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Thursday evening two sheriff's deputies died. They tried to sever a warrant to a person that was barricaded in a house that was located in a neighborhood near Atlanta. However, not all information has been shred with the public.

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ATLANTA -- Two deputies were killed Thursday night while serving a warrant in a suburb near Atlanta, and a suspect remained barricaded in a home, authorities said.

The sheriff's office in Cobb County tweeted initially that the two deputies had "died in the line of duty" and that a SWAT team and other law enforcement officers remained at the scene.

The county sheriff's office did not release any additional information such as the identities of the officers or the circumstances in which they were killed. It said more information would be released later.

WSB-TV reported that people in the neighborhood nearby reported hearing several gunshots and then seeing law enforcement officers swarm the area.

Authorities did not immediately identify the suspect, and details about the warrant and attempts to serve it were not immediately disclosed.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the state's top crime-fighting agency, separately said in a tweet that it was sending its condolences to the country sheriff, Craig Owens, and his office for the deaths of the deputies.

Sprawling Cobby County with more than 760,000 people is located just northwest of Atlanta and is one of Georgia's most populous counties.

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ATLANTA -- Two deputies were killed Thursday night while serving a warrant in a suburb near Atlanta, and a suspect remained barricaded in a home, authorities said. The sheriff's office in Cobb County tweeted initially that the two deputies had "died in the line of duty" and that a SWAT team and other law enforcement officers remained at the scene.

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A correctional officer and a Fort Myers man are in federal trouble with the law. They were sentenced to over 3 years in prison for their attemp to distribute drugs into a federal prison. The correctional officer, Troy Cole, agreed with a inmate to smuggle MDMA also known as "Molly" in an exchange for $400-$4,000.

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Charlotte County corrections officer gets 3 years for trying to smuggle drugs into prison

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A Fort Myers man and correctional officer has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison after he attempted to distribute drugs into prison.

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Investigative reporter Jeff German took on the powerful in four decades of writing about the Las Vegas underworld and government corruption

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Jeff German, a Investigative reporter was wrote a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal about bullying and favoritism in the Clark County Public Administrators office. He also wrote about Robert Telles and how he had an innappropriate relationship in the office's workplace. This motivated Telles to invade Jeff German's home and fatially stab him. DNA of Telles was left in Jeff's home and after a short standoff at Telles's house, he was arrested.

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Kailee lingo was an average adult woman. She had found out she was pregnant, had a gender reveal, and announced it was a little boy named Finley. Soon after they found out Finley had heart, brain, lung, and kidney issues, he would either be stillborn or die minutes after. It was dangerous for Kailee to carry out the pregnancy and she had to leave the state of Texas to get a needed abortion.

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Nine years ago, Cade DeSpain messaged a friend about a cute girl he saw on her Facebook feed.

The friend introduced him to Kailee Lingo, her sorority sister at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Kailee remembers that when she and Cade met, it was "a connection at first sight."

A month after college graduation, Kailee and Cade married in Marble Falls, Texas. They're both proud to be native Texans: Kailee's family has lived there for generations, and Cade's ancestors are among Texas' "Old Three Hundred," the original families that joined Stephen F. Austin to settle the area in the 1800s.

At the time, the DeSpains were both passionately anti-abortion.

"I was just your quintessential pro-life Texan," Kailee, 29, told CNN in a recent interview.

"I was raised in central Texas by extremely Republican parents and grandparents," Cade, 31, said. "One hundred percent pro-life."

Kailee and Cade have supported abortion rights since 2016, when she had a miscarriage at 16 weeks and was hospitalized for severe complications, including blood clots and infection. It was one of three miscarriages she had in the early years of marriage.

"It made me realize that pregnancy can be dangerous," she said. "It made me think of my little sisters, and I wanted them to be able to have a choice if they ever had to go through something like that."

Last September, when a restrictive anti-abortion law took effect in Texas, Kailee pleaded on Facebook for people to contact their elected representatives to protect abortion rights.

In November, Kailee and Cade were overjoyed to learn that she was pregnant. Full of hope, they posted ultrasound pictures and a gender reveal video of a cannon shooting out blue confetti. They named their baby boy Finley.

Then, about three months later, they learned that Finley had heart, lung, brain, kidney and genetic defects and would either be stillborn or die within minutes of birth. Carrying him to term put Kailee at high risk for severe pregnancy complications, including blood clots, preeclampsia and cancer.

Even so, they could not get an abortion in Texas and fled to New Mexico.

"I've never felt more betrayed by a place I was once so proud to be from," Kailee said through tears.

"How could you be so cruel as to pass a law that you know will hurt women and that you know will cause babies to be born in pain?" she added. "How is that humane? How is that saving anybody?"

CNN emailed Texas lawmakers who authored or sponsored the state's anti-abortion laws. None of them responded to CNN's questions.

A grim prognosis for their baby

When Kailee and Cade found out she was pregnant, they desperately hoped for a "sticky baby" - a pregnancy that would stick - after her three miscarriages.

But after multiple ultrasounds, the doctors' prognosis was grim: His heart, lung, kidney and brain problems were severe, and his genetic disorder, called triploidy, meant he had an extra set of chromosomes. The doctors said that either Finley would die before birth, or if he did make it to term, he would die a few minutes or at most an hour after birth.

One of their doctors told them, "Some of these things could be fixed, but all of these things together - this cannot be fixed," Kailee remembers.

She says the doctor told them that before Texas' six-week abortion ban went into effect in September of last year, she would have advised abortion as "the safest course for you [and] the most humane course of action for him."

But the doctor said she could not offer them an abortion in Texas. She said the only option to get one was to travel out of state.

Risk to Kailee's life

Staying pregnant with Finley could have put Kailee's life in danger.

She has two blood clotting disorders, which put her at a higher risk for having dangerous blood clots during pregnancy. Plus, mothers of babies with triploidy are more likely to get preeclampsia, a potentially deadly pregnancy disorder. Also, there was an increased risk for a placental abnormality associated with cancer.

Kailee said she considered risking her own life to carry Finley to term.

"I [wanted] to say goodbye," she said. "I [wanted] a chance to hold him."

But then she thought about how Finley would suffer as he struggled to breathe.

"He's going to suffocate, he's going to die, and I'm going to watch him do it," she said.

For Cade, there was only one option: It made no sense to him to risk his wife's life to have a baby who was certain to die quickly.

Cade told Kailee, " 'I will support you whatever decision that you make, but I really don't want to lose both of you, ' " Kailee remembers.

The couple opted for abortion, driving 10 hours to a clinic in New Mexico. The procedure and travel cost $3,500. They hoped their insurance would cover the procedure, but Texas law strictly limits abortion coverage, and the clinic told them their insurance company declined to pay.

The DeSpains didn't have enough money - Kailee said she was docked pay at work because she'd had too many sick days - so Cade asked a relative he describes as "the epitome of the Trump fanboy" to give them the $3,500. The relative relented when Cade said that without the abortion, he could end up a widower at age 30.

