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Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase – AP News Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase – AP News Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase AP NewsElon Musk’s Starbase city in Texas on brink of becoming official BBCElon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees vote to create ‘Starbase’ The GuardianWelcome to Starbase, Texas. What’s Next for Elon Musk’s Rocket-Building Company Town WSJ‘He’s Trying to Colonize This Community’: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Take Over This Texas Town Politico Source link #Musk #Texas #SpaceX #launch #site #approved #city #Starbase #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Fremantle face crucial month ahead of the bye after disastrous defeat to St Kilda Fremantle face crucial month ahead of the bye after disastrous defeat to St Kilda Fremantle’s next month looms as season-defining as the under-fire Dockers look to find consistency and make a serious push for finals. Source link #Fremantle #face #crucial #month #ahead #bye #disastrous #defeat #Kilda Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sirens are heard in Tel Aviv as missile launched by Yemen rebels briefly halts flights in Israel Sirens are heard in Tel Aviv as missile launched by Yemen rebels briefly halts flights in Israel Sirens are heard in Tel Aviv as missile launched by Yemen rebels briefly halts flights in Israel Source link #Sirens #heard #Tel #Aviv #missile #launched #Yemen #rebels #briefly #halts #flights #Israel Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Elon Musk Wins Vote to Establish His Own City in Starbase, Texas – Bloomberg Elon Musk Wins Vote to Establish His Own City in Starbase, Texas – Bloomberg Elon Musk Wins Vote to Establish His Own City in Starbase, Texas BloombergElon Musk’s Starbase city in Texas on brink of becoming official BBCElon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees vote to create ‘Starbase’ The GuardianWelcome to Starbase, Texas. What’s Next for Elon Musk’s Rocket-Building Company Town WSJ‘He’s Trying to Colonize This Community’: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Take Over This Texas Town Politico Source link #Elon #Musk #Wins #Vote #Establish #City #Starbase #Texas #Bloomberg Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Cooper aiming to leave with Japanese club promotion Cooper aiming to leave with Japanese club promotion Wallabies veteran Quade Cooper has kept alive his hopes of departing Japan Rugby League One with another promotion. The 37-year-old playmaker had a leading role as Hanazono Liners beat Green Rockets Tokatsu 42-19 to set up a final day showdown against section champions Shuttles Aichi. Cooper, who was Division Two Player of the Year when he led the Liners to promotion three years ago, announced recently he is parting company with the Osaka-based club at the end of the season. His side needed to beat the Green Rockets on Saturday to have any chance of making the promotion/relegation series. As well as setting up two tries by manipulating the defence with trademark short passes, Cooper also kicked five from five, one being the conversion of the try scored by his long-time halves partner, Will Genia. Cooper’s success contrasted with the fortunes of another ex-Wallaby flyhalf, with Bernard Foley missing a conversion from a wide angle in the final play of Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay’s thrilling 29-29 draw with Saitama Wild Knights. While the result could cost the Wild Knights top seeding for the playoffs, second will still earn Robbie Deans and his men a bye in the first round of the elimination series, with the Spears now likely to have to strip for the first weekend after dropping to third. Defending champions Brave Lupus Tokyo returned to the top of the table after a 45-28 win over Sagamihara Dynaboars, while Tokyo Sungoliath became the final qualifier for the playoffs, wrapping up sixth courtesy of a 43-34 win over ****** Rams Tokyo. Ex-Wallaby backrower Liam Gill had an unusual afternoon, scoring two tries and setting up two others, but the 32-year-old was also one of a trio from the ****** Rams who were yellow carded, which all but sealed their fate. Samu Kerevi scored the 10th try from his last nine appearances, but it was not enough to prevent another defeat for Urayasu D-Rocks on a madcap afternoon where they shared 17 tries with Shizuoka BlueRevs in a 62-52 defeat. D-Rocks will be joined in the post-season relegation series by Mie Heat, whose last hopes were ended despite two tries by Wallaby fullback Tom Banks, during Sunday’s 38-30 defeat by Verblitz. The win by Steve Hansen’s men, which pulled them clear of the relegation zone, featured the 11th try of the season by code-hopping former NRL star Joseph Manu. The afternoon’s other match saw Dave Rennie’s Kobe Steelers beat Yokohama Eagles 47-29. Source link #Cooper #aiming #leave #Japanese #club #promotion Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

He died fighting for Russia. Meghan McCain blamed his US veteran parents. He died fighting for Russia. Meghan McCain blamed his US veteran parents. It was a stupid tweet by someone who isn’t stupid. Meghan McCain criticized the fitness of parents who raise a wayward kid. She questioned whether the mother, a deputy director at the CIA, should still have a job. Why? Because that mother and her husband lost control of their young adult son, who foolishly went to war on behalf of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and died on a battlefield fighting Ukraine. Their boy had an eccentric streak that took him to remote parts of the world promoting environmentalism, feminism, communism and the ************ people. He threw shade at his home country, the United States. He posted a video of an American flag burning and would tell friends he was ashamed to be from here. He was the antithesis of his parents, who both served their country honorably in the U.S. Navy, as Meghan McCain’s famous father once had. And McCain blamed the parents. Meghan McCain blames the parents for their son Born in 1984, Meghan McCain is a child of the internet. She is a tweeting machine who understood how to use the platform X that was Twitter before Elon Musk bought it and broke its grip from left-wing censorship. Her opinions are punchy and irreverent, and she takes a lot of swings at both left and right. Opinion: Elon Musk called a combat veteran a ‘traitor.’ No American should tolerate it. Even now, as she is busy raising two small children, she is building Substack and 2Way audiences with her takes on American culture and politics as she stays engaged with the wider world. Sometimes when you engage the world, however, you reveal too much. And on April 25, McCain showed her own ignorance in a tweet: “If you can’t even get your own kid not to become an anti-American, pro-Islam ********** who joins and fights in the Russian Army against Ukraine, maybe you shouldn’t have a senior job in the CIA…” When I read that, I laughed. This is clearly the opinion of someone who has never raised teenagers, I thought. In due time, she will learn, and she will regret it. McCain forgot the story of the prodigal son McCain had keyed in on a new version of an ancient story. Christ told it as the parable of the prodigal son, the child who goes astray. In the biblical account told in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 15:11-32), a wayward child of a wealthy man goes on a long bender of sin and debauchery, squandering his inherited wealth and eventually sliding to that last rung of the occupational ladder – herding swine. Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, speaks during a memorial service for her father at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on Sept. 1, 2018. A more modern version was told on April 25 at iStories about Michael Gloss, a young man who grew up in the leafy suburbs of Washington, DC, the privileged son of parents who dedicated a good part of their adult lives to the defense of America. Gloss’ mother, Juliane Gallina, is a CIA deputy director for digital innovation. She graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and became the first woman to serve as a Naval Academy brigade commander in 1991, iStories reports. For 30 years, she has worked in intelligence. Gloss’ father, Larry Gloss, is also a U.S. Navy veteran and an Iraq War veteran. He was decorated for his service in Operation Desert Storm. Michael Gloss fought for Putin in Ukraine-Russia war Last year, the couple learned their son had died. On April 25, they read in the iStories account that their boy, while in Russia, had chosen to enter Putin’s meatgrinder – the invasion of neighboring Ukraine. On the battlefield he got caught in an artillery barrage and died from “massive blood loss,” The Washington Post reported. He was among 172,000 Russian troops who have died and 611,000 who were wounded in Putin’s ******** war, the International Institute for Strategic Studies reports. That a leftist child of American patriots would take up arms for a Russian tyrant is a puzzle. It’s a long distance in both miles and values from the home he grew up in. The 21-year-old Michael was suffering from mental illness, The Post reports, and had stopped taking medication to treat his illness. As a little boy, he was different, his father said. “If you knew our son, he was the ultimate antiestablishment, anti-authority young man the minute he came into the world,” Larry Gloss told The Post. Gloss was drawn to the radical left, despite his parents He grew up loving The Beatles and Bob Dylan, and he was drawn to the politics of the left and radical left. His muse led him to places like Italy, where, according to his obituary, he learned sustainable agriculture through farm work. He went to Turkey to help rebuild earthquake-damaged structures. He journeyed to the former Soviet republic of Georgia to join a counter-cultural movement inspired by Woodstock, The Post reported. Opinion: Trump has made America a safer place for my daughters. I’m grateful for that. Eventually, he would go to Russia for what his parents believed was the fulfillment of a dream to help build a water purifier in parts of that country that lacked clean water. Instead, he died fighting an aggressor’s war. “I can only attribute it to his mental illness,” his father told The Post. “It clearly defies logic.” Parents who have raised teenagers can empathize Any parent who has raised teenagers will instinctively empathize with the Glosses. “Teenage” is the child stage when the parents learn, “Oh, we don’t decide the direction of our children’s futures.” Our children do. Opinion alerts: Get columns from your favorite columnists + expert analysis on top issues, delivered straight to your device through the USA TODAY app. Don’t have the app? Download it for free from your app store. When I was about Meghan McCain’s age, some of my older work colleagues tried to warn me of this. “One day when your kids are teenagers,” one coworker, who happened to be a superb parent, told me, “they’re going to ask you for your advice.” Then her face changed. It grew flush with anger. Her eyes flared and her voice rose. “THEY DON’T WANT YOUR ADVICE! THEY DON’T WANT YOUR ADVICE!” When she calmed down, she explained, “They only say they want your advice. They never take it.” Who knows what set that off, but the frustration was real. One day, McCain will know what we do I have a sister and brother-in-law who were raising the greatest four girls. Strong values. High ethics. Parents engaged in every aspect of their lives. And everything seemed peachy perfect, until one of those daughters turned into a meth addict. Hell rained down. I heard it in the desperate calls from my sister, who tearfully told me her 16-year-old, now emaciated and scarred from self-mutilation, would never make it to age 20. Opinion: Depression in young men is on the rise. Athletes may be the key to getting help. Hard work and prayers and an enormous amount of attention were focused on that child. Her clean-living sisters sometimes resented all that attention going to the ****** sheep. But that ****** sheep, that prodigal, finally found herself and started making good decisions. She went on to drug recovery, university, graduation with honors and medical school. Now a physician, she is about to take on a new job at a major West Coast trauma center saving other people’s children. Today, when my sisters and I get together, we joke that our primary job as parents was to just keep our kids alive. You have to live that to know it. Someday Meghan McCain will have teenagers, and she will understand. Phil Boas is an editorial columnist for The Arizona Republic, where this column originally published. You can email him at *****@*****.tld You can read diverse opinions from our USA TODAY columnists and other writers on the Opinion front page, on X, formerly Twitter, @usatodayopinion and in our Opinion newsletter. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Meghan McCain picks on Michael Gloss. 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Yze backs Balta after jeers from Hawks fans Yze backs Balta after jeers from Hawks fans Richmond defender Noah Balta was jeered by Hawthorn fans as he returned to AFL action for the first time since being sentenced for assault. Source link #Yze #backs #Balta #jeers #Hawks #fans Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia? The answer is found on the streets where he lived and worked Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia? The answer is found on the streets where he lived and worked SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador ― The tiny neighborhood of Los Nogales, with its pinkish-red bougainvilleas and a small knot of streets rising above El Salvador’s capital, seems cut off from the sprawling city below. Senda 3, a ****-de-sac at the heart of the neighborhood, dead-ends into bushes and trees. Houses are jammed together. Neighbors walk a few steps to makeshift tiendas, or shops, nestled inside front rooms behind plastic sheeting, or metal bars, or both. This is the street where Kilmar Abrego Garcia spent his early years. And the street he fled to come to America. He was a teenager when he left to build a new life in a new country. He’s 29 now and back in El Salvador, this time in prison, a father of three caught in a standoff among President Donald Trump, the courts, some members of Congress and the Salvadoran government. Abrego Garcia’s deportation – and the Trump administration’s refusal to return him to the United States, even though it admits he was sent back to El Salvador by mistake – has made him the most high-profile target of Trump’s campaign to expel millions of migrants who entered the United States illegally. The Justice Department insists Abrego Garcia is a member of a dangerous criminal gang. Abrego Garcia, who had lived in Maryland for years before he was deported, insists he is not. Regardless of who is right, Abrego Garcia’s story begins here, in Los Nogales, on Senda 3. The small terrace house he lived in with his parents and two siblings is still standing. His mother, Cecilia, referred to affectionately as “Cece” by old friends, made pupusas there with the help of her three young children every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and sold them to neighbors. A woman named Rocio, who is in her 30s and lives just two doors down, proudly showed off photos of Abrego Garcia, his sister and his older brother Cesar attending a birthday party in her home. At the time, San Salvador was the domain of violent gangs. Two rival gangs, MS-13 and Barrio 18, or the 18th Street gang, fought over turf block by block, running the Central American country’s ******* rate in 2012 up among the highest in the world at 41 per 100,000 people, according to the United Nations. A view of Los Nogales, the neighborhood in El Salvador where Kilmar Abrego Garcia grew up before moving to the United States. The father of three was deported from Maryland by the Trump administration and sent back to El Salvador. Los Nogales was neutral ground. “There