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PGA Championship 2025, Round 3 live: Leaderboard, updates and highlights – NBC Sports PGA Championship 2025, Round 3 live: Leaderboard, updates and highlights – NBC Sports PGA Championship 2025, Round 3 live: Leaderboard, updates and highlights NBC SportsPGA Championship Round 3 leaderboard, live updates: Jhonattan Vegas has lost the solo lead Yahoo Sports2025 PGA Championship Saturday TV coverage: How to watch Round 3 GOLF.comTee times for the third round of the 2025 PGA Championship ESPNUS PGA Championship golf 2025: day three – live The Guardian Source link #PGA #Championship #live #Leaderboard #updates #highlights #NBC #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Paolini enjoys first home Italian Open win for 40 years Paolini enjoys first home Italian Open win for 40 years Jasmine Paolini has got the party started at the Foro Italico — and now the stage is set for Jannik Sinner to cap it off. Paolini took advantage of the Roman crowd’s passionate support and beat Coco Gauff 6-4 6-2 to become the first home player to win the Italian Open in 40 years on Saturday. With world No.1 Sinner to play Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s final on Sunday, Italy could enjoy its first sweep of the Rome singles titles. The last Italian woman to win the open was Raffaella Reggi in 1985 in Taranto, with the last home man to raise the trophy being Adriano Panatta in 1976. When Paolini hit a big serve down the T on her second championship point and Gauff couldn’t get it back, she celebrated with a big smile and raised her arms as she spun around in joy. “It doesn’t seem real to me,” she said. “I came here as a kid to see this tournament but winning it and holding up this trophy wasn’t even in my dreams.” Paolini and partner Sara Errani are also in the women’s doubles final and will play Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens for that trophy, too, on Sunday. “It’s been two incredible weeks and it’s not finished yet,” Paolini said. With the country’s tennis ***** in full force, Italy President Sergio Mattarella attended the women’s final on Campo Centrale. The fifth-ranked Paolini was the runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon last year and led Italy to the Billie Jean King Cup title, while also winning Olympic gold in doubles with Errani at the Paris Olympics. She will move up to No.4 in the rankings on Monday, which will improve her position in the draw for the French Open starting next weekend. Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion who was ranked No.3, made a whopping 55 unforced errors to Paolini’s 20 and hit seven double faults to Paolini’s none. It’s the second time in two clay-court tournaments that Gauff has finished runner-up, having lost the Madrid Open final two weeks ago to Aryna Sabalenka. Source link #Paolini #enjoys #home #Italian #Open #win #years Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Warren Buffett shifts from finance to fun as he dumps Citigroup stake and buys up more shares in alcohol-maker Constellation Warren Buffett shifts from finance to fun as he dumps Citigroup stake and buys up more shares in alcohol-maker Constellation Berkshire Hathaway’s latest 13-F filing reveals it doubled the size of its stake in the owner of the Modelo and Corona beer brands in the United States, while dumping its $1 billion stake in Citigroup. It also reduced its exposure to Bank of America and Capital One Financial. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway doubled its stake in Constellation Brands, opting to ditch shares in U.S. financials in favor of the wine and spirits company behind popular ******** beerss Modelo and Corona in the United States. In its latest 13-F quarterly SEC filing published on Thursday, the investment holding revealed the size of its stock portfolio slid 3% to $258.7 billion over the three months to the end of March, as it exited its $1 billion Citigroup stake entirely. In addition, it trimmed its holdings in Bank of America and Capital One Finance by 7% and 4%, respectively. By comparison, the amount of stock it held in Constellation Brands rose more than twofold to just over 12 million shares from the 5.6 million it acquired in the fourth quarter. Berkshire has suddenly developed a taste for the brewing giant at a time when demographic trends suggest a permanent consumer shift away from alcoholic beer as younger generations lose interest. Beverages laced with THC and CBD, the chemical compounds found in ********** and hemp, have instead become all the rage of late, especially among Gen Z drinkers. “Demand for cannabis-infused beverages is certainly growing while demand for alcohol had declined in recent years,” Meenakshi Subbaraman, a program director at the Public Health Institute told Newsweek in February. Yet the Berkshire Hathaway chair is known for being a countercyclical investor who buys “when there’s blood in the street”. One beverages industry analyst summed up his approach in February: “Warren Buffett is looking at the value of the business in the long term and believes the stock is undervalued.” Constellation Brand’s Modelo has been able to tap into its exposure to the growing Hispanic population, becoming the most popular beer brand in the United States after the fallout from Bud Light’s brief yet disastrous collaboration with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney in 2023. Neither Berkshire Hathaway nor Constellation Brands responded to an out-of-hours request by Fortune for comment. Citigroup declined to provide a statement. The native Nebraskan is dubbed the “Oracle of Omaha” for his foresight when buying into undervalued stocks. One of his most famous investment mottos is be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. Story Continues Lately, however, Buffett his single biggest investment arguably is in Treasury bills. Considered bulletproof, this asset class is as safe as cash but offers a healthy return thanks to today’s high interest rate environment. According to JPMorgan estimates earlier this month, Berkshire has stashed $314 billion into short-dated U.S. sovereign debt, roughly equivalent to 5% of overall bill supply and more than the Federal Reserve itself holds on its books. Buffett, whose long-time partner Charlie Munger passed away in November while still serving as vice-chair of the company, shocked the market when the 94-year old legend said he could no longer keep up with younger successor Greg Abel and would step down in a matter of months. “The difference became more and more dramatic,” Buffett told the Wall Street Journal this week. “He just was so much more effective at getting things done.” This story was originally featured on Fortune.com Source link #Warren #Buffett #shifts #finance #fun #dumps #Citigroup #stake #buys #shares #alcoholmaker #Constellation Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

FA Cup final: Crystal Palace wins first major trophy after shocking Manchester City – CNN FA Cup final: Crystal Palace wins first major trophy after shocking Manchester City – CNN FA Cup final: Crystal Palace wins first major trophy after shocking Manchester City CNNC Palace 1-0 Man City (May 17, 2025) Game Analysis ESPNCrystal Palace stun Manchester City to win FA Cup and first-ever major trophy – live The GuardianCrystal Palace vs Manchester City live updates: Henderson and Eze star in heroic FA Cup final triumph The New York TimesLIVE: FA Cup Final 2025 – Man City vs Crystal Palace Al Jazeera Source link #Cup #final #Crystal #Palace #wins #major #trophy #shocking #Manchester #City #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc says Ferrari ‘P-nowhere’ with Lewis Hamilton ‘devastated’ Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc says Ferrari ‘P-nowhere’ with Lewis Hamilton ‘devastated’ Hamilton won the sprint race in China in March but Leclerc’s third place in Saudi Arabia is Ferrari’s only podium of the season so far. Leclerc is fifth in the drivers’ championship and Hamilton seventh, with the team fourth in the constructors’ standings – 152 points behind leaders McLaren. Hamilton acknowledged that time was running out on Ferrari’s season but added that he saw his first season with the team as a “foundation-building year”. “We’ve got to start adding performance to this car clearly,” Hamilton said. “We’re not at the level, I mean look at Max’s rear, it just doesn’t move. He’s doing like 6-10k faster through Turn Two than us and we can’t match that. “Same with McLarens, so we’ve just got to keep pushing, keep applying pressure. I believe the guys can find some performance. “This is a foundation-building year and getting to grips with everything within the team, making changes that are needed in order to help the team navigate to success long term. “That’s stuff that I’m focused on in the background. There’s a lot of improvements we can make across the board, as well as obviously building a faster car. I have all the faith and belief we can do that.” Source link #EmiliaRomagna #Grand #Prix #Charles #Leclerc #Ferrari #Pnowhere #Lewis #Hamilton #devastated Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Natasha Lyonne remains unconventional as a sleuth in Poker Face and in her career Natasha Lyonne remains unconventional as a sleuth in Poker Face and in her career Her hair is red, voluminous and wild. She walks with a swagger. Her voice is raspy, and not in a sexy kind of Lauren Bacall way, but more like Peter Falk. Long before finding her groove with unconventional roles in Orange Is The New ******, Russian Doll and now, Poker Face, there weren’t many options for a free spirit like Natasha Lyonne, especially when she aged from a pliable child actor into a self-aware adult. “It’s weird that all of a sudden, one day, everybody looks at you differently and you’re aware of it,” says Lyonne, 46. “I remember the Lolita audition, and it was like, ‘Will you slowly eat this apple?’ And I was like, ‘I know what you’re asking of me. I can eat it for you comedically’. But no, I will not simulate sex with an apple on camera. I mean, I’d studied the history of film. These were not revelations.” The real surprise? Lyonne forged a career by finding and later creating projects that capitalised on her undeniably intrepid personality, wrapping the roles around her eccentricities rather than conforming to what was expected of a female performer in Hollywood. Lyonne’s latest act of defiance is Season 2 of the series Poker Face, a *******-of-the-week mystery created by Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Glass Onion) that she stars in and executive produces. This season, in addition to writing, she’s also directing two episodes. The series, which returned last week, continues to follow Charlie Cale (Lyonne), a scrappy Vegas casino employee who is blessed and cursed with the ability to accurately discern when someone is lying. Following the ******* of her best friend, she’s forced to outrun the mob in her 1969 Plymouth Barracuda, traversing the byways of America while solving murders along the way. Camera IconNatasha Lyonne attends the Los Angeles premiere of Peacock Original Series Poker Face Season 2 at Hollywood Legion Theatre on May 1, 2025. Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images The hour-long series takes its cues from personality-driven, 70s-era detective dramas including The Rockford Files and McCloud. But it’s Columbo, starring the wonderfully rumpled Falk, that’s most heavily influenced Poker Face. Lyonne recalls the 1971 pilot episode of the vintage TV series, which was directed by a 24-year-old newcomer named Steven Spielberg. “I ripped from it directorially,” Lyonne says. “I like the one long, slow (Robert) Altman-like zoom shot through the office window down to the car. And I hear Spielberg went on to do great things. It’s like, ‘You like that long shot? You’re never gonna believe what this guy does next! Holy smokes. Are you in for a ride!’” But Charlie Cale is not Columbo. She carries a vape pen instead of a cigar and prefers cut-off shorts to a trench coat. She does, however, share the uncanny knack for arriving just as a *******’s taking place, be it on an alligator farm in Florida or a sprawling East Coast mansion. She’s confronted with a new cast of characters at every stop, and the roster of talent who inhabit those roles is impressive. The line-up includes Cynthia Erivo, Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Justin Theroux, Alia Shawkat, John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, Lili Taylor, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey and Rhea Perlman. “Charlie is a great lover of people,” Lyonne says. “(My former character) Nadia in Russian Doll, which I co-created with Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland, it’s almost like she was on her own case. But Charlie’s already been on the journey where we lose interest in ourselves and gain interest in our fellows. The mob is after her. She can’t have a phone. She can’t have roots. She can’t really fall in love. It’s lonely.” Camera IconNatasha Lyonne stars as Charlie Cale, a casino worker with a unique gift, in Poker Face Credit: Stan./TheWest Lyonne’s own journey into the world of acting turned her into a seasoned veteran before she was even old enough to vote. The New York native worked in commercials before kindergarten, and as a grade-school student landed the TV role of Opal in ****-wee’s Playhouse. She also appeared in films such as Heartburn, A Man Called Sarge and Dennis The Menace. By her late teens, she landed her breakthrough role as the daughter of a broke single dad (played by Alan Arkin) in the 1998 indie comedy Slums Of Beverly Hills. “I’ve been doing this since I was four years old, dear reader,” jokes Lyonne, whose acting career now spans four decades. “As a child character actor, there is this kind of inner knowingness. We were completely alert, little businesspeople. If you start at four, by six, you kind of get the idea (of what’s going on), like ‘Don’t mumble. The Minute Maid people don’t like that in their commercial’. By eight, you know where the bodies are buried. You know how to read a room, to perform on command. I can still smell the Pine-Sol from that Pine-Sol commercial in 1986.” Even as a child, Lyonne didn’t quite fit the mould of precocious yet accessible girl next door: “I was trying to carve out this weird lane while discovering the heartbreak of not getting the role in Curly Sue. I was like, I’m perfect for this thing. What’s wrong? Oh, I see. You’ve got to be Shirley Temple or you can’t really hang out.” Lyonne pivoted to another passion: film and television history. She is a walking encyclopedia of great performances and buried, esoteric moments in both media. For a short time, she studied film and philosophy at NYU. “I was already thinking that I’ve got to transition this into filmmaking from the inside out, rather than just being an actor for hire. It took 20 years for that to materialise into a reality,” she says. She disappeared from the public eye for over a decade as she battled drug addiction; she told Entertainment Weekly in 2012, the year she had open heart surgery to repair some of the damage done, that she “was definitely as good as dead” before she managed to recover. Her comeback included a recurring role as Nicky Nichols in Orange Is The New ******, Netflix’s breakout streaming hit. Lyonne has said she had plenty to draw on for the character, who was a recovering drug addict. Nicky became a fan favourite. Camera IconL-R: Danielle Brooks, Samira Wiley, Lea DeLaria, Laverne Cox, Lori Petty, Taryn Manning, Uzo Aduba, Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Natasha Lyonne, Yael Stone, Ruby Rose, Kate Mulgrew, Selenis Leyva and Dascha Polanco in Orange Is The New ******. Credit: Supplied By 2019, Lyonne co-created her own Netflix series, the existential dark comedy Russian Doll, where she played Nadia, a New York City-based video game developer who gets caught in a time loop at her 36th birthday party. She’s on a quest to solve the mystery of why she dies, repeatedly. “There were techniques (I had to learn), like actual filmmaking, actual writing, actual producing,” Lyonne says. “The parts weren’t there, and the parts are still not there. It’s like nobody’s writing them.” Camera IconNatasha Lyonne as Nadia in Russian Doll, series two. Credit: Supplied./TheWest But she credits collaborators like Johnson for creating parts for actors such as herself. “Rian really is some kind of genius because he took this self-referential gig that I was doing (and turned it) into a kind of character piece. I’m self-made, I suppose,” she says. “This is the way the hair grows out of my head. I’ll commit to it. So he took that and made it into something.” Poker Face is a colourful, entertaining ride through a retro *******-mystery genre, present-day pockets of quirky American culture and Lyonne’s own personal journey as seen through Charlie. “The show is about losing this nihilistic, self-destructive streak and finding connection with another human,” Lyonne says. “You try to build a life and not kill yourself over and over again. It’s like a marathon man or a long-distance runner. But she’s been through that dark and stormy night of the soul, and come out on the other side with the sun at her back.” ©2025 Los Angeles Times. Visit latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Source link #Natasha #Lyonne #remains #unconventional #sleuth #Poker #Face #career Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The First Berserker: Khazan review – Dungeon Enlightener | TechStomper The First Berserker: Khazan review – Dungeon Enlightener | TechStomper “The First Berserker: Khazan features some tight combat and an interesting presentation, but is hit hard by a botched main story and repetitive content.” – Stuart Cullen, TechStomper Source link #Berserker #Khazan #review #Dungeon #Enlightener #TechStomper Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Aldi Is Giving Away Free Candles Inspired by Buyer’s Remorse—Here’s How to Get Yours Aldi Is Giving Away Free Candles Inspired by Buyer’s Remorse—Here’s How to Get Yours Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways There’s hardly anything that can’t be remedied with the whiff of a delicious candle—even the stress of rising grocery prices. And to give you a little relief from the burden of grocery shopping, Aldi is releasing an exclusive candle they’ve dubbed the “Burning Cash Candle.” According to the grocery store, the fragrance for the unique candle was inspired by inconsistent prices and other shopping nuisances. Related: Aldi’s Stylish New Beaded Bowl Set Is a Dead Ringer for a Pottery Barn Style Nearly 5x the Price “The limited-edition Burning Cash Candle features soft smokey undertones and notes of inconsistent prices and buyer’s remorse (AKA like shopping anywhere other than ALDI),” read a description on the Aldi website. And since you’re already dealing with soaring prices, the candle is absolutely free! Beginning on Wednesday, May 21 at 8am CT, you can claim two free candles while supplies last. Winners will be notified and receive shipping details via email during the week of May 26. If you’re wondering why the grocery store is giving away two candles that’s because the second candle is meant to be gifted to a friend that needs to make the switch to Aldi. In fact, according to the 2025 ALDI Price Leadership Report, Aldi can help them save up to 36 percent on an average household shopping list. Related: Aldi Is Selling a Stunning $10 Kitchen Essential That Looks Strikingly Similar to a Williams Sonoma Style 15x the Price While you wait for the candles to become available, you can visit AldiBurningCashCandle.com to be notified on when they’re up for grabs. All you have to do is provide your email address. Aldi also announced news of the giveaway on its social media accounts. On Instagram, a number of shoppers applauded the store for taking such a fragrant shot at its competitors. “The shadeeee,” read one of their comments. “The best marketing! ,” another user chimed in. Up Next Related: Costco Shoppers Say the Warehouse Has the ‘Best Frozen Pizza’ They’ve Ever Had: ‘Love It!’ Source link #Aldi #Giving #Free #Candles #Inspired #Buyers #RemorseHeres Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