Cade said he didn't like asking for the money, but "my job as a husband is to protect and love my wife. If I'm not fighting to keep her here, then I failed."

Kailee had the abortion in March, when she was 19 weeks pregnant.

'I'm still so angry and hurt'

While legislators did not respond to CNN's questions about Kailee's case, the president of Texas Right to Life did.

John Seago said that "Texas law is very clear about what circumstances that an abortion could be performed" and that "what happened to [Kailee] and the response of her physicians was absolutely a misrepresentation of the law. And this should never have happened."

But Katie Keith, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at Georgetown University Law Center, said Texas' abortion laws - the one that took effect last year and another one that went into effect last month - are not at all clear and are "designed to be purposely vague and broad."

The more recent law, for example, says an abortion can be performed if the mother "has a life-threatening physical condition aggravated, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that places the female at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function."

"They don't spell out exactly the situations when an abortion can be provided," Keith said.

Kailee said her doctors told her they could give her an abortion only if she were at imminent risk of dying - essentially, if she were " 'dying on the table.' "

If a physician is found in violation of the law, the punishments can be severe: heavy fines, loss of their medical license and a possible life sentence in prison.

Plus, citizens can file lawsuits against physicians they think have performed an illegal abortion, and if they win, they can get a $10,000 reward. If the citizen is wrong and the doctor wins the lawsuit, the doctor still has to pay their own legal fees, as Texas law specifically forbids doctors from recouping fees from plaintiffs.

"Facing the potential to become a felon and face life in prison for simply trying to take care of patients has been horrifying, and I'd be lying if I said that I haven't considered leaving the state," said Dr. Leah Tatum, a spokesperson for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists who practices in Austin, Texas, and has treated patients in similar situations to Kailee's since the Texas anti-abortion laws passed.

The Texas law that went into effect last year barred most abortions at the onset of fetal cardiac activity, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy and before many people know they are pregnant. It was one of the earliest and most restrictive abortion laws. Laws that ban abortion or severely restrict the procedure have gone into effect in about a dozen states after the US Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to abortion on June 24.

Kailee says that the last time she saw her obstetrician, she advised her not to get pregnant in Texas.

"She said 'this is not safe,' " Kailee remembers. " She said, 'I need you to look at me. I need you to understand that if you get pregnant in Texas and that if you have complications, that I cannot intervene until I can prove that you're going to die.' "

The DeSpains say they are thinking about leaving Texas, but it would be difficult to leave their work and their families.

Kailee said they're sharing their story in hopes of increasing awareness so "that stories like mine can change enough voters' perspectives."

"I'm still so angry and hurt about it that I can hardly see straight," she wrote on Facebook the day after the abortion. "Finley and I were simply collateral damage in a much bigger picture. It's hard for me to wrap my head around the thought process of lawmakers that would rather a full-term baby suffocate to death than allow a mother to make a decision that spares her child that pain."

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The buffalo bills put on a show in last nights first NFL game last night. They beat the Rams 31-10. Yet they did have a lot of turnovers they destroyed the Rams. Josh Allen and the Bills are perceived to have a chance to go to the Superbowl this year under their star quarter back.

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The defending-champion Los Angeles Rams took on the Buffalo Bills-the oddsmakers' 2022 Super Bowl favorite-to kick off the NFL season on Thursday night. When the dust settled, only one team looked the part.

The Bills didn't play a perfect game by any stretch of the imagination. Josh Allen had a pair of interceptions. Zack Moss had a late fumble that gave L.A. a final gasp. Rookie running back James Cook fumbled on his first professional carry.

Yet Buffalo still dominated the game in almost every way imaginable. Leslie Frazier's defense flustered Matthew Stafford early and often. The offense clicked throughout the game. Former Ram-turned-Bill Von Miller? He's still a difference-maker.

Final score: Bills 31, Rams 10. If not for Buffalo's miscues, it could have been even uglier.

Buffalo came into the season with no glaring weaknesses. The Bills did have a few questions, but they answered most of them on Thursday. One game won't define a season, but Sean McDermott's squad looks like the team to beat right now.
Josh Allen's Evolution Continues
The biggest reason Buffalo is perceived as a Super Bowl contender is the presence of Allen. The 26-year-old Wyoming product is the epitome of a modern-day NFL quarterback. He's big, strong, can sling the ball anywhere on the field and can run around, over and through defenders.

What makes Allen truly amazing, though, is the growth he's shown over the past four-plus years. He was incredibly raw coming out of college-Allen finished his 2018 rookie campaign with a paltry 67.9 passer rating. That's lower than what New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson (69.7) posted as a rookie last year.

Allen has progressively gotten better since. He was a Pro Bowler in 2020 and took the Bills within a few plays of the AFC title game last season, tossing nine touchdown passes and no interceptions in two playoff games. On Thursday, he flashed the sort of accuracy and field awareness that seemed unfathomable during his inaugural season.

Allen completed 26 of 31 attempts and hit seven different receivers against Los Angeles. Those two interceptions look bad on the stat sheet, but one was a drop by Isaiah McKenzie.

The Rams defense-which is still loaded with talent, even after the Miller departure-struggled to contain Allen after going into halftime tied 10-10. His final stat line: 297 passing yards, three touchdowns, two interceptions, 56 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown.

Allen looks like an early favorite for MVP.
Questions Asked and (Mostly) Answered
The biggest questions surrounding Buffalo involved the departure of offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Cole Beasley. Daboll had led the offensive game-planning since Allen was a rookie, while Sanders and Beasley combined for 1,319 yards and five touchdowns in 2021.

Under new coordinator Ken Dorsey, the Buffalo offense didn't miss a beat on Thursday. Dropping 31 points on the defending Super Bowl champions doesn't happen by accident.

And while replacing the tandem of Sanders and Beasley might be a challenge, Gabe Davis has settled in nicely as the new No. 2 target opposite Stefon Diggs.

Diggs led Buffalo with eight catches for 122 yards and a touchdown, and Davis (four catches, 88 yards, 1 TD) gave L.A.'s secondary plenty of trouble as well.

Buffalo had high expectations for Davis coming into the regular season.

"When I was in Bills camp, I was told with certainty that his four-TD performance in the playoff loss at Kansas City was the start of something big, not a fluke," Peter King of ProFootballTalk wrote. "He's a worker, and Josh Allen sees him as a great complement-not a distant number two-to Diggs."

Thus far, Davis has not disappointed.

The few problems the Bills showed Thursday seem mostly correctable. Both of Allen's interceptions involved his slot receivers-he was slightly off the mark to Jamison Crowder on the second. Buffalo will need to find some reliability there. The running game also remains a work-in-progress.

Allen led the Bills in rushing, while Devin Singletary, Moss and Cook combined for 65 yards. Fumbling didn't help the cause on the ground. It's worth noting that Singletary (6.0 yards per carry) and the running game as a whole (121 yards, 4.8 yards per carry) were effective.

