"She's one of my best friends in the world. All of my adult life I've looked up to her even though she's younger than me." -R&B artist Drake, who presented the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award to Rihanna at the 2016 VMAs.


Michael McDowell pointed his No. 2 Chevy against a concrete barrier at the finish line, burning his tires in a smoky celebration.

Michael McDowell wins NASCAR Xfinity race at Road America


4:36 State College's Isaac Messner gives his Make-A-Wish Pause
0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'

Bellefonte football falls to Jersey Shore


The Red Raiders stormed back from a 27-0 halftime deficit, only to fall 33-28 in its season opener Friday. Chase Gardner led the rally with 245 yards passing.


Rookie Gary Sanchez homered for the eighth time in nine games and drove in four runs as the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 14-4 Friday night in the opener of their weekend series.

Sanchez homers again, Yankees rout Orioles 14-4


The newly elected governor of Tokyo has postponed a plan to relocate the world's biggest fish market, one of the city's most famous landmarks.

New Tokyo leader postpones plan to move famous fish market


1:54 Know the signs of heat stress and exhaustion in pets Pause
1:58 Headlights for most small SUVs are poor, according to IIHS
3:03 Girlfriend live streams on Facebook after man shot by police officer in Minnesota
1:03 How to keep your Facebook Newsfeed full of news
2:59 NASA makes history as Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016
3:04 Polluted stormwater runoff is threat to clean water
3:39 What is autism?
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
0:59 Pennsylvania congresswoman celebrates Bike to Work Week

Gender inequality costs sub-Saharan Africa $95 billion: UN


A U.N. report says sub-Saharan Africa loses around $95 billion a year due to gender inequality, jeopardizing the continent's efforts for economic growth.


Penn State head coach James Franklin on fall camp position battles
Video: James Franklin talks start of PSU spring practice and quarterbacks
Video Winter weight lifting with PSU football
Video: Franklin Talks About Signing Day
Video: PSU Franklin after TaxSlayer loss
Ricky Rahne Talks about Penn State football practice
0:36

Penn State football security policy changes at Beaver Stadium


Security at Penn State football games in Beaver Stadium has changed. Find out what measures they’ve taken before the Kent State game.


Anne Holton first stepped into the spotlight in 1970 as a white student enrolling in a predominantly black middle school in Virginia's capital as part of a push by her father, then Virginia's governor, for school integration.

Kaine's wife, Anne Holton, no stranger to political stage


US bank earnings in Q2 climbed 1.4 percent to $43.6B


U.S. banks' earnings in the April-June period rose 1.4 percent from a year earlier as growth in lending fueled interest income.


4:36 State College's Isaac Messner gives his Make-A-Wish Pause
0:42 Rosie's Pierogies
0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school

State College field hockey has ‘lofty goals’ for 2016 season


The State College field hockey team’s season ended with a loss in the District 6 championship game the last two seasons.


Newly acquired offensive lineman Khalif Barnes and defensive end Chris McCain practiced for the first time Tuesday with the New Orleans Saints, who also cut 14 players as the NFL lowered maximum rosters from 90 players to 75 for the remainder of the preseason.

McCain, Barnes join Saints, who also cut 14 players


8 troops killed in suspected rebel attack in north Paraguay


Suspected members of a little-known rebel group killed eight soldiers in an attack in northern Paraguay on Saturday, just days after guerrillas and officials in Colombia reached a peace deal to end the longest-running insurgency in Latin America.


Lawyers for victims of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's regime said Wednesday that the late leader was a despot and oppressor unfit for a hero's burial, as they argued at a hearing on petitions against President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to have Marcos buried at a heroes' cemetery.

Philippine court hears petitions against Marcos hero burial


0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future Pause
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'
2:54 PSU O-line coach Limegrover talks summer camp

Penn State men's soccer falls to Cal in overtime


Connor Maloney and his brother, Austin, gave Penn State an early lead, but California came back to earn a 2-1 win in overtime on Sunday.


Former Real Madrid and Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has taken over as head coach of Hebei China Fortune in the China Super League.

Ex-Manchester City manager Pellegrini takes charge at Hebei


0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out Pause
1:01 Don't let a text wreck your life
2:17 Dance helps D'Iberville boy overcome ADHD
2:12 Watch baby polar bear Nora grow up fast
5:41 Video: Montana dash-cam video shows crashes, dangers of winter driving
0:22 NASA animates the powerful winter storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic
1:01 Video: Mountain lion kittens born in California play for camera
2:32 Vincent the cat gets very rare prosthetic legs
1:03 Video: How to wash your hands
1:08 'Lucky' Turkey to Receive Presidential Pardon

Accused teen ‘doctor' arrested on new theft charges


Malachi Love-Robinson, 19, was already facing 12 felony charges concerning allegations that he practiced medicine without a license and stole money from an 86-year-old woman’s bank account. On Monday, he was arrested on two new charges.


Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential aspirations and insistence that he was done with the Senate didn't hurt him with GOP voters. Now it's time to see if the rest of Florida will be as forgiving as he seeks a second term.

After easy win, Rubio has bigger challenge to keep seat


Wilmer Flores launched a grand slam, Asdrubal Cabrera homered from both sides of the plate and even Bartolo Colon had two helpful hits while pitching the New York Mets to a 9-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.


Oscar contender Nate Parker talks about sexual assault, male privilege


In an interview with Ebony, Nate Parker, the director of the highly-anticipated film “The Birth of a Nation,” said that in college no meant no when a woman said it -- but everything else meant yes.


A federal judge ruled Friday that two students and an employee must be allowed to use restrooms matching their gender identity at University of North Carolina campuses, and he said they have a strong chance of proving the state's bathroom-access measure violates federal law.

Transgender North Carolinians get restroom-access win


4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016 Pause
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
1:01 Don't let a text wreck your life
2:17 Dance helps D'Iberville boy overcome ADHD
2:12 Watch baby polar bear Nora grow up fast
5:41 Video: Montana dash-cam video shows crashes, dangers of winter driving
0:22 NASA animates the powerful winter storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic
1:01 Video: Mountain lion kittens born in California play for camera
2:32 Vincent the cat gets very rare prosthetic legs
1:03 Video: How to wash your hands
1:08 'Lucky' Turkey to Receive Presidential Pardon

Here’s why this Gulf Coast shop reopened just 2 days after Katrina struck


Dolly's Quick Stop known for fried chicken on a stick and for ethanol-free gasoline, handed out free coffee, breakfast and ice cream to people waiting to buy diapers, cleaning supplies and more.


1:54 Know the signs of heat stress and exhaustion in pets Pause
1:58 Headlights for most small SUVs are poor, according to IIHS
3:03 Girlfriend live streams on Facebook after man shot by police officer in Minnesota
1:03 How to keep your Facebook Newsfeed full of news
2:59 NASA makes history as Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016
3:04 Polluted stormwater runoff is threat to clean water
3:39 What is autism?
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
0:59 Pennsylvania congresswoman celebrates Bike to Work Week


Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:


The Minnesota Vikings say quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suffered a dislocated left knee and complete tear to his ACL in a freak practice injury.

Vikings: QB Bridgewater has dislocated knee, torn ACL


Michelle Martens kept her new relationship with a man convicted of child endangerment a secret from friends and family for weeks — as she helped plan her daughter's 10th birthday party, sent the girl off daily to the school bus and held down her job at a local grocery store.

Slain New Mexico girl's relatives mystified over mom's role


Trevor Siemian threw his first touchdown pass of the preseason and tightened his grip on the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback job in a 17-9 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night.

Siemian solidifies QB job in Denver's 17-9 win over Rams


Barcelona says it has signed striker Paco Alcacer for five seasons after securing his transfer from rival Spanish club Valencia.


After 10 years, this fish story has an unexpected happy ending


In 2006, the Soul Salmon sculpture in a Tacoma, Wash., park disappeared. It mysteriously returned earlier this month, giving a neighborhood reason to celebrate.


Julio Urias allowed one run over six innings, Corey Seager set a Dodgers franchise record for a shortstop with his 23rd home run and Los Angeles beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Saturday to even the series between NL division leaders.


Jerry Sandusky speaks out entering the Centre County Courthouse
Video: Philipsburg man accused of rape appears in court
Video: Reward being offered in Ferguson Township homicide case
3:00

Man sought in connection with heroin death


A man who police say has ties to Centre and Clinton counties is being sought in connection with a heroin overdose death in the Williamsport area.


0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out Pause
1:01 Don't let a text wreck your life
2:17 Dance helps D'Iberville boy overcome ADHD
2:12 Watch baby polar bear Nora grow up fast
5:41 Video: Montana dash-cam video shows crashes, dangers of winter driving
0:22 NASA animates the powerful winter storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic
1:01 Video: Mountain lion kittens born in California play for camera
2:32 Vincent the cat gets very rare prosthetic legs
1:03 Video: How to wash your hands
1:08 'Lucky' Turkey to Receive Presidential Pardon

Man accused of trying to rob store is shot when he falls through ceiling


Two men allegedly trying to rob Discount Check Cashing, 1411 Rocky Creek Road, in south Macon on Saturday fell through the ceiling. One of them was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a man who’d been inside the store at the time of the robbery attempt.


Aimee Boorman, the longtime coach of Olympic champion Simone Biles and the coach of the 2016 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team, is heading to Florida.