At least 21 dead in Missouri, Kentucky as severe storms sweep central U.S. – The Washington Post At least 21 dead in Missouri, Kentucky as severe storms sweep central U.S. – The Washington Post At least 21 dead in Missouri, Kentucky as severe storms sweep central U.S. The Washington Post’The devastation is tremendous’: St. Louis reeling after tornadoes KSDKSt. Lous Mayor says five people are dead and dozens injured after severe weather system YahooDeadly tornado outbreak leaves at least 21 dead across Kentucky, Missouri FOX WeatherSevere weather leaves at least 23 dead, including 14 in storm-battered Kentucky AP News Source link #dead #Missouri #Kentucky #severe #storms #sweep #central #U.S #Washington #Post Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

International blame game is a touchy subject as cuts to students are harming WA’s economy International blame game is a touchy subject as cuts to students are harming WA’s economy International education is a huge contributor to WA’s economy, but recent policy changes making visas more costly and difficult to obtain have dramatically cut the number of students applying to study here. Source link #International #blame #game #touchy #subject #cuts #students #harming #economy Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

28 dead, half a million without power as deadly storms, tornadoes sweep across Central, Eastern US 28 dead, half a million without power as deadly storms, tornadoes sweep across Central, Eastern US At least 28 people have died and dozens more were injured after a devastating wave of severe weather swept across the central United States late Friday into Saturday, leaving a trail of catastrophic destruction. Hard-hit southeastern Kentucky is reporting 21 deaths, according to local news WKYT which said the Laurel County Sheriff’s office also confirmed dozens of severe injuries after a suspected tornado shredded homes and buildings late Friday night. London, Kentucky at dawn on Saturday morning. (Image credit: Brandon Clement/Wx Chasing) Images emerging at first light on Saturday from the town of London, about 75 miles south of Lexington, show entire neighborhoods razed, with homes reduced to piles of shredded wood and debris, downed power lines, cars tossed all over the place and furniture strewn everywhere. “She got scared so we went to the hallway and we were in there maybe two minutes because it’s the only closed in area we have and my husband and son come running in and pretty much jumped on top of her because you could feel the air and everything sucking and it sounded like a train,” Laurel County resident Leslie Bott told reporters as she sat in one of her family’s destroyed cars with her daughter. “We saw stuff falling and next thing you knew he said most of the house was gone.” Emergency crews were still searching the wreckage for survivors and assessing the full extent of the damage on Saturday morning. “We lift up those lives who were tragically cut short by the fury of the tornado and those who have been injured,” Laurel County Sheriff John Root told local news, WVLT. “Strengthen the hands of rescuers and inspire compassion in the hearts of communities near and far to offer aid in support.” The National Weather Service reported a radar-confirmed, “large, extremely dangerous” tornado moving through lower Kentucky shortly after midnight. More than 700,000 homes and businesses across 12 states lost power during the outbreak, according to PowerOutage.us, with Missouri and Kentucky hit hardest. As of Saturday morning, around 650,000 customers across 10 states had no power, including Michigan where nearly 160,000 are still without power after severe weather on Thursday night. 7 killed in St. Louis area after a tornado-warned storm tore through city The same storm system triggered large, destructive tornadoes across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. Seven people were killed in the St Louis area earlier Friday evening after a tornado-warned storm moved through the city. Multiple buildings were damaged in St. Louis, including Centennial Christian Church. The City of St. Louis Fire Department Battalion Chief William Pollihan told The Associated Press that three people had to be rescued after part of the church crumbled, with one of those people dying. “You could see the doors flying open, tree branches flying by and people running,” 19-year-old University of Missouri-St. Louis student John Randle told The AP. “A lot of people were caught outside.” Randle said he rode out the storm in the basement of the St. Louis Art Museum with his girlfriend and about 150 other people. The Saint Louis Zoo said it would remain closed Saturday because of storm damage, but told The AP all the animals were safe. “The loss of life and destruction St. Louis has experienced in today’s storm is horrendous, and my thoughts are with everyone whose lives were altered today,” St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said in a post on X, adding, “Our first responders and community are stepping up in tremendous ways to save lives, help those who are injured, provide shelter, and so much more,” she said. Thank you. In the coming days, we will have a lot of opportunities to help and much work to do. But for tonight – Please stay home tonight and allow our first responders to do their work. And please keep St. Louis in your thoughts and prayers.” Spencer said an overnight curfew was in effect Friday in the neighborhoods with the most damage and that the city was in the process of declaring an emergency. “Basically every window” in the city’s firehouse was “blown out” by the storm, St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson, told CNN of the storm, which damaged around 20 square blocks of the city. About 500 first responders spent Friday night into Saturday searching buildings for survivors, Jenkerson said. “This is going to be a very exhausting and extensive search pattern right now.” The Red Cross said it has opened several shelters across St. Louis if people need a place to stay in the wake of the storms. “Very terrifying,” Gina Gooch told AccuWeather after she rode out a tornado that struck the small town of Blodgett, Missouri, about 120 miles southeast of St. Louis. “I went into this little pantry because I have no basement, and all I could hear was trees crashing down.” The tornado hit the town just after tracking across Interstate 55 during the Friday evening commute. AccuWeather Storm Chaser and Meteorologist Tony Laubach was just a few hundred yards away as it lofted debris into the sky as it swirled across the highway. The tornado-warned storm passed near the meeting point of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky before eventually tracking over Paducah, Kentucky, early Friday evening. A tornado throwing debris in the air just before tracking over Interstate 55 near Blodgett, Missouri. (AccuWeather/Tony Laubach) A rare tornado emergency was issued near Creal Springs, Illinois, in the southern part of the state, as a violent thunderstorm moved through around 6:30 p.m. CDT. “Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be destroyed,” the emergency alert stated. Farther east, a cluster of severe thunderstorms rumbled across the mid-Atlantic with a tornado warning being issued for downtown Baltimore shortly before 6 p.m. EDT, although it has yet to be confirmed if a tornado did strike the city. In addition to the thunderstorms, gusty winds kicked up dust from freshly plowed farmland across Illinois, which caused a dust storm that swept through the Chicago area. Visibility plummeted to just 1/4 of a mile at Chicago’s Midway airport on Friday evening, accompanied by wind gusts up to 60 mph. GET THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APP•Have the app? Unlock AccuWeather Alerts with Premium+ Weather contributed to some of the more than 3,000 flight delays at airports directly impacted by thunderstorms on Friday, according to FlightAware. This had a ripple effect across the country, causing disruptions at some airports where the weather was clear. Severe weather will threaten the same areas again early in the upcoming week with destructive storms and tornadoes in the forecast across the central U.S. on Monday and Tuesday. Source link #dead #million #power #deadly #storms #tornadoes #sweep #Central #Eastern Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Dozens are dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri – NPR Dozens are dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri – NPR Dozens are dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri NPRAt Least 16 Dead, Multiple Others Injured After Tornadoes and Storms Devastate the Midwest People.comSt. Lous Mayor says five people are dead and dozens injured after severe weather system Yahoo’The devastation is tremendous’: St. Louis reeling after tornadoes KSDKSevere weather leaves at least 23 dead, including 14 in storm-battered Kentucky AP News Source link #Dozens #dead #tornadoes #sweep #Kentucky #Missouri #NPR Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Crystal Palace stun Man City as Eze goal wins FA Cup Crystal Palace stun Man City as Eze goal wins FA Cup Eberechi Eze’s 16th-minute goal has fired Crystal Palace to the first major trophy in their history on an unforgettable day for the London outsiders as they secured a 1-0 FA Cup victory over favourites Manchester City at Wembley. Eze put Palace ahead with their first attack of the match on Saturday before an inspired Dean Henderson saved Omar Marmoush’s penalty. But Henderson could count himself fortunate to still be on the pitch after he earlier appeared to deny Erling Haaland a scoring opportunity when he handled the ball outside his area in the game’s flashpoint. Daniel Munoz’s strike after the interval for Palace was then chalked off by VAR with Oliver Glasner’s side having to subsequently thwart wave after wave of City possession to see out the victory and etch their names into the history books by winning the FA Cup for the first time and sealing a place in the Europa League. For City, manager Pep Guardiola will have to wait for the 19th trophy of his tenure as his side’s defeat here caps a bitterly-disappointing campaign which could yet see them miss out on the Champions League next season. It had started encouragingly for Guardiola’s players, who had Palace