the UK much less attractive. The atmosphere has soured too. The debate around Brexit was centered around immigration and police statistics showed that reported hate crimes against immigrants spiked after the referendum.Confusion around Brexit and the country's future migration policy is already pushing people away. Statistics show there are now more Polish people leaving the UK than arriving. The UK government's Brexit policies and the perceived British hostility towards migrants might prove more effective in making Polish migrants return home than any tax breaks. CNN's Tara John contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Florida's county-by-county plan to vaccinate its elderly population has created a mass scramble for a limited number of doses, leading to hourslong lines at vaccination sites and overwhelmed county hotlines and websites.In southwest Florida, the Lee County Department of Health encouraged anyone 65 and older and high-risk frontline health care workers to come to one of seven vaccination sites. Each site had just 300 vaccine doses, and "no appointment is necessary," the county said.The first-come, first-serve plan led to huge lines forming overnight Tuesday as people camped out on lawn chairs and waited for hours.People wait in line in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Lakes Park Regional Library in Fort Myers, Florida to recieve the COVID-19 vaccine.Some of those at Lakes Park Regional Library started lining up overnight.Bruce Scott told CNN he arrived at a Ft. Myers vaccination site at 1:30 a.m. and waited in a line for about 8 or 9 hours to get vaccinated."Although I'm grateful to get the vaccine, I feel that there's got to be a better way to distribute this," he said afterward. "For people that really need it, elderly that might be disabled in some way, they can't endure this process, so there's got to be a better way to manage this."Read MoreSeniors and first responders wait in line to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at the Lakes Regional Library on December 30, 2020, in Fort Myers, Florida.The long wait is a preview of what looks to be a tumultuous vaccine rollout and reflects the public's pent-up demand for vaccines as well as the logistical difficulty in administering them in an orderly way.The issue is partly a consequence of the lack of consistent federal guidance in administering vaccines, as President Donald Trump deferred that decision-making to the states. In turn, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis broke with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to focus first on vaccinating the elderly rather than essential workers, and he has encouraged each county health department to make its own decisions on administering the vaccines.Florida is one of the few states that has begun vaccinating people beyond the first wave of health care workers and long-term care facilities. The state has administered over 150,000 vaccines so far, more than all but Texas, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.Counties see huge vaccine demandOther Florida counties have tried to set up vaccination appointments for those who sign up online or through a hotline.In Orange County, the department of health set up an online portal to make vaccination appointments, and 30,000 appointments were scheduled in the last 24 hours. The county then said it reached capacity and closed its online portal on Wednesday.Fran Lundell, 70, and her husband, Andy, 73, were among those who successfully signed up, and they were vaccinated after waiting in their cars at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando on Tuesday.When can YOU get the vaccine? It depends on your health, occupation and where you liveThey said they went to the county website to schedule an appointment as soon as it was announced. Fran got an appointment quickly, but it took Andy four or five attempts to get a slot."We think we're lucky," Fran Lundell said. "We thought maybe March or April we might get it, but this is fantastic to get it, certainly."Jim Seltzer, who was also vaccinated Wednesday, praised the job the county did."I thought it was very well organized. I thought they did an excellent job," he said. "I mean, it was a long wait, but you know, I expected that."In Palm Beach County, the department of health directed people 65 and older to call an appointment hotline to get their vaccine. But the hotline can only handle 150 calls at a time and was being overwhelmed, the county said."We are working on expanding our infrastructure to handle the high demand we are experiencing," the site said.And in South Florida, Broward Health said all of its appointments are booked until February.Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach says they have proactively reached out to the seniors in their community to sign up for the vaccine. They have enabled more appointment phone lines in an effort to prevent seniors for easily accessing the vaccine. "And so the faster that we're able to deploy vaccine to the 65 plus year old population, I believe that life will return to normal. And I also believe that younger people will be more receptive to receiving the vaccine as well," said President and CEO of Mount Sinai Miami Beach Steve Sonenreich. Focus on elderly over essential workersFlorida is also one of a few states that has bucked the CDC's recommendations on the order of who should get the vaccine first, prioritizing the elderly over essential workers.A CDC advisory committee recommended that states first vaccinate frontline health care workers and people in long-term care facilities, and Florida has followed that.The CDC committee then recommended that states vaccinate people older than 75 and "frontline essential workers" such as first responders in a "Phase 1b." Afterward, in a "Phase 1c," states should vaccinate adults ages 65-75, people ages 16-64 with high-risk medical conditions, and "other essential workers," the committee recommended.As year-end approaches, vaccine rollout remains woefully behind scheduleHowever, DeSantis said the state is prioritizing everyone over age 65, with young essential workers later."Our vaccines are going to be targeted for our elderly population," he said in a news conference last week at UF Health in The Villages, the central Florida community for people older than 55. "As we get into the general community, the vaccines are going to be targeted where the risk is the greatest, and that is in our elderly population. We are not going to put young healthy workers ahead of our elderly vulnerable population."The CDC committee's recommendations represented a compromise between two strains of thought: preventing Covid-19 spread and preventing Covid-19 deaths. People ages 18-64 make up 75% of all coronavirus infections, while people older than 65 make up 81% of all coronavirus deaths, according to CDC data.DeSantis, who has repeatedly downplayed the severity of Covid-19 for young people, said he did not agree with the CDC recommendations to vaccinate essential workers."If you're a 22-year-old working in food services, let's say at a supermarket, you would have preference over a 74-year-old grandmother," he said. "I don't think that that is the direction that we want to go." CNN's Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt and Denise Royal contributed to this report.

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A version of this story appeared in CNN's Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country's rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here.Hong Kong (CNN)He's an unlikely critic of the Hong Kong government -- but after being hauled off to mandatory quarantine over the weekend, pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho did not hold back.Broadcasting live on Facebook on Saturday, Ho, who is known for his staunchly pro-establishment views, slammed his hand on the table and shook his finger angrily. The city's uncompromising Covid-19 strategy was as unsound as "sandcastles on the beach," he said."The government's handling of matters is completely outrageous, completely disordered!" he said in another post that night. Ho was among dozens of Hong Kong bureaucrats and lawmakers ordered into quarantine last week after they were potentially exposed to Covid-19 at an official's birthday party on January 3. More than 200 people attended the event at a Spanish restaurant, of which at least one has been confirmed positive with Covid-19. An investigation is underway to determine whether the restaurant or any of the officials present broke any rules.Read MoreHong Kong, along with mainland China, is one of the few places still following a strict zero-Covid model. The city is largely closed off to the outside world, with the government doubling down on its aim of eliminating all local cases of the virus in the hope of reopening its border with mainland China.Stringent restrictions, a sweeping track, trace and test regime, and harsh border measures, including 21 days of quarantine for almost all arrivals, have kept the infection rate and death toll remarkably low for a city of 7.5 million. But the controversial and divisive measures have also served to isolate Hong Kong, taking a toll on international businesses and any resident who wishes to travel.In Hong Kong, anyone who tests positive for the virus or is deemed a close contact of a confirmed case faces serious consequences. Positive cases are sent to hospital, regardless of whether they have symptoms. They can only leave after testing negative for the virus twice in succession, upon which they must complete another 14 days of isolation in a government camp.Close contacts -- like Ho and the partygoing officials -- also face weeks of isolation and multiple tests at a government facility.In his video, Ho made no apology for going to the party, which ignored government guidance to avoid large gatherings amid Hong Kong's first local outbreak of coronavirus cases in nearly three months. Residents line up to get tested for Covid-19 in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, on January 9.Instead, the 59-year-old lawmaker had a long list of complaints about his experience at the Penny's Bay government quarantine center.It was late at night, but he hadn't eaten dinner. He said he was not allowed to drive to the facility, authorities had taken too long to arrange transportation, and the rules were altogether too rigid.The city's leader, Carrie Lam, should resign over the party scandal, he said.The current Covid outbreak in Hong Kong, driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant, has been traced to infected aircrew members from Hong Kong's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, who violated isolation rules by going to restaurants and bars.In response, the government last week imposed new restrictions, including closing bars and suspending dine-in at restaurants after 6 p.m.Lam criticized Cathay's senior management for the actions of its staff and said the government would take legal action against the airline if necessary. "Although the management may not be aware of all the actions that each employee takes, it's not an excuse to not to be blamed," she said.The new restrictions have deepened public frustration with the pro-Beijing government, who many view as being out-of-touch with local needs.Following last year's "China patriots only" election, the city's legislative body is made up exclusively of pro-Beijing or pro-establishment members. And as details of the birthday party emerged, the public outcry grew louder, with many calling out the alleged hypocrisy. "At the height of the fire, you still attended such a large gathering? Are you encouraging the public to do the same as you?" one top comment read below Ho's Facebook video.Many of the officials who attended the party have publicly apologized and vowed to be more careful in future. They include Hong Kong's police commissioner, treasury secretary, anti-corruption commissioner and home affairs secretary.But almost as quickly as they'd been whisked away to quarantine, Ho and several other officials were released after one of the cases linked to the party was deemed a false positive.Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam at a news conference on January 11."They had me waiting around all day, and only told me now I can go!" Ho said on Facebook. "And they can only send me to the Tsing Yi MTR station -- If that was the case, they should have told me earlier so I could get a driver to come pick me up!" On Monday, the government shortened its policy of 21 days quarantine for close contacts to 14 days, citing a lack of capacity and the shorter incubation time for the Omicron variant. Lam said the party scandal was a "deep disappointment." Pending the investigation, she would take action if officials were determined to have broken the rules, she added.But apparently contradicting her earlier comments about Cathay Pacific, she stopped short of taking personal responsibility. Accountability "does not mean that I'm responsible of the decisions and actions of my colleagues," she said January 6, adding the party was "a private event."At a news conference Tuesday, Lam admitted she had attended a wedding banquet in late November or early December, but urged the public to avoid "fault-finding."There had been "criticisms about the way that we handle this epidemic," Lam said, but she defended the government's tough anti-Covid stance."There is no point to say who is at fault and who is the source of all these problems because the problems will occur as we continue to fight the epidemic," she said. "The importance is we maintain the vigilance to enforce, and we punish people who fail to comply by issuing penalties and also taking them to court."

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Story highlights Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says he's left hospital, news agency says He says he is not feeling "well" yet but is pleased to be back at workAfter a disease recurrence, "I'm monitored, wires all over me," he told a radio station earlierGorbachev suffers from a severe form of diabetes, according to state mediaFormer Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has left a hospital and is back at work, Russia's state-run RIA Novosti reported Friday.Asked by RIA Novosti how he was feeling, he said that "well" was an overstatement, but that he was aiming for satisfactory and it was "already not bad" to be back at work.The former leader had told a radio station, Russia News Service, on Thursday that he had been admitted to a hospital with "a disease recurrence," the news agency reported earlier Friday."I'm monitored, wires all over me," Gorbachev was quoted as saying to the station. Gorbachev suffers from a severe form of diabetes and has often received treatment in German hospitals, according to RIA Novosti.JUST WATCHEDGorbachev reflects on Soviet collapseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHGorbachev reflects on Soviet collapse 02:14He was President of the Soviet Union from 1985 until his resignation in 1991, during which time he embarked on a process of change and increased openness to the West that became known as "perestroika."He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for helping end the Cold War.

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Story highlightsSecond seed Andy Murray withdraws from Swiss Indoors event with buttock strainDefending champion Roger Federer moves into last eight, beating Jarkko NieminenFederer was in same half of draw as Murray and they could have met in semifinalsValencia Open titleholder David Ferrer moves into last eight of Spanish eventRoger Federer's hopes of a Swiss Indoors final rematch with Novak Djokovic were boosted when Andy Murray withdrew from the tournament on Wednesday.The British player moved above Federer into third place in the world rankings after winning three tournaments in Asia, but was unable to face Dutchman Robin Haase in his opening match in Basel due to a strained buttock muscle."I woke up yesterday and was really struggling to walk," second seed Murray, who accepted a late wildcard entry, told the ATP Tour website. "I went to a swimming pool nearby and did some exercises and it felt a little better, but I was forced to cancel my practice yesterday. It is just a freak thing and I have no idea how I did it."Joker Djokovic horrified by his lack of form Federer, who was drawn to meet Murray in the semifinals, moved into the last eight with a battling 6-1 4-6 6-3 win over Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in his second-round match on Wednesday. It was his 12th straight win against his fellow 30-year-old, but his first not in straight sets.A record four-time winner of his home event, Federer -- like world No. 1 Djokovic -- had taken six weeks off after the U.S. Open.The defending champion will next face either American seventh seed Andy Roddick or Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic.Marcus Baghdatis also earned a place in the quarterfinals, with the Cypriot overcoming Swiss player Michael Lammer 7-6 (7-2) 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 to set up a possible clash with Djokovic -- the 2009 winner and last year's runner-up.Djokovic will play Lukasz Kubot in the second round after the Pole beat fellow qualifier Tobias Kamke 5-7 7-5 6-2 on Wednesday.Sixth seed Janko Tipsarevic's hopes of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals were dented after the Serbian was forced to retire during his opening match against Florian Mayer, trailing the German 5-1.Tipsarevic must now reach the final or even win next week's Paris Masters if he is to snatch the eighth and last place from Mardy Fish. The American also exited early after suffering a hamstring injury in his first-round match on Tuesday.Mayer will next face Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic, with the winner of that second-round match to play Haase or Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.David Ferrer continued his Valencia Open title defense by reaching the quarterfinals with a 6-3 6-3 win over Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil on Wednesday.The Spaniard will next play Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, who had a walkover when French qualifier Nicolas Mahut withdrew from their second-round tie for family reasons.Third seed Gale Monfils also progressed into the last eight, beating Chile's Pablo Andujar 6-2 7-6 (7-5) to set up a clash with Canada's Milos Raonic or Spain's Marcus Granollers.Argentine sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro won his first-round match, beating Russia's Dmitri Tursunov 6-4 6-1.The 2009 U.S. Open champion next plays big-serving South African Kevin Anderson.

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(CNN)More than 410,000 people in the US could die from the coronavirus by January 1, more than doubling the current death toll, a new model often cited by top health officials predicted Friday.That would mean 224,000 more lives lost in the US over the next four months. The latest on the coronavirus pandemicNear-universal mask use could cut the number of projected additional fatalities by more than half, according to the model from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. But it also warns the cumulative death toll could be much higher by the new year if all restrictions are eased."If a herd immunity strategy is pursued, meaning no further government intervention is taken from now to Jan 1st, the death toll could increase to 620,000," according to IHME's briefing. The death rate could reach nearly 3,000 a day by December, an unprecedented number, due in part to "declining vigilance of the public," the IHME expects. For now, the model points to declining mask use in some regions from peak usage in early August. Read MoreFOLLOW LIVE UPDATESThe IHME model is more aggressive in its predictions than others. It comes a day after a new CDC ensemble forecast predicted 211,000 US deaths from Covid-19 by September 26.Coronavirus has infected over 6.1 million people nationwide, and more than 186,800 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.Fauci: US has to get the baseline of cases downDr. Anthony Fauci says there is only one way to prevent the death toll reaching the numbers predicted in this new model. "We've got to get our baseline back down to a much lower level," Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on CNN. Currently, the US is seeing about 40,000 cases a day, but if the baseline of cases is lowered, the country could get a better handle on stopping the spread, according to Fauci. And the use of masks would help the country prevent the "scary" number of predicted Covid-19 deaths, he added."You can actually handle them, get good identification isolation and contact tracing. But when you have an intensity of community spread, it makes it that much more difficult," Fauci said. "That's the reason why I keep saying over and over again we've got to be very careful, particularly as we enter this holiday weekend."He's encouraging people to make outdoor plans and keep gatherings small to prevent the spread of Covid-19 during the Labor Day weekend.Fauci also said he's not sure what President Donald Trump meant when he said the country is "rounding the corner" on the coronavirus pandemic. "There are certain states that are actually doing well in the sense of that the case numbers are coming down," Fauci said. However, experts remain concerned by a number of states, including Montana, Michigan, Minnesota and the Dakotas, that are starting to see an uptick in the percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive.Fauci said he would call out any political interference involving the approval of a Covid-19 vaccine in the US if he saw it. Sources in the administration have told CNN President Trump is ramping up pressure on health officials to approve a Covid-19 vaccine before the November election. "I'm not a regulator, I mean, I just do the science. I'd report the science in an accurate way, and certainly if I saw interference, I would be very disturbed and call it out," Fauci said. He added that he had faith the FDA would do what's right.Fauci also congratulated Russia on their vaccine development process. He said they had done "the correct thing" in publishing early results Friday. "I really hope they have a vaccine that works," Fauci said. "We need as many vaccines as we possibly can get into the system."Atlas: I never advised Trump on herd immunity strategyThe White House Coronavirus Task Force's new member, Dr. Scott Atlas, is denying he ever advised President Donald Trump to pursue a herd immunity strategy against the novel coronavirus.In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio's News Hour, Atlas says, "I have never, literally never, advised the President of the United States to pursue a strategy of herd immunity, of opening the doors and letting people get infected."A Trump administration official told CNN this week all of the policies Atlas has pushed for are in the vein of a herd immunity strategy. But Atlas told the BBC, "I have never advised that, I have never advocated for that to the task force, I have never told anybody in the White House that that's what we should be doing." But he also says a second wave of the coronavirus is not certain and he's accusing public health experts of unnecessarily worrying Americans. "Americans are just assuming there is going to be a second wave of Covid-19, but nobody knows for sure if that will happen," Atlas said. "We don't throw out decades of knowledge about immunology, virology and infectious disease, just because we're afraid." Atlas also claims an ongoing lockdown to try to control the coronavirus pandemic has worse effects than the virus itself. "There's nothing that's more of a slam dunk issue on that, than the schools, because the closing schools to our children is a heinous abuse of public policy." He also said that there is "very little evidence that children significantly, significantly, transmit to adults. There is overwhelming evidence that they do not."But Atlas says, that doesn't mean people should all go back to their normal lives without social distancing. He also says it's not appropriate to compare coronavirus deaths in the US to deaths in other countries. When the BBC brought up Johns Hopkins University data that shows the United States has the 4th highest number of deaths per 100k people, Atlas said it's "simply wrong." Atlas, whose expertise is in neuroradiology, told the BBC he laughs it off when people bring up the fact that he's on the coronavirus taskforce despite not being an infectious diseases expert."It's sort of silly" to think "there's some kind of reason that I would need to be a virologist or an immunologist," Atlas said. Campuses urged to ban tobacco use in the fallLawmakers are reiterating a call for universities and college campuses to prohibit tobacco use this fall due to the pandemic. In a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Democratic lawmakers urged the federal health agency to review its Covid-19 guidelines and recommend no smoking, vaping or chewing tobacco in schools. 1 million people in the UK have quit smoking during the pandemic, survey showsThe letter cites a study suggesting that young people who've used e-cigarettes can be five times more likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19. Stanford University researchers published the report last month in the Journal of Adolescent Health. "Following the Stanford study, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced that it was banning tobacco use on campus in the fall ... In making that decision, UNLV took into account that if someone is smoking, vaping, or chewing tobacco, they cannot be complying with requirements to wear a mask," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin wrote in the letter.With the public health risk posed by coronavirus, they said, the CDC should "act quickly and forcefully."Last month, Krishnamoorthi wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking it to temporarily clear the market of all e-cigarettes during the coronavirus crisis. He wrote it on behalf of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy. Young people urged to be cautiousMore young people are getting infected with the coronavirus at higher numbers. Experts fear that will only grow as many colleges and schools reopen.In August alone, for example, nearly 7,000 people between ages 18-24 tested positive for Covid-19 in Missouri, Gov. Mike Parson said. About 30% of the new cases in the state are among that age group. "While young, healthy people are likely to have mild symptoms and quick recoveries ... they may unknowingly carry Covid-19 to someone older or with underlying conditions, who is unable to fight off the virus. This is why it is so important for young people to take precautions and understand the responsibility," Parson said.While more young people continue to test positive, the vast majority of them have not required hospitalization. Dr. Anthony Fauci says designating quarantine spaces for students who test positive for Covid-19 is key to safely opening colleges"I know there is a lot of concern right now regarding college students. But I want to assure you that our colleges, and our universities, have plans in place and are taking all steps necessary to keep their students and communities as safe as possible," Parson said.College campuses in at least 40 states have seen outbreaks of the virus, and officials are urging caution heading into the holiday weekend."I understand many will probably not be going home since they just got on campus. So they'll be around and they'll have some free time," Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. "You've got to be cautious over this weekend." Over 200 of the 969 new cases reported in the state are from Washington County, home to the University of Arkansas, he said. In the county, four out of every five positive tests were among people between the ages of 18 and 24.Dr. Anthony Fauci pointed out measures that colleges and universities should take to open successfully. Colleges should only consider reopening if they have several protocols in place, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CNN by phone. They include testing every student, surveillance testing at various intervals and readily available quarantine spaces."They've got to have the capability of doing the testing to begin with," said Fauci, who emphasized testing upon arrival. "They've got to have the capability of doing surveillance testing as you get into the school year, and they have to have a plan of how they handle the inevitability of some students who are going to wind up getting affected."It would be unrealistic to assume that there are no Covid-19 cases on campus, he said, noting that planning should include designated specific quarantine spaces for students who contract the virus.Pressure for a vaccine grows as election nearsWith a persistent polling deficit and a struggling economy, President Donald Trump has cranked up pressure on federal health officials to expedite work on a coronavirus vaccine and treatments.Here's why it's unlikely we'll have a coronavirus vaccine by Election DayIn his public remarks and through private prodding, Trump has pushed for more good news on the pandemic, insisting that even developments considered minor by health experts be expanded into major announcements for which he can claim credit.In the last week alone, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn was forced to apologize for an overhyped plasma announcement, subsequently removed a new communications aide and found himself on the receiving end of criticism from the West Wing.And officials inside the FDA have told CNN that Trump has consistently pressed agencies to speed up their time line for developing a vaccine so he can have a vaccine victory by Election Day.While the CDC has asked states to get ready to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by as early as next month, health officials have said this time line is unlikely.CNN's Amanda Watts, Naomi Thomas, Jacqueline Howard, Maggie Fox, Chuck Johnston, Annie Grayer, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins contributed to this report

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(CNN)The former Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, who was found guilty in May of concealing the abuse of altar boys in the 1970s by pedophile priest James Fletcher, has successfully appealed his conviction. A court in New South Wales on Thursday ruled in favor of Wilson, saying there was reasonable doubt the clergyman had ever committed the crime, according to a statement from New South Wales Courts.The 68-year-old Wilson had been the highest-ranking Catholic official ever to be convicted of covering up sex abuse. He avoided prison after a court earlier sentenced him to home detention under his sister's custody. Wilson resigned his post in July, even as he continued efforts to appeal the original conviction. Historic cover-upRead MoreThe original guilty verdict against Wilson was seen as a pivotal moment with potentially far-reaching implications for other clergy members implicated in the child sex abuse scandal that's engulfed the Catholic Church globally. Wilson was an assistant priest when Fletcher, a Catholic priest based in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, abused altar boys in the mid-1970s.Prosecutors had argued the Archbishop failed to report the abuse to authorities, allowing Fletcher to remain in the clergy and abuse other children.Wilson and Fletcher went their separate ways after 1976. Wilson then begin his climb through the church's hierarchy, an assent which took him to the role of Archbishop of Adelaide in 2001.Fletcher was never charged with any offending relating to his behavior in 1976. However, in 2004, Fletcher was convicted of eight counts of child abuse and later sentenced to 10 years in prison. The eight charges were committed between 1989 and 1991. Fletcher died in prison in 2006. Wilson was charged in 2015, accused of failing to report Fletcher's abuse to police.Ongoing scandal The case comes as Australia is still grappling with historic accusations of child sex abuse in the country's Catholic Church, which has been subject to numerous investigations including a Royal Commission. There was anger among many survivors in August when the Church rejected calls for priests to be compelled to report child abuse revealed in confessionals.The Church said it would accept "98%" of recommendations made by a high-level government inquiry into child sexual abuse, which uncovered shocking accounts of widespread abuse inside Australian religious institutions.But church leaders said that they would maintain the sanctity of confession, arguing to remove it would infringe on religious liberties.The headline of a previous version of this story gave an incorrect title for Archbishop Philip Wilson. This has been corrected.

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Istanbul (CNN)Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will step down from his post later this month, he announced Thursday, following an increasingly public rift with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Speaking in Ankara, Davutoglu said he would not seek the leadership of the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) at an extraordinary congress of the party on May 22, effectively ending his tenure as prime minister."Our party is entering a new era," said Davutoglu, who has held the post since August 2014.The 57-year-old said stepping aside would be better "for the continuity of the unity and integrity of the party... because the fate of the AKP is not just the fate of the AKP any more, but the fate of Turkey."Davutoglu will continue in his role as an AKP parliamentarian. Read MorePush for greater presidential powersThe announcement, which followed a meeting between Davutoglu and Erdogan on Wednesday night, brings an amicable resolution to the distancing between the country's most powerful men, avoiding the spectacle of an all-out resignation.Opinion: Call out Erdogan for authoritarian drift The former academic and diplomat was hand-picked by Erdogan to succeed him as prime minister in 2014, when the latter was elected to the largely symbolic presidency.But the reality has been that Erdogan never really left the helm of the administration or the party. Erdogan, who served as prime minister from 2003 to 2014, has been vocal about his ambitions to change the country's constitutional arrangements to move to a presidential system.Erdogan's supporters have criticized Davutoglu for not doing enough to push for the presidential system, although Davutoglu is on record as saying he supports such a change.'His honor is my honor'Other issues on which the close allies were seen to differ included Kurdish militants -- whom Davutoglu had said that he may be willing to sit down with again -- and the jailing of journalists and academics.JUST WATCHEDErdogan: 'I'm not at war with press' ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHErdogan: 'I'm not at war with press' 05:56Speaking to reporters Thursday, Davutoglu said he reached his decision after the AKP removed his powers to appoint local party leadership, explaining that he did not like the way the party went about the action.Regarding his relationship with Erdogan, Davutoglu said: ''I will never allow any untoward comments, or anyone to use this to damage our President." "His honor is my honor; his family is my family. No one should lead into any wrongdoing with my relationship with my President."Increasing authoritarianismDavutoglu went to lengths to reassure the public in his comments Thursday that the AKP would continue to be a source of stability. "I emphasize to all the investors and economic circles not to doubt that this stable and secure environment will continue," he said. Istanbul's benchmark stock index dropped 1% on Thursday.JUST WATCHEDTurkish government under fire for press crackdown ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTurkish government under fire for press crackdown 02:47William Jackson, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, said the development would "reinforce concerns about the shift towards increasingly authoritarian policy-making in the country." Critics argue that Erdogan has become increasingly authoritarian to the point of harming Turkey's unity in pushing for a presidential system, and Turkey has been criticized for jailing journalists and dissidents. Turkey holds one of the world's lowest rankings for press freedom, and those who have merely insulted Erdogan have been placed on trial.Erdogan has even lodged a criminal complaint in Germany against a comedian who read a crude poem that referred to him on German television.Opinion: West must stand up to ErdoganGrowing instabilityOnce the darling of emerging markets investors, Turkey's proximity to the war in Syria and complicated domestic politics has made investors turn away. JUST WATCHEDSyrian hostilities spill over to Turkish border townReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSyrian hostilities spill over to Turkish border town 02:45The country is facing growing instability, amid escalating conflicts with ISIS and Kurdish militants and an influx of refugees from neighboring Syria.The government says the refugee crisis has cost it more than $10 billion so far. Turkey struck a deal with the European Union in March under which people who cross into Europe illegally are being sent back to Turkey. For every Syrian sent back to Turkey under the plan, a vetted Syrian refugee will go from Turkey to Europe to be resettled. EU group proposes visa-free travel Turks in EuropeCNN's Ivana Kottasova and Sebastian Shukla contributed to this report.

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(CNN)The sports world is rightly raving about Tom Brady securing a seventh Super Bowl title on Sunday, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers breezed past defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs.But when Brady trotted off the field at halftime, he ceded center stage to a man calling the shots for a 12th Super Bowl in a row, and whose decisions will be discussed, debated, and were perhaps even danced along to. READ: Tom Brady says he's open to playing past 45 ahead of his 10th Super BowlNever mind the action on the field at the NFL's showcase game, for many, this weekend was all about The Weeknd. And the man who helped bring the pop megastar's Super Bowl LV halftime show to life is a British TV director named Hamish Hamilton.Since 2010's The Who-headlined spectacle, the now 54-year-old, award-winning Hamilton has been involved in showcasing musicians so famous we know them by a single name -- Madonna! Beyoncé! Gaga! -- or bands that have soundtracked a generation, such as Coldplay, Maroon 5 and the Black Eyes Peas. Read MorePop -- ahem -- starboy The Weeknd headlined the Super Bowl LV halftime show.Global interest in the halftime show is nothing new, though 2021 does mark the 30-year anniversary of the NFL changing course from traditional marching bands to contemporary music acts -- and what a change it was.Super Bowl XXV -- also held in Tampa -- kicked off with a sublime rendition of the Star Spangled Banner from none other than Whitney Houston.Halftime was billed as "A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Special Bowl" featuring New Kids on the Block, though events of the day would intervene.Operation Desert Storm resulted in the show being tape-delayed until after the game with a Gulf War news report shown instead. READ: Check out all of CNN's Super Bowl coverageIt was a watershed moment and the league never looked back, booking household names such as Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Boyz II Men in the 1990's.The Aughties witnessed U2's cathartic post-9/11 performance, the infamous Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake "Nipplegate" incident from 2004, and Prince in 2007 -- often cited as the greatest halftime in history. All these performances were seminal moments before Hamilton took the reins in 2010.The audience has even eclipsed the viewership for the game itself at times: in 2015, Katy Perry and her colorful companions attracted 118.5 million viewers, compared with the average game audience of 114.4 million. From Blackpool to the Super BowlFor Hamilton, raised in the north of England in the 1970s, the very notion of the Super Bowl, let alone the halftime show, was literally as foreign a concept as he could contemplate, with his paying more attention to English, rather than American, football."I grew up in Blackpool," Hamilton tells CNN Sport in a rare interview. "These are the days before the internet and mobile phones and global sharing of media. My only knowledge of sport really was my local football team Blackpool, and many miles away in the big city, Liverpool, who at the time were dominating European football."Hamilton attracted attention from America after directing numerous BRIT Awards -- the UK equivalent of the Grammys -- and while he has the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics and the Oscars on his resume, helming the Super Bowl halftime show is, well, the Super Bowl of his career when it comes to the cultural zeitgeist."We always looked across the Atlantic to this undiscovered land of opportunity and excellence," he says. "Now, for me to be creating these enormous shows at the very epicenter of American culture fills me with enormous pride."The logistics involved in mounting the halftime show are arguably as tricky as trying to win the Super Bowl itself.Many months, involving many people -- halftime was also co-executive produced by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's Roc Nation -- go into the planning, and the song, if you will, remains the same: turn a football field into a concert venue and back in under 30 minutes.Hamilton acknowledges that each headliner is different when it comes to the time they spend collaborating, but "they have a vision, and our role is to bring that vision to life. At the end of the day, the mission is to create 12 minutes of entertainment halfway through this football game in February." Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during last year's Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.READ: The Weeknd set to headline Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime ShowHamilton is acutely aware how much this gig means to the musicians -- "a career-defining moment and a huge part of their artistic legacy" -- against the backdrop of multiple challenges."You've got to push a stage out in seven, eight minutes, put it all up, build it, and take it down," Hamilton says. "In a world that's fracturing, it's a great lesson in what people can build under tremendous stress when they work together and place trust in each other ... It's extraordinary."It's an adrenaline rush roller coaster and honestly, you spend 12 minutes focusing, just trying to keep the train on the track, and deliver what everybody wants you to deliver."READ: A look back at the best Super Bowl halftime shows and fashionsCovid-19 concernsDelivering this year's show was a monumental task, with the coronavirus pandemic looming large over proceedings, despite the vaccine rollout across the nation.The 25,000 fans in attendance were required to wear face coverings at all times and received PPE kits, a Super Bowl branded face mask, hand sanitizer, and wipes from the NFL on arrival.The impact on the halftime show was considerable. This is, after all, an event which involves a multitude of performers on stage and where social distancing is the very antithesis of what tends to be a highly coordinated and packed affair.Hamilton refused to give anything away, though did admit that "it has put a very different set of parameters around the production. [But] we have risen to the challenge in the same way we rise to the challenge every year, so I guess all I would say to everybody is, 'Tune in and make your own judgment.'"But The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) did confirm beforehand that "we built the stage in the stadium," while executive producer Jesse Collins told Entertainment Tonight, "We're going to use the stadium to present the show in a way that it's never been presented before."The acts are savvy enough to reportedly perform without a fee from the league -- because the intense interest generated through appearing pays for itself -- though the NFL does supposedly supply a budget.And while Hamilton wasn't willing to divulge details, The Weeknd's manager, Wassim "Sal" Slaiby, told Billboard magazine that his star client put up $7 million of his own money to "make this halftime show be what he envisioned."For his part, when speaking to CNN Sport and the rest of the assembled virtual media on February 4, The Weeknd did refer to putting his hand in his pocket."I don't think I have enough money " he joked when it was put to him that wasn't too late to incorporate the usage of a helicopter, which is what his favorite halftime performer ever -- Diana Ross -- did to conclude her show in 1996.READ: The evolution of the Super Bowl halftime showWhen Hamilton speaks about his halftime show memories, the sporting parallels with the sides contesting the Super Bowl emerge. Reflecting on the many major acts he has worked with, his observations about Coldplay's frontman evoke a team player, rather than individual talent who doesn't want to share the ball, or rather stage."Chris Martin is the most generous of artists," Hamilton says about his fellow Brits Coldplay headlining Super Bowl 50 in 2016. "So he rings up his mate Beyonce, he rings up his mate Bruno Mars, and he literally persuades them."They were both a bit reticent at the beginning and he's like, 'Come on guys!' And so Beyonce turns up with a hundred dancers, and Bruno turns up with his entourage. And what a great show it was ... That came together pretty last minute, in a dance studio behind a laundromat. If people knew what was happening in this tiny little dance studio, they would be shocked."Beyonce, Chris Martin and Bruno Mars perform in the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show, which Hamish Hamilton recalls as one of the greatest halftimes he's produced.But if you can take the boy out of Blackpool, you can't quite take Blackpool out of the boy. Hamilton casts his eye back toward his native Britain and poses the question about whether English football would ever take a leaf out of the NFL's book and add an extra layer of entertainment to proceedings."I was a football fan as a kid, I used to watch the FA Cup, and that was the big thing in the calendar," he says about the closest comparison to the Super Bowl in England.READ: Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes is a Super Bowl matchup that spans the ages"It would be great if the FA decided to do a halftime show and a pregame in the same way as the NFL. The NFL have been brilliant, they're very supportive of halftime, and they really invest financially, creatively and logistically in creating this centerpiece at halftime."It's the marriage of sport and music and entertainment and it really, really works. I don't think there's a better example of it in the world."

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(CNN)Shane Warne was "blown away" after the Australian cricket great's baggy green cap raised $687,585 (one million Australian dollars) at auction to help those affected by the bushfires which have devastated large parts of the country. Warne, widely regarded as one of history's greatest cricketers, donated his baggy green cap -- presented to Australian players when they make their Test debut -- to an auction earlier this week to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund. Tennis star Nick Kyrgios criticizes Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for 'slow' wildfires responseCommonwealth Bank has bought the cap, snapping it up with just a minute of the auction remaining, and has said it will take Warne's cap on a national tour to raise money for communities impacted by the bushfires, before it becomes a permanent exhibit at the Bradman Museum. The A$1,007,500 bid for the cherished memorabilia is more than twice the amount one of Don Bradman's baggy greens made in 2003. Australian cricketer Bradman, who died in 2001, is thought of as the greatest batsman of all time and is a sporting icon in his homeland.Responding on social media, Warne said: "Thank you so much to everyone that placed a bid and a huge thank you/congrats to the successful bidder -- you have blown me away with your generosity and this was way beyond my expectations!" View this post on Instagram ‪Thankyou so much to everyone that placed a bid & a huge Thankyou / congrats to the successful bidder - you have blown me away with your generosity and this was way way beyond my expectations ! The money will go directly to the Red Cross bushfire appeal to help people who are in desperate need. Once again Thankyou for all the incredible support, sending love back to all of you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A post shared by Shane Warne (@shanewarne23) on Jan 9, 2020 at 3:27pm PST Read MoreWarne was selected by Wisden, an Almanack often referred to as the 'Bible of Cricket,' as one of the five best cricketers of the last century. He is the second-most successful bowler in history, taking 708 wickets during his illustrious 145-Test career. The 50-year-old is one of a number of sports stars to raise money for relief efforts. Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has pledged $500,000 to WIRES Wildlife Rescue, WWF Australia and the Rural Fire Service. Meanwhile, tennis stars Nick Kyrgios, Roger Federer and Serena Williams will take part in a fundraising exhibition match in Melbourne next week.At least 27 people have died nationwide during this fire season. Nearly 18 million acres of land has been burned -- most of it bushland, forests and national parks, which are home to the country's native wildlife.

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(CNN)Professional soccer players around the world are reaching breaking point under the strain of playing so many matches, according to a new "At the Limit" report by FIFPRO.Research from the organization, which represents players worldwide, says some stars are playing almost 80 games in a year, in addition to traveling thousands of miles to play for their international sides. Tottenham star Heung-Min Son played 78 matches over the last 12 months and traveled nearly 70,000 miles to represent South Korea at the FIFA World Cup, the Asian Games and in the Asian Cup. "To meet the demands of the match calendar, players are being repeatedly asked to play at their limit, without sufficient rest and recovery," said Theo van Seggelen, FIFPRO General Secretary."This means that they cannot perform at their best and, worse still, that some are struggling with sustained periods of mental and physical strain. Read More"Scientific research confirms that the health of top players is at risk because of today's congested match schedule."READ: Real Madrid and Gareth Bale saga is a 'Rubik's Cube to solve'READ: The foreign footballers giving up their passports to become ChineseHeung-Min Son played 78 matches over the last 12 months and traveled more than 70,000 miles.'Threshold of human tolerance'The research found the majority of elite players had, on average, less than the five recommended days between games as a result of the fragmented calendar. The lack of recovery is associated with a decrease in performance and an increase in the likelihood of injury. "We need to manage the workload for all players very well and balance the needs between the player, club and country," said Italy and Juventus star Giorgio Chiellini."For us to continuously play at our best and improve performance, we need to be protected from excessive match schedules."World governing body FIFA did not immediately respond to CNN Sport's request for comment.Sports scientist Simon Brundish told CNN Sport that the congested fixtures list means the sport is "reaching the threshold of human tolerance with the performance load being placed on these players."READ: Chelsea bans six fans, one for life, for racist abuse of Raheem SterlingREAD: Jill Ellis stepping down as US women's soccer national coachWithout rest, top players are at a greater risk of injury. 'Catastrophic season for injuries'While welcoming the report as a way of opening the conversation about the physical and mental toll on players, Brundish says the report misses some key statistics. He says that over the course of the last seven years, the total distance run by players during a game has increased and that the number of sprints performed has risen by a staggering 38%.He says that last season, the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Mohamed Salah all covered more meters and played more minutes than South Korea's Son, one of the players highlighted in the FIFPRO report. "Sprinting has the highest metabolic cost on a player so it requires the most recovery," added Brundish. "At some point, players are going to start breaking. I think this could be quite a catastrophic season for injuries for the clubs."Mohamed Salah joined up with Liverpool in late July to prepare for the new seaosn following the Africa Cup of Nations.Club's losing top playersHowever, Brundish believes that injuries to some of the best players in the world could be the turning point in securing the long-term health of footballers.He says that last season, the top six teams in the English Premier League -- Manchester City, Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea Arsenal and Manchester United -- had between them 42 players at the last week of the World Cup. These players had fewer than 21 days of pre-season training before the 2018/2019 EPL season started. Brundish says players need at least three weeks off to physically and mentally recover. "Of those 42 players, 69% missed more than five games, 42% missed more than 10, and 22% missed more than 20 games," Brundish said. "Given the quality of player that's going to the World Cup, you're missing hugely valuable players for your club. That's just not sustainable and it's not going to carry on." READ: Algeria crowned Africa Cup of Nations champion after beating Senegal Liverpool may have to play 15 games in 43 days over the Christmas period. Busy LiverpoolLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in particular will have to manage his player's playing time this season, given his team could end up playing a total of 67 games, if they go all the way in every competition, including an incredibly busy festive period.Liverpool will also compete in December's FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar -- resulting in a 7,000-mile round trip -- in addition to a packed domestic schedule. As a result Klopp's side may have to play 15 games in 43 days.If that wasn't concerning enough, the European Champions are full of international stars who will be traveling thousands of miles to play for their countries.Goalkeeper Alisson Becker traveled almost 50,000 miles last season, while forward Mane traveled over 60,000 miles. Mane, who relies heavily on his sprinting, also played in the Africa Cup of Nations throughout the summer while Becker appeared in the Copa America. Mane was still playing for Senegal when Liverpool had already started their pre-season preparations for the 2019/2020 season.Players who start playing young might now be at greater risk of injury later on.Young players at riskAs the intensity of games increase, professional players at the top of the game are seemingly getting younger and Brundish is concerned that teenagers being exposed to such grueling schedules could have their careers cut short. Players from the past such as former Liverpool strikers Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler both played a lot of football at a young age but tailed off in their later years. "You can look at the main body of players and peak years used to be 27, 28 or 29 and they're now becoming 23, 24, 25," he said. "Players start to drop off."

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(CNN)By 2035, NASA wants to land humans on Mars. But reaching the red planet, on average around 140 million miles away, will be a mammoth feat. Colder than Antarctica and with little to no oxygen, Mars is a hostile environment. The longer it takes astronauts to get there and the longer they stay, the more they are at risk.That's why scientists are looking at ways to reduce trip time. Seattle-based company Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has proposed a solution: a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engine that could get humans from Earth to Mars in just three months. Currently, the shortest possible trip for an unmanned spacecraft is seven months, but a crewed mission is expected to take at least nine months. The idea of nuclear rocket engines dates back to the 1940s, but the technology has only recently been revisited as a solution for deep space exploration.Michael Eades, director of engineering at USNC-Tech, says that nuclear-powered rockets would be more powerful and twice as efficient as the chemical engines used today, meaning they could travel further and faster, while burning less fuel."Nuclear technology will expand humanity's reach beyond low Earth orbit, and into deep space," he tells CNN. Read MoreAs well as enabling human space travel, it could open up space for galactic business opportunities, he says. Faster space travelMost rockets today are powered by chemical engines. These could get you to Mars, but it would take a long time -- at least three years for a round trip -- says Jeff Sheehy, chief engineer of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. NASA wants to get there faster, to minimize the crew's time in outer space, he says. This would reduce their exposure to space radiation, which can cause health problems including radiation sickness, increased lifetime risk of cancer, central nervous system effects and degenerative diseases.UAE hopes this tiny lunar rover will discover unexplored parts of the moonIt would also decrease the overall risk of the mission. "The longer you're out there, the more time there is for stuff to go wrong," he adds. That's why the space agency is looking to develop nuclear-powered rockets. An NTP system uses a nuclear reactor to generate heat from a uranium fuel. That thermal energy heats a liquid propellant, usually liquid hydrogen, which expands into a gas and is shot out the back end, producing thrust. NTP rockets produce twice the thrust per unit of propellant than a chemical system -- which is like saying it does "double the miles per gallon," says Sheehy. This means the technology could get astronauts to Mars and back in less than two years. An illustration of a spacecraft with a nuclear-enabled propulsion system. Courtesy of NASA.However, one of the main challenges for building an NTP engine is finding a uranium fuel that can withstand the blistering temperatures inside a nuclear thermal engine. USNC-Tech claims to have solved this problem by developing a fuel that can operate in temperatures up to 2,700 degrees Kelvin (4,400 degrees Fahrenheit). Along with other companies developing similar technology, USNC-Tech has presented its development to NASA. While Sheehy would not comment on the specifics of any individual designs, he said the developments show that nuclear engines are feasible and could make "a good choice for human exploration to Mars." Is the nuclear option safe?Shorter missions would limit the crew's exposure to space radiation, but there is still concern about the radiation emitted from the nuclear reactor inside the spacecraft. This would be mitigated through the rocket's design, Eades explains. The liquid propellants -- stored between the engine and the crew area -- block out radioactive particles, acting as "a tremendously good radiation shield," he says. A rendering of the USNC-Tech NTP systems in line at a rocket hangar. The system is roughly 13 feet (four meters) long.The distance between the crew and reactor also provides a buffer, says Sheehy, and any NTP design would place the living quarters at the other end of the rocket to the reactor.To protect people on the ground, NTP spacecraft would not lift-off directly from Earth, Sheehy adds. Instead, a regular chemical rocket would hoist it into orbit, and only then would it fire up its nuclear reactor.Once in orbit, it could do little harm, he says, as blasts and thermal radiation cannot move through a vacuum.If disaster struck and the rocket's reactor broke up, the pieces would not land on Earth -- or any other planet -- for tens of thousands of years, he says. By that time, the radioactive substance would have "naturally decayed to the point where it wasn't hazardous anymore." Deep space explorationAlthough USNC-Tech's current goal for a one-way trip is five to nine months, nuclear-powered technology has the potential to cut journeys from Earth to Mars to just 90 days, says Eades. Architects have designed a Martian city for the desert outside DubaiThese faster journey times could open up a wealth of opportunities. USNC-Tech is hoping to develop its technology for government agencies like NASA and the Department of Defense, and for the commercial space market. The company says its concept could help to power space tourism and "rapid orbital logistics services," such as transporting satellites or delivering spacecraft capable of repairing satellites out in space. Sheehy agrees that nuclear-powered rockets will be key to opening up the solar system but cautions that it could be at least two decades before they are used widely. Numerous demonstrations and tests would need to be carried out before a crew is sent to Mars in an NTP rocket, he says."Nobody's ever flown nuclear propulsion yet," he says. "I think it's going to have to be flown a few times ... before somebody sells tickets."An earlier version of this story misidentified silicon carbide as one of the compounds contained in the rocket fuel. This has been changed to reflect new information.