Boorman, longtime coach of Simone Biles, heading to Florida


Mylan says it will make available a generic version of its EpiPen, as criticism continued to mount over the price of its injectable medicine.

Mylan launching generic version of EpiPen


1:45 Movie Preview, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and The Secret Life of Pets Pause
2:05 The Legend of Tarzan, The BFG and The Purge: Election Year movie previews
2:09 Movie Preview, Finding Dory and Central Intelligence
0:48 Tiny golfer, big swing
2:09 Movie Preview, The Conjuring 2 and Now You See Me 2
2:33 Trailer: Angry Birds
2:25 Trailer: Demolition
2:41 Trailer: Money Monster
0:42 Rosie's Pierogies
0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future


Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:


1:54 Know the signs of heat stress and exhaustion in pets Pause
1:58 Headlights for most small SUVs are poor, according to IIHS
3:03 Girlfriend live streams on Facebook after man shot by police officer in Minnesota
1:03 How to keep your Facebook Newsfeed full of news
2:59 NASA makes history as Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016
3:04 Polluted stormwater runoff is threat to clean water
3:39 What is autism?
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
0:59 Pennsylvania congresswoman celebrates Bike to Work Week

Man uses sledgehammer to rescue baby from hot car


Police say a man used a sledgehammer to rescue a baby from a hot car at a New Jersey shopping center.


Josh Donaldson had his first career three-homer game, Troy Tulowitzki also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

Donaldson hits three HRs, Blue Jays beat Twins 9-6


Canadian government sets up probe of switched at birth case


For years, people in the tiny community had gossiped about why the two men didn't look much like their parents.


Charles Osgood, who has said "good morning" to his audience every Sunday for 22 years, will say "goodbye" as host of "CBS News Sunday Morning." He announced his Sept. 25 departure on Sunday's edition.

CBS' Charles Osgood to end 22 years as 'Sunday Morning' host


Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that his bloody anti-drug campaign that has left nearly 1,800 people dead does not amount to genocide, but that he's ready to go to jail to defend his men from lawsuits.

Philippine president says no genocide in his bloody drug war


Bulldozers work to clear out Italy's quake-hit towns


0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out Pause
1:01 Don't let a text wreck your life
2:17 Dance helps D'Iberville boy overcome ADHD
2:12 Watch baby polar bear Nora grow up fast
5:41 Video: Montana dash-cam video shows crashes, dangers of winter driving
0:22 NASA animates the powerful winter storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic
1:01 Video: Mountain lion kittens born in California play for camera
2:32 Vincent the cat gets very rare prosthetic legs
1:03 Video: How to wash your hands
1:08 'Lucky' Turkey to Receive Presidential Pardon

Federal contracting changes could help NC small businesses


North Carolina small businesses and other companies across the country have been struggling to obtain federal contracts because the government’s contracting officers favor companies that have long-standing working relationships with the government. Congress has developed a plan to fix that problem and is moving toward putting it in action.


Patrick Reed's place in the Ryder Cup is looking better with each round at The Barclays, and so are his prospects of winning.


0:42 Rosie's Pierogies Pause
0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'

German vice chancellor wishes he’d given neo-Nazis two middle fingers


Sigmar Gabriel received both criticism and applause for flipping off far-right protesters in the town of Salzgitter, Germany, earlier this month.


4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016 Pause
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
1:01 Don't let a text wreck your life
2:17 Dance helps D'Iberville boy overcome ADHD
2:12 Watch baby polar bear Nora grow up fast
5:41 Video: Montana dash-cam video shows crashes, dangers of winter driving
0:22 NASA animates the powerful winter storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic
1:01 Video: Mountain lion kittens born in California play for camera
2:32 Vincent the cat gets very rare prosthetic legs
1:03 Video: How to wash your hands
1:08 'Lucky' Turkey to Receive Presidential Pardon

‘They waved at us’: Air Force looking into jets’ buzzing of downtown Charlotte


Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration officials are looking into a low-altitude flight by four military jets that startled residents and office workers.


Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence cut the ribbon Friday on the only Donald Trump campaign office that has opened in the Indiana governor's home state, with less than three months until November's election.

Pence cuts ribbon at only Trump office in his home state


1:54 Know the signs of heat stress and exhaustion in pets Pause
1:58 Headlights for most small SUVs are poor, according to IIHS
3:03 Girlfriend live streams on Facebook after man shot by police officer in Minnesota
1:03 How to keep your Facebook Newsfeed full of news
2:59 NASA makes history as Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016
3:04 Polluted stormwater runoff is threat to clean water
3:39 What is autism?
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
0:59 Pennsylvania congresswoman celebrates Bike to Work Week

Brazil's president proclaims innocence at impeachment trial


In a session less electric than expected, Brazil's suspended president proclaimed her innocence at her impeachment trial Monday, branding her vice president a


0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future Pause
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'
2:54 PSU O-line coach Limegrover talks summer camp

Italian museums giving Sunday proceeds to rebuild quake zone


Italy's state museums are donating their proceeds Sunday to relief and reconstruction efforts in the area devastated by an earthquake.


Survey: US companies add a solid 177,000 jobs in August


U.S. businesses added a solid 177,000 jobs in August, according to a private survey, suggesting that hiring remains healthy after two months of strong gains.


Students at Missouri's public colleges and universities are shouldering more of the cost of education because of a decrease in state funding that's led schools to hike fees, Auditor Nicole Galloway said Tuesday.

Missouri audit: Less state help hurts college affordability


The Latest: 37 caskets to be honored at Italy quake funeral


The Latest on Italy's devastating Aug. 24 earthquake (all times local):


The Latest: Election official struggles to keep her job


The Latest on Arizona's primary election (all times local):


0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out Pause
1:01 Don't let a text wreck your life
2:17 Dance helps D'Iberville boy overcome ADHD
2:12 Watch baby polar bear Nora grow up fast
5:41 Video: Montana dash-cam video shows crashes, dangers of winter driving
0:22 NASA animates the powerful winter storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic
1:01 Video: Mountain lion kittens born in California play for camera
2:32 Vincent the cat gets very rare prosthetic legs
1:03 Video: How to wash your hands
1:08 'Lucky' Turkey to Receive Presidential Pardon

Man accused of beating 2-year-old boy to death in New Jersey


The 2-year-old reportedly got upset and began to cry when his mother and her boyfriend began arguing over groceries. Prosecutors say the boyfriend punched him twice.


1:54 Know the signs of heat stress and exhaustion in pets Pause
1:58 Headlights for most small SUVs are poor, according to IIHS
3:03 Girlfriend live streams on Facebook after man shot by police officer in Minnesota
1:03 How to keep your Facebook Newsfeed full of news
2:59 NASA makes history as Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016
3:04 Polluted stormwater runoff is threat to clean water
3:39 What is autism?
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
0:59 Pennsylvania congresswoman celebrates Bike to Work Week

UK launches search for swimmer days after 5 die on beach


British emergency services have launched a search off England's southeast coast after a swimmer disappeared from the same treacherous beach where five men drowned four days ago.


The Baltimore Orioles have signed right-hander Tommy Hunter, bringing him back for a sixth straight season.

Orioles sign RHP Hunter, cut LHP McFarland, OF Borbon


The killings of two young Albuquerque girls spurred lawmakers, law enforcement and local officials on Tuesday to hold a special meeting in hopes of finding ways to prevent domestic abuse and violence in a state that has long ranked as one of the nation's worst for child well-being.

City, county leaders hold special meeting after girl's death


Yu Darvish did his part in the first of six straight games at home for the Texas Rangers against the two teams chasing them in the AL West.

Darvish, Beltran lead Rangers to 6-3 win over Mariners


With 10,000 Syrian refugees settled, aid groups seek spots for more


The U.S. has met its resettlement goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees, but aid groups say the target is a woefully insufficient contribution for a country of American size and resources while opponents say the process endangers national security.


Suicide bomber hits near presidential palace in Somalia


Police in Somalia say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of the presidential palace in the capital, killing at least three people.


4:36 State College's Isaac Messner gives his Make-A-Wish Pause
0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'

Football preview: Penns Valley at Marian Catholic


High school football preview on Penns Valley at Marion Catholic.


Wapello County supervisors have taken another step toward raising the minimum wage in the county to $10.10 an hour by 2019.

Wapello County board advances measure to raise minimum wage


0:42 Rosie's Pierogies Pause
0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'

24 heroin overdoses reported in 1 day in Louisville


Public health officials in Louisville are warning of a spike in heroin overdoses in the city.


1:54 Know the signs of heat stress and exhaustion in pets Pause
1:58 Headlights for most small SUVs are poor, according to IIHS
3:03 Girlfriend live streams on Facebook after man shot by police officer in Minnesota
1:03 How to keep your Facebook Newsfeed full of news
2:59 NASA makes history as Juno enters Jupiter's orbit
4:23 Commencement highlights: Wisdom and wisecracks for the Class of 2016
3:04 Polluted stormwater runoff is threat to clean water
3:39 What is autism?
0:30 Trying to get your baby to sleep? Let them cry it out
0:59 Pennsylvania congresswoman celebrates Bike to Work Week

Egypt court releases lawyer who defied president


An Egyptian rights lawyer who had been held in solitary confinement for over 100 days after defying President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was released from jail Sunday on a court order.