camped inside their own half for the opening quarter-of-an-hour with Haaland meeting Kevin De Bruyne’s cross after six minutes to force a decent save from Henderson. But suddenly, Palace were ahead. Jean-Philippe Mateta held up a long punt forward before he turned the ball round the corner to Munoz. The Colombia international’s pinpoint pass was met by Eze, who steered the ball past Stefan Ortega. The game turned on the Henderson incident as he handled the ball outside of the area to prevent Haaland from meeting Gvardiol’s long ball forward. With only Henderson to beat, was Haaland denied a clear scoring opportunity? Controversially, VAR did not think so – claiming the ball was going away from the goal – and Henderson was in the clear. City had every right to feel aggrieved, but they were then awarded a chance to wipe out Palace’s lead when Tyrick Mitchell’s sliding tackle missed the ball and took out Bernado Silva instead. Yet Henderson pulled off a strong one-handed save to deny Marmoush. With half-time approaching, the keeper was back in action again when he produced a flying save to stop Jeremy Doku’s curling effort. Wild scenes in the Palace end were curtailed after the break when VAR intervened to rule out Munoz’s goal with Sarr in an offside position. Henderson again pulled off a key save in the dying minutes, twice denying 19-year-old substitute Claudio Echeverri from scoring on his debut. Source link #Crystal #Palace #stun #Man #City #Eze #goal #wins #Cup Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Should Democrats stick with Harris? New poll shows surprising result in Trump rematch Should Democrats stick with Harris? New poll shows surprising result in Trump rematch If President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Kamala Harris were to have a rematch election, Harris would be the victor, according to a new poll. The Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll shows Harris winning 40% of the vote in a hypothetical rematch while Trump only wins 36%. Only 1% of adults who responded said they were undecided. Even though 40% of adults said they would vote for Harris over Trump, 43% of them said they would not vote at all, according to the poll. If you remove those who won’t vote from the poll, however, Harris is still the victor, receiving 47% of the vote to Trump’s 42%. The survey’s findings present a scenario where the electorate is not pleased with Trump’s overall performance, according to the poll’s summary. The poll found that 56% of respondents said they think Trump’s policy decisions have made the economy worse, while 22% said the policies have made things better. A total of 15% said the impact of Trump’s policies is neutral and 7% said they “don’t know” or are “not sure,” the poll’s summary reads. Despite these dour numbers for the president, the Democratic Party only has a slim advantage when it comes to voters trusting them on policy issues. When it comes to jobs and the economy, 41% of adults responded that they trust Democrats to handle this issue better than Republicans. Only 39% said they trust the GOP more on jobs and the economy, according to the poll. Democrats also have a slight advantage on inflation, with 38% of adults saying they trust the party over the GOP while 37% say the opposite. Democrats do have a sizable advantage on three issues: government funding and social programs (48% trust Democrats, 35% trust Republicans), healthcare (46% Democrats, 33% GOP) and education (46% Democrats, 35% GOP). Republicans, meanwhile, hold an advantage on immigration. Of those who participated in the poll, 46% of adults trust Republicans on the issue of immigration over Democrats, while 33% trust Democrats over Republicans. For border security, the GOP holds an advantage here, too, with 50% of adults trusting the Republicans on border security over Democrats. Only 29% of respondents say Democrats are better trusted on this issue. Republicans also have a leg up on Democrats when it comes to deportations, with 45% of adults trusting the GOP over Democrats and 34% saying they trust the Democrats over the GOP. On the issue of foreign policy, however, both parties were tied at 40% each, according to the poll. If the 2026 midterm elections were held today, 47% of adults said they were more likely to vote for a Democrat for their congressional district compared to 41% who said they would vote for a Republican. A total of 12% of adults said they don’t know or are not sure. “Voters do not trust the major parties to handle the country’s most pressing problems,” the poll’s summary reads. “With control of Congress up for grabs in 2026, voters look to be leaning toward Democrats, and disproportionately regret voting for Trump in 2024,” it added. “But Republicans retain a strong base of support and are not down and out yet.” The poll has a sample size of 1,000 U.S. adult residents and was conducted from May 1-6, 2025. It has a margin of error of 3.2%. More on Politics Read the original article on MassLive. Source link #Democrats #stick #Harris #poll #shows #surprising #result #Trump #rematch Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine war – BBC Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine war – BBC Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine war BBCTrump says he will speak to Putin and Zelensky on Monday and push for ceasefire AxiosSecretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press U.S. Department of State (.gov)Trump says he will speak to Putin on the phone Monday CNNAfter Putin is a no-show at talks in Turkey, Trump says he’ll meet the Russian leader soon AP News Source link #Trump #call #Putin #Monday #discuss #stopping #Ukraine #war #BBC Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Fleur McDonald: Esperance farmer, turned bestselling rural fiction author, turns to crime in The Prospect Fleur McDonald: Esperance farmer, turned bestselling rural fiction author, turns to crime in The Prospect About an hour out of Esperance, there is a slice of country that has curled its roots deep in Fleur McDonald’s soul. Unlike the sandy plains that surround it, the 950ha property is steeped in the heavy clay of the Thomas River. It grows stands of clover ankle deep, where McDonald, still a farmer at heart, loves to watch her lambs graze. There’s mallee bushland, giving way to granite outcrops where wild orchids grow. When she looks up from her work in the shearing shed, she can see Cape Arid. It is in this place that McDonald took the first small, tentative steps towards becoming what she is today: a bestselling author. It’s the place where she started farming in WA more than 20 years ago, with her now ex-husband, in a hut with no water or electricity for seven years. It’s the place she raised two children. It’s the place to which she returns when, despite her new career, she needs a fix of her first love — farming. Writing has been McDonald’s full-time job for more than 15 years, ever since she signed with Allen & Unwin after submitting to its open pitch Friday; her first book, Red Dust, became the highest seller by a debut author in 2009. Since then, she’s sold more than 850,000 copies of 24 titles under her very successful brand of rural fiction, mixing suspense, romance and strong female characters. But then last year, McDonald decided to roll the dice, potentially risking everything she’d built. She signed with a new publisher, HarperCollins, and wrote her first straight crime novel, The Prospect, set in Kalgoorlie. “I was very aware that this change could actually end my career and I was prepared for that,” McDonald says. “I turned 50 last year and I just thought, there’s not as much time left as there was, you know? I really wanted to have a go. It is a risk, though; people might not think that I’ve got what it takes in the crime genre but I’m hoping that they do.” When she speaks to STM, McDonald is two days into a five-day local book tour, before she heads to Queensland and South Australia. So far, the feedback had been positive but she admits to waiting with bated breath for early sales figures. It turns out she needn’t have worried; The Prospect, which follows reporter Zara Ellison and her partner, policeman Jack Higgins, as they investigate a mysterious accident, sold more than 12,000 copies in the first month and spent three weeks at number one in *********** fiction. Camera IconFleur McDonald pictured at her Boyatup property. Credit: Kelsey Reid/The West *********** And despite her trepidation, McDonald was never tempted to just continue writing what she knew would work; namely, the popular Detective Dave Burrows character, who features in 22 of her books. “The thing about having a character around for as long as I had Detective Burrows around for, is that I could write him in my sleep,” she says. “I think that tends to make you a little lazy and I wanted to still create really great reads for people.” Besides, McDonald is not one to shy away from a challenge. The girl from Orroroo in South Australia’s arid Flinders Ranges moved to the Great Southern in WA aged just 19 to work as a farmhand; she remembers being completely taken aback by the rain (“I think my first purchase with my pay was a pair of rubber boots”). After she and her former husband moved to that first farm, with its donga-like hut, her daughter, Rochelle, and son, Hayden, were born 13 months apart. Rochelle, now 25, has dyspraxia which affected her speech, and Hayden was diagnosed with autism; McDonald used Makaton sign language to communicate with them. It was in trying to help Hayden, now 24 and a trailblazing pilot who has just moved interstate for work, that McDonald rediscovered her childhood love of writing. She’d put it aside with the busyness of life, but when Hayden was struggling with concentration, McDonald decided to start writing kids’ books to help keep his attention. “I wrote about things that he knew; the working dogs, the sheep yards, the sheep, the **** lambs and and so forth, which was really helpful for him,” she remembers. “Then I read Rachael Treasure’s book Jillaroo and I thought, ‘Oh, there’s obviously a market for this’ and I thought I was in pretty good position to write something.” Her first attempt at pitching Red Dust to Allen & Unwin