Tony MowbraySunderland AFCFootballSportShareSUNDERLAND’S scouting team have been raising their sights this season – with Tony Mowbray admitting the club are putting plans in place so they can move quickly if any of their young stars are prised away by a Premier League suitor in January.In Jack Clarke, Dan Neil, Anthony Patterson and Pierre Ekwah, the Black Cats boast four of the brightest young prospects in the whole of the Championship, and all four have been linked with possible moves away from Wearside in the last few months.Understandably, Mowbray does not want to lose anyone at the...…Tony MowbraySunderland AFCFootballSportShareSUNDERLAND’S scouting team have been raising their sights this season – with Tony Mowbray admitting the club are putting plans in place so they can move quickly if any of their young stars are prised away by a Premier League suitor in January.In Jack Clarke, Dan Neil, Anthony Patterson and Pierre Ekwah, the Black Cats boast four of the brightest young prospects in the whole of the Championship, and all four have been linked with possible moves away from Wearside in the last few months.Understandably, Mowbray does not want to lose anyone at the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe day that George Floyd’s cries for his mother reverberated across the country, Chief William T. Riley III walked up to a group of his officers discussing the horror they had seen.“You know, chief, we already know if anything like that happened with us, we wouldn’t have a job,” one officer said.Riley, a black police chief who was hired to transform the force in Inkster, Mich., after the suburban Detroit city settled a police brutality lawsuit in 2015, had trouble hiding his delight. But he remained firm.“You are right,”...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe day that George Floyd’s cries for his mother reverberated across the country, Chief William T. Riley III walked up to a group of his officers discussing the horror they had seen.“You know, chief, we already know if anything like that happened with us, we wouldn’t have a job,” one officer said.Riley, a black police chief who was hired to transform the force in Inkster, Mich., after the suburban Detroit city settled a police brutality lawsuit in 2015, had trouble hiding his delight. But he remained firm.“You are right,”...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOAKLAND, Calif. — The homicide rate is spiking, a troubled police department is reeling from street demonstrations seeking racial justice and accountability, and the city budget is ravaged by the coronavirus economy.The push to reshape police departments is occurring in cities across the country, but it is perhaps nowhere more evident than here in Oakland, where veteran activists want to sharply reduce the police budget but much of the broader community is struggling with what that could mean.In a place that for the past...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOAKLAND, Calif. — The homicide rate is spiking, a troubled police department is reeling from street demonstrations seeking racial justice and accountability, and the city budget is ravaged by the coronavirus economy.The push to reshape police departments is occurring in cities across the country, but it is perhaps nowhere more evident than here in Oakland, where veteran activists want to sharply reduce the police budget but much of the broader community is struggling with what that could mean.In a place that for the past...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN JOSE — Tampa Way here in east San Jose was concrete-solid Hillary Clinton country four years ago.But Ivan Aguilar, 27, is trying to change that. The political science student took a months-long sabbatical . On a recent warm Sunday, he knocked on doors of homes filled with families who commute an hour or so to five-figure jobs in Silicon Valley.“When it comes to this kind of canvassing, it’s a numbers game,” Aguilar said, a list of registered Democrats in hand, along with placards and door hangers in English and...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN JOSE — Tampa Way here in east San Jose was concrete-solid Hillary Clinton country four years ago.But Ivan Aguilar, 27, is trying to change that. The political science student took a months-long sabbatical . On a recent warm Sunday, he knocked on doors of homes filled with families who commute an hour or so to five-figure jobs in Silicon Valley.“When it comes to this kind of canvassing, it’s a numbers game,” Aguilar said, a list of registered Democrats in hand, along with placards and door hangers in English and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThousands of Trump campaign supporters stepped up their public show of celebration, promotion and, in some cases, over the weekend as a nervous nation prepared to head to the polls in two days.The events, car caravans, midsize outdoor rallies and, on Sunday, the apparent blocking of roadways in the Democrat-heavy Mid-Atlantic, have been building in size as Election Day approaches. No injuries — or ostentatious displays of rifles and pistols — were reported, but the demonstrations underscore the unusual nature of this...