Cowboys' Prescott in rare company as rookie starting season opener


Legends tend to linger in college football even after they are gone. At Penn State, getting out from under Joe Paterno's shadow is more complicated than the typical transition from a coaching giant.

Penn State tries to move forward without abandoning Paterno


0:52 These self-healing textiles could be the cloak of invincibility of the future Pause
2:32 Scott Kelly calls NASA astronaut who beat his space record
3:35 McSorley named Penn State quarterback
0:38 Jerry Sandusky attorney Al Lindsay speaks
0:51 Here's an easier way to peel tomatoes
0:45 Woman charged in Penn State professor's death.
0:40 Celebrity Chef Farm to Table
1:29 How soon-to-be kindergarten students are prepared for school
0:16 'It means the world to me'
2:54 PSU O-line coach Limegrover talks summer camp

TV's 'You're the Worst' and 'Better Things' offer up better roles for women


Women on TV are finally having it all - including a prescription for Zoloft.


At least 11 dead as Typhoon Lionrock floods northern Japan


At least nine elderly people were found dead Wednesday at a nursing home in Japan as heavy overnight rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across the country's north.


Penn State head coach James Franklin on fall camp position battles
Video: James Franklin talks start of PSU spring practice and quarterbacks
Video Winter weight lifting with PSU football
Video: Franklin Talks About Signing Day
Video: PSU Franklin after TaxSlayer loss
Ricky Rahne Talks about Penn State football practice
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Penn State football’s ‘names to know’ in 2016


A position-by-position breakdown of the Nittany Lions’ roster.


Woman accused of killing husband in hospital bed


Authorities say a retired Florida nurse suffocated her husband in his hospital bed as he was recovering from elective back surgery.


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Puntland Oo Shaacisay Tirada Ardayda Heshay Deeqaha Waxbarashada+Sawirro


Madaxweynaha oo khudbad ka jeediyay Shir Madaxeedka Iskaashiga Afrika iyo Japan


Puntland Oo Shaacisay magacyada iyo Heybta Ragi ka danbeyay Qaraxyadii Gaalkacyo “Akhri”


Madaxweyne Xasan Oo Si Weyn Logu So Dhaweyay Garowe+Sawirro.


Duqa Cusub ee Boosaso Oo Xilka la wareegay +Sawiro.


Tirada dhimashada ee dhul gariirkii Talyaaniga oo korortay (Sawirro)


Puntland Oo Joojinaysa Badeecadaha iyo Qaadka oga Yimada Koonfurta Somaliya (Akhri)


Maqal : Garowe oo Laga Xusay Maalinta Saxaafadda.


Wariye oohin la soo fariisatey Telefishin ka dib markii …..(DAAWO VIDEO QOSOL LEH)


Isbital U Gaar Ah Dumarka Oo Laga Hirgalinayo Garowe (Sawirro)


Jaaliyada Columbus oo Taagro u muujisay Garaad Maxamed Garaad Abshir “Sawirro”


Puntland : Wasiirka Wasaaradda Shaqada iyo Shaqaalaha oo soo xiray tababar+Sawirro


Faah Faahin : Tirada dhimashada Qaraxii Hotel SYL oo korortay


Midowga Africa oo cambaareeyay weerarkii Muqdisho


Maqal : Garowe Oo Lagu daweynayo 150-Haween Ah Oo Qaba Isku-furanka


Maqal : Xasan Cadde : Lama Musuq-maasuqin Dhaqali Garoomada Puntland


© 2001–2016 SBC. All rights reserved unless stated otherwise.
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Qarax ka dhacay dalka Yemen oo 40 ruux Oo Lagu dilay


Bangiga Dhexe ee Somaliya Oo Laga Xaday Lacag Dhan $530,000


Puntland Oo Sheegtay inuu Fashilmay Shirkii Madasha Qaran ee Galabta Furmay.


Qarax Turkiga ka dhacay oo ay 11 ku geeriyoodeen


Maqal : Puntland ” Cidna marti ugama Aha sugida Amnigeeda”


Cabdi Barre : ”Xukuumadu labada bilood ee u hartay ha is casileen”


Masar oo albaabada ulaabtay shirkado sarifka ah iyo suuqyo iska dhega tiray digniinaha Dowladda


Afhayeenka IS oo lagu dilay Duqeyn Ka dhacday Suuriya


Allaha U Naxariistee Marxuum Maxamed Cali Samatar Oo Aas Qaran Loo Sameeyay (Sawirro)


Qarax Xooggan Oo Ka Dhacay Nawaaxiga Xeebta Liido, Muqdisho


Mareykanka oo walaac ka muujisay falal ay doomo Iiraan leedahay ka gaysteen gacanka Khaliijka


RW. ku xigeenka dalka oo ka qeybgalay qalinjebinta kumanaan Arday “SAWIRRO”


Madaxweynaha Puntland kulan la qaatay Ra’iisul-wasaare ku-xigeenka Turkiga


Maraykanka oo cambaareeyay weerarka Liido


Madaxweynaha oo arrimaha horumarinta iyo dib u dhiska Soomaaliya kala hadley madaxa UNDP


Maqal : Shaqaalaha Garoonka Diyaaradaha Muqdisho Oo Shaqo Joojin Sameeyay


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SBC is a registered trademark for Somali Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd.

Safiirka Soomaaliya ee Baxreyn oo warqadihiisii aqoonsiga laga Gudoomay


Dhageyso:- Xawalada TAAJ Oo Lagu Soo Bandhigay Bosaso+Sawirro.


Ciidama Dowladda oo Taliskoodu kusii xoogaysanayo Bariga Sanca


Safiirka Soomaaliya ee Mareykanka oo Columbus gaaray + Sawirro


Madaxweynaha oo ka qeybgaley aas qaran oo loo sameeyay S/Guud Maxamed Cali Samantar (Sawirro)


Faah faahin : Qarax Xoogan Oo Goordhow Ka dhacay Muqdisho


(Sawirro) Gudoomiyaha Baarlamanka Puntland Oo Gaaray Gaalkacyo


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BREAKING NEWS: EASTMAN POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY


Eastman Police Officer Smith laid to rest


Dodge County High School senior dies in car wreck


Commissioners mourn loss of officer Tim Smith


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HARTFORD (AP) – Connecticut prison officials say one of the men convicted in the brutal 2007 murder of a family in their Cheshire home has attempted suicide in prison.
Karen Martucci of the state Department of Correction confirmed Thursday that Joshua Komisarjevsky tried to hang himself in his cell on August 18.
She said the incident happened at around 1 a.m., shortly after Komisarjevsky and accomplice Steven Hayes were transferred to the SCI Camp Hill Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.
The two recently had their death sentences changed to life in prison without parole.
Martucci said the incident didn’t require medical attention outside the prison and that Komisarjevsky is receiving mental health treatment.
The men were convicted in the triple murder of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters. The father, William Petit, survived.

Prison official: convicted murderer attempted suicide


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York hosting middle school football scrimmages Tuesday and Wednesday


York Middle School is hosting middle school football scrimmages Tuesday and Wednesday night.


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0:50 Lewisville football coach Will Mitchell previews upcoming Blacksburg game
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0:35 South Pointe Voshon St Hill interview after Northwestern win
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Joey Logano wins another NASCAR Sprint Cup pole at Michigan


Joey Logano won the pole at Michigan International Speedway — and lately at this track, that's been a pretty good indicator of things to come.


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3:38 Looking Back: Carlton Gary and the Stocking Stranglings
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Edwin Jackson to start for Padres against Braves


The long and winding career of Edwin Jackson will have him back at Turner Field on Tuesday night.


“We cook on so many levels, not just to feed ourselves,” says Georgie Hayden, taking a sip of tea.
As part of Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Team’, the bubbly brown-eyed Londoner cooks for a living, dreaming up and styling recipes for Oliver’s books, magazine and TV shows. But she also cooked her way through a traumatic maternity leave, after her son Archie died just before birth two years ago.
“I can’t remember what happened for the first few months. I think we must have lived off food from nice people. I don’t think I cooked for a while. I really scared myself. I thought, ‘I just don’t care, I actually don’t care about food or anything’,” she recalls. “You feel really vulnerable and I didn’t want to go out... Then it sort of went full circle.”
Fearing she’d lost her love of food, Hayden gathered all her cookbooks together - including Honey & Co’s book, the Middle Eastern cafe where we meet today - and started thinking about food for her and husband Pete.
“After a few months of calming down, I thought, ‘Let’s start again... You’re going to sit down and start making a weekly meal plan’. Then I would drive myself to the supermarket and do the shop, and that’s actually what got me out again - having a purpose got me back into doing something and being a bit more confident.”
The familiarity and routine of cooking was like therapy and slowly eased Hayden, 34, through her bereavement.
What started out as a simple project has been gently nurtured into Hayden’s first cookbook, Stirring Slowly: Recipes To Restore + Revive. With chapter titles such as ‘A Sunny Start To
The Day’, ‘Bowl Food’, and ‘Bake Yourself Better’, it’s a book to turn to when you’ve had a long, tough day - full of warming, comforting and revitalising recipes.
In his foreword, Jamie Oliver says he loves Hayden ‘like a sister’, and she is equally full of praise for her mentor, with whom she’s travelled the world for work.
“After my maternity leave, I went back part-time, because I needed to sort my life out a bit. He said, ‘Whatever you need to do, we’ll make it work’. He’s phenomenal and he really cares.
It sounds cheesy, but the Food Team is family and it’s the most inspiring place to be.”
Hayden’s real family has had a huge impact on her love of food, too. Born to Greek Cypriot parents, her childhood memories are of Saturday pilgrimages from their home above her grandparents’ Greek restaurant to the ‘smelly shop’ - an Italian deli packed with hanging salami - around the corner.
Her dad worked in the family restaurant while her mum stayed home, teaching Hayden and her sister to bake. It sparked a lifelong passion - and she remembers shadowing both her grannies, determined to learn all the traditional Cypriot family recipes before they were lost.
“I still cook with my granny,” she says. “She’s amazing. She’s had such an influence on me.”
Hayden’s already planning her next cookbook - full of Cypriot food - but for now, she’s pleased to have created a legacy for Archie with her first one.
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Recipe for a calmer life - Georgie Hayden tells Kate Whiting about the emotional journey behind her new recipe book


