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☆ T'Yonna Major, 9, was 'destined for the Olympics' before she was fatally shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Lauren Mascarenhas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —T’Yonna Major was a 9-year-old girl with an oversized heart – a ravenous reader, a generous friend, a loving daughter — and she was a fearless vaulter. More about T'Yonna Major T’Yonna was shot and killed on February 24, 2023. Besides her gymanistics skills, T'Yonna Major was also an avid reader and devoured over 100 books last year. “We’re trying to… We’re going to – there ain’t no trying – we’re going to keep her name going,” Tokiyo said. T'Yonna Major would practice her routines so many times that the whole family knew them by heart.

Persons: CNN — T’Yonna, —, ”, Donna Alexin, T’Yonna, ” Alexin, Nathacha Augustin, Dylan Lyons, Keith Moses, “, Brandi, Tokiyo, ” Brandi, ” T'Yonna, Dominic Major “, Dominic Major, ’ ” Dominic, who’ve, Father, Police haven’t, “ We’re, T'Yonna Major, ” Tokiyo, aren’t, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles –, Soraya Hawthorne, Alexin, Soraya, T'Yonna, Dominic, I’d, McKenna, ” McKenna, — Alexin Organizations: CNN, Orlando Metro Gymnastics, Firearms, Police, NCAA Locations: Orange County , Florida, Chicago, America

DeRosa said Cuomo “could not stomach” how state government was being run after his resignation. DeRosa is particularly critical of state Attorney General Letitia James, the Democrat who released a report, crafted by outside lawyers, which concluded Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women. According to DeRosa:— Former CNN President Jeff Zucker and his longtime aide Allison Gollust pressured Cuomo to appear on his younger brother Chris’s primetime show. Kushner responded that Florida was open and that the death rate there was lower at the time “even without the shutdowns. She agreed to go, DeRosa said, provided they find her a job in the federal government, preferably as ambassador to Canada.

Persons: Andrew Cuomo, “, Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, DeRosa, Cuomo “, ”, Republican Lee Zeldin, Letitia James, James, Gary Ginsburg, ” Ginsburg, Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, Chris’s, — Cuomo, Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, Trump’s, Kushner, Hochul, Anthony Hogrebe, ” Cuomo’s, Rich Azzopardi, we’re Organizations: Former New York Gov, Center of Power, Republican, Democrat, CNN, Commerce Department Locations: ALBANY, N.Y, Florida, Canada, New York

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A man shot and wounded himself Monday when officers sought to question him about four escapees from a Georgia jail, authorities said. Davis said that person might have information on the escapees, who broke out of the Bibb County jail Oct. 16. Anderson, 24, is a Black male with dreadlocks and is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. Barnwell, 37, is a Black male with braids and is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. Stokes, 29, is a Black male with short black hair and is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds.

Persons: David Davis, Davis, Joey Fournier, Marc Kerry Anderson, Johnifer Dernard Barnwell, Chavis Demaryo Stokes, Fournier, Anderson, Stokes Organizations: U.S, SWAT, Dodge Challenger, Challenger Locations: MACON, Ga, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, Bibb, Barnwell

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The armed man who twice went to the Wisconsin state Capitol looking for Gov. Joshua Pleasnick went to the Capitol on Oct. 4, with a loaded handgun in a holster, demanding to speak with Evers. Pleasnick, 43, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of openly carrying a gun in a public building. Under the terms of his release, he was barred from coming near Evers, the Capitol building or the governor's residence in nearby Maple Bluff. When asked if he planned to follow the terms of his release barring his coming to the Capitol or near the governor, Pleasnick said, “Abso-(expletive)-lutely."

Persons: Tony Evers, Joshua Pleasnick, Evers, Pleasnick, ” Pleasnick, aren't, “, I'm, “ I'm Organizations: Gov, Capitol Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Evers, Maple, I’m

☆ Israelis are lining up to buy guns in 'unprecedented' numbers with one shop staying open on the Jewish Sabbath due to demand: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli gun shops are seeing a surge in demand, according to the Financial Times. Long lines are keeping stores open late, with one doing business on the Jewish Sabbath. The country's right-wing national security minister loosened Israel's gun permit rules after Hamas' attacks. AdvertisementAdvertisementLast week, Israel's right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir loosened Israel's previously tight restrictions on gun permits, allowing thousands more Israelis to purchase firearms in the aftermath of the attacks. The changes automatically qualify residents of Sderot, Israel, the city that was attacked by Hamas, to buy a firearm, Ben-Gvir said.