Ball security can be stressed, and Dorsey can figure out a plan to make the ground game go. Perhaps the biggest remaining question is how good Buffalo can be when it plays four full quarters of clean football.
The Von Miller Factor
We can't talk about how dominant the Bills were on Thursday without mentioning Miller. The longtime Denver Broncos star and future Hall of Famer helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI in February, and he helped put them away in Week 1.

Miller, who finished with four tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss, was virtually unstoppable at times. If he's lost a step at age 33, it's not obvious.

For as impressive as Miller was individually, his impact on the Bills defensive front might have been even more eyebrow-raising. Buffalo had the league's No. 1-ranked defense and logged 42 sacks last season but never had "that guy" who could command a team's attention on the edge.

Mario Addison led Buffalo with seven sacks in 2021, and he was the only Bills player with more than four.

Miller is that guy, and he's going to open up a lot of opportunities for A.J. Epenesa and Boogie Basham. Stafford was sacked seven times on Thursday, and he tossed three interceptions and rarely appeared comfortable in the pocket.

Aside from Cooper Kupp (13 catches, 128 yards and a touchdown), most of the Rams offense seemed out of sorts.

While the Bills defense was already great, Miller makes it even more dangerous, and that's a problem for the other 15 teams in the AFC. Even when the Buffalo offense makes mistakes, as it did against L.A., the defense is likely to force just as many.

On Thursday, the Bills showed the NFL world that it's going to take a nearly perfect game by a very talented team-and perhaps a little good fortune-to beat them in 2022.

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The defending-champion Los Angeles Rams took on the Buffalo Bills-the oddsmakers' 2022 Super Bowl favorite-to kick off the NFL season on Thursday night. When the dust settled, only one team looked the part. The Bills didn't play a perfect game by any stretch of the imagination. Josh Allen had a pair of interceptions.

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Queen Elizabeth the ll died September 8, 2022. Her oldest son Charles is the new King with his wife Camila as Queen Consort. He chose the name King Charles the lll. He also is Head of Nation now. He will be the symbol of national identity. King Charles lll is now one of the richest men in England.

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As King Charles III takes the throne, big changes lie ahead for the royal family

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God save the Queen, long live the King. The second Elizabethan age has come to an end and the royal family will now regroup around a new monarch for the next era in British history.

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2 officers were ambushed and killed while serving a warrent. They were shot from somebody in the house that had barricated themselves and someboy in near by car. 2 people are currently in custody.

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Two Cobb County Sheriff's deputies have been killed while serving a warrant, and a suspect is barricaded, officials said Thursday night.

"Two @CobbSheriff deputies died tonight in the line of duty while serving a warrant," the sheriff's office tweeted. "SWAT and FAST teams are at the scene. The suspect is barricaded."

"We will release additional information, including the names of the fallen deputies, as it becomes available," the office added.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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Two Cobb County Sheriff's deputies have been killed while serving a warrant, and a suspect is barricaded, officials said Thursday night. "Two @CobbSheriff deputies died tonight in the line of duty while serving a warrant," the sheriff's office tweeted. "SWAT and FAST teams are at the scene. The suspect is barricaded."

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The Miami school bored made the decision to decline October as the "LGBTQ" history month. They has a disuccion for more than 3 hours on Wednesday about this topic. Students from Miami school district and others spoke a pond the Nazis rejected gays and lesbians with a "pink triangle". This vote was finalized by bored member Lucia Baez Gerller.

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The Miami-Dade school board overwhelming decided against recognizing October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History month, which included a measure to teach 12th-graders about two supreme court cases affecting the LGBTQ community.

Parents, teachers and students spoke for more than three hours on Wednesday, with one group citing indoctrination of students and the other speaking about how Nazis ostracized gays and lesbians with a pink triangle. The board then voted 8-1 against the measure, which was proffered by board member Lucia Baez Geller.

Outside the school board's headquarters, where people waited to speak during the meeting, a group of Proud Boys got into a loud argument with someone hoisting a trans flag, the Miami Herald reported.

"There is an election year and the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric is a tool used by some to spread misinformation," Geller said. "This is just plain disinformation."

She told the newspaper the measure "is mostly to recognize the dignity and the respect for each other". She also noted that seniors could opt out of learning about the two supreme court cases - Obergefell v Hodges, which recognizes same-sex marriage, and Bostock v Clayton County, which says an employer cannot fire someone for being gay or transgender.

Throughout the year, other months are recognized to teach students about history, including Hispanic heritage, Black history and women's history. October is National LGBT History Month.

Last year, the school board recognized LGBTQ month, but did not include the provision to add the two supreme court cases

The Miami-Dade public school system is the nation's fourth largest, with 331,500 students.

Among those who opposed the measure, some said it went against their religious beliefs while others said the board was abiding in the indoctrination and sexual abuse of children. Some falsely claimed the measure would adopt new curriculum for students to learn about LGBTQ+ issues without parental consent

Earlier this year, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida championed a law that bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, which critics dubbed the "don't say gay" bill.

Max Tover, a pastor and parent in the district, led those outside in a prayer, asking that the board members reject the motion. He told the Herald that passing the measure was "a Trojan horse".

Maxx Fenning, president and founder of the non-profit Prism FL, which provides sexual health information to LGBTQ+ youth, likened opposition to the measure to how Nazis ostracized gay people by making them wear a pink triangle badge to reflect their sexual orientation.

The final vote came about 9.45pm on Wednesday, after the board took a one-hour break to hear discussion about the district's budget. Some still in the audience cheered as others sat silently.

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Miami-Dade school board rejects plan to make October LGBTQ History month

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A veteran that was stabbed to death had the killers DNA underneath his fingernails, and defensive wounds. Robert Telles was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the DNA.

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A Las Vegas public official is being held on open murder charge in connection with the killing of an investigative journalist, sheriff says

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An elected county official in Las Vegas is being held on an open murder charge in connection with the stabbing death of a veteran journalist who had reported on the official’s purported wrongdoing, a sheriff announced Thursday.

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Firefighters were struggling to stop the fires spreading in California on Friday. The fires caused thousands of residents to flee their homes. Two people died and more than 18,000 homes were threatened.

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Firefighters on Friday struggled to control raging California wildfires that have grown explosively during extreme heat and forced thousands of residents to flee mountain communities at both ends of the state. Meanwhile, southern California was preparing for the arrival of a tropical storm that could bring flash floods and more trouble for the state's electric grid.

The Fairview fire in Southern California covered about 37 sq miles (95 sq km) of Riverside county and was just 5% contained. Two people died while fleeing flames on Monday and at least 11 structures have been destroyed. More than 18,000 homes were threatened by the fire fed by shifting winds, officials said Thursday evening.

