On Monday we have the College Football National Championship in case you didn't know. All though the playoffs have only lasted 4 years this being the 4th this game has set quite a few news. First off this will be the first time the 3 and the 4 face in the National Championship. Also for the first time one conference will have both teams compete. Others include a team with only 12 wins, neither team with a heisman finalist, and both teams having top 5 defenses along with many others. In case you didn't know by now Georgia and Alabama are playing after Georgia came back from 17 down in the first half to beat Oklahoma in Double Overtime. Oklahoma's last 2 drives were as bad as you could get which led Georgia to the victory 54-48. And then Alabama easily defeated Clemson 24-6 moving on as well. Note:Donald Trump has decided he will go to the game.
A homeless man from Chicago was very surprised when he found out that he had saving bonds waiting for him. He had been homeless for a long time and always hung around the Duncan donuts in Chicago. The owner of the pawn shop named Chris was determined to found who the many saving bonds had belonged to. After locating about 50 of them Woodrow Wilson Jr. still sat in his desk. With some help from some people in Chicago they located him. He was only living on two pairs of pairs, he had a coat and one blanket. The shelters were packed and had no room. The many 100 dollar bonds he had after thirty year had matured to over 3 grand. Willson said that it would keep him off the streets for the winter. https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/06/homeless-mans-savings-bonds-returned-30-years-later-just-when-he-needed-them-the-most/23325900/
A water main break led to a shutdown of international flights on Sunday the latest in a series of problems that included delayed flights, stranded passengers and baggage pileups. No international arrival flights were allowed into the terminal Sunday afternoon, but international departures were not affected, the airport tweeted. As of Sunday afternoon, nearly 50 flights were cancelled and more than 300 flights were delayed arriving and departing the airport. On Saturday, there were 1,008 arrivals and departures and 94 canceled flights, the Port Authority statement said.
More information on the Las Vegas shooting on October 1, 2016, has been released. Mandalay Bay Resort staff interacted with the shooter, Stephen Paddock, over ten times before the day of the shooting. Paddock shot his firearm from the 32nd floor at a crowd of people at a music festival. He then shot himself, before police could get to him. The hotel then preformed a welfare check on the room.
Date: January 6, 2018 Source: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/06/us/las-vegas-shooting-mandalay-bay-paddock/index.html
A Richmond, Virginian, a murder suspect- Devrick Raquan Gail is considered armed and dangerous. After nearly fours years after he wrote a long confession letter about his mental heath problems and talked about his future violence, he is believed to be a murder suspect. The letter as written to a judge in April of 2014, when he wrote it, he was in solitary confinement in federal prison for firearm charge and he was also asking to be institutionalized to a mental facility. Telling everybody that he was a ticking time bomb. Police are warning the public to not approach him, along with a $1,000 reward to whoever leads to his capture. https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/07/murder-suspect-once-wrote-letter-to-judge-foreshadowing-future-violence/23326424/
Two planes collied at on the Toronto Pearson International Airport runway on Friday. This happened when a plane that was being towed while backing out was struck by jet that had just landed from Cancun, Mexico. A small fire was started and the planes were forced to evacuate passengers. No passengers were injured, but a member of the airports fire and emergency crew was taken to the hospital. Both plans did suffer damage.
Around 20 million people from the Midwest are under a winter weather advisory through Monday morning. On the other hand, parts of wildfires in California will get some heavy rain. Many people from California say that this is a blessing, because of how bad the wildfires have been. There is also an ice storm that continues to hammer the Northeast. So there's a mixed variation of weather throughout the U.S.
On Monday night Donald Trump went the the national championship in Atlanta. He arrived at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in a motorcade. Donald Trump went out on the field with some military members for the National Anthem. President Trump was singing along to the National Anthem with his hand over his heart. President Trump waved as he left the field to go to his seat. http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/08/politics/donald-trump-college-football-georgia-alabama/index.html
Alabama survives Georgia's dominant first half performance to pick up Nick Saban's 6th national championship. This ties Nick Saban for the most national championship in Alabama history, tied only with the legendary Bear Bryant. Alabama had multiple offensive struggles in the first half, only throwing for 21 yards. This was changed in the second half when Alabama pulled their starting QB and put in backup true freshman Tua Tagovailoa. In his first drive he led the crimson tide to a touchdown, their first touchdown of the game. He also threw for the last score of the game in OT to give Alabama the win.