elicited a rejection; her writing was strong and commercial, they said, but not what they were looking for. Undeterred, McDonald waited three months and tried again. About two weeks later, she had a two-book contract. Camera IconMcDonald pictured in 2009, when her first book was published. Credit: Unknown/Supplied Red Dust “sold a whole heap more than we ever expected … and now here we are 25 books later,” she laughs. If that makes it sound easy, it wasn’t. McDonald’s then-husband did not support her writing, she was working on the farm and looking after two children with disabilities, plus taking care of her mother-in-law, who was terminally ill. She worked on her books in secret, right up until the end of her marriage in 2014. “I didn’t think I had any transferable skills; when you leave a relationship like that, it doesn’t matter what success you’ve had, your self-confidence is absolutely shattered,” McDonald says. But slowly, she built herself back up, devoting more time to writing and, when the kids finished school, going on tour to promote her books. McDonald spends a lot of time on the road, including driving between Esperance and a second farm she’s bought in recent years north of Perth, but also on the lookout for settings for future books. Ideas for narratives can come from anywhere — a segment on the radio, a newspaper headline, a conversation — but evoking an authentic sense of place is all-important. For The Prospect, McDonald spent time in the Goldfields, “wandering around and looking and observing and absorbing”. “I thought Kalgoorlie was a great place to set a book; there’s so much history and so much secrecy,” she says. “Not only does it have mining but it has the east-west trucks, coming across the Nullarbor, there’s farming, there’s station country, there’s Crown land. It’s a very rich environment to be able to set stories in. Camera IconEsperance author Fleur McDonald’s new book The Prospect is set in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Credit: Unknown/Supplied/RegionalHUB “I’ve never written about a place I haven’t been because I always want to be able to write authentically … I think that helps with the tension on the page.” When it occurred to her that there is a more efficient way to cover all those kilometres, she decided to learn how to fly a plane; her father used to fly to reach customers of the family’s fuel distribution company, which covered about a quarter of the country. “I’d never given too much thought to becoming a pilot myself but then I realised, I spent 10 years telling women that they could really do anything they wanted to, just as long as they worked at it,” McDonald says. “I suddenly thought, ‘well, you should probably take a little bit of your own advice’.” But when she is home, she can balance her two lives — farming and writing. She co-farms the Esperance property, so she can simply dip in and out when needed for seeding or harvest, or when she feels a need to reconnect with that part of herself. She’s been known to edit chapters while driving a chaser bin and work on rewrites while following the dogs around as they shift sheep. “Farming was my first love but I do believe writing is what I am supposed to do, because if I go a couple of days and I haven’t written my fingers get really itchy and I get a bit jittery,” she says, “so it’s a bit of a mix for both.” With a book tour, plus edits on her next novel, out in November and another draft due on June 1 for publication in April, McDonald says her life is “all a bit mixed up and chaotic, but I really like my world like that”. “There’s no time for writer’s block or any of that,” she says. “And if anyone wants a tiny piece of advice, if you keep writing, even when you’ve got nothing to say, you come out the other side very quickly.” McDonald generally gets up at 4am for emails and social media — “anything I can do that doesn’t take up a whole heap of brain power” — and then spends a bit of time on the back verandah drinking coffee and watching the clouds roll past the gumtrees. “My friends say it’s procrastinating but I like to think of it as percolating,” she chuckles. “We writers, we might not look very busy on the outside sometimes, but our brains are going 100 miles an hour.” Her morning routine also now includes a walk with her dog, Shadow. Because while some writers might relish total quiet, McDonald isn’t one of them. “I’m an empty-nester now so I’ve only got my border collie at home, and she’s quite new to me,” McDonald says. “She’s a rescue dog so she came to me in October, and I’m so very happy that she is there, making noise in my house.” The Prospect by Fleur McDonald, published by HarperCollins, is out now Camera IconMcDonald with her dog, Shadow. Credit: Kelsey Reid/The West *********** Source link #Fleur #McDonald #Esperance #farmer #turned #bestselling #rural #fiction #author #turns #crime #Prospect Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Potato Recalls That Affected Millions Potato Recalls That Affected Millions Potatoes are the most commonly eaten vegetable in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The majority of those potatoes that are consumed are either in a fresh or frozen form, with a smaller amount of potatoes being consumed as potato chips or dehydrated potatoes. Potatoes are also a $100.9 billion industry, with more than 700,000 people working within the potato industry in the United States, per the National Potato Council. So, potatoes are big business, and when you’re dealing with something so widespread and so commonly consumed as the mighty potato, chances are likely that you’ll run into some mistakes every once in a while — and sometimes those mistakes lead to recalls. Potatoes are recalled for a variety of reasons: A potato product might contain an undeclared allergen, or foreign objects. Whatever the reason, potato recalls can end up impacting millions of people, as has been the case when you look at these widespread potato recalls from recent decades. Read more: Fast Food Chains That Serve The Highest And Lowest Quality French Fries Lamb Weston Hash Browns Recalled Due To Plastic Contamination (2025) Lamb Weston hash brown patties with eggs on a plate – Lamb Weston In April 2025, brand Lamb Weston, an Idaho-based potato product supplier that sends its spuds to more than 100 countries, recalled nearly 35,000 cases of its frozen hash brown patties after plastic fragments were discovered in the food. The plastic bits measured from up to a third of an inch in length. Lamb Weston had distributed the affected hash browns to not just a handful of U.S. states, including Arizona and Hawaii, but also to a few other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Kuwait, and Japan. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assigned this recall a Class II risk, which means the organization feels that the recalled food poses a moderate risk to individuals who might eat it, with temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences possible, while severe health consequences are unlikely. Still, eating plastic can cause gastrointestinal issues, choking, or dental issues, it’s not a risk you want to take. Lay’s Classic Potato Chips Recalled Due To Undeclared Milk (2024) Hand holding bag of Lay’s in store – TY Lim/Shutterstock In December 2024, Lay’s Classic potato chips were recalled due to containing undeclared milk, and that recall continued to impact consumers into early 2025, as the FDA watched the situation and decided to upgrade the recall to its highest risk class: Class I. A Class I recall risk means that eating the recalled product could very well cause not just serious health issues but even death. Of course, the recalled chips pose the biggest threat to those with a milk or dairy allergy. Common symptoms of an allergic reaction to milk include gastrointestinal distress, hives, wheezing, and, in worst case scenarios, anaphylaxis which can be fatal. While Lay’s Classic Potato Chips don’t typically contain milk, sometimes the chips can come into contact with other potato chips that do contain milk-based ingredients, like the brand’s sour cream and onion potato chips. The recall impacted bags of chips distributed throughout Oregon and Washington. Veggies Made Great Brand Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes Recalled For Listeria (2024) Box of Veggies Made Great potato bakes in store – Veggies Made Great Veggies Made Great brand’s Broccoli Cheddar Breakfast Potato Bakes (yes, that is a mouthful) are a take on a hash brown, but include extra protein and veggie goodness by adding in egg whites, broccoli, and carrots. The brand boasts that these frozen breakfast items do not contain popular allergens such as wheat, soy, or nuts, but, in one instance, they did contain something far more threatening: listeria. In 2024, Veggies Made Great voluntarily recalled more than 10,500 boxes of the potato bakes that had been distributed throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada, as it was discovered that the items had been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the bacteria responsible for causing listeriosis. If you contract listeriosis, you could experience mild symptoms such as gastrointestinal distress for a few days, but you could also contract a more invasive form of the disease that affects the nervous system and can be fatal. M&P Food Production Recalled Pirozhki And Vareniki For Undeclared Allergens (2024) Plate of cooked vareniki – freeskyline/Shutterstock Sure, while pirozhki and vareniki might not claim as much of the American potato market share as french fries, they’re not immune from the occasional recall. In 2024, M&P Food Production recalled potato-filled vareniki (if you’re not familiar with this Eastern European specialty, think of it as similar to pierogi, just by a different name) and potato-filled pirozhki (a baked or fried bun), alongside blintzes (filled pancakes), all due to undeclared allergens found throughout the producer’s product lines. The recall impacted foods distributed to retail stores throughout Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland, and was due to the FDA’s discovery of undeclared wheat, milk, and/or sesame within the products, even though the