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World News - 1540 WADK Newport

Getty Images - STOCK(LONDON) -- Days of torrential rain have triggered widespread flooding across parts of Kenya, turning roads into raging rivers and claiming dozens of lives.Half of Kenya's 47 counties have been affected by the flooding, which has killed at least 32 people and displaced more than 40,000 others from their homes, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which cited the Kenya Red Cross Society.The ongoing El Nino, a warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean that increases wind shear over the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, has brought higher-than-average seasonal rainfall to East Africa. The heavy rain began in Kenya in March during the start of the country's so-called long rains season and worsened over the past week, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department.The Kenya Red Cross said its staff have rescued at least 188 people since the onset of the long rains, which typically last from March through May. Nearly 8,000 acres of land remain submerged and almost 5,000 livestock deaths have been reported.The Kenyan capital of Nairobi has been particularly hard hit, with over 31,000 people displaced from their homes, mostly informal settlements that have poor and blocked drainage systems, according to OCHA. Nairobi County's senator, Edwin Sifuna, posted a video on social media showing flooded homes with people stranded on the rooftops."The situation in Nairobi has escalated to extreme levels," Sifuna wrote in the post on Wednesday. "The County Government for all its efforts is clearly overwhelmed. We need all national emergency services mobilized to save lives."The cabinet secretary for the Kenyan Ministry of Interior, Kithure Kindiki, said in a statement on Thursday that the federal government has "stepped up" its "multi-agency response" by coordinating search and rescue operations, ensuring the evacuation of those at risk and mobilizing support for the displaced."The public is urged to cooperate with safety, health, risk, emergency, and communication teams dispatched to monitor, report, and oversee help to those who may be in distress," Kindiki added.Earlier this week, the Kenya Red Cross said it deployed drones that spotted a child who was alone and trapped by floodwaters in Machakos County. The organization alerted Kenya's National Police Service, whose officers rescued the young boy via helicopter and then reunited him with this family.The relentless downpours and flash flooding have also impacted transportation nationwide. Kenya Railways suspended commuter train services on Wednesday, while the Kenya Urban Roads Authority partially closed several major roads in Nairobi.More heavy rainfall is in the forecast over the coming days for parts of the country, including Nairobi, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department. During a press briefing on Thursday, Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua urged people in lower areas to move to higher ground in anticipation of the "above normal" rainfall.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Politics News - 1540 WADK Newport