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(CNN)Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a new species of dinosaur after unearthing a well-preserved skeleton from the late triassic period.According to new research from the University of Zurich, the dinosaur -- a carnivorous predator about 8.5 feet long -- belongs to a genus and species never before seen. Paleontologists named the new dinosaur Notatesseraeraptor frickensis, a reference to the town of Frick, Switzerland, where the skeleton was unearthed in 2006. But it wasn't until this week that the results of a phylogenetic analysis (like a map of the dino's evolutionary tree) were published, revealing its traits were unlike any other. "We realized that it was something important," the study's author Marion Zahner told CNN, adding that the skull first tipped her off to the dinosaur's unique characteristics. "The skull is very interesting from an evolutionary standpoint."The species is also the first theropod, a group of flesh-eating dinosaurs that walk on two supportive hind legs (think of a T. Rex with strong legs and stubby arms), found in Switzerland. Read More"Frick is very famous for dinosaur bones," said Zahner, who is a PhD candidate at the University of Zurich. "For about 30 years they have been digging there, but most of the time they only find the bones of the Plateosaurus."According to the research paper, the unearthed skeleton "includes a nearly complete skull, two articulated forelimbs and stomach contents."Researchers were even able to determine that the dinosaur's last meal was a small lizard called a Clevosaurus through an analysis of the leftovers in its stomach. The skull is still sitting in Zahner's office, only measuring about 9 inches. But a full replica and model skeleton can be found at the dinosaur museum in Frick. Zahner hopes the dinosaur model will teach visitors, students and future paleontologists about how species' traits evolve over thousands of years. For example, she explains that dinosaurs are ancestors of birds we see today. "I just think every fossil is very special and it's important the whole tree of life to understand past present and future," said Zahner.

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(CNN)John T. Earnest, the accused synagogue shooter, may have summed it up best himself. "If you told me even 6 months ago that I would do this I would have been surprised," he allegedly wrote in an online manifesto before last weekend's attack on the Chabad synagogue near San Diego. On Tuesday, Earnest entered a not guilty plea in court. Wearing glasses and dark blue jail-issued clothes, the 19-year-old was assigned a public defender as he faces one count of murder, a count of arson of a house of worship and three counts of attempted murder.He will be held without bail while investigators, family and friends continue to piece together Earnest's baffling, and seemingly sudden, departure from the world he once knew.How, and when, they wonder, did the piano playing, academic overachiever from a churchgoing family of lifeguards, go so wrong?Read More"How our son was attracted to such darkness is a terrifying mystery to us," Earnest's family wrote in a statement released this week. They said their son's "actions were informed by people we do not know, and ideas we do not hold."JUST WATCHEDInjured rabbi chokes up remembering shooting victimReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHInjured rabbi chokes up remembering shooting victim 02:12Former classmates also say they were perplexed by the turn of events. The Earnest in court Tuesday is unrecognizable from the high school boy they knew two years ago.Back then he was known as the guy who was so smart that he didn't bother to take notes in advanced chemistry and physics, but still aced every exam; so quiet that some teachers were startled when he spoke."I walked the same hallways as this guy, read the same textbooks, drove around the same areas, and essentially had the same upbringing," one student posted on the online forum Reddit, "but he became a murderer?"CNN interviewed the student and confirmed she was the author of the post.According to law enforcement officials, Earnest used an "AR-type assault weapon" to shoot the victims. Prosecutors told a judge Tuesday that Earnest donned a tactical vest and helmet during the attack and had extra magazines of ammunition with him. The shooting, they said, was captured on video and abruptly ended when either his gun jammed or he was unable to reload. He fled the scene and called 911 on himself, making statements about the incident that San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan described as "consistent with the charges."Stephan did not say how or when Earnest acquired the weapon, but that the investigation "so far indicates that he obtained the gun legally." A new law that took effect in California earlier this year requires gun purchasers to be at least 21 years old under most circumstances. One exception, Stephan noted, was if the weapon was purchased by someone with a hunting license. She would not confirm whether that was how Earnest acquired the gun.Stephan said prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against Earnest, who was pursuing a nursing degree at California State University at San Marcos before the shooting.In the online manifesto, Earnest allegedly wrote he was inspired by an attacker who killed scores of people at a New Zealand mosque and Islamic center on March 15. The teen said he conceived of and executed his own assault within a month. The assault on the synagogue was April 27. The manifesto reflects a long-simmering, extreme hatred of Jews. His expletive-filled rant refers to Jews as degenerative, genocidal, ugly, cursed and corrupt. He blames the Jews for a multitude of what he considers societal problems, from communism to pornography. He added bigoted and racist comments about many other ethnicities, religions and races.Earnest brags of what he calls his European ancestry -- his "magnificent bloodline." He claims that his violence is condoned by his Christianity. He rails against law enforcement. He lists Adolf Hitler as one of his inspirations.The teenager's family said they were disgusted by his actions, writing in their statement, "He has killed and injured the faithful who were gathered in a sacred place on a sacred day. To our great shame, he is now part of the history of evil that has been perpetrated on Jewish people for centuries."JUST WATCHED8-year-old Chabad victim shows reporter her injury ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH8-year-old Chabad victim shows reporter her injury 05:05Earnest's purported words and actions are in stark contrast to the clean-cut looking student featured on a Facebook page for Mt. Carmel High School's Fraternity of Academic and Civic Excellence.He is dressed in a blue suit and red tie, arms folded, smile beaming. Next to him is a bio describing his 4.31 GPA, membership on the varsity swim team, prowess in piano and first, second and third-place showings in the school talent show.Francis "Sonny" Pizzo, who graduated from Mt. Carmel High School with Earnest in 2017, said he did not know Earnest well, but recalled him as "a quiet person, not very outspoken."Pizzo said he was known for his musical talent, but that he did not seem particularly social."He didn't bring attention to himself," Pizzo said.A fellow student who posted about the attack on Reddit said she felt physically ill for hours after learning that Earnest, who she said friends called "Johnny," was responsible.She recalled how Earnest would sit in class, listening to music, "both hands shoved into his jeans pockets ... and still managed to ace every exam and quiz."CNN reached out to the author of the post and confirmed her identity as a student at Mt. Carmel High School. She said school officials have discouraged students from speaking with the media and asked that she not be identified by name. She said she was friends with a member of the Earnest family and thought very highly of them.In an interview, the student said she was struck by the contrast between Earnest's alleged online bluster and his in-person demeanor."He seemed very outspoken in that post," she said. "But in real life he doesn't talk."The only exception, she said, was that he had a reputation for sometimes airing conservative views in a government class."He didn't really reveal himself to be a radical individual at the time," she said. "He was off the radar."The student, who said she also held conservative views on topics including immigration, taxes and abortion, said they were not popular positions with most fellow students."Conservatives have it rough here," she said. "They don't respect our opinion."In her Reddit post, she said she could not begin to understand what prompted him to carry out the attack, which she called "the worst crime that any mortal can commit."Another student who posted online about the attack called it "horrific and reprehensible" and said she was "deeply upset" for the victims.But she also wrote that she felt anguish for the family of the shooter, particularly his father, who was also her physics teacher at Mt. Carmel.She said she and other students were with the elder Earnest, also named John, on the morning of the shooting for an Advanced Placement exam preparation session he was leading."I can vividly remember seeing the smile on his face yesterday morning with a batch of cookies he had baked for us," she wrote. "For each student that came to the review, he had prepared by hand [a] special binder with review for our upcoming exam. This was one of countless ways Mr. Earnest went above and beyond for his students."CNN contacted the author of the post and confirmed that she was a student at Mt. Carmel High School. She, too, asked not to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the subject.She wrote in the post that she is close friends with other members of the Earnest family and knows they had no hand in what John Earnest is accused of doing."There may be many reasons why he got radicalized but one thing is for sure, his family is not the reason," she wrote. "It is unbearable to see such a tragedy affect their family this way."District Attorney Stephan was asked at a news conference Tuesday whether Earnest's family had any knowledge of his extreme views. She declined to say what the family may have known but added: "Many times families don't see things happening."Curt Devine and Audrey Ash contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Total domination is complete. The Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball's best team from start to finish in 2018, are World Series champions.With the use of the long ball, the Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Sunday at Dodger Stadium, winning the 114th edition of the Fall Classic four games to one. Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World Series Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesThe Boston Red Sox celebrate after winning the 2018 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, October 28, in Los Angeles, CA.Hide Caption 1 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesWorld Series MVP Steve Pearce celebrates with a teammate.Hide Caption 2 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesDavid Price of the Boston Red Sox poses with the World Series trophy after Boston's Game 5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.Hide Caption 3 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesThe Boston Red Sox celebrate with the World Series trophy after their Game 5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.Hide Caption 4 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesAlex Cora of the Boston Red Sox celebrates his team's World Series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA.Hide Caption 5 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesThe Boston Red Sox celebrate their World Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox won the deciding game 5-1.Hide Caption 6 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesThe Los Angeles Dodgers watch the eighth inning of Game 5 from the dugout.Hide Caption 7 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesMookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox is congratulated by his teammate Christian Vazquez after his sixth-inning home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5.Hide Caption 8 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesBoston Red Sox pitcher David Price reacts after retiring the side during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5.Hide Caption 9 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesMax Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts to his seventh-inning fly out against the Boston Red Sox in Game 5.Hide Caption 10 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesSteve Pearce of the Red Sox celebrates his first-inning two-run home run against the Dodgers in Game 5.Hide Caption 11 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesDavid Freese of the Dodgers celebrates his first-inning home run against the Red Sox in Game 5.Hide Caption 12 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesRed Sox first baseman Steve Pearce celebrates scoring with outfielder Andrew Benintendi after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning against Dodgers in Game 5.Hide Caption 13 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesDodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws a pitch against Boston in the first inning of Game 5.Hide Caption 14 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesBrock Holt of the Red Sox slides into second base on a one-out double to left field in the ninth inning of Game 4 at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, October 27.Hide Caption 15 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesPitcher Ryan Madson of the Dodgers leaves the game after giving up a home run to Mitch Moreland in Game 4.Hide Caption 16 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesMitch Moreland of the Red Sox hits a three-run home run in the seventh inning during Game 4. The Red Sox won the game 9-6 to take a 3-1 series lead.Hide Caption 17 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesYasiel Puig of the Dodgers celebrates on his way to first base after hitting a three-run home run to left field in the sixth inning of Game 4 of the series against Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez at Dodger Stadium.Hide Caption 18 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesMax Muncy of the Dodgers is doused with water after his winning run in Game 4.Hide Caption 19 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesThe LED board shows the score during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the World Series in Los Angeles on Friday, October 26. The Dodgers won 3-2.Hide Caption 20 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesThe scoreboard shows 12 a.m. as Game 3 enters the 17th inning at Dodger Stadium. The game ended one inning later on a walk-off home run by Dodgers' infielder Max Muncy.Hide Caption 21 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesIan Kinsler of the Red Sox is tagged out at home plate by Austin Barnes of the Dodgers on a throw from Cody Bellinger during the 10th inning of Game 3. The Dodgers won in the 18th inning of a game that set the record as the longest in World Series history.Hide Caption 22 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesDodgers third baseman Justin Turner fields a single by Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. during the third inning of Game 3 at Dodger Stadium.Hide Caption 23 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesDave Roberts of the Dodgers looks on from the dugout before Game 3.Hide Caption 24 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesAndrew Benintendi of the Red Sox makes a leaping catch in front of the Green Monster at Fenway Park on a ball hit by Brian Dozier of the Dodgers during the fifth inning of Game 2 of the series on Wednesday, October 24.Hide Caption 25 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesA fan holds up a sign during Game 2.Hide Caption 26 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesNathan Eovaldi of the Boston Red Sox pitches during the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2. Boston defeated the Dodgers 4-2 to take a two-game lead in the series.Hide Caption 27 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesCody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers narrowly avoids teammates Chris Taylor and Enrique Hernandez while making a catch during the sixth inning of Game 2.Hide Caption 28 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesMembers of the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2.Hide Caption 29 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesA rainbow shines over Fenway Park before Game 2.Hide Caption 30 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesEduardo Nuñez of the Boston Red Sox is doused with Gatorade after Boston's Game 1 win at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday, October 23.Hide Caption 31 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesMookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox steals second base ahead of the tag from Manny Machado of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first inning of Game 1. As part of Taco Bell's "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" promotion, Betts' stolen base won everyone in America a free Doritos Locos Taco redeemable on November 1.Hide Caption 32 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesClayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox in Game 1. Kershaw was given the loss after giving up five runs over four innings pitched.Hide Caption 33 of 34 Photos: In pictures: the 2018 World SeriesChris Sale of the Boston Red Sox pitches during Game 1 of the 2018 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox won the game 8-4 to take a one game lead in the series.Hide Caption 34 of 34Steve Pearce hit two home runs for Boston, joining Babe Ruth and Ted Kluszewski as the only players 35 or older to have a multi-homer World Series game. The first was a two-run shot in the top of the first inning. He later had a solo home run in the eighth.Pearce, a journeyman who has played for every team in the American League East division, had three home runs and eight RBI in five games. He was named World Series MVP."Baseball is a funny game," Pearce said to Fox Sports. "The longer you stay in the game, great things can happen. I'm very blessed to be here right now."Read MoreHEAT CHECK. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/Lfku6Rx9I5— MLB (@MLB) October 29, 2018 Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez added solo home runs in the sixth and seventh, respectively.Clayton Kershaw, who may have played his final game in a Dodgers uniform, took the loss. In seven innings, he gave up four runs on seven hits -- three of which were home runs -- and struck out five.For Boston, starter David Price was brilliant. After surrendering a home run to David Freese on the first pitch, he allowed just three hits, walked two and struck out five in seven innings. Before he was pulled in the bottom of the eighth, Price had retired 14 batters in a row.For a long time, Price had been known for his playoff shortcomings, having never won a game. He now has won three, including two in this World Series."It's very special," Price said to Fox Sports, gesturing toward his Red Sox teammates. "Seeing all these grown men over there just acting like little kids, that's what it's all about."What. A. Performance.Enjoy the moment, David Price. pic.twitter.com/A3WNvVzf9M— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 29, 2018 This is the ninth championship for Boston, tying the Red Sox with the Athletics for third most all time. Only the New York Yankees (27) and St. Louis Cardinals (11) have more.Boston, who last won it all in 2013, has now won four titles since 2004, which was the year the Red Sox broke what was then an 86-year drought between championships.Boston's Alex Cora, in his first year as a manager, is the first Puerto Rican manager to take a team to -- and now win -- the World Series. He led the Red Sox to their best season in the franchise's 118-year history -- and it's near the top of the sport all-time."What a season," Cora said to Fox Sports. "Everything starts with these guys. They're very talented. They bought into it from day one in spring training. They've been very consistent as far as preparation, going about their business. What a way to end it."Boston entered the World Series as the favorite, as the Red Sox were superior all year. They went 22-9-1 in spring training. They won a franchise-record 108 games in the regular season.MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK. 💣#DoDamage pic.twitter.com/wLjYHvoMm0— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) October 29, 2018 The Red Sox also beat two 100-win teams to get to this stage, knocking off the Yankees (100 wins) in the American League Division Series and the defending champion Houston Astros (103 wins) in the American League Championship Series.Spanning the regular season and postseason, Boston won a total of 119 games, the third-highest total in baseball history. Only their rival, the Yankees, had more wins en route to winning it all, winning 125 games in 1998. The other team to win more than Boston is the Seattle Mariners, who won 120 games before losing in the 2001 American League Championship Series.The Dodgers, the National League champion and in the World Series for the second year in a row, were trying to win their seventh title and first since 1988."This was a tough one for us tonight, it really was," Kershaw, who now will need to decide if he will exercise the opt-out clause in his contract, said. "Myself personally, it was tough. David pitched a great game. I got outpitched, and we lost the game. I've got three days now to think about all that stuff before anything happens. It will be an eventful three days for me, and I'll try to figure it out."#WorldSeries dingers, they're in. #DoDamage pic.twitter.com/6LzZCceXti— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) October 29, 2018 This was the sixth consecutive year the Dodgers were in the postseason, but it wasn't quite as straightforward to get back to this point. After an initial struggle, they clawed up the standings in the National League West, defeating the Colorado Rockies in a tiebreaker game to win the division.Los Angeles won 92 games in the regular season and defeated the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series and Milwaukee Brewers to win the NL pennant."All year when it didn't look so good, our guys stuck together, stayed the course and believed in one another and put ourselves in a chance to win a championship," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "That's not easy to do."Despite their rich baseball histories, this was only the second time these two teams faced each other in the World Series. The first time was in 1916, when the Red Sox defeated the then-Brooklyn Robins. Back then, like now, Boston took the series four games to one.

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Story highlightsGreen Olympic diving pool closed, divers can't train in itOfficials hope undisturbed water will return to blue color (CNN)The Olympic green pool saga has been through more twists and turns than the divers plunging into it.On Tuesday the diving pool was green. Then on Wednesday, the water polo pool also turned green. Now on Friday it appears that the diving pool has been closed to training altogether -- so as not to disturb the water and help it turn blue again.The water of the diving pool at right appears a murky green as the water polo pool at left appears a greener colour than the previous day."We confirm that diving training in Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre pool is canceled this morning," said Rio 2016 spokesman Philip Wilkinson."The reason is that the water must be still so the pool can return to its blue color as soon as possible."Read MoreInstead, athletes will be dry training -- usually involving trampolines -- with water training and competitions set to resume later in the day.British bronze medalist diver Tom Daley tweeted his concern over the closure.Diving pool is closed this morning. Hopefully that means we haven't been diving in anything too bad the last couple of days! 😷😷😷— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) August 12, 2016 But Olympic organizers confirmed regular tests showed there was no problem with the quality of the water -- just the color.Swimming pools, in case anyone is unclear, are supposed to be a shade of azure.Read more: Why are swimming pools blue?An inspector takes a sample from the water polo pool which turned green on Wednesday. So, what is going on? There are many explanations.A change in alkalinity:Mario Andrada, the communication director for the Rio 2016 local organizing committee, says a sudden change in alkalinity is the culprit."We expect the color to be back to blue soon," Andrada said, adding there is "absolutely no risk to the athletes or anybody."An algae bloom:Nope, the green tone seen was due to a proliferation of algae, the organizing body said. The algae bloomed because of heat and lack of wind, it said.Poor organization:Nope, says, FINA, the blames lies with the organizers. FINA -- the international governing body for swimming, diving, water polo etc. -- claims water tanks "ran out of some of the chemicals used in the water treatment process." It made no mention of wind or heat.Follow Tuesday's action with CNN's Olympics live blogThe color didn't appear to disturb China's Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia who took gold. The Internet dives inIt didn't take long for the Internet to offer up its own imaginative take on the green shade.Just waiting for Shrek to come out of the swamp that is the Rio diving pool!#Rio2016 #diving #GreenPool #BBCRio2016 pic.twitter.com/EzMsohFBzJ— Grant (@SnowAndBeach) August 9, 2016 "Jacques, no cleaning!"#GreenPool#Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/cLV4vrQyyR— Adam Farrand (@ALFarrand) August 9, 2016 It's not easy being green... #greenpool #RioOlympics2016 pic.twitter.com/cDy3SnYQAW— Lucy Knight (@lucymk) August 9, 2016 #greenpool #Rio2016 Meanwhile at the diving pool pic.twitter.com/TQuMI6MvsG— Marc Smith (@iamnotmiserable) August 10, 2016 Bloody hell! That green diving pool at #Rio2016 has got even worse. pic.twitter.com/1FPMB9mc4h— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 11, 2016 Commenters joked that it was nice of Shrek to loan his home to the Olympics, while others shared pictures of Kermit the frog and swamp monsters.

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Cleveland, Mississippi (CNN)A short jaunt east of the former railroad tracks that used to divide black and white in this town, you could hear cousins Lindell Little and Vell Mays cutting up as Little worked on his bicycle. The railroad tracks have been gone for years. In their place is a half-mile promenade that, to a lesser degree, still serves as a racial divide. But nothing seems to split this town like the prospect of closing East Side High. A federal judge this month, handing down her decision after five decades of on-and-off litigation, ordered the middle and high schools consolidated, meaning nearly all-black East Side must be integrated with the historically white but now-racially split Cleveland High. The school board has issued statements denouncing the decision and has until mid-July to appeal it. Vell Mays went to East Side High. Lindell Little went to Cleveland HS. Little likes integration idea. Mays doesn't. pic.twitter.com/csHT767zRO— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016Read MoreEveryone has an opinion on the order, including Cleveland natives Little and Mays. Mays, 21, graduated from East Side in 2013, Little from Cleveland High in 2008. As Little tinkered with his bike's back wheel, Mays reminisced about his high school days -- the football games, the fights, racing dirt bikes, "senior skip days," the homecoming parties. He'd be "brokenhearted" if, as the judge has ordered, the city did away with East Side to make way for the middle schools, he said. "We always play against Cleveland High," he said. "If you take that away, how are we going to celebrate homecoming?"Mays feels he got a good education at East Side, but Little interjects, saying he got a better one at Cleveland High. His aunt urged him to choose CHS because it's a safer, better school, he asserted, perhaps not knowing East Side boasts a superior math and English proficiency in state testing.Unlike his cousin, Little welcomes the federal integration ruling. "Everybody'd have to get along," the 27-year-old said. "It'd make everything more comfortable." East Side has spirit, yes it doesCleveland sits deep in the Mississippi Delta, an ovate wedge of the state stretching from Vicksburg to Memphis, Tennessee, set off by the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. The region is known as much for giving birth to blues music as it is for clinging to the vestiges of Jim Crow well past 1965, the year the school lawsuit was originally filed. Tucked among sprawling farms that produce soybeans, rice, cotton, corn, sorghum and other crops, Cleveland was once described by a federal judge as an "oasis in the Mississippi Delta." It features an acute-care hospital with a Level IV trauma center and a university with almost 5,000 students. Yet for all its progress, vestiges of old priorities remain. In front of the Bolivar County Sheriff's Office, a two-story obelisk commemorating Confederate dead towers over a 4-foot-high marble monument for county residents killed in both world wars.Bolivar County, Mississippi's memorial for Confederate dead towers over monument for those killed in 2 world wars. pic.twitter.com/wlEsCi0zjq— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016To be sure, few of the black students who attend East Side High today seem to feel hard done by. Many say they're OK with the way things are. As school officials opposing integration are happy to point out, those students say they were given a choice whether to attend Cleveland High or East Side. They chose the latter. Not that that will matter to the U.S. Justice Department, which heralded the federal ruling. The decision came after several integration attempts that, ultimately, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi deemed inadequate. The Justice Department's civil rights division has reviewed or intervened in more than 100 school district cases since the turn of the millennium, at least 30 of them involving race and at least seven of them, including Cleveland's, classified as "longstanding segregation" cases. Plenty of black residents in this town of 12,000 testified on behalf of the 131 "Negro children" whose parents and guardians were plaintiffs in the original 1965 filing. Want to read the 96-page ruling for yourself?Walk around town for a couple of days and you'll hear folks echo the sentiments in that testimony. They say the specter of institutional racism looms over the schools' demographics. Perhaps equally, if not more, you'll hear ambivalence or outright opposition to the ruling -- and not solely from white residents, but from the very black residents the ruling purports to protect.Family dividedIn the parking lot of Delta State University's Walter Sillers Coliseum, named for the state's segregationist and Dixiecrat former House speaker, three generations of East Side High alums made their way to what could be East Side's final graduation ceremony.East Side HS Class of 2016 getting ready to walk. In background, in gold gowns, Class of 1966 is on hand. pic.twitter.com/Jjq86sk4Tk— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 19, 2016Mother Lisa Cooper and grandmother Carolyn Cooper, classes of 1986 and 1972 respectively, beamed as they helped Mia Haywood, 19, fix her gown. Little sister Tamia Haywood, 15, looked on. The federal ruling has cut this quartet down the middle. "They need to keep East Side the way it is," said Mia, the graduate. "They're making a big deal out of nothing. It's East Side, and it's been there a long time. Why would they change it? We Trojans for life."Asked if she concurs, little sister Tamia demurred. She just wants to graduate, she said. From where isn't so important. "Not important?" Mia barked at her."Well, it is important," Tamia replied to her sister, before returning her attention to a CNN reporter. "But not really."A town divided?The now-abandoned Illinois Central railroad tracks once divided Cleveland along racial lines, blacks on the east side and whites to the west. In 2011, the Cleveland School District commissioned a study to determine how times had changed:1980East side -- 80.5% blackWest side -- 87.7% white1990East side -- 87.6% blackWest side -- 86.6% white2000East side -- 86.9% blackWest side -- 77.9% white2010East side -- 87.1% blackWest side -- 74.3% whiteWhites already attend East Side, Mia said, referring to 30 International Baccalaureate students from Cleveland High who visit East Side for a couple of periods each day (18 black IB students make the daily journey from CHS as well). Lisa Cooper, 48, agrees with her older daughter, again citing East Side's tradition -- "It's like a historic landmark to me," she said -- but Carolyn Cooper, 63, was having none of it. Though the city is far more integrated than it was when the lawsuit was originally filed, a 2010 analysis conducted for the school board showed the east side of town was 87% black while three out of four residents on the west side were white. "Kids learn what they live," the grandmother said. And in Cleveland, she said, the unfortunate lesson is that the races mostly remain separate, divided by the former railroad tracks. Carolyn Cooper would like to see black and white students going to school together, enjoying the same resources and curriculum, but with one caveat: Don't shut down East Side. "I'm a diehard Trojan," she said. An apple rolls away from the treeThe Rev. Edward Duvall Sr. knows what he's up against when he stands for integrating Cleveland's schools."Our kids think in terms of tradition. It's hard for them to see the bigger picture for future generations," he said in the sparsely appointed living room of his one-story brick home. Duvall graduated from East Side in 1977. His son, 16-year-old Ed Jr., who got home from classes at East Side during the interview, hoped to do the same before the federal ruling put that future in jeopardy. CNN's @CNNValencia interviewing the Rev. Edward Duvall about school segregation in Cleveland, #Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/7TSa3jDmBr— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 19, 2016Ed Jr. has a special perspective. He went to the predominantly white Hayes Cooper Elementary School before attending both the middle schools the federal judge wants consolidated. Aware his father has testified on behalf of the black plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Ed Jr. candidly shared his thoughts. Like Tamia Haywood, the bottom line is what's important: graduating, then college. Teachers care for their students at every school he's attended, though he concedes it was a little easier to learn at Hayes Cooper. He chose East Side out of -- you guessed it -- tradition, including the school's homecoming festivities and its basketball program. All the talk of bigots and strife "makes me feel like I still live in the '60s with Jim Crow laws," he said. "I can go for the integration, but I can also stay at East Side High. It's a coin toss." Before jumping to conclusions...Rural Mississippi conjures its own prejudices and stereotypes, no doubt. But to write off Cleveland as some misguided backwater beached in bygone times would not be doing the hamlet justice. A segregationist spyIn 1958 Gov. J.P. Coleman, a staunch segregationist, ordered an investigator with the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, an anti-civil rights agency Coleman established in 1956, to travel to Cleveland to meet with B.L. Bell, the supervisor of "colored schools" in Bolivar County. Bell would go on to provide information on the NAACP, its officers and its activities until shortly before his death in 1961. In one 1959 report, Bell dubbed civil rights leader Amzie Moore a "radical and rabid agitator for integration."At his home on the still-predominantly black thoroughfare of Christman Avenue, Moore, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Movement, hosted many luminaries of the civil rights movement, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and now-U.S. Rep. John Lewis. Today, Bell and Moore enjoy eponymous honors. The Cleveland School District's Bell Academy in Boyle borrows the former spy's name, while the state declared Moore's old home a historic site. In 2001, Cleveland renamed one of its parks to honor Moore. If you'd like to read more about how Bell helped segregationists spy on civil rights leaders, visit this Mississippi Department of Archives and History link, tick the box by his name and submit a query. Yes, racism once ran rampant here, as it did throughout the South and beyond. Robert F. Kennedy once compared poverty among blacks here to that of a Third World country, and in 1958, B.L. Bell, the onetime supervisor of "colored schools" in Bolivar County, asked for a job with segregationist Gov. J.P. Coleman's Sovereignty Commission. "Your method of approach to this problem certainly meets the approval of all the Negroes of the thinking class and those who think soundly," he wrote.While you might not hear the n-word or see any hicks in hoods walking around Cleveland today, you can find white residents muttering about blacks taking too long to cross the street or playing their music too loudly. At the same time, an elderly black woman asserted during an interview that a CNN reporter must be Jewish because of his curly hair. Funny, the ideas people conjure about each other when they don't mingle so much. Take a stroll on the downtown promenade -- a stretch known as Cotton Row -- and you'll see examples of how Cleveland blends Southern charm and modernity. Named for Grover Cleveland, the only two-time U.S. president, the city has banks, jewelry stores and insurance companies sitting alongside art galleries, salons and hip eateries. A refurbished train depot, with its old Illinois Central caboose on display, serves as a bookend. At the other end, Willie's Gun Shop faces clothing boutiques, florists, a Christian bookstore, consignment outlet and candy shop. In between, benches and a pavilion provide respites among the crepe myrtles from the Mississippi heat. Speaking of Railroad Heritage Museum, this is one heckuva model train setup. pic.twitter.com/b001g2xjmQ— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016On a recent Friday afternoon, a middle-aged black man parked his bicycle in front of the municipal building without locking it. Across the street, a man in a linen suit braved the 80-degree heat, occasionally dipping into the local meat market for sweet tea refills. A few doors down, a woman brushed sweat from her brow as she planted petunias in one of the many stone planters downtown. Near the Confederate memorial, a Mississippi Blues Trail marker celebrates the "enlightenment" of W.C. Handy, who after seeing a "ragged local trio" wow the crowd in Cleveland, went on to become the "father of the blues." Delta legends John Lee Hooker and B.B. King were born not far away. Ike Turner, too. Dockery Farms, a plantation that bluesmen Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson once called home, sits just east of town. Other historic markers around town honor the Adath Israel Temple, a Jewish synagogue built in 1927; civil rights activist Amzie Moore, for whom a city park was renamed in 2001; and the Chinese Mission School, founded in 1937 to educate the area's Chinese children after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling excluded them from public schools. Lengthy footpath now occupies land where railroad tracks once ran through Cleveland, #Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/GkhQtuymDj— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016'Well, this would be a good thing'Jamie Jacks, an attorney for the school district, is proud of Cleveland. She's originally from Louisiana, but she's represented the schools since 2005 and is married to a Cleveland native.When the U.S. Justice Department called in 2007 to say it was revisiting outstanding desegregation lawsuits, she was excited to show off the district, she said, standing in the shade of an oak tree on East Side's campus. "I welcomed them into the district and wanted them to come see what we were doing because I was proud of what we'd accomplished in Cleveland," she said. "I thought, 'Well this would be a good thing.' "Attorney Jamie Jacks says she was surprised by the federal ruling.Though East Side, D.M. Smith Middle School and two elementary schools not affected by the federal ruling are predominantly black, she feels the district is integrated, "the only one for hundreds of miles in the Mississippi Delta." Responding to federal demands over the years, she said, the district has rezoned, established neighborhood schools, employed a successful majority-to-minority transfer program, and procured magnet grants to encourage whites to enroll in largely black schools."We think in 2016, we're doing what Brown v BOE told us to do and that is: You can't assign students to schools based on race. Of course not. What we're saying is students have a choice in this district, and it's created a system that works and has a stable, diverse student enrollment," she said. So, Jacks said, she was surprised by the latest federal ruling."For someone to come in and say you're doing these awful things when you know in your heart that you've tried multiple tactics to try to get things the way the DOJ would want them, it's really hurtful," she said. Cleveland, #Mississippi, native Amy Vance worries feds are painting her city as a "horrible, segregated place." pic.twitter.com/xJpYCOuvnt— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016Asked whether the students at East Side might benefit from more integration, Jacks said integration already existed in the form of the 30 white International Baccalaureate students. She isn't alone. Many black and white parents and students around town told CNN they felt this represented integration. Jacks said there are schools more segregated than Cleveland's all over the country. Indeed, UCLA's Civil Rights Project reported this month that the nation's most segregated school systems are in New York, Illinois and Maryland. Christine Rossell, a Boston University professor and expert for the district during the federal case, testified that Cleveland's schools were more integrated than those in Kansas City, Missouri; Fulton County, Georgia; Dallas and Denver. "I think the question is: What is the district's constitutional violation? Where have we violated the Constitution?" Jacks asked. "We fulfilled everything that we were supposed to do in every desegregation order that has ever been entered into this case." Compare & contrast the graduating classes of Cleveland HS & East Side HS in Cleveland, #Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/fQ7r17nblB— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016She wouldn't tip her hand on whether the district plans to appeal the ruling -- the district has been clear in public statements that it's a possibility -- but Jacks firmly stated what she feels would be the consequence of federal intervention: more segregation."We know that if we force people into making a school choice they wouldn't necessarily make, that statistically in a district like Cleveland we will lose integration," she said, referring to white flight and the prospect of white parents sending their kids to private academies.Huh? Lose integration? Here's what she means:'That's my brother, that's my sister'Jacks acknowledges there are racial issues in Cleveland, just as "there are probably race issues everywhere."Though many older residents are quick to cite old examples, members of the younger generation say they don't see bigotry as much as their parents and grandparents did. Little and Mays, the guys working on the bicycle, recalled a time, maybe 10 or 12 years ago, when black folks didn't cross the tracks and white folks didn't come to "the 'hood." Police would harass black folks on the west side, "swerving down there thinking we're gangbanging," Mays said. Things are getting better, they said. Still, said Mays, even with family on the west side, he doesn't cross the tracks unless he needs to hit the gym.Lataivian Wright, 18, told CNN just before East Side's graduation that the last time he experienced racism was in the fall. Players from a North Mississippi high school hurled racial epithets at East Side's players during a game, he said. Asked if he'd be sad if his was the last graduating class at East Side, Wright predictably cited tradition. He chose East Side, he said, because his family went there -- but he didn't seem too broken up by the prospect of combining the two high schools. "I think it's a good idea," he said. "It'll give more kids the possibility to get to a better school. Kids can adapt to the adverse effects of multiculturalism."Cleveland High graduate Taylor Morse shares his thoughts on federal desegregation ruling. pic.twitter.com/9zSS47LIa8— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016 The following day, Taylor Morse was holding court among a group of black Cleveland High classmates at graduation. The 18-year-old's tassel dangled before his face as he denounced the ruling and bragged about his school's diversity. "It's not a racial or integration thing because that's my brother, that's my brother, that's my sister," he said, pointing to classmates. "We grew up together. It doesn't matter."As a black classmate, Darius Hamilton, 17, tossed an arm over Morse's shoulder, Emily Stallings, 18, explained to CNN how this has been an issue since time immemorial. "My dad graduated from Cleveland High," said the honor student. "It was a thing then, and it was a thing when his parents graduated from Cleveland High."Cleveland High co-valedictorians Jasmine Shepard & Heather Bouse talk to CNN about federal integration ruling. pic.twitter.com/HjS44NK4ir— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@EliottCNN) May 20, 2016Cleveland High's integration is represented in the school's valedictorians, Stallings said, pointing to Jasmine Shepard, 18, and Heather Bouse, 17 (The school district believes Shepard is the school's first black valedictorian, though it has had several black salutatorians, Jacks said).Both said CHS is already integrated and that some of the schools' traditions will be lost in consolidation. But the students will work through it, they said. "We get along much better than they think we do," Bouse said. Added Shepard, "They think we're a bunch of racists, basically. We're not." CNN's Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Amanda Knox has set foot in Italy for the first time since being released from prison in 2011, following her acquittal over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Knox is in the country as a guest speaker for a panel session -- titled "Trial by Media" -- at the Criminal Justice Festival in Modena, northern Italy, on Saturday. The event is organized by non-profit legal group, the Italy Innocence Project.The 31-year-old American's sensational murder case gripped the world's media for years. She was convicted of the murder of fellow student Kercher in the Italian town of Perugia in 2007, spending four years in prison before being acquitted and released in 2011.Knox landed at Milan's Linate airport on Thursday, on a flight from Dublin, Italian police told CNN. Hours before setting off from her home in Seattle, Knox posted an image on Instagram with her fiance, novelist Christopher Robinson. "Here we go... Wish us, 'Buon viaggio!'" she wrote. View this post on Instagram Here we go... Wish us, "Buon viaggio!" A post shared by Amanda Knox (@amamaknox) on Jun 11, 2019 at 11:54am PDT Read MoreRobinson, who appears to be traveling with Knox, said in a tweet that, "Last time I was in Italy, I took a train to Florence, blew my money on a 100€ bottle of barolo which I drank by myself while writing a bad short story."This time with @amandaknox is going to be, shall we say...different."I was painted as a 'sex-crazed femme fatale' Ahead of her return to Italy, Knox revealed she was "feeling frayed" in another Instagram post. In the photo, Knox seemingly hangs from a cliff edge, accompanied by the caption, "3 Days till I return to Italy for the first time since leaving prison."Feeling frayed, so I made my own inspirational workplace poster. 'Hang in there!' Just imagine I'm a kitten." View this post on Instagram 3 Days till I return to Italy for the first time since leaving prison. Feeling frayed, so I made my own inspirational workplace poster. "Hang in there!" Just imagine I'm a kitten. A post shared by Amanda Knox (@amamaknox) on Jun 9, 2019 at 7:24pm PDT In an essay published on her Medium account, on Wednesday, Knox also spoke of the intense media scrutiny of her case, having last fled Italy "in a high-speed chase, paparazzi literally ramming the back of my stepdad's rental car.""Thrust into the spotlight against my will in 2007, the year of the iPhone and the takeoff of Twitter and Facebook, the most intimate details of my life  --  from my sexual history to my thoughts of death and suicide in prison  --  were taken from my private diary and leaked to the media," she wrote.Knox said that while on trial "for a murder I didn't commit," the prosecutor "painted me as a sex-crazed femme fatale, and the media profited for years by sensationalizing an already sensational and utterly unjustified story."It's on us to stop making and stop consuming such irresponsible media," she said.Trial by media Guido Sola, one of the festival's organizers, told CNN that Knox "is the icon of trials that the media carry out before the trial in court is conducted."Amanda has been definitively acquitted in court, but in the popular imagination she is still guilty, because she has been the victim of a barbaric media trial."An undated picture of murdered British exchange student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy.In 2007, Knox was arrested alongside her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, after the murder of her housemate, Kercher, 21. Kercher's body was found in the apartment she shared with Knox. Her throat had been slashed.Another man, Rudy Guede, was arrested and convicted separately of Kercher's murder; he is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence. Prosecutors continued to insist on Knox and Sollecito's involvement, however, accusing Knox of delivering the fatal blow.CNN's Livia Borghese and Melissa Bell in Milan contributed to this report.

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London (CNN)The British royal family had an awful 2019. From Prince Philip's car crash, in which two women were injured, to Prince Andrew's friendship with the US financier and alleged trafficker of underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein, coming under increasing scrutiny, the world's most famous family entered this new decade with numerous PR fires still raging. On Wednesday night, their problems worsened. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made the shock announcement that they would be stepping back from their roles as senior royals. "After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year," the couple said in a post on Instagram, adding that they hoped to "carve out a progressive new role within this institution."While many were surprised, rumors that all was not well in the clan had been rife for months in Britain. From day one, Prince Harry and Meghan's desire to do things differently irked many traditionalists. Their televised wedding in 2018 had so many personal touches that it stood in stark contrast to the relatively drab wedding of Prince William and Catherine just seven years earlier. Markle walked to meet her husband alone, with no man to give her away to another man. The couple left the chapel as a gospel choir sang Etta James's version of "This Little Light of Mine," a song synonymous with the American civil rights movement. All your burning Meghan and Harry questions, answeredThe couple's individualistic approach to royal life did annoy some, but was on the whole considered to be charming. Crucially, even in 2018, many British media commentators suggested the approach was driven by Meghan, and that Harry was simply giving her what she wanted. At a cursory glance, this might make sense. Meghan's history of using her platform as a famous actor to speak out on issues ranging from gender equality to ending modern day slavery gives the impression of an independent woman. However, the idea that Harry -- a headstrong young man who had spent a decade in the British Army, marching to the beat of a very different drum to that of his older brother -- is merely living a life for the convenience of his wife is hard to believe. Read MoreIndeed, the qualities of both Sussexes -- and their very obvious public affection for one another -- suggests that they are very well matched. The British media spent much of 2019 turning their fire on Meghan. She was painted by many as a whinging, out-of-touch celebrity who did little more than complain about how restrictive life in the clan was. JUST WATCHEDLate-night royally mocks Harry and MeghanReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLate-night royally mocks Harry and Meghan 01:09Much of this will be down to the fact that Meghan and Harry didn't engage much with the relationship that some of the British press have with the royal family, which is often criticized for being too transactional. The Sussexes bucked this trend when their son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, was born in May last year. The couple were accused of being too private with pictures of their new child. They were then blasted for being overly protective when opting to make Archie's christening a private affair. The press doesn't want to upset any royal, but the risk here was low. Harry is only sixth-in-line to the throne and Meghan is a US citizen. And yes, even in 2020, that somehow still seems to matter.Stories began to appear in the press suggesting splits between Meghan and her sister-in-law Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. Over time, that morphed into differences between Harry and William, although the implication that Meghan was really the cause of all the trouble was lathered on thick in much of the coverage. Whatever the personal differences were, everything spilled into the open in October, when Harry told a British reporter in a documentary that he and William were "certainly on different paths at the moment," but added "I will always be there for him, and as I know he will always be there for me." Cue more media hysteria, as reports emerged that William was "worried" about his brother. Palace sources told the BBC at the time that rather than being angry with his brother, there was a view the couple were "in a fragile place."Of course, brotherly concern is better than spitting blood. But the picture being painted by the palace was one of Harry and Meghan being a delicate couple, struggling to cope with the pressure of living in the spotlight, while William and Catherine were simply looking out for them. Harry and Meghan's shock announcement dominates UK mediaThe coverage of Meghan herself became increasingly toxic. One real low point was a British newspaper, the staunchly royalist Daily Mail, running a feature titled "How Meghan's favourite avocado snack -- beloved of all millennials -- is fuelling human rights abuses, drought and murder."In October, the couple sued the Mail's sister paper, the Mail on Sunday, for publishing a private letter that Meghan had sent to her father. Harry said in a public statement that "Unfortunately, my wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences." He added that he feared "history repeating itself," a reference to how the media treated his mother, Princess Diana, who it should not be forgotten died in a 1997 car crash in Paris while fleeing press photographers.The direct line of succession -- the Queen, Charles, William, George -- is currently very strong. But the Sussexes' decision to take a back seat is a headache for the royals, especially the Queen. Prince Philip is now 98 and has officially retired from public life. Prince Charles, first in line, is far from being the most popular royal. Prince Andrew stands accused of having sex with an underage girl, provided to him by Epstein -- an allegation the royal vehemently denies. To borrow a sporting expression, the bench is looking light for the clan. However, possibly worse for the monarchy, it will raise more questions about how happy a place the family is these days, and cause many to wonder why the fairytale of marrying into royalty is such a horror show that an independently successful, confident royal couple felt they had no choice but to walk away.