product packaging didn’t state the presence of these ingredients. All of these allergens can cause severe allergic reactions, as well as death, depending on the reaction’s severity. Milk allergies are considered one of the most common food allergies in both children and adults, and about 2.4 million people in the U.S. are allergic to wheat, while about 0.7 million people are allergic to sesame. H-E-B Potato Salad Recalled For Plastic Contamination (2024) Bowl of potato salad with spoon – Olga Mazyarkina/Getty Images If there was potato-based food that could be considered risky to your health, it could be potato salad. Potato salad provides the perfect environment for bacteria to grow, and more often than you’d hope, picnic-going and potluck-attending home cooks leave their potato salad sitting out in less than ideal temperatures, allowing bacteria to not just grow but thrive. In one well-documented case, the potato salad at a church potluck hospitalized nearly 30 people, with many needing to remain in the hospital for multiple days and one even dying due to botulism. In 2024, however, Southern grocery store chain H-E-B recalled its potato salad for a much less deadly but still serious reason: plastic contamination. While no injuries related to the plastic found in the chain’s Hill Country Fare potato salad had been reported, and H-E-B removed all the potato salad from the shelf, the chain noted that it was still possible for consumers to find hard plastic in the salad, if they’d managed to buy it at one of the affected Texas locations before the recall. Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes Recalled Due To Foreign Materials (2024) Bob Evans mashed potatoes – Keith Homan/Shutterstock Even more plastic in your potatoes! This time, in March 2024, Bob Evans Farms recalled its Bob Evans mashed potatoes as the brand said it was possible that consumers could find small bits of red plastic in the refrigerated dish. The recall impacted nearly 2,500 packages of mashed potatoes that had been distributed across a wide geographic area, throughout Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wisconsin. It’s not uncommon for plastic to find its way into your food. According to a study entitled “Detection and prevention of foreign material in food: A Review” that was published in scholarly journal Heliyon, between 2003 and 2023, foreign material contamination has caused approximately 10% of all food recalls and the most common foreign material to cause these recalls is plastic (with other materials that could end up in your food including wood, metal, stones, and more). Hy-Vee Potato Salad Recalled Due To Positive Microbial Test (2022) Tub of Hy-Vee potato salad – Hy-Vee When are most individuals likely to pick up a tub of potato salad at the grocery store? A good guess would be around the July 4 holiday. Unfortunately, on July 1, 2022, Midwestern grocery store chain Hy-Vee announced that it was recalling 10 different versions of its potato salad that had been distributed over Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The reason? The given explanation was vague, but the FDA reported that Hy-Vee had discovered “a presumptive positive microbial result on the line that the potatoes were processed on.” The key word is “presumptive” — getting the final tests results, the FDA further explained, would take at least a week, and with the potato salad-centric holiday coming up, Hy-Vee didn’t want to take any risks. As such, the chain decided to voluntarily withdraw absolutely all of its potato salad from the store shelves. Cavendish Farms Hash Browns Recalled Due To Wheat Content (2022) Plate of breakfast with hash browns and eggs – Cavendish Farms/Facebook In March 2022, Cavendish Farms, a ********* manufacturer, recalled more than 440 cases of frozen hash brown patties that had been distributed throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island at chain stores such as Price Rite and ShopRite. The hash browns were suspected of containing undeclared wheat, which could cause major issues for not only those with wheat allergies, but those with celiac disease as well. The wheat content had made its way into the hash browns after a third-party supplier had provided Cavendish Farms with a mislabeled ingredient that contained wheat without declaring the wheat’s presence. While those with a wheat allergy could experience swelling, hives, itching, gastrointestinal distress, and fatal anaphylaxis after eating something exposed to wheat, those with celiac disease would experience a different yet still serious reaction, with even the smallest amount of wheat causing long-lasting damage to the intestines. Ballreich Snack Food Company Recalled Its Bar-B-Q Chips Due To Salmonella (2021) White bowl of barbecue chips on table – Msphotographic/Getty Images Salmonella bacteria is a popular reason for various food recalls, as salmonella is the most common form of bacterial food poisoning in the U.S., and in 2021, Ballreich Snack Food Company recalled packages of its Bar-B-Q potato chips as it was suspected that the chips were contaminated with salmonella bacteria after the company’s seasoning provider discovered the bacteria during a routine test. The chips had been sold at retailers and convenience stores throughout Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Luckily, no one reported any illness in relation to the recall, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that no illnesses occurred. Salmonella symptoms can be mistaken for a variety of illnesses, including just a simple stomach bug. Additionally, you can experience symptoms up to a few days after eating a contaminated food — and it’s not like barbecue chips are the first thing you might think of when considering the places you could have contracted the bacteria. Most often, salmonella is associated with raw eggs and meat. Freshouse II Recalled Red Potatoes Due To Listeria (2020) Hands picking up red potatoes in store – Thai Liang Lim/Getty Images Freshouse II provides retailers with produce under several brand names, including Nature’s Promise, Fresh from the Start, and Wegmans — and, in 2020, the company recalled a bevy of produce due to listeria contamination, including oranges, lemons, limes, and red potatoes. The company was undergoing some routine testing and discovered Listeria monocytogenes on a piece of packing equipment. As such, the possibility of the listeria bacteria contaminating the produce that had been packed on that equipment was enough to prompt a recall. At the time of issuing the produce recall, no illnesses had been reported as connected to the produce that had been distributed around North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Freshouse II also noted that the company had stopped using the equipment that had tested positive for the bacteria, and had taken a closer look at its cleaning and sanitation measures. Hy-Vee Recalled Baked Potatoes Due To Both Listeria And Salmonella (2018) Hy-Vee baked potato on white plate – Hy-Vee Typically, a recall can be traced back to one root cause: a certain form of bacteria, a singular foreign object, or a particular undeclared allergen. However, in 2018, Hy-Vee was sacked with a one-two punch when it issued a recall due to both the discovery of salmonella and listeria monocytogenes in some of the ingredients used in Hy-Vee’s meat and potato products. The ingredient? McCain Foods’ caramelized mushrooms and fire-roasted tomatoes. The impacted Hy-Vee potato products? Its fire-roasted tomato, spinach, and mozzarella twice-baked potatoes. While salmonella and listeria on their own can be deadly, no one wants to take the chance of combining the two and, as such, Hy-Vee recalled the potatoes over its entire eight-state footprint. While no illnesses had been reported related to the recalled potatoes, it’s worth noting that it can take up to 70 days for a consumer to fall ill after exposure to listeria monocytogenes. Utz Potato Chips Recalled Because Of Undeclared Soy (2018) Three bags of Utz snacks – Cveltri/Getty Images Utz potato chips are a regional favorite. Based in Pennsylvania, the company went public relatively recently, in 2020, and, has since acquired another popular, possibly more widely known snack food brand: On The Border. Today, Utz potato chips can be found nearly all around the country. Unfortunately, though, that growing brand footprint means that, when a batch of potato chips needs to be recalled, it impacts a large number of states and people. In 2018, this was the case when Utz recalled Utz Carolina Style Barbecue Potato Chips because of undeclared soy in the chips. Utz said the packages were mislabeled and had been distributed to more than two dozen states.Soy allergies come with a wide range of symptoms and, if someone with a soy allergy were to eat the mislabeled chips, they could experience everything from gastrointestinal distress to anaphylaxis to eczema to hives. McCain Foods Hash Browns Recalled Due To Plastic And Rubber Contamination (2017) Frozen hash browns on wooden chopping board – Collins Unlimited/Shutterstock Imagine you’re having breakfast and you’ve cooked up some frozen hash browns. You start eating away and then you notice something strange. You pull something that’s very much not a hash brown from your mouth and see that it’s … a golf ball? It’s not out of the realm of possibility, surprisingly. In 2017, McCain Foods issued a recall for multiple brands of hash browns sold at a variety of chain stores throughout the country because plastic and rubber from golf ****** had been found in the hash browns. The company theorized that the golf ball bits had been mixed in with the potatoes at the time of harvesting, and were never removed. At first, the recall only impacted Roundy’s Brand and Harris Teeter hash browns sold in nine states, but, shortly after the first announcement, McCain Foods expanded the recall to include frozen hash browns also sold at Wegmans stores throughout six states. Linkletter Farms Potatoes Recalled Due To Sewing Needles (2014) Hands taking potatoes from the dirt – Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock Finding golf ball parts in your potatoes is one thing. It poses a choking hazard and can definitely