Kiss it goodbye, the great buyback boom is on the wane: James Saft
By James Saft
Aug 30 (Reuters) - The great stock buyback boom may be on the wane, undermined by falling company earnings.
U.S. company stock buybacks are down 21 percent in the first seven months of 2016 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to TrimTabs Investment Research, a fall driven in part by five consecutive quarters of year-over-year earnings declines among S&P 500 stocks.
Buybacks, which cancel shares and thus increase per-share earnings, have played a crucial role in supporting the stock market since the financial crisis, flattering earnings even for companies with static or falling revenues.
They, along with dividends, return cash to shareholders, a process often facilitated by borrowed money.
"My biggest concern, which I voiced at the start of the year and continue to worry about, is the sustainability of cash flows. Put bluntly, U.S. companies cannot keep returning cash at the rate at which they are today," Aswath Damodaran, a professor of finance at New York University, writes in his blog. (http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2016/08/superman-and-stocks-it-not-cape-cape-it.html)
Over the first six months of the year S&P 500 companies paid out 112 percent of their earnings in the form of either dividends or share buybacks. That, Damodaran argues, is the kind of figure you might expect to see when a recession had suddenly crimped company cashflows, not during a very long-running, if tepid, expansion.
The last time companies were paying out this much more than they are taking in was in 2008, when the financial crisis hammered revenues faster than companies could cut buybacks and dividends.
"Unless earnings show a dramatic growth (and there is no reason to believe that they will), companies will start revving down (or be forced to) their buyback engines and that will put the market under pressure," according to Damodaran.
Facing difficulty in growing top-line revenues, companies have been able to fund outsized cash distributions and buybacks by selling bonds to a market hungry for an alternative to Treasury bonds and their extremely low yields. That same hunger, which has as its underlying cause extraordinary monetary policy, has also driven appetite for equities, as investors felt forced to take on more risk to gain even a modicum of reward.
RISING DEBT BUT FALLING ENTHUSIASM
Companies have issued debt in such size that net debt compared to a standard measure of earnings is now at an all-time high for non-financial companies in the S&P 500, according to data from FactSet, having almost doubled in about five years.
Yet investors seem less enthusiastic about company buyback plans. A Goldman Sachs basket of companies with the highest share repurchases has underperformed the broader market this year.
Certainly the very idea of buybacks has come under increasing scrutiny. While a share buyback improves per share earnings performance, it is a piece of financial engineering which increases leverage but does nothing to improve a company's product offerings or market position, much less its long-term prospects. Indeed, the vogue for buybacks has happened at the same time as an otherwise puzzling lack of corporate investment, especially given that corporate profit margins are still high by historic standards.
For the buyback boom to truly end, one of two things must happen: companies must think better of it as a strategy, or funds must run short or become difficult to obtain. Even more likely, if money becomes more difficult to come by, the strategy rethink will become more urgent.
Corporate profits are still pretty high as a percentage of gross domestic product, but the trend, at least among the largest companies, is downward. If that carries on, and it clearly can even without the impetus of a recession, payouts must be cut or even more debt will be required.
As of yet, demand for corporate bonds remains strong. Yields on investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds are not far off all-time lows, driven by falling government debt interest rates. Volumes of bonds issued have been healthy too, though this year may see less issuance of corporate debt than last.
One potential problem for the corporate debt boom, and the accompanying buyback binge, would be rising interest rates.
While a return to historically normal rates seems far off, markets are now betting that the Fed makes its second interest rate hike in this tightening campaign in December, the anniversary of its first last year. As interest rates for safer instruments like Treasury bonds rise, the relative attractions of corporate debt and corporate leverage will fall.


By James Saft Aug 30 (Reuters) - The great stock buyback boom may be on the wane, undermined by falling company earnings. U.S. company stock buybacks are dow...


Kiss it goodbye, the great buyback boom is on the wane: James Saft


HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.
For the past year, the group in the dome on a Mauna Loa mountain could go outside only while wearing spacesuits.
On Sunday, the simulation ended, and the scientists emerged.
Cyprien Verseux, a crew member from France, said the simulation shows a mission to Mars can succeed.
“I can give you my personal impression which is that a mission to Mars in the close future is realistic. I think the technological and psychological obstacles can be overcome,” Verseux said.
Christiane Heinicke, a crew member from Germany, said the scientists were able to find their own water in a dry climate.
“Showing that it works, you can actually get water from the ground that is seemingly dry. It would work on Mars and the implication is that you would be able to get water on Mars from this little greenhouse construct,” she said.
Tristan Bassingthwaighte, a doctor of architecture candidate at University of Hawaii, served as the crew’s architect.
“The UH research going on up here is just super vital when it comes to picking crews, figuring out how people are going to actually work on different kinds of missions, and sort of the human factors element of space travel, colonization, whatever it is you are actually looking at,” Bassingthwaighte said.
Kim Binsted, principal investigator for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), said the researchers are looking forward to getting in the ocean and eating fresh produce and other foods that weren’t available in the dome.
“HI-SEAS is an example of international collaborative research hosted and run by the University of Hawai’i. So it’s really exciting to be able to welcome the crew back to earth and back to Hawai’i after a year on Mars,” Binsted said.
NASA funded the study run through the University of Hawaii. Binsted said the simulation was the second-longest of its kind after a mission that lasted 520 days in Russia.
Scientists in the Hawaii simulation managed limited resources while conducting research and working to avoid personal conflicts.