Persons: —, Mehul Srivastava, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Ben Organizations: Financial Times, Service, Hamas, United Nations, National Security, National Locations: Israel, Gaza, Holon, Sderot

An armed group ambushed and killed more than a dozen law enforcement officers in southwestern Mexico on Monday, including a local security secretary and a police chief, adding to a soaring number of deadly attacks against the police in the region. Guerrero is now the second most dangerous state in Mexico for law enforcement officers, with more than 34 killed so far in 2023, according to Common Cause, a Mexico-based organization tracking the killings of police officers in the country. The group said more than 340 police officers had been killed so far this year in the nation, and more than 400 killed last year. Mr. López Obrador has said much of the violence in the nation is because of the United States’ inability to prevent guns from being trafficked south into Mexico. Leaders from both countries discussed the roots of such violence during high-profile meetings in Mexico City this month.

Persons: Coyuca de Benítez, Alfredo Alonso López, Honorio Salinas, Guerrero, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador Organizations: United Locations: Mexico, Coyuca de, Mexican, Guerrero, Honorio Salinas Garay, United States, Mexico City

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — As Jadarrius Rose drove his 18-wheeler through rural Ohio, a simple missing mudflap caught the highway patrol’s eye. The trip ended with a police dog’s powerful jaws clamping down on Rose even as he tried to surrender. For some, the scenes harken back to the Civil Rights Movement, when authorities often turned dogs and firehoses on peaceful Black protesters marching for equality. A TROUBLED HISTORYCircleville, located about 25 miles (40 km) south of Columbus, Ohio, resembles many rural towns across the country. For those working to improve race relations in Ohio, the roadside attack was a reminder of all that is still left to do.

Persons: Jadarrius Rose, Rose, “, Walter Gadsden ., Derrick Holmes, ” Holmes, Holmes, ”, ’, David Haynes, Haynes, Circleville’s, Shawn Baer, —, Madalyn Wasilczuk, ” Wasilczuk, Wasilczuk, It’s, Michael Gould, ” Gould, Ryan Speakman, Councilwoman Caryn Koch, Esterline, “ I’m, Nana Jones, Rhonda Shafner, Aaron Morrison, Mike Schneider, Samantha Hendrickson Organizations: Investigations, Civil Rights Movement, Associated Press, U.S . Records, Highway Patrol, FBI, Baptist Church, ”, . Police, University of South, Police Canine Force, Circleville Police, Ohio Patrolman’s Benevolent, AP, Columbus, NAACP Locations: CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio, Belgian, Birmingham , Alabama, Salt Lake City, Woodson Terrace , Missouri, Lafayette , Indiana, Columbus , Ohio, Americas, Southern U.S, University of South Carolina, New York City, Rose, Circleville, New York, Orlando , Florida

☆ I spent 4 hours running for my life at the Nova festival. A man in a white pickup truck rescued me, but I never learned what happened to him after he returned for more people.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She and her friends spent four hours running through the desert before they were rescued. The festival security, at this point, had turned off the music and asked everybody to go straight to their vehicles. After getting to our car, the festival security asked everybody to drive down in one direction on the dirt road. We started driving and the festival security started asking everyone to turn around and go in another direction. As soon as we heard the gunshots we just opened our doors and started running for our lives.

Persons: Natalie Sanandaji, —, Sanandaji, I'd, hadn't Organizations: Service Locations: American, New York, Israel, Patish

☆ Israel's ground invasion of Gaza will be way more deadly than the 'absolute hell' US Marines experienced in Fallujah, Iraq, geopolitical expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel has indicated it will soon begin a ground offensive into Gaza. A geopolitical expert who embedded with US Marines in Fallujah said it will be "absolute hell." AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael's anticipated ground invasion of Gaza will be far more destructive and difficult than the "absolute hell" that US Marines experienced in Fallujah in Iraq, a geopolitical expert said. Kaplan noted that any ground invasion of Gaza will also likely to result in huge civilian casualties. "It was nothing like apartment houses right next to each other which you have in Gaza City.

Persons: Israel, —, Robert D, Kaplan Organizations: US Marines, Service, Marines, 1st Marine, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Fallujah, Hamas, Iraq, Iraqi, Gaza City, Israel, Stalingrad, US

A FEW YEARS into the existence of his Los Angeles fashion brand, Fear of God, designer Jerry Lorenzo screenprinted the nascent label’s name on vintage rock tees from a raucous roster of headbanging bands—Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Mötley Crüe. But when he’s working at his spartan office in downtown Los Angeles, Lorenzo throws on “easy listening, soft-rock vibes,” like soulful singer Anita Baker and even the elevator-music godfather Kenny G.

