Simone Biles regains her spark as Gabby Douglas suffers from a shaky start at the US Classic
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Simone Biles is more than two months away from the Olympics, but she’s definitely ready for Paris. The gymnastics superstar has begun her bid for a third Olympic team, looking as dominant as ever at the U.S. Classic. Biles, 27, posted an overall score of 59.500, nearly two points ahead of second-place finisher Sirise Jones. Gabby Douglas, his 2012 Olympic champion, saw her hopes of a career comeback dashed at the age of 28. Douglas fell twice on the uneven bars in the first event and withdrew after the final three turns.
Grand Champion takes top pork position at World Barbecue Championship in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest has determined the grand prize winner after hundreds of dedicated pitmasters sweated it out on smoke to be named the best pork. Brother and sister Brad Orrison and Brooke Lewis, who led the Mississippi State team, won the grand championship on Saturday, marking the third time they have started on the path to the major prize. Considered one of the most famous cooking competitions in the United States, teams from all over the United States and around the world compete in the heat and sometimes rain of Memphis, Tennessee, to compete in giant roast pigs, giant slabs of shoulder, and ribs. I spend several days working on cutting the fillets. Orrison and Lewis say the “Super Bowl of Pigs” is friendly but intense.
Armed robber attacks luxury store in Paris, reportedly identified as “Star Jeweler”
PARIS (AP) — French police are searching for an armed robber who attacked a jewelry store on one of Paris’s most upscale streets. Police said the armed robbers arrived on motorcycles Saturday, left and fired shots outside, causing no casualties. According to media reports, the target was a luxury boutique run by Harry Winston, who calls himself the “Jeweler of the Stars.” The boutique was placed on lockdown as police investigators came and went. The Paris public prosecutor’s office, which is overseeing the investigation, named the location of the robbery on Rue Montaigne, home to Harry Winston’s dazzling appointment-only store, but refused to confirm that the jeweler was the target. Prosecutors have not said whether the robbers took any jewelry.
Water, water everywhere…mostly safe to drink in British villages after parasite outbreak
LONDON (AP) – Most residents near a picturesque fishing village in southwest England have been told their tap water is safe to drink again after a parasite sickened more than 45 people. South West Water said on Saturday it would reinstate most of the 17,000 homes and businesses around the affected Brixham area in Devon after the microscopic diarrhea-causing parasite Cryptosporidium was discovered earlier this week. It was announced that the boil water notice had been lifted. The outbreak is the latest example of problems with Britain’s water system. The water company said it lifted the warning after consulting with public health authorities.
Dabney Coleman, the abusive actor, dies at 92
NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who excelled at mean-spirited villains like the xenophobic boss in “9 to 5” and the mean TV director in “Tootsie,” Died. Coleman was 92 years old. Coleman was a talented actor in movies and TV shows for 20 years, but he went largely unnoticed. Things suddenly changed in 1976 when he was cast as the irredeemably corrupt Mayor of Fernwood Village in the satirical melodrama Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He won a Golden Globe Award for “The Slap Maxwell Story” and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Peter Levin’s 1987 small-film courtroom drama “Vow to Silence.”
Video shows Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Security video appears to show Sean Diddy Combs punching singer Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Video obtained by CNN and aired Friday shows Combs punching and kicking Kathy, who was his girlfriend at the time. . The video closely resembles the account of a 2016 incident described in a lawsuit Kathy filed in November alleging beating and sexual abuse by Combs. The case was settled the next day, but other cases continued along with a criminal investigation into sex trafficking. A representative for Combs has not commented on the footage, but he previously denied the allegations in the lawsuit.
Unusual autumn freeze hits parts of South America, resulting in Chile’s coldest May in 74 years
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – Just days after donning T-shirts and soaking up the sun, Chileans are banding together for the coldest fall in more than 70 years. This is a dramatic wardrobe change brought on by a sudden cold front that hit parts of South America unaccustomed to the harsh wind chill of autumn in the southern hemisphere. Temperatures along Chile’s coast and in the capital Santiago have fallen to near freezing, making this month the country’s coldest May since 1950, according to the Chilean Meteorological Service. A series of polar air masses moved over the southern belt of the continent.
The last remaining panda in a U.S. zoo is scheduled to leave Atlanta for China this fall.
ATLANTA (AP) — The last U.S. zoo housing pandas is preparing to say goodbye to four giant bears this fall. Zoo Atlanta officials announced Friday that they are preparing to return panda parents Runrun and Yanyan to China, along with American-born twins Yarun and Xilun. They are the last remaining pandas in the country after the National Zoo in Washington returned three pandas in November. Atlanta acquired Runrun and Yanyan in 1999 as part of expiring loan deals. The San Diego Zoo could welcome a new pair of pandas this summer.
Tim Kuniskis, the unofficial spokesman for American muscle cars, is retiring.
DETROIT (AP) – The CEO of the Ram and Dodge brands and the unofficial voice of American muscle cars is leaving Stellantis after nearly 32 years. Tim Kuniskis’ retirement announcement on Friday comes as the company begins its transition from gasoline-powered vehicles to electric vehicles and struggles with sales in the United States. Sales through April fell 14.1%. Kunikis led the Dodge brand’s transition to electric muscle cars. Most recently, Mr. Kuniskis served as CEO of both the Dodge and Ram brands. Mr. Lamb will be succeeded by Chris Feuer, who will take over from Mr. Lamb in addition to his responsibilities leading the Chrysler brand. Sales chief Matt McAleer will become CEO of the Dodge brand.
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