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Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. He is the author of several books, most recently, "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr." The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)The historic winter storm that crippled Texas during the third week of February spotlighted the Lone Star State's pervasive history of structural racism. Similarly, it revealed how seemingly universal crises, such as climate change and catastrophes sometimes referred to as "acts of God" affect some communities much more severely than others. Peniel JosephDuring the height of this record winter storm, 4 million Texans lost power, but those who lived on grids that connected hospitals, emergency responders, or downtown commercial buildings and condos were more likely to retain their power. Wealth, income and housing inequality make it much more likely for Black and Latinx families in Texas to live away from densely populated and more expensive parts of the city -- and when they do live in urban areas, to reside in places that are not deemed essential to the functioning of the electrical grid. They are more likely to live in areas lacking the robust infrastructure necessary to weather environmental and man-made catastrophes, environmental experts recently told The New York Times. Black and Latinx families, many already disproportionately impacted by the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, experienced power outages, burst pipes, freezing temperatures and water shutdowns that illustrate the hidden cost of racism. The storm's aftershocks continue to be felt in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi where many Black and brown residents continue to lack power, clean drinking water and shelter. JUST WATCHEDI lost everything: Texas mom's devastating story from winter storm ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHI lost everything: Texas mom's devastating story from winter storm 09:36In Texas, almost two weeks after the storm, almost 400,000 people remain without clean water (after power outages halted the ability of municipalities to adequately ensure the safety of water systems, leading to boil water orders in some areas such as Austin), many of them apartment dwellers whose landlords have been slow to respond to the crisis. Some residents of Jackson, Mississippi, a predominantly Black city, have been left reeling from the storm's aftermath and are still struggling to obtain an adequate supply of clean water. Black communities are disproportionately vulnerable to living in close proximity to environmentally dangerous neighborhoods. Read MoreIn Jackson, Mississippi, some residents have been without water going on two weeksWhat happened in Texas and across the South during the storm -- and is still happening in its aftermath -- is one facet of a national crisis of race and democracy, one that has been amplified in recent decades by economic and public policies that have greatly enhanced the power and wealth of the few at the expense of the many. Republicans led the charge for the privatization of public utilities and the evisceration of labor unions and social welfare programs during the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s, which impacted Texas by leading to the deregulation of the energy grid. Many Democrats also embraced that era's "greed is good" ethos (a phrase popularized by Michael Douglas' Oscar-winning performance as the amoral venture capitalist Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie "Wall Street"). The conservative free-market ideology that led to the deregulation of Texas utilities has been catastrophic on racially segregated and economically impoverished communities. Structured to operate without federal safeguards that might have prevented last month's disaster, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), represents a profound failure of political leadership and moral imagination. Texas' failure is also reflective of our larger racial and political divides. Members of the Black communities in Houston, some still not recovered from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey, stood in long lines seeking food, water, and other resources a week after the winter storm. Predominantly Black and Latinx low-income communities were especially vulnerable to freezing temperatures since they tend to live in older homes and apartments hit hardest by power outages that wrought havoc on neighborhoods with decaying infrastructure. JUST WATCHEDTexas Governor ends mask mandateReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTexas Governor ends mask mandate 02:29The split-screen nature of American democracy means that lying politicians often try to impose an alternate reality in service to their own power. This could be seen at the height of the crisis, with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attacking the Green New Deal as a rhetorical sleight of hand intended to deflect from his failed leadership. Abbott's false claims that the winter storm "showed how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal" for America reflects the Orwellian nature of American politics. Since less than 13% of the energy grid is powered by wind and solar energy, Abbott's naked effort to deflect blame for the disaster was as laughable as it was appalling. The failure of political leadership and moral imagination of the Texas governor is boundless. From prematurely announcing the end of a statewide mask mandate -- while residents in major cities still struggle to get vaccinated -- to the incompetent approach to a historic winter storm, the Lone Star state has become a national embarrassment. When states like Texas turn public utilities into financial markets that can exploit the nation's collective resources for private interests, we all lose, especially Black and brown folks. Ted Cruz is an embarrassment to Texas The reverse migration of Black folks to the South makes this a particularly important policy and political issue. Climate change, like all the challenges facing the nation and world, has a racially disparate face. Communities lacking political and economic resources will in all likelihood consistently suffer the most catastrophic impact of the kind of regional failure we witnessed during the third week in February. After the Black Lives Matter protests so widespread in 2020 sparked a wave of conversation and engagement with anti-racism, it's crucial to say: Centering racial justice in the fight against climate change is perhaps among the most important policy imperatives in the quest for Black citizenship and dignity. Sen. Ted Cruz's now-infamous escape to Cancun amid the state's crisis, while Beto O'Rourke and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised millions to help those in need, offers a striking juxtaposition of the twin realities of this moment. Cruz's rhetoric helped embolden the White supremacist assault on the nation's capital even as he failed the minimum test of leadership at home by abandoning his constituents in a time of crisis. Get our free weekly newsletterSign up for CNN Opinion's new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and FacebookAOC's advocacy of a "Green New Deal" that would center poor, working-class, Black and brown communities as part of an ambitious effort to reverse climate change, end income inequality and confront systemic racism continues to be wrongly portrayed as a radical anti-American agenda by the right -- even as once in a century storms continue to damage local, regional, and national infrastructure with unnerving frequency. National discussion surrounding ending systemic racism in government, politics, and corporate America begins by confronting racism's structural impact on already vulnerable communities. Blacks, Latinx, and poor communities of color continue to bear the brunt of environmental and political storms that cast a spotlight on American democracy's tragic underbelly. 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Story highlightsA new genetic disorder called NGLY1 deficiency is identified in eight patients NGLY1 deficiency causes developmental delays, liver diseaseKids with the disorder are usually unable to produce tearsFathers of two kids with NGLY1 deficiency propose new model for scientistsWhat do you do when your baby lies limp in your arms, staring blankly into the distance while never crying? What do you do when tests show signs of liver damage and your baby's seizures won't stop, but doctors can't tell you what's wrong or how to fix it? Thanks to the Human Genome Project, which was completed in 2003, identifying new genetic mutations has gotten easier and cheaper. But geneticists often struggle to find patients who share these rare DNA quirks. Studying multiple patients with the same gene mutations and similar symptoms is crucial to identifying a new genetic disorder.That's why a paper published Thursday in the journal Genetics in Medicine is so remarkable. The paper identifies NGLY1 deficiency as an inherited genetic disorder, caused by mutations in the NGLY1 gene. The researchers have confirmed eight patients with these mutations who share several symptoms, including developmental delays, abnormal tear production and liver disease. And they credit an "Internet blog" with bringing the patients and scientists together. JUST WATCHEDGenetic testing: Good medicine or TMI?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHGenetic testing: Good medicine or TMI? 05:32Grace's genomeGrace Wilsey's parents knew something was wrong right away. Their newborn daughter was lethargic. Her eyes seemed hollow and unfocused. She refused to eat. Doctors at the hospital ran multiple tests, but couldn't come up with a diagnosis. Eventually, the Wilseys took Grace home. As she grew older, Grace continued to exhibit troubling symptoms. Her cognitive and motor development were far behind other children her age. She had hypotonia, a condition that made her constantly limp like a rag doll. Tests revealed she had high levels of AST and ALT liver enzymes, a sign of liver damage, but no one could figure out why. The Wilseys traveled the country with their baby girl to find an answer. They visited Johns Hopkins Hospital and the National Institutes of Health on the East Coast, and several children's hospitals on the West. "We've probably seen over 100 doctors," Matt Wilsey said. "We've seen the best clinical minds in the United States." Not one of whom knew what was wrong with Grace. When Grace was 2 years old, the Wilseys started doing whole genome sequencing at Stanford University near their home in the San Francisco Bay area and at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. It was at Baylor that they first met Matthew Bainbridge, who was working on his doctorate in structural and computational biology and molecular biophysics in Baylor's Human Genome Sequencing Center. 'One was very bad, and one was pretty bad' The first thing geneticists look for when searching for the cause of mysterious symptoms is known DNA mutations, Bainbridge said. "Your first instinct shouldn't be 'I'm going to find something new. (It should be) 'I'm going to find something someone has already discovered.'" Once he's crossed known disorders off the list, he looks for unusual mutations. All of us have mutations in our DNA that don't affect us in any noticeable way; if you sequence 500 healthy people's genomes, the same mutated genes would likely come up time and again. But unusual mutations -- like those Bainbridge spotted in Grace's NGLY1 gene -- are a sign that a particular gene may be causing a problem. Think of your DNA as a recipe, Bainbridge said. Some gene mutations are like little typos in that recipe. Maybe your body adds a bit too much flour or an extra teaspoon of sugar. Other gene mutations are more destructive; they make your body leave out an entire ingredient, or delete half the recipe. Grace's mutations of the NGLY1 gene were the destructive kind. "One was very bad, and one was pretty bad," Bainbridge said. The scientist knew he was onto something. He began searching online for any references to the NGLY1 gene. Some work had been done in fruit flies and mice, showing the gene's mutations could cause the lab animals to function improperly. Then he came across a paper published in the Journal of Medical Genetics that mentioned a young boy who had a genetic disorder that may be related to NGLY1 mutations. Bainbridge dug deeper and found a blog written by a man named Matthew Might, an assistant professor at the University of Utah. "My son Bertrand has a new genetic disorder," Might had written on May 29, 2012. "Patient 0."Scientists at Duke University had used whole-exome sequencing to discover Bertrand had two different mutations on the NGLY1 gene, which encodes the enzyme N-glycanase 1. N-glycanase 1 is typically found in a healthy person's cells. It helps break down defective proteins so they can be reused throughout the body. "My son is the only human being known to lack this enzyme," Might wrote. Bainbridge read Might's previous posts about Bertrand's symptoms. They were similar to what Grace's parents had described. But the key seemed to be Bertrand's inability to cry. Could Grace produce tears? Bainbridge asked Kristen Wilsey via e-mail on February 26, 2013.Not really, came Kristen's reply. She'd seen a large tear once or twice; Grace's eyes would become moist, but multiple tears rarely fell. It was one of those moments as a scientist, Bainbridge says, where everything falls into place. You know, the one where you would run down the street yelling "Eureka!" if that was something people actually said. "You start shaking a little bit. You force yourself not to tell anyone for 24 hours," Bainbridge said. "Then you make a Powerpoint presentation and see if you can convince other people." Finding others like 'Patient 0'When the scientists at Duke University first identified the mutations in Bertrand Might's NGLY1 gene, they didn't know for sure that the mutations were causing the 4-year-old boy's symptoms. With only one patient, they had nothing to compare it to. Still, "it was a huge relief," Might told CNN in an e-mail. "It meant that we'd reached the end of a long and painful diagnostic odyssey... Being the only patient in the world was shocking, but we knew there must have been other NGLY1 patients out there that were undiagnosed, just like Bertrand."Bainbridge e-mailed Might through his blog, and the Wilseys put the geneticist and others on Team Grace in contact with the scientists working on Bertrand's case. Others discovered Might's blog, as well. Clinicians and genetic researchers around the globe who had sequenced the genomes of six isolated patients and found mutations in the NGLY1 gene did the same thing Bainbridge had. They searched for "NGLY1" online and found hope. "I think cognitively it's really nice to have a label," Kristen Wilsey said. "Once you do have a name, you can then start looking for a cure." Matt Wilsey teamed up with Matthew Might to write an editorial accompanying the Genetics in Medicine journal paper. In the editorial, the two fathers propose a new model for genetic researchers. Their model uses a Silicon Valley approach of sharing successes and failures, and asks scientists not to underestimate the power of social media or a parent's need for answers. "In order to diagnose patients, we must admit the limitations of our medical knowledge," they write. "Sometimes the best ideas come from individuals 'outside the box' (i.e. patients and parents)... Sometimes the least likely gene candidate is the answer." Thanks to the "relentless digging" of the families, five treatment approaches are being studied, the fathers say. And the list of confirmed patients with NGLY1 deficiency is up to 14, according to Wilsey."This represents a complete change in the way we're going about clinical medicine," said Gregory Enns, co-lead author of the paper and a geneticist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. "This is happening so quickly because... so many people are coming at this from so many angles."

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Story highlightsRussian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been convicted of misappropriationA court freed him from detention on July 19, pending an appeal of the court's ruling against himNavalny famously branded the ruling United Russia party "the party of crooks and thieves" He claims his trial was politically motivated, an allegation the authorities have deniedKremlin critic and Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been convicted of misappropriating $500,000 worth of state-owned timber.A court freed him from detention on July 19, pending an appeal of the court's ruling against him.Navalny has been campaigning for the Moscow mayoralty -- officially registering as a candidate the day before his conviction -- and there have been allegations his trial has been politically-motivated.Russian authorities insist that is not the case.LATEST: "I'll win Moscow," says NavalnyWho is Alexei Navalny?Navalny is a corruption fighting lawyer who famously branded the ruling United Russia party -- founded by President Vladimir Putin -- "the party of crooks and thieves." He has been a prominent organizer of street protests and has attacked corruption in Russian government, using his blog and social media.In a 2011 article entitled "Russia rising: The Blogger Who Is Putin's Greatest Challenger," TIME magazine's Simon Shuster said before 2010 Navalny had been known "only to a fairly small online community."JUST WATCHEDPussy Riot husband describes NavalnyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPussy Riot husband describes Navalny 00:56JUST WATCHEDPavel Khodorkovsky on Navalny verdictReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPavel Khodorkovsky on Navalny verdict 03:19JUST WATCHEDWill Navalny conviction hurt opposition?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWill Navalny conviction hurt opposition? 03:42But in November 2010, Shuster said, Navalny "blew the whistle" on what he said was a $4 billion embezzlement scheme at the state-run oil pipeline operator Transneft -- a claim vigorously denied by the head of the company and Russian president Vladimir Putin.In January 2011, Transneft's boss branded the claims inaccurate, according to Reuters news agency. And in September that year, state-run news agency RIA Novosti quoted President Putin as saying no crimes had been committed by Transneft."The leaked documents he presented as evidence, which he posted on his blog, caused a sensation in the Russian and international press, and Navalny soon became known as Russia's top crusader against corruption," wrote TIME's Shuster.OPINION: Putin a hypocrite on Snowden, NavalnyIn 2012, TIME included Navalny on its list of "The World's 100 Most Influential people."Russian chess legend and opposition activist Garry Kasparov wrote the entry on Navalny -- then 35 -- saying he was -- "at the vanguard" of data dissidents. How much of a threat does he pose to Putin/Kremlin?CNN's Moscow correspondent Phil Black said Navalny's passion, charisma, fierce language and commitment to fighting corruption inspired many to join him in protesting on the streets. Maria Lipman, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center think-tank, said during the 2011 and 2012 protests over alleged fraud in Russia's parliamentary and presidential elections Navalny was "by far the most popular figure.""Navalny quite bravely took on some of the very influential people in Russia," she said.Lipman said Navalny was a fearless and very talented public politician who had managed to "beat the system that Putin built" to keep outsiders out of the political framework.Navalny presented "a serious political challenge as a result of his unique personality and his amazing energy," she said. "He was able, as a result, to build a following.""He's become a popular figure but he cannot be described as the leader of the opposition," she said. "He is the most prominent civic figure."What are the details of his case?A court in the city of Kirov on July 18 found Navalny guilty of misappropriating about $500,000 in a lumber deal when he was an adviser to the Kirov region's governor. It sentenced him to five years in prison.Was the verdict expected?The day before his trial began in April this year, Navalny told CNN's Phil Black he knew he would be convicted and that it was likely he would be jailed. "I've been investigating corruption in state-run companies by government officials for the last six years. These people steal billions. I'm making it harder for them to steal and they understand my anti-corruption work is a threat."Asked if he believed he had any chance of winning the case he replied: "Of course not. They didn't fabricate this case to allow that and it's obvious for me it's going to be a guilty verdict."Why would he be jailed unless he was guilty?The court found Navalny guilty but his lawyers are appealing the verdict. Russian law forbids convicted criminals running for political office.Talking to Phil Black before the trial began, Navalny said: "It's true one of Putin's goals in this trial is to stop me from being involved in politics but this law only exists in Putin's system and our goal is to destroy Putin's system."JUST WATCHEDRussia's charismatic opposition leaderReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRussia's charismatic opposition leader 03:04JUST WATCHEDRussian protests on social media sites [2011]ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRussian protests on social media sites [2011] 02:34Lipman said she also believed the verdict was politically motivated. "The government is using law enforcement and judiciary machines to lock up a man who is a political challenge. There is hardly any doubt that the verdict in the courtroom was not made by the judge himself," she said."There is every reason to suggest that the verdict announced on July 18 in Kirov was a decision made somewhere very high in the Kremlin executive."Russian authorities have always insisted Navalny's prosecution is not political.But a senior investigator recently admitted his colleagues had fast tracked their work in Navalny's case because of his criticism of Russia's political system. "The suspect is doing his best to draw attention to himself; one could even say he is teasing the authorities," said Vladimir Markin, the spokesman of Russia's Investigative Committee, in April, according to the Washington Post. "So interest in his past grew and the process of bringing him out in the open naturally sped up."President Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told CNN that Putin had not followed Navalny's trial. So then why has he been released?When Navalny arrived in court the day after his conviction, he found the prosecutor who had argued he should be sent to prison arguing instead for his release pending appeal, so that he could continue campaigning for the Moscow mayoralty. Navalny quipped that the court needed to establish the identity of the prosecutor because he may have been replaced by a double.Lipman described Navalny's release as an "amazing twist."She said that his release was unlikely to have been as a result of protest action after the verdict was announced. The protest hadn't been nationwide and involved just a few thousand people, she said."It was not enough to force the authorities to retreat. Also, the prosecutors' request that he be released ... was filed even before there was a big crowd in the streets. It's really hard to believe. "It could be the result of some sort of intrigue -- rivalries, tensions at the very top of the Russian political elite."But she said any political involvement would be denied by the government.MORE: Putin defends record on freedom of speech"Their response, invariably, is, it's up to the court to decide," she said. "Of course they would never admit how they interfere."RIA Novosti reported that the trial judge "repeatedly rejected claims over his partiality and denied several motions to have him replaced." Will the conviction affect his bid to become mayor of Moscow?Lipman said that if Navalny's conviction was upheld by a higher court, his name would be unable to appear on an electoral ballot. However, she said he could campaign in the meantime."After his release yesterday he can continue running. The idea is that now he is at large up until his lawyers send in an appeal in a higher court re-examine his case. He remains at large and his verdict is not effective," she said.She said there was "good reason to predict" that the high court would uphold the verdict before the end of the campaign for the September 8 election."He is still on a hook. In a theory, this higher court could make a ruling even earlier and effectively terminate his campaign."Speaking to reporters outside court after he was released, Navalny said he would return to Moscow to discuss his next steps with his staff, RIA Novosti said."Regarding my participation in the elections, I am not some kind of a kitten or a puppy to whom they first say it can't participate in the elections and then they say, 'let's release him for a while so he can participate in the elections,'" he said.Once in Moscow, he will decide whether to boycott the election or continue his campaign, he said, according to the news agency."We'll discuss it with the staff and with the volunteers. For now, I will stay a candidate, I am not retreating."How has Navalny's conviction been received in Russia?Lipman said Navalny's conviction was not likely to cost Putin any support."I don't think it will affect his standing in the eyes of the conservative majority. The status quo is suspicious of any troublemaker," she said."The minority of more modernized urban Russians -- people who resent the government for being lawless -- people likely to sympathise with Navalny -- I think they will be even angrier. "The rift between them and the government will become even broader, but we are talking about a minority."What about the rest of the world?The day Navalny was convicted, the European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, called the trial a sham. And former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a statement saying the case "unfortunately confirms that we do not have an independent judiciary."Rachel Denber, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division, said she was not surprised by the guilty verdict but was shocked by the five-year prison sentence."Navalny's prosecution is meant to silence a leader and messenger," she said.Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia program director, John Dalhuisen, said, "This was a parody of a prosecution and a parody of a trial. The case was twice closed for lack of evidence of a crime, before being reopened on the personal instruction of Russia's top investigator."But Lipman pointed out the world had also expressed outrage over Russia's crackdown on protesters in 2011 and 2012."I don't think it has an effect. Not on previous occasions and not this time."

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(CNN)Watford took a giant leap toward EPL survival on Leap Year Day, beating the previously unbeaten Liverpool 3-0. The reigning European Champions had been undefeated in its first 27 league games, winning 26 and drawing just one and were just one win away from setting the new record for most consecutive league wins. But a double from Senegal international Ismaila Sarr and a calm finish from Troy Deeney helped Watford secure a big win in its hopes of remaining in the Premier League. The defeat was the club's first defeat since January 2019, ending a 44-game unbeaten streak, the second longest unbeaten run in English top-flight history. For Watford, the win moves it out of the relegation zone on goal difference.Read More"Credit to Watford, they played well, a lot of fight, very disciplined and scored three goals -- that's the reality, we couldn't find a way through. It was difficult and we have to do better," Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk told the BBC."Two throw-ins... we have to look at it, there is no reason for panic. We don't want to concede, we look at it but we don't have to panic. The record and the talk of the records is all media, we just try to win every game ahead of us."We will focus on the next game, the cup game, and we try to win there. We have to stay humble and work harder next game."READ: Mohamed Salah and Liverpool to decide whether star participates at Tokyo 2020Andy Robertson shouts towards teammate Mohamed Salah.The end of the runDespite being on an extraordinary domestic league run, Liverpool had suffered defeat recently in European football, being defeated 1-0 by Atletico Madrid. Last time out in the Premier League, Liverpool had just managed to hold onto its unbeaten run, edging past West Ham United 3-2, primarily thanks to errors from West Ham goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański. The club had won its previous 18 league games and were just four wins off winning the Premier League title for the first time in 30 years.But Watford's energy, discipline and ruggedness stifled the Reds all afternoon, allowing just one shot on target. Klopp puffs his cheeks following the defeat to Watford."Just do that every week! It's easy if you do it like that -- we had a game plan and stuck to it really well," Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster said after the result. "Their front three were dropping really deep to get the ball and we knew our game plan was working."Ismaila Sarr is a crazy good talent, he's so calm in front of goal and has electric pace. Buzzing. It's not hard is it, football?! We stuck to our task and took our chances when they came."We took a lot of belief when we played them at Anfield, I thought we were the better team then. There is a load more work to go."Liverpool are one of the best teams you're likely to see, but it's all about us for us tonight, we needed the three points."There's six or seven teams down where we are and if you can put a run of a few games together where you win three or four, you create a gap between you and the rest. We did it when the manager first came in, and now we need to do a similar thing."Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosThe defeat means that Arsenal remain the only team to have gone a whole season unbeaten. 'The Invincibles' team of 2003/4 went a whopping 49 games without losing, winning the Premier League title along the way. Liverpool remain 22 points clear at the top of the Premier League table and firmly on course to win the title, although Manchester City in second have a game in hand.

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Story highlightsPaul Barrington is a golf trick shot artistHis was first bought a set of golf clubs for his 11th birthdayBarrington performs each year at the DP World Tour ChampionshipDubai (CNN)Every November, the top 60 players on golf's European Tour battle it out at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.Stars likes Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy get their heads down, battling to make sure they are in the running to be crowned Europe's elite player.But, one golfer isn't worried about the season ahead. His place at the season-ending event is guaranteed.His plane ticket is already booked, a hotel room waiting, an audience guaranteed. His name is Paul Barrington.JUST WATCHEDLiving Golf: Leaders of the GameReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLiving Golf: Leaders of the Game 22:27READ: The first female caddy to win a majorRead MoreYou may not be familiar with the name, but Barrington is the 61st golfer on show at Jumeirah Golf Estates every year.He is a trick shot artist who performs two shows a day during the tournament. Often, the pros can be seen casting looks over as Barrington works through his impressive repertoire of strokes.Whether it be driving the ball 250 yards with a putter, volleying a golf ball with a driver or even hitting a perfect tee-shot with a club that bends uncontrollably, Barrington has an endless amount of jaw-dropping trick-shots collected over a 25-year career. "I'm very fortunate to travel around the world doing golf shows, showing people loads of different things you can do with a club and ball," Barrington told CNN.JUST WATCHEDLessons from a golf trick shot masterReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLessons from a golf trick shot master 02:21READ: Golfer and his caddy wife celebrate $192k success"Coming up with the shots is always a very difficult thing to do. Obviously there are some standard shots that us trick shot guys would do."And then you'll see somebody do something on the golf course with a club and ball and it looked really strange and you think 'well if I could do that a little bit different, that could be a trick shot."His love of golf started when his Mom brought him a set of clubs for his 11th birthday. By the age of 18 he'd turned professional and two years later he qualified as a PGA pro.One of Barrington's many talents is his ability to hit a golf a very long way. So much so that he's twice been British Long Drive Champion and on a couple of occasions represented the UK in the World Long Drive Finals in Mesquite, Nevada, though he retired from competitive long driving in 2005.It was while he was performing a long drive exhibitions for Yonex that he came up with the idea for a trick show.JUST WATCHEDThe CEO bringing millennials back to golfReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe CEO bringing millennials back to golf 04:02READ: Golfer suspended after using diet sprayBarrington makes the job of being a trick shot artist look easy, but some of the shots he's developed take years of work to perfect. "It always takes time," he added. "I've got a few shots I've been working on for probably two years now that I'm still yet to bring out into the show because they're not quite right." You can see Barrington's current array of strokes at the top of the page.

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(CNN)Bulgaria soccer coach Krasimir Balakov and the Bulgarian Football Union's executive committee has resigned following Monday's controversial Euro 2020 qualifier when England players were subjected to racist abuse.The game was twice temporarily halted in the first half after England debutant Tyrone Mings alerted officials to the abuse directed at him and others from various parts of the Levski Stadium in Sofia. As well as the monkey chanting, some Bulgarian fans made Nazi salutes during the game.Balakov had initially said he "personally did not hear the chanting" before arguing that England has a worse problem with racism than Bulgaria. He later apologized to the England players and condemned "all forms of racism." In a statement Friday, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said the 53-year-old coach had resigned due to the team's recent run of unsatisfactory performances.Read MoreThe president of Bulgaria's football association Borislav Mihaylov stepped down following the game after pressure from the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.READ: Wilfried Zaha says he's ready to walk off the pitch if he's racially abusedREAD: All eyes on UEFA after football's night of shameBulgarian fans gesture during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England.UEFA investigationUEFA's disciplinary proceedings have begun, with the BFU charged with racist behavior and the disruption of a national anthem and displaying replays on a giant screen. The English FA faces sanctions too, over national anthem disruption and an insufficient number of traveling stewards.World governing body FIFA has also asked UEFA to notify it of any punishment potentially handed down to the BFU. "This would allow any sanctions imposed to be extended worldwide," said a FIFA statement.CNN's Aleks Klosok contributed to the reporting.

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Story highlightsFormer Ferrari world champion says speed will be second to reliability in 2014 Lauda travels to Italy ahead of F1 team's launch of their new car F1 bosses have introduced a raft of technical changes for the forthcoming season Changes include new leaner 1.6 Turbo engines and smaller fuel tanks "The Computer" has done his calculations. The Formula One world championship will not be decided by speed in 2014 but by the team who can produce the most reliable car, according to F1 legend Niki Lauda. "Who will have the least failures this year will be world champion," Lauda said in an interview with his former team Ferrari.The Austrian, who won two of his three world titles with the Prancing Horse, was speaking on the eve of the launch of the team's new car for the 2014 season.Ferrari, like all F1 teams have had to completely transform their cars for the forthcoming season to comply with a raft of new technical regulations. The biggest has been a change from 2.4-liter V8 engines to leaner 1.6-liter V6 turbo-powered engines.Read more: F1 rips up the rulebookJUST WATCHEDNiki Lauda on F1's most dangerous yearsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNiki Lauda on F1's most dangerous years 02:27JUST WATCHEDDriving your own F1 carReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDriving your own F1 car 02:11Lauda described the task as "enormous," but said the biggest challenge was installing it in the car in a way that would ensure overall reliability. With a leaner engine comes a smaller fuel tank which can carry 100 kilos instead of 140, Lauda points out, with an added test of relying on five engines throughout a season instead of eight. The 64-year-old, now a non-executive president with Mercedes F1, was dubbed the "The Computer" on account of his cool, calculating approach to driving during the 1970s and 1980s.Read more: 'Rush' relives death or glory days With the new season kicking off in Melbourne in mid-March, Ferrari and other teams will be launching their new cars over the coming days. Ferrari follow the McLaren team who unveiled their new MP4-29 on Friday. Now that all the major engineering work is complete, it's now almost time for the drivers to take their first spin in their new cars. "It's very exciting, especially for the drivers. The people working on it know what is coming up but for the heart and the emotion this is a very important day to show the car," Lauda said."The next important day, the more important day is the test in Jerez. When you sit the first time in the car you get the first impression and this is the most important." The first testing session, which starts on January 28, will also see Mercedes and Red Bull unveil the cars which they hope will speed them to glory in 2014. Watch: Can Caterham secure first points in 2014?

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London (CNN)The UK's opposition Labour Party, embroiled in a months-long battle over accusations of anti-Semitism within its ranks, is facing questions over how one of its members was apparently able to report for an Iranian state TV channel from a meeting where a pro-Israel lawmaker lost a confidence vote.The UK arm of Press TV posted images and footage to social media from a private meeting of the Enfield North constituency Labour party (CLP) in north London on Thursday night, where members passed a motion of no-confidence in Joan Ryan by 94 votes to 92. Ryan, who was first elected to the UK parliament in 1997, is chair of the Labour Friends of Israel parliamentary caucus.According to Labour party rules, the media are not allowed to report from constituency meetings and members are not supposed to broadcast or film them. We are awaiting the results of a no-confidence vote by #Enfield North #Labour members in their pro-Israel MP #JoanRyan. pic.twitter.com/btbBX7NWhm— Press TV UK (@Presstvuk) September 6, 2018 The chairman of the local Labour branch called on the national party to step in. "This is totally unacceptable. In my capacity as Chair, I'll be writing to formally complain to Press TV for their broadcasting of our meeting," Siddo Dwyer, chair of Enfield North Labour said on Twitter. "The national Labour Party has been informed about filming by Iranian state TV of our CLP meeting. An investigation will take place and a formal complaint lodged."A spokesman for the UK Labour Party said the issue was a matter for its local branch. "Filming of local Labour Party meetings is not permitted, and Enfield North will be reminded of this fact."Read MoreA Press TV spokesman told CNN that the person who filmed the event is a Labour Party member. But the organization declined to say whether that member is also a Press TV employee."[A]t no point were we asked to stop filming at last night's Joan Ryan vote even though we filmed openly," the Press TV spokeperson told CNN via Twitter private messages. "We would have stopped had we been asked to. There were no 'no filming' posters up & there was no public announcement. We just did our reporting job."Dwyer provided a different version of events. "Warnings were issued about filming, including a direct warning to the member in question," he wrote in a public post on Twitter. "It didn't occur to any of us at the time that they were from a state broadcaster." (Dwyer later appeared to have taken his Twitter account offline.)The Press TV spokesperson said the Labour member who recorded its footage was not approached.Press TV lost its UK broadcast license in 2012 for breaching several broadcasting rules including that editorial decisions were being controlled by the offices in Tehran and not in the UK. The UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom had previously fined the network for airing an interview with imprisoned journalists, which the regulator said at the time was conducted "under duress."Press TV often reports critically on Israel and the Iranian government does not recognize Israel, supporting anti-Israel demonstrations where protestors often chant "death to Israel."The Labour Party has spent the past few months engulfed by a heated internal debate on anti-Semitism. The party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong supporter of the Palestinian cause, has been accused of fostering an atmosphere that has allowed anti-Semitic sentiments to prevail. Corbyn denies this, pointing to his record as an antiracist campaigner.

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Story highlightsTwelve years after his Wimbledon triumph, Goran Ivanisevic isn't sure how he wonIvanisevic needed a wildcard to enter the tournament because his ranking wasn't high enough Ivanisevic beat Patrick Rafter in a 'People's Monday' final after losing three other finals Ivanisevic, hampered by a shoulder injury, contemplated quitting tennis before his title The final game of one of the most memorable matches in Wimbledon history, featuring two fan favorites, took on a life of its own.Back in 2001 -- in the 16th game of the fifth set -- members of Goran Ivanisevic's entourage asked for divine intervention as the Croatian sought to close out the encounter against Australia's Patrick Rafter and end years of Wimbledon heartache.Ivanisevic himself asked for help from above, he wanted the same ball when serving, and Australian and Croatian spectators on Centre Court roared encouragement between points to make for a football like atmosphere. Ivanisevic had lost three previous Wimbledon finals and seemed destined to miss out on glory at the All England Club given he had struggled with a shoulder injury earlier in 2001 and contemplated retirement. His ranking of 125th wasn't even high enough to land direct entry into the tournament.Read: Federer suffers shock defeatWimbledon gave Ivanisevic a wildcard, however, and he proceeded to work his way through the draw with a little help from Wimbledon's famed and all too frequent rain gods.So there he was against Rafter on "People's Monday," leading 8-7 in the fifth set, four points from winning the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.No ordinary player -- and character -- one sensed that if Ivanisevic held serve, he would do it the hard way.JUST WATCHEDWhy is Wimbledon so slippery?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhy is Wimbledon so slippery? 05:32JUST WATCHEDMurray inspired by friend's cancer fightReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMurray inspired by friend's cancer fight 05:01JUST WATCHEDTennis player uses Google GlassReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTennis player uses Google Glass 02:34He had to overcome a resilient Rafter -- and painful memories of defeats to Pete Sampras, twice, and Andre Agassi. It proved to be the case.A forehand volley went long by a large margin for 0-15. At 15-all, he double faulted. Having hit an ace to get to championship point, he subsequently double faulted again -- by a yard.A second championship point came and went with another double fault, this time into the net, and a third was saved by Rafter with a lob that was good enough against an Ivanisevic too frozen to jump.Rafter finally buckled on a fourth match point, the pressure from Ivanisevic's destructive serve finally too much to repel.A return sailed into the net and Ivanisevic was the Wimbledon champion and the only wildcard to bag the men's title at noted postcode SW19.Dedication to a fallen friendHe worked his way into his players' box and exchanged hugs with his team, which included father Srdjan, who had recently undergone a triple heart bypass.Ivanisevic dedicated the victory to former NBA star Drazen Petrovic, who died in a car accident in 1993."The best moment is when you hold the trophy," Ivanisevic told CNN's Open Court before the start of Wimbledon. This year's men's final will be played on Sunday. "I was watching too many guys holding that beautiful trophy. I had this (runner-up) plate at home," added Ivanisevic. "It's a nice plate but you don't want to have that plate at home."Nobody cares for second place. If you want to go back now and think of Wimbledon finalists in the past 15 years, to be honest, I have no idea."Read: Nadal upset again at WimbledonIvanisevic almost didn't get that far.JUST WATCHEDMonica Seles is now a novelistReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMonica Seles is now a novelist 03:56JUST WATCHEDFrench Open winners get replica trophyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFrench Open winners get replica trophy 01:57JUST WATCHEDIvanovic targets more French titlesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHIvanovic targets more French titles 00:50He trailed Britain's Tim Henman two sets to one in the semifinals, losing the third 6-0 in about 15 minutes. He was out of sorts.That's when the unpredictable British weather saved Ivanisevic and hurt the local darling.With Henman holding a 2-1 advantage in the fourth set on the second Friday of the fortnight, rain fell and the contest was suspended. They returned Saturday and Ivanisevic, mentally fresher, claimed the fourth set in a tiebreak. A further suspension ensured the nervy affair had to be completed Sunday, with Ivanisevic eliminating Henman 6-3 in the fifth to disappoint a nation.A Monday final beckoned against Rafter, himself a loser to Sampras -- the king of Wimbledon prior to Roger Federer's arrival -- in the 2000 finale. Fans queued up overnight to land one of the 10,000 unreserved tickets made available for the final, leading to a more vocal climax than usual. "It was good that it was on a Monday because three finals I lost on Sunday, so finally I played on Monday," Ivanisevic said. "Unbelievable atmosphere, probably never again because now they have a roof. "Patrick is a very good friend, a great guy. We both should have won Wimbledon before, him in 2000 in the final, and I was supposed to win a long time ago."After Ivanisevic beat Carlos Moya in the second round he sensed something special was about to happen.Did it the hard wayBesides Henman and Rafter, Ivanisevic also topped Andy Roddick, Greg Rusedski and Marat Safin in a difficult draw.Of his seven victims, only one -- first-round opponent Fredrik Jonsson -- would never feature in the top four in the rankings."It was an unsolved mystery how I won, but I felt after the second round that I was going to win," Ivanisevic said. "I could not say it loud because they would think I was completely nuts."I felt for the first time after so many months, actually a year, the racket (that I played with had a special sound). I lost the sound for a year and a half and that (first) Monday I got the sound back. I said, 'This is a good sign.'"The sound had vanished when Ivanisevic began the year by playing in qualifying at the Australian Open. Stuck on a back court after playing in some of the world's grandest stadiums, he tanked -- a tennis term for not trying.Read: Djokovic conquers Australia Although unpleasant at the time, it proved to be that year's turning point for Ivanisevic."I had a long journey to think about what I was going to do, then I went to play a challenger in Germany," Ivanisevic said. "I played the final. Then I started to play better. I didn't have great results but I started to enjoy it again."Wimbledon came and it was actually my time," added Ivanisevic, who can still be seen on the seniors' tour, while he also helps run a tournament in Zagreb and dabbles in commentating."It was written somewhere that it was my time. I did everything in my life the harder way. Why do it easy if you can do it the hard way?"But by doing it the hard way, the larger-than-life Ivanisevic has ensured his achievement at Wimbledon will never be forgotten.

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Story highlightsEsteban Ocon has made big impact in 2017Frenchman has scored points in 10/11 racesForce India driver now targeting first podium (CNN)Sporting a fuchsia-colored helmet inside the cockpit of his bright pink Force India car, it's been hard to miss Esteban Ocon this year.With a string of top 10 finishes in what is his first full season in Formula One, the Frenchman is fast gaining a reputation as one of the sport's future stars. Follow @cnnsport This weekend, Ocon will be looking to carry on where he left off before F1's summer break, as the teams and drivers return for the Belgian Grand Prix.JUST WATCHEDThe Master of SpaReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe Master of Spa 02:51Only Sebastian Vettel Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have scored more points finishes than Ocon this term -- a statistic that may surprise some observers, but not so the quietly confident 20-year-old. "I did expect to have a strong half of the season first half ... my target was to be scoring points at every race," Ocon told CNN's The Circuit.Read MoreREAD: Alonso may 'look outside F1' "I still haven't achieved my podium and that's what I want to achieve before the end of the season."A top three finish in one of the nine remaining races may sound a little fanciful, but having raced in F1 during the second half of the 2016 -- he replaced Rio Haryanto at Manor Racing in August last year -- Ocon can add a touch of experience to his youthful endeavors. "When you get into a track where you have former experience from the previous year it just helps -- it's normal, you get into the rhythm faster ... and it feels easier," he said. JUST WATCHEDF1: Fans give their verdict on the 2017 season ... so farReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHF1: Fans give their verdict on the 2017 season ... so far 02:03READ: Schumacher son to honor Dad in Spa tribute driveTeammates clashForce India deputy team principal Bob Fernley told Sky F1 that Ocon has the same potential as Max Verstappen, but the young Frenchman hasn't had things all his own way in 2017. JUST WATCHEDHungarian Grand Prix and Alonso: The CircuitReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHungarian Grand Prix and Alonso: The Circuit 22:52While Ocon has accrued 45 points in the drivers' championship that's still nine points behind teammate Sergio Perez. The pair also clashed on track at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June -- prematurely ending Perez's race when Ocon squeezed the Mexican into the barriers. Pushing hard in @321perform , getting ready for the 2nd half of the season💪🏻! #HighAltitude #SummerTraining 📸 @dorianboccolacci A post shared by Esteban Ocon®🇫🇷 (@estebanocon) on Aug 16, 2017 at 3:57am PDT The young Frenchman insists there is no lingering bad blood between the pair following the accident."It was a racing incident. We discussed it with the team. I discussed it with 'Checo' as well and you know it happens," Ocon said. "For sure it's not nice ... we lost big (points) but you know we will move on from that and now we're thinking about the future."The team policy is just keep racing. We can't lose any opportunity for the team to score big points so yeah we'll keep racing, but fair."That future, as far as Ocon is concerned, will involve finishing ahead of his more experienced Mexican teammate come the end of the season."I'm not here to be behind him all the time," he said. "He is a very very strong driver, one of the best in the grid but I want to beat him and that's also my goal."Visit CNN.com/motorsport for more news and featuresAll eyes will be on Hamilton and Vettel as the F1 season resumes at Spa Francorchamps -- the German leads the Briton by a slender 14 points -- but the battle between the two Force Indias is an intriguing sub-plot that also looks set to go down to the wire. The 2017 Belgian Grand Prix takes place on the Sunday August 27.

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Story highlightsReport says former PM Cameron failed to develop sound strategyIntervention contributed to a political chaos, inquiry foundLondon (CNN)Britain's military intervention in Libya was based on "inaccurate intelligence" and "erroneous assumptions," a report released Wednesday found, pointing the finger at former Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to develop a sound Libya strategy.The United Kingdom and France led the international intervention in Libya in 2011 with the aim of protecting civilians from forces loyal to then-leader Moammar Gadhafi.But Britain's Foreign Affairs Committee found that the Cameron-led government "failed to identify that the threat to civilians was overstated and that the rebels included a significant Islamist element."A man holds a burning poster of Moammar Gadhafi in Benghazi in March 2011.Policy 'drifted towards regime change'"The consequence was political and economic collapse, inter-militia and inter-tribal (warfare), humanitarian and migrant crises, widespread human rights violations and the growth of ISIL in North Africa," the report said, using an alternative name for the ISIS militant group, which has gained control of parts of Libya.Read MoreThe committee found that Britain's policies on Libya that had intended to protect civilians had instead "drifted towards regime change and was not underpinned by strategy to support and shape post-Gadhafi Libya."Moammar Gadhafi (seen here in 1985) was overthrown and summarily executed in October 2011."This report determines that UK policy in Libya before and since the intervention of March 2011 was founded on erroneous assumptions and an incomplete understanding of the country and the situation," said the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, MP Crispin Blunt, in a statement."The UK's actions in Libya were part of an ill-conceived intervention, the results of which are still playing out today."He said "other political options were available" and might have come at a lower cost to both Libya and the United Kingdom. He added that there was a "lack of understanding of the institutional capacity of the country" that "stymied Libya's progress in establishing security on the ground."The committee said it had spoken to all key figures in the decision to intervene in Libya except for Cameron, who declined to take part in the inquiry, citing "the pressures on his diary," adding that other members of government had provided the information needed, the report said. World 'turned its back on Libya'The report said Cameron "was ultimately responsible for the failure to develop a coherent Libya strategy," despite establishing a National Security Council.It pointed out that when Cameron sought and received parliamentary approval for the intervention, he assured it was not aimed at regime change. "In April 2011, however, he signed a joint letter with United States President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy setting out their collective pursuit of 'a future without (Gadhafi),'" the report said,Libya's chaos, explained in five chartsBut a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office told CNN that the decision to intervene in Libya "was an international one, called for by the Arab League and authorized by the United Nations Security Council."The FCO spokesperson said Gadhafi "was unpredictable, and he had the means and motivation to carry out his threats. His actions could not be ignored, and required decisive and collective international action ... we stayed within the United Nations mandate to protect civilians."The inquiry, which took evidence from key figures -- including former Prime Minister Tony Blair, military chiefs and academics -- said the United Kingdom's policy decision followed those made in France, which "led the international community in advancing the case for military intervention in Libya," in which the United States became involved and played a key role.The international intervention, which followed an attempted uprising during the Arab Spring, paved the way for the removal of Gadhafi, who was eventually killed by the side of a road by supporters of the de facto government.But his death gave way to chaos, including inter-ethnic and tribal rivalries, that saw the country break down into city states, many of those with competing militias, CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson said. "But the most damning indictment that Libyans level against the international community is that it turned its back on Libya after Gadhafi was killed," he said. An invitation to ISISThe political upheaval created a vacuum for militant groups such as ISIS, which has taken advantage of the country's weakened institutions to spread its influence and strongholds beyond Syria and Iraq.ISIS militants are clinging on in the coastal city of Sirte and scattering to its south as they are attacked on the ground by militia that support the nascent Libyan government and from the air by US airstrikes. Libya's current internationally recognized government has struggled to quell the chaos and keep its grip on power. In 2014, Islamist militias forced the internationally recognized government to flee the capital Tripoli. They took refuge in the east of the country.The country has also become a gateway to Europe for migrants, many from sub-Sahara Africa, who have used the country to escape over the mostly open borders and reach the Mediterranean. Oil production in resource-dependent Libya has dived since the intervention, the economy suffering a double blow as world oil prices plunge. The World Bank has reported that Libya generated $41.14 billion GDP in 2014, the latest year for which figures are available, and that the average Libyan's annual income decreased from $12,250 in 2010 to $7,820. Libya is likely to experience a budget deficit of some 60% of GDP in 2016, the report said. The FCO spokesperson said "four decades of [Gadhafi] misrule" had inevitably left Libya facing "huge challenges," but that the UK was working to support the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord."We have allocated £10 million ($13.2 million) this year to help the new government to restore stability, rebuild the economy, defeat Daesh [ISIS] and tackle the criminal gangs that threaten the security of Libyans and exploit illegal migrants."

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(CNN)For LeBron James, breaking NBA records has become a habit.And on Wednesday, he broke yet another, becoming the player selected to the most All-NBA teams when it was announced he was selected to his 16th in his 17-year career. The Los Angeles Lakers star moved past Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in league history. James was named in the All-NBA first team alongside reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, Houston Rockets guard James Harden, Dallas Maverick guard Luka Doncic and James' teammate Anthony Davis. READ: NBA vs. Trump and the US Presidential electionRead MoreJames and Davis chat during the second quarter of their playoff game against the Houston Rockets.He also extended his own record for the most All-NBA first team selections by being named to his 13th All-NBA first team. He has been named in the second team twice and the third team once. The 35-year-old made yet more history alongside teammate Davis as the eighth pair of teammates to each earn first-team honors during a season. They're the first teammates to achieve the feat since Steve Nash and Amar'e Stoudemire with the Phoenix Suns during the 2006-07 season. James and Antetokounmpo both received All-NBA first team votes on all 100 ballots to finish with 500 points each.Hardwood floor from Kobe Bryant's final game expected to auction for more than $500,000Despite being one of the more senior players in the league, James is still playing at an extremely high level. He even seems to be evolving his game, leading the NBA in assists for the first time in his career.With the help of Davis and James, the Lakers reached the Western Conference Finals and will face the Denver Nuggets. The 16-time NBA champions last won the championship in 2010. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosDoncic, 21, is the first player to be selected to the All-NBA first team in either his first or second season since Duncan in 1998-99.The All-NBA teams are selected by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were awarded five points for each vote to the All-NBA first team, three points for each vote to the second team and one point for each vote to the third team.

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(CNN)Lewis Hamilton has extended his contract with Mercedes until 2023, the Formula One team announced on Saturday.The seven-time world drivers' champion said he was proud of how Mercedes had supported him in his drive to improve diversity and equality in Formula One."They [Mercedes] have held themselves accountable and made important strides in creating a more diverse team and inclusive environment," said the 36-year-old Hamilton in a statement on the team's website."It is hard to believe it's been nearly nine years working with this incredible team and I'm excited we're going to continue our partnership for two more years," added Hamilton, who has has won six of his seven F1 titles with Mercedes.Hamilton is seeking a record-breaking eighth world drivers' championship.The only Black driver on the grid, Hamilton has emerged as a powerful voice for diversity and racial equality within the sport.Read MoreAt the same time as equaling Michael Schumacher's record of seven F1 world championships last season, Hamilton was a strong voice against police brutality and racial injustice in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.The Mercedes driver wore a Black Lives Matter helmet with a black racing suit, while also taking the knee before each grand prix and encouraging his colleagues to do the same. His car was painted black as a statement of the team's commitment to diversity."We're entering a new era of car which will be challenging and exciting and I can't wait to see what else we can achieve together," said Hamilton of his new contract.'Peak of his powers'As he seeks a record-breaking eighth championship, Hamilton is second in the drivers' standings this season, 18 points behind Red Bull driver Max Verstappen."His achievements in this sport speak for themselves, and with his experience, speed and race-craft, he is at the peak of his powers, " said CEO and Team Principal Toto Wolff of Hamilton."We are relishing the battle we have on our hands this year -- and that's why we also wanted to agree this contract early, so we have no distractions from the competition on track," added Wolff."I have always said that as long as Lewis still possesses the fire for racing, he can continue as long as he wants."Hamilton has recorded 77 race victories and 74 pole positions with Mercedes, while the Briton holds the record for the most race wins -- 98 -- in F1.