To the north in the Sierra Nevada, the Mosquito fire burned out of control, scorching at least 20 sq miles (52 sq km) and threatening 3,600 homes in Placer and El Dorado counties, while blanketing the region in smoke.

Flames jumped the American River, burning structures in the mountain hamlet of Volcanoville and moving closer to the towns of Foresthill, home to about 1,500 people, and Georgetown, population 3,000. Fire spokesperson Chris Vestal called the fast-moving blaze an "extreme and critical fire threat."

Stefani Lake evacuated her hilltop home near Georgetown Thursday after sheriff's deputies knocked on doors telling people to get out. "The dogs are in the back of the car, I've got a room for the night, so I'm ready to leave," Lake told the Sacramento Bee.

About 100 miles to the east, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection warned the Reno area that air quality could be very unhealthy to hazardous due to smoke from the Mosquito fire.

The Mosquito fire's cause remained under investigation. The utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) notified California's Public Utilities Commission that the US Forest Service placed caution tape around the base of a PG&E transmission pole but that no damage could be seen. PG&E said unspecified "electrical activity" occurred close in time to the report of the fire on 6 September.

Another dangerous blaze burned in stands of timber near the Big Bear Lake resort region in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. It was just 2% contained after scorching nearly 2 sq miles.

California faced other weather threats as an oppressive heat wave strained the state power grid and moisture from a tropical storm threatened to unleash thunderstorms and floods.

A surge of clouds and showers associated with Tropical Storm Kay off Mexico's Baja California peninsula knocked the edge off temperatures in Southern California at times, but raised fears of high wind and strong rainfall in the coming days. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane Thursday evening.

Despite the initial impacts of Kay, forecasters warned that the heat was not yet done.
"The seemingly endless heat wave that has been plaguing California will finally becoming to an end across at least Southern California, but not before two more very hot days and very warm nights," the Los Angeles-area weather office wrote.

Operators of California's power grid issued another "flex alert" call for voluntary cuts in use of electricity and expanded the period by two hours, 3pm to 10pm.

Wildfire smoke and the cloud cover created uncertainty about solar power production in afternoon hours when temperatures rise toward their peaks, said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator.

Storm and wind conditions associated with the approaching hurricane were likely to create a new set of risks for power shortages in Southern California, he noted.

Cal-ISO has issued Flex Alerts since last week and has avoided ordering rolling power outages, although a miscommunication with one northern California provider led to blackouts.

Kay was expected to reach northern Baja California on Friday, the National Weather Service said. Despite losing hurricane strength, Kay was expected to send a surge of moisture into southern California. Strong winds and heavy rain were likely Friday evening through Saturday. Tropical storm warnings were posted for mariners.

The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said there was a chance the outer bands of the big storm could bring heavy rain - and possibly flash floods - to parts of parched southern California and south-western Arizona on Saturday.

Ivory Small, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego, said the storm was expected to affect the San Diego county area with somewhat less strength than a tropical storm. While the eye would remain well offshore, he said winds could be strong enough to down tree branches.

Around an inch of rain was forecast for the coast and upwards of four inches in the mountains, "which is a lot of rain for September," he said.

The last time a hurricane or tropical storm came close to San Diego was Nora in 1997, which entered the US as a tropical storm near Yuma, Arizona, and also brought about an inch of rain to the San Diego area, Small said.

Up the west coast, forecasters predicted strong, gusting winds and low humidity across western Oregon beginning Friday and authorities warned of heightened wildfire danger after an unseasonably hot and dry late summer.

An Oregon utility said it will cut power to about 12,500 customers to the south and west of Portland in anticipation of strong, dry winds that pose a severe wildfire danger in the region. Another utility says about 30,000 additional customers could see their power cut as well in a bid to prevent fire from sagging or broken power lines.

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Queen Elizabeth the second has died on 9/8. Now with her death her oldest son prince Charles is now the new heir to the thrown. He is expected on Saturday in st James place to be kinged and rule the U.K.

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Last night Josh Allen took down the LA Rams with a 31-10 game. Josh Allen passed 297 yards, and made a total of four touchdowns. He threw 26/31 and only had two interceptions. Josh Allen also had his own touchdown and rushed for 56 yards. Because of last nights preformance, the Bills are in discussion of a superbowl this season.

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Josh Allen passed for 297 yards while accounting for four touchdowns, Von Miller had two of Buffalo's seven sacks, and the Bills stamped themselves as a clear contender for the Rams' Super Bowl crown with a 31-10 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday night.

Gabe Davis, Isaiah McKenzie and Stefon Diggs caught touchdown passes as the two-time defending AFC East champion Bills opened the NFL's 103rd season by overcoming four turnovers and running away with a blowout win in the same stadium where the Rams won the Super Bowl nearly seven months ago.

Allen went 26 for 31 despite two interceptions. He also rushed for 56 yards, scrambling for a four-yard TD when he stretched the ball over the line with 13:27 to play. The quarterback took his share of hits, but he also dished them out and showed off a mean stiff-arm while Buffalo's offense under new coordinator Ken Dorsey largely dominated the champs.

Matthew Stafford passed for 240 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions on a bruising night for the Rams, who lost a season opener and fell below .500 for the first time in coach Sean McVay's six seasons in charge.

The Bills' seven sacks were the most allowed in McVay's tenure with the Rams, who lost two starters from last year's offensive line and attempted to replace them internally.

Diggs punctuated the domination with a 53-yard TD catch with 9:25 to play, talking trash to Rams All-Pro defensive back Jalen Ramsey afterward.

Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp had 13 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown, but the Rams' night went quickly downhill after they unveiled their championship banner in a pregame ceremony. Los Angeles could not keep up with Allen's creative playmaking or the Bills' pass rush, and their only major offseason addition on offense - receiver Allen Robinson - had one catch on two targets. The Rams even got shut out in the second half, ending a streak of 89 consecutive halves with a point since November 2019.

Miller made an immediate impact in his debut for the Bills, who signed him away from the Rams after he won a ring in his half-season in LA. But he was just one part of a defense that yielded only 177 yards before Los Angeles' final, meaningless drive.

Aaron Donald made his 99th career sack in the first half, but the seven-time All-Pro had just two tackles as the Rams became only the second defending champions in the last 10 years to lose the following season opener. Los Angeles trailed 17-10 after three quarters, but Buffalo ran away with two lengthy TD drives early in the fourth quarter.

With Dorsey taking over from Brian Daboll, the Bills went nine for 10 on third downs and racked up 413 total yards, but three first-half turnovers kept it close early.

Allen set a career high to start a game by completing his first 10 passes, but linebacker Terrell Lewis' interception stopped Buffalo's second drive in Rams territory. Rookie James Cook fumbled away his first touch for Buffalo moments later, but Dane Jackson made an interception two snaps after that.

Los Angeles finally scored on their fourth drive when Kupp made an exceptional toe-tapping catch in the back of the end zone on a precise throw three minutes before halftime. The Rams got the ball back on Troy Hill's interception, and Matt Gay hit a 57-yard field goal to pull the Rams even at the halftime gun.

