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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Patty Pansing Brooks announces 2026 bid to return to Nebraska Legislature
Former State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska News Service) LINCOLN — Former State Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks announced her 2026 candidacy Friday to return to the Nebraska Legislature, a day after the current officeholder said she would not seek reelection. State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln announced her decision not to run again Thursday, leaving the central Lincoln seat open, as first reported by the Nebraska Examiner. Just 24 hours later, Pansing Brooks 'enthusiastically' threw her hat in the ring with Raybould's support, one of more than 70 current and former officials to endorse Pansing Brooks. 'People keep calling me saying, 'What should I do?'' Pansing Brooks told the Examiner. 'And I keep thinking, 'Well, what should I do to help this country right now?' The main thing that I know that I can do is run for office.' Pansing Brooks, 66, said she hopes to be an example for others to run for office and get involved in these 'very strident times.' During her first two terms in office, 2015 to 2023, Pansing Brooks said she worked to be a voice to bring people together, elevate conversations and help people see other sides to issues. If elected back to Legislative District 28, Pansing Brooks said she would continue uplifting juvenile justice reform, combatting human trafficking, defending workers' rights, protecting public education, supporting small businesses, expanding correctional programming for successful reentry and ensuring access to and equity in health care, 'right where I left off in 2022.' Among Pansing Brooks' previous successes: protecting survivors of human trafficking from prostitution charges, mandating new juvenile room confinement standards and reports and shielding survivors of sexual assault and sex trafficking before criminal charges are filed. 'There's still work to do,' she said. Pansing Brooks has a history of working with conservative colleagues, such as with former State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan on dyslexia. The pair toured schools and passed laws to increase interventions for students with dyslexia and require teachers to be educated about the disability. Pansing Brooks also worked closely with former State Sen. Tom Brewer, a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and the Legislature's first Native member, notably to help pressure the closing of four beer stores in the village of Whiteclay in Brewer's north-central Nebraska district. For decades, the stores helped fuel alcoholism for the neighboring Pine Ridge Reservation, home to the Oglala Lakota. The duo also worked to add 'Indigenous Peoples' Day' to state law alongside Columbus Day. Brewer is one of many former conservative colleagues of Pansing Brooks to have already endorsed her 2026 campaign. Pansing Brooks, if elected, would join a handful of lawmakers to return after being term-limited. She said she knows there will be 'horrible days,' as there were before and that it might be tough. However, Pansing Brooks said, 'There's goodness and kindness to share, important laws to make and ways to support our fabulous Nebraskans.' Since 2023, the one-house Legislature has been increasingly divided on partisan lines. Pansing Brooks would return as lawmakers have a heightened focus on the LGBTQ community that she advocated for during her time in office. She had proposed legislation attempting to outlaw discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, which other senators picked up after her absence. 'I care about the rights of people to live and to be who they are, to not have prejudice against them, no matter what group they're in,' Pansing Brooks said. 'But I'm also going to be there to learn and listen and try to figure out if there's new steps where I'm needed or new issues where I'm needed, then that's what I'll do.' Another lawmaker who returned after being term-limited, former State Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, declined to seek reelection in 2022, in part because of how much the institution had changed in the four years he was gone. Lathrop endorsed Pansing Brooks, with whom he served. Just one lawmaker has been term-limited twice since the voter-approved restrictions took full effect after 2006: former State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha. Pansing Brooks said that, if elected, she would not return with any assumptions that she would be treated differently than other 'newbie' lawmakers. She said she knows she would need to make new friendships and gain trust, which she's ready to do, and that Nebraska could be a model for Congress on working together. In 2022, Pansing Brooks was the Democratic candidate for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District, falling short to U.S. Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb. Flood, a former colleague, repeatedly sought to tie Pansing Brooks to national Democratic policies and party leaders. Pansing Brooks in that 2022 congressional race won her legislative district by a slightly greater percentage of votes than Raybould did that year. It is Lincoln's most progressive legislative district. A bipartisan group of former senators endorsed Pansing Brooks, including State Sens. Kathy Campbell, Bob Krist, John McCollister, DiAnna Schimek, John Stinner, Tony Vargas and Lynne Walz. She is endorsed by current State Sens. Machaela Cavanaugh, John Cavanaugh, Danielle Conrad, Wendy DeBoer, George Dungan, John Fredrickson, Dunixi Guereca, Megan Hunt, Margo Juarez, Terrell McKinney, Dan Quick, Raybould, Victor Rountree and Ashlei Spivey. All but Hunt, a nonpartisan progressive, are Democrats in the officially nonpartisan Legislature. Other early endorsements include Bob Kerrey and Ben Nelson (former governors and former U.S. senators), former Nebraska Lt. Govs. Kim Robak and Maxine Moul and Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. Pansing Brooks, who had been a Republican for much of her life until the 2000s, including a stint as Lancaster County GOP chair, said she's honored by conservative friends she made in the Legislature who have now endorsed her. 'It makes me realize that this is possible. We don't all have to be divided and in circular firing squads, just firing away at each other,' Pansing Brooks said. Pansing Brooks added that the Legislature is special and that she hopes lawmakers can continue to find common ground. 'We've done that in the past,' Pansing Brooks said. 'We can continue to do it.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
New York Post
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
YouTube star P2istheName's cause of death revealed after being found dead in mail room at 26
Popular YouTuber P2istheName's cause of death has been revealed nearly three months after he was found dead in a Los Angeles mail room at age 26. The video streamer, known for his video game walkthrough clips, died of natural causes on March 14, County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner said Tuesday. P2istheName — born Philip Enewally — died of 'sudden cardiac dysfunction due to solitary papillary muscle hypertrophy,' the official cause of death determination added. Advertisement 4 Popular YouTuber P2istheName's cause of death has been revealed nearly three months after he was found dead in a Los Angeles mail room at age 26. @p2isthename/Instagram According to the Medical Examiner, the condition is a 'subtype of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is a risk factor for a sudden fatal cardiac event.' The content creator was found in the mail room of his apartment building shortly after he collapsed. Advertisement Paramedics were unable to revive him despite life-saving efforts. Enewally was pronounced dead at 3:11 p.m. local time, according to the release. It's unclear if drugs or alcohol played any role in P2istheName's death. A full report on the video streamer's death will be released at a later date, LA County Medical Examiner said. 4 The video streamer was known for his video game walkthrough clips. p2isthename/Instagram Advertisement Following the shocking news of his death, fellow YouTuber COLETHEMAN took to social media to pay his respects. 'I'm honestly at a loss for words,' the streamer, who boasts nearly 1 million subscribers, wrote on X. 'He was always so kind to me and gave me so much content creation advice. May he rest in peace. This breaks my heart.' P2istheName gained popularity early on in his content creation career, playing titles like Fortnite and the NBA 2K series. 4 The YouTuber died of natural causes on March 14, County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner said Tuesday. @p2isthename/Instagram Advertisement In most of his videos, he offers detailed play-by-play analyses of challenging game scenarios to help players better understand them. His final video was uploaded on Feb. 24, titled 'A regular night with my rich 'psychotic' friends.' The YouTuber had also recently launched his clothing line, DontMindUs. Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters As for his personal life, fans learned earlier this year that Enewally was leaving his native Los Angeles for Atlanta. In several videos shared before his untimely death, the streamer could be seen packing up and shipping out clothing orders with his CyberTruck. Enewally spent the last few months of his life worried about his dwindling viewership on YouTube. 4 The content creator was found in the mail room of his apartment building shortly after he collapsed. p2isthename/Instagram Advertisement He had opened up about feeling 'lost' and shared his struggles with the uncertainty surrounding the future of his content. Indeed, the viewership of his videos declined dramatically, with recent clips averaging only 20,000 to 60,000 views — a steep drop from his previous videos, which regularly attracted millions of views.