Alex Kent/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Speaker Mike Johnson, claiming that Hamas supports the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests at Columbia University and other of the U.S. colleges, on Thursday threatened congressional intervention, including pulling federal funding from the institutions."The things that have happened at the hands of Hamas are horrific, and yet these protestors are out there waving flags for the very people who committed those crimes. This is not who we are in America," Johnson, the top House Republican, said in a post on X on Thursday morning. ABC News has not documented any cases of protesters waving Hamas flags, as Johnson suggested.Student protests at Columbia and other schools have primarily denounced Israeli military action in Gaza and expressed support for Palestinian civilians, rather than expressing support for Hamas. School administrators and officials have said the protests on their campuses have been largely peaceful.Citing a statement Hamas issued Wednesday, Johnson said Hamas "backed" the protests at Columbia specifically, which began April 17. Johnson added in a separate post on X that "taxpayer dollars should not be going to institutions that allow this chaos."In the Hamas statement, its spokesperson Izzat Al-Risheq blamed President Joe Biden for "violating the individual rights and the right to expression through arresting university students and faculty members for their rejection of the genocide to which our Palestinian people are being subjected in the Gaza Strip at the hands of the neo-Nazi Zionists.""Today's students are the leaders of the future, and their suppression today means an expensive electoral bill that the Biden administration will pay sooner or later," Al-Risheq wrote in the statement.In response to Hamas' statement, White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates told ABC News that "Hamas perpetrated the deadliest massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust, which makes them the least credible voice that exists on this subject.""Hamas' disapproval, after their acts of 'unadulterated evil' -- which they've pledged to repeat 'again and again' -- is a testament to President Biden's moral clarity. President Biden has stood against Antisemitism his entire life. And he will never stop," Bates said.Johnson's comments on Thursday came a day after he visited Columbia University, where he met with Jewish students and joined his New York House Republican colleagues in calling for the school's president, Minouche Shafik, to resign if she can't bring order to the protests. In a speech, during which boos and shouts from protesters often overpowered the speaker's words, Johnson considered the need to send the National Guard to intervene.In an interview with ABC News' Linsey Davis on Wednesday, Johnson cited the statement and said Hamas sees Columbia's protesters as the future leaders of America."We should hope not," Johnson said. "Hamas is a terrorist organization."Johnson said federal funding should be revoked if universities cannot maintain control of the protests and prevent violence."If [school administrators] can't get control of this, we will take the funding away from these universities. The Congress has a responsibility to do that, the power of the purse, and we will use it, and we will hold these administrators accountable," Johnson told Davis.While Johnson mentioned violence on campus, the New York Police Department said earlier this week that there are no credible threats to any particular group or individual as a result of the protests at Columbia University. The department said it had not received any reports of physical harm toward any students.Last week, more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Columbia as they called for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations. Other participants in Columbia's ongoing, encampment-style protests were suspended and removed from campus.The demonstrations followed Shafik's testimony to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about antisemitism on college campuses, during which she said she has taken actions to combat antisemitism on campus since a terror attack on Oct. 7 sparked Israel's war with Hamas.New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik called for Shafik's resignation days later, writing in a post on X that Columbia "failed to enforce their own campus rules and protect Jewish students on campus."While there have been some instances of violence and offensive or antisemitic rhetoric during the protests, school administrators, New York police and protesters themselves have largely blamed that activity on individuals not affiliated with the schools."... Tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas," Shafik said earlier this week.Columbia spokesman Ben Chang said the student encampment on campus has raised serious safety concerns. He added that Columbia will not tolerate harassment and discriminatory behavior, and the university will investigate to see if any student protestors violated community rules.8 years after the National Enquirer's deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badlyIn response to some student concerns about safety amid on-campus tension, some universities have responded by opting for remote or hybrid learning options.ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Kiara Alfonseca contributed to this report.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Entertainment News - 1540 WADK Newport

Lauren Dukoff/GlamourActress Sophia Bush is opening up about finding new love with former soccer player Ashlyn Harris."I didn't see it until I saw it," Bush wrote in her cover story with Glamour that was published Thursday.Bush filed for divorce from husband Grant Hughes on August 4, 2023; they'd tied the knot on June 11, 2022. Bush cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.Bush explained how friends in her support group, which was formed to help each other through the life change, began to point out the obvious compatibility forming between her and Harris, who filed for divorce from her ex-wife, former professional soccer player Ali Krieger, in September 2023."It really took other people in our safe support bubble pointing out to me how we'd finish each other's sentences or be deeply affected by the same things," she wrote.After much consideration, Bush said she finally asked Harris to spend time individually."It took me confronting a lot of things, what felt like countless sessions of therapy, and some prodding from loved ones, but eventually I asked Ashlyn to have a non-friend-group hang to talk about it," wrote Bush.Bush said the public reaction turned negative quickly, as people on the outside were not aware of the time and work it took her to find love again."There were blatant lies. Violent threats. There were accusations of being a home-wrecker. The ones who said I'd left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women — my partners have known what I'm into for as long as I have."She added of Harris, who is a mom, "Falling in love with her has sutured some of my own childhood wounds, and made me so much closer to my own mother."Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Health - 1540 WADK Newport