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Josh Allen leads Buffalo Bills to victory over LA Rams in NFL season opener

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Josh Allen passed for 297 yards while accounting for four touchdowns, Von Miller had two of Buffalo's seven sacks, and the Bills stamped themselves as a clear contender for the Rams' Super Bowl crown with a 31-10 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday night.

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Queen Elizabeth  II passes sadly at 96. The new king of London has officially returned to London.

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Britain's monarch Queen Elizabeth II was known for her dedication to duty and representing the royal family and U.K.

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Trouble in California forces people to flee mountainside communities, while firefighters struggle to control raging wildfires. And even in southern California, they are under warning of a tropical storm that could bring flash floods and trouble for the state's electrical grid.

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Firefighters on Friday struggled to control raging California wildfires that have grown explosively during extreme heat and forced thousands of residents to flee mountain communities at both ends of the state. Meanwhile, southern California was preparing for the arrival of a tropical storm that could bring flash floods and more trouble for the state's electric grid.

The Fairview fire in Southern California covered about 37 sq miles (95 sq km) of Riverside county and was just 5% contained. Two people died while fleeing flames on Monday and at least 11 structures have been destroyed. More than 18,000 homes were threatened by the fire fed by shifting winds, officials said Thursday evening.

To the north in the Sierra Nevada, the Mosquito fire burned out of control, scorching at least 20 sq miles (52 sq km) and threatening 3,600 homes in Placer and El Dorado counties, while blanketing the region in smoke.

Flames jumped the American River, burning structures in the mountain hamlet of Volcanoville and moving closer to the towns of Foresthill, home to about 1,500 people, and Georgetown, population 3,000. Fire spokesperson Chris Vestal called the fast-moving blaze an "extreme and critical fire threat."

Stefani Lake evacuated her hilltop home near Georgetown Thursday after sheriff's deputies knocked on doors telling people to get out. "The dogs are in the back of the car, I've got a room for the night, so I'm ready to leave," Lake told the Sacramento Bee.

About 100 miles to the east, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection warned the Reno area that air quality could be very unhealthy to hazardous due to smoke from the Mosquito fire.

The Mosquito fire's cause remained under investigation. The utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) notified California's Public Utilities Commission that the US Forest Service placed caution tape around the base of a PG&E transmission pole but that no damage could be seen. PG&E said unspecified "electrical activity" occurred close in time to the report of the fire on 6 September.

Another dangerous blaze burned in stands of timber near the Big Bear Lake resort region in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. It was just 2% contained after scorching nearly 2 sq miles.

California faced other weather threats as an oppressive heat wave strained the state power grid and moisture from a tropical storm threatened to unleash thunderstorms and floods.

A surge of clouds and showers associated with Tropical Storm Kay off Mexico's Baja California peninsula knocked the edge off temperatures in Southern California at times, but raised fears of high wind and strong rainfall in the coming days. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane Thursday evening.

Despite the initial impacts of Kay, forecasters warned that the heat was not yet done.
"The seemingly endless heat wave that has been plaguing California will finally becoming to an end across at least Southern California, but not before two more very hot days and very warm nights," the Los Angeles-area weather office wrote.

Operators of California's power grid issued another "flex alert" call for voluntary cuts in use of electricity and expanded the period by two hours, 3pm to 10pm.

Wildfire smoke and the cloud cover created uncertainty about solar power production in afternoon hours when temperatures rise toward their peaks, said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator.

Storm and wind conditions associated with the approaching hurricane were likely to create a new set of risks for power shortages in Southern California, he noted.

Cal-ISO has issued Flex Alerts since last week and has avoided ordering rolling power outages, although a miscommunication with one northern California provider led to blackouts.

Kay was expected to reach northern Baja California on Friday, the National Weather Service said. Despite losing hurricane strength, Kay was expected to send a surge of moisture into southern California. Strong winds and heavy rain were likely Friday evening through Saturday. Tropical storm warnings were posted for mariners.

The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said there was a chance the outer bands of the big storm could bring heavy rain - and possibly flash floods - to parts of parched southern California and south-western Arizona on Saturday.

Ivory Small, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego, said the storm was expected to affect the San Diego county area with somewhat less strength than a tropical storm. While the eye would remain well offshore, he said winds could be strong enough to down tree branches.

Around an inch of rain was forecast for the coast and upwards of four inches in the mountains, "which is a lot of rain for September," he said.

The last time a hurricane or tropical storm came close to San Diego was Nora in 1997, which entered the US as a tropical storm near Yuma, Arizona, and also brought about an inch of rain to the San Diego area, Small said.

Up the west coast, forecasters predicted strong, gusting winds and low humidity across western Oregon beginning Friday and authorities warned of heightened wildfire danger after an unseasonably hot and dry late summer.

An Oregon utility said it will cut power to about 12,500 customers to the south and west of Portland in anticipation of strong, dry winds that pose a severe wildfire danger in the region. Another utility says about 30,000 additional customers could see their power cut as well in a bid to prevent fire from sagging or broken power lines.

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California fights to control raging wildfires as threat of flash floods grows

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Firefighters on Friday struggled to control raging California wildfires that have grown explosively during extreme heat and forced thousands of residents to flee mountain communities at both ends of the state. Meanwhile, southern California was preparing for the arrival of a tropical storm that could bring flash floods and more trouble for the state's electric grid.

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Former mayor, Mormon Bishop accused of sexual abuse of children.

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SALT LAKE CITY -- A former Utah city mayor and bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been arrested on accusations he sexually abused at least three children decades ago.

Carl Matthew Johnson, 77, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Davis County jail in northern Utah on suspicion of seven counts of sex abuse of a child, according to a probable cause statement.

Investigators say Johnson acknowledged abusing three victims in 1985, 1993 and 1996 and estimated there was a total of six victims as young as 2-years-old, according to the document. He told investigators he had struggled "controlling his sexual urges" most of his life.

The investigation is still ongoing, but so far Johnson is only booked on charges stemming from three victims. Johnson had not yet been charged as of Thursday afternoon and it was unknown if he had an attorney.

Johnson was in a "position of trust" over each victim, but the probable cause statement doesn't say what years Johnson was a church bishop or if the alleged abuse occurred while Johnson was in that role. Bishops are lay clergy who oversee local congregations for a few years at a time in a rotating role reserved only for men in the faith known widely as the Mormon church.

Stephanie Dinsmore, spokesperson for Davis County Sheriff's Office, declined to say if the alleged abuse happened when Johnson was a church bishop, saying in a text that the agency will not be commenting on Johnson's "affiliation" with the church.

Johnson's other leadership role was mayor of West Bountiful from 1990-1997, a city just outside of Salt Lake City.

The victims told investigators they were told not to tell anyone, and Johnson used his position to suppress disclosures, according to the probable cause statement.