was never trouble with gangs here,” said a man who would only give his name as Jorge. “I’ve lived here for 20 years and never had a problem.” Jorge’s sentiments were echoed by almost a dozen of Abrego Garcia’s close neighbors, friends and neighborhood acquaintances interviewed by USA TODAY. The paper is identifying Jorge and other locals only by their first names because they fear reprisals from El Salvador’s increasingly authoritarian government. Members of Abrego Garcia’s family denied multiple USA TODAY interview requests to speak about his early years in El Salvador and his home life. But when Abrego Garcia lived on Senda 3, a five-minute walk to the calle principal would land him in gang territory. Los Nogales was surrounded on all sides by “troubled” neighborhoods where bandidos run rampant, a resident named Fredy said. The burgeoning pupuseria business run by Cece, Abrego Garcia’s mother, attracted the greed of Barrio 18 members. They demanded monthly protection money from the family and threatened to enlist Abrego Garcia in the gang as payment or even to stalk, kidnap and kill him, according to court records entered by his attorneys. A neighbor identified as “Rocio” points at a childhood photograph of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. A short distance from where Cece once rolled out her pupusas sits the local watering hole, run by a husband and wife. On an afternoon in mid-April, beer-swilling revelers crowded inside and listened to rancheras and watched fútbol. Waiters carried plates of seafood and fried potatoes from the kitchen to the simple wooden tables. Patrons covered the mouths of their beer bottles with paper napkins against the flies buzzing around, attracted by a free lunch, or drink. Like the flies, gangsters from the surrounding barrios historically swarmed around local businesses that made money in Los Nogales – even if they’re tucked away and shut behind metal bars and barbed wire. A van sits on the streets of Los Nogales, the neighborhood in San Salvador, El Salvador, where Kilmar Abrego Garcia grew up. Insects and extortionists always find their way in, said Edward, the bar’s current owner. The bar’s previous owners had to sell because the payments to Barrio 18 were too burdensome, Edward said. His wife pointed to where a cluster of popular restaurants once sat. They, too, closed because of financial pressure from the bandidos. Whether Abrego Garcia’s family was the victim of Barrio 18, the neighbors hadn’t heard. But they did know the family had fallen on hard times. “The bank was foreclosing on their house, that’s why they had to sell up and leave,” Fredy said. “They moved nearby to another house.” Cece long planned for her sons to leave El Salvador and the dangers lurking there, Los Nogales residents said. Cesar, the oldest boy, went first. He left for the United States. Abrego Garcia soon followed. He was just 16. For days, he walked north, crossing the Rio Grande. He entered the United States illegally near McAllen, Texas, around March 12, 2012. His journey, however, was far from over. Kilmar Abrego Garcia grew up in San Salvador, El Salvador, before fleeing to the United States A Home Depot in Maryland In the suburb of Hyattsville, Maryland, Home Depot is where homeowners shop for supplies for do-it-yourself repairs and where construction crews come for materials. It’s also where migrants look for day jobs. Groups of men from Latin American countries wait in the parking lot. Some help customers carry supplies in exchange for a cash tip or, if they are lucky, a day gig. A woman sells tamales out of the back of a van while a small boy plays in the back. It was here that Abrego Garcia’s new life started to unravel. An ‘administrative error’: A Maryland dad was sent to El Salvador prison by mistake. Can his community get him back? He had made his way to Maryland. His older brother, Cesar, was living there and had become a U.S. citizen. In 2016, Abrego Garcia met the woman who would become his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, a Salvadoran American. Around the same age, they connected through her coworker, Abrego Garcia’s best friend. The small neighborhood of Los Nogales in San Salvador, El Salvador There was an instant spark. He liked that she was a strong woman. “It would amaze him that no matter what life put me through, I would face it,” she said in a phone interview with USA TODAY in early April. They moved in together two years later. Vasquez Sura had two children from a previous relationship, a daughter who has epilepsy and a son with autism. The girl wanted to be a makeup artist and her brother, a soccer player. Abrego Garcia raised the two children as his own. To them, she said, he’s their dad. The children’s biological father, Edwin Ramos, filed a custody claim against Vasquez Sura in 2018 allegeding she lived with a gang member. The document circulated as more evidence of Abrego Garcia’s MS-13 affiliation, but the case was quickly dismissed, according to court records. A year later, Ramos was charged and convicted of second-degree ***** and remains incarcerated in Maryland. Abrego Garcia found work as an HVAC installer and was a member of CASA, a nonprofit that operates day worker centers in Maryland. The couple learned they were expecting a son, who they’d name Kilmar Jr. They had what seemed like a good life, until police spotted him in the Home Depot parking lot. On March 28, 2019, Abrego Garcia drove to the Hyattsville store on East-West Highway, about eight miles north of the U.S. Capitol. He was looking for construction work, his wife would later say in court documents. Records released by Hyattsville, Maryland, and Prince George’s County police say he was loitering. He was standing in the parking lot with three other men, two of whom he recognized. The four were chatting to pass the time, his lawyers said. Abrego Garcia was taken in for questioning. One of the men he had been talking to, Christhyan Hernandez-Romero, had an extensive rap sheet that included assault, burglary and concealing a weapon. He was known to Hyattsville police as an MS-13 gang member. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is seen in a handout image Prince George’s police detective Ivan Mendez, the investigating officer, suspected Abrego Garcia was also part of the gang. He reached that conclusion, he wrote in his police report, based on three things: Abrego Garcia was sporting a Chicago Bulls hat, which authorities say is worn by active MS-13 members. He had on a dark-hooded sweatshirt, which authorities also said was associated with or consistent with an MS-13 slogan. And a confidential informant had identified him as a member of MS-13. Abrego Garcia denied he was a member of MS-13 or any gang. Days later, the police detective’s credibility would come under scrutiny. The force accused him of sharing confidential information about an ongoing investigation with a sex worker. He was later fired and placed on the county district attorney’s do-not-call list of unreliable sources. Hyattsville police, meanwhile, say records of their encounter with Abrego Garcia made no connection to MS-13. He had two vials of **********, which they seized. No charges were filed against him. