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Nashville school shooting victims include pastor’s daughter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The six people who were fatally shot at a Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday included 9-year-old Hallie Scruggs, the daughter of the pastor whose church runs The Covenant School. The massacre by a former student also claimed the life of its Head of School, Katherine Koonce, who had written on the school’s website that “we are participating in the miracle of (students’) development and seeing them transform into who they will be.” Three children and three adults died at the Presbyterian school, which was founded in 2001 in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood just south of downtown Nashville, Tennessee.The two other children who died, Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney, were also 9 years old. The other adults were Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher and Mike Hill, 61, a custodian. Hallie Scruggs was the daughter of Chad Scruggs, the lead pastor at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, according to a statement released by a...

Greek police say they’ve arrested 2 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Greece

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they’ve arrested 2 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Greece.Source

Black female athletes: Having Black female coach is crucial

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

South Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she even suited up for the Gamecocks. It wasn’t just Staley’s coaching accolades, which include fueling South Carolina’s meteoric rise in women’s basketball, that sold Beal. Beal knew that Staley — a Black woman like her — would best understand how to guide her as she navigated both life and playing basketball on a big stage.“People that were telling me what this community was about, I know it’s somewhere I wanted to be,” Beal said. “As soon as I got here, she definitely led me down a journey so I could find out who I am.”Black female representation in the coaching and sports administrative ranks has existed on a minute scale — even in a sport like basketball, which along with track and field has the highest concentration of Black female college athletes. Black female players who have been coached by a Black woman told The Associated Press that it was crucial to their development. “There are so...

Texas Open the final stop before Masters, LPGA goes to LA

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

PGA TOURVALERO TEXAS OPENSite: San Antonio.Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks). Yardage: 7,438. Par: 72.Prize money: $8.9 million. Winner’s share: $1.602 million.Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3:30-6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC).Defending champion: J.J. Spaun.FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm.Last week: Sam Burns won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and Matt Wallace won the Corales Puntacana Championship.Notes: The final spot in the Masters is being set aside for anyone not already invited who wins the Texas Open. … Ten players in the field already are in the Masters, including Francesco Molinari. He is in the final year of his five-year exemption from winning the 2018 British Open. … Adam Schenk is playing for the 11th time in 12 weeks as his wife prepares to have their first child. He was runner-up two weeks ago at the Valspar Championship. … J.J. Spaun won last year t...

EU deal to move migrant children from Greece officially ends

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A voluntary scheme by European Union member states to accept unaccompanied migrant children from Greece officially ended Tuesday, raising concern over delays still facing the bloc in hammering out a comprehensive new migration agreement.Fifteen minors from Somalia, Gambia and Pakistan boarded a plane in Athens bound for Lisbon, Portugal, bringing the total number of migrant children relocated under the program to 1,368 in 16 countries since 2020, Greek officials said.The European Commission has promised to finalize new migration rules, common across all member states, in 2024 following years of delays. The main sticking point is centered around the so-called solidarity mechanism, under which member states would be given relocation quotas to assist countries like Greece, Italy and Spain where most of the asylum seekers arrive.Sofia Voultepsi, the Greek deputy migration minister, said Athens was already in discussions with EU member states for a new voluntary sch...

Tornado-spawning storms may get worse due to warming

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.The supercell storm that devastated Rolling Fork, Mississippi is a single event that can’t be connected to climate change. But it fits that projected and more dangerous pattern, including more nighttime strikes in a southern region with more people, poverty and vulnerable housing than where storms hit last century. And the season will start a month earlier than it used to.The study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society predicts a nationwide 6.6% increase in supercells and a 25.8% jump in the area and time the strongest supercells twist and tear over land under a scenario of moderate levels of future warming by the end of the century. But in certain areas in the South the increase is much highe...

Klinsmann still awaits first win as Uruguay beats SKorea 2-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

Jurgen Klinsmann is still waiting for his first win as head coach of South Korea after Uruguay triumphed 2-1 in a friendly played at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Tuesday.The former Germany and U.S. coach was appointed last month and his first match in charge was a 2-2 home draw with Colombia on Friday.After Korea progressed to the second round of last year’s World Cup at the expense of Uruguay, the result provided some measure of revenge for the visiting team.The meeting between the two teams in Qatar ended 0-0 but it only took Sebastian Coates 10 minutes to open the scoring for Uruguay, after he rose above the Korean defense to head home a corner from Federico Valverde.Six minutes into the second half, midfielder Hwang In-beom fired home a shot from inside the penalty area. But Lazio’s Matias Vecino grabbed the winner in the 63rd minute, scoring from close range after goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo parried a Joaquin Piquerez free-kick.With six minutes remaining, Kim Young-gw...

Nashville school shooting: Body camera video shows police confront, kill active shooter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nashville police released body camera video Tuesday showing the moments officers confronted an active shooter at The Covenant School. The shooter killed six people before being taken down by officers. The video, which is graphic, shows officers arrive on scene and speak to a staff member outside before rushing into the building. The school was on lockdown and alarms can be heard blaring as the team of officers makes their way toward the shooter on the second floor. As they approach the shooter's location, officers can be seen firing shots. Two officer of the five-member team fatally shot the suspect, the department said. Those officers have been identified as Rex Englebert, a four-year Metro Nashville Police Department veteran, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year department veteran.Footage from both their body cameras was made available. Warning: The body camera video is graphic. Viewer discretion is advised.WATCH THE FULL BODYCAM VIDEO HEREThe shooter has bee...

Planet Palooza! 5 planets will be visible in the night sky Tuesday night

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

(KARK) -- Calling all astronomy enthusiasts! The end of March is going to be a great time to planet gaze. Five planets will be visible on March 28: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Uranus.Venus will be one of the easier ones to see. It will be the biggest planet in the sky. Look to the west to see Venus after sunset.Mars will also be easier to identify. It will appear red and bright, high in the southwest sky. The planets Venus, bottom, and Jupiter, top, light the sky above Matthews, N.C., Monday, June 29, 2015. NASA says a similar sight — Jupiter and Mars close together in the night sky — can be viewed this coming weekend. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Jupiter, the second brightest planet (next to Venus), won't be as easy to spot. Jupiter was high in the sky earlier this month but has been slowly descending. To view Jupiter, you'll need to have a clear and obstruction-free view of the western horizon. Mercury will also be close to Jupiter. It is set to make its pass of Jupiter on March ...

Pepsi has a new logo

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:55 GMT

(CNN) — If someone were to ask you to draw the Pepsi logo from memory, what would you draw? A circle, perhaps, with the red, white and blue stripes that are emblematic of the brand. The word “Pepsi,” probably, in that globe.When PepsiCo walks people through this exercise, as it sometimes does, that’s what most do: They put the word “Pepsi” in the circle. But that’s not how the current logo actually looks. The brand name is off to the side, a bit meek next to the iconic globe. So Pepsi is making a change.“We couldn’t ignore that kind of insight,” Mauro Porcini, PepsiCo’s chief design officer, told CNN. “Instead of rejecting it, we decided to embrace it.”Pepsi on Tuesday unveiled a new logo and branding that will roll out in North America this fall and globally next year. It looks a lot like the 1990s version which seems to have stuck in people’s brains, but with new elements to make it more modern, in...