Persons: Jerry Lorenzo screenprinted, Mötley, Lorenzo, Anita Baker, Kenny G Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles

☆ Ukraine Targets Russia’s Big Guns to Blast a Path Forward
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Photographs Joseph Sywenkyj For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ She got a gun to keep her children safe. This is what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

LaGrange, Georgia CNN —My little Spider-Man, his mother called him. He was holding on out there, in the open space, until his mother pulled her little Spider-Man back onto the balcony. Read other profiles of children who have died from gunfireThe next few minutes are jumbled in her memory. Most accidental shooting deaths among children involve guns left loaded and unlocked, study findsIn a recent interview, as she struggled with her emotions, Williams said she wished she hadn’t gotten the gun. His mother looked at her little Spider-Man, and wished she could take his place.

Persons: Ayden King, Chepial Williams, “, ”, Williams, Ayden, ” Williams, don’t, King, Chris Pritchett, they’re, ” Ayden, they’d, Za’Niyah Organizations: LaGrange , Georgia CNN, CNN, Firearms, Authorities Locations: LaGrange , Georgia, LaGrange, Atlanta, Birmingham, America

Their bodies, found several days later, had been dragged into the woods and covered with leaves, sticks and debris, police said. Clegg also is charged with several counts of falsifying physical evidence and being a convicted felon in possession of a gun. “They have no idea what gun killed the Reids,” Dominguez told the jury, adding that police “only had eyes” for Clegg’s gun. She later heard gunshots, then came across a man on the trail before continuing her hike. Defense attorneys argued that the man she saw on the trail was not Clegg because the clothing he had on did not match the prosecution’s description.

Persons: —, Logan Clegg, “, Stephen, Djeswende, Wendy ” Reid, Clegg, Wendy, Joshua Speicher, Speicher, ”, Mariana Dominguez, “ Logan Clegg, ” Dominguez Organizations: CONCORD, New Hampshire, Prosecutors, Defense, “ Police Locations: N.H, New, Concord, South Burlington , Vermont, Berlin, Germany, New Hampshire, Utah, Portugal, United States

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday kept a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws, rejecting an emergency appeal from the state. A federal appeals court then blocked enforcement while the state appeals the district court ruling. The law would impose a fine of $50,000 on an officer who knowingly enforces federal gun laws that don't match up with state restrictions. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesFederal laws without similar Missouri laws include registration and tracking requirements and possession of firearms by some domestic violence offenders. An appeals court invalidated a federal law that aims to keep guns away from people facing domestic violence restraining orders.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Thomas Organizations: WASHINGTON Locations: Missouri

☆ Why corporate America can't stay silent on Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Elliott Gotkine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —From ESG investing (Blackrock), to gay rights (Disney), to Donald Trump after the Capitol riots (mainstream corporate America), companies routinely take a stand. But when the barbarous scale of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel became clear, staying silent ceased to be an option. “Saying nothing speaks to cowardice,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management who focuses on corporate leadership among other issues. All in, around 80 household-name companies in America have condemned the Hamas attacks, as tracked by Sonnenfeld who maintains a list. “Not taking a stand is taking a stand,” Susan, who served in the Israeli special forces, told CNN.

Persons: Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick, Bud Light’s, ”, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, “, Satya Nadella, ” Sundar Pichai, Sonnenfeld, , Paddy Cosgrove, Israel, Sundar Pichai, Israel Jose Luis Magana, Susan, ” Susan, ” Richard Griffiths, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, ” Griffiths Organizations: London CNN, Blackrock, America, Nike, Yale School of Management, Microsoft, Google, ” Disney, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Web, Eclipse, CNN, “, London Locations: Israel, America, United States, United Kingdom, Gaza, Ukraine, ”, Russia

☆ West Bank a Possible 'Third Front' for Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

Israel still occupies the West Bank, captured with Gaza in a 1967 Middle East war. More than 70 Palestinians have been killed in West Bank violence since Oct. 7 and Israel has arrested more than 800 people. Hamas cited attacks on West Bank Palestinians and arrests this year as part of its reason for attacking on Oct. 7. But the arrests have also limited West Bank violence, said Mustafa al-Khawaja, a 52-year-old anti-settlement activist. WEST BANK A COMPLEX PATCHWORKWhile Hamas tightly controls besieged Gaza, the West Bank is a complex patchwork of hillside cities, Israeli settlements and army checkpoints that split Palestinian communities.