Scientists exit Hawaii dome after yearlong Mars simulation


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The age-old adage goes something like this: the fastest horse wins the Guineas, the luckiest horse wins the Derby, and the best horse wins the St Leger.
Sadly, that isn’t the case in this day and age. Breeding operations place more emphasis and value on speed than the kind of stamina attributes required to win Doncaster’s historic race. A Champion Stakes or the Arc are more likely to be on the agenda of the top 10f and 12f 3yos, rather than a tilt at the 14f Classic. So there is little chance of revisiting the days when Guineas, Derby or Oaks winners in the mould of Oh So Sharp (1985), Reference Point (1987) and User Friendly (1992) landed the spoils.
However, the Ladbrokes St Leger is still a big deal. It is still the jewel in the crown of a four-day festival ranked among the best in the country. One that will attract more than 65,000 enthusiastic racegoers to Town Moor next week and equate to a £25 million shot in the arm for the Doncaster economy.
It might have become fashionable to knock the race in some snooty quarters. But Leger Day is a day out beyond compare for the many doyens of Donny. And let’s face it, the race is still a Classic, for heaven’s sake. The oldest too, dating back to 1776, and one that still forms the last leg of a Triple Crown, as revered as it elusive.
Who can forget the fervent anticipation of four years ago when the crowds flocked to witness Camelot’s bid to become the first horse since Nijinsky way back in 1970 to land the Guineas/Derby/Leger hat-trick? And equally the burst-balloon-type deflation of Aidan O’Brien’s colt failing.
Who can forget either the high drama of just 12 months ago when the winner, Simple Verse, was controversially disqualified on the day, only to win the race back on appeal, leaving O’Brien, trainer of the runner-up-come-winner-come runner-up, Bondi Beach, with more heartache?
Oh yes, the St Leger continues to give, make no mistake about that. So what might the race have in store this time round?
Not surprisingly, it again revolves around O’Brien, the best trainer in the business. Notwithstanding his disappointments of 2012 and 2015, he has saddled four winners since 2001 when Milan strode to probably the most impressive victory I have seen of the great race. And a week on Saturday, he will send out the red-hot favourite, IDAHO, third in the Derby and winner of York’s Great Voltigeur Stakes, one of the main trials for the Doncaster showpiece.
A class act, the son of Galileo is almost sure to win if he stays the 14f trip. But his pedigree, his style of running and the patient way he is generally ridden instil sufficient doubts to suggest you should cast your net in search of better value.
There is still time for supplementary entries to throw a spanner in the works. But at present, Idaho’s chief rival in the market is MUNTAHAA, trained by another successful patron of the race, John Gosden, who has fielded three winners since 2006. Another not exactly bred to relish the Doncaster distance, he has made rapid improvement this term, culminating in a taking pillar-to-post triumph over 13f at Chester two weeks ago. It was only a Listed handicap, but the son of Dansili had to defy a mammoth mark of 108 against older, more seasoned rivals and also the tight turns of a track far from sure to suit such a big, long-striding colt. He’s a player.
Two horses who were behind Idaho at Epsom, RED VERDON and ALGOMETER, might well get closer faced with an extra 2f, and don’t rule out the favourite’s own stablemate, HOUSESOFPARLIAMENT, reversing Voltigeur placings. He is guaranteed to stay and will relish the galloping expanse of Town Moor. Similar comments apply to a third O’Brien contender, Royal Ascot winner SWORD FIGHTER, while ORMITO is no mug and VENTURA STORM would have to be considered if the ground turned on the Soft side.
It’s a head-scratcher that makes punters grateful the Leger Festival is not all about the main event. Classy, competitive racing abounds on all four days, while the Leger Legends contest on the opening day, featuring past jockeys, continues to delight the crowds and raise valuable money for racing charities in equal measure. Last year, it was won by Tony McCoy no less. This year, two more ex-champions, Richard Hughes and Joseph O’Brien, Aidan’s son, are in the line-up.
Day two on the Thursday is DFS Ladies’ Day, highlighted, appropriately, by a couple of Group races for fillies, the Park Hill Stakes, where Sir Michael Stoute’s ABINGDON will be primed to continue her progression, and the Sceptre Stakes, which has been earmarked by Charlie Hills for his lightly-raced 3yo, JADAAYIL.
The historic Doncaster Cup for stayers is the star attraction on the Friday when PALLASATOR will be a warm fancy to repeat his 2015 success. Vying for the limelight are three crack 2yo contests, including the Flying Scotsman Stakes won so spectacularly by the mighty Frankel six years ago. The 5f Flying Childers Stakes could throw up a thrilling duel between the unbeaten filly MRS DANVERS and Mark Johnston’s YALTA, while the Mallard Handicap on the same day might be a target for Roger Varian’s MONOTYPE.
The supporting card on Leger Day itself includes the Champagne Stakes, one of the leading juvenile heats of the season, in which RIVET and PEACE ENVOY would be interesting, and the 7f Park Stakes, which might yield as striking a winner as last year with NEMORALIA aiming to follow in the footsteps of Limato.
I’m hoping too that there might be openings over the four days for ANOTHER TOUCH, HAGGLE, EL VIP and CARTMELL CLEAVE. If not, best of luck in finding a few winners of your own.
Spectacular autumn schedule ensures the Flat season no longer fizzles out
Autumn is fast approcahing, but gone are the days when the Flat season fizzled out during September and October. On the contrary, next week’s Ladbrokes St Leger Festival at Doncaster is followed by a veritable feast of action across the world to wrap up what has been another compelling campaign on the level. Newmarket’s under-rated three-day Cambridgeshire meeting is swiftly followed by a sensational Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe day in France. Back to Newmarket it is for the two day Future Champions extravaganza. On to Ascot next for the Qipco Champions Day finale, and we haven’t even mentioned the global giants of the Breeders’ Cup in the USA and the Melbourne Cup in Australia. I love Jumps racing as much as the average racing Joe, but I couldn’t even have a National Hunt horse on my mind until late October at the earliest.

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SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February’s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank.
In a private letter to clients, SWIFT said that new cyber-theft attempts – some of them successful – have surfaced since June, when it last updated customers on a string of attacks discovered after the attack on the Bangladesh central bank.
‘Customers’ environments have been compromised, and subsequent attempts (were) made to send fraudulent payment instructions,’ according to a copy of the letter reviewed by Reuters. ‘The threat is persistent, adaptive and sophisticated – and it is here to stay.’
The disclosure suggests that cyber thieves may have ramped up their efforts following the Bangladesh Bank heist, and that they specifically targeted banks with lax security procedures for SWIFT-enabled transfers.
The Brussels-based firm, a member-owned cooperative, indicated in Tuesday’s letter that some victims in the new attacks lost money, but did not say how much was taken or how many of the attempted hacks succeeded. It did not identify specific victims, but said the banks varied in size and geography and used different methods for accessing SWIFT.
A SWIFT spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the recently uncovered incidents or the security issues detailed in the letter, saying the firm does not discuss affairs of specific customers.
All the victims shared one thing in common: Weaknesses in local security that attackers exploited to compromise local networks and send fraudulent messages requesting money transfers, according to the letter.
Accounts of the attack on Bangladesh Bank suggest that weak security procedures there made it easier to hack into computers used to send SWIFT messages requesting large money transfers. The bank lacked a firewall and used second-hand, $10 electronic switches to network those computers, according to the Bangladesh police.
SWIFT has repeatedly pushed banks to implement new security measures rolled out after the Bangladesh heist, including stronger systems for authenticating users and updates to its software for sending and receiving messages. But it has been difficult for SWIFT to force banks to comply because the nonprofit cooperative lacks regulatory authority over its members.
SWIFT told banks Tuesday that it might report them to regulators and banking partners if they failed to meet a November 19 deadline for installing the latest version of its software, which includes new security features designed to thwart the type of attacks described in its letter.
The security features include technology for verifying credentials of people accessing a bank’s SWIFT system; stronger rules for password management; and better tools for identifying attempts to hack the software.
SWIFT is trying coerce members into prioritising cyber-security by threatening to share confidential information about security lapses that banks want to keep private, said Shane Shook, an independent security consultant who advises central banks.
‘That type of information sharing is something that no bank likes to see happen without their direct approval and involvement, because it can affect market confidence,’ Shook said.
SWIFT disclosed the new hacks after reports of previous incidents prompted regulators in Europe and the United States to urge banks to bolster cyber-security.
Other cases involving fraudulent transfer requests include the theft of more than $12 million from Ecuador’s Banco del Austro and a failed attempt later in 2015 to steal money from Vietnam’s Tien Phong Bank.
The attacks have prompted regulators globally to press banks to bolster defenses.
The Bank of England in April ordered UK firms to detail actions to secure computers connected to the SWIFT system, while the European Banking Authority in May said domestic authorities should stress test banks for cyber risks.
The Federal Reserve and other US agencies told banks in June to review protections against fraudulent money transfers.
Six US senators on Monday urged the G20 nations to agree when they meet at a summit this weekend on a ‘coordinated strategy to combat cyber-crime at critical financial institutions.’


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A South African school was today (Monday) accused of racism for allegedly telling black girls to straighten their hair and not wear ‘afro’ hairstyles.
Pupils at Pretoria High School for Girls have said they were forced to chemically straighten their hair and not have afros that were deemed untidy.
Over the weekend, students donning afro hairstyles and braids held a protest at the school to voice anger against the long-standing rule.
Politicians quickly weighed in on the row, with the Economic Freedom Fighters party accusing the school of seeking “to directly suppress blackness in its aesthetics and culture”.
Mmusi Maimane, leader of the main opposition Democratic Alliance party, tweeted: “My daughter has an Afro… Would she not be allowed at (Pretoria) Girls?”
On Monday, Panyaza Lesufi, the minister of education department in Gauteng province, visited the government-run school for talks with senior staff and students.
“I really want to arrest the situation before it gets out of control,” Lesufi told reporters.
An online petition against the school’s alleged policy has gathered more than 10,000 signatures since it was created on Friday.
The petition, titled “Stop Racism at Pretoria Girls High”, calls on authorities to ensure that the “school’s code of conduct does not discriminate against black and Muslim girls.”
“We are being discriminated against because of our hair; they want us to relax our hair, they want our hair to look a certain way,” an anonymous student told the PowerFM radio station.
The prestigious school in the capital Pretoria was historically attended by whites only, but now admits black children following the end of apartheid in 1994.
South Africa is still grappling with racial issues 22 years after the end of white-minority rule.
Black students at the school also alleged on social media that they were not allowed to speak ethnic languages to one other.
Disagreements over students’ hairstyles have previously erupted in South African schools, with some parents accusing education authorities of racism.

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By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
Former national policy adviser Wu Li-pei (吳澧培) yesterday questioned President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) appointment of Premier Lin Chuan (林全) and Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee (李大維), panning the former for incompetence and the latter for adherence to the so-called “1992 consensus.”
Wu said in a radio interview that some critics in the pan-green camp are accusing Tsai of being incompetent.
“Tsai is experiencing a major crisis, which she will not be able to turn around” if she fails to make sensible changes, Wu said.
“How can you make changes in the areas you pledged to reform, which are national security, the judiciary and finance, when you fill the related high-ranking posts with people from the former administration?” he asked.
“In the judiciary, [Tsai] also wanted to appoint people from the former administration, but failed,” he added, referring to controversy involving Judicial Yuan presidential nominee Hsieh Wen-ting (謝文定), whose nomination met with such vehement protest that Tsai withdrew it in the middle of this month.
When asked whether he had ever expressed his concerns over Tsai’s appointments to National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), who is Wu Li-pei’s nephew, Wu Li-pei said he had once, but it did not end well.
Joseph Wu “thinks highly of David Lee, but I do not believe that Lee is someone who should be a member of Tsai’s administration,” Wu Li-pei said. “How would Lee, if he supports the ‘one China’ principle or the ‘1992 consensus,’ be able to advocate President Tsai’s ideas?”
The senior Wu said his nephew replied that Lee is the best choice beside himself.
“He did not believe that there are people in the pan-green camp who are capable of taking on the job, and so I have since stopped talking to him,” Wu Li-pei said.
The “1992 consensus” refers to a tacit understanding between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Beijing that both sides of the Taiwan Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means. Former former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) said in 2006 that he had made up the term in 2000.
When the president’s team is composed of people who do not necessarily hold the same beliefs as she does, “how can there be reform?” Wu Li-pei said.
He said the premier should step down, or there will be “no tomorrow for Tsai.”
“Lin is conservative in terms of economic reform. He does not have enough charisma to lead reform on areas such as public investment, quantitative easing or economic structural changes,” Wu Li-pei said.
The heads of state-run businesses should also be replaced by professional experts, he said.
“That the government should be tactful means reforms have to be well-thought out before they are implemented rather than sporadic. However, when facing emergencies such as the misfired missile and the airport [glitches], what is required are immediate, appropriate solutions,” he said.
“There are many problems that were actually left by the former administration, but if you cannot fix them, you will be the one held accountable for them,” he added.
Lee said in response to Wu Li-pei’s criticism that he has always made his greatest effort to perform his duties, regardless of the position he is in.
Lin said he would not shun his political responsibilities, but “it depends on who the person calling for my resignation is.”