Last night, the Alabama Crimson Tide came back from a 20-7 deficit to win the national championship in overtime. This is Alabama's 5th national championship in 9 years. Alabama head coach Nick Saban also tied legendary coach Bear Bryant in national championship wins with 6. Alabama is no doubt the best team in college football.
The Crimson Tide came back to defeat Georgia in overtime 26-23. Alabama has now won 11 championships, their 5th since 2009. Alabama was down 13-0 at halftime, and then benched their quarterback Jalen Hurts, for a true freshman Tua Tagovailoa. That meant both teams had a true freshman at quarterback in the second half. Many people thought Alabama was done after taking a 16 yard loss on first down in overtime. The next play Tagovailoa threw the game winning 41 yard touchdown pass.
2017 was the 3rd warmest year on record for the United States. This year featured numerous weather disasters. All of these disasters killed thousands of people. The cost of the nation was 306 billion according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This showed that there are more major climate events intended to happen in the future.
Heavy rains in Southern California brought dangerous rivers including mud and debris on Tuesday morning. The massive rain cause 5 deaths , destroyed homes, and major rescue issues. At least 6 homes have been completely washed away. There were many flash floods and mudslides, making it very difficult to escape. Any wildlife that would normally be there for support burned from the recent fires in California.
Powerful rains in in Southern Cali sent rivers of mud into peoples homes, it triggered fires, and caused major flooding. On Tuesday after a powerful overnight storm, in Santa Barbara county six people were killed by the flooding and muds slides. Firefighters were lucky to save a teenage girl trapped by debris from the mud slides and flooding. It took them six hours to free the girl from the debris. The girl was able to stand and walk with assistance, she was very lucky.
A deadly flu season hits hard on California. More patients are being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms, some stores have had spot shortages of flu medications, and there have been 27 flu-related deaths reported among patients younger than 65, according to the California Department of Public Health. Hospitals have reported unusually high reports of patients with flu-like symptoms this has also happened in Illinois and Texas. "Virtually the entire country is reporting that same level of influenza activity," Watt said. "There are few states that are still reporting regional activity, but what we're seeing in California is quite similar to what's being reported across the country." http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/health/california-flu-season-deadly-bn/index.html
Decker Ngongang and his family decided to raise money together in order to buy a house and land which their ancestors lived on. They decided to buy this house because Decker's mom and nine of her siblings grew up in this South Carolina house. Decker's family also picked cotton on this land. Once Decker saw that the house was up for sale, he and his family made the purchase so they could keep the house in the family name.
In Southern California, on Tuesday destructive mudslides left 13 dead, and homes demolished after heavy rain fall. About six home were washed away from their foundations. The mudslides even closed down heavily used roads. Officials do say that the death toll could rise. Rescuers already rescued about 50 people from the devastation. http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/us/southern-california-evacuations-rain-flooding/index.html
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently stated that he had "a nuclear button on his desk." In response to this, Trump said that his button is button is much bigger, more powerful, and actually works. This is funny, though, because the process for launching a nuclear strike is secret and complex and involves the use of a nuclear "football," which is carried by a rotating group of military officers everywhere the president goes and is equipped with communication tools and a book with prepared war plans. This basically means that Trump has no "nuclear button" and is just arguing with Kim Jong Un the way a child would.
Walmart is going to start raising their minimum wage and are going to start handing out tax cut bonuses because of the new Republican tax law. They are going to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour. In 2015 Walmart raised their minimum wage to $10 an hour. Employees will also be receiving a one-time bonus of up to $1,000. On the same day, Sam's Club will be closing 54 of their doors and converting to 10 fulfillment centers. For every three stores closing 400 people will be losing their jobs. These changes will affect more than 1 million hourly associates.
