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Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
‘Kids just being kids': Officers invite Akron youth to day of fishing, fun
AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – The Fraternal Order of Police invited 42 young people from Akron to share the day on their turf on Friday. Not patrolling the streets, but fishing, playing basketball, throwing a football and more. The kids are a part of the outreach by the Fallen Fathers Foundation. It was originally started by Tim Anderson to help mentor only a couple of local kids. 'I was working with some kids after school and before you know it, some parents were reaching out wanting me to work with their kids and it went from there,' Anderson said. Today, the foundation offers workplace development, group and peer mentoring, counseling, tutoring, summer programs and more. 'I have actually had some kids who have come up through the program in the past seven years and are now mentors. Some of them actually facilitate the programs,' said Anderson, who is also a behavioral health specialist. Best-reviewed beaches in Northeast Ohio 'I got a couple of kids here I've had since they were like five, six years old are now headed to eighth and ninth grade and they are doing great, so they are flourishing, something is working,' he said. Organizers hope the outing will help create a closer connection between police officers and youth in the community. 'We want them to see us as officers, but as people more importantly that they can trust, that they can come to if they have a problem,' said FOP Lodge 7 President Brian Lucey. Local Speedway sells 9 winning lottery tickets Among the youngsters there for the event was 14-year-old Amari Jordan. 'It's been fun. I went in the SWAT cars and I have been trying to fish,' he told FOX 8. Fishing and enjoying the day with the kids were active duty officers, retired officers, Akron Police Department administrators and members of the FOP's executive board, as well as officers from the transit authority police who transported the kids to the lodge in two metro RTA buses. 'This is like a blessing. It's a blessing just to be able to see kids just being kids, you know? Not having to grow up too fast, allowed to have fun. A lot of them have never even picked up a fishing rod so to actually go out and actually catch something, this is nice,' said Anderson. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Ex-Yankee Is Awarded About $500,000 in Damages for Moldy Greenwich Mansion
A Connecticut jury on Wednesday awarded the former New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson damages that are expected to top $500,000 from the ex-landlord of his $55,000-a-month Greenwich, Conn., rental mansion, which he complained was plagued by mold and squirrels. Mr. Donaldson, 39, terminated the lease about six weeks after moving into the five-bedroom, 4,800-square-foot home in April 2022 with his now-wife, Briana, who was pregnant at the time, and their 17-month-old daughter. In a federal lawsuit filed in Connecticut in June 2022, the now-retired baseball player accused the home's owner, Bill Grous, of breach of contract and said that the rental in Greenwich's backcountry section was a money pit. The neighborhood, sought after for its sprawling estates and privacy, is a magnet for professional athletes, other celebrities and financiers. Mr. Donaldson, a former American League Most Valuable Player with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015, moved into the mansion a few weeks after being traded to the Yankees from the Minnesota Twins. His two seasons in New York were rocky. Mr. Donaldson struggled to replicate his success and was suspended by Major League Baseball in May 2022 for one game for repeatedly calling Tim Anderson, who is Black and was a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox at the time, 'Jackie,' a reference to Jackie Robinson. In August 2023, Mr. Donaldson was released by the Yankees. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Virginia House District 97 winner: Tim Anderson
VIRGINIA BEACH — A former state delegate has clinched victory in the Republican primary race for Virginia House District 97. Tim Anderson is leading with 93.3% of the vote, and as of 8:15 p.m., was called the winner by the Associated Press. Anderson, 50, an attorney, faced political newcomer Christina Felder, 28, a substitute school teacher. He wants to substantially lower the car tax that residents pay each year, and instead use Virginia's budget surplus to reimburse localities for the lost revenue. 'We ran a clean message on eliminating the car tax, and it resonated overwhelming with the district,' Anderson said by phone Tuesday night. 'Virginia has the surplus to do it. That's going to be our campaign promise.' Voter turnout was light in the race, with no statewide Republicans on the ticket. Anderson had 959 votes to Felder's 70 votes when the Associated Press called the race. The by-precinct results for early voting and by-mail voting must be tallied by Monday, but Virginia Beach Registrar Christine Lewis said she expects to have those results before the end of the week. Virginia Beach had 835 early ballots cast in the Republican primary as of Monday, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. The district includes parts of Virginia Beach and has 63,024 registered voters. Anderson will face Democrat Michael Feggans in the general election, which is considered competitive. Republicans lost control of the seat to Feggans in 2023 and are hoping to oust him to win it back. Feggans