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were called in because police suspected Abrego Garcia was an undocumented immigrant. He was assigned an Alien Registration Number, or A-number. The federal government could now keep tabs on him. Based on the conclusions of the now-disgraced Prince George’s detective, ICE wrote in Abrego Garcia’s file: “Subject has been identified as a Member/Active of M.S.13.” At a hearing before an immigration judge that April, Abrego Garcia denied that he was a gang member, insisting he wasn’t a risk to the community. The judge declined to issue him a bond, citing the gang report filed by Mendez and the tip from the confidential informant. Abrego Garcia remained in jail, awaiting possible deportation. Downtown San Salvador, El Salvador That June, Abrego Garcia and a seven-months-pregnant Vasquez Sura married at the Howard Detention Center in Jessup, Maryland, where he was being held. Their son, Kilmar Jr. was born in August. The child has microtia, a congenital malformation of the ear, is intellectually disabled with a speech disorder and has been diagnosed with autism. Abrego Garcia asked the courts for a protective order preventing his deportation to El Salvador, where he feared gangs threatened his life. The judge granted the order on Oct. 10. Abrego Garcia could still be expelled from the United States – he just couldn’t be returned to El Salvador. Abrego Garcia was released from custody after six months in detention, but was required to check in with ICE yearly. For six years, records show, he did. No ‘Maryland father’: What to know on White House allegations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia A house in suburbia The tree-lined street where Abrego Gracia and his growing family settled sits in a quiet neighborhood. Pink and white blossoms fall from branches and decorate the front lawns of small, brick houses. In one yard, a ******** flag flutters in a mild breeze. Near the bottom of a slight hill is the white-brick house that Abrego-Garcia called home. A child’s scooter and a toy lawn mower rest on the grassy lawn. Parked in the driveway is a white pickup, a boat hitched to its rear. The suburb of Beltsville, Maryland, between Baltimore and Washington, is where Abrego Garcia was living the American dream. He’d found work as a union sheet metal apprentice. He took worker safety training and classes at the University of Maryland. He was in the first year of a five-year apprenticeship and working toward a union “pink card” that would mean higher pay and benefits. “He was on track, really, to the middle class,” said Tom Killeen, political director for the sheet metal workers Maryland-based Local 100. But home life was turbulent. Abrego Garcia had grown “more reserved” after his release from detention and now had “a sadness” about him that his wife hadn’t seen prior to his time in ICE custody, she said in court records. In 2020, Vasquez Sura petitioned a court for a domestic protection order against her husband. One altercation, she said, resulted in police responding to their home after he slapped and threatened her. “Like at 3:00 in the morning, he would just wake up and, like, hit me,” she told a judge in a recording obtained by USA TODAY. Then before her daughter’s birthday party, “he slapped me three times…then last week my sister called the police because he hit me in front of my sister.” In 2021, Vasquez Sura petitioned for a protection order a second time, citing instances of violence in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Abrego Garcia “punched and scratched” her, ripped off her shirt and grabbed and bruised her, according to her testimony to a judge. The case was closed after a month, according to Prince George’s County records. Vasquez Sura said in a statement to USA TODAY that neither she nor her husband was in a good place when she filed for the protective orders. “My husband was traumatized from the time he spent in ICE detention, and we were in the throes of COVID,” she said. “Like many couples, we were caring for our children with barely enough to get by. All of those factors contributed to the actions, which caused me to seek the protective order.” In an earlier statement released April 17, she also told USA TODAY she sought the 2021 order out of precaution because she had experienced domestic violence in a past relationship. Then, in March 2025, ICE re-entered their lives. Abrego Garcia was working at a job site in Baltimore, installing HVAC ducts on a new University of Maryland hospital building. He finished his shift on Wednesday afternoon, March 12, and then picked up his 5-year-old at the home of Cece, who had followed her sons to the United States. With his own son in the back seat, Abrego Garcia was on his way home when he phoned his wife to say he was being pulled over for what he thought was a routine traffic stop. It wasn’t. It was ICE. Timeline: How an error led to the deportation of a legal resident of US to El Salvador Abrego Garcia wasn’t confident speaking English, so Vasquez Sura told him to put her on speakerphone while he talked with the officers, she said in a court filing. She could overhear the conversation as an agent told her husband to turn off the car and get out. Abrego Garcia explained to the officer, in English, that his son with special needs was in the back seat. Vasquez Sura heard the officer take his phone and hang up.Minutes later, she got another call, this time from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The caller gave her 10 minutes to get to the scene and pick up her son or child protective services would be contacted. When she got there, Abrego Garcia was on the curb and in handcuffs, crying, she said. Officers said they were taking him in. His immigration status had changed, the agents informed him. “I told him he would come back home,” Vasquez Sura said, “because he hadn’t done anything wrong.” Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks at a news conference in Washington. Vasquez Sura’s husband was wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration Abrego Garcia was detained, sent to Baltimore and transferred to a Texas detention center. There, he was handcuffed, shackled and, three days later, put on a plane with other detainees. None of them had any idea where they were going. They were being sent to El Salvador, despite the protective order barring Abrego Garcia’s return to his homeland. In El Salvador, he and others expelled by the Trump administration were placed in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a notorious prison criticized for its harsh and dangerous conditions and its rough treatment of prisoners. Vasquez Sura and their 5-year-old sued the federal government, demanding that Abrego Garcia be returned home. Days later, government attorneys admitted in court records that he had been deported by mistake – an “administrative error” was the official explanation – but said they had no authority to return him because he was now in a foreign country. A federal judge in Maryland, Paula Xinis, disagreed and ruled on April 4 that the Trump administration had committed an “******** act” by deporting him. Xinis directed the U.S. government to “facilitate” his return. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court also demanded the administration start the process of bringing Abrego Garcia back to the United States. The Trump administration, however, dug in. Trump called Abrego Garcia a foreign terrorist. A White House spokesman labeled him a “wife beater,” citing Vasquez Sura’s four-year-old request for a temporary protective order. Stephen Miller, one of Trump’s top advisers, described him as a “human smuggler.” The administration released records from a traffic stop in an effort to back up its claims. The Tennessee Highway Patrol had pulled Abrego Garcia over on Interstate 40 in December 2022. He was driving with eight passengers and no luggage. Local authorities suspected he was smuggling people north from Texas to Maryland, the Department of Homeland Security said. But the state police officer who pulled him over released him without charges or even writing a ticket. Abrego Garcia’s wife said in a statement that he worked in construction and sometimes transported groups of workers between job sites, which could explain why there were others in the vehicle. In search of Abrego Garcia El Salvador’s CECOT prison is a rambling complex spread across 57 acres southeast of San Salvador. Built in 2022, the maximum-security facility is surrounded by two sets of walls. Its prisoners, who include gang members, are often called the worst of the worst. Abrego Garcia had last been seen frog-walking through the prison. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, was stopped by armed guards at a military checkpoint in El Salvador while attempting to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador. Vasquez Sura, his wife, spotted him in news photos. She recognized the two scars on his now-shaved head and the tattoos on his knuckles. From the Oval Office, Trump has shown reporters a photo of the tattoos as proof that Abrego Garcia is a gang member. By now, it had been a month since he was last sighted. Questions about Abrego Garcia’s location and status – including those ordered by the federal judge overseeing the case – remained unanswered. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, wanted to know if his constituent was safe, healthy and, above all, alive. So he headed to the Central American country to check on Abrego Garcia himself. The two-day trip had proved fruitless: Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa had denied the senator’s request to enter CECOT. Van Hollen’s last-minute push to drive to the prison and demand a meeting was thwarted by a military checkpoint. Less than two miles away, armed military personnel pulled over his small convoy of vehicles. “He is totally beyond reach,” Van Hollen said at the side of the road. Van Hollen and his team headed back to their hotel. In a few hours, they were to fly back to the United States. The senator still didn’t know if Abrego Garcia was even breathing. Then, a phone call from the U.S. embassy: Would he be willing to meet with Abrego Garcia at his hotel that afternoon? They negotiated the optics. The Salvadoran government wanted the meeting to take place next to the pool in the hotel’s lush gardens. Van Hollen said no and suggested the hotel restaurant instead. Wait there, he was instructed. Turned away: Van Hollen stopped at military checkpoint on way to Salvadoran prison Kilmar Abrego Garcia, left, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, meets with Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen at a hotel in San Salvador. Fans turned in the restaurant’s cream-colored ceiling. Waiters swished from table to table, politely taking orders. Children played nearby as an afternoon breeze combed through the palm trees. Abrego Garcia emerged, escorted by at least five officials. Dressed casually in jeans, a plaid button-down shirt and a Kansas City Chiefs baseball cap, he was not handcuffed. The two men spoke alone for a few minutes, sipping coffee and water as Abrego Garcia told of his ordeal. They sat in wicker chairs at a four-top wooden table set with white china, glasses and silverware. ‘Prayers have been answered’: Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador “He spoke of the trauma he had experienced, both with being abducted and then, when they got to Texas, being shackled, handcuffed, and put on a plane with no way to see out of the windows,” Van Hollen told USA TODAY. Abrego Garcia told the senator he had been placed into a cell with 25 people at CECOT. He said he was fearful of the prisoners in other cells who called out to him. But a few days earlier he had been moved out to a lower-security prison, Centro Industrial in Santa Ana, with better conditions. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, hugs Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after returning from El Salvador. Van Hollen met with Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration. When they finished, Van Hollen escorted Abrego Garcia to the front of the hotel lobby. They walked over the highly polished marble tiles and past wooden furniture. On the walls were framed photographs of visiting heads of state, including several U.S. presidents. Van Hollen watched as officers whisked Abrego Garcia from the Sheraton Presidente. Avenida de la Revolución was the last place he was seen. His steps receding, he vanished again. National correspondent Will Carless anchored this story from El Salvador. Eduardo Cuevas and Michael Collins reported from Maryland. Investigations reporter and records expert Nick Penzenstadler dug through court documents and police reports. Contributing: Cybele Mayes-Osterman in Washington and Julia Gavarrete in San Salvador, El Salvador. Editing: Romina Ruiz-Goiriena and Doug Caruso This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Abrego Garcia’s streets defined man at center of immigration debate Source link #Kilmar #Abrego #Garcia #answer #streets #lived #worked Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Somerset County holding surplus auction May 14-21 Somerset County holding surplus auction May 14-21 Somerset County residents can bid on a selection of office equipment, used vehicles and other miscellaneous items at the upcoming Spring Surplus Auction. Starting at 8 a.m. May 14, residents can browse the online surplus inventory and place bids to purchase auction items. The auction will close with staggered end times starting at 2 p.m. May 21. Residents can preview the list of auction items and are encouraged to read the terms and conditions of ***** before bidding. Photos of the available items and vehicles will be posted on www.govdeals.com/somersetcounty by 8 a.m. May 14. Item inspection is recommended at the South County Public Works Facility, located at 410 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17.All property will be sold as-is, where-is. There is a buyer’s premium of 10%. There are no registration fees charged by the auction company. Full payment is due no later than five business days from the time and date of when the auction closes. Items purchased must also be removed within 10 business days from the time and date of when the auction closes. The buyer is responsible for all loading and transporting of property. Visit www.govdeals.com. For further information, call 908-752-7807 or email *****@*****.tld. This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: Somerset County NJ surplus auction is May 14-21 Source link #Somerset #County #holding #surplus #auction Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Florence Pugh and Thunderbolts* director praise Marvel for making film about mental health – Entertainment Weekly Florence Pugh and Thunderbolts* director praise Marvel for making film about mental health – Entertainment Weekly Florence Pugh and Thunderbolts* director praise Marvel for making film about mental health Entertainment Weekly‘Thunderbolts*’ Now Aiming For $73M-$77M, ‘Sinners’ Full Of Grace With $33M+, ‘Rust’ Not Good – Saturday Box Office Update Deadline’Thunderbolts’ end, post-credits scene tease ‘Avengers’ (spoilers) USA Today‘Thunderbolts*’ Director on That Credits Scene, Shame Rooms They Didn’t Use and Making a Marvel Movie About Depression: ‘I Don’t Want This to Be the Weird One’ VarietyThe Twist That Makes Marvel’s New Movie Its Most Entertaining in Years Slate Source link #Florence #Pugh #Thunderbolts #director #praise #Marvel #making #film #mental #health #Entertainment #Weekly Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

UFC Des Moines results: Reinier de Ridder brutally knocks out Bo Nickal for shock upset – Yahoo Sports UFC Des Moines results: Reinier de Ridder brutally knocks out Bo Nickal for shock upset – Yahoo Sports UFC Des Moines results: Reinier de Ridder brutally knocks out Bo Nickal for shock upset Yahoo SportsMain Card Results | UFC Des Moines UFC.comUFC’s Reinier de Ridder ready for big fights after TKO win over Bo Nickal in Des Moines The Des Moines RegisterReinier De Ridder makes bizarre callout of Sean Strickland after vicious Bo Nickal KO at UFC Des Moines Bloody ElbowBo Nickal Suffers 1st-Ever Loss with Stunning Reinier de Ridder KO at UFC Fight Night Bleacher Report Source link #UFC #Des #Moines #results #Reinier #Ridder #brutally #knocks #Nickal #shock #upset #Yahoo #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