Former national policy adviser Wu Li-pei (吳澧培) yesterday questioned President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) appointment of Premier Lin Chuan (林全) and Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee (李大維), panning the former for incompetence and the latter for adherence to the so-called “1992 consensus.”


MAPUTO: A South African hotelier said Monday he had picked up a piece of aircraft wreckage off the Mozambican coast in the latest possible find of debris from the missing MH370 flight.
Mozambique’s aviation authorities in Maputo said they had been informed of the discovery, but were yet to receive the item.
Australia, which is leading the search for the aircraft which vanished in 2014 with 239 people onboard, has determined that five pieces of debris found in Mozambique, South Africa and Mauritius almost certainly came from the plane.
“I found this piece on the beach in front of a lodge called Linga Linga Lodge on Thursday last week,” Jean Viljoen, a hotel manager in Mozambique’s southern province of Inhambane, told AFP.
“It is kind of triangular in shape, it’s 1.2-metres by-1.2 metres across, and it looks like it’s been in the ocean for a while.”
He said it was red and white, with stickers that had some readable numbers.
The piece has been handed to local police.
The latest debris was found around 280 kilometres (174 miles) north of Xai Xai where a South African boy picked up a suspected piece in December 2015.
It is 220 kilometres south of the spot where another possible piece was found by an American lawyer in March this year.
The first debris linked to MH370 — a wing part known as a flaperon — was washed up on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion in July 2015.
The Boeing 777 vanished on March 8, 2014 during a Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight.

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The Football Association has broadened its search for non-English players who can qualify for the national side after the failed attempt to bring Steven N’Zonzi into Sam Allardyce’s team and a shift in thinking brought about by the falling numbers of homegrown players in the Premier League.
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N’Zonzi’s move was blocked by Fifa because the 27-year-old Sevilla midfielder, formerly of Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City, had played for France’s Under-21s seven years ago, but the FA is now investigating whether there might be other players who would become eligible because they have spent five years or longer in English football.
Allardyce is behind the change in attitude while acknowledging it is a “very delicate subject”, with the new England manager pushing for a more open-minded approach, in a similar way to Kevin Pietersen initially breaking into the England cricket team on the back of a four-year qualifying period with Nottinghamshire.
The FA did tentatively look at Adnan Januzaj’s potential availability before the Manchester United player, now on loan at Sunderland, aligned himself to Belgium ahead of Kosovo, Albania, Serbia and Turkey, but the governing body has always been reluctant to investigate the issue too closely when it would inevitably lead to accusations of more qualified English players missing out. Mikel Arteta and Manuel Almunia have also been considered in the past but, again, there was little support for the move within the FA or from the relevant England managers at the time.
Allardyce’s view is different at a time when the percentage of English players in the Premier League has never been lower. Diego Costa has been cited as one example, given the Brazilian striker switched to Spain in 2013 having qualified because of seven years playing in La Liga, and the FA is looking at all age ranges in case there are any up-and-coming players who would soon be eligible but were previously considered out of range.
“Cricket do it, rugby do it, athletics do it,” Allardyce said. “It’s not happening [with N’Zonzi] but we can cover this a bit more if I find another player. We have a department to look at the whole situation in all areas for every [age range] international team.
“It happens in all the other countries and we all know the shortage of English players in the Premier League. I think it is only 31%. If those don’t play on a regular basis and there is another option, then surely, if we are going to win something and that player is of the calibre to force his way into the side, we give him an opportunity.”
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N’Zonzi was born in Colombes, on the edge of Paris, but was signed by Allardyce when he was managing Blackburn in 2009, leading to a transfer to Stoke three years later before the midfielder joined Sevilla 13 months ago. Allardyce had earmarked him as a challenger for Eric Dier’s defensive midfield role, having identified that position as an area of the squad where there was not enough cover, and was willing to call up the Frenchman until Fifa blocked the move.
The FA’s feeling is that England need to move with the times and after failing so dismally in their last few tournaments, culminating in the embarrassment of Roy Hodgson’s team going out of Euro 2016 to Iceland, to start giving themselves the best possible chance of winning something – even if it means potentially having someone in the squad who cannot properly speak the language.
At the same time Allardyce is also keen to find out whether there are players, possibly overseas, he did not previously know about who could qualify because of their parents or grandparents – similar to the Calgary‑born Owen Hargreaves, who went on to win 42 caps and was voted England’s best player in the 2006 World Cup.
The difference is that N’Zonzi’s family is of Congolese descent and there is no other link to England apart from the six years in his career when he was playing in the Premier League. On that basis it was put to Allardyce that the FA would inevitably face criticism if, having made a great play of appointing an Englishman as manager, it started bringing in overseas players to improve the side.
“You could say that but does including a player who qualifies because he has played here long enough give us the opportunity to get together the best squad to win?” he said. “The balance is quite difficult. If that player is top quality... do you pick the best squad to win the World Cup? And if one or two of those are like N’Zonzi, do you do it? Or don’t you, and then you suffer the consequences of not winning it, or not getting to the quarter-finals, and failure?”
Hargreaves found it difficult at first to win over the England supporters but Allardyce hopes fans might be more tolerant in the future. “It’s a very delicate subject,” he said. “I’ll have to see, if I actually do it one day, how it’s perceived across the nation. If he goes out and scores the winner, will it be quite that bad?”
Sam Allardyce on...
Roy Hodgson “I haven’t spoken to Roy. I’ve left him alone because I know how disappointed he will be. At some stage I might give him a call but I would have thought he would be sunning himself somewhere. I would be.”
On himself “The Ron Greenwood Room? The names here inspire me. I am in the Sir Bobby Charlton Suite. Do you think there might be a Sam Allardyce Suite here one day?”
Jack Wilshere “If Jack Wilshere was playing every week for Arsenal he’d be in this squad but unfortunately he isn’t. Game-time for Jack has been few and far between, sadly, and unfortunately for him there have been too many injuries. When he plays every week we’ve seen the contribution he has made to Arsenal, but he is not making that at the moment.”
Andre Gray “He’s not in my plans just yet, but if he continues to score goals I have to consider anyone if they become a goalscorer in the Premier League. Who’s the next man to burst on to the scene? Marcus Rashford is a typical example. If Anthony Martial had not got injured in the warm-up, Rashford might never have played for Manchester United.”
Phil Jones and Chris Smalling “Phil’s had a long list of injuries, which has been a particular problem to his development. That is a great shame for him and a great shame for me, having watched him and nursed him through in his early years (at Blackburn Rovers). Making such an impact on the Premier League in that time, it’s a great shame not to go on to be the number one centre-half for Man United and a big pick for England. He’ll have to try to fight his way in, as will Chris Smalling at Manchester United.”

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Sam Allardyce, England’s manager, has driven a new attempt to find players who qualify by residence and claimed ‘cricket do it, rugby do it, athletics do it’