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Public health officials are continuing to monitor as an outbreak of avian flu, also known as bird flu, continues to spread across the country.The strain, known as H5N1, has sickened several mammals this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).Several dairy cows have been infected, resulting in milk samples showing inactive remnants of the virus, and one human case has been confirmed.Health officials say the food supply is safe and the risk to the general public is currently low.Here's the latest to know on the outbreak:What is bird flu?Avian influenza, or bird flu, is an infectious viral disease that primarily spreads among birds and is caused by infection with Influenza A viruses.These viruses typically spread among wild aquatic birds but can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species, according to the CDC.Although bird flu viruses normally don't infect humans, there have been rare cases of infection. To confirm infection, laboratory testing is required.Signs and symptoms of infection in humans often include sore throat, cough, fever, runny or stuffy nose, headache, muscle or body aches, fatigue and shortness of breath. Less common symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and seizures.Infections can range from no symptoms or mild illness, such as flu-like symptoms, to more severe illness, such as pneumonia that could require hospitalizations, the CDC says.How did the outbreak begin?In early March, the USDA announced a bird flu strain that had sickened millions of birds across the U.S was identified in several mammals this year.At the time, three states had reported cases of bird flu in mammals in 2024, including striped skunks found in Washington state, a mountain lion in Montana and a raccoon in Kentucky.A few weeks later, federal and state public health officials said they were investigating an illness among primarily older dairy cows in Kansas, New Mexico and Texas and causing symptoms including decreased lactation and low appetite.The USDA said in a statement at the time that "there is no concern about the safety of the commercial milk supply or that this circumstance poses a risk to consumer health."First human case of bird fluEarlier this month, the CDC said a human case of bird flu was identified in Texas and linked to cattle. The infected individual worked directly with sick cattle and reported eye redness as their only symptom.8 years after the National Enquirer's deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badlyThis is the second human case of H5N1 ever reported in the U.S. but the first linked to cattle.However, there have been no reports and no evidence to indicate there is person-to-person transmission, a CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen told ABC News at the time.The CDC said it considers the health risk assessment to the general public to be low.Inactive fragments found in milk samplesEarlier this week, reports emerged of bird flu fragments found in samples of pasteurized milk. However, the fragments are inactive remnants of the virus and cannot cause infection as the commercial milk supply undergoes pasteurization.Federal agencies maintain the U.S. commercial milk supply remains safe because milk is pasteurized and dairy farmers are required to dispose of any milk from sick cows, so it does not enter the supply."To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe," the FDA said in an update.The FDA said in its update that fragments of the virus are likely inactivated by the pasteurization process."The discovery of bird flu virus fragments in commercial milk is significant, not because it poses a direct threat to public health, but because it indicates a broader exposure among dairy cattle than we previously understood," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor. "This calls for an expanded surveillance of both the virus's presence and its potential impact on food safety."He added, "It's crucial to continue rigorous testing to determine if any live virus can survive the process. Understanding the dynamics of this virus in dairy products will help us refine our risk assessments and ensure public health safety."The FDA said it is collaborating closely with the CDC's food safety group surveillance team to monitor emergency department data and flu testing data for any unusual trends in flu-like illness, flu or conjunctivitis. There is currently no data showing any unusual trends or activity.ABC News Sony Salzman contributed to this report.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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National News - 1540 WADK Newport

Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The families of victims who died in one of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes met with Department of Justice officials Wednesday regarding the looming decision to prosecute or dismiss charges against the company.The fatal Boeing crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 killed 346 people. Family members of victims of the 2019 crash in Ethiopia met with prosecutors in Washington D.C. Wednesday.The first crash on Oct. 29, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia, killed all 189 passengers and crew.The second crash, on March 10, 2019, happened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when a Boeing aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff and killed 157 people onboard.Both crashes preceded the Alaska Airlines incident earlier this year, when a door plug fell out of the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9, a newer model, after departure.After a five-hour meeting on Wednesday, lawyers for the families of some of the victims said that they received no additional information about whether the Justice Department will be moving to dismiss charges against Boeing after the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) it reached with the company.Lawyers for the families also said they were not given specific information about how prosecutors are investigating the Alaska Airlines blowout.In 2021, the DOJ charged Boeing with "conspiracy to defraud the United States," after a lengthy investigation that the company knowingly misled regulators while seeking approval for its 737 MAX aircraft.Boeing entered into the deferred prosecution agreement worth $2.5 billion consisting of a $243 million criminal penalty, $500 million to relatives who lost loved ones and $1.77 billion to global airlines affected by the MAX groundings.The government has until July 7 to decide whether to move to dismiss the criminal case, to extend the agreement or to proceed with a prosecution.Attorney Paul G. Cassell told reporters Wednesday, "The meetings with the Department of Justice were what we feared -- all for show and without substance.""It is clear that they are only interested in seeing through the rigged Deferred Prosecution Agreement they brokered with Boeing without the involvement of the very families whose lives were shattered due to the company's fraud and misconduct," Cassell claimed."We will pursue every avenue to continue our challenge of the DPA and ensure Boeing is truly held accountable," he said.Cassell told ABC News if the DOJ does drop the charges against Boeing, they will "aggressively fight Boeing in the Northern District of Texas and any other court if needed.""Remember, Boeing has already admitted and committed a crime, their charges have been filed in Texas," Cassell said. "We simply want that case to move forward and let the jury decide whether Boeing is a criminal or not."8 years after the National Enquirer's deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badlyBoeing declined ABC News' request for comment.Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, who announced he would step down at the end of the year, said after the January incident, "Whatever final conclusions are reached, Boeing is accountable for what happened. An event like this must not happen on an airplane that leaves our factory."The meeting on Wednesday comes on the same day Boeing announced it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, signaling further strains on the aerospace company.ABC News' James Hill contributed to this report.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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AZZ Inc. Announces Pricing of its Public Offering of Common Stock