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThousands of Trump campaign supporters stepped up their public show of celebration, promotion and, in some cases, over the weekend as a nervous nation prepared to head to the polls in two days.The events, car caravans, midsize outdoor rallies and, on Sunday, the apparent blocking of roadways in the Democrat-heavy Mid-Atlantic, have been building in size as Election Day approaches. No injuries — or ostentatious displays of rifles and pistols — were reported, but the demonstrations underscore the unusual nature of this...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSAN FRANCISCO - The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who live in...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSAN FRANCISCO - The cityscape resembles the surface of a distant planet, populated by a masked alien culture. The air, choked with blown ash, is difficult to breathe.There is the Golden Gate Bridge, looming in the distance through a drift-smoke haze, and the Salesforce Tower, which against the blood-orange sky appears as a colossal spaceship in a doomsday film.San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who live in...WW…

Photos by Videos by GORDA, Calif. — Life here in this tiny town built on the continent-ending cliffs of the Pacific coast has always had an anxious “when,” not “if,” quality to it. And much of that uncertain fate, season to season and year to year, has been tied to the two-lane road that runs through it.Highway 1 is a California spectacle, a Depression-era monument to the state’s quixotic ambitions and stunning beauty. It runs from the Orange County surf haven of Dana Point in the south into cannabis-cultivating Mendocino County, carrying heavy traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge and under...…Photos by Videos by GORDA, Calif. — Life here in this tiny town built on the continent-ending cliffs of the Pacific coast has always had an anxious “when,” not “if,” quality to it. And much of that uncertain fate, season to season and year to year, has been tied to the two-lane road that runs through it.Highway 1 is a California spectacle, a Depression-era monument to the state’s quixotic ambitions and stunning beauty. It runs from the Orange County surf haven of Dana Point in the south into cannabis-cultivating Mendocino County, carrying heavy traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge and under...WW…

It’s the first day back at work for Scott E. Lynn, the Montour County coroner. He’s been sick with covid-19. He was out for a month and lost 25 pounds. As he arrives at his office in a remote corner of Geisinger Medical Center, he still feels weak. Lynn doesn’t know how he contracted the coronavirus. Deceased people do not spread the virus under normal circumstances. And Lynn mostly handles corpses enclosed in two layers of body bags.“I can only assume it was somewhere in the process of my death investigations,” he says. He wears a mask at work, but he still has to go into homes, motel...…It’s the first day back at work for Scott E. Lynn, the Montour County coroner. He’s been sick with covid-19. He was out for a month and lost 25 pounds. As he arrives at his office in a remote corner of Geisinger Medical Center, he still feels weak. Lynn doesn’t know how he contracted the coronavirus. Deceased people do not spread the virus under normal circumstances. And Lynn mostly handles corpses enclosed in two layers of body bags.“I can only assume it was somewhere in the process of my death investigations,” he says. He wears a mask at work, but he still has to go into homes, motel...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A federal grand jury Tuesday charged the captain of the commercial dive boat Conception with 34 counts of manslaughter for the deaths in a predawn fire aboard the vessel, one of the worst maritime disasters in recent U.S. history.The captain, Jerry Boylan, was long admired here for his care and seamanship of a boat that many locals rode to their open-water scuba certification dives at the Channel Islands. But a grand jury in Los Angeles found Boylan responsible for safety lapses over Labor Day...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A federal grand jury Tuesday charged the captain of the commercial dive boat Conception with 34 counts of manslaughter for the deaths in a predawn fire aboard the vessel, one of the worst maritime disasters in recent U.S. history.The captain, Jerry Boylan, was long admired here for his care and seamanship of a boat that many locals rode to their open-water scuba certification dives at the Channel Islands. But a grand jury in Los Angeles found Boylan responsible for safety lapses over Labor Day...WW…