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(CNN)In Donald Trump's White House, telephones were a valued commodity. The then-President loved to talk to everyone, said a former White House aide. "He took everybody's calls," the aide said, even interrupting national security briefings to make and receive calls.The phone was his lifeline, according to former Trump administration officials.And the ex-President's telephone habits have become a problem for January 6 investigators.That's because the House select committee looking into the US Capitol riot has discovered an unusual gap in Trump's official White House phone log for multiple hours, according to sources familiar with the House investigation -- from after he returned to the White House from speaking to his supporters at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, until he spoke via video to the nation from the Rose Garden. And it has got investigators looking elsewhere -- to other people's cell phones and perhaps even to Trump's own cell phones, although the committee has declined to take that uncomfortable step so far. Read MorePresident Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, June 27, 2017.The difficulty for the committee in tracking down just whom Trump spoke with -- and when -- is dealing with his unorthodox phone habits while in office: According to multiple sources formerly in the administration, the ex-President often used other people's telephones (or multiple phones of his own, sometimes rotated in and out of use) to communicate with his supporters -- and even family. One former staffer blamed the former President's habit on an aversion to anyone listening to his calls (which, in the White House, is hard for a president to avoid if he calls from a desk phone). So he would, frequently, grab the cell phone of a nearby aide or even a Secret Service agent to make calls. One case in point: After the Stormy Daniels story broke in 2018, Trump was on the golf course trying to reach his wife, Melania Trump, from his phone, and she did not pick up, according to a source with knowledge. So he turned to a Secret Service agent and used the agent's phone to try to reach her instead. The first lady then picked up. According to this source, the agent was not pleased his phone had been used this way.As CNN has reported, sources familiar with the investigation have not drawn any conclusions about the large gap in the phone records at this point. Trump may have decided not to make or receive calls, committee sources allow. There's also a chance that the National Archives will find more records -- on other people's phones -- to explain the gaps.Multiple sources have told CNN that former White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino was a common conduit for Trump's conversations, having an office in the outer Oval "within shouting distance" of the president. One source witnessed Scavino routinely handing his phone to Trump to take calls. The source describes Scavino as the "key to pretty much everything," given how much time he spent with the then-President. An attorney for Scavino declined to comment.Scavino, according to this source, had an official phone and a personal phone.He has been subpoenaed by the January 6 committee and is suing Verizon because of the committee's subpoena of his phone records. The lawsuit -- still in its earliest stage -- has temporarily stopped the phone company from giving logs of his calls and subscriber information to the House.The way former aides tell it, people would often get through to Trump by calling staff around him. Some callers, the aides say, found it easiest to communicate through chief of staff Mark Meadows or even daughter Ivanka Trump. They would offer Trump a call from an ally who was on hold, and he would either take it or wave them off with the back of his hand."He liked to talk to people he agreed with," said another aide. In addition, Trump typically would not take his own personal cell phone into the Oval Office, according to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who tried multiple times to reach him as the riot raged. "First, I called his secretary. She didn't pick up the phone. Went right to her voicemail. Then I called his body person and he didn't answer his phone. Then I called the White House switchboard and asked to be put through. And they said he was not available. And then I called his personal cell phone," Christie told CNN's Dana Bash in an interview last year. "I didn't know where he was. I tried his cell phone and it went to voicemail."Trump never called Christie back that day, the former governor told Bash.Trump did speak with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy during the insurrection -- although it was not noted in the official call logs. A call earlier that morning with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, first reported by CNN, was noted in the official log. As a way to gauge how unprecedented Trump's presidential behavior on the phone was -- and how he ran the White House generally -- a former senior White House official describes an early chaotic process with "almost no records of anything." "In fact," this former official says, "no one ever thought to ever keep track of people going in and out of the Oval." According to another former White House official, "for large chunks, at least, and most likely for the entirety of the Trump presidency, there aren't Oval Office visitor logs." Keeping such logs is not mandated, but it had become the norm under previous administrations. When Gen. John Kelly became Trump's chief of staff in July 2017, he tried to clean up the messy phone process inside the White House -- and his boss hated it, according to a former White House official. Kelly tried to keep call logs and screen Trump's calls, but the President bristled at the restrictions, because he didn't want Kelly to know with whom he was speaking, the former official said.By comparison, a source with knowledge says that in the previous administration, all calls were run through official White House channels -- through the residence, the switchboard, the Situation Room and the signal operator. There was no way to get around the tight strictures. "It just didn't happen," the source said. There was no circumventing that." And most calls were by appointment.In addition, the source said, then-President Barack Obama Obama would never have been allowed to use the phone of an aide or Secret Service agent to make calls. "Heavens, no," the source said.

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(CNN)Heading into the new year, 24-year-old Heather McClintock had hoped she and her fiancé could finally move beyond the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on their future -- namely their wedding in September. Instead, amid a highly transmissible variant still gripping large swaths of the nation, they have found their lives perpetually disrupted by the virus in recent weeks as they cared for infected family members, set out on epic scavenger hunts for tests and were consumed with worries about whether they and their friends could stay safe at a time when many employers are asking workers to return after shorter periods of quarantine. "I feel really burned out with this whole thing," said McClintock, voicing a sentiment felt by many Americans as she ran errands with fiancé Matthew LaBelle, 28, at a Louisville mall last week. Expressing dismay this is now "year three" of the pandemic, she noted she and LaBelle struggled not just to find at-home tests within an hour of their home in Bedford, Kentucky, but also masks and tools like pulse oximeters that can monitor the oxygen saturation in the blood of loved ones who are sick. "We knew what was coming and yet it doesn't feel like anybody was prepared for it," said McClintock, who works for a pool service company. "I feel like we, as a people, haven't been set up for success." As Omicron surged across the United States this winter, many Americans found their lives once again upended as the latest phase of the virus shattered the illusion that the US was approaching a return to pre-pandemic life. Read MoreThough cases are down across most of the country since reaching a peak, the daily disruptions continue, from the anxiety-provoking scrambles for child care as children are forced to quarantine, to the mundane inconveniences like long lines and shuttered bank branches caused by labor shortages. In more than two dozen interviews in Kentucky, Texas and California, many who spoke to CNN described frustration, exhaustion and anxiety as they try to accept uncertainty as their new normal. In Washington, DC, White House officials are trying to strike a hopeful tone, with Covid-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients arguing last week the US is continuing to "move toward a time when Covid won't disrupt our daily lives." But that future is still difficult for many to envision. "It's kind of like a never-ending cycle with all the variants and everything," said Gilberto Reyes-Chuela, 24, a college biology student who works at a Hispanic grocery store in Louisville owned by his parents. The mental health toll of daily life is still heavy, he said, from arguments with customers over masking to those who arrive asking for money to help bury relatives who have died. Gilberto Reyes-Chuela spends most of his time in his parents' grocery store, where he said he noticed a renewed sense of fear among customers during the Omicron surge. "They'll come in and bring like a little box, and they'll ask for money so they could send the body back to their home country to be buried ... Sometimes you recognize the people and -- this is more of a mental thing -- you realize that life is short," Reyes-Chuela said. "I don't know if we're turning a corner or getting out of it, but I think we're just in a rut." For some who have chosen to remain unvaccinated, there have been huge life changes. Toccarra Gartin, 39, the mother of a 17-year-old and 4-year-old from Floyd County, Indiana, said she was terminated in October after her employer, a health insurance company, did not accept her request for a religious exemption to the Covid vaccine. Gartin is Rastafarian, a religion she has practiced for more than a decade. She cashed in her 401(k) to support the family but worries about keeping up the payments for the internet -- especially if her kids are in remote learning -- as well as the mortgage and car payments. Toccarra Gartin, seen here standing outside the California Community Center in Louisville, said it doesn't feel like the country is turning a corner in its fight against the pandemic yet."I've been looking for employment. Unfortunately -- I think it is due to me not being vaccinated -- I submit my religious exemption whenever I do apply, but the majority of the time I get, 'Thanks for trying, but we went with someone else,'" she said. Gartin said she wears her mask faithfully and gets tested each week but has still lost friends over her vaccination status and often feels as if she is being treated as a "second-class citizen." "Mentally, that has drained me," she said. Unlike Gartin, many workers have been voluntarily leaving their jobs through the pandemic, with older Americans citing early retirement and young people looking for better pay. Omicron has become another factor in the complicated reality of the pandemic-era labor force. During the period from December 29 to January 10, a stunning 11.9 million people said they could not work because they either were sick from Covid, caring for someone with coronavirus symptoms or because they were concerned about getting or spreading the virus, according to the Census Bureau's most recent Household Pulse Survey. The fear of getting sick with Covid-19 recently led Diana Lopez, 38, to quit her job at a Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston. If she were to become severely ill, she said the virus could mean leaving her three children, ages 6, 9 and 13, as orphans in a relatively new country after relocating from El Salvador a few years ago. Diana Lopez, center, recently quit her job at a restaurant because she was afraid maskless coworkers could get her sick and put her sons Yeremy and Geovanny at risk."I couldn't stand seeing co-workers who were in the kitchen with (Covid-19) symptoms talking about not wanting to get vaccinated or saying the virus is not real. I'm scared because they were just sent home to quarantine and return to work within days. There are no other health measures, like asking employees to get vaccinated," said Lopez as she watched her children climb and run at a playground.For the past week, she's been applying for jobs and hoping she will be hired to stock shelves at a Walmart. It's a job that would allow her to socially distance more than working at a restaurant, and those safety concerns are paramount to her right now. People are 'eager to have their freedom back' Martin Campa, a professional clown in Houston known as Tin Tin Campa, who earns his living making families laugh at parties, has watched people's attitudes about the pandemic change over the past few years from fear and resilience to indifference. "Sometimes it seems like people forgot about the pandemic. They are not wearing face masks at all. They are dancing close to each other. I've been to homes where there are zero (health) measures taken," Campa, 49, said in Spanish as he applied his clown makeup at a mall in the Houston suburb of Humble. After the Covid-19 pandemic took him away from the circus, Martin Campa or "Tin Tin Campa," has been performing at kids' parties in Houston."It's complicated. ... I entrust myself to God...and may it be what God wants," he added when asked about what he does in those circumstances. "Thankfully, I'm fully vaccinated and boosted and if there's another dose, I'll take it." The pandemic pushed Campa to find a new life. After the Circo Hermanos Vazquez, the renowned circus he was a part of, temporarily shut down due to Covid-19, Campa was left with no home, no income and a family to feed. He initially painted homes and delivered food but as Americans longed for a return to normalcy and began throwing parties, he found a way to once again entertain as a clown. "They were eager to have their freedom back, eager to laugh again. Because they can't go to the circus or go to the movies, they are bringing entertainment home," Campa said. Still, grim reminders of the pandemic persist. In May, Campa said a family canceled a party when a mother died from Covid, and days later, decided to host the festivities to help the children cope with the loss. The collective eagerness to reach a sense of normalcy has taken a heavy toll on health workers at the HOPE Clinic, a community health center for the uninsured in Houston with a focus on the city's Asian American community. Despite their best efforts, Shane Chen says the Hope Clinic, a community health center in Houston, has faced critical staffing shortages related to Covid-19 infections."We have to operate low because we have no staff or the staff is so burnt out. You can see the unhappiness, stress and anxiety on their faces," said Shane Chen, the clinic's chief operating officer, adding the clinic recently reduced its service hours indefinitely to accommodate staffing shortages caused by Omicron infections. Staff members have been "frantically trying to get people tested and vaccinated," Chen said, while keeping themselves and their loved ones healthy for months. But at some point, after many waves of the pandemic, "the resiliency of people starts to wane," she said. With waves of school infections, the work-life juggling act returns Covid-19 cases cycling through schools have also created continual stress for parents across the country as warning notices from school officials seem to arrive each week, announcing new cases and potential exposures for close contacts. The Biden administration has insisted children can remain in school through test-to-stay procedures, but school testing and quarantine policies still vary widely, sometimes with different rules for children who are vaccinated and unvaccinated. Scattered districts across the country have returned to remote learning for stints ranging from a day to weeks, because of staff shortages or high case numbers, including some public schools in Kentucky, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma, Michigan and Maryland. Flint Community Schools in Michigan recently announced they would extend their virtual learning period indefinitely, the worst-nightmare scenario for parents who cannot stay home. Laurel Golden is one of the Chicago Public Schools parents who sued the Chicago Teachers Union in early January to force schools to open after the union's teachers refused to show up for in-person classes because of Covid concerns. She said her nine-year-old son will only have had five days of in-person learning in January by the time he goes back, including the days lost during the weeklong standoff with the union, followed by a mandatory 10-day quarantine after her son was exposed to Covid in his classroom. Life right now, Golden said, "is a state of not knowing what the next week will bring." "I get these emails two to three times a week sometimes from their schools, and it says there's been an exposure in the school -- and if you need to take further action, you'll get a further email," said Golden, who has three sons in public school. "Then I breathe a sigh of relief when I see it's not for one of our classrooms."Though she had hoped to return to her work in customer service, Golden told CNN she put those plans on the "back burner" when the standoff began between the teachers' union and the district. "There's too much unknown," she said. (Chicago students returned to in-person instruction in mid-January after the union reached an agreement with city and district officials for upgraded safety protocols). Fatima Omar recently faced a nerve-wracking situation when she was told her 10-year-old son would have to stay home from his school in Houston for a week after a classmate tested positive for the virus. Her mother died early in the pandemic and she has made it part of her family's routine to sanitize their home and get tested often. "I was very scared. Oh my God. ... It was too much," said the 33-year-old in west Houston while waiting in the car pick up line at her son's school. "I've lost a lot of people to the virus." Fatima Omar says her family is trying to do their best to keep healthy as her children attend in-person classes because they have lost many friends and close family members to Covid-19.Shahrzad Javid, a 38-year-old single mom, turned to her "village" -- her parents, her brother and sister-in-law, and some close friends -- to help juggle her seven-year-old daughter's new schedule when Louisville's Jefferson County Public Schools returned to remote learning for a two-week period that ended earlier this month. "It feels like your life just becomes very jumbled. And then you have to just take a step back and say: 'This is the situation, so I'm going to do the best I can,'" said Javid, who works for a Louisville land development company. And for other parents, staying home with their children during remote learning and having to miss work simply isn't an option they can afford, several Louisville residents told CNN.Jefferson County parents were advised the district will make a "day-to-day" determination on whether classes will remain in-person, meaning moms and dads like Javid are living text message to text message. It's not just parents who are in a precarious position. Many told CNN remote instruction hindered their children's school progress and had a profound impact on their mental health.Steve Ullum, a real estate agent and single dad to his 11-year-old daughter, moved away from the Jefferson County school district to enroll his daughter into a private school last fall to avoid more remote instruction, after her grades plummeted and her stress "skyrocketed."Steve Ullum, seen here in Brown Park in St. Matthews, Kentucky, said he and his daughter take precautions against Covid-19 when necessary, but felt remote learning wasn't working for them."I couldn't watch my daughter sink any further," he added. For parents of young children, constant vigilance and a waiting game For families with young children under the age of 5 who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated, or parents who do not yet feel comfortable vaccinating their children, life often feels like a recurring battle to stay vigilant and keep their kids safe. Lilibeth Rivas, 20, had hoped to be working in a warehouse in Santa Ana, California, this year while finishing her GED, but it would require putting her two-year-old and three-year-old children in day care. Though she is struggling to pay for food and rent, she says she still cannot bring herself to take that step after watching the near-death experiences of so many family members who contracted Covid. "Everybody got Covid except me and my kids, the little ones," Rivas said as the family spread out on a blanket at a Santa Ana park to celebrate her mother's birthday. "Everybody almost died from that." "I haven't worked because of my kids. I don't want to expose them," Rivas said, noting the park visit was their first time leaving the house for fun in nearly a month. "Even for school, I only go like once a week, or twice, so I won't get exposed around there." It's a struggle many are living across the country.Rachel Weiss said her family looked at Covid-19 policies and protocols when trying to decide where to send her children to school.Rachel Weiss, an associate professor of medicine from Shelby County, Kentucky, who has five-year-old twins and a two-year-old daughter, said her family has "successfully navigated two-plus years now without anyone becoming sick." Their primary goal is "to keep the virus out of our family, at least until the youngest can get vaccinated." It requires constantly re-evaluating the safety of everything the family does. They still worry most about what the impact of long Covid could be on their children, symptoms Weiss says she has seen firsthand through her work. One large study last year revealed one in three Covid-19 survivors experienced symptoms months after getting infected, including breathing problems, abdominal symptoms, fatigue, pain and anxiety, among other issues. "I make my decisions for our family and for my kids based on, 'Will I be OK with that decision 10 years from now?'" Weiss said. "If one of my kids, or myself, or family member ended up with long haul (Covid), because I was tired of wearing a mask or wanted to go to something that I knew was unsafe -- but it was just easier to say yes to -- would I be OK with that decision? For me, the answer is no."

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(CNN)Miss Mexico Andrea Meza was crowned Miss Universe at the 69th annual pageant, which was delayed last year due to Covid-19."MÉXICO ESTO ES PARA TI," Meza, 26, wrote in the caption of an Instagram post, which translates to "Mexico this is for you," alongside a video of her after the win was announced.Miss Mexico Andrea Meza is crowned Miss Universe onstage at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on May 16 in Hollywood, Florida.Miss Universe contestants unveil protest messages in politically charged pageantThe competition was held in Hollywood, Florida, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. "Access Hollywood's" Mario Lopez and Olivia Culpo, the 2012 Miss Universe, co-hosted the event, which also featured a performance by Luis Fonsi.Meza beat 73 other women, including Miss Brazil Julia Gama, who was runner-up, and Miss Peru Janick Maceta Del Castillo, who was second runner-up.Miss Mexico Andrea Meza is crowned Miss Universe onstage."I am so honored to have been selected among the 73 other amazing women I stood with tonight," Meza said in a news release from Miss Universe Organization. "It is a dream come true to wear the Miss Universe crown, and I hope to serve the world through my advocacy for equality in the year to come and beyond."Read MoreIn her final statement during the pageant, Meza spoke about beauty standards. "We live in a society that more and more is more than advanced, and as we advance as a society, we've also advanced with stereotypes," she said. "Nowadays beauty isn't only the way we look. For me, beauty radiates not only in our spirit, but in our hearts and the way that we conduct ourselves. Never permit someone to tell you that you're not valuable."How Miss Universe's historic win helped shift the status quo for beauty standardsMeza, who is from Chihuahua City, is a model and make-up artist and has a degree in software engineering, according to Miss Universe Organization's news release. She is also an activist, and "works closely with the Municipal Institute for Women, which aims to end gender-based violence," the release said. Meza also serves as the official Tourism Brand Ambassador for her hometown of Chihuahua, according to Miss Universe Organization.Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi, the first Black woman from South Africa to win the crown, had held the title since December 2019. "What a moment!" Meza wrote in another Instagram post, sharing a photo of when she was crowned. "Ready for this journey!"Meza will move to New York City "to represent the brand and various philanthropic organizations during her reign," Miss Universe Organization said.

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Story highlightsHamilton reveals secrets of winning record fourth F1 world title Mercedes driver beat Sebastian Vettel in 2017 championship (CNN)Even by his high standards, 2017 has been a remarkable year for Lewis Hamilton.The Mercedes driver clinched his fourth world title with two races to spare at the end of October after a series of dominant displays behind the wheel. Follow @cnnsport Hamilton's sublime speed in qualifying and race craft has drawn plaudits from every corner of the F1 paddock, but the Briton believes it was his psychological edge over Sebastian Vettel that ultimately helped him defeat the Ferrari driver. "The mental side of things was key to this year," Hamilton told CNN's The Circuit. Losing the championship last year enabled me to be the driver and the man I am todayLewis Hamilton"That really is the case for a lot of top athletes competing. It's the smallest thing, we're talking about small percentages. I think that's really, for me, been the biggest difference between us." Read MoreThe pair were tightly matched for much of 2017, with Vettel holding the upper hand for the first half of the season before Hamilton unleashed a blistering run of form, winning five times in six races to turn a 14-point deficit into a 66-point lead in the space of eight weeks. Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Vettel vs. Hamilton – Lewis Hamilton (left) and Sebastian Vettel have been battling on track all season. Click through the gallery to see how the 2017 Formula One season has played out. Hide Caption 1 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Melbourne: First blood to Vettel – The German took the checkered flag at the season opener in Melbourne leaving Hamilton and the Briton's new Mercedes teammate -- Valtteri Bottas -- trailing in his wake.Drivers' title race after round 1 Vettel 25 pointsHamilton 18 pointsBottas 15 pointsHide Caption 2 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Shanghai: Hamilton fights back – Hamilton pats his Mercedes car after it propelled him to victory at the Shanghai International Circuit. It was his fifth career win in China and saw the Briton draw level on points with Vettel who came home second. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was third. Drivers' title race after round 2Vettel 43 pointsHamilton 43 pointsBottas 23 pointsHide Caption 3 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Sakhir: Vettel shines under the lights – Vettel prevailed in Bahrain after Bottas had claimed a maiden pole in qualifying. During the race Hamilton was handed a five-second stop-go penalty for holding up Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in the pit lane. Vettel took full advantage eventually cruising to a comfortable win. Drivers' title race after round 3 Vettel 68 pointsHamilton 61 pointsBottas 38 points Hide Caption 4 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Sochi: Bottas scores maiden win – After claiming a first-ever pole in Bahrain, Bottas (far right) soared to a maiden F1 victory at the Russian Grand Prix. A fast start enabled the Finn to overtake the two Ferraris at the front of the grid. Vettel chased Bottas hard all the way to the line to claim second. Hamilton finished fourth. Drivers' title race after round 4 Vettel 86 pointsHamilton 73 pointsBottas 63 pointsHide Caption 5 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Barcelona: Hamilton reigns in Spain – After missing out on a podium in Russia, Hamilton roared back to the top step at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Briton was overtaken by Vettel at the start but Hamilton fought back, dramatically overtaking his title rival later in the race to take the checkered flag. Red Bull's Ricciardo took third -- his first podium of the season after Bottas suffered an engine failure.Drivers' title race after round 5Vettel 104 pointsHamilton 98 pointsBottas 63 pointsHide Caption 6 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Monte Carlo: Vettel takes third win of season – Vettel's teammate Kimi Raikkonen claimed his first pole in nine years at Saturday's qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix but it was the German who prevailed in the race after the Finn had led in the early stages. Vettel assumed the lead after pitting slightly later than the Finn and never looked back. Ricciardo finished third with Bottas fourth. Hamilton, meanwhile, who had started 13th on the grid, finished the race in sixth. Drivers' title race after round 6Vettel 129 pointsHamilton 104 pointsBottas 75 pointsHide Caption 7 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Montreal: Hamilton cuts Vettel's lead – After a disappointing showing at Monaco, Hamilton produced a driving masterclass in Montreal. In qualifying, he took his 65th career pole -- equaling Ayrton Senna's mark -- before bossing the race, crossing the line 20 seconds ahead of teammate Bottas while Ricciardo pipped Vettel to third. Drivers' title race after round 7Vettel 141 pointsHamilton 129 pointsBottas 93 pointsHide Caption 8 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Baku: Stroll makes history as title rivals clash – A chaotic race in Azerbaijan saw both Vettel and Hamilton miss the podium for the first time in 2017. The pair clashed on track during a Safety Car period from which Ricciardo ultimately profited. The Aussie's unlikely win was the fifth of his career, while Williams' teenager driver Lance Stroll (right) took third to become the youngest F1 rookie ever to make the podium.Drivers' title race after round 8Vettel 153 pointsHamilton 139 pointsBottas 111 pointsHide Caption 9 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Spielberg: Bottas scores second win – Bottas gave another example of why Mercedes chose him to replace Nico Rosberg at the German team. The Finn dominated the Austrian Grand Prix weekend -- qualifying in pole before keeping Vettel at bay in the race. Hamilton who started from eighth on the grid battled back to fourth. Drivers' title race after round 9Vettel 171 pointsHamilton 151 pointsBottas 136 pointsHide Caption 10 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Silverstone: Hamilton dominates home race – Hamilton was simply unstoppable at the British Grand Prix, qualifying more than half-a-second quicker than the Ferraris before delighting home fans with a commanding win. Both Vettel and teammate Raikkonen suffered punctures late in the race. Raikkonen recovered to finish third, but Vettel could only manage seventh, slashing his championship lead over Hamilton to a single point.Drivers' title race after round 10Vettel 177 pointsHamilton 176 pointsBottas 154 pointsHide Caption 11 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Budapest: Vettel bounces back – Another race, another twist as this time Ferrari took the honors with Vettel leading teammate Raikkonen home, followed by the two Mercedes. Hamilton finished fourth after letting Bottas through for the final podium spot -- the Finn had let the Brit past earlier in what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid to chase down the two Ferraris.Drivers' title race after round 11Vettel 202 pointsHamilton 188 pointsBottas 169 pointsHide Caption 12 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Spa: Hamilton makes F1 history – Hamilton equaled Michael Schumacher's all-time pole record of 68 at the Belgian Grand Prix and then fended off a challenge from Vettel in the final 10 laps to take the checkered flag and his third career victory at Spa Francorchamps.Drivers' title race after round 12Vettel 220 pointsHamilton 213 pointsBottas 179 pointsHide Caption 13 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Monza: Hamilton wins in Ferrari's back yard – After trailing Vettel all season, Hamilton finally got his nose in front in the drivers' championship showing a zen-like composure at the Italian Grand Prix. Ferrari, however, had a weekend to forget on home soil. A poor qualifying in wet conditions was followed by a frustrating race. Vettel did squeak onto the podium behind the Mercedes duo, but his title lead had slipped away. Drivers' title race after round 13Hamilton 238 pointsVettel 235 pointsBottas 197 pointsHide Caption 14 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Marina Bay Street Circuit: Ferrari crashes out – Disaster strikes for Ferrari in Singapore as both Vettel and Raikkonen crash out on the opening lap -- Raikkonen hit his teammate after colliding with Max Verstappen at the start. Lewis Hamilton, who started from fifth, avoids trouble and quickly assumes the lead which he holds to the checkered flag. The win, his third at the Singapore GP extends the Briton's lead over Vettel to 28 points. Drivers' title race after round 14Hamilton 263 pointsVettel 235 pointsBottas 212 pointsHide Caption 15 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Sepang International Circuit: Verstappen makes more history – Max Verstappen celebrates after a superb victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver had endured a miserable run of luck in 2017 with seven retirements in the 14 previous grands prix. But any disappointment was banished in Malaysia as he sped to a second career F1 win. The Dutchman, who turned 20 on September 30, was already the youngest-ever F1 race winner. With victory in Malaysia he is now the second youngest winner too. Lewis Hamilton was a distant second to Verstappen with Daniel Ricciardo finishing third. Sebastian Vettel crossed the line in fourth after starting in last place, which all means that Hamilton extends his championship lead over Vettel to 34 points. Drivers' title race after round 15Hamilton 281 pointsVettel 247 pointsBottas 222 pointsHide Caption 16 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Suzuka: Hamilton closes in on fourth title – Lewis Hamilton took a giant step towards a fourth world title at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Briton led from start to finish to scoop his eighth win of the season while Sebastian Vettel suffered a DNF, limping out with engine issues at the start of the race. The Red Bull pairing of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed another good weekend, finishing second and third respectively. Hamilton's victory means he now has a 59-point lead with four races remaining and will clinch the 2017 drivers' championship if he outscores Vettel by 16 points at the US Grand Prix in Austin on October 22.Drivers' title race after round 16Hamilton 306 pointsVettel 247 pointsBottas 234 pointsHide Caption 17 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Circuit of the Americas: Hamilton sprints to victory – Lewis Hamilton wins his fifth race in six grands prix to extend his lead to 66 points over Sebastian Vettel. The German finished second and still has a mathematical chance of winning the 2017 world championship, but Hamilton could wrap up the title at the Mexico Grand Prix on October 29. Drivers' title race after round 17Hamilton 331 pointsVettel 265 pointsBottas 244 pointsHide Caption 18 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez: Hamilton makes history – Lewis Hamilton wins the 2017 world championship to claim his fourth F1 title. The Mercedes driver finished ninth to secure the two points he needed to guarantee Vettel could not catch him in the last two races. After the two collided at the start of the race, Vettel fought back to eventually finish second behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Hamilton was ninth. Verstappen's third F1 win was overshadowed by the towering achievements of Hamilton who became the most successful British driver of all time and only the fifth man in F1 history to win four world championships. Drivers' title race after round 18Hamilton 333 pointsVettel 277 pointsBottas 262 pointsHide Caption 19 of 20 Photos: The story of the 2017 season ...Interlagos: Vettel back to winning ways – Sebastian Vettel hadn't won a race since the Hungarian Grand Prix in July. In the intervening period between then and the Mexico Grand Prix, he squandered a 14-point lead and lost sight of Lewis Hamilton as the Briton sped away to a fourth world title. In Brazil, Vettel triumphed once again to record his fifth win of the season and the 47th of his career. Hamilton started the race in last place after crashing out of qualifying early on, but stormed through the field to finish fourth behind Kimi Raikkonen and second-placed Valtteri Bottas. Drivers' title race after round 19Hamilton 345 pointsVettel 302 pointsBottas 280 points Hide Caption 20 of 20Vettel and Ferrari didn't exactly help themselves at times. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June, Vettel was hit with a 10-second penalty for deliberately bumping into the side of Hamilton's car after he claimed the Briton had brake tested him during a period behind the safety car.He and teammate Kimi Raikkonen dramatically crashed into one another at Singapore Grand Prix and then Vettel was forced to retire in Japan with a spark plug failure shortly after the start of the race.READ: Senna's legacy to Brazil's youthREAD: Hamilton says teammates robbed in Brazil'Good energy'The sensational reversal in fortunes ultimately earned Hamilton the title, banishing the disappointments of the previous season when he lost out in a bitter battle with then teammate Nico Rosberg.Defeat to his arch rival still rankles on one level but, on another, Hamilton has been able to see the rivalry's merits as part of a bigger learning curve during his five years at Mercedes.READ: Hamilton has 'come of age'"I think I came to the team with a good energy but my work ethic is so much better today -- so I would have applied that at the beginning," he said. "I probably would have five championships right now, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Losing the championship last year enabled me to be the driver and the man I am today." Hamilton insists that he didn't learn from how Rosberg went about his business last year. "No. Zero," was his swift reply when asked."I'd say probably the only teammate I've ever really learned something from would have been Fernando (Alonso) -- it was my first year in F1," he said, referring to his teammate at McLaren in 2007. "After that, I would say I was able to have the experience, so I never felt I was taking anything from another driver. I was just always trying to enhance and unlock my own abilities." Where does Hamilton rank in the pantheon of F1 greats? Have your say on our Facebook page. Chasing SchumacherA decade on from his rookie season, Hamilton's experience has propelled him into rarefied F1 territory. He is the first British driver to win four world titles and is only the fifth driver in history to achieve the feat, joining Vettel, Alain Prost, five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio, and Michael Schumacher, who claimed seven.JUST WATCHEDViviane Senna on her brother Ayrton's legacyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHViviane Senna on her brother Ayrton's legacy 03:58Aged 32, the German's benchmark is realistically within the Briton's grasp, but Hamilton is coy about his prospects."I'm not thinking about that. I can't envisage me being around for seven but I also can't say never," he said."You've just got to enjoy the ones you have ... I can't believe that I've got four. Of course I want to win more but if I don't win another championship would that be the end of my life? No. I'm gonna do other great things."For now, it's time to bask in the glow of a historic year when he secured his place among the all-time F1 greats and earned the adulation of his peers. Visit CNN.com/motorsport for more news & features"The respect I have received from certain drivers is something I really, really appreciate because naturally you want to be respected by your peers ... because I have that respect for other people that I race with," he said. "To hear that reflected and reciprocated, that's a great feeling."

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Story highlightsPeople cowered behind cars, sobbing, too frightened to moveMother: Our unborn child gave us the will to survive"I knew I had to protect you," mother writes in letter (CNN)What Sneha Mehta remembers most is not so much the noise, the debris and the fear. It is instead the kindness of strangers. She and her husband, Sameep, had just flown in from Abu Dhabi to Brussels on Tuesday when bombs went off in the airport and the ceiling started falling on their heads.The arrivals area is below ground level, and it was difficult to know what to do. Sameep thought maybe they should drop to the floor in case gunfire broke out. But they decided instead to try to make it out of there.Sneha and Sameep Mehta were in the Brussels Airport Tuesday when terrorists struck."I absolutely didn't know which direction to run in," Sneha told CNN in a phone interview.Here's what we know about the Brussels terror attacksRead MoreShe thought for a moment that she might die there. But she didn't fear death, she said. She was with the man she loved.Then the moment passed. She knew 'for sure' she would surviveFortunately, the Mehtas knew the layout of the airport. They made their way to the parking garage. They saw people cowering behind cars and sobbing, too frozen with fear even to run.JUST WATCHEDU.S. doctor and friend treated Brussels victimsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHU.S. doctor and friend treated Brussels victims 04:30 Police and rescue crews were on the scene almost immediately, doing everything they possibly could to help people.But she knew she would survive. "I knew for sure," Sneha said. "I knew for sure." It was for the sake of the baby. She is 16 weeks pregnant.JUST WATCHEDThe psychology of terror ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe psychology of terror 01:25 The Mehtas ran onto the highway. A cab stopped to pick them up. The driver not only took them to the hospital, he also talked to them the whole way -- just what they needed at a time like that. And then, at Sint Augustinus hospital, there was a beautiful moment: The ultrasound exam showed that the baby -- the Mehtas don't know yet whether it is a boy or a girl -- appeared to be healthy and content, safe in the womb, sucking its thumb.'May you always be brave and healthy'When she and her husband got home to Antwerp, Sneha felt she had to write a letter to her baby. Maybe it will be unsealed when the child is 16. Maybe later. She hasn't decided yet.An earlier ultrasound of the Mehta's unborn child.But she needed an outlet. And she needed, she said, to write the letter while the feelings were fresh and raw -- to capture them before they faded."Hi Sweetheart," she wrote."I don't know if we already acknowledged this with you in person, but when you were 16 weeks old, mum and dad were in an explosion at Brussels Airport."And no matter where humanity is today, I just want to tell you that life is a wonderful thing, and the world is really full of remarkable people."You didn't just give mum and dad faith and reason to live, you gave the awareness and presence of mind like never before."I felt more alive than I ever have, and I knew I had to protect you, so I was calm, composed and fully aware that we will survive."When we reached Sint-Augustinus emergency, and we saw you oblivious and sucking at your thumb at the ultrasound, and doing your general acrobatics, all the mistrust, hate and angst for the terrorist attack vaporized."I do hope with all my heart that you are born into a better world, and if not, then you do absolute best to make it that."You are absolutely precious to us, and have already been a hero today. I guess the world has sent so much love and hope your way, you owe your life to reciprocating that goodness. "May you always be brave and healthy. We love you beyond words. "Mum and Dad"'Regardless of race, color or background ...'And now, when she thinks of that Tuesday, Sneha thinks not so much of the few people so disfigured by hate that they perpetrated the attack. She thinks instead of the emergency people doing their work and more, she said, with all their hearts. She thinks of all the drivers who stopped along the highway to pick up people sobbing at the side of the road.She thinks of the community in which she lives. "And people are still coming together, regardless of race, color or background," she said.She thinks instead of all life has to offer."It's a very unfortunate event," she said."But it's still largely a beautiful world."Follow @Don_Melvin CNN's Florence Davey-Attlee contributed to this report.

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(CNN)After months of sports season suspensions, professional leagues are trying to figure out how to kick things back into gear.Teams are beginning to reopen their practice facilities for individual players to train. Leagues are in talks to resume their seasons, albeit under very different circumstances. And while sports are unlikely to look the same for a while, it appears that things are moving along.Here's where each of the leagues stand on reopening.NFLA parking lot is nearly empty in front of the Indianapolis Colts training facility on May 19 in Indianapolis. Coaching staffs and all players except those undergoing injury rehabilitation are barred from the facilities in the first phase of the league's plan. -- The NFL held a two-hour league virtual meeting on May 19. Among the topics discussed were health and safety -- including the opening of NFL training facilities, which some teams have done.Read More-- NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills was asked on a conference call with reporters following the meeting about a potential date on when players could return for mini camps. Sills said the league was "not putting dates on the calendar at this point" because testing availability and reliability was not yet at a satisfactory level. NBA-- The Brooklyn Nets are reopening their practice facility on Tuesday. The move comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that professional sports leagues across the state are free to permit athletes to return for training.-- NBA teams in states or cities that have relaxed guidelines were allowed to resume player workouts as of May 8. A maximum of four players can work out at a time and coaches are prohibited from being at the facility.-- ESPN reports that there will be a Board of Governors meeting this Friday to discuss plans on how to proceed with the season, including recalling players to their markets around June 1. CNN Sports has reached out to NBA for confirmation.-- The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are in talks with The Walt Disney Company about resuming the 2019-2020 season in late July at one of its facilities.MLB-- The Tampa Bay Rays are one of the few Major League Baseball teams to open up their game-day stadium for players to begin individual workouts. Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, saw more than a dozen players, working out in groups of two, take to the field on Monday.-- The Houston Astros also opened Minute Maid Park in Houston on Monday, along with their spring training site in West Palm, Florida. Other teams have also opened up their spring training facilities.--The MLB and MLBPA are set to meet Tuesday. The league is planning to propose an alternative proposal to the players in regards to salary, according to The Athletic. CNN Sports has reached out to MLB for confirmation.-- MLB owners have finalized a plan that may allow the 2020 season to start on Fourth of July weekend, according to multiple outlets, including the New York Times and ESPN.-- Owners and league management have agreed upon an 82-game regular season, down from the traditional 162 games, according to the reports.-- Spring training will begin in early to mid-June, and games would resume in early July in ballparks without fans, as long as state legislation and health officials allow, reports say.MLSPortland Timbers midfielder Sebastian Blanco trains individually at the team practice facility on May 8 in Portland. -- The New York Red Bulls, New York City FC and the Montreal Impact, are the latest clubs to receive clearance to return to training fields for the start of voluntary individual workouts. They join 19 other MLS teams that have done so.-- It's the first training of any kind at club facilities since MLS instituted a full team training moratorium following the suspension of league play on March 12. That moratorium is currently set to run through June 1. Matches are suspended until at least June 8.-- All player workouts are voluntary and must be conducted in compliance with detailed health and safety protocols created in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts. NWSL-- The National Women's Soccer League opened their nine team facilities for small, individual group training. Clubs are allowed to hold full team practices beginning on Saturday.-- The NWSL season was supposed to begin on April 18. Yahoo! Sports reported that the league was on the cusp of announcing a tournament-style start to its season at the end of June. -- When asked by CNN for comment, NWSL said it would "share info when available."NHLSam Hess, Operations with Monumental Sports & Entertainment, skates alone prior Detroit Red Wings playing against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on March 12 in Washington.-- The NHL on May 26 unveiled its plan to resume the current season, which involves forgoing the remainder of the regular season and going straight into the playoffs. The playoffs would consist of a first-of-its-kind 24-team Stanley Cup Playoffs tournament with seven teams not resuming their 2019-2020 season. Two cities will serve as hubs for teams and games, and 10 cities are currently under consideration to serve as the hubs. A specific start date has not yet been announced. -- A "Phase 2" return to sport protocol outlined in a league memo on Sunday allows small groups of players to use home team facilities and ice. A maximum of six players will be able to train and skate together at a time. Players are to wear face coverings except while on the ice or exercising, and coaches are not allowed to participate in on-ice sessions. --The 22-page memorandum outlines cleaning and disinfecting requirement and includes a checklist form for team staff to utilize. Premier LeagueA English Premier League Nike Ball is sprayed with disinfectant during a training session at Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground on May 20 in Wolverhampton, England.-- The English Premier League could announce a return date by the end of this week, according to Sky News.-- Clubs are expected to agree on Wednesday to introducing phase two of training, which would allow close-contact training in groups of up to 12 players, Sky News reported.Brian Kargus, David Close and Allen Kim contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsHow does the Champions League final compare to the Super Bowl?Which generates more revenue?Which attracts the bigger audience? (CNN)The Champions League final is undoubtedly the biggest annual event on the football calender.Glory, millions of dollars and a place in history beckon, all played out in front of fans spread across more than 200 countries.Follow @cnnsport This year, on Saturday, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid -- meeting in the showpiece event for the second time in three years -- will be the two clubs with the eyes of the world fixed upon them.But just how does this match compare to the USA's biggest sporting event: the Super Bowl?CNN takes a look at everything from revenue generated to worldwide audience to find out.

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(CNN)An explosion rocked an intersection near a subway station Tuesday evening in Turkey's most populous city, Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu Agency reported.Five people were injured in the blast in Istanbul's Bayrampasa district, said Atilla Aydiner, the district mayor.There was conflicting information about the cause of the explosion. Aydiner, speaking to Turkish television, said a bomb caused it. State broadcaster TRT also said the blast was caused by a bomb.However, Istanbul's city government, in a statement on its website, said the explosion's cause was unknown and under investigation.Details on what led Aydiner to believe that a bomb was involved weren't immediately available.Read MoreThe explosion happened around 6 p.m., Anadolu reported.Video footage from the scene showed a riot police bus passing by moments before the explosion. Police are looking for a suspect who was seen at the site before the blast, and investigators are looking into whether the attack might have been targeting the bus.CNN's Ian Lee and Zeynep Bilginsoy contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Ralph Emery, a legendary radio and television personality in the world of country music, died Saturday at the age of 88, according to the Country Music Association.Emery "passed away peacefully" on Saturday morning, surrounded by his family at Tristar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, the Tennessean reported, citing a family statement.Emery was born on March 10, 1933, in McEwen, Tennessee. He began his career in the early 1950s at small radio stations in the state before going on to become one of the most famous TV and radio personalities in country music, including announcing on the Grand Ole Opry from 1961 to 1964, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame.Ronnie Spector, lead singer of The Ronettes, dead at 78"Ralph Emery's impact in expanding country music's audience is incalculable. On radio and on television, he allowed fans to get to know the people behind the songs. Ralph was more a grand conversationalist than a calculated interviewer... Above all, he believed in music and in the people who make it," Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, said in a tribute on its website.Emery was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.Read More"Ralph Emery was often better known than the stars he introduced to larger and larger audiences over the years as Country Music's foremost ambassador," Sarah Trahern, Country Music Association CEO, said in a statement."Our format had no better voice over the years than Ralph, who treated Country Music and its stars -- many of whom went on to become his friend -- with the kind of dignity and respect they deserved for decades. As a Country Music Hall of Famer, he will be remembered among so many of the artists he supported throughout his career."Loretta Lynn, country music legend and "dear friend" of Emery, tweeted, "It breaks my heart to learn of Ralph Emery's passing. Ralph and I go way back. He was a Nashville original and you cannot underestimate the role he played in the growth and success of country music. He made you feel at ease and interviewed everyone just like an old friend."In a tweet, the city of Nashville mourned Emery."Your legacy will live on forever, Ralph. Thank you for everything you've done."

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London (CNN)A commemorative Brexit coin has been unveiled by Britain's finance minister Sajid Javid as the UK prepares to leave the European Union on Friday.The inscription on the 50 pence coin (worth about 65 cents) reads: "Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations. 31 January 2020."Around 3 million of the Brexit coins will enter circulation from Friday, with a further 7 million later this year.It's been a year of scandal and missteps for Britain's royals. Now the 93-year-old Queen is needed more than everThe introduction of the coins is one of several commemorative measures intended to mark Brexit -- government officials confirmed that a projection of a clock counting down to the second the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on January 31 would shine onto the bricks of Downing Street, and light displays would illuminate government buildings. Around 3 million of the coins will enter circulation from Friday, and a further 7 million later this year. As part of the plans for Brexit day, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to give an address in the evening of January 31 and Union flags will be flown in Parliament Square. But not all of the celebrations scheduled to mark Brexit have gone smoothly. Read MoreQueen appoints Prince William to new role amid royal shakeupIn October, the Treasury confirmed to CNN that the UK's Royal Mint had stopped making a different batch of commemorative coins, which had the inscription of the October 31, 2019 -- the scheduled date for the UK's departure, which was later pushed to January 31. The UK government had also come under pressure to back a bid for Big Ben to chime to mark Brexit, but, plans were scuppered after Commons authorities ruled out the proposal because it could cost £500,000. On Friday, EU chiefs Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen announced they had signed the Withdrawal Agreement, paving the way for European Parliament to ratify the UK's departure. The European Parliament is expected to vote on the ratification on Wednesday.

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(CNN)John Daly has been approved to use a golf cart at next week's PGA Championship. This was first reported by the Associated Press.Scott Reid, the championship director for this year's PGA Championship, told CNN in an email on Wednesday that Daly applied for the use of a cart through its American with Disabilities Act policy. Follow @cnnsport Daly provided the requisite information to allow for a review of his request by the PGA of America's medical team. The request was reviewed and approved, Scott said.The PGA did not say what Daly's condition is. CNN has reached out to a representative for Daly for comment.Daly won the PGA Championship in 1991.Last year, Daly tweeted to his fans that he withdrew from the US Senior Open, due to osteoarthritis in his right knee, after his request to use a cart was denied.Read More"Just going to give the knee a rest. Don't know what's ahead for me," he wrote.JUST WATCHEDGolf star Bubba Watson discusses CBD useReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHGolf star Bubba Watson discusses CBD use 01:16Daly has previously spoken of his use of stem cells to treat a recurring knee problem.A two-time major champion, Daly won the PGA Championship in 1991 and has a lifetime exemption playing in the tournament. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions, a senior circuit for players age 50 and up, and regularly uses a cart during that competition.Visit CNN.com/Sport for more news, features and videosDaly, 53, will be the first men's golfer to use a cart in a major since Casey Martin did it at the US Open in 2012 and 1998.The PGA Championship begins May 16 at Bethpage Black, a public golf course in New York.

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Story highlightsDarya Klishina is appealing and should have a decision in a few daysAll other Russian athletics competitors were already banned from Rio (CNN)Long jumper Darya Klishina, Russia's only Olympic competitor in athletics, has been suspended from the Rio Games by track and field's governing body, pending a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.The International Association of Athletics Federations informed Klishina last week that it has withdrawn her name from the Olympics and other competitions based on new information it received, said IAAF spokesman Yannis Nikolaou.The IAAF was not able to comment on what new information this was.Klishina, a world youth champion in 2007, is challenging the decision with CAS."I am a clean athlete and have proved that already many times and beyond any doubt," she said on Facebook. "(Having been) based in the US for three years now, I have been almost exclusively tested outside of the anti-doping system in question. Read More"I am falling victim to those who created a system of manipulating our beautiful sport and (are) guilty of using it for political purposes."A decision on the case is expected within in a couple of days, Nikolaou said. The women's long jump is scheduled to begin Tuesday. The secretary-general for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Matthieu Reeb, confirmed the appeal to CNN via email but had no further details.With Klishina's suspension, Russia no longer has any athletes competing in track and field in Rio. The IAAF ruled out the other 67 athletes on the Russian athletics team before the Games began.Also Saturday, the The World Anti-Doping Agency announced that someone illegally accessed the WADA database account of Yuliya Stepanova, one of the key whistleblowers in exposing state-run doping in Russia.No other athlete accounts were compromised, WADA said. Thousands of athletes have accounts on the system, which is used to log their anti-doping information.CNN's Aleks Klosok, Elwyn Lopez and Chris Eldergill contributed to this report.