RTÉ News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Mayo manager Kevin McStay announces he is stepping back for the 'immediate future' due to health 'issues'
Mayo senior football manager Kevin McStay is stepping back from his role for the immediate future to deal with personal health issues. The county confirmed that assistant manager Stephen Rochford will take charge of the footballers for the foreseeable future as McStay recuperates from a reported 'medical episode' on Saturday. According to the Examiner, the episode occurred during a training session Hastings Insurance MacHale Park with the 63-year-old subsequently brought to hospital where he is being monitored. McStay has been in charge of the Mayo senior team since 2022 and led his county to Allianz League Divsion 1 glory in his maiden campaign in 2023. County chairman Seamus Tuohy confirmed that McStay intends to return to his role when he has recovered. "We extend our best wishes to Kevin and thank him for all his work to date," Tuohy said in a statement. "We look forward to him returning to the role as soon as it is practical for him to do so. We also stand fully behind Stephen and everyone involved in the set-up." McStay meanwhile gave his full support to Rochford and he believes that the presence of the Crossmolina man will ensure continuity within the team. Rochford is no stranger tot he role and was manager in his own right from 2016 until 2018, losing out on the All-Ireland final replay by one point to the Dubs. McStay said: "Mayo GAA Board and I are in strong agreement that current Assistant Manager/Head Coach Stephen Rochford will lead our preparations for upcoming games. "We are blessed to have a man of Stephen's calibre and, as a valued member of the management team for the past three seasons, he ensures continuity. While I will not be on the training field or on the sideline on match day, I will be with management and players in spirit every step of the way." Mayo, who lost their opening All-Ireland group match to Cavan last weekend, will be up against Tyrone next Saturday in Omagh, before playing their final group fixture against Donegal on Saturday, 14 June.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
A Momfluencer's Son Drowned. Now Other Parents Are Rethinking How Much They Share Online
On Sunday, three-year-old Trigg Kiser died following a drowning incident. According to local NBC affiliate 12 News, authorities responded to a call in Chandler, Arizona where they found the boy unconscious after being pulled out of a pool. The child was airlifted to Phoenix Children's Hospital. The circumstances of the drowning are unknown; an investigation is underway. 'Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the child's family and loved ones during this unimaginable time,' said Chandler Police spokesperson Sonu Wasu in a statement. Trigg was the son of Emilie Kiser, a 26-year-old Arizona-based mom and beauty influencer who has 3.6 million TikTok followers and 1.4 million Instagram followers. (Neither Kiser nor her representatives have issued a statement, and didn't respond to Rolling Stone's request for comment.) When the drowning incident happened on May 12, it was reported on local Arizona news channels and the outside of the house was shown. Viewers recognized it as belonging to Kiser. Almost immediately, TikTok was ablaze with rumors that the boy who had drowned was Kiser's son. People posted videos comparing footage from the news report to Zillow listings of Kaiser's house, insisting that the boy who drowned must have been her son. There were tearful videos where creators prayed for Trigg's wellbeing and others where people redoubled their investigative efforts to prove that Trigg was the boy who had drowned. TikTok creators pointed to the fact that Kiser (and many of her close friends who are also influencers) hadn't posted in days. More from Rolling Stone RFK Jr. and Republicans Are Dismantling a Health Achievement: Fluoride in Water Mexican Beauty Influencer Shot and Killed on TikTok Live The Baby Tax: Trump's Tariffs Are an Assault on New Parents Kiser is among the most popular mom creators on TikTok and has welcomed millions of fans into her family's life. Trigg was a regular staple in Kiser's content, as Emilie showed footage of her getting the young boy ready for the day, playing with him, or putting him down for a nap. Through her daily vlogs, viewers came to feel that they knew her. More than that, some of them felt they loved her — and loved her children. This isn't uncommon for parasocial relationships, which are defined as one-way relationships fans develop with celebrities or influencers. The ones viewers form with mom creators can be particularly intense, according to Jess Rauchberg, an assistant professor of communication technologies at Seton Hall University. 