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Entertainment News - 1540 WADK Newport

'The Bear' - FX/Matt DinersteinOn Thursday, the Board of Jurors of the Peabody Awards announced the 27 nominees for the organization's 84th annual honors in the categories of Arts, Entertainment, Children's/Youth and Interactive & Immersive.More than 1,100 entries from TV shows to podcasts were in the running; this year, FX's Emmy-winning The Bear was among those singled out as "the most compelling and empowering stories" released in 2023. Other shows that were singled out in the Entertainment category included FX's Reservation Dogs; HBO's dramedy Somebody Somewhere and its hit video game adaptation The Last of Us; Netflix's Lupin, Blue Eyed Samurai and The Fall of the House of Usher; and Amazon Freevee's Jury Duty.In the Children's/Youth category, Bluey on Disney+ was singled out, as was Disney Channel's animated Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, executive produced by and starring the voice of Laurence Fishburne.The winners of the 84th annual Peabody Awards will be announced on May 9 and then celebrated on June 9 at a ceremony in Los Angeles.Here are the nominees in the Entertainment, Arts and Children's/Youth categories; the full list can be found here:ENTERTAINMENTThe Bear - (FX)Blue Eye Samurai - (Netflix)Dead Ringers - (Prime Video)The Fall of the House of Usher - (Netflix)Fellow Travelers - (Showtime)Jury Duty - (Amazon Freevee)The Last of Us - (HBO | Max)Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Israel-Hamas War - (HBO | Max)Lupin - (Netflix)Poker Face - (Peacock)Reality - (HBO | Max)Reservation Dogs - (FX)Somebody Somewhere - (HBO | Max)CHILDREN’S/YOUTHBluey - (Disney+)Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - (Disney Channel)Summer Camp Island - (Cartoon Network)ARTSCan You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters - (World Channel and APT)Judy Blume Forever - (Prime Video)Little Richard: I Am Everything - (CNN Films, MAX and Magnolia Pictures)Disney is the parent company of ABC News.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Politics News - 1540 WADK Newport

Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As various Supreme Court justices themselves acknowledged during a high-stakes hearing on Thursday, they could potentially reshape the contours of presidential power when they rule on whether Donald Trump is entitled to some amount of immunity from prosecution for alleged acts in the White House as he pushed to overturn his 2020 election loss.Over nearly three hours on Thursday, with demonstrators gathered outside, the justices grappled with arguments from both Trump's attorney and an attorney for special counsel Jack Smith, who has charged Trump in connection with his effort to stay in office after losing to now-President Joe Biden.Trump denies all wrongdoing and disputes some of what he is accused of doing while he maintains that other actions were part of his presidential authority.The oral arguments included several notable and important exchanges. Here are 10 of the key moments.A decision is expected from the court by the end of June.Could a president assassinate his rival?Justices Sonia Sotomayor and then Samuel Alito touched on one of the most provocative hypotheticals raised in Trump's battle for "absolute immunity" from charges over what he claims were official acts: Could a commander in chief order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival and not face prosecution?Sotomayor raised it first while questioning Trump attorney John Sauer. She pointed back to an earlier exchange Sauer had in a lower court proceeding."I'm going to give you a chance to say ...if you stay by it: The president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military, or orders someone, to assassinate him -- is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?" she asked."It would depend on the hypothetical," Sauer answered. "We could see that could well be an official act."Sotomayor pressed on that point: "Immunity says even if you did it for personal gain, we won't hold you responsible -- what do you -- how could that be?"Sauer pointed back to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from the '80s that held a president is immune from civil liability related to this official acts, which Sauer said is a basis for their own argument now about criminal liability."That's an extremely strong doctrine in this court's case law in cases like Fitzgerald," he said.Later, Alito referred back to a president's hypothetical use of the military as elite assassins as he and Sotomayor split on whether "plausibleness" was a useful standard for scrutiny versus "reasonable.""One might argue that it isn't plausible to order SEAL Team 6 -- and I don't want to slander SEAL Team 6 because they're -- no, seriously -- they're honorable, they're honorable officers and they are bound by the uniform code of military justice not to obey unlawful orders -- [but] I think one could say it's not plausible ... that that action would be legal," Alito said.To Sauer, he said, "I'm sure you've thought of lots of hypotheticals where a president could say, 'I'm using an official power,' and yet the power uses it in an absolutely outrageous manner."'What was up with the pardon of President Nixon?'Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pressed Sauer on his contention that without immunity all future presidents would feel paralyzed to take official acts that could put them in criminal jeopardy."I mean, I understood that every president from the beginning of time essentially has understood that there was a threat of prosecution [upon leaving office]," Jackson said.Sauer responded by quoting Ben Franklin from the constitutional convention, to which Jackson seemed skeptical."But since Benjamin Franklin everybody has presidents who have held the office [who knew] that they were taking this office subject to potential criminal prosecution, no?" she said.She cited one well-known example of a former president who came under legal scrutiny.8 years after the National Enquirer's deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badly"What was up with the pardon for President [Richard] Nixon? ... If everybody thought that presidents couldn't be prosecuted, then what -- what was that about?" she said."He was under investigation for both private and public conduct at the time -- official acts and private conduct," Sauer said, going on to indicate that there had long been established an understanding that presidents could be prosecuted for private acts."Counsel on that score, there does seem to be some common ground between you, your colleague on the other side, that no man's above the law and that the president can be prosecuted after he leaves office for his private conduct, is that right?" Justice Neil Gorsuch asked."We agree with that," Sauer answered."And then the question becomes, as we've been exploring here today, a little bit about how to segregate private from official conduct that may or may not enjoy some immunity," Gorsuch said.That underscored what could emerge as a key part of the court's ultimate decision: how to separate out Trump's conduct that is protected by the presidency, under a ruling of some executive immunity, and what he is accused of doing outside the bounds of his presidential authority that can be prosecuted.But Trump's attorney concedes some conduct was privateNot long after, Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned Sauer precisely where some of the described conduct falls, between official and private -- protected or unprotected."You concede that private acts don't get immunity," she said."We do," Sauer said.Barrett then specifically cited various alleged acts from Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election, as described by prosecutors.Barrett, quoting from court filings, said, "I want to know if you agree or disagree about the characterization of these acts as private. Petitioner turned to a private attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims of election fraud to spearhead his challenges to the election results. Private?""We dispute the allegation, but that sounds private to me," Sauer said.Barrett continued: "Petitioner conspired with another private attorney who caused the filing in court of a verification, signed by petitioner, that contained false allegations to support a challenge. Private?""Also sounds private," Sauer said."Three private actors, two attorneys, including those mentioned above, and a political consultant, helped to implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding and petitioner and a co-conspirator attorney directed that had effort." Barrett said."I believe that's private," Sauer replied."Those acts you would not dispute," Barrett said. "Those were private and you wouldn't raise a claim that they were official."Sauer said back: "As characterized."'That's like a one-legged stool, right?'A notable response came shortly after from Chief Justice Roberts when Sauer pushed the justices to remand the case back down to the lower courts to piece through which allegations in the indictment amount to a protected "official act" under the presidency."The official stuff has to be expunged completely from the indictment before the case can go forward," Sauer argued."That's like a one-legged stool, right?" Roberts said. "I mean, giving somebody money isn't bribery unless you get something in exchange. If what you get in exchange is to become the ambassador to a particular country, that is official, the appointment, it's within the president's prerogatives. The unofficial part is -- 'I'm going to get a million dollars for it.'"After this exchange, Justice Clarence Thomas raised unprompted whether Trump's legal team was challenging the legality of the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith, a questionable theory previously pushed by right-wing lawyers like former Attorney General Ed Meese.Sauer said Trump's legal team was making tha