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Reno, Nevada (CNN)Glen Duppenthaler walked into Paisan's Old World Deli in Reno, Nevada, clutching a red notebook. The monthly Republican Women of Reno meeting was holding an "Election Integrity Workshop" and the retiree was prepared to take notes. Attendees were promised, "We will discuss next steps to prevent 2022 election from being stolen. You will go away with action items." Duppenthaler, 74, was ready. "Yes, there was fraud. 100%! The numbers show it," she told CNN of the 2020 election, despite multiple Nevada lawsuits being dismissed for lack of evidence and the state's Republican secretary of state investigation also finding no sign of widespread wrongdoing.Nevada voter Glen Duppenthaler says she "100%" believes there was election fraud in 2020.But the Reno meeting is evidence of continuing pockets of anger at former President Donald Trump's loss to President Joe Biden, a misguided belief that the election was somehow stolen through a broken system and the desire to get that system fixed by changing secretaries of state who act as election referees. Headlining the women's group event was Jim Marchant, a Republican candidate to be Nevada's new secretary of state. Marchant, a former member of the Nevada state assembly, lost his 2020 election for the US House by more than 16,000 votes. He publicly blames that defeat on baseless claims of election fraud, for which he failed to produce evidence in a lawsuit that sought to overturn the result. Read More"The difference between myself and my opponents -- I'm the only one that believes there was election fraud," said Marchant, 65. Jim Marchant, pictured at an election watch party in 2020, says he was cheated of a win like Donald Trump. "We gotta watch the polls. We gotta watch people counting the votes. We got to challenge the courts," he told the audience. "So, get ready to work."CNN was not permitted into the event, but the owner of Paisan's seated the crew close by in the public section of the restaurant to listen to the speeches happening behind a gray curtain. Duppenthaler applauded with the rest of the crowd, mainly senior citizens like her, as Marchant underscored each false point and presented invented data points about America's election process. A truck parked outside Paisan's bears an image of former President Trump and the question "Miss Me Yet?""I thought he was excellent. His ideas are in line with MAGA," said Duppenthaler afterwards, referencing Trump's "Make America Great Again" platform. For her, having Republicans in office is no longer enough, she wants them "Trump-backed." "We have people in there that are not in there for the people, they're in there for themselves," she said. Clutching flyers about how to become a poll worker along with her red notebook, Duppenthaler had embraced Marchant's message that 2020 election deniers needed to be the top election chiefs in battleground states.She had her action item for 2022. Unfounded promises Marchant told the women in Reno that, as secretary of state, he would eliminate all voting machines, early voting and mail-in ballots, without explaining that moves like that would come from the state legislature not the executive branch.He said he would seek out an unnamed company in Texas to print ballots with new security features -- a favorite topic of the far-right and fabulist QAnon forums. "This ballot, you hold it up to a blacklight. You can see watermarks and holograms," Marchant claimed. As well as campaigning in Nevada, Marchant said he is supporting similar campaigns putting together what he calls a coalition to fight in other battleground states. That coalition, as Marchant has repeated on Trump ally Steve Bannon's podcast and at a QAnon-themed conference in Las Vegas last summer, is made up of Trump-endorsed Republican secretary of state candidates in Arizona, Georgia and Michigan. In that coalition is Kristina Karamo, a Republican candidate for secretary of state in Michigan. She has posted multiple lies about Michigan's election and spent weeks challenging the results. Two-hundred-and-fifty post-election audits by Michigan's secretary of state reaffirm the accuracy of the election and that Biden won the state by more than 150,000 votes. Trump has endorsed Karamo's campaign. Karamo did not return multiple phone calls from CNN for a request for an interview or directly respond to an in-person request made through her family. Instead, she posted the CNN reporter's business card on her Facebook page, writing, "I will not be intimidated." Mark Finchem, here campaigning in Virginia in 2021, is vying to be Arizona secretary of state.In Arizona, another Trump-endorsed candidate, Mark Finchem, is also running for secretary of state. He spoke at Trump's first rally of 2022, declaring, "We know it and they know it: Donald Trump won!"Finchem has repeatedly touted multiple lies about the election and the results of the partisan audit of Maricopa County's ballots last year. That Republican-commissioned audit was widely discredited but even it found Biden won. "With all the evidence we have, the Arizona election should be decertified," said Finchem at the rally.In Georgia, Trump has endorsed Republican Rep. Jody Hice, who's challenging Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a primary. Raffensperger denied Trump's outrageous request to "find 11,980 votes" made in a phone call in January 2021. Alarm bells elsewhere Campaigns for the state races that used to fly largely under the radar are making many sit up and take notice in 2022."The stakes could not be higher. We are at code red for American democracy," said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat. She is the chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State. "We are seeing a coordinated effort by extreme Republicans to undo American democracy. And part of that effort is to win these key swing state, secretary of state seats. And secretaries of state are one of the last stop gates to safeguarding democracy," Griswold said.Democrats are taking action -- raising $4.5 million for these races last year, a record for the group.The counting of votes came under scrutiny after the 2020 election, with recounts and audits as here in Phoenix, Arizona. The importance of these state offices became crystal clear in contested states in 2020, Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg said. "Under the stress of the 2020 election results and the unprecedented attack on the accuracy of the results, secretaries of state had to step up in a way that they have not historically had to, in order to validate accuracy of the results." In GOP primaries in 2022, Ginsberg sees the fiercest battle for democracy being waged in the open. "In 2022, the secretaries of state races are being used as surrogate races to either validate or refute the Big Lie from 2020," he said. "As a Republican, it worries me a great deal for the future of popular credibility and elections, that the role of secretary of state -- a nonpartisan election role, where you have to call balls and strikes -- is becoming so politicized. That is a bottomless pit from which neither of the political parties would emerge unscathed."Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters, a left-leaning nonprofit media watchdog, is graphic in his warning of what may lie ahead for American democracy. "The scaffolding is being constructed right now in plain sight," he said. Carusone said what he sees is the normalization of these extreme election deniers being part of a path that could "very likely result in a constitutional crisis or a total undermining of our democratic norms and systems.""This cauldron of extremism and disinformation is being propelled by social media," said Carusone. "It's created a lot of kinetic energy that is now a part of more mainstream politics. This is both an early warning system as well as an alarm bell for fires that are already going off. Acceptance of results is not going to be tolerated anymore, unless they align with what this sector wants."Chris Johnson left the Reno event with the answer to her dismay over the 2020 election.Back in Reno, Marchant's event was motivating not just for Duppenthaler but for many of the women who attended the Republican Women of Reno meeting. "The algorithms from state to state reveal the facts," said Linda Park, after the two-hour misinformation event. "You'd have to be ignorant to not see what's going on. There was so much fraud in this last election."Chris Johnson, another member of the Republican Women of Reno, said she walked away from Marchant's event convinced she'd found the solution to her dismay over the 2020 election. "I think he knows what he's doing," said Johnson of Marchant. "I believe in his efforts and I totally support him."

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(CNN)The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced on Monday that they have granted Tyreke Evans' request to be reinstated as a player after being banned for nearly three years. Evans was "dismissed and disqualified" from the NBA on May 17, 2019, for "testing positive for a prohibited substance under the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program," the NBA said in its statement. The 32-year-old now is an unrestricted free agent and can negotiate contacts with any team immediately and, from noon E.T on Friday, can sign a contract. Evans last played for the Indiana Pacers in 2019. During his time away from the court, he has posted videos on his Instagram account of him staying in basketball shape. Read MoreOn Monday, he posted a video with the caption: "I'm back in that mode time up."The guard had had a productive start to his career having been drafted No. 4 overall by the Sacramento Kings in 2009. He was named rookie of the year in 2010 after becoming just the fourth player in NBA history to average 20 points, five rebounds, and five assists per game in his rookie season, alongside Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James.He had spells at the New Orleans Pelicans, a return to Sacramento and one with the Memphis Grizzlies before his season with the Pacers before his suspension. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosEvans and Domantas Sabonis look on against the Boston Celtics during Game Four of round one of the 2019 NBA Playoffs.In his 594 games in the league, he has averaged 15.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists. According to the NBA and NBPA Anti-Drug Program, players can be banned from the league for a minimum of two years for testing positive for what it defines "drugs of abuse." Players testing positive for performance-enhancing substances are suspended for 25 games (for the first violation) and 55 games (for the second violation), and banned from the league for a minimum of two years (for the third violation).

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Paris (CNN)Paris police have warned that the melted roof of Notre Dame Cathedral has left extremely high levels of lead in the square in front of the fire-damaged building and the roads around it, but added there was no danger of toxic inhalation. "The analysis of the samples made since Notre Dame's fire reveal that there is no risk related to lead ingestion from the air, but confirm the presence of lead dust in the immediate neighborhood of the cathedral," the police said in a statement on Thursday. The inferno that ripped through the Paris landmark in April melted 300 tons of lead from its roof and steeple, according to French environmental campaign group Robin des Bois. In the square, which is still closed off, lead levels are 32 to 65 times above the safe limit of 0.3 grams per kilogram recommended by French health authorities. "Levels are really high, between 10 and 20 (grams per kilogram)," the statement added. Police have warned that children under six and pregnant woman are the most susceptible to lead poisoning through "multiple" inhalations.Read MoreThey have advised locals who frequent the area to regularly wash their hands. Nearby residents have also been told to use a wet mop or cloth to wipe down their apartments. Soon after the devastating blaze, Robin des Bois warned in a statement, seen by AFP, that "the cathedral has been reduced to the state of toxic waste." It called on French authorities to detoxify the tons of rubble, ash and wastewater produced by firefighters."Before launching a competition for the design of a new steeple, we should launch a competition to decontaminate what at the moment, alas, can be considered an industrial wasteland," the group added.

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London (CNN)There were mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, husbands, fathers, brothers and sons; their ages ranged from those in strollers to people with walkers and they were united in a message of solidarity with women around the world. On Saturday, thousands demonstrated in London, marching from the US embassy on Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square, to send a message to the incoming administration that "women's rights are human rights," according to organizers. Speakers told crowds at Trafalgar Square that at least 100,000 people had turned out. London's Metropolitan Police do not provide crowd estimates, but aerial footage showed large numbers of people in the square.The protest -- a "sister march" to demonstrations in the US -- attracted a diverse crowd with a variety of concerns. Here are some of their voices:Read MoreTanya Jahnke-BaxterTanya Jahnke-Baxter, 59, originally from California. Flight attendant Tanya Jahnke-Baxter, 59, from California told CNN she was marching in London because of women's reproductive rights. "I was 13 years old when they legalized abortion in our country. I'm 59. It's still a subject that we're debating, which I just find abhorrent.""For me it's been depressing," she said. "I couldn't imagine that my fellow countrymen wouldn't come out to vote and we would end up with someone like Donald Trump as the president of our country."Mariam KhanMariam Khan, 23, from Birmingham but living in London. Khan, 23, a publicist from Birmingham, told CNN she was marching because she wants people regardless of where they are from to be heard and appreciated. Women should "have the right to be in this world without fear," she said. When asked about Trump's statements about Muslims, Khan described them as "aged, and old, and ridiculous.""To have such an ignorant point of view he must not have ever appreciated a woman who is more than just what she wears," she said."It makes him less of a man."Natalie Le BrunNatalie Le Brun, 34, lives in West Yorkshire. Author Natalie Le Brun, 34, from West Yorkshire told CNN she decided to march because she's concerned "as a disabled person and an LGBT person.""Things are genuinely scaring me at the moment and things need to change across the board (on) both sides of the pond," Le Brun, whose girlfriend lives in Alabama, told CNN. "The government doesn't seem to understand the disability issue, it doesn't seem to understand that it's not giving disabled people enough help...we're being classed as lazy."Anna Webber Anna Webber, 32, with her eldest daughter, Freya, 7. Nurse and mother-of-three Anna Webber told CNN she was marching with her seven-year-old daughter Freya because she wanted to "protest against the racism" that Trump "stands up for.""I want to demonstrate and say that we're against that...for our children and future generations."Webber said that after Brexit she's worried "that we're becoming really inward looking.""That's not what we want," she added. Natalie TellwrightRuthie Musker, 28 (left) and girlfriend Natalie Tellwright, 26. Natalie Tellwright, 26, a sustainable fisheries and marine conservation officer told CNN she was at the march with her girlfriend because they believe very strongly in "the environmental movement" and "LGBTQ rights." "Hopefully people will listen and our rights are not taken away," said Tellwright. Girlfriend Ruthie Musker, 28, originally from California, said she wanted to be at the march to "unite with the rest of the world." Rachel Callender Rachel Callender, 25, originally from Trinidad and Tobago. Rachel Callender a lawyer born in Trinidad and Tobago, raised in Venezuela and educated in the US told CNN she was marching because there's a "patriarchy that needs to be smashed.""Inclusion is really important in these women's issues," she said."Everyone is looking at America but it's a global problem and by standing in solidarity with Washington today, I think that message will be sent." Ben DicksonBen Dickson, 38, who lives in London."Women's rights are everyone's rights," said 38-year-old Ben Dickson a commodity trader living in London."We're not happy that somebody like Trump can be elected. We can understand that democracy is what we have, but democracy also allows you to express your displeasure"Dickson said he felt lucky to be able to protest."This is not a right that everyone has," he said. Video by Sarah Delgrossi and Susie East, CNN

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Story highlightsBreivik accused of killing 77 people in Norway last summer in bomb and gun rampage Potential sentence hinges on whether court finds Breivik sane or insane at time of killingsBreivik's trial will be partly televised and is expected to last up to 10 weeksExpert: Breivik could one day walk free after serving sentenceThe trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway last summer, is under way in Oslo. In a new courtroom specially built in the Norwegian capital for the trial, judges will consider whether Breivik was insane at the time of the killings, and whether he should be sent to prison or a mental facility for his crimes. What is Breivik charged with? The 33-year-old Norwegian man is facing charges of voluntary homicide and committing acts of terror. He is accused of setting off a bomb in central Oslo that killed eight people, then fatally shooting 69 people at a youth camp run by the ruling Labour Party on nearby Utoya Island on July 22, 2011. Who decides Breivik's fate? The current trial is in front of what is called the court of first instance, says Jon T. Johnsen, Professor of Law at the University of Oslo. The court has no jury, but is instead made up of two professional judges and three "lay judges" -- members of the public that are chosen for the case just as members of a traditional jury would be -- that have the same powers as the professional judges do. In this court of first instance, the five judges will hear Breivik's case, decide whether he is guilty or not, and if he is found guilty they will also sentence him. JUST WATCHED2nd study declares Norway gunman sane ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH2nd study declares Norway gunman sane 01:55JUST WATCHEDOslo blast: 'It was just chaos'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHOslo blast: 'It was just chaos' 02:32JUST WATCHED2011: Norway stunned after attacksReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH2011: Norway stunned after attacks 01:11JUST WATCHEDAlleged mass killer shows no remorse ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAlleged mass killer shows no remorse 02:57Breivik then has a right to appeal the decision to a higher court. If Breivik's appeal relates to the question of guilt, a court comprised of 10 jurors and moderated by three professional judges will oversee the new trial. Seven guilty votes are required to convict in an appellate court. If a guilty verdict is reached, the three professional judges will join four members of the jury to decide on sentencing. The case can then be appealed to the Supreme Court of Norway. However, the jury's evaluation of the evidence for his guilt is final. The case can then be appealed to the Supreme Court of Norway. What will happen during the trial? Breivik's trial in front of the court of first instance is expected to take up to 10 weeks. Both the prosecution and defense are expected to call dozens of witnesses to the stand, and a verdict is not expected until weeks after the trial's conclusion. The opening proceedings of the trial Monday were televised on Norwegian television, streamed around the world and beamed via video link to 17 other courthouses across the country, where many of the bereaved sat watching. Breivik was allowed to read a prepared statement in court on Tuesday, but presiding Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen ruled that his testimony would not be broadcast -- rejecting his claim that airing it was a human right.Read more: Norwegians value killer's human rightsWhile broadcasting from trials is usually forbidden in Norway, Johnsen says the decision is up to the professional judges of a case before the trial begins. "I think the case is being aired because of the large public interest," he told CNN. "We haven't had any comparable case like this since the age of television started."Could Breivik be jailed for life? The court has two options if Breivik is convicted, says Johnsen, and it depends on whether the court finds he was either sane or insane at the time of the killings. In November, prosecutors said psychiatrists had determined that Breivik was paranoid and schizophrenic at the time of the attacks and during 13 interviews experts conducted with him afterward. But in a report released in April, two court-appointed psychiatric experts said Breivik was sane at the time of the killings. The decision on Breivik's sanity ultimately rests with the courts -- and while the maximum sentence for homicide or terror acts is 21 years, Johnsen says there are two ways the Norwegian courts can keep Breivik under state custody well past his initial jail sentence. If Breivik is found to be sane, the court could sentence him to the traditional 21-year prison sentence, the maximum term for a homicide or terror act conviction, but he must be released after serving that sentence. But the court could also sentence Breivik under a provision called "preventive detention," which also has a maximum of 21 years but can be prolonged in five year increments after that -- which means the court can detain Breivik indefinitely after his sentence if he is found to be a continued threat to the public. If the court finds Breivik insane, he cannot be sentenced to prison or preventive detention, but can be confined to a psychiatric institution for the rest of his life, pending reviews of his mental state by the court every three years. The prosecution will argue that Breivik was insane at the time of the attack, according to CNN's Diana Magnay. A verdict of insane would allow Breivik to be placed in this involuntary psychiatric treatment, which means he will receive a sentence (of less than 21 years) that can then be extended indefinitely for three-year periods pending an evaluation of his threat to the public. The death penalty is not an option -- Norway banned the peacetime practice of it in 1905, and Johnsen says no one has been executed since roughly 20 Norwegian war criminals were put to death following World War II. Breivik's defense will try to prove he was sane at the time of the killings, his lawyers have said. Has anyone ever been jailed for life in Norway? While people may have been remanded to psychiatric wards indefinitely following crimes, Johnsen says no one has ever been detained indefinitely under preventive detention until their death because the law has only existed in its current form for roughly a decade. How likely is it Breivik will ever be freed from state custody? While it is too early to tell how people will feel about Breivik as a threat to public safety in 20 years, Johnsen believes Breivik will walk free one day if he's determined to be sane by the courts. "I think he will get out at some point, unless it comes up that he is really insane and will be for the rest of his life," he told CNN. "I don't know if he's insane -- what we know from the past is that it's not uncommon for criminals that acted from a political motivation to change their ideology and beliefs as they get older, and they think differently about the things that brought them to commit these crimes, and then their danger to society becomes reduced."

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(CNN)They were Sunday roars but on a Friday. Throaty and thunderous. His fist pumps and club twirls said it all.Tiger Woods was on a charge that not even a trip by an over-zealous security guard could stall.Two birdies in a row places Tiger Woods at six under par, one off the lead.#themasters pic.twitter.com/uJ5oICPr34— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 12, 2019 The four-time Masters champion, only recently written off as a major contender, conjured a vintage performance to roar to within one shot of a five-way tie for the lead on an absorbing day two at Augusta.When Woods' birdie putt at the last stayed out the sound of deflation was palpable, but the former world No.1 is in prime position as he chases a 15th major title and first since 2008.Ahead of Woods, though, stands a thicket of major champions -- Francesco Molinari, Jason Day, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen.Read MoreAll proven in the heat of battle, and in 2013 Masters winner Scott and past runners-up Day and Oosthuizen loaded with serious Augusta credentials.Still, Woods' 68 to add to an opening 70 for six under puts him exactly where he wants to be -- in contention in majors again after coming through the "dark times" of long-term back injuries. "Felt very good to be out there doing what I was doing. This is now three straight majors that I've been in the mix, so it's good stuff," he said afterward.Tiger Woods evoked memories of his heyday at Augusta Friday.UppercutThe 43-year-old, who was second in the US PGA last year and briefly led the Open in his comeback season from spine fusion surgery, played in a manner reminiscent of his pomp, with fierce driving, pin-point iron play, some impressive recovery shots and several key putts.Your boss (and golf fans everywhere) would like to have a word with you... pic.twitter.com/MdnavcAlHp— GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) April 12, 2019 He kick-started his charge with birdies on nine and 11 and hit his tee shot to eight feet on the short 12th -- energy levels surged in the packed gallery around Amen Corner. But almost immediately the siren sounded to suspend play because of a threat of thunderstorms. When the all clear came half an hour later, Woods missed the birdie putt, and squandered another birdie chance under persistent drizzle on the 13th.But after an errant drive into trees on the left of the 14th, he weaved a stunning second through a gap in the timber to find the green. As Woods moved off and the crowd closed in, a rushing marshal slipped and collided with Woods' ankle. Woods recoiled and limped off, but was none the worse for it. "I'm good. Accidents happen," said Woods. Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosThe Masters, Augusta – The opening major of the golf season is the Masters from Augusta, Georgia every April, although it is being held in November in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. It's a spring rite, steeped in tradition and layered in rich sporting history and drama. It's an event that attracts even non-golfers because of the sublime beauty of the course. Click through the gallery for an A-Z of the Masters.Hide Caption 1 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosA is for Augusta National – The revered course has hosted the year's opening major -- and the only one of the big four events to be played at the same course every year -- since 1934. A is also for the azaleas which traditionally blossom during Masters week and for Amen Corner, the infamous stretch of holes incorporating the 11th, the treacherous short 12th and the tee shot on the par-five 13th. Hide Caption 2 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosB is for Beauty – The Georgian greensward is an oasis among the urban landscape of Augusta, Georgia's second city on the banks of the Savannah River. The bars, burger joints and shopping malls of neighboring Washington Road are in stark contrast to the golfing dreamscape over the fence. B is also for Seve Ballesteros, the Spaniard who opened the European floodgates with wins in 1980 and 1983. Hide Caption 3 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosC is for Caddies – Augusta's caddies are instantly recognizable by their white jump suits. Before 1983, players had to use a club caddie, all of whom were local black men. Since then players have used their usual tour caddies, but they must still don the white suit and green cap. Hide Caption 4 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosD is for Dos and Don'ts – The hallowed property is governed by its own strict rules such as no running or cell phones, but on the flip side traditions exist such as the practice of placing your green Masters chair at your preferred spot and being able to return to your vacant seat hours later.Hide Caption 5 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosE is for Eisenhower – Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower was a member of Augusta National and several landmarks of his era remain, including Ike's Pond, the fishing lake he championed that is the focal point of the Par-3 Contest. Eisenhower's white cabin also sits near the clubhouse.Hide Caption 6 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosF is for Fans (make that Patrons) – Visitors to Augusta National are known as patrons -- not fans or spectators or the crowd. Tickets are like gold dust, but a limited number of practice round tickets and tournament days are available through a yearly ballot. The waiting list for weekly tournament badges closed years ago.Hide Caption 7 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosG is for Grand Slam – Rory McIlroy just needs the Masters to complete the Grand Slam of all four of golf's major titles. The Northern Irishman blew a four-shot lead at Augusta in 2011, but having won four majors in the meantime returns for his fifth shot at the Grand Slam this week. Only five others have achieved the feat -- Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. G is also for greens -- the slick, sloping putting surfaces are infamous. Hide Caption 8 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosH is for History – Augusta National was created by Scottish golf course architect Dr. Alister Mackenzie and co-founder Bobby Jones and opened in 1933 on land that was once the site of Fruitlands Nursery. During World War II the land was briefly given over to turkey and cattle farming. Hide Caption 9 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosI is for Internationals – South African Gary Player -- pictured here in 2014 with Jack Nicklaus (left) and the late Arnold Palmer -- was the first international champion in 1961. Since then the Masters has been won 21 times by overseas players. The US counts for 60 wins from 37 different players.Hide Caption 10 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosJ is for Jacket, as in green – The tropical-weight emerald blazer is worn by only Augusta National members and Masters champions. It was first introduced for members in 1937 and ordered from Brooks Uniform Company in New York. Sam Snead was the first winner to receive a jacket and honorary membership in 1949. The reigning Masters champion can take it home for a year, then it must be kept at the club.Hide Caption 11 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosK is for Key holes – The saying goes the Masters doesn't begin until the back nine on Sunday. It starts with one of the hardest holes on the course in the 10th and then enters Amen Corner with the equally tough 11th and then the booby trap of the short 12th. But the long 15th (pictured) is key -- big moves can be made with eagles here. Anything less than a birdie and you will likely go backwards. Hide Caption 12 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosL is for Lane, as in Magnolia Lane – The exclusive driveway to Augusta's historic clubhouse is framed by dozens of magnolia trees. Only members and Masters competitors are allowed to access this revered entrance which gives on to the Founder's Circle and then the whitewashed concrete clubhouse, built in 1854. Hide Caption 13 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosM is for Mickelson – Popular left-hander Phil Mickelson is one of 17 players to have won multiple Masters titles. The three-time champion won the first of his five major titles at Augusta in 2004 after three straight third places. Even at 50, Mickelson remains a Masters threat. Hide Caption 14 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosN is for Nicklaus, as in Jack – The most successful player at the Masters is Jack Nicklaus, whose six Green Jackets remains the record. The 80-year-old is now an honorary starter along with Gary Player, following the death of four-time champion Arnold Palmer in 2016. Hide Caption 15 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosO is for Oak tree – The famous old oak tree on the course side of the clubhouse is an iconic landmark and the traditional meeting place for the game's movers and shakers and media types with the correct credential. A familiar refrain of Masters week is: "Meet you under the tree."Hide Caption 16 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosP is for Par 3s, notably the 12th – Perhaps the most famous short hole in golf, the par-3 12th sits at the heart of Amen Corner. Like a wolf in sheep's clothing, it is just 155 yards long, but Rae's Creek looms large in front and a devilish wind always swirling around the trees makes club selection tricky.Hide Caption 17 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosQ is for Quonset Hut – Modern media are housed in a recently built state-of-the-art facility at the far end of the practice range, but in days gone by the stories from Augusta were crafted in a corrugated metal Quonset Hut. Hide Caption 18 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosR is for Roars – When the excitement rises on a Sunday afternoon and the patrons reach fever pitch, the roars reverberate around the towering pines which act like a giant organ reflecting the noise all over the course. A Phil Mickelson roar stands out, but a roar for Tiger Woods is like no other. Hide Caption 19 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosS is for Spieth – Jordan Spieth was on a fast track to being crowned the new king of Augusta following his wire-to-wire victory in 2015 and dominance for three rounds in 2016. He was still clear with nine holes to play before famously self destructing with two balls in the water on 12. The American has struggled of late and is down to 33rd in the world, but in five Masters appearances he has won, finished second twice, come third and 11th.Hide Caption 20 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosT is for Tradition – The Masters is forward looking but rooted in tradition, such as the pre-tournament Par-3 Contest, in which friends and family members caddie for the players and hit the occasional shot. Jack Nicklaus' grandson Gary made a hole in one last year. Other traditions include the Champions Dinner, in which the holder chooses the menu and hosts the evening on the Tuesday of Masters weekHide Caption 21 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosU is for Under par – When Jordan Spieth won in 2015 he equaled Tiger Woods' 1997 record for the lowest winning score at 18 under par. Hide Caption 22 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosV is for Views – Augusta's vistas are consistently spell-binding with the pines framing the holes and the lush grass, ice white of the bunkers and explosions of color from the flowers and patrons adding to the allure. Hide Caption 23 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosW is for Woods – Who else? Tiger Woods changed golf when he won his first major by a record 12 shots in 1997. He went on to win three further Green Jackets, the last of which came in 2005 after a famous chip-in on the 16th. The 43-year-old is fit again after multiple back surgeries, and among the widely tipped contenders. Hide Caption 24 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosX is for X-factor – Winning the Masters requires a game in mint condition and a bit of something special. Think Tiger Woods' chip-in on the 16th in 2005, or Phil Mickelson's shot threaded through trees on the 13th in 2010. Or what about Bubba Watson's banana ball from the woods on the 10th to clinch a play off in 2012 (pictured)? Hide Caption 25 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosY is for Youngest winner – Tiger Woods' 1997 win for the first of 14 majors so far made him the youngest Masters champion at the age of 21.Hide Caption 26 of 27 Photos: The Masters: A-Z in photosZ is for Zenith – For many players, winning the Masters represents the zenith of their career. Phil Mickelson's jump for joy in 2004 at his 11th attempt kick started an era which yielded further victories in 2006 and 2010. Hide Caption 27 of 27Up at the green, Woods slid in the curving 20-footer for birdie to send the patrons into raptures. Another wayward drive on the long 15th meant he had to lay up short of the green, but when Woods drained his birdie putt the uppercut celebration was a vintage from 2005 when he won the last of his Green Jackets."It felt good to make some birdies," he told Sky Sports afterwards."I kept hitting good shots and good putts -- nothing was really going in. I hit two bad putts all day and they were both on the eighth when I three-putted." Francesco Molinari set the pace at seven under before he was joined by four others.White suit to green jacketOne of the first of the leaders to reach the clubhouse at seven under was Italy's Molinari, who went round alongside Woods on his first visit to Augusta in 2006.Molinari says he was a bundle of nerves as he shared the first tee with the defending champion back then. But he wasn't playing, he was dressed in the distinctive white jumpsuit of an Augusta National caddie, lugging the bag for his older brother Edoardo,who had qualified as the US amateur champion. Fast-forward 13 years, and Francesco is in the running for a green jacket instead of a white suit.The world No.7 hit a hot streak last year and held off a resurgent Woods in the 2018 Open at Carnoustie to clinch his maiden major title.READ: Woods close as Koepka and DeChambeau lead the MastersREAD: Tiger Woods: I don't need to win the Masters, but I really want to'Francesco Molinari (center) caddies for brother Edoardo (left) with Tiger Woods in the 2006 Masters.Performance under pressureHe then became the first European player to win all five of his matches in the Ryder Cup, winning legions more fans in his partnership with Englishman Tommy Fleetwood in Paris -- the pair became known as "Moliwood." Francesco also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill earlier this season and was third at the recent WGC Match Play.Molinari's 67 in less than 3 minutes 🎥 pic.twitter.com/ElSJ4Wx3pB— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) April 12, 2019 Molinari's rise, under the long-time swing tutelage of Denis Pugh, has coincided with his decision three years ago to work with performance mentor Dave Alred, the guru behind England's World Cup-winning rugby star Jonny Wilkinson and who also helped steer Luke Donald to golf's world No.1 slot."It was pretty solid, not many mistakes, and when I missed greens I missed on the good side. Obviously a very good day," Molinari said.READ: Dave Alred: The guru teaching golfers think like 'assassins' The patron roars can be heard clear across the course.#themasters pic.twitter.com/GBkWFlOdl5— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 12, 2019 He was first joined at the top by former world No.1 Day, and then first-round co-leader Koepka, who has won three of the last six majors.Day, the 2015 US PGA champion, struggled to walk Thursday after suffering a recurrence of a back injury as he kissed his young daughter before the first round. But intensive physio helped him to a round of 67 Friday."Walking this golf course was a little bit tough but it loosened nicely," Day told Sky Sports after round two. "I feel good, I may bend down and give my daughter a kiss a bit differently." READ: Amen Corner: A former champion's guide to the toughest stretch in golfVisit CNN.com/Sport for more news, features and videoKoepka was the only man in the field without a bogey Thursday but he struggled early on Friday with a double bogey on the second before rallying to regain a share of the lead."It helps having three majors under your belt," said Koepka, who missed last year's Masters with a wrist injury. "It gives you confidence. I like showing up on the big stages."Also on six under with Woods were world No.2 Dustin Johnson, fellow American Xander Schauffele and South African Justin Harding.In golf, Saturday is known as Moving Day. The shuffling of this pack will be fascinating.

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London (CNN)Michael Fawcett, Prince Charles' longest-serving and closest aide, has quit his role as head of The Prince's Foundation amid an alleged cash-for-honors scandal, the charity said Friday.Fawcett, who previously served as the Prince's valet, had voluntarily vacated the post of chief executive in early September following accusations he used his position and influence to help secure an honorary title and British citizenship for a Saudi businessman in exchange for donations.The Prince's Foundation launched an inquiry into the claims. Charles has denied any knowledge of the alleged offer of honors in return for donations, with a Clarence House spokesperson previously telling CNN the prince fully supported the charity's ongoing investigation. A friend of Fawcett's told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, which first reported the resignation: "Michael has resigned and he will never be coming back. He has lost five stone in weight and is a shadow of his former self."Fawcett has been accused of using his position and influence to help Saudi businessman Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz obtain an honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (or CBE) title, according to the Sunday Times. Prince Charles is seen with his then-valet Michael Fawcett in an undated photo.Read MoreAn honorary CBE is one of the highest accolades that can be received by a non-Commonwealth citizen. The Sunday Times reported Mahfouz made large financial donations to refurbishment projects of interest to the Prince of Wales in exchange for support in securing the honorary title, which the Queen conferred in 2016. The newspaper alleges Fawcett -- who left his valet role in 2003 but was reportedly freelancing for the royal -- coordinated the application process. The Sunday Times reported Mahfouz -- who denies any wrongdoing -- was seeking numerous honorary roles to bolster his application for British citizenship through the "golden visa" for investment program. CNN has reached out to Mahfouz for comment. CNN also tried to reach Fawcett through the Prince's Foundation. Why the cash-for-honors allegations are embarrassing for Prince CharlesThe Prince's Foundation is an umbrella organization for a number of Charles' charitable projects, based at the historic Dumfries House estate in Scotland, which is used as a center for education and training and champions sustainable living. Fawcett had been chief executive of the charity since 2018, according to PA Media news agency. It is operated separately from Prince Charles' main office at Clarence House.Fawcett, whom the Prince of Wales once described as "indispensable," joined the royal service in 1981 as a footman to the Queen. He earned quick promotion to sergeant footman before being made assistant valet to Charles. The royal aide resigned from Charles' service in 2003 following allegations of mismanagement of his royal household. A report later cleared Fawcett of selling unwanted royal gifts and taking a cut of the profit. However, he was found to have bent rules and accepted perks and hospitality.CNN has launched Royal News, a new weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what's happening behind palace walls. Sign up here.

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Allison Hope is a writer whose work has been featured by The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Slate and elsewhere. The views expressed here are the author's. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)The highest Catholic in all the world has pushed the door towards LGBTQ inclusion open further by pronouncing that same-sex couples, historically excluded from traditional religious and civil institutions like marriage, ought to have legal protections that recognize their unions.According to the Catholic News Agency, Pope Francis, in an interview for a documentary released in Rome on Wednesday, said that civil unions should be the law of the land for same-sex couples. Allison Hope"What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered," he said, elaborating that LGBTQ people are children of God. "I stood up for that," he added.In the past, Pope Francis has said he is not against civil unions, but this is the first time since becoming Pope that he has directly stated he favors them. (He advocated for same-sex civil unions when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires.) Read MoreHis recent comments stand in stark contrast with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis leads, which has long taken the posture that same-sex acts are "intrinsically disordered." The Pope's comments, while shared in the context of a documentary and not necessarily as a formal, written decree or a consensus among the Catholic leadership in Rome or elsewhere, will have a huge global ripple effect on communities, jurisdictions, families and individuals. The Pope's compassion is a welcome sign from a religion that has long alienated LGBTQ people. Whether part of an active ploy to lure back disaffected congregants or a genuine statement of inclusion, his words are a helpful evolution for the many LGBTQ people who have been ostracized simply because of who they are and who they love. JUST WATCHEDTransgender man says he met with Pope privatelyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTransgender man says he met with Pope privately 01:51To be clear, the civil union stance is also so 1998. We have since learned, in the courts and on the streets, that civil unions are not the same as full marriage rights, and separate but equal is never equal. That said, the highest seat in one of the world's most dominant religions has allowed that LGBTQ people deserve to love and be loved, and that our love should be treated with respect and validity. Pope Francis has been billed the most progressive Pope in history. He has made pronouncements in favor of respecting people who are LGBTQ, stating in 2013, "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" He embraced -- literally hugged -- Diego Neria Lejarraga, a transgender man who had been ostracized by religious leaders in his native Spain in 2015. Pope Francis has also opened up a "mercy window" to lend forgiveness for people who have had abortions and asked that the faithful embrace immigrants and refugees. In 2003, in contrast, under the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, the church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then led by the future Pope Benedict XVI, issued "Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons," in which it wrote, "The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions." Same-sex marriage at risk as Supreme Court gets more conservativeFrancis's public softening on LGBTQ protections comes as the Catholic church faces record abandonment by new generations of people coming of age who no longer cling to organized religion as a guidepost or community building resource. Covid-19 has only exacerbated the struggle many churches face as donations drop, religious schools close, and chapels and other religious institutions make headlines as hosts for superspreader events.Meanwhile, much of organized religion, and the Catholic Church in particular, have long served as the biggest moral finger-pointers and impediments to the evolution of LGBTQ social and political equality. Citing religion as the reason to discriminate has been and is still a favorite strategy of political operatives in America as well, despite the constitutional demand for the separation of church and state.A case is presently scheduled to be heard before the Supreme Court on November 4, the day after Election Day, which asks the question of whether a Philadelphia-based Catholic adoption agency -- which takes government dollars -- can turn LGBTQ (and Jewish and anyone who doesn't fit their mold) foster parents away because of their strongly-held religious beliefs. Two standing Supreme Court Justices recently let out that they believe the 2015 ruling on marriage equality didn't go the right way, leaving the strong possibility that laws pertaining to LGBTQ families are at risk. Get our free weekly newsletterSign up for CNN Opinion's new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and FacebookIn this context, the Pope's remarks -- unofficial and dated as they may be -- are a signal that a leader of immense power is still looking on LGTBQ people with compassion and love, with the belief that our lives and families deserve to exist under the law. As our long-fought rights hang in the balance with threats of our family's protections being yanked from under us -- with religion so often the attempted justification -- the Pope's comments are more than just refreshing; if heeded by Catholics across the world, they may indeed be life-saving.

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(CNN)The Chicago White Sox will be extending the protective netting in the team's ballpark, a couple of weeks after a girl was struck by a foul ball during a Cubs-Astros game in Houston. The team announced Tuesday that the protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field will stretch from foul pole to foul pole. The change is expected for later this summer, the team said in Tuesday's game notes."Leadership of both groups have agreed to make the changes as soon as possible this season ... exact details and timing of the project will be announced at a later date," the notes said.After a foul ball injures a young girl, baseball confronts a dilemma On June 10, when the White Sox were hosting the Washington Nationals, a female fan was struck by a foul ball during an at-bat by Chicago outfielder Eloy Jimenez in the bottom of the fourth inning. The White Sox told CNN the fan was conscious and coherent when transported from the ballpark to a hospital, where she was later released.Currently, the netting at Guaranteed Rate Field is installed from the backstop to the outfield end of both dugouts, which extends across the photo pits and exit stairs into the tunnel.Read MoreLast year, Major League Baseball announced that all 30 ballparks were extending protective netting to at least the far ends of both dugouts -- that is, the ends farthest from home plate -- intending to enhance fans' safety.The move came after high-profile incidents in which batted balls struck fans -- including the girl struck at Yankee Stadium in September 2017 and a man who was blinded in one eye by a foul ball during a game at the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field a month earlier.The clubs' moves last year to extend nets to the dugouts' far ends went beyond what MLB recommended in December 2015. Then, the commissioner's office encouraged teams to shield field-level seats up to the dugout ends closest to home plate.The incident at the Cubs-Astros game a couple of weeks ago has renewed calls for increased safety measures at ballparks across the country.CNN's Jill Martin contributed to this report.

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(CNN)The Denver Broncos have lost all of their quarterbacks for Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints, after they were declared ineligible for play due to NFL Covid-19 protocols.In a statement on Saturday, the Broncos said Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were identified as "high-risk Covid-19 close contacts" and must complete a five-day quarantine."The three quarterbacks, who are not experiencing any symptoms, immediately left the practice field and departed UCHealth Training Center. All three have consistently tested negative for Covid-19 via both daily PCR testing and additional POC testing administered as a precaution," the team statement said.Quarterback Jeff Driskel and wide receiver Diontae Spencer were placed on the Reserve/Covid-19 list earlier this week.Several Broncos players, including tight end Noah Fant, reacted to the NFL decision on social media.Read More"I'm not one to complain, but @NFL y'all can't possibly send us into a game without a QB," Fant said on Twitter. "The most important position to a offense. We don't even got a back up..."I'm not one to complain, but @NFL y'all can't possibly send us into a game without a QB. The most important position to a offense. We don't even got a back up....— Noah Fant (@nrfant) November 29, 2020 "Anybody know if Peyton Manning is busy tomorrow? Laughing but serious," he said in another post.Denver, currently at 4-6 for the season, are scheduled to play the 8-2 Saints, who have won seven straight games, Sunday afternoon.Three players from the Broncos practice squad were elevated to the game-day roster on Saturday, according to the team's website: tight end Troy Fumagalli, linebacker Josh Watson and safety Alijah Holder.The team has not announced a replacement quarterback.

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Story highlightsUEFA charges both English and Serbian Football Associations after events in KrusevacEnglish FA launch racism complaint against Serbia following under-21 matchEngland's Danny Rose claims he was racially abused throughout Tuesday's tieFA statement: "The FA condemns both the scenes of racism and the confrontation"UEFA has confirmed that it has charged both the Football Association and the FA of Serbia following the unsavoury scenes during the under-21 match in Krusevac on Tuesday.The Serbian governing body has been charged with alleged racist chanting by its supporters, while both parties have been hit with charges relating to the behaviour of their players at the final whistle.UEFA said in a statement: "UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against both the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) and England's Football Association (FA) following a number of incidents during and after England's 1-0 win over Serbia in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off second leg at the Mladost stadium in Krusevac on Tuesday 16 October 2012. "Regarding alleged racist chanting, UEFA will instigate proceedings against the FSS over the misconduct of their supporters during and at the end of the match. Proceedings will also be instigated against the FSS for the improper conduct of the Serbia players at the end of the match. "UEFA will also commence proceedings against the FA for the improper conduct of the England players at the end of the match. "These cases will be discussed on the occasion of the next ordinary hearing of the UEFA Control & Disciplinary Body on 22 November 2012."Earlier on Wednesday, the English FA had complained to European football's governing body UEFA following alleged racist abuse of one of its players during an under-21 fixture in Serbia.Danny Rose, a midfielder on loan at English Premier League side Sunderland from Tottenham Hotspur, claims he was subjected to monkey chants before, during and after the second-leg of an Under-21 Euro 2013 playoff match on Tuesday, and had stones thrown at him by the crowd.Rose was given a red card for kicking a ball into the stands after England scored a winning goal with the last kick of the match, sparking a mass brawl between both sets of players and staff.Crime and punishment in sport: Laying down the law?"The FA condemns both the scenes of racism and the confrontation at the final whistle during which time our players and staff were under extreme provocation," read a statement from the English game's governing body."The FA has reported a number of incidents of racism to UEFA following the fixture. These were seemingly aimed at a number of England's black players by the crowd. The matter is now with UEFA."JUST WATCHEDFootball racism: Not Black & White act 1ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootball racism: Not Black & White act 1 09:09JUST WATCHEDFootball racism: Not Black & White act 2ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootball racism: Not Black & White act 2 05:35JUST WATCHEDFootball racism: Not Black & White act 3ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootball racism: Not Black & White act 3 05:21But in a statement on its website, the Serbian FA said it "absolutely refuses and denies that there were any occurrences of racism before and during the match at the stadium in Krusevac"."Making connection between the seen incident - a fight between members of the two teams - and racism has absolutely no ground and we consider it to be a total malevolence."Unfortunately, after the fourth minute of the additional time and the victory goal scored by the guest team, unpleasant scenes were seen on the pitch."And while most of the English team players celebrated the score, their player number three, Danny Rose, behaved in inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar manner towards the supporters on the stands at the stadium in Krusevac, and for that he was shown a red card."During an U-21 match between the two countries in 2007, Serbia was fined £16,000 ($26,000) by UEFA for racial abuse directed at England defender Nedum Onouha.In February 2011, UEFA president Michel Platini warned Serbia and its clubs that a ban on competing could be imposed if fans continued to cause trouble.Platini is now under pressure to act on the alleged abuse, though UEFA has yet to issue a statement on the matter, while the organisation's account of the match on its website carried no mention of the widely reported racism.Former England captain Rio Ferdinand used his official Twitter account to say: "Let's see if UEFA are serious or will they just treat this U21 incident as a minor....as they have before with their laughable punishments."England captain Steven Gerrard also voiced his frustration at the lack of action being taken to eradicate racism from the game."The disappointing thing with what happened last night is it means you are back to square one," he said following England's 1-1 draw with Poland in Warsaw. "We seemed to be making great strides forward to get it (racism) out of our game. "With a situation like last night, it brings it back to square one. "It is very disappointing but a lot of people above me need to take control of the situation. "The authorities have to get tough. It is the only solution. No-one else can do anything about it. "They are the people in control, who can give out massive huge fines and ban people. "Why wait? Do it now."The punishments and fines UEFA has historically handed out for racism offences have been criticized by many observers.UEFA to take action against LazioThe Spanish and Russian football associations were fined €20,000 ($26,000) and €30,000 ($39,000) respectively for racism offences committed by fans at the recent Euro 2012 tournament held in Poland and Ukraine.That contrasts with the $125,800 "ambush marketing" fine UEFA handed to Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner for displaying underwear which sported the name of a bookmaker during a goal celebration.Next week UEFA, together with the organization Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), is hosting a campaign to transmit "a clear and firm message that discrimination has no place in football", which will conveyed at Champions League and Europa League matches between Tuesday and Thursday.JUST WATCHEDFootball racism: Not Black & White act 4ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootball racism: Not Black & White act 4 08:40JUST WATCHEDFootball racism: Not Black & White act 5ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootball racism: Not Black & White act 5 07:06JUST WATCHEDFootball racism: Not Black & White act 6ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootball racism: Not Black & White act 6 08:42"I think we should remind ourselves this is not the first time Serbia have faced such allegations," FARE executive director Piara Powar told CNN. "In fact, it is not the first time Serbia will have an investigation opened about their behavior at a home or an away game by UEFA."Powar argued the problem in Serbia could be due to a lack of the ethnic diversity seen in other European countries."There is not the wider diversity which you see in a place like London, Berlin or Paris," continued FARE's exeuctive director. "I think people react to that lack of diversity during a football match. "These are attitudes fans are carrying in their everyday lives and at a football match they somehow think it is acceptable to make those views public. I think UEFA will take a very hard line."It's easy to look at some of the punishments UEFA have issued to Eastern European clubs in recent seasons, but when it comes to Serbia and the context of this Platini warning, I think Serbia faces a very serious situation."Read more: Downpour drenches Poland's Euro pride

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(CNN)Carlin Dunne's mother has paid a moving tribute to her late son following his tragic death at this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The 36-year-old Dunne -- a four-time winner of the race, who was defending his Pikes Peak title -- crashed his 2019 Ducati Streetfighter V4 Prototype bike less than a quarter of a mile from the finish line last month.However, Dunne's mother Romie Gallardo insists she doesn't want the race to end in memory of her son. "Carlin loved the mountain. She challenged and enticed him, calling him back again and again," said Gallardo in a statement sent to CNN Sport. "He gave her due respect. He was fully aware of her ability to 'take.' With that being said, I know for a fact that he would not want the motorcycle program to end. Read More"He would want us to learn from this tragedy. He would encourage the official accident reconstruction authorities do what they are trained to do, and for the race officials to implement additional safety precautions required."READ: Carlin Dunne's interview with CNN Sport ahead of 2019 Pikes Peak race There are 156 corners to negotiate in the "Race to the Clouds."'Committed to him'The race is run on a 12.42-mile public toll-road and is comprised of 156 turns as competitors climb 4,720 feet, from the 9,390 feet start line to the 14,115 feet finish line at the mountain's summit.Having been crowned the Pikes Peak motorcycle winner in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2018, Dunne had achieved legendary status at the race.He set the course record in 2012, though that was eventually broken in 2017 by Chris Fillmore.The race is run on a 12.42-mile public toll-road and is comprised of 156 turns as competitors climb 4,720 feet, from the 9,390 feet start line to the 14,115 feet finish line at the mountain's summit."Three days after Carlin's crash a reporter asked me, 'How do you feel about the race now?' To which I replied, 'The same way I felt on June 29th, the day before he crashed'," said Gallardo. "All his life I've known that losing him was a possibility. We went into this with eyes-wide-open. We were aware of the flip side of this sport. "I was committed to him and his dreams. He was doing what he loved. So, who are we to take away other racers' dreams of racing Pikes Peak International Hill Climb?"READ: Four-time Pikes Peak winner Carlin Dunne killed in race crash aged 36A beloved individualA huge film fan, Dunne took a break from professional racing between 2014 and 2017 to focus on his passion for film -- working on the "Dust to Glory 2" movie. He also had a career as a stuntman."Carlin was beloved by all who knew him. He was everyone's friend. Whether playing the role of little brother, big brother, son, or best friend," said Gallardo"From a young age, I shared him with the world because I knew he was bigger than me, bigger than our mother-son bond. He fiercely pursued his passions with my full blessing and complete support. "He was never reckless in action or deed. I trusted him implicitly. Many years ago, he evolved beyond me. "The funny thing is, Carlin never thought of himself as a 'big deal.' I did, but I was 'just the Mom.' He still did his own laundry, picked up Sonny's dog poop. He always said, 'please' and 'thank you.'"The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit.Public supportFollowing Dunne's death there has been outpouring of support for Gallardo.A GoFundMe campaign was started by Ducati North America and Pikes Peak to support her and has already raised nearly $100,000. The PPIHC Board of Directors donated $932 to represent Carlin's estimated time of 9:32 had he crossed the finish line -- that would have been a new motorcycle course record, beating the current mark by 12 seconds. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videos"I would like to give a massive worldwide thank you to all of Carlin's extended family and friends near and far!" said Gallardo."Our family is humbled beyond words. All of your love, support, stories, videos, and pictures without a doubt have helped me -- and continue to help me. "I am truly touched by your love and the ways in which you honor my son. Carlin would have been in awe at all the attention. He would have loved everyone coming together in harmony. He truly lives on in each and every one of us."