ousted Republican incumbent Karen Greenhalgh with 52% of the vote in 2023. Anderson represented House District 83 from 2021-2023 and is making a bid for District 97 in an effort to flip the Democratic-controlled majority in the House. Anderson has moved to different districts in order to run for office. He moved last August near Lynnhaven Mall to run for the District 97 seat. Anderson was elected in 2021 to represent House District 83, a competitive seat that at the time covered western Virginia Beach and a sliver of Norfolk's Ocean View. He resigned in 2023 and moved because redistricting placed him in the same boundary lines as Republican Del. Rob Bloxom. But he was unsuccessful in a primary bid for Virginia Senate District 19 against fellow Republican Christie New Craig, who now holds the seat. Anderson's campaign raised more than $170,000 as of June 5, according to Virginia Public Access Project. Stacy Parker, 757-222-5125,
The Independent
11-06-2025
- The Independent
Three Virginia high school students seeking $10M in lawsuit over principal's accusation of ‘racist harassment'
Three Virginia high school students are suing their principal, alleging defamation for being called racist over a birthday card and gift they gave a fellow student they insist is a friend. Three students at Kellam High School in Virginia Beach say Ryan Schubart, the school's principal, 'published materially false and defamatory statements in an email addressed to the entire student body on or about March 13, 2025,' according to reporting from WAVY. The students are seeking $10 million in damages. According to court documents obtained by the outlet, the principal claimed the students engaged in 'racist harassment' and 'will be disciplined to the fullest extent possible.' The plaintiffs were reportedly part of a 'close friend group,' which included a student who was allegedly a victim of racial harassment. Tim Anderson, an attorney representing the students, said: 'They shouldn't have been brought out to the town square and castigated in front of the entire community, with adults weighing in, calling them racist. You don't do that to children. It ruins their lives.' He added that what Schubart wrote in the email was not an accurate reflection of what occurred. Per court records, on March 12, the birthday of the alleged victim, the plaintiffs 'presented the gift recipient with a gift intended as a joke consisting of handwritten notes on a birthday card, a bag of fried chicken, and various candy, which was received in the same spirit as a friendly gift by the recipient.' The entire encounter lasted between two to three minutes, court records state. Security footage of the incident showed 'The plaintiffs, the gift recipient and other students laughing, hugging and engaging in friendly behavior.' In his email, the principal wrote that a staff member intervened after witnessing the exchange, which Anderson disputes. 'The principal said that a teacher had to break up the incident that didn't happen,' he told the TV station. 'We have video evidence [that this] absolutely did not happen.' 'All of these boys were close friends. The Black child, [it] was his birthday,' Anderson said. 'The boys were bringing him a gift for his birthday, a gift that he asked for. The child said that the card that was given to him was funny.' He continued: '[The] principal had all that information, but he omitted it, and he spun it up as this is an incident of racial harassment, racial bullying.' The attorney claims the plaintiffs 'have been threatened and property damage has occurred.' The boys have also been removed from the school.
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Tornado in Pulborough damages trees but misses homes
A research group is collecting information about storm damage after "evidence of a moderate tornado" in West weather event happened in Pulborough just before 18:00 BST on Saturday, according to the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro).This followed a yellow Met Office thunderstorm warning in south-east England on the same site investigator Sarah Horton told BBC Radio Sussex she was "particularly interested in what happened next" after observing the 0.8-mile (1.3km) damage trail south of the village. She said: "Did the thunderstorm that produced the tornado in Pulborough do anything else as it went further east?"Torro graded the event as T2 on its scale, meaning it was a moderate tornado with a wind speed between 73mph (117km/h) and 92mph (148km/h).The privately run organisation said no homes were damaged and asked for pictures of storm damage to be uploaded to its website. Tim Anderson, who witnessed the tornado from his home, told BBC Radio Sussex it was "a bit scary but surprising to see" the twister moving across Pulborough Brooks nature reserve."The rain was beating against the window and then the window started vibrating," he said."It was literally like a wall of rotating debris coming off the brooks and heading downriver." Ms Horton said she found "damaged trees, mostly along the River Arun" and it is "very clear from the track" that this was caused by a tornado."If you look at some of the trees you can see that they've been twisted," the storm investigator said."It's quite a long narrow track so it's only around 50m wide at its widest point."She added that tornadoes are "unusual but not rare" and that Sussex experiences "a reasonable amount" of them, particularly near the coast. Torro was established in 1974 and describes itself as a privately supported research body serving the national and international public interest.