WA Player Watch: Tim English, Chad Warner, Joel Hamling, Riley Hardeman and more WA Player Watch: Tim English, Chad Warner, Joel Hamling, Riley Hardeman and more A Western Bulldogs ruckman taught Port Adelaide a lesson while Sydney star Chad Warner led the Swans to victory over the club’s cross-town rivals. Here is the WA Player Watch for round eight. Source link #Player #Watch #Tim #English #Chad #Warner #Joel #Hamling #Riley #Hardeman Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sabrina Carpenter Crashes Quinta Brunson’s SNL Musical Monologue About Being Short, Tom Holland and Kendrick Lamar Get Shout Outs – Variety Sabrina Carpenter Crashes Quinta Brunson’s SNL Musical Monologue About Being Short, Tom Holland and Kendrick Lamar Get Shout Outs – Variety Sabrina Carpenter Crashes Quinta Brunson’s SNL Musical Monologue About Being Short, Tom Holland and Kendrick Lamar Get Shout Outs VarietySabrina Carpenter Crashes Quinta Brunson’s ‘SNL’ Opening The Daily Beast‘SNL’: Quinta Brunson, Sabrina Carpenter Proudly Sing About Being Five Feet Or Under Rolling Stone‘Saturday Night Live’: Quinta Brunson duets with Sabrina Carpenter, and more best moments Yahoo‘SNL’ Host Quinta Brunson Conjures Sabrina Carpenter, Dwyane Wade & More While Singing About Being Short Deadline Source link #Sabrina #Carpenter #Crashes #Quinta #Brunsons #SNL #Musical #Monologue #Short #Tom #Holland #Kendrick #Lamar #Shout #Outs #Variety Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The 83-year-old runner who has finished every London Marathon The 83-year-old runner who has finished every London Marathon Charlie Jones BBC News, Suffolk John Fairhall/BBC Ros Speake says she will never stop Mac from running the marathon, even though she worries about him One week ago, Mac Speake lined up at the start of the London Marathon and prayed his body would carry him to the end. At 83, the retired GP is the eldest of a dwindling band of men, known as the Ever Presents, who have run every London Marathon since it began in 1981. “I hope I will be able to do it again next year but I haven’t decided yet. I would be a bit lost without it. It’s been a huge part of my life, but this year was really hard,” he says. He is speaking from his home in Kettlebaston, Suffolk, where he has spent the past seven days recovering. “I was doing really well until 22 miles when I blew it. I lost my balance and it all went a bit pear-shaped,” he says. Mac Speake is one of a very small group of men who have run every London Marathon since the event started in 1981 During his 45 marathons, he has run with broken bones and norovirus so bad he vomited “gallons”. But he also has “the greatest memories”, with his personal best of two hours and 44 minutes achieved in 1983. John Fairhall/BBC Mac’s has medals from every one of the 45 London Marathons he has run from 1981 to 2025 His wife Ros has been to support him every year, apart from one, when she had a stroke. She recalls their four children hanging off the gates of Buckingham Palace during the first event in 1981, when just 6,500 runners took part, compared to 56,000 this year. “It was raining and the children were soaked and I couldn’t get to the finish line to give Mac his clothes to change into. So it was a bit stressful,” she says. Four decades on, supporting Mac is still a bit stressful for Ros. Along with their daughter, she had to almost carry him across the line this year. He finished in nine hours and 14 minutes, half an hour quicker than last year – a race Mac went into with a bad back and which he describes as “catastrophic”. “I worry that his body can’t take it anymore. But I could never stop him from doing it,” says Ros. The Ever Presents are (left to right) Jeffrey Aston, David Walker, Chris Finill, Michael Peace, Bill O’Connor and Mac Speake After the 15th London Marathon in 1995, the group of 42 men who had completed every event were given a special medal and guaranteed entry to future races. Now there are only six. Mac has a strong bond with the other Ever Presents, and affectionately describes 66-year-old Chris Finill from Surrey as the baby of the group. London Marathon Events Chris Finill, pictured in the first London Marathon, holds the Guinness World Record for achieving 33 consecutive sub-three hour marathons in London, from 1981 to 2013 “Part of me doesn’t want to be defined by the club but I have been doing this event since I was 22 and now I’m a grandfather,” he says. Chris joined Harrow Athletics Club at the age of 15 and still runs for them, taking the race just as seriously now as he did when he was younger. “The elites and the people in fancy dress get a lot of attention but I like to think we represent the club runners who were at the core of that very first marathon,” he says. Chris got his personal best of two hours and 28 minutes aged 26 in 1985 Chris has witnessed many changes to the marathon over the years, from the landscape, particularly around Canary Wharf, to the number of competitors and the crowds. In the early days, it was difficult to find out how well you had performed. “Chip timing wasn’t a thing so if it took you a few minutes to reach the start line, that would be added on,” Chris says. “The Times used to publish a list so you would either read your official time in the paper the next day, or have to wait for it to arrive in the post.” Chris Finill Chris, pictured with his medals, ran this year’s race in three hours and 15 minutes In 2018, Chris completed the race despite breaking his arm in four places less than four miles (6km) in. “I fell to the ground and landed on my arm straight and it was just hanging there. I got a sling and just carried on, then I went straight to hospital from the finish line.” He completed this year’s race in three hours and 15 minutes and says there is some sadness as the group inevitably gets smaller. One of the group died between marathons, while another was hit by a motorbike and could not take part. Some have started the race knowing they would get a DNF (did not finish) while others have chosen a DNS (did not start), knowing they would not be able to complete it. “Some have been persuaded by their friends and family that they are not quite strong enough. Everyone deals with it in a different way,” he says. Six nearly became five this year, when David Walker thought he would have to drop out after pulling a muscle in training. However, he managed to complete the marathon virtually in just under 10 hours near his home in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, with the help of his sons. David Walker managed to stay in the club after completing the 2025 London Marathon virtually Chris tries not to think about the day when he might be the last one standing. “At the moment I’m not looking much further ahead but I would be thrilled if I got to 50 [races]. You have to take it one race at a time,” he says. He is full of admiration for Mac and the other Ever Presents, who he describes as a brotherhood. “We’re all trying to conquer the distance and we all want to see each other succeed. “To me, as the youngest, it is a big deal seeing Mac and David out there on their feet for so many hours. “I can only hope I’ll be doing the same when I’m their age.” Hugh Brasher, chief executive of London Marathon Events, says: “The Ever Presents are a very special part of London Marathon history. “For most people, training and taking part in just one marathon is a monumental challenge. For these six individuals to have done it 45 times is simply incredible. “We salute them all and hope to see them on the TCS London Marathon start line for many years to come.” www.everpresent.org.*** The Ever Presents were a much larger number back in 2005 The six men are part of a club they dread having to leave; one you can easily leave but no longer join. “Nobody else can ever get in,” Mac says. “There is almost a pressure to carry on, it has given me so much. “I look back at my life and think ‘I’m not very good at many things but at least I’ve achieved something.’ “I have to be careful because Ros is looking at me, but I think, on balance, I will give it another go next year.” Source link #83yearold #runner #finished #London #Marathon Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Victory slip to Jets draw ahead of ALM finals Victory slip to Jets draw ahead of ALM finals Melbourne Victory will head into the A-League Men finals on a frustrating note after slipping to a 1-1 draw with Newcastle in their last regular-season match. Victory were already locked into fifth place and a trip to Western Sydney for next Saturday night’s elimination final at CommBank Stadium against the fourth-placed Wanderers. Defender Kasey Bos was almost the matchwinner for Victory for a second time in two weeks, following up his decisive goal against Macarthur with a lovely finish in the 47th minute at AAMI Park.. But Newcastle’s Clayton Taylor scored after a horror error from goalkeeper Jack Duncan in the 83rd minute to snatch a point. It was the ninth-placed Jets’ final match under manager Rob Stanton, with Socceroos great Mark Milligan expected to take over after this season. The dangerous Zinedine Machach dragged a shot wide in the fifth minute while Nishan Velupillay came close with a volley in the 22nd. Machach slipped through Nikos Vergos in the 23rd minute and the striker neatly dinked the ball over Ryan Scott – but was called offside. Victory unsuccessfully appealed for a handball by Jets striker Lachie Rose on the half-hour mark. Daniel Arzani won a penalty in the 42nd minute after Daniel Wilmering was ruled to have clipped him, but after a VAR review, it was overturned. Victory took the lead when Machach curled a wonderful ball into the path of Bos, who burst forward then coolly finished across his body. Substitute Santos thought he’d doubled Victory’s lead in the 71st minute but was offside, then skimmed a shot over the bar three minutes later. Newcastle hit back out when Duncan, deputising for Mitch Langerak (foot), attempted to pass to Ryan Teague but Ben Gibson nipped in and got a foot to it. The hospital pass allowed Lachlan Bayliss to contest the ball which squeezed out to Gibson, who found Taylor, and the talented Jet took a touch then beat Duncan at his near post. Duncan then made a super double save, denying Gibson, then Taylor, to stop Newcastle taking the lead. Source link #Victory #slip #Jets #draw #ahead #ALM #finals Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Horoscope for Sunday, May 04, 2025 – Chicago Sun-Times Horoscope for Sunday, May 04, 2025 – Chicago Sun-Times Horoscope for Sunday, May 04, 2025 Chicago Sun-TimesHoroscopes Today, May 4, 2025 USA TodayYour Daily Work Horoscope for May 04, 2025 YahooHoroscope Today: Astrological prediction for May 4, 2025 Hindustan TimesTarot Card Predictions May 3, 2025: Tarot Card Reading for All Zodiac Signs India Today Source link #Horoscope #Sunday #Chicago #SunTimes Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Berkshire boy’s life saved after ‘death sentence’ disease Berkshire boy’s life saved after ‘death sentence’ disease A boy with an ultra-rare immune disease which can carry a “death sentence” is starting to live a normal life after taking part in a groundbreaking gene therapy trial. Eisa, from Reading, now enjoys playing football and can attend school – something his family never dreamed possible before the treatment. The four-year-old was born with a severe form of leukocyte adhesion deficiency 1 (LAD-1) which is a rare, inherited disorder that disrupts the immune system’s ability to fight infections. Father Safdar said “cuddly and friendly” Eisa was “better than I could have ever thought he would be” after taking part in the trial. Eisa was born during the pandemic, but his parents quickly realised something was wrong. Mr Safdar said his son “didn’t seem right” and an infection led to him being seen in three different hospitals, ending up at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). He said: “Great Ormond Street told us they couldn’t find a bone marrow match so they offered the gene therapy, I said ‘if that’s the only option they have, we have to do it’. “Since then, because of this treatment, he has actually been able to fight infections himself. “Great Ormond Street saved his life. He wouldn’t be able to have the life he has now without those services.” Eisa, one of three siblings, had his treatment in January 2021 when he was 10 months old. Professor Claire Booth, consultant paediatric immunologist at GOSH, said: “From previous studies on patients with this condition, if you have less than 2% expression, it’s essentially like a death sentence without any treatment.” Doctors were concerned Eisa was in a “catch-22” situation as he needed treatment for a problem with his heart, but LAD-1 caused problems with wound healing. He could not have the operation before the gene therapy. The new gene therapy works by modifying the patient’s own cells to help them create the missing protein needed to help the body fight infection. These are then returned to the patients which helps them to develop a working immune system. Safdar said: “How he is now is better than I could have ever thought he would be – I never thought he would be able to walk, the next thing for us will be talking.” Prof Booth said the success of the trial opens doors for gene therapy to be used in a number of conditions, including ******* and muscular dystrophy. Source link #Berkshire #boys #life #saved #death #sentence #disease Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Labor’s factions set to scramble over two vacant positions in Anthony Albanese’s second-term ministry Labor’s factions set to scramble over two vacant positions in Anthony Albanese’s second-term ministry Labor’s factions are set to start scrambling on Monday for two vacant positions in Anthony Albanese’s second-term ministry, with insiders believing the Prime Minister’s landslide victory has given him more internal authority. As Labor ministers and MPs celebrated Saturday’s shock win, focus shifted to who would form part of Labor’s senior government. The two vacancies — from former Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Bill Shorten — offer up a position to a left and right-aligned MP respectively. Aged Care and Sports Minister Anika Wells’ elevation earlier this year in Mr Shorten’s place means there are no vacant spots around the Cabinet table, so both will likely be in the outer ministry. Resources Minister Madeleine King — the only WA cabinet minister — said she would welcome another West *********** in the ranks, off the back of the Government’s dominant electoral performance in the State. WA’s Matt Keogh and Anne Aly are in the wider ministry, while Patrick Gorman and Josh Wilson serve as assistant ministers. Feel like giving the politicians a rating this Federal election? Our Pollie Rater lets you do just that. Rate the politicians “As a West ***********, I always think it should be more of us in cabinet, and I hope that is the case, but we do have to finalise the count so that we can know exactly where we all sit, and that’s going to be a measured process,” she said on Sunday. While one frontbencher told The West *********** WA’s claim to another position would be affected by the increase in seats from other States, Ms King dismissed questions it would lead to a reduced influence from WA representatives. Camera IconResources Minister Madeleine King — the only WA cabinet minister — said she would welcome another West *********** in the ranks. Credit: Ross Swanborough/The West *********** “Anthony Albanese has always been committed to Western Australia . . . I think he visits Perth more than I do and I’m in Rockingham,” Ms King said. “Our government gets it — in the last term, in the future term and always. But I do think it’s a good thing that Queensland has finally lifted its game.” It came after Treasurer Jim Chalmers told the ABC on Sunday Queensland — which has three ministers in Cabinet — was short of numbers, amid a resurgence of support for Labor in the sunshine state. “I think there’s a stronger contingent in a number of states,” he said on Insiders. “We’ve been long on influence but short on numbers. I’m a Queenslander, and I think that most the cabinet should be Queenslanders — that’s just how we’re born and raised.” Caucus will likely meet next week to determine the composition of the ministry before Mr Albanese awards the roles, with one frontbencher telling The West the Prime Minister had earned the right to make calls on who got which portfolios. “I would think he wants to make some changes both in personnel and portfolio to freshen things up,” a Labor minister said. During the election