Persons: Ali Sawafta, John Davison, Israel, Jonathan Conricus, Salah, Mowafaq Sehweel, Nizar Mughrabi, Netanyahu, Haniyeh, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ismail Haniyeh, Mustafa al, Khawaja, Mughrabi, Mahmoud Abbas's PA, Abbas, Israel's, Fatah, Hadi al, Masri, Lior Akerman, Shin, Akerman, Howard Goller Organizations: West Bank, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Reuters, Fatah, Bank, Palestinian, UN Locations: John Davison RAMALLAH, JERUSALEM, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Iran, West Bank, Lebanese, Ramallah, Jerusalem

☆ Kingston Campbell was killed when several shooters fired into his home. He was 6 years old
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But they could not protect him the night of May 1, when Lynchburg, Virginia, police say several shooters fired multiple guns into the family’s home, killing Kingston. “I really, really miss him.”The baby of the familyIf you met Kingston, the first thing you might notice were his green eyes. “Everybody always commented on his eyes … All the ladies loved that.”Kingston Campbell poses with his very protective big sisters. “If Kingston couldn’t play, they wouldn’t play either. “Everybody just loved Kingston,” she said.

Persons: Kingston Campbell, Shay Fowler, Kingston, “, ”, ” Fowler, she’d, ” Kingston Campbell, Shanytra Fowler, I’m, who’ve, Fowler, Kingston’s, won’t, He’ll, ” “ Organizations: CNN, Kingston, Pittsburgh Steelers Locations: Lynchburg , Virginia, Kingston, United States, ”

☆ UN Renews Haiti Sanction Regime Amid Calls for Faster Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Sarah Morland(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed for one year its sanctions regime on Haiti, which currently includes just one individual, as Haiti and China called for faster action. "This situation of only one person on the designated list must be changed as soon as possible," said China's deputy U.N. Many Caribbean leaders have pointed to the United States as the source of illegal firearms flooding the region. Earlier this month, the U.N. authorized deployment of a multinational force to Haiti to aid police, as requested by Haiti's unelected government a year ago. Ambassador Antonio Rodrigue commended the vote while calling on nations to be more proactive in combating arms trafficking.

Persons: Sarah Morland, Jimmy Cherizier, Geng Shuang, Shuang, U.N, Antonio Rodrigue, Rodrigue, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Reuters, United Nations Security, G9 Alliance, Caribbean Locations: Haiti, China, United States

☆ Lebanese army says journalist killed by Israeli gunfire in southern Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said a journalist was killed by Israeli gunfire on Thursday in a southern Lebanon border area where Israel's forces and Lebanese group Hezbollah had a heavy exchange of fire. The Lebanese army described the seven people as media personnel, saying Israeli forces targeted them with machine guns, killing one and wounding another. The incident came nearly a week after a Reuters journalist was killed and other journalists injured in southern Lebanon. Cross-border exchanges have flared since Oct. 7, when Palestinian group Hamas attacked southern Israel and Israeli forces launched a counteroffensive on Gaza. The Israeli military said fighters in Lebanon had fired at least two anti-armour missiles into Israel, striking the village of Manara without causing casualties.

Persons: Israel, Sheikh Abad's, Andrea Tenenti, Tenenti, Dan Williams, Tom Perry, Rami Ayyub, Edmund Blair, Alex Richardson, Grant McCool, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Lebanese, Hezbollah, Lebanese Armed Forces, UNIFIL, Reuters, Thomson Locations: JERUSALEM, BEIRUT, Lebanon, Lebanese, Israel, Iran, Manara, Gaza

Leonard Allan Cure, 53, died on Monday after a Camden County sheriff's deputy shot him; the officer has not been officially identified. The Camden County Sheriff's Office said in a posting online the video was released because of rumors and misinformation, but did not elaborate. A representative for the sheriff's office did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment on Wednesday. The deputy later told Cure on the video that Cure was driving 100 miles per hour (160 kph) on Interstate 95 in southern Georgia. Cure's family watched the video Wednesday at a Georgia Bureau of Investigation office with their attorney just before it was released by Camden County, in southern Georgia.

Persons: Leonard Allan Cure, Cure, Ben Crump, Crump, Cure's, Wallace Cure, Rich McKay, Daniel Trotta, Noeleen Walder, Kat Stafford, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Chamber, Reuters, of Florida, Camden County sheriff's, Sheriff's, of, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Florida, Tallahassee , Florida, U.S, ATLANTA, Camden County, America, Camden, Atlanta, Carlsbad , California

Persons: Mohammed Torokman, Israel, Jonathan Conricus, Salah, Mowafaq Sehweel, Nizar Mughrabi, Netanyahu, Haniyeh, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ismail Haniyeh, Mustafa al, Khawaja, Mughrabi, Mahmoud Abbas's PA, Abbas, Israel's, Fatah, Hadi al, Masri, Lior Akerman, Shin, Akerman, Ali Sawafta, John Davison, Howard Goller Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Reuters, Fatah, Bank, Palestinian, UN, Thomson Locations: Ramallah, RAMALLAH, JERUSALEM, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Iran, West Bank, Lebanese, Jerusalem