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Eds: Endwell, New York 2, South Korea 1. Updates with new lead. With AP Photos.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — As Ryan Harlost stepped to the mound on Sunday, he took it all in.
Chants of “U-S-A, U-S-A!” droned over his left shoulder as he dipped it to deliver a warm-up pitch. South Korean arms and flags waved furiously to his right. Little kids who asked for his autograph earlier in the week used makeshift sleds to slide down the hill toward most of the 22,000-plus fans who packed Lamade Stadium.
The Endwell, New York, pitcher admitted it made him uneasy. He sure didn’t show it.
Harlost led New York to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. He scored the deciding run on a passed ball in the fourth inning.
“I was a little nervous at first in front of a lot of people but it’s just another game and I felt confident going in,” Harlost said.
But it was more than just another game.
Endwell snapped a five-year championship drought for U.S. teams on Little League’s biggest stage and gave New York its first title since 1964. Huntington Beach, California, won in 2011 and Mid Island from Staten Island won New York’s last World Series championship.
Conner Rush had the New York team’s only RBI to give Endwell a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the bottom of the fourth. Harlost (2-0) scored the deciding run on a passed ball a batter later.
“I was just thinking get it in play any way you can,” Rush said. “Once that happens, you never know what can happen.”
For a while, it didn’t look like New York hitters would be able to hit anything.
Junho Jeong (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out nine for South Korea (4-2). He was unflappable for most of the afternoon, working the outside of the plate masterfully for 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jude Abbadessa broke through in the fourth.
Waking to the plate as Endwell fans along the first base side bellowed “Juuude!” Abbadessa broke up the righty’s no-hit bid with a single to center. Harlost followed with a liner to the same spot and Rush plated the go-ahead run with a hit that fell in behind the shortstop. Harlost raced home to give New York a 2-0 lead one batter later.
“It’s just been amazing,” Abbadessa said. “Just coming here would be amazing and then our team doing well is even more amazing. It’s been fun the whole week and we’re glad that it turned out this way.”
Yoomin Lee homered for the Asia-Pacific champs from Seoul to halve New York’s lead in the fifth. Harlost’s precision and a stingy New York defense prevented further damage.
In the second, right fielder James Fellows made a running grab at the warning track to rob Sangheon Park of an extra base hit. With a runner on first an inning later, Harlost snagged a hard-hit liner at the mound, tossed to first to get the putout and escape the third unscathed.
Later in the fifth after Yoomin’s blast halved the score, Abbadessa scooped up a grounder that took an awkward bounce and threw to first for final out of the inning.
“The Mid-Atlantic team is a really good defensive team,” South Korean manager Heesu Ji said. “I’m really proud of my team.”
Minho Choi struck out with runners on first and second to end the game.
Harlost turned toward his dugout on the first-base side but didn’t make it there as his teammates rushed out to dogpile on him near the base line.
Most of New York’s players had been on other teams together before. More than half of them were on the team that fell to last year’s World Series runner-up Red Land in the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship, leaving them one win shy of qualifying for a trip to South Williamsport.
“It was all of our last years of Little League,” Rush said. “So it’s just awesome to know that we all came together to be the best team in the world.”

Endwell, New York, wins Little League World Series


SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania: As Ryan Harlost stepped to the mound on Sunday, he took it all in.
Chants of “U-S-A, U-S-A!” droned over his left shoulder as he dipped it to deliver a warm-up pitch. South Korean arms and flags waved furiously to his right. Little kids who asked for his autograph earlier in the week used makeshift sleds to slide down the hill toward most of the 22,000-plus fans who packed Lamade Stadium.
The Endwell, New York, pitcher admitted it made him uneasy. He sure didn’t show it.
Harlost led New York to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. He scored the deciding run on a passed ball in the fourth inning.
“I was a little nervous at first in front of a lot of people but it’s just another game and I felt confident going in,” Harlost said.
But it was more than just another game.
Endwell snapped a five-year championship drought for US teams on Little League’s biggest stage and gave New York its first title since 1964. Huntington Beach, California, won in 2011 and Mid Island from Staten Island won New York’s last World Series championship.
Conner Rush had the New York team’s only RBI to give Endwell a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the bottom of the fourth. Harlost (2-0) scored the deciding run on a passed ball a batter later.
“I was just thinking get it in play any way you can,” Rush said. “Once that happens, you never know what can happen.”
For a while, it didn’t look like New York hitters would be able to hit anything.
Junho Jeong (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out nine for South Korea (4-2). He was unflappable for most of the afternoon, working the outside of the plate masterfully for 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jude Abbadessa broke through in the fourth.
Waking to the plate as Endwell fans along the first base side bellowed “Juuude!” Abbadessa broke up the righty’s no-hit bid with a single to center. Harlost followed with a liner to the same spot and Rush plated the go-ahead run with a hit that fell in behind the shortstop. Harlost raced home to give New York a 2-0 lead one batter later.
“It’s just been amazing,” Abbadessa said. “Just coming here would be amazing and then our team doing well is even more amazing. It’s been fun the whole week and we’re glad that it turned out this way.”
Yoomin Lee homered for the Asia-Pacific champs from Seoul to halve New York’s lead in the fifth. Harlost’s precision and a stingy New York defense prevented further damage.
In the second, right fielder James Fellows made a running grab at the warning track to rob Sangheon Park of an extra base hit. With a runner on first an inning later, Harlost snagged a hard-hit liner at the mound, tossed to first to get the putout and escape the third unscathed.
Later in the fifth after Yoomin’s blast halved the score, Abbadessa scooped up a grounder that took an awkward bounce and threw to first for final out of the inning.
“The Mid-Atlantic team is a really good defensive team,” South Korean manager Heesu Ji said. “I’m really proud of my team.”
Minho Choi struck out with runners on first and second to end the game.
Harlost turned toward his dugout on the first-base side but didn’t make it there as his teammates rushed out to dogpile on him near the base line.
Most of New York’s players had been on other teams together before. More than half of them were on the team that fell to last year’s World Series runner-up Red Land in the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship, leaving them one win shy of qualifying for a trip to South Williamsport.
“It was all of our last years of Little League,” Rush said. “So it’s just awesome to know that we all came together to be the best team in the world.”


SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania: As Ryan Harlost stepped to the mound on Sunday, he took it all in.Chants of “U-S-A, U-S-A!” droned over his left shoulder as he dipped it to deliver a warm-up pitch. South Korean arms and flags waved furiously to his right. Little kids who asked for his autograph earlier in the week used makeshift sleds to slide down the hill toward most of the 22,000-plus fans who packed Lamade Stadium.The Endwell, New York, pitcher admitted it made him uneasy. He sure didn’t show it.


SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — As Ryan Harlost stepped to the mound on Sunday, he took it all in.
Chants of “U-S-A, U-S-A!” droned over his left shoulder as he dipped it to deliver a warm-up pitch. South Korean arms and flags waved furiously to his right. Little kids who asked for his autograph earlier in the week used makeshift sleds to slide down the hill toward most of the 22,000-plus fans who packed Lamade Stadium.
The Endwell, New York, pitcher admitted it made him uneasy. He sure didn’t show it.
Harlost led New York to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. He scored the deciding run on a passed ball in the fourth inning.
“I was a little nervous at first in front of a lot of people but it’s just another game and I felt confident going in,” Harlost said.
But it was more than just another game.
Endwell snapped a five-year championship drought for U.S. teams on Little League’s biggest stage and gave New York its first title since 1964. Huntington Beach, California, won in 2011 and Mid Island from Staten Island won New York’s last World Series championship.
Conner Rush had the New York team’s only RBI to give Endwell a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the bottom of the fourth. Harlost (2-0) scored the deciding run on a passed ball a batter later.
“I was just thinking get it in play any way you can,” Rush said. “Once that happens, you never know what can happen.”
For a while, it didn’t look like New York hitters would be able to hit anything.
Junho Jeong (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out nine for South Korea (4-2). He was unflappable for most of the afternoon, working the outside of the plate masterfully for 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jude Abbadessa broke through in the fourth.
Waking to the plate as Endwell fans along the first base side bellowed “Juuude!” Abbadessa broke up the righty’s no-hit bid with a single to center.
Harlost followed with a liner to the same spot and Rush plated the go-ahead run with a hit that fell in behind the shortstop. Harlost raced home to give New York a 2-0 lead one batter later.
“It’s just been amazing,” Abbadessa said. “Just coming here would be amazing and then our team doing well is even more amazing. It’s been fun the whole week and we’re glad that it turned out this way.”
Yoomin Lee homered for the Asia-Pacific champs from Seoul to halve New York’s lead in the fifth. Harlost’s precision and a stingy New York defense prevented further damage.
In the second, right fielder James Fellows made a running grab at the warning track to rob Sangheon Park of an extra base hit.
With a runner on first an inning later, Harlost snagged a hard-hit liner at the mound, tossed to first to get the putout and escape the third unscathed.
Later in the fifth after Yoomin’s blast halved the score, Abbadessa scooped up a grounder that took an awkward bounce and threw to first for final out of the inning.
“The Mid-Atlantic team is a really good defensive team,” South Korean manager Heesu Ji said. “I’m really proud of my team.”
Minho Choi struck out with runners on first and second to end the game.
Harlost turned toward his dugout on the first-base side but didn’t make it there as his teammates rushed out to dogpile on him near the base line.
Most of New York’s players had been on other teams together before.
More than half of them were on the team that fell to last year’s World Series runner-up Red Land in the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship, leaving them one win shy of qualifying for a trip to South Williamsport.
“It was all of our last years of Little League,” Rush said. “So it’s just awesome to know that we all came together to be the best team in the world.”