'She's walking you through her life. It's super intimate. It feels like you're spending the morning with your best friend,' Rauchberg says. On Monday, news reports confirmed that Trigg had died. Seemingly instantaneously, online sleuths dug for proof of the boy's passing, even going as far as posting screenshots from the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner confirming his death. That didn't surprise Brandon Harris, a professor of social media analytics and production at the University of Alabama who studies parasocial relationships. 'For better or worse, these content creators are public figures and celebrities at this point,' he says. 'We can debate the limit of what the expectation of privacy should be but they have primarily made their wealth by making their lives accessible to other people.' And fans seem to expect that access even in the wake of unimaginable tragedy. There was also an outpouring of grief on social media, as viewers and fans struggled to understand the death of a boy with whom they had formed such a parasocial bond. They had watched Trigg grow up, their videos and captions lamented, and now he was gone. Creators posted videos of themselves sobbing onto the camera. One video with hundreds of thousands of views offered the Kiser family a place to stay if they wanted to leave Arizona. Another account, which has now been deleted, posed as Emilie posting a tribute to her late son. 'Social media collapses the distance between viewers and the person on the other side of the screen. The tragedy becomes so much more than just a family's grief or a community's grief when millions of people are now grieving with you,' Rauchberg says. 'And that's not always a good thing. We don't actually know this family.' Alongside the expressions of grief, creators and commenters threw blame and accusations. They insisted Emilie and her husband, Brady, should be charged with child neglect. An unsubstantiated rumor that Emilie refused to have a pool fence installed because it wasn't aesthetically pleasing has been often repeated. People zoomed into old videos of Kiser's, trying to prove that she did or didn't have safety measures in place. They looked through her content, trying to pinpoint where she was when the drowning incident occurred. Had she been home? Was she out? Was she at fault or was her husband? In a video viewed over 200,000 times, a creator who goes by @neurodivergent_nate said, 'this is parental neglect. You're the parent and you need to be protecting them. And you failed.' The TikTok videos addressing the Kaiser family tragedy largely fall into two categories: grieving Trigg or blaming his parents for his death. The intensity of the reactions leave Rauchberg wondering whether the intense parasocial reaction to Trigg's death may change the culture of parents sharing content about their kids online. 'Let's say I'm an influencer and, God forbid, something happens to my kid, do I want people making content about my child and getting views and clicks and likes because my child died?' Losing a child is a tragedy; losing a child in front of millions of people who think they know is a dystopian nightmare – and it's making mom influencers rethink what they're sharing online. One mom creator posted a TikTok of herself overlaid with the words, 'Anyone else questioning how much of their life they share online after seeing Emilie Kiser get ripped apart by the internet?' In another video, a creator who posts about being a mom in law school said, 'I just want you guys to know this will be the last public video from me. The things that I've seen after someone going through the worst thing imaginable are vile and disgusting and I don't wanna share my life. I don't wanna share my kids.' Rolling Stone reached out to this creator, who said she had nothing to add to what she said in the video. A mom creator who has hundreds of thousands of followers, and requested to remain anonymous because of possible backlash, tells Rolling Stone that she was stunned by the lack of sensitivity of viewers and fans. 'People watch creators on the internet and they don't realize that they're real people with real lives and real families outside of what they see on the internet,' she says. Because of the response to the Kiser family tragedy, this creator is taking a break from posting on social media and is even debating quitting altogether despite the benefits from an influencing career. 'Having a following can be a creative outlet and a monetary blessing for sure, but the cost is your privacy and your peace. No amount of money is worth that. The money you can make from social media is not worth this. Everything that happens to you, good or bad, will be dissected by the internet. Nothing is worth your privacy and your peace.' 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Irish Examiner
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Lowry left frustrated by another Sunday slip-up as Straka wins Truist Championship
Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka walked off the 7th tee box at The Philadelphia Cricket Club on Sunday afternoon and began comparing notes on what they'd got their mams for Mother's Day. It was confirmation that the two-man final-round showdown for the $20m Truist Championship was very much a friendly face-off. While the mics picked up talk of flowers, it was also all too obvious what Bridget Lowry would have fancied to mark the Stateside version of Mothering Sunday. At 38, her son has savoured career milestones. But not too as many glory moments lately. Heading out co-leader with his Ryder Cup teammate from Austria, Lowry was looking for a first solo PGA Tour victory since 2019 and first Stateside solo win in a decade. The timing of a potential triumph, with the season's second major kicking off Thursday at Quail Hollow, was tantalising. Alas, another struggling Sunday was about Lowry's lot as Straka held his nerve for a steady but far from spectacular two-shot victory over the Offaly man. In keeping with title tilt that mostly foundered on his inability to get the putter going, Lowry three-putted from 20 feet for an ugly bogey on the final hole when a birdie would have forced a playoff. He rubbed his temples as Straka sealed his second win of the season with a par, Lowry perhaps wondering how he'd mustered just a level-par 70 when a 67 would have ended what is, in the wake of Rory McIlroy finally completing his slam, the most agitating run in Irish golf. The early part of Lowry's week had been much more light-hearted with some very on-brand self-slagging. 'Better to be lucky than good,' he wrote on Friday, sharing footage of a putt on the 11th which hurtled to the hole, hit the back of the cup and somehow spun back in for birdie. Lucky? Sure. But Lowry has been damn good lately too, the kinda good that makes it easier to make fun of oneself. This week made it 10-straight cuts made since February. In the previous nine events he had seven top-25s, three top 10s and a runner-up spot at the AT&T in Pebble Beach. Now he has another, joint second-place alongside Justin Thomas his lot after the closing bogey. 'I've been like this for the past couple of years. Since the Ryder Cup in Rome, I feel like I've kicked on a little bit and been quite mature,' he said Saturday night. 'I've put a lot into it the last two years, my whole career, but particularly the last two years. Starting to see some rewards is good. Obviously you want trophies, and that's going to be my number one goal [tomorrow].' For too long now, finishing the job has been a vexing thing. Given his ability and consistency, there should be more pots and pans on the mantlepiece goes a fair argument. In a sit-down with the Examiner last summer, Lowry reflected on sabbath slips. 'When I've a chance to do something on Sunday I'm never happy with anything other than the win,' he said then. 'Even though I don't win loads, I've won enough, a bit in my career. But when you've a chance on a Sunday…' He had more than a chance in Philadelphia. A late birdie Saturday ensured he went off tied with Straka, three shots clear of Thomas who did do his best to barge into contention. When Lowry lashed a driving iron down the first fairway a punter near the tee box bellowed 'Go Birds!', the refrain for Philly's beloved NFL Eagles. The Offaly man duly delivered, rolling in a 12-foot birdie putt to take the outright lead on 15 under. Driving well, Lowry's brilliant scrambling game found him another birdie on the long 5th but Straka's stellar putting helped him to an eagle to leave the pair tied at the top. When Straka bogeyed the 6th, Lowry was back in front until he bogeyed the 8th and suddenly found himself two back. By the 12th they were level again with Thomas just one more back. Some heart medication may have been the more appropriate Mother's Day gift. On and on they went. It was compelling without being particularly sparkling. Lowry simply couldn't get the putter working. The duo went shot for shot to an almost bizarre level, both coming up surprisingly short on the long 15th. Lowry went first and produced a quite gorgeous chip which shaved the hole for eagle. So close to a key moment. In the scorer's tent, TV cameras caught Rory McIlroy putting his hands to his head in frustration for his close friend. The resulting tap-in birdie put Lowry in the lead again but it was all too brief as Straka also birdied. That would be as close as it got. On the short 16th Lowry tried a fade that didn't fade, only finding a horrible lie in the greenside rough. Another impressive chip gave him a shot of an escape but his par putt agonizingly lipped back around and out. Straka had a one-shot lead and an all-too familiar pain hovered into view. After driving the ball so well all day, Lowry lashed on wildly wide and towards the fairway hospitality on the 18th but was given a drop. When Straka hit a gem out of the bunker from 200-plus yards back, Lowry was in sudden death mode. He hit his to 20 feet and would have a chance at forcing a play-off. Instead, that dastardly three-putt and a sickening 70. Perhaps he'll take out some frustration on Quail Hollow this for now the wait goes on.