Recently there has been mudslides that went through California. In one part, Montecito, California, there were before and after pictures showing the damage the mudslides created. What was lush green trees, with streets, and nice houses all around , is now a flooded landscape of mud. Seventeen people have died from the mudslides and there are still seventeen unaccounted for, authorizes say. The mudslides have done a great deal of damage to the houses in California and peoples lives.
The man accused of detonating a homemade explosive device at a busy transit hub in New York City last month, injuring five people, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges from a six-count indictment. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi man, faces a litany of charges in the December 11 bombing in an underground walkway connecting two subway lines beneath the Port Authority Bus terminal.
Devastating mudslides have been hitting California this week, with one mudslide wiping out entire blocks of the city of Montecito, as well as killing 17 people after they survived the previous fires. More than 43 people are still missing. The mud was 10 feet thick in some places. Because the fires burned away all the vegetation there was nothing left to hold the soil in place. Some people said they didn't take the warnings seriously after the fires were gone. Rescuers are still searching for the missing people. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/california-mudslides-victims.html
On Wednesday around 11pm In Naples, FL, Andrew Meunier said he stepped outside to let his dog out and then noticed a 4ft bear standing next to him. He tried to run but wasn’t fast enough. As he fought to get away, the bear’s claw tore into his flesh needing him to get 41 stitches. When he escaped, he threw a t-shirt over his cuts and called 911. He said he is happy to be alive since it could of ended differently.
Lebron and the Cavs have had a tough time since their Christmas Day game, which they lost to the Golden State Warriors. They have lost the last 6 of 8 games since then. Lebron said he doens't know whats going on, but they need to pick it up. James and his team play the Pacers this Friday hoping to end the losing streak with them after losing both match ups this year. Lebron says he needs to start playing better in the 4th quarter, with Thomas being out for this weekends double header.
Nearly 50 people fall sick on Royal Caribbean cruise ship departed from Baltimore. The ship was supposed to head back on Saturday but now they aren't able to till Thursday. Torres said the cause of the illness is unknown. The ship’s doctors have treated those affected by the illness with over-the-counter medication.Last month, about 500 passengers on two separate Royal Caribbean cruises also fell sick.
On Monday we have the College Football National Championship in case you didn't know. All though the playoffs have only lasted 4 years this being the 4th this game has set quite a few news. First off this will be the first time the 3 and the 4 face in the National Championship. Also for the first time one conference will have both teams compete. Others include a team with only 12 wins, neither team with a heisman finalist, and both teams having top 5 defenses along with many others. In case you didn't know by now Georgia and Alabama are playing after Georgia came back from 17 down in the first half to beat Oklahoma in Double Overtime. Oklahoma's last 2 drives were as bad as you could get which led Georgia to the victory 54-48. And then Alabama easily defeated Clemson 24-6 moving on as well.
ReplyDeleteNote:Donald Trump has decided he will go to the game.
https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/01/02/georgia-alabama-playoff-national-championship-game-matchup
A homeless man from Chicago was very surprised when he found out that he had saving bonds waiting for him. He had been homeless for a long time and always hung around the Duncan donuts in Chicago. The owner of the pawn shop named Chris was determined to found who the many saving bonds had belonged to. After locating about 50 of them Woodrow Wilson Jr. still sat in his desk. With some help from some people in Chicago they located him. He was only living on two pairs of pairs, he had a coat and one blanket. The shelters were packed and had no room. The many 100 dollar bonds he had after thirty year had matured to over 3 grand. Willson said that it would keep him off the streets for the winter.
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A water main break led to a shutdown of international flights on Sunday the latest in a series of problems that included delayed flights, stranded passengers and baggage pileups. No international arrival flights were allowed into the terminal Sunday afternoon, but international departures were not affected, the airport tweeted. As of Sunday afternoon, nearly 50 flights were cancelled and more than 300 flights were delayed arriving and departing the airport. On Saturday, there were 1,008 arrivals and departures and 94 canceled flights, the Port Authority statement said.
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More information on the Las Vegas shooting on October 1, 2016, has been released. Mandalay Bay Resort staff interacted with the shooter, Stephen Paddock, over ten times before the day of the shooting. Paddock shot his firearm from the 32nd floor at a crowd of people at a music festival. He then shot himself, before police could get to him. The hotel then preformed a welfare check on the room.