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Story highlightsThe Jamaican rugby sevens team has qualified for the World CupThe team has drawn comparisons with bobsledders of "Cool Runnings"Jamaica will also compete at April's Commonwealth GamesAlan Dymock is the Features Editor for Rugby World magazine. (CNN)It's not a nation normally associated with rugby, but then Jamaica wasn't known for bobsled before the 1988 Winter Olympics.Jamaica's rugby sevens team is blazing a trail on the international circuit and has qualified for its first World Cup this summer.Comparisons with the pioneering bobsledders -- and the subsequent movie "Cool Runnings" -- are obvious and Jamaica's captain Conan Osborne sees them as a blessing rather than a cliche."I quite like the 'Cool Runnings on Grass' thing and I'll tell you why," says Osborne. "First of all it's a great brand.Read More"It gets people smiling, it gets people laughing, gets people talking about Jamaican rugby."One of the quotes from the film is: 'Can lightning run on ice?' So can lightning run on grass, who knows?"Follow @cnnsport Jamaica's rugby sevens players soak up the atmosphere in Hong Kong.The Crocs will be back there this year, and also play at the Commonwealth Games and Sevens World Cup for the first time ever 🇯🇲 pic.twitter.com/wnddotbOZD— CNN Sport (@cnnsport) February 7, 2018 READ: Meet the 'genderless' World Cup mascotsLike the bobsledders in Calgary, and now a Jamaican women's team at the Winter Games in PyeongChang, Osborne and his side are forging their own path in the fast-paced, shortened form of the 15-man rugby game. In November, his last-gasp try gave Jamaica the Rugby Americas North sevens title with a 28-24 win over Guyana in Mexico. The victory meant Jamaica not only qualified for a place at the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens for the second year running, but also handed it a berth at the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast -- where it will be in a pool with rugby-proud nations England, Australia and Samoa.Jamaica has also secured a spot at the rugby sevens World Cup in San Francisco in July -- the first Caribbean team to qualify for any rugby World Cup.But to understand just how big an achievement this is, you have to understand where they have come from.'Mission Impossible'Think of Jamaican sports and you begin with sprint legend Usain Bolt and and a sonic boom of world-class athletes. Then there's cricket and soccer. Rugby union is unlikely to register, and for good reason.There are no rugby pitches on the island, and moves to grow the sport were initially met with inertia.Recently there has been a reliance on the Jamaican diaspora. The UK, where kids can pick up a ball as early as they can run, has proved a more fruitful recruiting ground than the island. Key figures are aware of the need to retain the essential Jamaican-ness of the group, but they know they must also capitalize on momentum.Jamaican team manager Hughton Campbell, surveying a training session at Finchley rugby club in London, acknowledges the hard work that has gone into developing the team known as the "Crocs."JUST WATCHEDBehind the scenes at England Rugby's U-20 campReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBehind the scenes at England Rugby's U-20 camp 01:07READ: How to build the ultimate athlete"To get this felt like mission impossible, really," he says. Campbell joined the Crocs in 2016 at the behest of former Gloucester and Worcester Warriors winger Marcel Garvey, who coached alongside James Bailey, now the boss of England women's sevens. To find new blood for the team, Campbell scoured the TV and the internet, as well as relying on a network of tipsters and mates of mates for recommendations.Hand-outs from BoltOne of Campbell's players is the thickset Tyronie Rowe, who was born in Jamaica. Rowe knows tough -- he is from one of Kingston's roughest areas and has worked on and off as a mortician since he was 13. He splits his time between Kingston and England's Midlands, where he has played rugby league -- a 13-man variation of the game with different rules. He has known what it's like to worry about where your next meal is coming from. He also saw a much younger Bolt handing out sports kit to Jamaican rugby players who had never seen such luxury. Nodding to the busy session taking place in Finchley, Rowe says: "This is the easy bit."The Jamaican story has been building for the last 18 months or so -- at all levels of the game. New coach Marcus Blackburn, who previously looked after the Singapore sevens side, is instilling a new-found confidence.Five of the boys training with the Jamaica youth team at Finchley are from English Premiership club academies, while Campbell is also keeping track of five Jamaica-qualified girls playing for a team in Harringay, north London."Where we are now was a dream," says Campbell. "But it keeps happening because we persevere. "We have no budget, guys dig deep into their own pockets to help out, we do whatever we can. If I could show you what this looked like last year, it would be very different. So you say the Olympics in two years is an outside bet, I say lets give it a crack."JUST WATCHEDCan Ben Ryan work magic with France?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCan Ben Ryan work magic with France? 06:13READ: Australia's women make history in SydneyMajor upsetsWherever they go on their travels, Jamaica's players are fan favorites. After defeating Mexico in the semifinal of its own tournament, the home fans roared on the Crocs, singing Bob Marley's "One Love" as the Jamaicans ran out. The plan is to win hearts and minds in the homeland. "Jamaica loves success," says Osborne, who has seen recognition grow quickly. He was nominated for the recent Athlete of the Year award on the island. Bolt has won it seven times, cricketer Chris Gayle is another previous winner. This year world champion hurdler Omar McLeod took the title. But rugby and Osborne were also honored on the night. After subsequently doing the rounds on the breakfast shows and sports channel chats, Osborne found people shouting "rugby man" at him on the street.With a smile he reveals another admirer."The other day in Jamaica I actually met with Michael Frater who was an Olympic Gold medalist -- he was in the 4x100m, record-breaking team at London 2012 -- and he's interested in picking up rugby. I mean, USA sevens star Carlin Isles is fast, but is he gold-medal-at-the-Olympics fast?"JUST WATCHEDToulon and Toulouse: The state of French rugbyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHToulon and Toulouse: The state of French rugby 22:32READ: A ticket to this game will cost you $2,430Track stars are certainly cool in Jamaica. But the youngsters need convincing about rugby. Sustained performance could catch their eye. Jamaica has never won a match in Hong Kong, so that is goal one on April 6. Seven days later, all eyes in Jamaica will be on the Commonwealth Games. After that, Jamaica's UK-based players will compete on the invitational circuit, while the island boys will return home. They'll come together again for the World Cup, which roars into life on July 20. Visit cnn.com/rugby for more news and videosSo how does Osborne see things panning out? "Come July, we should be battle-hardened," he says. "And hopefully the other teams won't pay too much attention. Your USAs and Englands will be thinking about each other, rather than what Jamaica are bringing. "Hopefully that's when we come in as those sleeping giants, those underdogs, and maybe we can cause a couple of upsets. Upsets will again boost our profile."Cool Runnings on grass, indeed.

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Story highlightsAt least one of those in custody is accused of groping and robbery; at least two are accused of robbery alone, an official saysThe Cologne attacks suspects include illegal immigrants and those who've sought asylum in GermanyAfter the attacks, German officials proposed a plan to make it easier to deport foreignersBerlin (CNN)Eight men are in pretrial custody in connection with a spate of New Year's Eve mass robberies and sex assaults in Cologne, attacks that spurred a vigorous debate about asylum seekers in Germany.Ulrich Bremer, the spokesman for the Cologne prosecutor's office, said that at least one of the men in custody is accused of groping and robbery, and at least two are accused of robbery alone. It's not clear what the other five are accused of doing.Nor were all eight men's immigration status officially known.But Bremer said 21 suspects originally identified by authorities consisted of some illegally in Germany and some who sought asylum. The latter group included those who've been granted asylum and others waiting for their applications to be granted, the spokesman explained.Several European cities experienced similar mass attacks on New Year's Eve, with immigrants being blamed for groping and robbing female revelers. Read MoreSix woman in Zurich, Switzerland, for instance, told authorities they were "robbed from one side, (while) being groped ... on the other side" by groups of men, police there said. Police in Helsinki, Finland, investigated two possible crimes involving "a gathering of asylum-seekers." And at least 50 incidents were reported in the northern German city of Hamburg.Yet what happened in Cologne got the most attention internationally, with police reporting upwards of 581 criminal complaints, more than half of which included alleged sexual offenses. The idea of mass attacks on women walking through Cologne's city center was horrific enough. But what made it more jarring for some was the allegation that those responsible had been welcomed into Germany: Interior Ministry spokesman Tobias Plate said this month that the suspects included citizens of Algeria, Morocco, Iran and Syria, among other nations. German officials last week outlined plans lowering the threshold for foreigners to be deported to include convictions for sexual or physical assaults or resisting police officers. Previously, only those sentenced to crimes punishable by a sentence of one year or more could be deported.The changes could be passed into law as early as next month."Criminals should be punished consistently," German Justice Minister Heiko Maas told German public broadcaster ARD. "That will also lead to more deportations."Minister: More foreigners will be deportedCNN's Nadine Schmidt reported from Berlin, and CNN's Greg Botelho reported and wrote from Atlanta.

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Story highlightsConservative Boris Johnson wins second term as London's mayorHe narrowly beat former mayor and Labour Party candidate Ken LIvingstoneThe post is largely ceremonial, though the Mayor controls a $23 billion budgetLondon will host the 2012 Olympic games in less than three monthsBoris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor of London Friday after a narrow victory over Ken Livingstone, who held the post until 2008.Conservative Party incumbent Johnson, 47, polled 1,054,811 votes compared to his long-time Labour Party rival's 992,273 votes.Neither candidate won enough votes in the first round of voting to secure victory, meaning second preference choices had to be counted.With all to play for ahead of this summer's Olympic games in the city, the two maverick politicians embarked on an election campaign that showed there was no love lost between them.London mayoral election: Battle of the buses At one point during the campaign, as both rivals accused each other of avoiding paying the full rate of income tax, Johnson -- who was born in New York to British parents -- accused Livingstone of being a "f***ing liar."JUST WATCHEDLondon icon makes a comebackReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLondon icon makes a comeback 02:19JUST WATCHEDBritain's Olympic legacyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBritain's Olympic legacy 03:32JUST WATCHEDMissiles at London Olympics?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMissiles at London Olympics? 03:48Livingstone, 66, was instrumental in helping win the bid to stage the Games in 2005 during his second term in office, though both candidates claimed credit for the massive regeneration of east London around the Olympic site. As the head of the Greater London Council (GLC) in the 1980s, Livingstone earned the moniker "Red Ken" for standing up to Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on a number of issues.Why mayoral elections matter so much to womenBut it was the scruffy-haired Old Etonian, Johnson, who ended Livingstone's reign as mayor in 2008, after a surprise win. Critics believed the outspoken, gaffe-prone ex-journalist was not serious enough for the post. However a number of high-profile initiatives, including a London-wide public cycle hire scheme and a plan for a new railway link across the city, soon won him praise. Speaking after Friday's victory, Johnson vowed to continue "fighting for a good deal for Londoners" from central government as he thanked voters for giving him a "new chance," Britain's Press Association reported.Livingstone, meanwhile, immediately announced his retirement from politics. "This is my last election," he told supporters at London's City Hall, in quotes carried by PA."Forty-one years ago almost to the day, I won my first election on a manifesto promising to build good council housing and introduce a free bus pass for pensioners. Now I've lived long enough to get one myself. I didn't think I necessarily would at the time."While the job of mayor is largely ceremonial, whoever holds it does have control of a £14 billion ($23 billion) budget to run the city's vast transport system and emergency services as well as promote business.Elsewhere, the Labour Party made big gains over Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in local elections held Thursday.Labour have gained 825 local council seats, while the Conservatives have lost 405 and the Liberal Democrats 336, according to BBC projections.This makes the London mayoral election result one bright spot in a gloomy overall picture for the Conservatives, who are feeling the effect of voters' dissatisfaction over measures to tackle the country's large deficit.

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Five months ago Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, officially became a member of the British royal family after marrying Prince Harry at Windsor Castle. On Monday, the couple announced they're expecting a baby, due in the spring of 2019. The boy or girl will be seventh in line to the throne, after Charles, the Prince of Wales, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, his three children and Harry himself. READ: Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting first child with HarryDespite being seventh in line, the baby is not automatically a prince or princess.In 1917, King George V limited titles within the British royal family, meaning Meghan and Harry's child -- who will be Queen Elizabeth II's great-grandchild -- will be too far down the line of succession.Read MoreHowever, the Queen can step in, as she has with William and Catherine's children, and overrule that decree.

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Story highlightsItaly rescues draw against SpainBoth extend unbeaten runs in qualifyingKosovo humbled in first competitive home gameIceland continues footballing rise (CNN)Two international teams with two of the longest unbeaten runs in history -- in the end, it was always going to be a draw.Spain went into its clash against Italy without defeat in 54 World Cup qualifiers, a run stretching back to a 1-0 reverse against Denmark in 1993.Follow @cnnsport Italy, on the other hand, was undefeated in 51 World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, last tasting defeat against France a decade ago.After Thursday's match in Turin, both sides could continue to boast their impressive records.FT GROUP GFYR Macedonia 1-2 IsraelItaly 1-1 SpainLiechtenstein 0-2 AlbaniaEurope #WCQhttps://t.co/7ipu8YacyR pic.twitter.com/MgK80GfwiC— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) October 6, 2016 "We paid for our tension, we gave the ball away too easily," Italy coach Giampiero Ventura said of his side's performance. Read More"The first half was very tough, they kept the ball and we weren't aggressive. The second half was better." "Spain are favorites for this group but this game showed that we can achieve our goals if we want to." Read: FIFA president Gianni Infantino proposes 48-team World CupSpain, as expected, started the match on the front foot in coach Julen Lopetegui's second competitive game in charge and took just 10 minutes to carve out its first clear opening.An intricate one-two between Andres Iniesta and David Silva on the edge of the penalty area created space in the box, but the Barcelona man checked back onto his weaker left foot and curled a tame shot into the hands of Gianluigi Buffon.Spain continued to dominate possession and created a glut of clear-cut chances.Gerard Pique was the first to get his head on the end of Iniesta's whipped cross, but captain Sergio Ramos inadvertently deflected his effort behind with the ball destined for the bottom corner.FT GROUP I Iceland 3-2 FinlandTurkey 2-2 UkraineKosovo 0-6 CroatiaEurope #WCQhttps://t.co/7ipu8YacyR pic.twitter.com/dnB5C8qIW8— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) October 6, 2016 Despite an array of attacking talent on the pitch, the Barcelona defender -- in good goalscoring form for his club -- looked the most likely to open the scoring in the first half.Just before the break, Ramos rose highest at the far post to head Koke's cross back across goal, but Pique's headed effort was straight at Buffon from just three yards out.Italy rode its luck with Spain utteraly dominant, and the half-time stats made for grim reading for the hosts.Read: Syria shocks China in bid to qualify for Russia 2018Spain enjoyed 75% possession, seven shots to Italy's zero and nine corners to Italy's zero.As the second half began, then, it was no surprise which side took the lead -- the only surprise was how it came about.Of all men to make a mistake, it was the wily, evergreen veteran Buffon who gifted Spain the opener.Gianluigi Buffon misjudges the ball and allows Vitolo to score.The 38-year-old came charging out of his area to meet Silva's through pass, getting there well ahead of Vitolo but took his eye off the ball, allowing the Spain forward to roll into an empty net."Even the best goalkeeper in history can make mistakes," Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi said after the game. "He's not a machine and that can happen."80' GOOAALLL!!! #DEROSSI!!! He sent De Gea the wrong way from the spot to level! #ITASPA 1-1 pic.twitter.com/K73Qi7XBS7— Italy (@azzurri) October 6, 2016 It looked as though Italy's 51-match, 10-year unbeaten record was coming to an end, but you can always rely on Ramos to gift you a chance.With just eight minutes remaining, Alessandro Florenzi's cross into the box took a deflection into the path of Eder, who beat a static Ramos to the ball and the Real Madrid defender clipped his heels to concede a penalty.De Rossi stepped up to the ball with an arrogant swagger that belied the pressure on the penalty kick and nonchalantly rolled the ball into the left corner, sending David de Gea the wrong way.After dominating for the vast majority of the match, Spain now looked the most likely to relinquish its unbeaten run.Read: Kosovo route to world stage moved faster by sport than politicsLively substitute Ciro Immobile continuously proved a handful for Spain's defense, as he skipped to the byline and fired a cross across the six-yard box, but not one of three Italy players anticipated the ball.Italy looked to have stolen a late winner, after Andrea Belotti turned the ball home, but the linesman correctly flagged Immobile for offside in the build up."In truth, the first half was comfortable," Spain's goalscorer Vitolo said. "We gained a very important point playing away from home, so we leave satisfied. "However, Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke felt differently.FT GROUP DRepublic of Ireland 1-0 GeorgiaAustria 2-2 WalesMoldova 0-3 SerbiaEurope #WCQhttps://t.co/7ipu8YacyR pic.twitter.com/uvyRyvYZNR— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) October 6, 2016 "It was a highly-contested match, we played a great first half," he added. "After our goal they were a lot more direct, we're a bit sad for not having won."You get a sense Italy will be much the happier with the end result.Meanwhile, Kosovo suffered a rude awakening from its World Cup dream with a 6-0 defeat at the hands of Croatia.Read: Kosovo's dream -- and the brothers divided by dutyPlaying in only its second competitive fixture, after FIFA officially assigned the country to World Cup qualifying, a first-half Mario Mandzukic hattrick set Croatia on its way to a comprehensive victory.Iceland's footballing rise, on the other hand, shows no signs of stopping. After a scarcely believable Euro 2016 campaign --- in which it knocked out England -- the tiny island nation scored two goals in stoppage time against Finland to turn defeat into victory right at the death.

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(CNN)Three judges who unanimously rejected Novak Djokovic's bid to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open have revealed their reasons for the ruling.In a written statement, the judges said it was not irrational for Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to eject the Djokovic due to concerns the unvaccinated Serbian star could pose a risk to public health and order. The ruling said it was open to the minister to infer Djokovic's presence could encourage anti-vax protests, which could aid the spread of Covid-19. And they noted the minister's decision also included the star's possible influence on people who were unsure about whether to take the vaccine."The possible influence on the second group comes from common sense and human experience: An iconic world tennis star may influence people of all ages, young or old, but perhaps especially the young and the impressionable, to emulate him. This is not fanciful; it does not need evidence," the ruling said.Read MoreThe explanation ends one of the most controversial episodes in the history of the Australian Open.The world's No. 1 men's player was forced to leave the country on the eve of the competition after the court failed to find fault with the immigration minister's decision to cancel his visa.It was the second time Djokovic's visa had been canceled -- the first came in the hours after his arrival in Australia on January 5, when Australian Border Force (ABF) officers rejected his purported exemption from rules that state all new arrivals must be fully vaccinated.Djokovic said a previous Covid infection meant he was exempt, but under federal rules that's not enough and he was detained in an immigration facility.The matter went to court and a single judge ruled the decision was "unreasonable" because he wasn't given enough time to consult his lawyers. Djokovic was freed from detention and resumed his training at Melbourne Park in the hope of securing his 21st grand slam title.However, days later the government intervened to cancel his visa again, stating the unvaccinated player was a threat to public health and order. The issue was referred to a higher court and the three judges convened last Sunday.Djokovic's legal team didn't argue the merits of the minister's decision, only that he had made a jurisdictional error under the country's migration law.On Sunday, the judges ruled there had been no error and Djokovic agreed to leave.In a statement, the player said he was "disappointed" with the decision but respected the court's ruling. That night he departed Melbourne en route to Serbia, where he received a hero's welcome.Fans wave Serbian flags as tennis player Novak Djokovic arrives in Belgrade on Monday, January 17.Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said Australia's treatment of the star was "scandalous." Brnabic told CNN Wednesday she didn't know why Djokovic wasn't vaccinated, but added she doesn't believe he's an anti-vaxxer."He supports the vaccination of those people who want to be vaccinated. So I am not perceiving him as anti-vaxxer," she said. In a statement soon after Sunday's ruling, Djokovic's family blamed the decision on politics. "This isn't just a sports issue and playing at the first grand slam of the season, dominated by Novak for a decade now, but politics as well all the interests that took priority over sports," the statement said. Under Australian law, Djokovic can be banned from the country for three years, though Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews hasn't ruled out an exemption. "Any application will be reviewed on its merits," she said earlier this week.On Tuesday, Tennis Australia expressed regret the visa dispute had distracted players in the tournament."We deeply regret the impact this had on all players," the statement said. "There are always lessons to learn, and we will review all aspects of our preparation and implementation to inform our planning -- as we do every year. That process always starts once the Australian Open champions have lifted their trophies."The grand slam ends on January 31.

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London (CNN)The Mayor of London said he was "sickened" after a bloody night in the city saw four people stabbed and a teenager shot dead, in a spate of separate incidents that further highlight the surge in violent crime in Britain's capital. Police said 14 people were arrested over the three incidents, two of which saw a pair of teenagers lose their lives just 12 minutes apart."I am sickened to hear that two young lives have been ended within minutes of each other in Wandsworth & Greenwich," tweeted Sadiq Khan, who has seen knife crime increase in virtually every borough of the city.Knives and gangs: What's driving Britain's broken boys to crime?Police were first called to Wandsworth, southwest London at 4.42 p.m. local time (11.42 a.m. ET) on Friday, after an 18-year-old victim was stabbed. He died at the scene, and six males -- all aged between 16 and 19 -- were arrested.Then, at 4.54 p.m., armed police were called to reports of a shooting in Woolwich, south-east London, where a 19-year-old had been shot. He also died at the scene, before three boys and a girl, all aged 16 or 17, were arrested on suspicion of murder.Read MoreFinally, at 3.22 a.m. on Saturday morning, three men were stabbed in Clapham, south London, and four other men were arrested.The number of young individuals admitted to hospital with wounds inflicted by knives or sharp objects in England has soared by more than half in the past five years, the NHS has said. Police recorded a total of 40,577 offenses involving a knife or sharp instrument across the country in 2018, 10,000 more than in 2010-11. Shootings, by contrast, are far more rare in the UK.Khan joined police in appealing for information on the latest attacks. The Mayor has faced criticism for the rises in violence in recent years, while others have pointed the figure at police cuts mandated by the government. "Our overstretched police are working around the clock to keep Londoners safe," Khan said. "They need our support to end this scourge of violence."

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Story highlights "He'd never be a terrorist," father of one of the men tells CNN affiliateThe two men made initial court appearances Friday afternoonOne of the men was arrested at LAX allegedly en route to joining ISIS in Mideast, feds sayLos Angeles (CNN)Two Southern California men have been arrested on federal charges of conspiring to support ISIS, authorities said.FBI agents arrested Muhanad Badawi, 24, and Nader Elhuzayel, 24, both of Anaheim, on Thursday night.They made initial court appearances Friday afternoon in a federal court in Santa Ana, according to a statement by the office of U.S. Attorney Stephanie Yonekura in Los Angeles.The men and their attorneys couldn't immediately be reached for comment.CNN affiliate KTLA talked to Salem Elhuzayel, father of Nader Elhuzayel, who said his son was traveling to a town in southern Israel. He said it was not possible that his son was secretly trying to join ISIS.In the courtroom on Friday are defendants Nader Elhuzayel (in red, in foreground) and Muhanad Badawi (in upper right). Behind them, to left, is a U.S. marshal. Read More"(He'd) never be a terrorist," Salem Elhuzayel told the Los Angeles-based station. "No way that he kept that from us. Nader is just an innocent human being who was traveling to go home to see his (relatives)."Nader Elhuzayel's mother said her children have always lived in the United States.Badawi and Elhuzayel allegedly used Twitter and other social media to discuss terrorist attacks, authorities said. The two allegedly expressed a desire to die as jihad martyrs and made arrangements for Elhuzayel to leave the United States to join ISIS, authorities said.Badawi allegedly allowed Elhuzayel to use his credit card on May 7 to buy a one-way flight from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, Israel, via Istanbul, Turkey, on a Turkish Airlines flight scheduled to depart on May 21, authorities said in a statement.Badawi planned to travel to the Mideast at another time in the future, authorities said in affidavit.Elhuzayel was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.In the courtroom on Friday are defendant Nader Elhuzayel (in red, at left) with his attorney and defendant Muhanad Badawi (in gray shirt, center right) with his attorney Kate Corrigan. Magistrate judge is Robert Block.Elhuzayel was read his Miranda rights and later gave a statement to investigators that he planned to disembark in Istanbul to join ISIS and didn't intend to travel to Israel, authorities said.Conversations between the two men about their plans were recorded, authorities said.Authorities outlined the two men's plans in an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Ashley Mericle.In recorded conversations last month, Badawi and Elhuzayel "discussed how it would be a blessing to fight for the cause of Allah, and to die in the battlefield," authorities said, citing the affidavit.When Badawi expressed concerns about ISIS struggling due to airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition, Elhuzayel responded that they had to be patient and added, "Can you imagine when al-Qaeda joins with Islamic State," authorities said.JUST WATCHEDISIS forces out 2 enemy armies in 1 weekReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHISIS forces out 2 enemy armies in 1 week 03:07Badawi responded, "We will be huge," authorities alleged.If convicted of the charge in the criminal complaint, Badawi and Elhuzayel each would face a maximum prison sentence of 15 years, authorities said.Who are the Americans linked to ISIS?Follow @MMartinezCNN

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CrossFit GamesMadison, WisconsinAugust 1-5, 2018 (CNN)Gold, silver, bronze, then nothing. Fourth is the toughest place in sports. No medal. No place on the podium. A praiseworthy performance reduced to a forgotten footnote.Follow @cnnsport For Noah Ohlsen at the 2017 CrossFit Games, this was only half the story. Having climbed from finishing 15th at the 2016 Games to fourth, his season can be justifiably considered a great success. However, finishing just four points from the podium -- 788 to Patrick Vellner's 792 -- the agonizing realization of how close he came changes his perspective on his otherwise impressive achievement."If I had sprinted to the finish instead of kind of running to the end and getting past somebody at the last second ... that was four points right there. I would have been on the podium," Ohlsen reflects. Read MoreREAD: Brooke Wells: The twin sister who was born to competeREAD: Meet the 'fittest man on Earth'JUST WATCHEDCrossFit Games: All you need to knowReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCrossFit Games: All you need to know 00:56The 2017 CrossFit Games are composed of 13 events over four brutal days, with 100 points available to the winner of each event and incrementally fewer as you fall down the leaderboard. With such small margins, a single mistake during any one of these events could be the difference between a podium place and a footnote -- as Ohlsen is all too aware. "There are these small moments throughout the competition that you need to capitalize on, that you don't realize in the moment. But, when you look back you're like, man, it was that, it was this, it was that, it was all these little moments."READ: Is the CrossFit Open the biggest sporting competition on Earth?READ: How to talk to someone who does CrossFit, if you really must Well, here we are again. Another season come and gone. This one much different than the last. I've always strived to do well at the @crossfitgames but I don't know if I truly believed I was capable of making the podium until Saturday night. In second place going into the final day, I was convinced that this was it. A dream was finally going to be actualized. As you may know, it didn't pan out that way. I'll process the why a bit more later. Finishing fifth in the world, as the second fittest American, my best finish yet, is bittersweet. I want to prove to myself and to you all that I have what it takes to be the fittest on earth. Therefore, I'll be back. A post shared by Noah Ohlsen (@nohlsen) on Aug 8, 2017 at 5:17pm PDT To better prepare for these "little moments" at this year's Games, Ohlsen and his four-year-old golden retriever Max moved 1,000 kilometers north from Miami to the northern suburbs of Atlanta to work directly with his coach (coincidentally also named Max -- Ohlsen jokes it was his coach who was named after his dog, and not the other way around). @thedavecastro if we're kayaking at the @crossfitgames, can I please bring @maximusohlsen? A post shared by Noah Ohlsen (@nohlsen) on Jun 24, 2018 at 7:48am PDT For the 2017 season, Max El-Hag had directed Ohlsen's training remotely from his gym -- Training Think Tank, in Alpharetta, Georgia -- while Noah followed along from Miami. "Going from 15th to fourth and just working with Max from afar ... and it made that much of a drastic change. I decided that I would move up to be able to work with Max in person for the entire 2018 season. And I would have to imagine it's going to pay off."The move came with the added benefit of being able to train side by side with four-time CrossFit Games athlete Travis Mayer (who fell shy of making a fifth Games this year), allowing simulation of Games-level competition on a daily basis. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news and features This guy. I've been privileged enough to train with @tmayer18 full time for almost the entirety of this season at @trainingthinktank. As if you don't already know, he's an incredible athlete. This is a little embarrassing to share, but he beats me on a majority of the workouts we do in training. He's that good. A couple small execution errors last weekend want to tell you otherwise, but don't let them. It was bittersweet not having him on the podium, but I can assure you he'll be back. Trevor-ier than ever. Cheers, Travis. A post shared by Noah Ohlsen (@nohlsen) on Jun 5, 2018 at 7:22am PDT Ohlsen's adopted the mantra "Happy but Hungry," to emphasize his desire to always improve, but he's is enjoying the journey. One senses he'll be happier if he makes it to the podium, and happiest of all if he's on top. #HappyButHungry tees are here! Available now for a limited time presale. Get one and become a part of the tribe at the perfect time. A reminder to be happy with your open performance but always hungry for more! Link in bio. Tag a friend and I'll pick someone to send one free! A post shared by Noah Ohlsen (@nohlsen) on Mar 3, 2018 at 1:50pm PST

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Story highlightsPope says the greedy should stay out of politicsHe previously suggested Trump was not Christian if he wanted to build walls (CNN)Pope Francis delivered a powerful message Saturday in which he warned against "social walls" and "false prophets" fueling fear and intolerance in politics.While the Pope made no mention of Donald Trump, his comments at the Vatican have been widely seen as a thinly veiled stab at the Republican presidential candidate, whose proposal to build a wall between the United States and Mexico has been a centerpiece of his campaign.Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, that hundreds of millions of people could enter the United States under a Hillary Clinton presidency."No tyranny finds support without tapping into our fears," Francis said. "This is key. Hence, all tyranny is terrorist. And when this terror -- which was sown in the peripheries, with the massacres, looting, oppression and injustice -- explodes in centers with different forms of violence, even hateful and cowardly attacks, citizens who still retain some rights are tempted to the false security of physical or social walls. "Walls that enclose some and banish others. Walled citizens, terrified on one side, excluded, exiled, and still more terrified on the other. Is that the life that our Father God wants for their children?"Dear brothers and sisters -- all walls fall. All of them. Do not be fooled."Read More'Not the gospel'While the Pope did not mention Trump's name in these comments, he has previously thrown in his two cents on the US election. In February, he said: "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel." JUST WATCHEDDonald Trump rips Pope Francis: I'm a ChristianReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDonald Trump rips Pope Francis: I'm a Christian 00:53Trump described those remarks as "disgraceful."On Saturday, the Pope was addressing the Third World Meeting of Popular Movements, which brings together organizations of people on the margins of society, including the poor, the unemployed and those who have lost their agricultural land, according to the Vatican. He reminded his audience of a pledge made at last year's meeting to "build bridges between the people, bridges that allow us to break down the walls of exclusion and exploitation."JUST WATCHEDThese Americans would live in shadow of a Trump wallReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThese Americans would live in shadow of a Trump wall 03:32He also said that in a time of "paralysis, disorientation and destructive proposals," people "seeking the common good can overcome, with God's help, the false prophets who exploit the fear and hopelessness, that sell magic formulas of hatred and cruelty or selfish welfare and an illusory security."Francis: 'Don't meddle in politics'The Pope's comments were also seen to be directed at Latin American leaders, as he warned that greed has no place in governance."Anyone who is too attached to material things or to the mirror, who likes money, lush banquets, sumptuous mansions, refined suits, luxury cars, I would advise you to look at what is happening in your heart and pray for God to release you from those bonds." Francis then relayed the words of former Uruguayan president José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano, who he said was in attendance."But, to paraphrase a former Latin American president who is over here, he who has a penchant for all those things, please do not meddle in politics, don't meddle in a social organization or a popular movement, because you will do much harm to yourself, to others, and will stain the noble cause you defend. Also, don't meddle in the seminary," he said.CNN's Marilia Brocchetto contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsThe former Ivory Coast president is accused of crimes against humanityThe court says he is a flight riskLaurent Gbagbo has been in detention since he surrendered last DecemberThe International Criminal Court has rejected an appeal from former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to be released from detention in the Netherlands while he awaits trial.ICC judges said Friday that Gbagbo, who faces charges of crimes against humanity during the 2010 civil war in his country, posed a flight risk."In the case at hand, there can be no doubt that the charges that the prosecutor has brought against Mr. Gbagbo and for which the warrant of arrest against him was issued - crimes against humanity of murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, as well as other inhumane acts and persecution - are serious and may lead to a lengthy sentence in case of conviction," Judge Anita Usacka wrote in the decision from The Hague.Gbagbo has been detained in the court since he surrendered on December 5, 2011.He had sought release "to allow him to recover from the ill-treatment he is said to have suffered while in detention in Cote d'Ivoire, in order to be fit to stand trial," the decision said, using the French name for Ivory Coast.

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Story highlightsThe pair fled "because of the danger," female punk rock band said on TwitterRussia was searching for two members who took part in a controversial performance12 to 14 other members of the band are still in the country, jailed performer's husband saysTwo members of the female punk rock band Pussy Riot have fled Russia, the group said."In regard to the pursuit, two of our members have successfully fled the country! Recruiting foreign feminists to prepare new actions," the group said on Twitter.A Russian court this month sentenced three members of the band to two years in prison after they were found guilty of hooliganism for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin in a church.Five members had taken part in the performance, but authorities had managed to arrest only three. Russian police were searching for the other two participants.JUST WATCHEDPussy Riot members found guiltyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPussy Riot members found guilty 02:19JUST WATCHEDHusband of Pussy Riot member speaks outReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHusband of Pussy Riot member speaks out 02:54JUST WATCHEDStar support for Russian punk bandReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHStar support for Russian punk band 03:44While Pussy Riot tweeted Sunday that two members fled the country "because of the danger," Pyotr Verzilov, husband of jailed band member Nadezdha Tolokonnikova, would not say Monday whether the two who have fled took part in the February performance in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral."Two girls have left the country to protect themselves. They are in the safe place. Talking about whether they will stay there forever, it's hard to say because nothing lasts forever. Probably they will return one day. But you must remember that there are 12 or even 14 members who are still in Russia and participate in the band's work now," he said.Verzilov would not say whether the two have formally applied for asylum in another country.The sentencing and conviction of Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich triggered international condemnation.

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(CNN)Yannick Noah turned as the ball sailed over his head and watched it land beyond the baseline.He sank to his knees and pumped his fists, exchanged a cursory handshake with his beaten opponent, Mats Wilander, before running into his father's arms.Follow @cnnsport His straight sets victory against Wilander -- the defending champion who was just 18 years old -- in 1983 certainly didn't go down as one of the all-time great finals, but none in Roland Garros history arguably have been more emotional.The embrace with his father, Zacharie, who had watched his son leave his native Cameroon to train in France 10 years earlier as a 13-year-old, became one of the French Open's defining images.READ: Rafael Nadal -- Why the 'King of Clay' reigns in ParisRead MoreREAD: Serena Williams pulls out of French Open"I'm really thankful that I've won my grand slam at home," Noah told CNN's Pat Cash. "I won, I practiced here, pretty much on this court, before the final. "Then I go out and play and all my friends (were there), everywhere I look there are my friends and I could share this moment. It was complete and I think I got the energy from them."Noah was the first Frenchman to win at Roland Garros for 37 years, and no Frenchman has lifted the trophy in the 35 years since. JUST WATCHEDCan anyone stop Rafa Nadal at Roland Garros?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCan anyone stop Rafa Nadal at Roland Garros? 01:59It appears as though the drought won't end anytime soon, since the once golden generation of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon are nearing the end of their careers. The French fans are notoriously passionate when it comes to supporting their compatriots on the red clay, with many suggesting it brings pressure the current players can't handle.Noah, however, feels decidedly differently."I don't feel it," he says, shaking his head. "I feel it's love, man. And I mean, Jesus, people come and say they love you. "Some people feel this way (pressure) but you are lucky enough to have a grand slam at home, you know? God, there are four. "You have French, you have Australians, Americans and English but it's such a privilege. We practice in Roland Garros so you have all the dreams right here." Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018The 2018 French Open will take place from May 21-June 10 on the clay courts of Roland Garros in Paris. Hide Caption 1 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Serena Williams turned heads in a black catsuit in her first-round match at Roland Garros, saying it made her feel like a "warrior princess." She also said it helped with ongoing blood clots following the birth of her daughter last year. Hide Caption 2 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Rafa Nadal is favorite to take the men's singles title, which would be his 11th grand slam victory on the clay. Hide Caption 3 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Serena Williams is playing her first grand slam for 16 months after maternity leave and is bidding for a fourth French Open crown and a record-equaling 24th major title, including both pre and Open era events.Hide Caption 4 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Novak Djokovic hasn't won a grand slam title since 2016 and has slipped to No. 22 in the world, but he enters the French Open on a good run of form. Hide Caption 5 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Young German Alexander Zverev is touted as the future of tennis but has struggled at grand slams so far in his career, his best result being the fourth round. Hide Caption 6 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Andy Murray continues his recovery from hip surgery and won't be at Roland Garros -- a tournament he finished runner-up at in 2016. Hide Caption 7 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Maria Sharapova is a two-time French Open champion but has missed the last two events at Roland Garros after serving a ban for testing positive for the illegal substance meldonium.Hide Caption 8 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Pauline Parmentier will be flying the flag for France in the women's draw having received a wild card entry for this year's competition. She reached the fourth round in 2014. Hide Caption 9 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Pat Cash claimed his sole grand slam singles title at Wimbledon in 1987. He'll be giving CNN his insight as a former player throughout the French Open. Hide Caption 10 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018A year on from her return to tennis following a knife attack in her home, Petra Kvitova says she is living a "dream." Hide Caption 11 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Yannick Noah is still the only French man to win the French Open, since the Open era began in 1968. Noah's triumph at Roland Garros came way back in 1983.Hide Caption 12 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Juan Martin del Potro's lone major title was the US Open in 2009. However he's struggled with injury since beating Roger Federer in that 2009 US Open final, missing almost the entire 2010 season after undergoing surgery on his wrist.After slipping outside the world's top 400, Del Potro returned to the top five in 2013 but another wrist injury meant more surgery and led him to miss the majority of the 2014 and 2015 season. But earlier this year Del Potro ended Federer's best ever start to a season to become the first Argentine to win a top-tier Masters series event when he was victorious at Indian Wells.Hide Caption 13 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Serena Williams pulled out injured ahead of her much-anticipated fourth-round match against old rival Maria Sharapova.Hide Caption 14 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018World No. 72 Marco Cecchinato beat David Goffin to reach the French Open quarterfinals where he will play Novak Djokovic. Cecchinato described his win over Goffin as the "best moment" of his life. He shortly followed up with a new best moment as he beat Djokovic in four sets. Hide Caption 15 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018Diminutive Argentine Diego Schwartzman, who stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall, proved size isn't everything when he toppled 6-foot-8 Kevin Anderson to reach the quarterfinals. Hide Caption 16 of 17 Photos: The faces of Roland Garros 2018World No.1 Simona Halep is bidding for a first grand slam title after three previous losing final appearances in majors.Hide Caption 17 of 17'King of Clay'The man to beat this year, once again, is Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard is going for a record-extending 11th title at Roland Garros having lost just two matches at the tournament throughout his career.Noah had the privilege of watching the "King of Clay" up close during a training session and was left in awe of his prowess.JUST WATCHEDNadal by the numbersReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNadal by the numbers 01:22"I saw him practice ... it's fantastic. You wanna show all the kids ... this is the No. 1 in the world," said Noah. "And because of that I think it's really good. I'm happy when he wins these days. It was not always the way, to tell you the truth. But now it's something different, man, you gotta give him respect, man. Crazy."So how would Noah try to beat the seemingly unbeatable Nadal?"I only play drop shots, only drop shots," he laughs. "You're going to miss points but I would serve underarm and every time I play drop shots. "If he is at the net, I hit it straight at him," he quips. "You have to try something!"

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(CNN)The Duke of Cambridge and Prime Minister Theresa May attended commemorations on Wednesday for the centenary of the Battle of Amiens -- the turning point in the Allies' victory in World War One.Amiens Cathedral in northern France played host to the event, which remembered the battle in 1918 that marked the beginning of the "hundred days" offensive, the closing chapter of the war. Australia's oldest submarine found after 103 years"The Battle of Amiens marked the beginning of the end of the First World War," said Gen. Nick Carter, head of the British armed forces, the Press Association reported.A string of military victories following the Battle of Amiens led to the surrender of Germany's armed forces and the armistice that brought the war to a close in November 1918.Prisoners arriving at a "cage" near Amiens, following fighting for the town in August 1918. Over 500 tanks from the UK's fledgling Tank Corps were sent into the battle, along with more than 1,900 British and French aircraft. Some 2,000 artillery guns supported the tens of thousands of troops -- many of them Australian and Canadian -- that led the offensive. Read MoreThe Allied troops captured several miles from the Germans on the first day of the offensive, which ended the deadlock of trench warfare that epitomized the entire conflict. The result of the battle convinced the German high command that the country could not win the war.Prince William and May gave readings during Wednesday's commemoration service and wreaths were laid as a mark of respect. They also met with relatives of soldiers who fought in the battle.General Carter said: "It was a remarkable achievement over the course of the war to expand the military, molding a new citizen-based force into a very accomplished fighting force, against a backdrop of rapid technological change."

