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Roy Herron, longtime Tennessee Democratic lawmaker, dies after injuries from jet ski accident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69.Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since a July 1 collision with another jet ski on Kentucky Lake, in which he suffered internal bleeding and extensive injuries to his arm and pelvis, according to his family’s Caring Bridge website.The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency was investigating the collision, the details of which were not immediately available.“Roy loved his family with all his might,” Herron’s wife, Rev. Nancy Carol Miller-Herron, said. “He passed doing what he loved most — spending time with our sons and their friends in the Tennessee outdoors where his spirit was always most free.”Herron, an attorney from Dresden, Tennessee, served a combined 26 years in the state’s House and Senate, where he becam...

Stephenson resigns from PGA Tour board over ‘serious concerns’ about Saudi deal, according to report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

Former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson resigned from the PGA Tour’s policy board over concerns about the tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund, The Washington Post reported Sunday.The PGA Tour confirmed the resignation in a memo to its members, referring to Stephenson’s “exemplary service” for more than 12 years.Stephenson retired as chairman and CEO of AT&T in June 2020. The Post said it obtained a copy of his letter that was dated Saturday and said the tour’s framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund “is not one that I can objectively evaluate or in good conscience support, particularly in light of the U.S. intelligence report concerning Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.”Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributing columnist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was slain at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. U.S. intelligence concluded the crown prince likely approved the ki...

It’s going to be a good day to be outdoors, especially at the beach and on the lake, but with a lot of sunshine comes short sunburn times

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

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California woman wakes up to dead bear on lawn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

(KTLA) – A California woman woke up Sunday to find a dead bear in her front yard. Monrovia resident Amy Spada said that she disregarded a loud noise she heard outside her home around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night. “I thought maybe it was a firework, or a car accident...I didn’t think much of it,” Spada said. “A little while later, there was some police action in the condo complex, so I went out to see what was going on, and two rows over, police were saying that a bear got hit by a car on Foothill Boulevard, and it’s injured and it’s hiding behind one of the bushes close to my house.” Spada said that police told her that the bear was injured and aggravated, and that they were handling the situation. Thinking that all was said and done, she made her way back to her house and went to sleep.  Bride goes viral for giving her parents ultimate surprise at wedding But she woke up to a surprise on Sunday morning. “This morning I woke up to take my dog out, and there was a de...

2 children, 1 adult injured in Manor crash Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS and Travis County ESD No. 12 responded to a crash involving three patients off East U.S. Hwy. 290 and North FM 973 in Manor Sunday evening.ATCEMS tweeted the call came in just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday, with patients pinned into their vehicle following a crash. One adult and two children were transported following the crash, with all three marked trauma alerts.Crews transported the adult patient to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries, while a second ambulance transported the two pediatric patients to Dell Children's Medical Center. Both children are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, ATCEMS officials added.Officials added drivers should anticipate significant delays and to avoid the area, if possible.

How this summer's heat compares to last year in Austin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We had a hot June and July is shaping up to be hot as well. Our most recent roasting summer was just last year, so let's see how 2022 and 2023 compare.June 2022 vs. June 2023June 2022 was the hottest June ever recorded in Austin with an average mean temperature of 87.7º. We had 21 triple-digit days in June last year -- the most ever -- and some rain, but measurements came in below normal at 2.28".This June marked the sixth hottest June in Austin, with an average mean temperature of 86.4º. We had 15 triple-digit days in June this year, and it was even drier, with 1.16" of rain.June 2022 and 2023 comparisonJuly 2022 versus July 2023Last July was the hottest July on record in Austin, with an average mean temperature of 90.6º. July 2022 had 29 triple-digit days in Austin, coming in at the most ever. Last July was the also the second driest July ever, with only a trace of rain for the entire month.This July, we've had three triple-digit days so far and counting, but math...

Parents who lost son to heart condition host event encouraging young people to get screened

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Dozens of people ages 12 to 22 got their hearts screened Sunday at the YMCA in Edwardsville.Gail Holthaus does this in honor of her son, Greg, who went into sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 18 and did not survive.“He actually had a physical before he went into school, like in mid-August,” she said. “He passed away on October 13th, 2013.”Greg played baseball and football in high school. His mom says he was a fun person who never met a stranger. Lincoln County deputy killed in motorcycle crash “He was kind of on his first college road trip. That evening, he went to bed pretty late. He then woke up just a few hours later and told his friend that he was staying with that he didn't feel well, so his friend showed him where the dorm bathroom was,” Gail said. “A few hours later, his friends woke up and they realized Greg wasn't back. They went to look for him, and that's when they found him blue and unresponsive on the bathroom floor.”While she doesn’t blame Greg’...

Massive landslide forces dozens of evacuations in Rolling Hills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

A massive landslide forced the evacuation of a dozen homes in a Los Angeles County neighborhood late Saturday night, and police, fire and utility company officials were on scene as early as 6 a.m. Sunday morning with the area completely closed off.At least 12 homes were evacuated in Rolling Hills Estates along Peartree Lane next to the canyon area, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. A total of 16 residents were forced to leave their residences.SoCal Edison shut off power in the area, and Southern California Gas Company crews were called in to make sure no gas lines had been ruptured.L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn posted an update to Twitter on Sunday afternoon saying that homes on Peartree Lane were "completely destroyed.""This is just devastating for these residents," she said.According to to the L.A. County Fire Department, cracks were first discovered in the structure of one home, which led crews to find that the damage had progressed to neighboring residences."The...

MLB Draft: SF Giants select two-way high school standout Bryce Eldridge at No. 16 overall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

For the second consecutive year, the San Francisco Giants used their first-round draft pick on a two-way player.With the No. 16 overall pick in the first round of the MLB Draft on Sunday, the Giants selected Bryce Eldridge, a two-way player from James Madison High School in Virginia.The 18-year-old first baseman/right-handed pitcher was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Virginia and helped win gold with Team USA at the U-18 Baseball World Cup back in September. As a senior, he posted a 1.06 ERA with 66 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings while hitting .422 with eight homers and an eye-popping 1.716 OPS.The 6-foot-7, 234-pound left-handed hitter was committed to the University of Alabama, but the Giants will hope to change his mind. The slot signing bonus for the No. 16 overall pick this year is $4.3 million.According to MLB Pipeline, Eldridge was the 23rd-best player in the draft and the highest-ranked two-way player, though talent evaluators were leaning towards considering him as a hitt...

NorCal native Megan Rapinoe doesn’t play in send-off match for USWNT

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:09 GMT

SAN JOSE — It seemed like it was set up to be the perfect moment for Megan Rapinoe to hit a major milestone with the U.S. women’s national team.Sitting one appearance short of 200, one day after she announced 2023 would be her last season, playing a match in Northern California — at San Jose’s PayPal Park, which she admitted was “the closest I’ll ever get” to playing in her hometown of Redding – for perhaps the final time.But on Sunday, the 38-year-old Rapinoe didn’t so much as even warm up for the U.S. during the 2-0 win over Wales on Sunday.Rapinoe wasn’t made available to the media for comment, but USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski said the decision to not play Rapinoe was because of injury concerns.“We didn’t want to risk anything, we didn’t want to rush anything. There was no need for it in a friendly game,” Andonovski said. “We have a really good squad, we knew that we had the quality that we need to overcome the challenges that are ahead of us and we wanted to give Megan a few ex...