be dangerous if you ******** said parts, but it’s not as scary as finding sewing needles in your potatoes, which is what happened in Canada in the fall of 2014. For several weeks, stories spread through the headlines as sewing needles were found allegedly planted in potatoes and french fries that could be traced back to Linkletter Farms and Cavendish Farms. Recalls were issued for the Linkletter Farms potatoes, but not for the Cavendish Farms potatoes, as those products never actually left the processing facility before the needles were discovered. In response, a police investigation began and the Prince Edward Island Potato Board offered a $50,000 reward to anyone who could help uncover who was placing the needles in the potatoes, a process that was theorized was occurring while the potatoes were still in the field. By January 2015, a reward of up to $100,000 was being offered, but no culprit was ever caught. Strong America Recalled Dried Potatoes Due To Sulfites (2012) Potato flakes in a bowl – Michelle Lee Photography/Getty Images In 2010, Strong America recalled Golden Smell-branded dried potatoes that had been imported from China. Dried or dehydrated potatoes, or potato flakes, can be reconstituted to make a version of mashed potatoes, but these flakes can also be used as a thickening agent in thin soups, or as a binding ingredient. A routine sampling discovered that the imported dried potatoes contained undeclared sulfites, which can naturally occur in some food, but that are also sometimes added to food as a preservative. While sulfites aren’t one of the most common allergens, they can still cause reactions in sulfite-sensitive individuals, as well as in asthmatics. In fact, up to 5% of individuals with asthma also have a sulfite sensitivity, according to Cleveland Clinic. As for this recall, it’s not necessarily an issue that sulfites were found in the potato flakes altogether — in fact, sulfites are fairly common in instant mashed potatoes. Rather, it’s the fact that the sulfites weren’t listed on the packaging, making them a hazard for some unknowing consumers. Wegmans Recalled Mashed Sweet Potatoes Due To Plastic Contamination (2011) Bowl of mashed sweet potatoes with melted butter – Gorchittza2012/Getty Images Once again, plastic finds its way into your potatoes. In 2011, chain store Wegmans recalled 4,000 pounds and more than 2,600 packages of mashed sweet potatoes, after reports arose that the items contained small pieces of white plastic. At the time of recall, the store said that four consumers had complained that they’d found the plastic in their spuds. This is not at all the only time that Wegmans has needed to recall some of its items due to plastic contamination, though. More recently, in 2024, the store recalled its Food You Feel Good About Fruit on the Bottom Lowfat Pina Colada Yogurt because pieces of blue plastic were mixed into the snack. Additionally in the last two years, Wegmans has also recalled chicken nuggets due to bone fragments being found in the product, braised beef meals due to white rubber pieces being found in the food, and frozen waffles and pancakes due to listeria concerns. Campbell’s Soup Recalled For Hard Plastic Contamination (2007) Can of Campbell’s baked potato soup – Campbell In 2007, Campbell’s pulled cans of its Baked Potato with Cheddar & Bacon Bits soup off the shelf because the brand feared that they could contain pieces of a hard plastic. The recall came after three people said they’d been eating the soup and then experienced minor mouth injuries due to that plastic. More than 72,000 cans of soup were impacted and they had been distributed across 24 states. Campbell’s has dealt with a variety of recalls over the years and even in recent history. In 2017, the brand recalled more than 4,000 pounds of soup because people were complaining that they opened up cans of what they thought were chicken noodle soup, only to find Italian wedding soup. Most recently, three different Campbell’s soups were recalled in April 2025 because the cilantro they contained had been contaminated with bits of wood and that wood could wind up, unfortunately, in consumer’s mouths. For more food and drink goodness, join The Takeout’s newsletter. Get taste tests, food & drink news, deals from your favorite chains, recipes, cooking tips, and more! Read the original article on The Takeout. Source link #Potato #Recalls #Affected #Millions Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Intel ARCade machine showcases a NUC Extreme with Arc A770 GPU Intel ARCade machine showcases a NUC Extreme with Arc A770 GPU While Intel is gearing up to reveal new Battlemage products at Computex in a few days, X user Haze has shared an image of an Intel ARCade machine featuring a last-generation Alchemist A7 series GPU. Often seen as Intel marketing material for major e-sports events, this machine was reportedly found out of commission and unused at an unnamed Intel campus. Intel was enthusiastic in the months leading up to the Alchemist launch, as evident in its marketing push for the product. This ranged from custom 60-foot air-conditioned gaming trucks to smaller Arcade machines, like the one we’re seeing today. Following the delays associated with Alchemist and inevitable teething problems, Intel has maintained a relatively low profile with Arc since then. The desktop Battlemage launch is proof of this. The ARCade is an Intel-powered arcade-style machine that has been a recurring presence at events like DreamHack. The controller layout depicts a two-player configuration for fighting games like Street Fighter and Tekken. A quick look inside reveals a GPU at its core, which carries a strong visual resemblance to Intel’s Limited Edition models from the Alchemist range, likely the A770. The GPU is presumably housed in an Intel NUC 12 Extreme, but any guess is as good as ours. You may like Sadly, the machine has been affixed with a sticky note stating “Out of order”. The error message on the screen, “A Bootable Device Has Not Been Detected”, suggests the problem shouldn’t be that difficult to resolve. Perhaps Intel will revise the design with a Battlemage-based GPU, or explore selling these cabinets to eager collectors. Intel’s marketing has been considerably scaled back in recent times. Still, their product delivery remains strong, as evidenced by the Arc B580 and B570, which are what matters. That being said, keep your eyes peeled for Computex, as Intel is reportedly preparing to reveal new 24GB models of the B580, along with a potential BMG-G31-based B770, if we’re lucky. Follow Tom’s Hardware on Google News to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button. Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. Source link #Intel #ARCade #machine #showcases #NUC #Extreme #Arc #A770 #GPU Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Eurovision fans prepare as 2025 grand final due to kick off in Switzerland – BBC Eurovision fans prepare as 2025 grand final due to kick off in Switzerland – BBC Eurovision fans prepare as 2025 grand final due to kick off in Switzerland BBCEurovision 2025 Live Updates: Song Contest Tries to Avoid Politics and Focus on Fun The New York TimesEurovision 2025: Who’s through to the final after second semifinal? Euronews.comEurovision 2025 final running order including when the *** will perform The IndependentEurovision song contest 2025 – live! The Guardian Source link #Eurovision #fans #prepare #grand #final #due #kick #Switzerland #BBC Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Editorial: A major reset is needed in our political parties Editorial: A major reset is needed in our political parties In a rare occurrence in *********** politics last week, three Federal political parties had leadership challenges which will offer the opportunity for a full reset. Source link #Editorial #major #reset #needed #political #parties Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Nvidia RTX 5060 is up to 25% faster than RTX 4060 with frame generation in new GPU preview Nvidia RTX 5060 is up to 25% faster than RTX 4060 with frame generation in new GPU preview Despite withholding pre-release RTX 5060 drivers from reviewers, Nvidia has reportedly given select outlets access to its upcoming RTX 5060 driver to create strict “preview” articles about the new mid-range lackwell GPU. One such outlet, Ascii.jp, published an article benchmarking the RTX 5060 against the RTX 5060 Ti (8GB and 16GB) in Doom: The Dark Ages, Cyberpunk 2077, and Marvel Rivals. GameStar Tech claims there are strict Nvidia guidelines for the RTX 5060 previews. According to the ******* publication (machine translation), “The reason for this unusual situation: Nvidia has decided to only make the driver, which is essential for GPU testing, available in advance under certain conditions and to a very limited number of media outlets worldwide. This includes us.” The news outlet goes on to state, “What’s particularly crucial is that we weren’t able to freely choose which graphics cards and games we would measure and with which settings for this preview.” You may like Apparently, reviews could only compare the RTX 5060 to the RTX 3060 and RTX 2060 Super. The list of allowed titles is reportedly limited to Avowed, Doom: The Dark Ages, Marvel Rivals, Cyberpunk 2077, and Hogwarts Legacy. Meanwhile, the settings must be configured to 1080p resolution, ultra image quality, DLSS in quality mode, and ray tracing. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Benchmarks Surprisingly, Ascii’s RTX 5060 “preview” only included Doom: The Dark Ages, Cyberpunk 2077, and Marvel Rivals. However, the Japanese outlet did compare the RTX 5060 to several generations of GeForce x060-class GPUs, including the RTX 2060, RTX 3060 (12GB), RTX 4060, RTX 5060, and both variants of the RTX 5060 Ti. Graphics settings were also limited to running frame generation exclusively, with the RTX 3060 and RTX 2060 running FSR 3 frame generation (since they don’t support the DLSS counterpart). Across all three titles, the new RTX 5060 trails the RTX 5060 Ti by 15% on average using 2x DLSS frame generation. If it wasn’t obvious, take these results with a massive grain of salt. Frame generation is not a perfect multiplier of native performance, so there is bound to be a bit of variance between all six GPUs. Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. However, the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti comparisons can be taken with more weight since they rely on the same GPU architecture and use identical frame generation techniques. We wouldn’t be surprised if the performance difference between the two GPUs is very similar with frame generation turned off. Swipe to scroll horizontally Doom: The Dark Ages GPU Average FPS 1% lows RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (DLSS MFG x3) 231.47 200.77 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (DLSS MFG x3) 234.31 199.58 RTX 5060 (DLSS MFG 3x) 208.72 154.79 RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (DLSS FG 2x) 170.63 141.65 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (DLSS FG 2x) 172.57 145.00 RTX 5060 (DLSS FG 2x) 150.56 126.40 RTX 4060 (DLSS FG) 128.66 107.90 RTX 3060 12GB (FSR 3 FG) 110.88 89.62 RTX 2060 (FSR 3 FG) 43.04 31.71 In Doom: The Dark Ages, the RTX 5060 was 17% faster than the RTX 4060, 35% faster than the RTX 3060, and over three times faster than the RTX 2060. Focusing on the RTX 5060’s performance against the RTX 5060 Ti, the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB was 15% faster than the RTX 5060 (again using 2x frame gen). The 8GB and 16GB variants perform the same in this title. Ultra nightmare settings were used for the graphics settings, with DLSS used on the RTX 4060 and above (FSR 3 was used on the older GPUs). Swipe to scroll horizontally Cyberpunk 2077 GPU Average FPS 1% lows RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (DLSS MFG x3) 141.74 112.68 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (DLSS MFG x3) 141.00 102.92 RTX 5060 (DLSS MFG 3x) 120.88 81.90 RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (DLSS FG 2x) 98.76 79.58 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (DLSS FG 2x) 96.39 58.91 RTX 5060 (DLSS FG 2x) 83.77 56.07 RTX 4060 (DLSS FG) 66.63 39.72 RTX 3060 12GB (FSR 3 FG) 46.15 36.21 RTX 2060 (FSR 3 FG) 22.27 8.19 In Cyberpunk 2077, the RTX 5060 was 25% faster than the RTX 4060, 81% faster than the RTX 3060, and nearly four times faster than the RTX 2060. Against the RTX 5060 Ti, the 8GB variant was 15% faster than the RTX 5060, and the 16GB variant was 17% faster. RT overdrive was used for the graphics settings with the DLSS 4 transformer model using the Quality preset on the RTX 4060 and above. The RTX 3060 and RTX 2060 exclusively used FSR 3 frame generation, with no notes on whether or not the two GPUs used FSR 3 upscaling. Swipe to scroll horizontally Marvel Rivals GPU Average FPS 1% lows RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (DLSS MFG x3) 273.51 181.58 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (DLSS MFG x3) 281.90 186.59 RTX 5060 (DLSS MFG 3x) 245.48 170.33 RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (DLSS FG 2x) 199.00 142.57 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (DLSS FG 2x) 203.84 147.06 RTX 5060 (DLSS FG 2x) 178.33 127.01 RTX 4060 (DLSS FG) 153.93 93.03 RTX 3060 12GB (FSR 3 FG) 120.05 81.59 RTX 2060 (FSR 3 FG) 96.24 72.59 In Marvel Rivals, the RTX 5060 was 16% faster than the RTX 4060, 48% faster than the RTX 3060, and 85% faster than the RTX 2060. Compared to the RTX 5060 Ti, the Ti variant was 14% faster than the vanilla RTX 5060. Again, the 16GB had worse performance than the 8GB variant of the RTX 5060 Ti in this title so that we can chalk it up to the margin of error. Image quality was set to best with the DLSS 4 transformer model used on the RTX 4060 and above. This time, DLSS upscaling was used on the RTX 3060 and 2060 in conjunction with FSR 3 frame generation (though there are no notes on what version of DLSS was used on these GPUs). This is the first time Nvidia has greenlit a “preview” of its future GPU products. Traditionally, reviewers are given one to two weeks (sometimes more) with a pre-release driver to create a review of a future Nvidia GPU that will go live before the GPU launches. For the RTX 5060, Nvidia has opted to stop reviewers from starting their GPU testing until launch day (May 19) when the card releases, forcing reviewers to publish their reviews days after the RTX 5060 release. In the meantime, Nvidia is using “preview” articles to stir hype for its upcoming mid-range GPU. Source link #Nvidia #RTX #faster #RTX #frame #generation #GPU #preview Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump admin pushes Supreme Court to allow it to fire thousands of federal workers Trump admin pushes Supreme Court to allow it to fire thousands of federal workers The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to allow its plans to fire thousands of federal workers to proceed. In an emergency appeal on Friday, the administration pushed the highest court in the country to lift an order by a lower court temporarily stopping the firings. It’s the latest attempt by the administration to cut back the federal workforce, and it came after the Supreme Court lifted a lower court order last month that blocked mass layoffs of probationary workers at six departments, Politico reported. The new attempt is an even broader effort to fire federal workers, which several agencies are looking to terminate according to an executive order from February that states that “Agency Heads shall promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force.” Last week, Clinton appointee U.S. District Judge Susan Illston blocked the administration from enacting the firings. In his appeal to the Supreme Court, Solicitor General John Sauer claimed that the judge incorrectly encroached on President Donald Trump’s “unquestioned legal authority to plan and carry out” firings and to reorganize the federal workers. Solicitor General John Sauer argued for the Supreme Court to allow the Trump administration to fire thousands of federal workers (Getty Images) “More concretely, the order has brought to a halt numerous in-progress [reductions in force] at more than a dozen federal agencies, compelling the government to retain — at taxpayer expense — thousands of employees whose continuance in federal service is determined by agencies not to be in the government and public interest,” Sauer wrote, claiming that the order from Illston has stopped 40 current reductions in force at 17 agencies. Trump’s order was challenged by the largest federal workers’ unions in the U.S. as well as a number of nonprofit organizations and local governments. Additionally, more than 20 Democratic-leaning states have filed briefs in support of the workers. Illston held that the Trump administration isn’t adhering to the legal and procedural requirements that apply when governments want to enact mass firings, such as the amount of time that a worker has been at an agency. She noted that a president has to have “the cooperation of the legislative branch” when putting in place massive reorganizations that the president is pushing for. Illston noted that Trump called on Congress to pass a bill to support similar efforts during his first stint in the White House. The order issued by Illston shielded 21 agencies, including the Department of Government Efficiency, as well as the departments of Commerce, Energy, Interior, Health and Human Services, State, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, the National Labor Relations Board, National Science Foundation, Small Business Administration, Americorps, and Social Security Administration. Source link #Trump #admin #pushes #Supreme #Court #fire #thousands #federal #workers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

C Palace 1-0 Man City (May 17, 2025) Game Analysis – ESPN C Palace 1-0 Man City (May 17, 2025) Game Analysis – ESPN C Palace 1-0 Man City (May 17, 2025) Game Analysis ESPNCrystal Palace v Manchester City: FA Cup final – live The GuardianLIVE: The 2025 FA Cup Final Crystal Palace F.C.LIVE: FA Cup Final 2025 – Man City vs Crystal Palace Al JazeeraCrystal Palace Beat Man City in 2024/25 FA Cup Final Sports Illustrated Source link #Palace #Man #City #Game #Analysis #ESPN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

*** police make second arrest over fires linked to PM *** police make second arrest over fires linked to PM *** police say they have arrested a second person in connection with a series of arson attacks at properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in North London, a day after a Ukrainian man was remanded in custody over the fires. Police said in a statement on Saturday that a 26-year-old was arrested at London’s Luton Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, and listed the same incidents which had involved properties connected to Starmer. Roman Lavrynovych, a 21-year-old Ukrainian man, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ court on Friday accused of three counts of arson with intent to endanger life over the three fires, which took place last week. *** police were last week called to a blaze at the property in Kentish Town, north London – the constituency Starmer represents. No one was injured but the entrance to the home was damaged. Lavrynovych was arrested the following day in connection with that fire and two further incidents – a fire at the entrance to an apartment block in nearby Islington and a fire involving a car, a Toyota RAV4, in Kentish Town, both taking place on separate days. The car and both the properties were linked to Starmer, the court heard. Counter-terrorism police led the investigation given the involvement of such a high-profile public figure, the police said. Source link #police #arrest #fires #linked Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Dramatic Dust Storm Sweeps Through Chicago Dramatic Dust Storm Sweeps Through Chicago High winds and bare fields combined into a rare dust storm that swept through Chicago on Friday. The vast blanket of dust began in northwest Indiana and moved across Illinois, bringing gusts as high as 52 miles per hour into Chicago’s Midway Airport. The National Weather Service in Chicago has only issued a dust storm warning once before. Source link #Dramatic #Dust #Storm #Sweeps #Chicago Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]