Officials with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints didn't immediately have comment about the accusations.

The faith has come under scrutiny following an Associated Press investigation that found flaws in how it handles reporting of sex abuse allegations made to bishops. The church has defended the system and alleged AP has mischaracterized its reporting system.

The AP reported Thursday that a Utah lawmaker was the person who advised a church bishop in Arizona not to report a confession of child sex abuse to authorities, a decision that allowed the abuse to continue for years, according to records filed in a lawsuit.

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Former mayor, Mormon bishop accused of sex abuse of children

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SALT LAKE CITY -- A former Utah city mayor and bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been arrested on accusations he sexually abused at least three children decades ago.

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bitcoin has dropped 20,000 dollars in mid june. the internet is cheering for the end of cryptocurrency.

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s bitcoin plunged below $20,000 in mid-June, many cryptocurrency users were distraught over massive losses - with some reporting they had lost their life savings. But one corner of the internet was cheering: Buttcoin, a Reddit subforum launched in 2011 to poke fun at cryptocurrency.

"I'm addicted, I need help," read one popular post. "I just love watching line go down too much. I always tell myself 'after it breaks through this next support line, you'll be satisfied' but there's ALWAYS another lower level after that." "I'm actually hoping it levels off at 20K for tonight," said another user. "I'm kinda tired and need more time to think of new lower priced memes."

One tech industry worker who frequents Buttcoin told the Guardian they stayed up until 3am one night to watch the crash unfold. "I know this may sound pathetic but I get a dopamine hit when I see the bitcoin price going down. It was so exciting."

The cryptocurrency flirted with its two-year low again this week, which meant a festive mood at Buttcoin. With about 135,000 members, the subreddit is tiny compared with the millions of people who chat on Reddit's many pro-cryptocurrency forums. But frequent contributors to the community - whose logo replaces bitcoin's golden "B" with a pair of golden buttcheeks - describe it as a kind of digital support group, laced through with dark humor, for people who are horrified by the proliferation of crypto scams and pyramid schemes. Though they may not have the power to destroy crypto, they can make jokes when it stumbles. As Buttcoin members say, instead of mining useless digital coins - they're "mining comedy gold".

Just like the crypto culture it mocks, Buttcoin has its own set of memes. Some of them simply flip crypto sayings. Instead of baying for token prices to rise "to the moon", Buttcoin users chant "to the floor". But Buttcoin's most popular jokes take pro-crypto logic and push them to sarcastic extremes. To skewer crypto promoters' habit of spinning negative news, Buttcoin users comment "This is good for bitcoin" under stories of cryptocurrency catastrophes. (Bitcoin's been banned in a major country? Good for bitcoin. Bitcoin's price is plummeting? Good for bitcoin. Someone lost their life savings to a bitcoin scam? You guessed it... good for bitcoin.)

Another crypto catchphrase smugly referencing the technology's complexity, "Few understand," has been become a Buttcoin meme in its own right. (For example: a Buttcoin user jokes that a 2003 Toyota Camry's rising price amid the crypto crash makes the Camry a superior "store of value". "Every 2003 Camry has a unique VIN and you can drive it to the supermarket too ... Few understand," another replies. "This is good for Toyota," a third chimes in.)

Buttcoin's most senior moderator, an IT worker who goes by spookmann, told the Guardian that the 11-year-old forum has "changed as crypto itself as grown and festered. "Originally the tone was almost entirely 'Haha... that's so silly!' And certainly that element is still present, but nowadays there's an increasingly tragic element of 'Ugghh... so many people are having their lives ruined by this damn thing!'"

The biggest posts on Buttcoin are shot through with schadenfreude. The subreddit invariably celebrates when bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, dips below symbolic price levels - which to many Buttcoin users, proves that the scam is unraveling. "I definitely get hopeful when it starts seriously dipping or when some stablecoin scheme goes to zero," said Joe, a systems engineer who browses Buttcoin every day. "There's a kind of thrill to the validation of it, right? Especially since the crypto bro stereotypes are so obnoxious whenever it goes up in a new bubble."

But the more controversial posts mock crypto investors themselves for losing money - though there's disagreement over how far to go. Some highly rated posts on the subreddit argue that there should be no sympathy for victims. "They can go fuck themselves," read one post in late June, with more than 1,500 upvotes: "Criticizing scams is not being mean. This also isn't a support group to help console people who lost all of their money on ElonDogPoop Coin." Not all Buttcoin users agree. "Even if they are assholes, I don't relish the idea of the average [investor] losing their life savings even if they should have been able to see the scam for what it is. That unambiguously sucks," Joe says.

There's a "shared enjoyment of watching things go up in flames", said M, a Buttcoin user and a tech industry worker, but he still has "sympathy for those drawn into crypto by family members or by the promise of a better life ... Times are tough for most." He pointed to the victims of Celsius, an unlicensed crypto "bank" that offered massive returns to over a million investors in an alleged ponzi scheme that collapsed earlier this summer. The court testimonies - which included pleas from ordinary people who lost their life savings - were "heartbreaking", M said.

Because Reddit's pro-cryptocurrency forums quickly delete critical posts, Buttcoin also attracts users looking to commiserate over loved ones who have been caught up in the scam. One support seeker was Izzycc, a 23-year-old social work student whose boyfriend of eight years had become depressed after getting sucked into the NFT fad and losing money.

"I'm absolutely fucking praying for the downfall of cryptocurrency," she wrote. "It would mean a wakeup call for him, he might finally pull out of this scam, and maybe even start to feel a little better not staring at a number that's only going down." Buttcoin users urged Izzycc to break up with her boyfriend - and so she did. "It was for a couple of reasons, but the NFT stuff was kind of a big one," she told the Guardian.

"I just hated being around it all the time. I hated when he would talk to my family about it. It was just kind of embarrassing, I guess." She's doing "a lot better now", but still browses Buttcoin: "The people are funny, and I know too much about cryptocurrency to not at least casually browse the site at this point."

Buttcoin sometimes deals with heavier tragedy. In August, a user described a close friend who had gone all-in on crypto before he killed himself. "I was secretly making fun of him," the user wrote, "till I recently heard the bad news ... and it's hard to feel sorry for crypto bros, but now that I'm here, I do." "I'm tearing up hearing about this," wrote one user. Another user observed: "This sub makes a lot of jokes that I consider comic relief, but everything about this sucks, in reality."

That's the tension that runs through Buttcoin: beneath the memes lies real pain - and a frustration of watching helplessly as more people around you get hurt. "I think if the crypto cult was just a bunch of dudes off in the woods with a server farm and a maypole there wouldn't be any real call for Buttcoin to exist," said Joe. "But it apparently intends to stick around and become a sufficiently big part of the world overall that I don't have that option."

Buttcoin isn't so much a force for resistance as it is a coping mechanism, Joe said, and one that at least for him, may even be backfiring.