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Story highlightsDefense worked to discredit DNA evidence linking defendants to killing of Meredith KercherEight jurors -- six members of public and two judges -- ruled on appealKnox need not remain in Italy pending possible appeal by prosecutionAmerican Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, won their appeals of their convictions in the killing of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Here is a guide to the Italian appeal process.On what grounds did Knox and Sollecito appeal their convictions for murder, sexual assault, possession of a weapon, interfering with a crime and theft?The defense sought to discredit DNA evidence linking the two of them to the killing, in which British exchange student Meredith Kercher's throat was slashed. Her partially clothed body was found in the house she shared with Knox in Perugia, a central Italian university town.Two experts argued that DNA evidence found on the knife used to kill Kercher and on her bra clasp was unreliable and contaminated by poor handling. Prosecutors in 2009 had said there were traces of Knox's genetic material on the handle and Kercher's in a tiny groove on the blade.Knox and Sollecito's defense teams have suggested Rudy Guede, who is already serving a 16-year sentence for the murder, could have been the sole killer.JUST WATCHEDAmanda Knox pleads her caseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAmanda Knox pleads her case 10:18JUST WATCHED'It's like living in a nightmare'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH'It's like living in a nightmare' 01:28JUST WATCHEDKercher family lawyer: 'They are guilty'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHKercher family lawyer: 'They are guilty' 00:50JUST WATCHEDAmanda Knox murder conviction overturnedReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAmanda Knox murder conviction overturned 02:50The case against Knox and SollecitoWho made the decision?Eight jurors -- six members of the public and two judges -- decided the case. The judges take part and vote as part of the jury: their role is to guide but not to instruct the other jurors how to vote. The presiding judge, Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, who was also one of the jurors, read out the verdict.What were the possible rulings in the appeal?There were three possible outcomes for the defendants:1. Verdict is upheld: In this case, Knox and Sollecito would have continued serving their respective 26- and 25-year jail sentences. However, prosecutor Manuela Comodi had called for their sentences to be increased to life. 2. Verdict is overturnedJUST WATCHEDSollecito: Families are sacrificingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSollecito: Families are sacrificing 02:33JUST WATCHEDKnox trial explainedReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHKnox trial explained 02:52JUST WATCHEDAmanda Knox: 'I was scared'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAmanda Knox: 'I was scared' 01:343. Verdict is partially overturned, with a decrease in sentence (verdicts can be upheld on some counts but not others; this would result in a decrease in their sentences, which is what happened). Does Monday's ruling mean the case is closed for good or could there be further appeals?There will most likely be appeals by the prosecution. Both the defense and prosecution can take their case to Italy's highest court. Both Knox and Sollecito returned to prison to complete paperwork and collect their belongings. But Knox was freed within an hour; CNN understands Knox will leave the country Tuesday morning.Knox, 24, need not remain in Italy pending a possible appeal by the prosecution. After the ruling, the judge has 90 days to write a report on why the court reached its conclusions. The parties then have 45 days to file an appeal to the High Court, which then must schedule it, according to Luiss University law professor Nicola Di Mario. So there'll be at least four months between the verdict and any possible High Court appeal. A High Court hearing would be very short and dependent on key technical issues and arguments, not a review of the actual trial itself, according to Di Mario.Where would an acquittal of just Knox and/or Sollecito have left the case of the other?That was the big question. The co-defendants appealed together, and while different verdicts could theoretically have been delivered for each of them, this was highly unlikely. A third person convicted of the murder, Rudy Guede, has already appealed to the High Court and had his sentence reduced to 16 years.Can the defendants ever be tried again for the same crime?After the case goes to Italy's highest court and assuming it does not overturn the appeals ruling, Knox cannot be tried again for the same crime under the "double jeopardy" rule. What will happen if a possible appeal by the prosecution to Italy's highest court is successful after Knox has returned to the United States?If Italy's highest court overturns the lower court's decision, it effectively revalidates the trial court's sentence, which means 26 years in prison for Knox.Italy would then have to put in a request to U.S. authorities for extradition, and it would remain to be seen if that would granted or not. Deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner told CNN: "Questions regarding Italian law and process are not ones we can answer. They need to be addressed to Italian authorities. "The United States and Italy do have a bilateral extradition treaty, which has been in force since 1984. Questions about possible return to the U.S., extradition request, etc. are too speculative for us to be able to comment."Does Italian law allow for any civil action by the defendants or by Meredith Kercher's family following a criminal case?Yes, a civil action for damages took place alongside the original criminal trial. The family of Kercher sought $36 million in damages from the three co-defendants if they were convicted on the criminal charges. Their acquittal on the criminal charges frees them of civil liability as well.Did the defendants face any other charges? Knox also appealed an additional charge for which she was convicted: Defamation of Patrick Lumumba, the club owner whom Knox accused of killing Kercher. He was arrested but released after his alibi checked out. He later sued Knox for libel, winning 40,000 euros ($54,000) in damages. The appeals jury upheld that conviction and ordered Knox to pay Lumumba. It also sentenced her to three years in prison, but because she has already been held for four years, she was freed immediately.

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Story highlights A witness says she heard a vehicle crash, a dispute -- and then gunshotsSmith's wife is out of surgery and "doing well," says an officer who dined with the coupleThe suspect filed a 2006 lawsuit against city after police killed his father (CNN)Will Smith and his wife, Racquel, were "having a blast" at a city festival mere hours before they were both shot, leaving the former New Orleans Saints defensive end dead and his wife hospitalized. New Orleans Police Department spokesman Tyler Gamble was reluctant to use the term "road rage," but a police statement says Smith and the driver of a Hummer SUV "exchanged words" before the Hummer's driver shot Smith multiple times and shot Smith's wife in the right leg.Attorney: Suspect didn't start fight that ended with ex-NFLer Will Smith's deathFormer New Orleans police officer Billy Ceravolo, who was at dinner with Will and Racquel Smith before the shooting, told CNN over the phone that Racquel Smith was on the mend, but he declined to answer further questions. "She is out of surgery and doing well, and that's the highlight of today," he said. Read MoreThe Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office booked Cardell Hayes, 28, on second-degree murder charges early Sunday, Gamble said. Bond was set at $1 million, according to jail records.Cardell Hayes is charged with second-degree murder, police say. "I don't have any information indicating they knew each other at this time," Gamble told CNN in an email, noting that the investigation was ongoing. New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said during a Sunday afternoon news conference that police are still investigating whether Hayes and Smith knew each other. One matter that has become part of the probe, Harrison said, is whether a decade-old lawsuit that Hayes filed against the city after police fatally shot his father has anything to do with Saturday's shooting. Ceravolo is named in the lawsuit.A dinner, then a deadly shootingDetails are still emerging about the moments leading up to the deadly shooting. Earlier Saturday, Smith posted a selfie of him and his wife. The caption said the pair were having fun Saturday night at the French Quarter Fest, an annual event in the famed New Orleans district. Having a blast at the #fqf2016 A photo posted by Will Smith (@iwillsmith) on Apr 9, 2016 at 5:44pm PDT Shortly after the Instagram post, the couple had dinner at Sake Café. Ceravolo, former Saints teammate Pierre Thomas and a sports agent joined them, restaurant General Manager Dave Matherne said."You could hear them laughing at the table," Matherne said. "It seemed they were having a really good time."Just before the restaurant closed, around 11:15 p.m., the Smiths left in a Mercedes G63 SUV.They were following two acquaintances in a gray Chevrolet Impala, police said in a statement. It took only 10 blocks for the situation to turn dramatically.As the vehicles approached a five-point intersection in the city's Lower Garden District neighborhood, Hayes was driving behind them in an orange Hummer H2, police said.Hayes rear-ended the Mercedes, causing Smith's SUV to hit the Impala, according to police. "At some point, the ... driver of the Hummer and Smith exchanged words," the police statement said. "The ... male driver produced a handgun and shot Smith multiple times, the female victim was also shot to the leg."Wounded wife's cry: 'Where's my husband?'Janis Baehr says she was inside a nearby bed-and-breakfast when she heard the vehicle crash, a heated dispute and at least five shots fired.The Florida resident, who was in town to celebrate a friend's birthday at the festival, told CNN she went outside after she heard a woman shout, "Please, God, somebody, please help me!""(Racquel Smith) was screaming, lying there on the sidewalk," Baehr said. "I got there on the ground with her."They prayed together, she said, before paramedics rushed Racquel Smith to the hospital with gunshot wounds in her leg. According to Baehr, Racquel Smith cried out, "Where's my husband? Where's my husband?" When police reached the scene at about 11:29 p.m., Will Smith was "in the middle of the street partially inside of his vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the body. He died at the scene," police said. And Hayes was still there.Investigators recovered the weapon they believe he used, and it had no record, Harrison said. Hayes also had a male passenger in the car with him. He was not identified, and Harrison said he had no information suggesting the passenger was involved in the shooting.Detectives transported Hayes to the homicide office for questioning before taking him to Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office Central Lockup and booking him on a murder charge, police said. A photographer for the The Times-Picayune in New Orleans posted a picture of Thomas, Smith's former teammate who dined with him Saturday night, standing at the scene of the shooting and looking distraught. Photo: Former #Saint Pierre Thomas distraught at scene of Will Smith's murder on #NewOrleans pic.twitter.com/3BbaEYI1lX— Michael DeMocker (@MichaelDeMocker) April 10, 2016 Abutting the Mississippi River, the Lower Garden District neighborhood is known for its historic homes, some of which date back to the early 19th century. Lee Circle, a popular gathering spot during the city's Mardi Gras celebration, sits on the neighborhood's edge. It's a relatively low-crime area, especially when compared with Central City to its west and the Central Business District and French Quarter to its north. Of more than 500 crimes reported in New Orleans in the last week, only a handful occurred in the Lower Garden District, most of them thefts, though there was an assault reported Friday, according to the city's crime map.'A force on the field'Smith was a 34-year-old father of three who had reached the pinnacles of success at football's college and pro levels. Born in Queens and reared in Utica, New York, Smith attended Ohio State University, where he won a national championship in 2002.The 18th pick in the 2004 NFL draft, he went on to play his entire career, 10 seasons, with the Saints. He was part of the 2010 squad that beat the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. He suffered a knee injury during the 2013 preseason, and the Saints released him in 2014. New England signed him, but he never took the field for the Patriots, who released him later that year. The Saints released a statement calling the 2006 Pro Bowler "a force on the football field, a team and locker room leader both on and off it as a defensive team captain." He ranks fourth among the Saints' all-time sack leaders and is considered one of the franchise's great defensive players.Smith played 139 games for the Saints, starting in 120, and racked up 618 tackles, 67.5 sacks, 19 forced fumbles and seven recovered fumbles. "We are devastated and saddened by Will's tragic and preventable death due to a senseless act that will leave a lasting scar on our community forever. Will was more than an exceptional football player he was a father, a husband, a son, a brother and teammate to so many and an inspiration to countless more," Saints owners Tom Benson and his wife, Gayle, said in a statement. Players and coaches from throughout Smith's career took to social media to express their condolences.Bleacher Report: Will Smith, former Saints defensive end, fatally shot at age 34Charitable activitiesThe Saints statement notes that Smith and his wife were generous with their time and quick to participate in various initiatives. Smith's foundation, Where There's A Will, There's A Way, mentors and provides support for at-risk children in Louisiana and upstate New York. He sat on the advisory board of The Artists and Athletes Alliance, too. He also played a big role in Kingsley House, as well as Bridge House and Grace House, and according to the Saints, he had been hosting an annual Smith Family Christmas event for Kingsley House families since 2012. The event, which was often held at the Saints practice facility, included a holiday meal, Christmas gifts from Santa Claus and a tour of the facility.The Smiths hosted a celebrity waiter event for Bridge House and Grace House, which teach people who have become dependent on drugs or alcohol how to live sober and productively, the team said. Smith persuaded his teammates to serve as waiters for the event, even after he retired from football. In addition, Smith sponsored a Utica event called "Evening With All-Stars," which honors the region's high school football stars. His last public Facebook post shows him at the United Nations on Wednesday, the same day the world body observed the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. #sportsdevelopmentsummit #thejackbrewerfoundation A photo posted by Will Smith (@iwillsmith) on Apr 6, 2016 at 12:50pm PDT He wrote on his personal website that he wanted to be an FBI agent following his football career.A life not without controversyDespite the raft of accolades on and off the field, Smith did have blemishes on both his personal and professional record. In 2011, the NFL announced it was suspending Smith for two games without pay for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. One of four players to test positive for the banned diuretic, StarCaps, in 2008, Smith was also fined an additional two game checks, according to the league.The following year, he was suspended for four games after he and three other Saints were implicated in the franchise's "bountygate" scandal. The suspension was later lifted. According to the NFL's allegations, the Saints paid bonuses for targeting and injuring opposing teams' players between 2009 and 2011.Off the field, Smith was arrested in 2010 and charged with public intoxication and domestic abuse battery after he allegedly dragged his wife by her hair outside a Lafayette, Louisiana, nightclub, according to The Times-Picayune. He and his wife both said it was a misunderstanding, the newspaper reported, and the charges were dropped after he completed community service and counseling requirements. Will and Racquel Smith were married in 2008, the same year Smith reportedly signed a $70 million contract extension with the Saints. Their three children are William, Lisa Mya and Wynter Chase. Photos: People we lost in 2016 Hide Caption 1 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Debbie Reynolds, one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s, died December 28, one day after her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, passed away. She was 84. Hide Caption 2 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" franchises, died December 27, according to her daughter's publicist. Fisher had suffered a cardiac event on December 23. She was 60 years old.Hide Caption 3 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor and comedian Ricky Harris, who was a regular on the TV sitcom "Everybody Hates Chris" and first gained attention on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," died December 26, according to his publicist. He was 54.Hide Caption 4 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Singer George Michael, who shot to fame with the '80s band Wham!, died on Christmas Day, according to Britain's Press Association. He was 53 years old.Hide Caption 5 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 English novelist Richard Adams, author of the famous children's book "Watership Down," died at the age of 96 on December 24.Hide Caption 6 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian beauty whose many marriages, gossipy adventures and occasional legal scuffles kept her in tabloid headlines for decades, died December 18, said her former longtime publicist Ed Lozzi. She was 99.Hide Caption 7 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Craig Sager, the longtime Turner Sports sideline reporter best known for his colorful -- and at times fluorescent -- wardrobe, died December 15 after battling acute myeloid leukemia, the network said. He was 65.Hide Caption 8 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Alan Thicke, known for his role as the father in the sitcom "Growing Pains," died on December 13, according to his agent, Tracy Mapes. He was 69. Thicke's career spanned five decades -- one in which he played various roles on and off screen, from actor to writer to composer to author.Hide Caption 9 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, died December 8, according to the Ohio State University. He was 95.Hide Caption 10 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Joseph Mascolo, the actor who portrayed archvillain Stefano DiMera in the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives," died December 7 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, the network said. He was 87.Hide Caption 11 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Greg Lake, a founding member of influential progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, died December 7 after a bout with cancer, his manager said. He's seen here at left with bandmates Keith Emerson, center, and Carl Palmer in 1972.Hide Caption 12 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Ron Glass, known for his role on the police sitcom "Barney Miller," died November 25, his agent said. Glass also starred in "Firefly" and its film sequel "Serenity."Hide Caption 13 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Florence Henderson, whose "Brady Bunch" character Carol Brady was one of television's most famous mothers, died November 24 at the age of 82, her manager, Kayla Pressman, said. Hide Caption 14 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Sharon Jones, the powerful lead singer of the Dap-Kings, died November 18 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, manager Alex Kadvan told CNN. She was 60.Hide Caption 15 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and newscaster who co-anchored "PBS NewsHour," died after a battle with endometrial cancer, according to PBS on November 14. She was 61.Hide Caption 16 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Leon Russell, who emerged as a rock 'n' roll star in the 1970s after working behind the scenes as a session pianist for other musicians, died November 13, his wife told CNN. He was 74.Hide Caption 17 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Robert Vaughn, who played a slick spy on TV's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", died November 11, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, told CNN. Vaughn was 83.Hide Caption 18 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died at the age of 82, according to a post on his official Facebook page on November 10. A highly respected artist known for his poetic and lyrical music, Cohen wrote a number of popular songs, including the often-covered "Hallelujah."Hide Caption 19 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Janet Reno, the first female US attorney general, died November 7 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her sister Maggy Hurchalla said. Reno, 78, served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001.Hide Caption 20 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Tom Hayden, a peace activist whose radical views helped spur the anti-Vietnam War movement, died October 23. He was 76.Hide Caption 21 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor and comedian Kevin Meaney, who had been a regular on late-night TV and was famous for delivering the line, "That's not right," died, his agent said October 21. Meaney's age and the cause of death weren't immediately known.Hide Caption 22 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Phil Chess, the co-founder of the iconic rock-and-roll and blues label Chess Records, died October 18, according to his son. He was 95. Phil and his brother Leonard founded Chess Records in the late 1940s and helped spawn the careers of many popular musicians in the 1950s.Hide Caption 23 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Dylan Rieder, a professional skateboarder and model, died on October 12 due to complications from leukemia, according to his father. He was 28.Hide Caption 24 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Tommy Ford, best known for his role as Tommy in the 1990s hit sitcom "Martin," died in Atlanta, a spokeswoman for his family announced on October 12. Ford was 52.Hide Caption 25 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Award-winning author Gloria Naylor, whose explorations of the lives of black women in the 1980s and 1990s earned her wide acclaim, died on September 28. She was 66. Hide Caption 26 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Golfing legend Arnold Palmer, who helped turn the sport from a country club pursuit to one that became accessible to the masses, died September 25 at the age of 87, according to the U.S. Golf Association.Hide Caption 27 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, one of baseball's brightest stars, was killed in a boating accident September 25, Florida authorities said. He was 24.Hide Caption 28 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Veteran actor Bill Nunn, best known for playing Radio Raheem in "Do the Right Thing" and Robbie Robertson in the "Spider-Man" trilogy, died September 24 at age 63. Hide Caption 29 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Grammy and Emmy Award winner Stanley Dural Jr., also known as Buckwheat Zydeco, died September 24 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was 68.Hide Caption 30 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 "L.A. Confidential" director and writer Curtis Hanson, 71, died of natural causes on September 20, Los Angeles police said. He won an Oscar with Brian Helgeland for the screenplay on "L.A. Confidential," and he also directed "8 Mile" and "Wonder Boys."Hide Caption 31 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Charmian Carr, best known for her role as Liesl in "The Sound of Music," died September 17 at the age of 73, according to her family. Carr died of complications from a rare form of dementia.Hide Caption 32 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 W.P. Kinsella, the author of "Shoeless Joe," the award-winning novel that became the film "Field of Dreams," died at 81 on September 16. Hide Caption 33 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Legendary playwright Edward Albee -- whose works included "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" -- died at the age of 88 after a short illness, according to his personal assistant Jakob Holder. Albee died September 16 at his home in Montauk, New York.Hide Caption 34 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actress and transgender rights activist Alexis Arquette died September 11. She was 47.Hide Caption 35 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 The Lady Chablis, the unabashed Savannah, Georgia, transgender queen who became a gay icon after finding fame in the 1990s through the "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" book and movie, died September 8. She was 59.Hide Caption 36 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Hugh O'Brian, best known for his portrayal of the title role in the 1950's TV Western "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," died on September 5. He was 91.Hide Caption 37 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Character actor Jon Polito, who appeared in films such as "American Gangster" and "The Big Lebowski," died September 2, his manager confirmed. He was 65.Hide Caption 38 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Fred Hellerman, a singer and composer who was the last surviving member of the iconic and influential folk music quartet the Weavers, died September 1 at the age of 89. He is on the right along with the other members of his quartet.Hide Caption 39 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Gene Wilder, who brought a wild-eyed desperation to a series of memorable and iconic comedy roles in the 1970s and 1980s, died August 29 at the age of 83. Some of his most famous films include "Young Frankenstein," "Blazing Saddles" and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."Hide Caption 40 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Mexican music icon Juan Gabriel, who wooed audiences with soulful pop ballads that made him a Latin American music legend, died August 28 at the age of 66.Hide Caption 41 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Steven Hill, best known for playing District Attorney Adam Schiff on NBC's "Law & Order," died August 23, his son confirmed to CNN. He was 94.Hide Caption 42 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Matt Roberts, former guitarist of the band 3 Doors Down, died August 21, his father said. Roberts, seen here at center, was 38. A cause of death was not immediately known.Hide Caption 43 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 British actor Kenny Baker, best known for playing R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" films, died on August 13, Baker's niece, Abigail Shield, told CNN. He was 81.Hide Caption 44 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Famous New Orleans jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain died August 6 of heart failure. He was 86. Hide Caption 45 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor David Huddleston, perhaps best known for his role in the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski," died August 2 at the age of 85.Hide Caption 46 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Youree Dell Harris, better known as "Miss Cleo," the pitchwoman for the Psychic Readers Network, died July 26 of cancer, according to an attorney for her family. She was 53.Hide Caption 47 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Timothy LaHaye, the evangelical minister and co-author of the "Left Behind" book series, died July 26 following a massive stroke. He was 90 years old. Here, he is seen at left with co-author Jerry B. Jenkins in 2004.Hide Caption 48 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Garry Marshall, who created popular TV shows such as "Mork and Mindy" and "Happy Days" and directed hit films such as "Pretty Woman" and "The Princess Diaries," died July 19 at the age of 81, his publicist said.Hide Caption 49 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actress Noel Neill, who played Lois Lane in the 1950s TV version of "Superman," died July 3 at the age of 95.Hide Caption 50 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Director Michael Cimino, whose searing 1978 Vietnam War drama "The Deer Hunter" won five Oscars, including best picture, died July 2. He was 77.Hide Caption 51 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel died at the age of 87 on July 2. Wiesel's book "La Nuit" is the story of the Wiesel family being sent to Nazi concentration camps.Hide Caption 52 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Scotty Moore, a legendary guitarist credited with helping to launch Elvis Presley's career, died at the age of 84 on June 28. Moore is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he was ranked No. 29 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists.Hide Caption 53 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Pat Summitt, who built the University of Tennessee's Lady Volunteers into a perennial power on the way to becoming the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, died June 28 at the age of 64. Her death came five years after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.Hide Caption 54 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Bill Cunningham, one of the most recognizable figures at The New York Times and in all of New York, died June 25 at the age of 87. Cunningham was a street-life photographer; a cultural anthropologist; a fixture at fashion events; and a celebrity in spite of his desire to keep the camera focused on others, not himself.Hide Caption 55 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Bluegrass music pioneer Ralph Stanley died June 23 at the age of 89, publicist Kirt Webster announced on Stanley's official website. Stanley was already famous in bluegrass and roots music circles when the 2000 hit movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" thrust him into the mainstream. He provided a haunting a cappella version of the dirge "O Death" and ended up winning a Grammy.Hide Caption 56 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Anton Yelchin, who played Pavel Chekov in the most recent "Star Trek" movies, died June 19 after a freak car accident outside his home, police said. He was 27.Hide Caption 57 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Ron Lester, who portrayed Billy Bob in the 1999 football movie "Varsity Blues," died June 17 at the age of 45, according to his representative Dave Bradley. Bradley said Lester died of organ failure -- specifically his liver and his kidneys. Lester had openly talked about his struggle with his illness on Twitter.Hide Caption 58 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Singer Attrell Cordes, known as Prince Be of the music duo P.M. Dawn, died June 17 after suffering from diabetes and renal kidney disease, according to a statement from the group. He was 46.Hide Caption 59 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Michu Meszaros, the actor who played "Alf" in the popular '80s sitcom, died June 12, according to his longtime friend and manager Dennis Varga. Meszaros was 77.Hide Caption 60 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Singer Christina Grimmie died June 11 from gunshot wounds. The 22-year-old singer, who finished third on season 6 of "The Voice" on NBC, was shot while signing autographs after a concert in Orlando.Hide Caption 61 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Hockey legend Gordie Howe, left, scored 801 goals in his NHL career and won four Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings. Howe, also known as "Mr. Hockey," died June 10 at the age of 88, his son Marty said.Hide Caption 62 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice died June 6 at the age of 42. Slice, whose real name was Kevin Ferguson, initially gained fame from online videos that showed him engaging in backyard bare-knuckle fights. He then became a professional fighter with a natural charisma that endeared him to fans.Hide Caption 63 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Muhammad Ali, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion who called himself "The Greatest," died June 3 at the age of 74. Fans on every continent adored him, and at one point he was the probably the most recognizable man on the planet.Hide Caption 64 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Drummer Nick Menza, who played on many of Megadeth's most successful albums, died after collapsing on stage during a show with his current band, Ohm, on May 21. He was 51.Hide Caption 65 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Alan Young, known for his role as Wilbur Post in the television show "Mr. Ed," died on May 19. He was 96.Hide Caption 66 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 CBS News legend Morley Safer, whose work on "60 Minutes" embodied the show's 50 years on air, died at the age of 84, according to CBS on May 19.Hide Caption 67 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Grammy-winning songwriter Guy Clark died May 17 at the age of 74. The Texas native died after a long illness, according to a statement from his publicist. Hide Caption 68 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 William Schallert, a familiar face in television and film thanks to roles on "The Patty Duke Show," "Star Trek" and many more, died May 8 at age 93, his son said.Hide Caption 69 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Madeleine LeBeau, known for her role in "Casablanca," died May 1 after breaking her thigh bone, her stepson Carlo Alberto Pinelli told CNN. The actress, who played the jilted girlfriend of Rick (Humphrey Bogart) in the movie, was 92.Hide Caption 70 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Papa Wemba, one of Africa's most flamboyant and popular musicians, died after collapsing on stage at a music festival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 23, according to a statement from the Urban Music Festival. He was 66.Hide Caption 71 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 The musician Prince died at his home in Minnesota on April 21 at age 57. The medical examiner later determined he died of an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl.Hide Caption 72 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Michelle McNamara, the crime writer who founded the website TrueCrimeStory.com and the wife of popular comedian Patton Oswalt, died April 21, her husband's publicist confirmed. She was 46. No cause of death was provided.Hide Caption 73 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Joan Laurer, the former pro wrestler better known as Chyna, was found dead in her Redondo Beach, California, apartment on April 20. The cause of death is under investigation, but police said there were no signs of foul play. Laurer was 45.Hide Caption 74 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actress Doris Roberts, best known for her role as Marie Barone on the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," died April 17. She was 90.Hide Caption 75 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Will Smith, a former first-round pick in the NFL who played for the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl-winning team, was shot to death after a traffic incident on April 9. He was 34.Hide Caption 76 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Country music legend Merle Haggard died on April 6 -- his 79th birthday -- of complications from pneumonia, his agent Lance Roberts told CNN.Hide Caption 77 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Architect Zaha Hadid, whose designs include the London Olympic Aquatic Centre, died March 31, a spokesperson from Zaha Hadid Design told CNN. She was 65. Hadid died of a heart attack in a Miami hospital where she was being treated for bronchitis, according to her firm's press office.Hide Caption 78 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actress Patty Duke, star of "The Patty Duke Show," died March 29, at the age of 69. Duke won an Academy Award at age 16 for playing Helen Keller in 1962's "The Miracle Worker."Hide Caption 79 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor James Noble, who played Gov. Eugene X. Gatling in the television series "Benson," died from a stroke on March 28. He was 94.Hide Caption 80 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Author and poet Jim Harrison died March 26 at his winter home in Arizona. He was 78. His many books include "Legends of the Fall," which was made into a 1994 movie starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.Hide Caption 81 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Garry Shandling, the inventive comedian and star of "The Larry Sanders Show," died March 24. He was 66. Shandling's comedy and mentorship influenced a generation of comedians.Hide Caption 82 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Ken Howard, seen here as Hank Hooper on "30 Rock," died March 23. He was 71. Howard also starred in "The White Shadow" and appeared in many other TV series.Hide Caption 83 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Malik Taylor, better known to fans as Phife Dawg of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest, died March 23 at the age of 45. He's seen here at center during a performance in 1996. Taylor had long suffered from health issues associated with having Type 1 diabetes. In 2008, he underwent a kidney transplant.Hide Caption 84 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Actor Larry Drake, best known for his role as Benny on "L.A. Law," died at his home in Los Angeles on March 17, according to his manager Steven Siebert. Drake was 66.Hide Caption 85 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of the legendary entertainer who had a long musical career of his own, died March 16, said manager Andrea Kauffman. He was 72.Hide Caption 86 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Keith Emerson, keyboardist for the influential progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, died March 10, according to the band's official Facebook page. He was 71.Hide Caption 87 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Sir George Martin, the music producer whose collaboration with the Beatles helped redraw the boundaries of popular music, died March 8, according to his management company. He was 90. Above, Martin poses with the Beatles after the album "Please Please Me" went silver in 1963.Hide Caption 88 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died of heart failure on March 6. She was known as a fierce protector of her husband, President Ronald Reagan, as well as a spokeswoman of the "just say no" anti-drug campaign. She was 94. Hide Caption 89 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Pat Conroy, who used his troubled family history as grist for a series of novels, including "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini," died March 4 at age 70.Hide Caption 90 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Bud Collins, the legendary tennis writer who was the first newspaper scribe to regularly appear on sports broadcasts, died March 4. He was 86. Collins was beloved for his cheerful and enthusiastic coverage of a sport he covered for almost 50 years.Hide Caption 91 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Lee Reherman, a former football player and star of "American Gladiators," was found dead on March 1. He was 49 years old. Hide Caption 92 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 George Kennedy, the brawny, Oscar-winning actor known for playing cops, soldiers and blue-collar authority figures in such films as "Cool Hand Luke," "Airport" and the "Naked Gun" films, died February 28. He was 91.Hide Caption 93 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Tony Burton, who played trainer Tony "Duke" Evers in the "Rocky" film franchise, died on February 25. He was 78.Hide Caption 94 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Singer Sonny James, who ruled the country music charts for nearly 20 years, died February 22 at the age of 87.Hide Caption 95 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Umberto Eco, author of the novels "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum," died February 19 at the age of 84, his U.S. publisher said.Hide Caption 96 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Harper Lee, whose novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1961, was confirmed dead on February 19. She was 89. Her long-anticipated second novel, "Go Set a Watchman," was published in 2015.Hide Caption 97 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was the United Nations' sixth secretary-general in the early 1990s, died on February 16. He was 93.Hide Caption 98 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 George Gaynes, the veteran actor best known for "Punky Brewster" and the "Police Academy" films, died on February 15. He was 98.Hide Caption 99 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Denise Matthews, who fronted the group Vanity 6 but was best known for her collaboration with Prince, died February 15 at a hospital in Fremont, California. She was 57.Hide Caption 100 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the leading conservative voice on the high court, died at the age of 79, a government source and a family friend told CNN on February 13.Hide Caption 101 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon and just one of 12 total who have done so. The Apollo 14 astronaut, who was 85, died on February 4.Hide Caption 102 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Dave Mirra, whose dazzling aerial flips and tricks made him a legend in freestyle BMX, died February 4 of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police in North Carolina said. He was 41.Hide Caption 103 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Maurice White, the Earth, Wind & Fire leader and singer who co-wrote such hits as "Shining Star," "Sing a Song" and "September," died on February 4, his brother and bandmate Verdine White said. He was 74.Hide Caption 104 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Joe Alaskey, a voice actor who performed such characters as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, died February 3 at the age of 63. The actor voiced many other beloved Looney Tunes characters, including Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat and Plucky Duck.Hide Caption 105 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 At left is Bob Elliott, half of the TV and radio comedy duo Bob and Ray. He died February 2 at the age of 92. For several decades, Elliott and Ray Goulding's program parodies and deadpan routines were staples of radio and television. Elliott was the father of comedian and actor Chris Elliott and the grandfather of "Saturday Night Live" cast member Abby Elliott.Hide Caption 106 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Paul Kantner, a guitarist in the '60s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its successor, Jefferson Starship, died on January 28. He was 74.Hide Caption 107 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Abe Vigoda, the long-surviving "Godfather" and "Barney Miller" actor, died January 26 at age 94. Vigoda became famous for his role as the decrepit detective Phil Fish on the television series "Barney Miller," but it was the inaccurate reporting of his death in 1982 that led to a decades-long joke that he was still alive. He played into the joke in late-night television appearances with Conan O'Brien and David Letterman. Hide Caption 108 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Glenn Frey, a founding member of the Eagles, died at the age of 67, a publicist for the band confirmed on January 18. "Glenn fought a courageous battle for the past several weeks but, sadly, succumbed to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia," read a post on the band's official website. Frey had been suffering from intestinal issues.Hide Caption 109 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Dan Haggerty, who played mountain man Grizzly Adams in a hit movie followed by a TV show, died on January 15. He was 74 and had been battling cancer.Hide Caption 110 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Alan Rickman, the British actor who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" series years after his film debut as the "Die Hard" villain Hans Gruber, died January 14 after a short battle with cancer, a source familiar with his career said. He was 69.Hide Caption 111 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin died January 11 at the age of 96. Irvin was regarded as one of the best hitters and all-around players in the Negro League, making five All-Star teams. He became one of the first African-Americans to play in the majors, and he played a vital role in the New York Giants' World Series runs in 1951 and 1954.Hide Caption 112 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 David Bowie, whose incomparable sound and chameleon-like ability to reinvent himself made him a pop music fixture for more than four decades, died January 10 after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 69.Hide Caption 113 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 French fashion designer Andre Courreges, famous for his "space age" designs of the 1960s and 1970s, died on January 7, his family told CNN affiliate France 3. He was 92.Hide Caption 114 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Pat Harrington, the popular comedian and voice-over talent who made a lasting impact as superintendent Dwayne Schneider on the hit TV sitcom "One Day at a Time," died on January 6. He was 86.Hide Caption 115 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Producer Robert Stigwood, the creative force behind "Saturday Night Fever," "Grease" and other cultural blockbusters of the 1970s, died on January 4. He was 81.Hide Caption 116 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Vilmos Zsigmond, the Oscar-winning cinematographer whose varied work included "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "The Deer Hunter," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" and "Deliverance," died on January 1. He was 85.Hide Caption 117 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Dale Bumpers, a former U.S. senator and Arkansas governor who defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial, died on January 1. He was 90.Hide Caption 118 of 119 Photos: People we lost in 2016 Former U.S. Rep. Mike Oxley -- co-author of a landmark anti-corporate-fraud law that bears his name -- died on January 1. He was 71.Hide Caption 119 of 119Follow @eliottcnn CNN's Vivian Kuo, Sheena Jones, Joshua Berlinger and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.

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Madrid (CNN)Nine Catalan independence leaders have received lengthy prison sentences of between nine and 13 years for their part in a failed 2017 attempt to split from Spain, but were acquitted of the most serious charge against them.They were found not guilty on charges of rebellion, which carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience, fined and banned from public office for 20 months.Oriol Junqueras, the former vice president of Catalonia, received the longest sentence. He was handed 13 years in prison and banned from holding public office for 13 years after being found guilty of sedition and misuse of public funds.In 2017, Spain descended into its worst political crisis since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s, when separatist leaders attempted to push forward with the region's secession. Read MorePolice and protestors clashed in the streets as a referendum -- ruled illegal by Spain's constitutional court -- went ahead and was followed by a declaration of independence in October that year.The far-right is changing the face of the EU's third biggest cityCatalonia President Quim Torra described Monday's sentences as an "act of revenge, not of justice" by the Spanish government.Torra told reporters that he had asked to appear in front of the Catalonian parliament as soon as possible and would urgently send a letter to the King of Spain and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. "Catalonia lives a critical hour," Torra told reporters, describing the 12 defendants as "honorable and peaceful people." "We demand amnesty. Threat, imprisonment and punishment are not the solution. That is the inheritance of the dictatorship, not a trait of democracy." Protesters clash with Spanish police on the highway leading to El Prat airport in Barcelona on October 14, 2019.Prime Minister Sanchez told reporters that the Spanish government had "absolute respect for and adherence to" the Supreme Court's ruling. "Nobody is above the law, and we must all comply with the law," he said. "In a democracy, no one is judged for their ideas or for their political projects, but for crimes defined in Spanish law."The Second Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court also said on Monday that it has issued an European and international arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, the former head of the Catalan regional government, "for crimes of sedition and embezzlement of public funds." Judge Pablo Llarena reissued a warrant for Puigdemont, now living in self-imposed exile in Belgium, which he had withdrawn in July 2018 after Germany had refused to hand him over. Police clash with protestersPro-independence protesters flocked to Barcelona's El Prat airport Monday afternoon following the verdict, where police said officers were required to "intervene" in order to prevent them from getting inside.Video from the scene showed police using batons on protesters outside the building, as traffic cones were hurled at officers.Protesters gather outside El Prat airport in Barcelona on October 14.Journalist Guillem Andres Ruiz, who was outside Terminal 1, told CNN that he estimated "thousands" of protesters tried to enter the airport's terminal.Ruiz said he saw one person with a head injury following the clashes and that police had "established a line 100 meters from the arrivals entrance."A police spokesman told CNN that officers fired "foam projectiles" at some protesters at the city's airport and that two people had been arrested for attacking police personnel.According to AENA -- the airport's operator -- 108 flights were canceled.The leaders sentencedFormer Catalan foreign minister Raul Romeva, Jordi Turull, the former Catalan government spokesman, and ex-labor minister Dolors Bassa were convicted of sedition and misuse of public funds and sentenced to 12 years in prison. They were also banned from holding public office for 12 years. Sedition is defined in Spanish law as the act of leading "the citizenry in a public and tumultuous rising which prevents the application of law and obstructs compliance with court decisions."Carme Forcadell, the former speaker of the Catalan parliament, was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison, and banned from holding public office for the same period of time, for sedition. 'Like the Civil War without the bombs': Catalonia's messy voteFormer Catalan interior minister Joaquim Forn and former territorial minister Josep Rull were both sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison and banned from holding public office, while influential grassroots activists Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, were sentenced to nine years in prison and also banned from public office. Three others -- Santiago Vila, Meritxell Borras and Carles Mundo -- were found guilty of disobedience, fined and banned from public office for 20 months.Puigdemont described the sentences as an "outrage." He posted on Twitter: "100 years in prison in total. An outrage. Now more than ever, with you and with your families. It's time to react, like never before. For the future of our children. For democracy. For Europe. For Catalunya."CNN's Claudia Rebaza contributed reporting.

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(CNN)When Nigerian Georgia Oboh began playing golf, she struggled to identify role models in her sport, so she took inspiration from elsewhere -- in particular, from tennis greats Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. "To see someone who looked like me playing at such a top level and is still doing so now was quite inspirational," she told CNN Sport. "For Naomi Osaka, she's part of the new generation of tennis stars and top-level athletes. I just really connect with her in the sense that we're trying to break through in all sports."Just like Williams and Osaka, Oboh was a teenage prodigy. Earning her place on the Ladies European Tour (LET) aged just 17, Oboh became the first Nigerian to qualify for the tour. Read MoreNow, she wants to qualify for an Olympic Games and become the best golfer in the world. "Being No. 1 in the world is a long-term goal," she said. "I think in the short term, really I would be looking forward to potentially playing one or two majors even this year, improve my rankings and eventually play on the LPGA Tour."READ: Nelly Korda 'glad to have joined' former pro tennis player dad as major champion after Women's PGA Championship victoryOboh plays her second shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open.Route to the topGeorgia was born in the northern English city of Manchester, and her parents played a key role in her picking up golf at an early age. Her father was introduced to the game by his grandmother. He then got his wife playing, and it wasn't long before six-year-old Georgia was wielding her first golf club.She moved around, playing at different golf clubs and picking up new skills and experiences, which she believes has held her in good stead on her journey to becoming a professional. "I ended up competing with girls and boys," the 20-year-old remembers. "And eventually, I started to play the US Kids European Championship and then the US Kids World Championship, which I won at age 14, and then I played most of my junior golf, to be honest, in America."So I spent a lot of my summers and winters abroad. And I like to think I had a broad range of experience playing golf in different countries and in different weather."Oboh's final appearance as an amateur golfer came at the age of 17 when she traveled to Buenos Aires in Argentina for the Youth Olympic Games in 2018, finishing tied for 22nd position.After a successful junior career, in which she won numerous trophies, Oboh entered into qualifying school for the LET. After making it through the pre-qualifier, she had a nervy wait on the final day of the actual event to earn her professional card. "On the last hole, I had a par putt that would have put me on the knife's edge," she remembers. "I made that final putt, and then it was kind of a waiting game to see whether I was going to make the cut or not. So it went down to last shots of some of the other players but, at the end of the day, I was able to make the cut and get my card in the end."Oboh turned professional in November 2018 and now hopes to appear in one or two majors this year as well as "improving my status and building my foundations up."READ: The golfer who admits it's 'odd' to think she's a major winnerOboh walks to her second shot on the second hole during the first round of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open.Growing the gameThe LET describes itself as a "diverse and multicultural membership of 316 professional golfers representing 36 countries," but there have been calls by players on the tour such as Inci Mehmet for more programs to increase diversity in golf. "My main concern was playing the best I could," said Oboh as she reflected on the issue of diversity in golf. "I've been to countries all over the world. But I don't try and let things like the color of my skin or my gender stop me from getting to where I need to or want to be."While golf is part of the culture in many corners of the world, in Africa -- outside of South Africa -- it's still a sport that is new to the continent.South Africa has produced successful talents such as major winners Ernie Els, Gary Player, Retief Goosen, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oostuizen on the men's side and Sally Little on the women's side. But due to a lack of "investment and development" at the junior levels of golf, other African countries have not been able to produce golfers of the same caliber. Oboh prepares to play during the 54th Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship.Oboh had the choice of representing the United Kingdom but chose Nigeria instead due to its connection to her heritage. She says her home course is the Ikoyi Club 1938 in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, and has won several awards in the country. She even won her first pro tournament in her professional debut at the Cote D'Ivoire Open.As the first Nigerian to play on the LET, Oboh is aware that her accomplishment of reaching the Tour is "an achievement."But she is hoping that she can be an example for others, rather than a flash in the pan for Nigerian golf. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videos"I don't want to be the last Nigerian. We do have some girls in the wings, getting ready in probably five to seven years," she said. "So hopefully by then, it'll be a different story. But just to be able to achieve Tour membership is in itself an achievement. And I don't look at myself as the first to do this, the first to do that. Yes, I'll put it on the list of achievements, but I've set my goals to the next generation."

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(CNN)As the coronavirus spreads around the world, the Trump administration has steadily choked off most avenues for legal immigration to the United States -- effectively shutting down the system that brings in hundreds of thousands of immigrants annually.In a span of four months, people who legally migrated to the United States -- or are trying to -- have had their lives uprooted amid a litany of changes attributed to the pandemic. The abrupt changes have left immigrants and their families in limbo -- confused, frustrated and scrambling to sort out their next steps. The reasons provided by the Trump administration vary, from protecting American workers at a time when the unemployment rate is high to putting public health first.How Trump is using the pandemic to crack down on immigrationThis week, the futures of more than 1 million international students attending universities in the US became uncertain. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Monday that foreign students taking online-only courses -- which are becoming more common as universities move away from in-person classes amid the pandemic -- may need to transfer schools or leave the US. Among them was Shreeya Thussu. Read MoreFor three years, the 21-year-old senior at the University of California at Berkeley lived and studied in the United States. Now the place she calls home could deport her, depending on her university course load. "We don't really know what's happening. Everyone's trying to find ways that we can schedule an in-person class, but there's not many options," Thussu, who serves as the president of the International Students Association at Berkeley, told CNN. Just a few days ago, companies and foreign workers went through a similar state of worry, while many of the people trying to come to the US on green cards learned that won't be a possibility for the rest of the year. And before that, the Trump administration largely barred migrants, including children and asylum seekers, from entering the US. Immigration advocates, lawyers and experts say there's no doubt the administration is seizing on the pandemic to overhaul the immigration system, pointing in part to a series of recent changes that block the high-skilled immigrants the administration has repeatedly claimed it wants to come to the United States. "You would expect that during this massive public health and economic crisis that the administration's agenda would be sidelined, but instead it's been as aggressive if not more aggressive than it's ever been," said Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington. Those caught in the crosshairs are suffering the consequences. 'I was in shock'ICE's announcement this week barring foreign students from taking online-only courses in the US caught many by surprise, after the agency had provided more flexibility in the spring. "I was in shock," Valeria Mendiola, a student at Harvard University, told CNN. "We plan our lives accordingly. We work super hard to get here and then this happens in the middle of our whole experience." Visa requirements for students have always been strict, and coming to the US to take online-only courses has been prohibited. Under the rules, which officials argue were designed to maximize flexibility, students can stay enrolled in universities offering classes online, but won't be allowed to do so and remain in the US. "If a school isn't going to open or if they're going to be 100% online, then we wouldn't expect people to be here for that," acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told CNN's Brianna Keilar. Before ICE's announcement, Harvard had announced that all course instruction would be delivered online during the fall semester.Mendiola says she and other classmates are now pushing the university to reconsider and offer more in-person instruction. If that doesn't happen, she fears she may have no choice but to return to Mexico. That's left her with a list of worries that grows by the hour: What will happen to her apartment and the lease she's already signed? Her furniture? Her student loans? "If I take a leave of absence, I might lose all of my loans and all of my scholarships," Mendiola said. "It's very hard to get enough money to even be here in the first place." Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over its guidance Wednesday. Legal immigration comes to a near-haltOver the course of Trump's presidency, the administration has overhauled the US immigration system, gutting asylum, reducing the number of refugee admissions to historic lows and severely curtailing legal immigration, among other changes. The coronavirus pandemic sped up even more tweaks to the system that had previously struggled to gain momentum, such as largely barring entry of asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border and proposing to block asylum seekers on public health grounds. "During the pandemic, so far, this administration has effectively ended asylum at the southern border," Pierce said. "They've drastically decreased legal immigration, especially family-based immigration, into the country. They have effectively ended the diversity visa lottery and they've significantly decreased the number of temporary foreign workers coming into the country."In a pair of White House immigration proclamations issued in April and June, the administration suspended much of family-based immigration and a number of guest worker visas through the end of the year, with some exceptions. The Migration Policy Institute estimated that some 167,000 temporary workers will be kept out of the United States and 26,000 green cards will be blocked monthly.As a result of the outbreak, consulates overseas had to close, making it nearly impossible for people overseas to obtain visas. Since January, the number of non-immigrant visas issued has plummeted 94%. The ripple effects are wide-ranging.Nandini Nair, an immigration partner at the law firm Greenspoon Marder based in New Jersey, represents a range of companies, including tech, marketing and accounting firms, as well as physician and dental offices. "I have companies who are thinking that's it; we're not going to move anyone over anymore," Nair said. Sandra Feist, an immigration attorney based in Minnesota, similarly had human resource professionals reaching out on behalf of their companies worried about the employees they planned to onboard. Feist recalled a conversation where she was told that if the company can't get its chief operating officer to the US, "that'll be doom for them."Like the changes that preceded Monday's announcement, some worry the administration is setting the wrong tone and might encourage foreign students to start to look elsewhere. That may be the case for Vitor Possebom, a Brazilian who's getting his Ph.D. in economics at Yale. "Beforehand I would say that staying in the US was my first option for my career," he said. "Now, being honest, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand and Australia seem like a much better choice."Thussu, who'd planned to apply to medical schools in the United States, said she's increasingly feeling like the country where she wanted to build a future sees her as "disposable.""You hear stuff like this. It's been happening for a while, like the H-1B suspensions for the rest of this year that were announced recently. It's just adding on," Thussu said. "It's been increasingly really scary. ... It's increasingly not feeling like home."