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Politics News - 1540 WADK Newport

Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the NFL draft kicks off this week, President Joe Biden's campaign is launching a new digital ad on Thursday taking aim at former President Donald Trump's past comments disparaging football and the league, the Biden campaign told ABC News.The short, 20-second ad, on YouTube, features a montage of Trump previously attacking football, calling it "boring as hell" and saying "nobody cares about football," juxtaposed with Biden greeting and touting his relationship with football players.The ad -- the latest skirmish in the early part of Biden's general election fight against Trump, which is expected to be close -- ends with the message: "Make the right pick in November."The ad plays into the longstanding feud between the NFL and Trump, who had once owned rival United States Football League team the New Jersey Generals in the 1980s and reportedly tried to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014 but was unsuccessful after investors doubted the NFL would allow it.Trump has repeated attacks on football and more specifically the NFL over the years, including during his presidency when he railed against NFL players who kneeled during the national anthem as part of a protest against systematic bias against people of color.However, Trump has had close ties to some notable figures in football, including quarterback Tom Brady and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.He has also frequented tailgates and college football games on the campaign trail, including attending the famed University of Iowa Hawkeyes versus Iowa State University Cyclones game and the Palmetto Bowl between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Clemson University Tigers last year as the Republican Party's Iowa caucuses and the South Carolina primary were heating up.According to the Biden campaign, the new ad will target football fans across battleground states including in Green Bay, Wisconsin; in Detroit; in Phoenix; and in Pittsburgh. The ad will also air in Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Las Vegas.Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, who is attending the NFL draft in Michigan on Thursday night, claimed in a statement that while the rest of the country will be celebrating football, Trump will be "sitting on the sidelines trying to make tonight about himself, rage-posting on his failing social media platform and spewing his extreme, divisive, and historically unpopular agenda."The first clip used in the ad shows Trump at a rally in Henderson, Nevada, on the first Sunday of the 2020 NFL season, where the then-president urged the audience to sit down and get comfortable before stating they had plenty of time as "football is boring as hell."He added: "Used to be people would say, 'Hey, could you keep it away from, from a football game?' Now they say, 'Could you possibly do it during a football game?'"In the second clip, from a 2020 rally in Nevada's capital, Carson City, Trump said, "Nobody cares about football. They ought to get smart because they can't win this war. We want people that love our country."Trump has repeatedly disparaged NFL players kneeling over the years, claiming they've gotten too "soft" and calling for them to be suspended."The NFL players are at it again - taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem," Trump wrote on X, then called Twitter, in 2018. "Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their "outrage" at something that most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love."Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Entertainment News - 1540 WADK Newport

Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFIWhile her new book, Rebel Rising, sees Rebel Wilson making some headline-grabbing accusations against Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, readers across the pond won't get to read them.According to the The New York Times, publisher HarperCollins confirms edits will be made to the chapter in question, "Sacha Baron Cohen and Other A*******," for the U.K. version of the book."We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the UK edition, we are redacting most of one page with some other small redactions and an explanatory note," the publisher said in a statement to the paper. "Those sections are a very small part of a much bigger story," it continued.Cohen had previously called Wilson's written accusations of harassing behavior on the set of The Brothers Grimsby "demonstrably false.""While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby," the statement read at the time.In response to HarperCollins' decision, a spokesman for the actor told The Times, "Printing falsehoods is against the law in the UK and Australia," adding that the decision "confirms what we said from the beginning — that this is demonstrably false, in a shameful and failed effort to sell books."Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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