campaign, speaking with The Nightly, Mr Albanese said a reshape of his ministry was necessary given the empty spots. “There’s a couple of vacancies already there, and it’s also important that a government regenerate,” he said. “The key people in my Government I expect to hold the same portfolios across the leaders group, after the election as well. “Richard Marles in defence, Penny Wong in foreign affairs, Jim Chalmers in treasury, Don Farrell in trade and Katy Gallagher in finance bring a stability to the show that is really important.” Asked at The West ***********’s Leadership Matters late last month who would be Environment Minister, Mr Albanese refused to back in his factional rival, Tanya Plibersek. “Well Tanya will serve in the Cabinet, no question about that. We’ve got an incredible team. I’ll have a chat with people if we’re successful,” he said. Ms Plibersek’s position was put focus after an apparent snub at Labor’s Perth campaign launch, where Mr Albanese awkwardly clasped hands with his Environment Minister. Source link #Labors #factions #set #scramble #vacant #positions #Anthony #Albaneses #secondterm #ministry Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Barnaby Joyce reveals ******* scare post-election Barnaby Joyce reveals ******* scare post-election NSW MP Barnaby Joyce has revealed he will undergo surgery after being diagnosed with prostate *******. Source link #Barnaby #Joyce #reveals #******* #scare #postelection Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Wilson returned for fifth term in O’Connor as Liberals suffer big defeat in Federal election Wilson returned for fifth term in O’Connor as Liberals suffer big defeat in Federal election Liberal incumbent Rick Wilson has easily won a fifth term as the MHR for O’Connor — but his party suffered a big defeat at Saturday’s Federal election, which included the leader losing his seat. Source link #Wilson #returned #term #OConnor #Liberals #suffer #big #defeat #Federal #election Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Bo Allan: West Coast Eagles debutant hit with one-match suspension for strike on Melbourne’s Jack Viney Bo Allan: West Coast Eagles debutant hit with one-match suspension for strike on Melbourne’s Jack Viney The stop-start opening to Bo Allan’s AFL career continues, with West Coast’s top draft pick copping a one-game ban for catching Melbourne star Jack Viney high in a marking contest. Allan caught Viney high with a swinging arm in the third quarter of their 32-point loss at Optus Stadium on Saturday night. The 19-year-old attempted to spoil, but missed the ball with his eyes on Viney and caught the former Demons skipper high. Viney played out the game despite the incident, but the match review officer deemed the incident as careless contact, medium impact and high which carries a one-game ban. Eagles coach Andrew McQualter was confident the Eagles’ top draftee wouldn’t be cited when asked about the incident after the match. “I haven’t looked at it again on tape, but I saw it live,” McQualter said. “Vines played out the game which is usually an indication that it will be OK.” Should West Coast opt not to challenge the ban, Allan’s frustrating start to the season will continue as he misses out on the club’s sole trip to the MCG this season to face Richmond. The left-footer has been struck down by two separate bouts of illness in the opening months of the season, delaying his debut until Saturday night. Meanwhile, Melbourne forward Jake Melksham has escaped suspension for a marking contest that left Eagles defender Jeremy McGovern concussed and missing this weekend’s clash against Richmond at the MCG. Melksham pushed McGovern as he tried to take a mark, with McGovern colliding with Demons forward Harry Petty in an incident which left both players subbed out of the game with a concussion. “Melksham and McGovern have their eyes on the ball as Harrison Petty and Reuben Ginbey compete in front of them,” the MRO explained. “With his eyes on the ball, Melksham makes contact with McGovern’s back and simultaneously, Melksham makes contact with McGovern’s foot as he positions himself to take the mark, resulting in McGovern being put off balance and his head making contact with Petty’s back while Petty is contesting the mark. “It was the view of the MRO that the contact from Melksham was not of a forceful nature and that having regard to all of the circumstances, it was not reasonably foreseeable that McGovern and Petty would make contact in the manner that occurred. No further action was taken.” Source link #Allan #West #Coast #Eagles #debutant #hit #onematch #suspension #strike #Melbournes #Jack #Viney Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not arise. In a fragment of an upcoming interview with Russian state television published on Telegram, Putin said that Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a “logical conclusion”. Responding to a question about Ukrainian strikes on Russia from a state television reporter, Putin said: “There has been no need to use those (nuclear) weapons … and I hope they will not be required.” He said: “We have enough strength and means to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical conclusion with the outcome Russia requires.” Putin in February 2022 ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine, in what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” against its neighbour. Though Russian troops were repelled from Kyiv, Moscow’s forces currently control around 20% of Ukraine, including much of the south and east. Putin has in recent weeks expressed willingness to negotiate a peace settlement, as U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants to end the conflict via diplomatic means. Fear of nuclear escalation has been a factor in U.S. officials’ thinking since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. Former CIA Director William Burns has said there was a real risk in late 2022 that Russia could use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. (Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light; editing by Guy Faulconbridge) Source link #Putin #hopes #nuclear #weapons #Ukraine Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Anthony Albanese promises ‘disciplined’ government as he celebrates big election win by getting back to work Anthony Albanese promises ‘disciplined’ government as he celebrates big election win by getting back to work Anthony Albanese allowed himself a coffee and a brewery visit — after five months dry for the campaign — then got straight back to work on Sunday after his thumping election victory. Source link #Anthony #Albanese #promises #disciplined #government #celebrates #big #election #win #work Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

RAC rescue chopper sent to serious accident in Myalup, while car rollover caused delays on Kwinana Freeway RAC rescue chopper sent to serious accident in Myalup, while car rollover caused delays on Kwinana Freeway There was chaos on the roads on Sunday, with a man seriously injured in the South West and delays on the Kwinana Freeway. The RAC rescue chopper was sent to a serious accident on Sunday morning after a man crashed into a tree in Myalup. Emergency services were called to the ****** on Myalup Road near the Forrest Highway intersection after 8.25am. Fire crews were called to remove the man and his female passenger from the car. The woman in her 20s was taken to Bunbury Hospital, and the man in his 20s was taken by helicopter to Perth. Closer to the city, a car rolled after hitting another car on the Kwinana Freeway about 10am. The right lane was closed, causing significant delays. St John WA was called to the scene but weren’t required. A truck rolled about 12pm on Great Eastern Highway after Padbury Terrace in Midland, also caused significant delays. Fire crews attended the scene to help clean up a fuel spill but early reports said no one was injured. Source link #RAC #rescue #chopper #accident #Myalup #car #rollover #caused #delays #Kwinana #Freeway Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]