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(CNN)Beijing 2022 proved to be the most difficult two weeks of Mikaela Shiffrin's career.After coming into the Winter Games with a realistic chance of becoming the first American skier to win three golds at a single Olympics, the 26-year-old suffered 60% of her career DNF's at the National Alpine Skiing Centre this month.Shiffrin failed to finish in three of the six events she competed in, crashing out after only five gates in both the giant slalom and slalom.Despite that disappointment -- which culminated in Shiffrin ending her stay in Beijing without a medal following the USA's loss to Norway in the small final of the mixed team parallel on Sunday -- the skier is remaining remarkably sanguine about her participation at these Winter Olympics."The pinnacle of the last four years of work is over now and it did not really go that well for me," Shiffrin says. "However, you can fail and not be a failure. You can lose and actually be a loser because you lost, but still also be a winner.Read More'I just feel like a joke': Devastated Mikaela Shiffrin left reeling after third Beijing crash"It's just what you do on a daily basis. Some days you lose and some days you win, and you can go through all of that and have the most turbulent times and still rise again tomorrow. "It's not so scary to fail, especially because I failed because I was trying so hard -- maybe too hard."And maybe after 12 years in a ski career, I should have known how hard to push and not go over that limit, but I pushed harder because I wanted it and that's not really an excuse."I'm going to go out again and try next time, but fewer people will be watching," she laughs.After she crashed out of the slalom, the sight of Shiffrin sitting at the side of the slope, her arms on her knees and her head bowed, became one of the enduring images of Beijing 2022.As one of the greatest to ever put on a pair of skis, Shiffrin has become accustomed to success throughout her career, which includes gold medals from Sochi and Pyeongchang.However, after suffering her second DNF in the space of three days in Beijing, Shiffrin says she just needed a moment with her thoughts on the hill.Mikaela Shiffrin sits on the side of the course after skiing out in the first run of the women's slalom."It's maybe not as insightful as you might hope," she says when asked about what she was thinking about in that moment. "I was feeling cold and I sat down on the snow and I was immediately like: 'That was a bad, bad idea because now my bum is also cold and wet' -- and I felt really trapped in there."I just wanted to get as far out of the line of vision for the other athletes who were still racing and starting in less than a minute, and I was hoping I was far enough to the side because I went out so soon, they were literally in the start."I'm like: 'Oh my gosh, Paula [Moltzan], my teammate, she's coming pretty soon. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, she's going to see me, she's going to freak out. I just need to get over here and then I need to be still as a stone.'"In the days that followed her third DNF, Shiffrin posted some of the abusive messages she had received on social media during her time in Beijing."Got what you deserved," "dumb blonde" and "dumb b*tch" were among some of the messages, with others telling her to retire from the sport. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mikaela Shiffrin ⛷💨 (@mikaelashiffrin) Shiffrin admitted in her Instagram post that she had started to question why she keeps coming back to skiing, but now says the thought of being back atop the podium is driving her to get back out onto the slopes."It's actually a lot of the things I fear the most about myself," she says. "That I have lost my touch in the sport, that I should give it up ... they're the worst things you think about yourself, yet somebody else just finds a way to push those buttons."And you're like: 'I want to argue with you, but I just don't even know what to say.' I saw one comment today [that said], 'You're just a loser and you didn't contribute anything.' I'm like: 'I know!'" Shiffrin laughs. "I realize that and I am a loser, but I've also been a winner and I think I can win again."

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Story highlightsWhat's going on in eastern Ukraine?What do the people in the east want?What does Russia want?Is it on the brink of civil war?Ukraine is ground zero in a tense power play between Russia and the West, with U.S. officials saying they just want Ukrainians to be allowed to decide their own fate, and Russian officials saying they simply want to ensure that Russian-speaking Ukrainians have a fair say over how they are governed.Militants, army face off in UkraineOfficials from both sides say they don't want to impose their influence on the former Soviet satellite, but they have given no indication they would object if the result of this dustup is closer ties: Ukraine is on Russia's doorstep and, though short on cash, is awash in natural resources.1. What's going on in eastern Ukraine?Eastern Ukraine is home to a large number of pro-Russia, Russian-speaking Ukrainians, and is where the play-out of tensions has been most visible.On Tuesday, acting Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov announced an "anti-terrorist operation" to restore order to the country's east, saying its aim was to "stop attempts to tear Ukraine to pieces."The military then launched its first, formal action against the pro-Russian militants who have seized government and police buildings in at least 11 eastern towns and cities.On Wednesday, helicopters and a fighter jet circled over the city of Kramatorsk and a column of tanks rolled through the city, one with a Russian flag affixed.A similar convoy of armored personnel carriers also entered the city of Slaviansk, some 100 miles from the border with Russia.But there was little sign that the Ukrainian military presence was effective. In a village near Kramatorsk, pro-Russian militants surrounded the Ukrainian forces, took away their vehicles and forced them to surrender, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reported. They were allowed to depart only after they disabled their weapons.JUST WATCHEDRussia's next moveReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRussia's next move 11:57JUST WATCHEDSaakashvili weighs in on Ukraine ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSaakashvili weighs in on Ukraine 06:02JUST WATCHEDRoberto Azevedo on the crisis in Ukraine ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRoberto Azevedo on the crisis in Ukraine 03:20Russian President Vladimir Putin warned earlier that the escalating tension "essentially puts the nation on the brink of civil war."2. What do the people in the east want?They want more say in how their affairs are handled. Ukraine is currently a unitary state, where Kiev makes the major decisions that affect the rest of the country, according to Nicolai N. Petro, a professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island specializing in Russian affairs."What folks in the east are asking for is greater autonomy, local self-government," he said. Were it to become enshrined in the constitution, that form of autonomy would become a new form of government -- federalism.3. What do Russian officials want?They say they want to protect the rights of ethnic Russians, but some observers say Putin is wistful for the days of the Soviet Union."It's just Russia trying to expand back into the borders of its old empire," said Roman Popadiuk, the first U.S. ambassador to Ukraine under George H.W. Bush, from 1992-1993. He is now a principal in Bingham Consulting LLC.4. How did this all start?It all started with money, or lack thereof.When the Soviet satellite became independent in 1991, hopes were high that it would succeed, given its rich human and natural resources: vast tracts of arable land and stores of coal, iron ore and titanium, said Popadiuk.At the time, the country was largely unified. "When Ukraine held its independence referendum, almost 91% voted for independence, including the majority of ethnic Russians in Ukraine, including Crimea," Popadiuk said.That remained the case in the early to mid-1990s, when Russian nationalists in Russia's parliament and in Crimea wanted Crimea to break away and become more independent. The efforts failed to gain traction.But years of massive corruption and economic stagnation took a toll. The hopes for a better future deflated, only to be renewed late last year, when Ukraine began negotiating an association agreement with the European Union.Then-President Viktor Yanukovych initially said he would sign it.But when he reversed course, deciding instead to sign a deal with Russia, fed up Ukrainians took to the streets. They filled not only Maidan Square in the capital city of Kiev, but protested in western Ukraine and, though to a much lesser extent, in eastern Ukraine.In February, after dozens of demonstrators had been killed, Yanukovych succumbed to the pressure, signing an agreement for a unity government.But he then fled to Russia.Back in Kiev, the Ukrainian government saw the unity government agreement as null and void and parliament took over, appointing an acting president and prime minister and calling for presidential elections to be held May 25.5. What about Crimea?But Russia, coming off the success of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, declared the new government illegal. "With the Sochi Games over, Putin had a clear opening to move into Crimea," Popadiuk said. "He sent instigators, got the people riled up, introduced troops without insignia, claiming that they were local militia, local citizens."Russia has said the uprisings have been the work of pro-Russian Ukrainians.In Crimea, where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based, a referendum was held March 16.Voters were able to choose to become more independent but stay within Ukraine, or to join Russia. The latter option prevailed by an overwhelming margin.Putin then moved troops to near the border with Eastern Ukraine, "and that's where we are today," Popadiuk said.6. Why did Putin move troops to the border with Eastern Ukraine?"He thought he would be able to foment a general uprising," Popadiuk said. "That did not happen; Ukrainians stayed quiet."Moscow said its forces are arrayed along the border to conduct military exercises.7. So then what happened?Putin has been sending provocateurs and special forces masquerading as Ukrainians into the zone, Popadiuk said, citing news sources as well as sources he would not identify."He's basically manufactured an environment of instability," one that lends itself to rebellion, he said.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking Tuesday in Beijing, rejected as "nonsense" accusations that Russia is fomenting the unrest and supporting the militants.8. Is it true the country is on the brink of civil war?Petro predicted the tensions will ease "if Kiev waits them out," but could escalate if Kiev resorts to force and there is significant loss of life.Popadiuk said he doubted a civil war would break out, but said that would depend on how hard the Russians push with instigators, whether they introduce troops and how the Ukrainians respond.He applauded the Ukrainians for having responded thus far "in measured terms."Rather than allowing themselves to be baited by pro-Russian demonstrators, Ukrainian forces could simply isolate them, he said. "Let them sit there -- you could have a stand-down for weeks or months. Right now, the ones that are pushing the envelope are the Russians, not the Ukrainians."Negotiations will prove key, he predicted. "The Russians are trying to convince the West there is a civil war that could impact the region, and it's necessary for the Ukrainian government to create a federalist structure," he said. "The great fear now is if the West buys that line."9. And what if it does?The drawbacks would be obvious, according to Popadiuk. "By creating a federalist structure you would create regions that are almost autonomous," he said, citing the educational system, trade practices and the use of language.That relative autonomy could undermine the strength of the central government in Kiev "and is a step away from Russians being able to have a referendum along the lines of Crimea -- which could then lead to a breakaway," he added. "It's kind of like taking Ukraine one slice at a time."

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New Orleans East (CNN)It was the second time in three days that Willa Jones had heard gunshots. The first ones had taken her brother's life. Jones arrived home after sunset on January 9 and was about to head to her brother's vigil around the corner when shots rang out. Pap-pap-papMaybe firecrackers, she thought. But Jones' cousin ran over to clear up any confusion: "That's Will. Will's dead." Wilbert Thomas, 37, spent his life in this neighborhood known locally as the Goose. He grew up two streets from where he was gunned down and worked at a nearby strip joint, cleaning up after hours. Read MoreHe was a "good dude" but struggled with drugs and had no phone, friends say. When Jones' brother was slain two days before, Thomas had run door to door looking for someone to call the police. Now, he lay face down in the street with multiple gunshot wounds, steps from where Aaron Monroe was killed. View note The street corner was packed with people, some attending Monroe's candlelight vigil, others rubbernecking at the crime scene about 100 feet away. When the Rev. Robert Brown of nearby Ray Avenue Baptist arrived to conduct the vigil, a neighbor challenged him: "How can we have a vigil with him on the ground?""Because now," Brown replied, "we need God more."From left, La'Marque Victor, the Rev. Robert Brown and Derrick Scott pray in front of Victor's house. Brown works hard to rally people to tackle issues in the Goose because "the problem we have right now is galvanizing people," he says.Welcome to the GooseEach year, it seems, New Orleans is in the running to be the country's murder capital, marked by high-profile tragedy such as last year's slayings of two ex-NFL players and the three young men killed at a graduation party in early June. So it might not surprise anyone that the Goose has seen six slayings within two city blocks since the beginning of the year. But the largely African-American neighborhood has never seen a deadly spasm like this. The Goose lies off Interstate 10, across the Industrial Canal from the arts, cuisine and revelry that drew 10 million tourists to the Big Easy last year. The neighborhood hosts construction workers, mechanics, landscapers, students, utility workers and truck drivers. Men of various ages endure June's pressure-cooker humidity by hanging out beneath an oak tree bookended by two popular gas stations along the main drag.The Goose takes its name from a popular bar, The Blue Goose, which was razed in the 1960s. Some residents remember the hangout, though the neighborhood and its occupants have changed since Hurricane Katrina 12 years ago.After her brother Aaron Monroe was slain earlier this year, Willa Jones collected his effects: an identification card and 15 cents. She says she'll keep both forever.Old-school shotgun houses that survived her rage abut boarded-up homes still bearing the spray-painted Xs indicating whether bodies were found after the storm. Dozens of newer homes, many courtesy of Habitat for Humanity, perk up the neighborhood, as do the tidy yards of longtime residents Katrina couldn't drive away. Churches outnumber restaurants 11-to-1 in the Goose, providing a lens into the intersection of violence and faith in one of America's most spiritual cities. Six killings, one arrestA four-minute walk takes you from the site of a triple slaying across the street from a church to the sites of three more killings, each within eyeshot of a house of worship. In a sense, God is everywhere. Yet when such barbarity visits a neighborhood struggling with guns, poverty and addiction, there's a feeling God is nowhere. But residents of the Goose say the slayings haven't tested their faith. Rather, they've leaned on their faith to cope.Six homicides is triple the previous four years' total combined, according to police crime logs and local media. That's not counting the nonfatal shootings and stray bullets. Slayings in the Goose in 2017 "These incidents represent an ugly aberration in an area where crime rates are generally on the decline," New Orleans Police Department spokesman Beau Tidwell said, explaining each of the cases is being actively investigated. He encouraged anyone with information on the crimes to call the NOPD or Crimestoppers. "The NOPD remains committed to making every street and every neighborhood in the city a safer place for our residents and visitors," he said. The slayings have yielded one arrest. Charles Monroe is facing a second-degree murder charge and being held at the Orleans Justice Center on a $500,000 bond. He's Aaron Monroe's nephew. According to police, Charles Monroe allegedly followed a man -- identified by residents and local media as Lance McCormick, 24 -- into a gas station on April 30 and shot him in the head in broad daylight. Charles Monroe's public defender did not return a call and email seeking comment. View note Reports like these leave residents of the Goose afraid to let their kids out after dark. Others do what they can to be positive influences. Almost everyone can tell a story or two about those killed. Young people, many of them victims of violence themselves, tell CNN they've grown numb but remain vigilant. Preachers struggle at times to rally the community. It takes time for people here to trust outsiders enough to talk about the violence. But once they do, the stories come spilling out.Pastor Gervais AllisonThe block is hot, residents say, but God has a plan. Allison, 53, is a police detective and pastor of Rosedale Missionary Baptist, across from the triple slaying. Residents say Catherine Caufield's boyfriend went to the store March 18. When he returned, he found her and two others dead from gunshot wounds, according to police. Eleven days before the killings, Caufield caught Allison coming out of church. "Pastor, I'm going through a lot," the 57-year-old said. "Will you pray for me?"Allison didn't know her, nor did he pry. "Doesn't matter, prayer's the answer," he said.Gervais Allison, pastor at Rosedale Missionary Baptist Church, says the word "sorry" has disappeared from vocabularies. No one wants to seem weak. "I'm sorry -- that could be the different between (someone) being alive and being dead."They prayed and went their ways. When Allison's congregation learned of the murders in the shadow of their church's bell tower, they were shaken. "I went to tears. What could I have done? Not society or church. Did I do enough? Did I pray enough? Did I reach out enough? The answer is no," Allison said from outside his church as his staff prepared for a weeklong Bible study. But in the face of hellish violence, his congregation's trust in The Almighty remains impervious. "Never once did we question God," said the pastor of 20 years. "There's nothing in God's word that says we're not going to have problems."La'Marque Victor La'Marque Victor has had a rough few months. He knew three of the murder victims: He grew up with Thomas, knew Caufield for 15 years and Aaron Monroe was his godbrother. His year began with an omen. Victor and his pals were drinking beer at the corner store, wishing each other happy new year, when they thought they heard fireworks. You can never be sure in these parts. The 34-year-old landscaper and aspiring rapper drove two blocks to his duplex, where he saw 10 police cars and the foot of a teenager dangling from his porch. Aaron Monroe, also his neighbor, told him the young man took cover under the duplex when the bullets came. The 18-year-old victim told Monroe "to call police and then passed out," Victor recalled outside the bullet-pocked foundation of his home. Somehow he survived. La'Marque Victor says crime in the Goose became "ridiculous" after Hurricane Katrina. He thinks the spate of killings this year are the work of Satan. "It's smoke and mirrors to make you think God ain't there no more.""I thought he got killed," an awestruck Victor said. "He got shot 12 or 13 times. God was with him."A week later, Victor came home from the club to find Monroe's son, Louis Scott, despondent in the yard next door. "He was standing there in a state of shock. I said, 'What's up, bruh?' He said, 'They just smoked my daddy.'" View note Victor sat in his Infiniti sedan, absorbing the news. He got out, and he and Scott cried for a bit. Louis ScottIn front of a ramshackle brown brick home, Scott pointed with an arm brace to the grassy patch where his daddy was found shoeless in his Saints jacket.Recounting the hours before his dad's slaying, Scott periodically paused, he and his friends tracking every passing vehicle."You never know what's going to come up the street," he said. "We in Iraq."Scott's father called him the day he died, while Scott was watching "SportsCenter." Someone in a passing car had waved a gun at him. He wanted Scott to pick him up. "I thought he was drunk or high," Scott said. Louis Scott also goes by a rap moniker, LDY Stunna. He rhymes a lot about what he sees in his old neighborhood. In one verse, he spits, "Real East Goose s**t, we some hitters/If you ain't God, we don't feel ya."His father called again. Scott agreed to swing by. Before he could, his mother called. "Your daddy's gone," she said. "Where?" Scott asked."No, he's gone.""Stop playing.""He's dead."Scott rushed to his father's house. "All I can see is bullet holes and shattered glass. No police. No nothing," he said. When police arrived, according to an incident report, they found Monroe lying face up on the front lawn. In the driveway was Monroe's 2008 Chevy with several bullet holes in the passenger-side doors. Losing his father earned Scott no reprieve from New Orleans' violence. In June, he exited the highway to avoid an erratic driver, only for the driver to follow him up the ramp. Two men opened fire with an AK-47 and .40-caliber handgun. The AK ripped through Scott's wrist, the .40 through his forearm, he said.Remembering Aaron MonroeMonroe was a joker, always smiling, residents say. "If you're not having a good day, he's going to get a laugh out of you," Victor said. Monroe's funeral program said he could fix any vehicle, but many who knew the 52-year-old chuckled remembering his car's busted muffler."Way down Chef (Menteur Highway), you could hear him coming," his sister said. "Aaron was a good boy. He had his challenges. This neighborhood has challenges. ... He was not a crackhead. He was not a dope fiend. He was a person, a person created by God."The funeral program for Aaron Monroe, who was killed in January. It says, "There was no vehicle that he could not fix. He enjoyed fixing on cars and helping anyone he could."Pastor Allison, who trusted Monroe to work on his pickup, said it's important to remember folks' good sides. People get angry at crime. It benefits no one. "Even a drug dealer on the street, there is some good in him. I tell people: Do I get mad when a fish swims? No. When birds fly? No. When a dog barks? No. Then, why would I get mad when man sins?" Allison said, paraphrasing Psalm 51:5. "Man is designed to do what? Sin. We're born in sin, shaped in iniquity." View note Murder is often personal in New Orleans, the violence indiscriminate, which is why Allison is careful choosing his words before his congregation. "You could give them what you call the political rhetoric or religious rhetoric, but that's not what they need to hear. What they need to hear is their pain is real, and violence is everywhere," he said. Allison knows their pain. In 2008, his son was shot in the stomach during an Uptown carjacking. Doctors worried the bullet had shattered his arm, but when they discovered it had only chipped a bone, Allison heard God say, "I told you I got you.""I know the rage you possess. I know the feeling of revenge," he tells parishioners. Pastor John LoweLowe, of the First Holy Temple of the Church in God in Christ, has been touched by violence as well. In 2012, his son, Shawn, caught a stray bullet in the knee while leaving a gas station in the Goose. In March, three bullets pierced the living room-sized sanctuary of Lowe's church, one traveling through the front door. "Drive-by shooting, I suppose," Lowe said, poking at the hole, no bigger than a shirt button. "It's worse now than it's ever been."Pastor John Lowe of the First Holy Temple Church of God in Christ wishes pastors, including himself, did more to combat the violence. "There were times I was stronger. I'd pray all night to get an answer and wouldn't stop." He feels some preachers aren't doing enough to meet community needs. Where they used to focus on individual ministry -- especially if someone was sick or in trouble -- many open their doors only on Sunday, deliver sermons and dismiss worshipers until next Sunday, he said.Fear, he believes, has led them to rein in after-school programs and Bible studies that help keep kids off the streets. Lowe, 87, wishes he could do more himself, but age and bad knees have hampered his efforts, the widower and father of 11 said, tottering from his home to the church with the help of a cane."I feel guilty because I can see some breakdown in the church from where we used to be five or 10 years ago," Lowe said. "We aren't building up the spirit of God in the lives of people. The Bible tells us together we stand, divided we fall. And that's where we are today."Congo WilliamsHow do parents protect children when even preachers' kids are collateral damage?Darlene Fairley grew up in the Goose with 15 cousins she considers siblings. She moved to the house next door to her childhood home, one of the prettiest on the block, in 1993. Now, she's a neighborhood matriarch. Drug dealers don't conduct transactions near her home. As her children, 29 and 41, knew growing up, "I'm the baddest gangster on this block," she said. Still, the shootings worry her. She's afraid to exit her car, or take out the garbage. When her grandkids, 7 and 13, are out front, she's there too, though she'd prefer they play in the back yard. "I've never been afraid to pull into my driveway until now," she said. She remembers when the Goose was a tight-knit, middle-class village. Nobody was rich, but nobody felt poor. Drug dealers kept low profiles. Youngsters respected elders. In her home, if one of the kids didn't make it back from school on time, all 16 were punished. "You were your brother's keeper," she said.Congo Williams was shot in the chest in 2014. He told his cousin he was tired en route to the hospital. His cousin slapped him, saying, "That ain't the sleep you want." Today, he's proud to have survived. "I'm a Viking. I'm 34," he says.Misbehave on the street, and a neighbor might spank you, then tell your parents. You'd get another spanking when you got home. Today, things are different. Take Congo Williams. The 34-year-old son of a convict and addict, he's trying to get right with the Lord. He lifts up his shirt to show where in 2014 bullets from an AK-47 went through his midsection and brachial artery, the latter requiring a vein from his leg to repair. He's alive because he was so high on Xanax and hydrocodone it limited his blood loss to 4 pints, he said. Speaking beneath an oak tree on the corner where he was shot -- it bears a sign saying, "This neighborhood is covered by the blood of Jesus Christ" -- Williams explains his family hates him "because I'm still in the same spot hanging." Relatives weren't pleased when he was arrested twice for cocaine possession in 2015, he said. "I'm trying to get close to God rather than close to these streets," he said. "God is the only thing that can save you."Darlene and Dave FairleyFairley and Dave, her husband of 31 years, were firm with their kids. Daughter Davieione, a 2016 Southern University graduate now studying for the medical school entrance exam, thought Darlene was the "meanest mother ever," she said. Her mom picked her friends for her. Davieione spent a lot of time studying, couldn't attend slumber parties and was told to keep off the street. "I had to ride my bike in a circle in the backyard," Davieione said. Despite the strict parenting, Davieione was caught in a crossfire during a party next door. A bullet entered her back and shattered her upper arm. She had to take a year off of school. Darlene Fairley grew up on the block and hates the crime, but she also hates that young men feel they have no choice but to enter that world. "How do you tell a kid to starve or sell drugs? I'd sell drugs."Dave Fairley, too, fell victim a few months back. On his way to work December 12, he stopped at a gas station, the same store where Pastor Lowe's son was shot in 2012 and where Lance McCormick was killed in April.A cashier and customer began arguing over correct change, Dave Fairley said. The customer's husband joined the fray. Threats and words were exchanged as the husband went outside, the armed cashier following him. The husband opened fire, he said.Dave Fairley was shot in the right buttock as he dove over the store counter. Two others were shot as well, local media reported. As if Darlene Fairley hadn't experienced enough violence, she also knew Joe Davis, killed in the March triple slaying. View note A cousin by marriage, Davis was ex-military and worked construction. He dated her sister before booze and crack took hold of him, she said. He was never violent, always "comical," she said, comparing him to Ned the Wino from TV's "Good Times." "He was a great guy. He just had those problems," she said. How did she get through these episodes? God has her back, of course. She's beaten colon cancer twice and survived Katrina, and "those kids (causing the violence) are nothing compared to Katrina," she said. Congregants take part in Bible study inside Rosedale Missionary Baptist Church. A triple homicide occurred across the street from the church. Residents say they wish more churches had activities to keep young people off the streets.But too many people have unrealistic expectations of The Big Man, she said. "You can't pray and expect God to come down off his throne and put it in your house," she said. "That's not God. That's Santa Claus, or a sugar daddy."'A crab in the bucket'Poke around the Goose and you'll hear many hypotheses for the violence."Drugs f**k your mind up and divide everybody." Not enough jobs. The youth have little to do. The police are more reactive than proactive. Children are having children. Mothers choose bad men over kids. Parents don't participate in schools. Envy and pride dictate too many people's actions. "Everybody wants to be the man." Katrina destabilized the Goose. When inner city projects were rebuilt, many without working incomes sought cheap rent in the East. Businesses don't give back. Prisons are felon factories. Saying sorry means you're weak. "There's not no love anymore." Courtney Frazier, 9, looked down, smiling shyly as she explained how the periodic gunshots frighten her. Her dad, Corey Frazier, 31, sat on the porch baiting hooks for a trip to Lake Ponchartrain in search of redfish. Her younger brothers sat planted between dad and his tackle box. "Tell him what I told you last night," Corey Frazier urged, coaxing her out of her timidity. "He taught me how important life was," the girl said. "He told me that New Orleans is like a crab in the bucket."Asked to explain, Courtney said that if you have a bucket of crabs, none can escape. Because when one tries, the others will pull it back in. Corey Frazier sits on his porch with his children (from left) Chase, Corey Jr. and Courtney. They helped him realize "the streets ain't for you no more, bruh." He doesn't cut corners talking to them today. "I let them know how life really is."Councilman James GrayGray, who has lived in New Orleans 40 years, concedes some perceptions are true. "If we were gambling, and every time I bet a dime you had to bet a dollar, would you play?" he asked. "A lot of people are too willing to put all they have in the world on little or nothing. ... We need to try to give them more."Otherwise, boys and young men will continue putting manhood and respect atop the list of things they have to live for, he said. "We have historically not treated our children well," he said of New Orleans. "If we don't give them a decent place to go to school, give them a decent place to play ball, they think we don't think much of them. They're not going to think much of themselves."Things are changing. There's more investment than ever in parks, tracks, schools and gyms, Gray said. Violent crime is nowhere near on par with murder, and while the city is on track to beat last year's murder tally of 175, murders are down since the mid-1990s, when they topped 400, he said. As for the East, flood valuations have dropped, which draws investment, the councilman said. A NASA facility is helping build a rocket destined for Mars. A federal finance center evacuated to Shreveport before Katrina has welcomed back 1,300 employees. A sign welcoming people into the Goose reads, "This neighborhood is covered by the blood of Jesus Christ." In the background is the Discount Zone gas station where several shootings have occurred in recent years. The city has prospects for the ruins of the Plaza Mall and the still-shuttered Six Flags, mammoth reminders of Katrina's toll on the East. The mall could break ground this year, Gray said. "I don't want to say everything is peachy because it's not, but I don't want to say the world's coming to an end," he said. Seeking hopeThe Rev. Brown, who conducted Aaron Monroe's vigil, says that for any plan to work, it must be based on the realization that what works in the French Quarter or Garden District won't work in the Goose, he said. A hustler in his day, Brown says, "I was one of the problems in the neighborhood. Now, I'm a solution." He's started a landscaping company to provide jobs and bought a property he'd like to convert into a center that provides services for young men, he said.He wants community leaders to divide the load to tackle more problems. Rather than rely on police and politicians, he wants residents to prioritize issues and create a list of who's willing to help. "It's a hard thing for people to accept, but God hasn't been harsh to them," he said.Anitra and Jerome Taylor grew up in the Goose. They married in 1994 and moved to a supposedly nicer neighborhood further east, only to be robbed seven times, Anitra said.They returned to their old stomping ground seven years ago. They try to be part of the solution, but the suspicious activity frustrates Anitra -- especially the unfamiliar high-end cars in the modest neighborhood.She doesn't let the youngest of their four children, 14 and 18, go to the corner store for chips. She tells them, "You're a part of this environment. Don't let it be a part of you."A Porsche Panamera kicked up dust as it cruised the gravelly, pothole-laden street in front of the Taylors' home. "How can you see that and not want it?" Anitra asked. Anitra and Jerome Taylor are both concerned by the violence. "The most hurtful thing is that the people making the two blocks dangerous don't even live here," Anitra says, echoing many residents' sentiment that crime is imported to the Goose. Kids are desperate, Jerome Taylor, 43, said. They have nothing to do, and it's summertime. "They're walking around here like nomads," he said. "What do you expect them to do? They're hungry. What is a 12-year-old doing out robbing? It's about survival."He and Anitra, 42, keep up their home as an example to others. Anitra, a community college student, hands out popsicles. Jerome talks to every passing youngster "to let them know I care," as his childhood neighbors did. Through it all, their faith remains resolute. "I have hope," Anitra said. "God is not going to bring you through something to leave you there. There's a purpose for me and him coming back here. It's to show children it's not how you start. It's how you finished."Follow @eliottcnn

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Story highlights Spending last year includes $1 million for work on apartment for William, CatherineThe Crown Estate manages a huge property portfolio for Queen Elizabeth IIIts profits for the past year are up by 5.2% from the previous yearThe profits go into the public purse, and the queen gets a grant equal to 15% of profitsBritain's Queen Elizabeth II can expect a sweet 5% raise next year, thanks in large part to record profits from real estate.The Crown Estate, a public body that manages property for the monarch, posted a record profit of 252.6 million British pounds ($387.2 million) for the last financial year -- up by 5.2% from last year.The good news for the nation is that all the profit from the estate is paid into the public coffers.Read: Queen Elizabeth II marks 60th anniversary of coronationThe queen is then paid a grant each year by the Treasury equal to 15% of the profit from two years before.That means the monarch, who celebrated 60 years on the throne last year, will receive income of nearly 38 million pounds next year, according to the estate's annual report, released Thursday.JUST WATCHEDQueen joyous at Royal Ascot winReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHQueen joyous at Royal Ascot win 00:45JUST WATCHEDQueen Elizabeth celebrates 60 year reignReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHQueen Elizabeth celebrates 60 year reign 01:57The Crown Estate is owned by the queen as monarch but is not her private property, meaning she has no direct control over it. The total portfolio is now valued at 8.1 billion pounds (nearly $12.4 billion).The estate's revenue comes from everything from chic central London stores to offshore wind farms and rural housing developments.Even U.S. retailer J. Crew helped swell its profits in the last year -- it's one of a number of international brands to open a new store on Regent Street, in the heart of London. Apple, Banana Republic and Anthropologie are three more of the big American firms to find a home on the Crown Estate-owned street.As for energy production, about 300 new offshore wind turbines came on line over the year.The estate manages almost all of Britain's coastal waters and some of its finest parkland, including Windsor Great Park, by Windsor Castle. It is also one of the country's largest rural landowners, holding about 356,000 acres of agricultural land and forests, together with mineral resources, homes and commercial property.Read: Who can inherit the British throne?In the past year, it put 250,000 pounds into creating new mountain bike trails at the Glenlivet estate in Scotland and invested 1 million pounds to support coastal communities and care of the marine environment.According to its website, the estate's vision "is to be the UK's most respected property business because of the way in which we manage this portfolio of assets on behalf of the nation."OverspendingThe queen's grant for 2012-2013 totaled 31 million pounds, jumping to just over 36 million pounds for the current financial year.She spent 2.3 million pounds more than the allotted grant last year -- when she was "exceptionally busy" with travel and events to mark the diamond jubilee -- the annual report said. The extra cost was met from a reserve fund.The queen had 288 public engagements in the year to March 31, 2013, and her husband, Prince Philip, had 275, the report said. The queen didn't travel abroad in the last financial year, but other members of the royal family, including Princes William and Harry, undertook 30 foreign engagements on her behalf.Spending last year on royal properties included 700,000 pounds (just over $1 million) so far on the refurbishment of an apartment at Kensington Palace for William and his wife, Catherine, who are expecting their first child in July. Work on the apartment, which was built to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren, architect of London's landmark St. Paul's Cathedral, is due to be completed this fall.The "Sovereign Grant" came into effect in April of last year, after the passage of new legislation that consolidated public funding for the monarch's official duties and royal palaces in return for the profits from the Crown Estate.The queen has her own private estate, which includes Balmoral, in Scotland, and Sandringham, her country retreat in Norfolk.The Crown Estate's record profits will be welcome news for the Treasury, as the government struggles to bring the nation's debt and spending under control.Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced more cuts to public spending Wednesday in his 2013 Spending Review.

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Story highlightsLe Pen also wants waiting period for foreigners to access benefits Education minister describes Le Pen's words as 'ignorant'Paris (CNN)France's far-right party leader, Marine Le Pen, said children of illegal immigrants should be refused a free education.Le Pen, who ran for the presidency in 2012 on an anti-immigration platform and plans to run again next year, said the hardline move -- which flouts French law and the European Convention on Human Rights, would discourage immigration."I think free and compulsory schooling for the children of illegal parents encourages more immigration, which must be stopped," Le Pen told reporters on Thursday in Paris.Le Pen said that if elected president, she would also consider implementing a waiting period for foreigners to access certain public services or social benefits. Marine Le Pen: Impossible made possible by Trump win"I think this is fair, as our social protection system and our public services are now overloaded, overwhelmed." Read MoreHer comments were met with a strongly worded response from French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem."With these words, which I condemn in the strongest terms, Mrs. Le Pen shows her utter indifference to the terrible situation affecting young children. She shows her ignorance of all republican principles and all international conventions of which France is a member," Vallaud-Belkacem said in a statement."The struggle for the education of all children is a struggle against ignorance, which is the source of all violence and extremism in France and throughout the world."Rise of populismLe Pen is widely expected to be one of two candidates in the second round of next year's election. She told CNN in a previous interview that she hoped the recent rise in populist parties would continue at least until April and May next year, when French voters go to the polls.She is likely to face Francois Fillon, who was elected candidate of the center-right Republicans in primary votes last month. Fillon is a social conservative who leans to the far right, and was seen to have been picked as a realistic contender to Le Pen. Le Pen celebrated the surprise victory of US President-elect Donald Trump as a boost to her own cause, telling CNN in an interview last month that it showed people were "taking their future back."Anti-establishment tsunami sweeps Europe In that interview, she said that if she were in power, the country would be "nothing like you have seen in the last 30 years.""I am opposed to a multicultural France. I think that those who have a different culture and who arrive in France have to submit themselves to French culture. Like the old saying, 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do.' I think that in France we should do like the French people," she said. Le Pen has said she wants to follow Britain's lead and take France out of the 28-member European Union. Britain voted to leave the union in June in a referendum.

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Story highlights Muslim leaders calls for dialogue, say Brits won't be "easily divided" Family of slain soldier Lee Rigby speak of their sorrow at his lossAcquaintances say Michael Adebolajo, 28, is one of two men arrested the day of the killingA radical cleric says he met suspect Michael Adebolajo when he was a young convertThe family of the British soldier brutally slain in a cleaver attack in southeast London spoke movingly Friday of a man who was a devoted husband, father and brother, as well as a dedicated serviceman.Stepfather Ian Rigby said Drummer Lee Rigby was a "precious gift" who had always wanted to serve in the army and was a devoted family man.It was difficult accepting that his stepson died on his native soil, he said. When a soldier is serving in Afghanistan, "you come to terms with it," Ian Rigby said. "You don't expect something like that on your doorstep. It's very difficult.""I just want to say that I love Lee, I always will, and I'm proud to be his wife," said Rebecca Rigby, sobbing. "He was a devoted father to our son, Jack, and we will both miss him terribly."Her husband had been due to travel home to see her and their 2-year-old son this weekend, she said.JUST WATCHEDRigby's widow: I'm proud to be his wifeReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRigby's widow: I'm proud to be his wife 03:37JUST WATCHED Cameron: Strong indication of terrorismReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH Cameron: Strong indication of terrorism 04:24JUST WATCHEDLondon attack suspect caught on videoReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLondon attack suspect caught on video 00:10JUST WATCHEDDeadly attack near London barracksReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDeadly attack near London barracks 03:29In the capital's Woolwich neighborhood, where Rigby was slain Wednesday by two men who drove a car into him, then hacked him with knives and a cleaver, a bank of flowers left in tribute swelled by the hour Friday.Soldier was a machine gunner, Royal Palaces drummer, fatherMany of those who came to the road near an army barracks were emotional as they paid tribute not just to him, but to the contribution of all British servicemen and women.A note signed by two army cadets, reads: "I understand the great lengths you would have gone to to protect our British people. It's a huge disappointment to hear the way people have treated you in your own country."One bouquet , propped in a pair of black army boots, had a message that read: "RIP Brave Soldier. Dream sweet dreams. Remembered always and never forgotten. Our thoughts with you and your family."One elderly man, using a cane, had tears in his eyes as he walked, shaking his head, up and down the flowers for half an hour. He removed his hat, looked to the heavens and made the sign of the cross.Another woman, loudly sobbing, asked police officers standing by the growing array of tributes: "Why did this happen, why did this happen here? My children go to the school just there."A man sharply dressed in a suit and tie brought his toddler son to drop off flowers, each placing their blooms next to the army boots. The father reached down to hug his son, tears filling his eyes.One note referred to both a quote by the late Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and comments made by one of the attackers, saying: "An eye for an eye makes the world go blind."Another had a more sinister message. Attached to a wooden cross adorned with a red poppy, the symbol of remembrance for the British armed forces, it read: "Your passing shall be avenged."Outpouring of support for charity for vetsJUST WATCHEDLondon attack: Eyewitness heard gunshotsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLondon attack: Eyewitness heard gunshots 05:45JUST WATCHEDTerrorism analyst on soldier killingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTerrorism analyst on soldier killing 04:05JUST WATCHEDCell phone video of London attack sceneReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCell phone video of London attack scene 01:05JUST WATCHEDCould London killing inspire other attacks?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCould London killing inspire other attacks? 02:17Since the brutal slaying, the outpouring of support for a charity that supports Britain's wounded military veterans, Help for Heroes, has been so great that its website has crashed.Rigby, a 25-year-old machine gunner and military drummer, was wearing a Help for Heroes T-shirt when he was attacked in Woolwich, according to witnesses.Help for Heroes said Friday it had been "overwhelmed with people spontaneously showing their support for the Armed Forces" since the news broke."This sudden surge of interest in the work we're doing to help the wounded and their families has taken us completely by surprise," the charity said, noting that some were buying hoodies and T-shirts like the one Rigby had on. "We just want to help, and all funds we receive will be used to provide direct, practical support to those affected by their service to our country."3 men arrested in connection to slayingThere's been no indication that Rigby knew the men who attacked him with meat cleavers Wednesday afternoon. One of the two, who approached a man filming the gory scene in the Woolwich neighborhood, suggested that Rigby had been targeted only "because Muslims are dying daily" at the hands of British troops like him. Britain's armed forces have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. All its combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014."We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," he said in the video aired by CNN affiliate ITN.Friends, acquaintances and British media have identified that man as 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo, a British national of Nigerian descent.Police have not released his name, nor those of the others they've arrested. Adebolajo and the 22-year-old suspect also tied directly to the attack are now hospitalized under guard after a confrontation with police in which they were shot. A 29-year-old man arrested Thursday is being on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.Two women arrested Thursday, ages 29 and 31, have been released without being charged, police said Friday.Police continue to search five addresses in London and one in Lincolnshire, which is in eastern England. Suspect knew British Muslim radical leaderIt is understood the two people suspected of carrying out the knife attack were known to Britain's domestic security service. They had been featured in previous investigations into other people, but were not themselves under surveillance.Abu Baraa blamed Wednesday's attack not on his friend Michael Adebolajo -- who he says is the bloody, cleaver-wielding man shown talking in the ITN video -- but on the British government and said there may be more attacks."As long as (British) foreign policy is engaging in violence, they're only inviting violence in retaliation," Baraa told CNN.By sharp contrast, Prime Minister David Cameron said "the fault lies solely with sickening individuals who carried out this attack," adding that "nothing in Islam ... justifies this truly dreadful act."British Muslim radical leader Anjem Choudary told CNN on Thursday that he knew Adebolajo, noting the suspect attended demonstrations and a few lectures organized by Choudary's group Al-Muhajiroun.In fact, an ITN video from April 2007 shows Adebolajo standing behind Choudary at a rally protesting the arrest of men who allegedly made inflammatory speeches inside a mosque.Syrian cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, who founded Al-Muhajiroun in the late 1990s, told CNN Terrorism Analyst Paul Cruickshank by phone from Tripoli, Lebanon, he also had been acquainted with Adebolajo.Bakri Mohammed used to live in the United Kingdom but was barred from returning after the 2005 terror attacks. Bakri Mohammed said Adebolajo, who he knew by his Muslim name "Mujahid," attended several talks he gave in London from 2003 to 2004 and was at his side at a number of Al-Muhajiroun protests against the war in Iraq around that time.One talk Adebolajo attended was at a Woolwich community center, he said, noting the group met in such locations because they were not welcomed in mosques. The very large majority of British Muslims reject Bakri Mohammed's views.The radical cleric said that although they did not have many interactions, Adebolajo stood out because he was a new convert to the religion. Bakri Mohammed said he had no contact with him after he left the UK. Volley of shotsDramatic video footage obtained by Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, filmed from an apartment block overlooking the street, shows the moment when armed police arrived at the scene.One of the attackers rushes at the police vehicle brandishing knives while the other aims a gun. Both are brought down by a volley of shots.The firearms unit was called in after the initial alert because British police do not usually carry weapons. Witnesses remarked that the two attackers appeared to wait for the armed police to arrive, nearly 15 minutes after their assault on Rigby.The two injured suspects remained in stable condition at separate South London hospitals Friday, the Metropolitan Police said.The attack, which Cameron and others called an act of terror, stirred anxiety and alerts in Britain not seen since the summer of 2005, when coordinated bomb attacks struck London's public transport network.An additional 1,200 police are now on London's streets to reassure the public, police said Thursday. Extra security is in place for military personnel and sites.London attack: Terrorists targeting soldiers at home again?Violent reactions?The Woolwich bloodshed spurred concerns not only about violence by Islamic extremists, but also about attacks targeting Muslims by people angered by Rigby's killing.London attack mirrors plot to behead Muslim soldierIn Kent, police arrested a man on suspicion of "racially aggravated criminal damage" at a religious building. And on Wednesday night in Essex, a man with two knives was arrested after throwing a smoke grenade at the Al Falah Braintree Islamic Center and demanding someone come outside to answer to the Woolwich slaying, said the mosque's secretary, Sikander Sleemy. Members of the far-right English Defence League clashed with police late Wednesday, with a tweet from its official account touting that "it's fair to say that finally the country is waking up!:-) NO SURRENDER!""Don't listen to the Government cover ups, The lies about Islam being peaceful," read another EDL tweet Thursday.Political and social commentator Mohammed Ansar appealed for "a sense of calm (and) perspective" after what he called "a really, really heinous act of, I would say, criminality, ... not terrorism.""What we don't need are knee-jerk reactions ... to really ratchet up tensions and really stoke and inflame anxieties within communities," he told CNN.Nearly 100 senior British imams together issued a statement sharply condemning the "sick and barbaric" killing, which they said had spurred "hate-fueled individuals" to attack mosques and Muslims. The group called for action and dialogue to prevent attacks by extremists of all ilks."We (urge) our fellow citizens not to be taken in the mindless rantings of the (few) extra extremists in our midst," they said. "We, the British people, are not so easily fooled; nor are we so easily divided."Watch: Terrorism analyst on soldier killing

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(CNN)There's little doubt that immigration will be an issue many voters are weighing as they head to the polls in November. But a new report highlights an interesting fact to think about as the 2020 presidential election looms: A record number of immigrants are eligible to vote.The report, released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, notes that the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled since 2000. More than 23 million naturalized immigrants in the United States are eligible to vote, the report says. That's about 1 in 10 eligible voters in the United States -- a record high.The term "eligible voters," Pew says, refers to people aged 18 and older who are US citizens. The center's analysis is based on data from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey and the 2000 US decennial census.This growth in the immigrant voting population comes at a time when immigration policy issues have risen in importance, Pew's report says.Read More"Many of the administration's proposed policy changes, such as expanding the U.S.-Mexico border wall and limiting legal immigration, have generated strong, polarized reactions from the public," Pew says. "These proposals may also affect how immigrants see their place in America and the potential role they could play in the 2020 presidential election."A canvasser holds a sign encouraging people to register to vote following a naturalization ceremony on March 20, 2018 in Los Angeles.One key point to keep in mind: Being eligible to vote is one thing, but actually registering and showing up at the polls is another.Historically, Pew's report notes, the voter turnout rates for immigrant eligible voters has lagged behind US-born voters. In 2016, according to Pew, just 54% of foreign-born eligible voters cast ballots, compared to 62% of US-born eligible voters.But within the racial and ethnic groups with the largest numbers of immigrants, the trend is different, Pew says."Immigrant voter turnout rates have trailed the U.S. born overall," Pew says, "but not among Latinos and Asians."About 53% of Hispanic immigrants who were eligible to vote cast ballots in 2016, compared with 46% of the US born. Similarly, among Asian eligible voters, 52% of immigrants voted, compared with 45% of the US born. Some other key findings in the report:• Mexican and Filipino immigrants are the largest groups among foreign-born eligible voters.• 46% of the nation's eligible immigrant voters live in states where Democratic primaries or caucuses take place on or before Super Tuesday. This is up from 21% in 2016, Pew says, a change driven primarily by movements in the calendar of the Democratic Party's primaries and caucuses.• The number of immigrants living in the US is rising, but just half of immigrants in the country are eligible to vote• The four states with the largest eligible voter populations -- California, New York, Florida and Texas -- are also home to most immigrant voters. "Even so," Pew says, "immigrant eligible voters are dispersed across the nation. While California may have more immigrant voters than any other state, many states have substantial immigrant eligible voter populations."• The immigrant electorate is growing the fastest in Georgia, Minnesota and North Carolina. "All three have seen their numbers of immigrant eligible voters nearly triple between 2000 and 2018," Pew says. "Georgia increased by 193% during this time, the nation's fastest growth."

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