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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/06/us/las-vegas-shooting-mandalay-bay-paddock/index.html
A Richmond, Virginian, a murder suspect- Devrick Raquan Gail is considered armed and dangerous. After nearly fours years after he wrote a long confession letter about his mental heath problems and talked about his future violence, he is believed to be a murder suspect. The letter as written to a judge in April of 2014, when he wrote it, he was in solitary confinement in federal prison for firearm charge and he was also asking to be institutionalized to a mental facility. Telling everybody that he was a ticking time bomb.
ReplyDeletePolice are warning the public to not approach him, along with a $1,000 reward to whoever leads to his capture.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/07/murder-suspect-once-wrote-letter-to-judge-foreshadowing-future-violence/23326424/
Two planes collied at on the Toronto Pearson International Airport runway on Friday. This happened when a plane that was being towed while backing out was struck by jet that had just landed from Cancun, Mexico. A small fire was started and the planes were forced to evacuate passengers. No passengers were injured, but a member of the airports fire and emergency crew was taken to the hospital. Both plans did suffer damage.
ReplyDeleteAround 20 million people from the Midwest are under a winter weather advisory through Monday morning. On the other hand, parts of wildfires in California will get some heavy rain. Many people from California say that this is a blessing, because of how bad the wildfires have been. There is also an ice storm that continues to hammer the Northeast. So there's a mixed variation of weather throughout the U.S.
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On Monday night Donald Trump went the the national championship in Atlanta. He arrived at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in a motorcade. Donald Trump went out on the field with some military members for the National Anthem. President Trump was singing along to the National Anthem with his hand over his heart. President Trump waved as he left the field to go to his seat.
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Alabama survives Georgia's dominant first half performance to pick up Nick Saban's 6th national championship. This ties Nick Saban for the most national championship in Alabama history, tied only with the legendary Bear Bryant. Alabama had multiple offensive struggles in the first half, only throwing for 21 yards. This was changed in the second half when Alabama pulled their starting QB and put in backup true freshman Tua Tagovailoa. In his first drive he led the crimson tide to a touchdown, their first touchdown of the game. He also threw for the last score of the game in OT to give Alabama the win.
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Last night, the Alabama Crimson Tide came back from a 20-7 deficit to win the national championship in overtime. This is Alabama's 5th national championship in 9 years. Alabama head coach Nick Saban also tied legendary coach Bear Bryant in national championship wins with 6. Alabama is no doubt the best team in college football.
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The Crimson Tide came back to defeat Georgia in overtime 26-23. Alabama has now won 11 championships, their 5th since 2009. Alabama was down 13-0 at halftime, and then benched their quarterback Jalen Hurts, for a true freshman Tua Tagovailoa. That meant both teams had a true freshman at quarterback in the second half. Many people thought Alabama was done after taking a 16 yard loss on first down in overtime. The next play Tagovailoa threw the game winning 41 yard touchdown pass.
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2017 was the 3rd warmest year on record for the United States. This year featured numerous weather disasters. All of these disasters killed thousands of people. The cost of the nation was 306 billion according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This showed that there are more major climate events intended to happen in the future.
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Heavy rains in Southern California brought dangerous rivers including mud and debris on Tuesday morning. The massive rain cause 5 deaths , destroyed homes, and major rescue issues. At least 6 homes have been completely washed away. There were many flash floods and mudslides, making it very difficult to escape. Any wildlife that would normally be there for support burned from the recent fires in California.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/us/southern-california-evacuations-rain-flooding/index.html
Powerful rains in in Southern Cali sent rivers of mud into peoples homes, it triggered fires, and caused major flooding. On Tuesday after a powerful overnight storm, in Santa Barbara county six people were killed by the flooding and muds slides. Firefighters were lucky to save a teenage girl trapped by debris from the mud slides and flooding. It took them six hours to free the girl from the debris. The girl was able to stand and walk with assistance, she was very lucky.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/rains-southern-california-send-rivers-mud-homes-trigger-fire-n836016
A deadly flu season hits hard on California. More patients are being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms, some stores have had spot shortages of flu medications, and there have been 27 flu-related deaths reported among patients younger than 65, according to the California Department of Public Health. Hospitals have reported unusually high reports of patients with flu-like symptoms this has also happened in Illinois and Texas. "Virtually the entire country is reporting that same level of influenza activity," Watt said. "There are few states that are still reporting regional activity, but what we're seeing in California is quite similar to what's being reported across the country."