Three teenagers have been arrested today over the murder of a man whose body was found on moorland near Sheffield.
The 15-year-olds, two boys and one girl, have been arrested in connection with the death of Rotherham man Craig Nelson.
The boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder and the girl on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and are currently in police custody.
Mr Nelson, also known as Craig Preston and from Wath-upon-Dearne, was found on August 22 on the moors on the A628 at Woodhead Tunnels, Derbyshire.
A post-mortem examination has found that he died as a result of head injuries.
It comes after a man and woman appeared in court charged with murder in relation to Mr Nelson’s death.
Mohammed Shiraz Bashir, aged 41, and Leonie Marie Mason, 23, both of Holme Park Court, Huddersfield, appeared at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and were remanded in custody ahead of their next court appearance.
Bashir and Mason are due to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday, September 27.
Anyone with information is asked to call South Yorkshire Police on 101.
They can alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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Three teenagers arrested over moors murder


"The Department of Human Services is not properly monitoring or suspending providers and notifying parents after confirmed knowledge of activities that jeopardize the health and safety of children."
That line is from a bombshell report from the North Dakota State Auditor's Office.
What activities was DHS soft-peddling, according to the auditor?
"Providers were allowed to continue operating under MOU (memorandum of understanding) agreements while the Department was aware of activities including illegal drug use by the provider, restricted persons being present at the facility, inappropriate touching from adults, inappropriate sexual play between children, and other concerns of supervision and discipline," the report states.
I'll give you a moment to pick your jaw up off the floor.
Back now? Good. Here's another dose of ugly from the report.
"The significant errors identified in our testing of child care provider licensing indicate these reviews are clearly ineffective at identifying material weaknesses and inconsistencies," it states. "These situations include failure to identify incomplete application requirements, improperly licensed providers, nonperformance of unannounced inspections, backdated licenses, lack of monitoring of corrective orders, non-imposed sanctions, and lack of documented notification to parents for serious safety concerns."
This was no mere dereliction of duty. These were calculated policies that prioritized keeping child care facilities open over the safety of the children themselves. The report says there was an "improper balance between ensuring safe quality of child care and supporting child care providers to become licensed or continue operating without meeting minimum requirements."
Keep in mind, this report comes after a 5-year-old Velva girl drowned while in the care of a facility with licensing problems and too few staff for the number of children they were watching.
Maybe, if the folks at DHS had been doing their jobs, that little girl might still be alive today.
Child care services can be scarce in our state, particularly in the more rural areas. Perhaps it's understandable that state regulators would work to keep a facility open and serving its community.
But we aren't talking about letting a few facilities skate on red tape technicalities. We're talking about dozens of confirmed instances where the people in charge of ensuring these facilities are safe not only allowed troubled facilities to continue operating but failed to notify parents about serious problems.
The auditor looked at a sampling of 58 licensed facilities and found problems at 11 of them. That's not a good ratio. With more than 1,000 licensed child care facilities in this state, it makes me wonder how many more have serious problems tolerated by state officials.
What do we do about this?
For one thing, Maggie Anderson, the director of DHS and a member of Gov. Jack Dalrymple's Cabinet, needs to go. Under her watch, a callous disregard for the safety of children became systemic. On her way out the door, maybe she can give back some of the $27,692 bonus she got from Dalrymple last year.
For another, we need assurances from Dalrymple himself that this problem is going to be corrected. When it comes to the executive branch of our government, the buck stops in his office.
What we don't need is more of Dalrymple's lead-from-behind style.
After I wrote about this audit at SayAnythingBlog.com I got unsolicited emails from three different readers—solid, involved Republicans all and one a significant contributor to Dalrymple's past campaigns—who told me they thought the governor should resign over this audit.
I'm not sure I'm ready to go that far, but I am more than a little weary of Dalrymple being a lame duck on autopilot in the closing months of his tenure in office.
Lead, Mr. Dalrymple, or move aside for someone who will.

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Persons with physical disabilities have asked to be catered for in the national community based health insurance (Mutuelle de Santé) coverage to ease access to prosthetic limbs.
The disabled persons say that this will enable them to access cheaper health services especially in the countryside where such limbs which cost between Rwf200,000 to Rwf360,000.
A 2012 National Institute of Statistics survey shows that there were over 446,000 people with disabilities, excluding children and so far only 160,000 have been classified as disabled but many continue to lack prosthetic healthcare due to financial constraints.
The Kigali-based Mulindi One Love project which has since 1996 provided over 8,000 Rwandans with free prosthetic limbs has blamed government for poor mobilisation in the districts to take advantage of the services.
In 2015, the National Council of Persons with Disability recommended mainstreaming disability and influence decision makers to take the lead in planning, implementation and monitoring of the inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwD) through related PwD policies, programmes and strategies.
This has however not been implemented and according to some providers has denied many disabled persons access to these limbs.
“We wrote to the government stating that we would provide free prosthetic limbs through the district. We have the products and material and districts should discuss the way forward” Mr Gatera said.
Mr Gatera says that though it is costly to produce the limbs, in the standing agreements with the local government, “The project provides 40 per cent of the cost coverage and the other percentage by the districts, but you find that some districts don’t have the money,” he said.
The State Minister in charge of Social Affairs, Alvera Mukabaranga said that a study has been conducted to add this programme to Mutuelle de Santé but the costs remain a challenge.
“This issue has been approved and a team is on the ground to study how the disabled can be assisted but we have to look at the costs so that it can be covered in the health insurance” Ms Mukabaranga said.
Adding this service to Mutuelle de Santé may however strain the current programme, which stood at 79 per cent, by January and has failed to meet the 100 per cent subscription. It has been under pressure to increase citizen’s subscription ever since the programme was placed under Rwanda social security Board (RSSB).
Rwanda has seen foreign companies like Ottobock, open shop in the local market to fill the gap of lack of access to prosthetic limbs but their prices remain high compared with local providers.
According Kingsley Diores, the area manager, Rwandans need access to proper specialised medical equipment that is patient based, not money based.
“The prices may be high but these limbs are high quality and effectively address a specific handicap compared with the cheap ones” Mr Diores said during the recent national conference on Non-communicable diseases held in Kigali.

Rwanda: People with disabilities ask to be insured for prosthetics


Persons with physical disabilities have asked to be catered for in the national community based health insurance (Mutuelle de Santé) coverage to ease


Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 290 people.
Residents of the hill town said up to 10 people were still missing and emergency services said they might have located three corpses in Amatrice’s Hotel Roma, which, like much of the historic centre, was wrecked by Wednesday’s quake.
“I am certain there is one more person (in the hotel), because it is my uncle,” said Deputy Mayor Gianluca Carloni.
“It is absolutely vital to finish as soon as possible this initial (search) phase to make sure that there are no more bodies under the rubble,” he said.
The Civil Protection Department lowered the official death toll on Sunday to 290 from a previously given 291. A number of foreigners were among the dead, including 11 Romanians, the foreign ministry in Bucharest said.
Many Romanians work in Italy and Bucharest said 14 of its nationals were still unaccounted for.
Museums across Italy will donate proceeds from Sunday’s ticket sales to help the rebuilding effort and soccer teams will hold a minute’s silence before their weekend matches out of respect for the victims.
Pope Francis led prayers for the dead in his weekly address in Rome, saying he wanted to go to the earthquake zone to bring comfort to the survivors.
“Dear brothers and sisters, as soon as it is possible, I hope to come and visit you,” he said.
Italy has promised to rebuild the shattered communities and has said it will learn from the mistakes of the reconstruction following a similar earthquake in the nearby city of L’Aquila in 2009, where much of the centre is still out of bounds.
“The government isn’t going to tell you what should be done. You will decide what needs doing,” Prime Minister Matteo Renzi told relatives of the dead on Saturday at a state funeral for 35 of the victims.

More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone


MASON, W.Va. — They aren’t unwanted guests when they are invited by the host.
Point Pleasant ended up spoiling a regularly scheduled Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division golf match Monday night with a 28-stroke victory in a quad match held at Riverside Golf Course in Mason County.
The Black Knights were invited by host Wahama to play along in a league tri-match against both Eastern and South Gallia, but PPHS dominated the event after posting the top five scores en route to winning tally of 163.
Eastern ended up second in the quad match with a 191, while Wahama posted a 225 for third place and SGHS did not have a team score with only two participants. In TVC Hocking play, Eastern finished the night 1-0, the White Falcons were .500 at 1-1 and SGHS ended the evening with an 0-1 mark.
Point Pleasant senior Doug Workman won medalist honors with an even par round of 35, while teammate Colby Martin was the runner-up with a 40. Matt Martin and Bryce Tayengco rounded out the winning quad tally with respective efforts of 43 and 45.
Dylan Tayengco shot a 45 for the Black Knights also Haley Pierson also carded a 53 for the victors.
In the actual TVC Hocking match, John Little came away with medalist honors with a 10-over par round of 45. Teammate Kaleb Honaker and South Gallia’s Curtis Haner shared runner-up honors with identical efforts of 46.
Ryan Harbour and John Harris completed the Eagles’ winning total with respective rounds of 47 and 53. Nick Durst and Garrett Chalfant also fired efforts of 56 and 65.
Anthony Ortiz led Wahama with a 51, followed by Walker Stanhope with a 55 and Gage Smith with a 59. Jace Heckaman rounded out the WHS tally with a 60, while Kaleigh Stewart and Caitlyn Harrison added respective rounds of 67 and 70.
Besides the effort by Haner, SGHS also received a 66 from Bryce Nolan.
Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101.
Wahama junior Anthony Ortiz, left, watches a putt attempt on the second hole during Monday night’s TVC Hocking golf match at Riverside Golf Course in Mason, W.Va. http://mydailytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_8.31-WAH-Ortiz.jpg Wahama junior Anthony Ortiz, left, watches a putt attempt on the second hole during Monday night’s TVC Hocking golf match at Riverside Golf Course in Mason, W.Va. Bryan Walters/OVP Sports Point Pleasant senior Dalton Dangerfield watches a putt attempt on the second hole go in during Monday night’s quad golf match at Riverside Golf Course in Mason, W.Va. http://mydailytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_8.31-PP-Dangerfield.jpg Point Pleasant senior Dalton Dangerfield watches a putt attempt on the second hole go in during Monday night’s quad golf match at Riverside Golf Course in Mason, W.Va. Bryan Walters/OVP Sports