"I'm pretty sure the algorithms have actually been sending me more crypto ads since I started posting regularly because they can't tell the difference between 'I'm reading about how absurd this is' and 'I'm reading about this as a potential sucker/customer.'" He refreshes Buttcoin anyway, hoping he'll one day witness the price go all the way to the floor.

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When bitcoin plunges, Buttcoin cheers: the online community praying for crypto's death

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s bitcoin plunged below $20,000 in mid-June, many cryptocurrency users were distraught over massive losses - with some reporting they had lost their life savings. But one corner of the internet was cheering: Buttcoin, a Reddit subforum launched in 2011 to poke fun at cryptocurrency. "I'm addicted, I need help," read one popular post.

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Queen Elizabeth II died on 9/8 from blood poisoning at the age of 96. She reigned for 70 years and now King Charles III will take over the throne. The whole world is in a state of grief with a minute of silence at the US Open and the lights went out at dark at the Eiffel Tower.

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Analysis: A Queen who personified continuity and stability leaves at a perilous moment for the world

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The Queen became a global icon of leadership even though, and perhaps because, she was not a politician. In many ways, her influence was rooted simply in the fact that year after year, decade after decade, she was there -- always.

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After Josh Allen's great game, he and Rams Linebacker, Jake Gervase denied to shake each others hands. Josh Allen also stiff armed a Nick Scott a DB into the ground

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At a Kentucky hotel, a police officer was shot and wounded. The other officers there returned fire and killed the suspect.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A person who fired at officers, wounding one, was killed when police returned fire while answering a call at a Kentucky hotel, a statement from Lexington Police said.

Officers responded late Thursday to the Extended Stay America in Lexington and attempted to make contact with a suspect, a police statement said. The suspect fired a gun and one officer was wounded and taken to a hospital, but was expected to survive, police said.

Officers returned fire and the suspect was hit and taken to a hospital, but was later pronounced dead, the statement said. Police did not identify the suspect or any officers involved.

Kentucky State Police are investigating.

On the same night, two Georgia deputies were killed while serving a warrant in a suburb near Atlanta and two suspects were taken into custody, authorities said.

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Police: Kentucky officer wounded, suspect killed in shooting

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A person who fired at officers, wounding one, was killed when police returned fire while answering a call at a Kentucky hotel, a statement from Lexington Police said. Officers responded late Thursday to the Extended Stay America in Lexington and attempted to make contact with a suspect, a police statement said.

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California has been losing power due to over using the power and high heat. People were told to not use as much power during the hot days to help.

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Why California has blackouts: A look at the power grid

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Extreme temperatures have sent electric demand on the grid to record levels.

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The los angeles county says this in one of 2 deaths currently under investigation to find out if monkeypox was the cause.

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Los Angeles County is investigating the death of a person who had been diagnosed with monkeypox, county officials said during a press conference Thursday.

"This is one of two deaths in the United States that are currently under investigation to determine whether monkeypox was a contributing cause of death," Dr. Rita Singhal, chief medical officer and director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Disease Control Bureau, said.

The county is in the preliminary phase of its investigation and doesn't have many details to share with the public but will share them "while maintaining confidentiality and privacy" when they become available, Singhal said.

There are more than 21,000 cases of monkeypox in the U.S., according to county officials, with California reporting 4,140 -- the largest number of cases in the country. About 1,694 people have tested positive for monkeypox in LA County, officials said Thursday.

"Across the world, there have been seven confirmed deaths among monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries," Singhal said.

Texas health officials revealed last month that a Harris County, Texas, resident, who had been diagnosed with monkeypox, died.

A vial containing the monkeypox vaccine and a syringe is set on the table at a vaccination clinic run by the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 20, 2022.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the patient was severely immunocompromised and died at a Harris County hospital.

Health officials have urged the immunocompromised to get vaccinated since they are at an elevated risk of severe disease.

Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that they're in the fourth phase of their monkeypox vaccine rollout and have received 57,000 vials of the JYNNEOS vaccine, about 113,000 doses.

The county has also expanded vaccine eligibility to people at high risk of future exposures, officials said Thursday.

Most cases in the current monkeypox outbreak have been detected in gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men. However, officials have said that anyone exposed to the virus could become infected with monkeypox.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monkeypox primarily spreads through prolonged skin-to-skin contact with infected people's lesions or bodily fluids.

In addition to lesions, which can appear like pimples or blisters, the most common symptoms associated with monkeypox are swollen lymph nodes, fever, headache, fatigue and muscle aches.
ABC News' Mary Kekatos and Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report.

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Los Angeles County investigates death of person with monkeypox

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Los Angeles County is investigating the death of a person who had been diagnosed with monkeypox, county officials said during a press conference Thursday. "This is one of two deaths in the United States that are currently under investigation to determine whether monkeypox was a contributing cause of death," Dr. Rita Singhal, chief medical officer and director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Disease Control Bureau, said.

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Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96. The new King Charles has returned to london for his inaugural speech

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LONDON - King Charles III, newly acceded to the British throne, will return to London on Friday from Balmoral Castle in Scotland, a day after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to deliver an inaugural address to the nation.

The televised speech, expected in the late afternoon, will be the centerpiece of a solemn day of remembrance for the queen. But it will also emphasize the continuity of governance in Britain's constitutional monarchy, as the new king will hold an audience with the prime minister, Liz Truss, who took office earlier this week.

Before the king arrives in the capital, the sound of gun salutes will reverberate through the city from Hyde Park and other sites - 96 rounds, one for each year of the queen's life. Bells will toll at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral and Windsor Castle, outside London, where the queen spent much of the end of her life.

Charles will be accompanied by Camilla, now the queen consort, a title her mother-in-law fervently wished her to have. Marking her 70 years on the throne in February, the queen anticipated this moment of transition, appealing in a personal statement for Britons to open their hearts to Charles and Camilla.

"When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me," the queen wrote. "It is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service."

That settled a delicate question about how the former Camilla Parker-Bowles would be known when Charles acceded to the throne. The two were romantically involved when Charles was married to Diana, Princess of Wales. He and Diana later divorced, and he married Camilla. Charles had long pushed for Camilla to be recognized as queen consort once he was king.

In a week of dizzying change in Britain, Charles is the second senior British figure to deliver a maiden address. Ms. Truss spoke on Tuesday in front of Downing Street, on the day the queen anointed her as prime minister. Two days later, she walked out to the same lectern to swear fealty to the new king.

The king's speech is the first of a choreographed sequence of events marking the transition from Elizabeth to Charles. On Saturday, Charles will be formally proclaimed after a meeting of the Accession Council, a conclave of senior officials who meet, by custom, at St. James's Palace in the wake of a monarch's death.

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Buckingham Palace released details on Friday morning about protocol for floral tributes, the closing of royal residences and a period of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Royal mourning

Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, it is His Majesty The King's wish that a period of royal mourning be observed from now until seven days after the queen's funeral. The date of the funeral will be confirmed in due course.