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Decker Ngongang and his family decided to raise money together in order to buy a house and land which their ancestors lived on. They decided to buy this house because Decker's mom and nine of her siblings grew up in this South Carolina house. Decker's family also picked cotton on this land. Once Decker saw that the house was up for sale, he and his family made the purchase so they could keep the house in the family name.
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In Southern California, on Tuesday destructive mudslides left 13 dead, and homes demolished after heavy rain fall. About six home were washed away from their foundations. The mudslides even closed down heavily used roads. Officials do say that the death toll could rise. Rescuers already rescued about 50 people from the devastation.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently stated that he had "a nuclear button on his desk." In response to this, Trump said that his button is button is much bigger, more powerful, and actually works. This is funny, though, because the process for launching a nuclear strike is secret and complex and involves the use of a nuclear "football," which is carried by a rotating group of military officers everywhere the president goes and is equipped with communication tools and a book with prepared war plans. This basically means that Trump has no "nuclear button" and is just arguing with Kim Jong Un the way a child would.
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Walmart is going to start raising their minimum wage and are going to start handing out tax cut bonuses because of the new Republican tax law. They are going to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour. In 2015 Walmart raised their minimum wage to $10 an hour. Employees will also be receiving a one-time bonus of up to $1,000. On the same day, Sam's Club will be closing 54 of their doors and converting to 10 fulfillment centers. For every three stores closing 400 people will be losing their jobs. These changes will affect more than 1 million hourly associates.
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ReplyDeleteRecently there has been mudslides that went through California. In one part, Montecito, California, there were before and after pictures showing the damage the mudslides created. What was lush green trees, with streets, and nice houses all around , is now a flooded landscape of mud. Seventeen people have died from the mudslides and there are still seventeen unaccounted for, authorizes say. The mudslides have done a great deal of damage to the houses in California and peoples lives.
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The man accused of detonating a homemade explosive device at a busy transit hub in New York City last month, injuring five people, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges from a six-count indictment. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi man, faces a litany of charges in the December 11 bombing in an underground walkway connecting two subway lines beneath the Port Authority Bus terminal.
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Devastating mudslides have been hitting California this week, with one mudslide wiping out entire blocks of the city of Montecito, as well as killing 17 people after they survived the previous fires. More than 43 people are still missing. The mud was 10 feet thick in some places. Because the fires burned away all the vegetation there was nothing left to hold the soil in place. Some people said they didn't take the warnings seriously after the fires were gone. Rescuers are still searching for the missing people. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/california-mudslides-victims.html
ReplyDeleteOn Wednesday around 11pm In Naples, FL, Andrew Meunier said he stepped outside to let his dog out and then noticed a 4ft bear standing next to him. He tried to run but wasn’t fast enough. As he fought to get away, the bear’s claw tore into his flesh needing him to get 41 stitches. When he escaped, he threw a t-shirt over his cuts and called 911. He said he is happy to be alive since it could of ended differently.
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Lebron and the Cavs have had a tough time since their Christmas Day game, which they lost to the Golden State Warriors. They have lost the last 6 of 8 games since then. Lebron said he doens't know whats going on, but they need to pick it up. James and his team play the Pacers this Friday hoping to end the losing streak with them after losing both match ups this year. Lebron says he needs to start playing better in the 4th quarter, with Thomas being out for this weekends double header.
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Nearly 50 people fall sick on Royal Caribbean cruise ship departed from Baltimore. The ship was supposed to head back on Saturday but now they aren't able to till Thursday. Torres said the cause of the illness is unknown. The ship’s doctors have treated those affected by the illness with over-the-counter medication.Last month, about 500 passengers on two separate Royal Caribbean cruises also fell sick.
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