Infowars founder Alex Jones arrives to speak to the media after appearing at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday. Courts in Connecticut and Texas have already ruled that Jones intentionally defamed relatives of school children killed in the mass shooting, and they have ordered Jones to pay $1.5 billion in damages. Lopez ruled that more than $1.1 billion of those verdicts, awarded for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, cannot be wiped away in bankruptcy. Attorneys for Jones and the Sandy Hook families did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Alex Jones, Sandy Hook, Mike Segar, Christopher Lopez, Jones, Lopez, defaming Leonard Pozner, Veronique De La Rosa, Noah, Dietrich Knauth, Diane Craft, David Gregorio, Alexia Garamfalvi, Rod Nickel Organizations: Connecticut Superior, REUTERS, U.S, Sandy Hook Elementary, Free Speech Systems, CNN, Thomson Locations: Waterbury , Connecticut, U.S, Houston , Texas, Connecticut, Texas, Newtown , Connecticut

☆ Israel troops kill two Palestinian teens in West Bank amid Gaza anger
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Ali Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A Palestinian holds a Molotov coctail during clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsRAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers near Ramallah in the West Bank on Wednesday during widespread protests against Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. Israel's bombardment of Gaza has inflamed tensions in the West Bank, the other Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation. The West Bank is home to the Palestinian Authority (PA) which is dominated by Hamas rivals Fatah and 87-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The West Bank borders Jerusalem which houses sites sacred to Muslims, Christians and Jews and is a flashpoint for internecine violence.

Persons: Molotov, Ammar Awad, Salah, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Ali Sawafta, Henriette Chacar, Yomna Ehab, John Davison, Alex Richardson, Christina Fincher, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Israel's, Palestinian, Residents, Reuters, Hamas, Al, Palestinian Authority, Israel, West, Thomson Locations: Ramallah, RAMALLAH, West, Gaza, Israel, Shuqba, West Bank, Nablus, Ahli, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Aqsa, Jerusalem's

☆ 11-year-old De’Evan McFall dreamed of making it to the NFL. A stray bullet stopped that goal in its tracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —To hear 11-year-old De’Evan McFall tell it, he was going all the way to the NFL or NBA. And De’Evan could have been far more than a youth league legend if he had the chance, the coach believes. But on January 15, De’Evan was shot and killed by a stray bullet fired by a teenage girl who was fighting another girl, Dallas police said. The teen who fired the gun had been fighting De’Evan’s sister, according to De’Evan’s mother, Vashunte Settles. In just seconds, Settles became one of the hundreds of parents to lose children to gun violence this year.

Persons: ”, Byron Sanders, De’Evan’s, Sanders, De’Evan, Vashunte, De'Evan McFall, Choppa, “, he’s, ” De’Evan, wouldn’t, …, De'Evan's, ” Sanders, who’ve, Shay Govan, Govan, De'Evan, Angela, ” Govan, that’s what’s, they’d, ” De'Evan, NLE Choppa Organizations: CNN, NFL, De’Evan’s Dallas, football team, DeSoto Colts, Dallas, NBA, Firearms Locations: Govan

☆ More than 14,000 licensed childcare centers in the US are behind on state-mandated inspections
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

More than 14,000 licensed childcare facilities across the US are due for a state-mandate inspection. Inspired by Morin's video, researchers at USAFacts, a not-for-profit group owned by current Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft Executive Steve Ballmer, compiled inspection data from 148,166 licensed childcare facilities in 41 states between June and September 2023 to discover that 14,683 licensed childcare facilities across the country are behind on receiving their state-mandated inspections. As for Minnesota, its state records reflect that 85% of its childcare facilities have received an inspection recently enough to comply with state law. Tennessee, for example, requires childcare facilities to be inspected four times a year, while California only requires it once every three years. In the case of Morin's son's childcare facility, prior state inspections had already flagged it repeatedly for grossly violating the child-to-caregiver ratios.

Persons: haven't, —, Deacon, Dani Morin, Steve Ballmer, Morin, USAFacts, Amber Thomas, Thomas, you've, Katherine Glenn, Applegate, Rhett Organizations: Service, Los Angeles Clippers, Microsoft, Minnesota Department of Human Services, USAFacts, Ohio Department of, Family Services, California's Department of Social Services Locations: California, Idaho, Ohio, Minnesota, . Tennessee, Hawaii , Illinois, West Virginia , New Hampshire , Florida , Kansas , Massachusetts , Nebraska, Pennsylvania

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