Royal mourning will be observed by members of the royal family, royal household staff and representatives of the royal household on official duties, together with troops committed to ceremonial duties.

Flags at royal residences

Flags at royal residences were half masted on Thursday and will remain half-masted until 8 a.m. on the morning after the final day of royal mourning. The half-masting of flags at royal residences does not apply to the Royal Standard and the Royal Standard in Scotland when the king is in residence, as they are always flown at full mast.

Royal gun salute

Royal salutes will be fired in London on Friday at 1 p.m. (8 a.m. Eastern) in Hyde Park by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company.

One round will be fired for each year of the queen's life.

Closure of the royal residences

Royal residences will close until after the queen's funeral. This includes The Queen's Gallery and the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, and The Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh.

Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, the queen's private estates, will also close for this period. In addition, Hillsborough Castle, The Sovereign's official residence in Northern Ireland, will be closed.

Floral tributes at the royal residences

At Buckingham Palace, members of the public will be guided to lay floral tributes at dedicated sites in The Green Park or Hyde Park. Flowers left outside the gates of Buckingham Palace will be moved to The Green Park Floral Tribute Garden.

At Windsor Castle, floral tributes can be left at Cambridge Gate on the Long Walk. These flowers will be brought inside the castle every evening and placed on the Castle Chapter grass on the south side of St George's Chapel and Cambridge Drive.

At the Sandringham Estate, members of the public are encouraged to leave floral tributes at the Norwich Gates.

At Balmoral Castle, floral tributes can be left at the main gate.

At the Palace of Holyroodhouse, members of the public are encouraged to give floral tributes to the Wardens at the entrance to The Queen's Gallery. Those flowers will be laid on the Forecourt grass in front of the North Turret of the Palace.

At Hillsborough Castle, floral tributes may be laid on the Castle Forecourt, in front of the main gates. Information on Floral Tributes at other public buildings and locations will be issued by the Cabinet Office.

Books of condolence at the royal residences

There are no physical books of condolence at the royal residences. An online book of condolence for those who wish to leave messages is available on the Royal website: https://www.royal.uk/send-message-condolence.

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II brought to an end her remarkable reign spanning seven decades, 15 prime ministers and 14 American presidents.

On Friday's episode of "The Daily" podcast, Alan Cowell, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times who wrote the obituary for the queen, discusses her legacy.

Listen to 'The Daily': How Queen Elizabeth II Saved the Monarchy

A look back at the life of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, who led her country and the royal family through moments of enormous upheaval.

As word began to spread on Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II was gravely ill, crowds quickly began to form outside Buckingham Palace in London as people awaited word on her condition.

Around the world - including in Philadelphia, Sydney, Nairobi and Tokyo - people gathered to pay their respects to the queen, a broadly popular monarch who reigned for 70 years.

Bunting flew, fireworks popped, and the Royal Air Force's acrobatics team, the Red Arrows, did a fly-past over London, blazing a trail of red, white and blue. And when the royal family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II, clad in green, extended her hand in a wave to a cheering crowd.

The appearance on the balcony was perhaps the high point of celebrations in June to mark the queen's Platinum Jubilee, a national event that ranged from street parties in tiny villages to minutely choreographed public events such as the one at Buckingham Palace.

With the announcement on Thursday of the queen's death, however, the celebration for her 70th year on the throne has taken on added poignancy.

Jubilees have for decades been a focus of royal attention in Britain and a way of taking the temperature of a changing country. In the year of the Silver Jubilee, 1977, James Callaghan was prime minister, the Ford Fiesta went on sale in Britain and punk rock band the Clash released its first album.

Twenty-five years later, Tony Blair was in Downing Street. That year, Brazil ended England's hopes of winning the World Cup soccer championship, beating them in the quarterfinals, and Girls Aloud reached No. 1 in Britain's music charts at Christmas with their debut single, "Sound of the Underground."

Boris Johnson led celebrations this year, though some people in the crowd booed him when he arrived for a Jubilee service at St. Paul's Cathedral. He resigned the following month.

The four days of events featured picnics and a pageant, as well as a star-studded Saturday night concert at Buckingham Palace that offered a mash-up of Rod Stewart's performing Neil Diamond's singalong "Sweet Caroline."

And thousands of people gathered at Windsor Castle, another royal residence, to attempt to sit at the world's longest picnic table.

In the event, the queen missed most of the festivities because of trouble walking. A crowd of several thousand saluted her with "God Save the Queen," though, and at the concert she stole the show with a prerecorded sequence in which she shared a cream tea with Paddington Bear, voiced by the actor Ben Whishaw.

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"I have to be seen to be believed," the queen famously said, and from the moment she became sovereign in 1952 at age 27, she clothed herself with that purpose in mind.

She was an adept and committed practitioner of fashion diplomacy, paving the way for Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Cambridge (among other women whose roles demanded fluency in political semiology) to work with designers and brands to extend the hand of friendship across borders. She used her position to shine a light on local industry before Brigitte Macron or Jill Biden.

And she was a master of dressing for the media: originating (and popularizing) the practice of wearing a brightly colored suit as a way to both blend in with the establishment and stand out in a crowd, thus providing the strategic template for such figures as Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel and Nancy Pelosi.

Her strategic wardrobing began in 1953 with her coronation gown, an ivory satin style embroidered with choice flora of the realm - English roses, Scottish thistles, Welsh leeks, Irish shamrocks, Canadian maple leaves, New Zealand silver ferns, Pakistani wheat, Australian wattles and South African protea - kicking off what would be decades of considered diplomatic symbolism.

So much so that, Daniel Conway, a politics and international relations lecturer at the University of Westminster, told the CBC in 2016 that it had become a key part of "British foreign policy."

The queen wore a green and white maple leaf dress for a state dinner in Ottawa in 1957; a white dress decorated with orange California poppies for a Hollywood dinner with President and Mrs. Reagan in 1983; a pink dress embroidered with tree peonies, the national flower of China, to dine with Deng Xiaoping in 1986. She arrived in Dublin in 2011 in a bright green dress and coat when she became the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland.

But her intentionality was not limited to her foreign trips. She was also keenly aware of her position in the domestic agenda.

Weekends and holidays at Balmoral in Scotland allowed her to shine a light on Scottish tartans and English tweeds. In 2018, she sat front row at London Fashion Week to inaugurate the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, given to a young designer, thus extending her patronage far beyond what she may have been able to wear herself.

That she did all this while somehow being considered outside of fashion, using the safety of frumpiness and the boringly appropriate to disguise just how tactical her choices were, was a master class in sartorial misdirection.

And as those gowns and suits migrate from her closets into museums and royal archives, thus to be preserved for future study, they should be remembered not just as relics of a reign, but as instruments of a different, peculiarly modern kind of realpolitik.

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LONDON - King Charles III, newly acceded to the British throne, will return to London on Friday from Balmoral Castle in Scotland, a day after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to deliver an inaugural address to the nation.