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An earthquake shakes the Los Angeles area as wildfires rage nearby

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires raging within the mountains solid an orange glow behind the downtown Los Angeles skyline, Southern California residents had been jolted awake Thursday by one other reminder of Mom Nature’s may.

It was an all-too-familiar feeling for locals when a 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles space, unleashing boulders onto a Malibu street, shaking Santa Monica’s 1909 wood pier and waking some individuals from mattress. No accidents or damages had been instantly reported.

The quake occurred because the area has been coping with three main wildfires burning east of Los Angeles that torched dozens of properties and compelled 1000’s to evacuate. The blazes erupted throughout a blistering warmth wave that has simply subsided.

“It’s a garden-variety Southern California earthquake,” California Institute of Expertise seismologist Lucy Jones mentioned.

The U.S. Geological Survey mentioned it was centered 4 miles (7 kilometers) north of Malibu and was about 7 miles (11 kilometers) under the floor. The jolt was felt so far as 45 miles (72 kilometers) away in Orange County, the place individuals reported gadgets shifting of their properties. It was adopted by a number of smaller aftershocks.

Officers across the area mentioned authorities had been surveying for harm, however had not discovered something main.

Malibu Councilmember Bruce Silverstein mentioned he has lived locally for 13 years and this was the toughest quake but, however nothing broke.

“Our home shook for about two or three seconds. I used to be involved the home windows had been going to pop,” Silverstein mentioned.

A digicam on the 115-year-old Santa Monica Pier, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Malibu, confirmed a number of seconds of intense shaking throughout the quake. A number of morning newscasts additionally captured the earthquake stay as cameras shook in tv studios.

A crew was engaged on clearing giant boulders that rolled onto Malibu Canyon Highway, close to the epicenter, KTLA-TV reported

The earthquake occurred closest to the Malibu fault, however was additionally close to the Anacapa fault, Jones mentioned. Earthquakes under magnitude 5.0 are too small to be definitively related to giant faults which are mapped on the earth’s floor.

Rene Vasquez, supervisor at The Nation Kitchen breakfast place in Malibu, mentioned the shaking lasted a couple of seconds and kitchen employees ducked exterior as a precaution.

“It wasn’t that unhealthy,” Vasquez mentioned. “Thank God nothing fell.”

At a Starbucks on the Malibu coast, surfer Albert Daniel was ingesting espresso and puzzled if the glass ceiling may come crashing onto him. Afterward, he hoped for some huge waves.

“It’s truly fairly calm,” Daniel mentioned. “We did get a bunch of units coming in however they had been very small.”

Trudy Novicki, who was visiting from San Clemente, was about to meditate on the balcony of her resort room when she felt the shake.

“I assumed a truck had run into the constructing,” she mentioned. Her daughter, who was visiting from Florida, mentioned it was her first earthquake and thought it was a practice.

Individuals, together with a number of celebrities, took to social media to put up they had been woke up by a jolt.

Resort heiress and media persona Paris Hilton wrote on X, “That #Earthquake was scary.” Actuality TV star Khloe Kardashian posted: “Rattling that was a giant one.”

Some residents mentioned they had been alerted by the state’s earthquake early warning system.

Various quakes have been felt within the space in current months, together with a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in August that rattled nerves from the Los Angeles space to San Diego, swaying buildings, knocking gadgets off cabinets and setting off automobile alarms. The temblor triggered a pipe to burst on the ornate 1927 Pasadena Metropolis Corridor constructing.

In February, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake was felt in Malibu that occurred south of Thursday’s earthquake.

Thursday’s occasion was the 14th earthquake sequence of magnitude 4.0 in Southern California this yr. Whereas that is above the common of eight to 10 per yr up to now few a long time, it’s too quickly to inform whether or not the elevated exercise is statistically vital, mentioned Jones, the Caltech seismologist. The earlier highest quantity was 13 earthquakes of this measurement in 1988.

The current bout of quakes doesn’t point out whether or not a bigger, extra harmful earthquake is arriving quickly, however residents ought to be ready for extra aftershocks. There’s a 1 in 20 probability that one other earthquake of 4.7 magnitude or greater will happen, U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Morgan Web page instructed the Los Angeles Occasions.

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Taxin reported from Orange County. Related Press author Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco additionally contributed.

Ontario’s public broadcaster under scrutiny for funding, then pulling Russian war doc

TORONTO — Ongoing controversy over the documentary “Russians at Warfare” has introduced scrutiny to Ontario’s public broadcaster, which has stated it is not going to air the movie it helped fund.

TORONTO — Ongoing controversy over the documentary “Russians at Warfare” has introduced scrutiny to Ontario’s public broadcaster, which has stated it is not going to air the movie it helped fund.

One media knowledgeable says TVO is getting “the worst of all worlds” by investing in a mission that may now not be proven or monetized.

“TVO created a factor which their viewers would not get to see, different audiences will get to see they usually’ve footed the invoice and gotten no reward for it,” Chris Arsenault, chair of Western College’s grasp of media in journalism and communication program, stated in an interview.

“I am unable to consider a worse end result for a community than what’s occurred.”

“Russians at Warfare,” a movie rebuked by the Ukrainian group and a few Canadian politicians, was a part of the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition’s lineup till organizers suspended all screenings this week as a result of “important threats” to competition operations. The movie, which just lately screened on the Venice Movie Competition and is headed to the Windsor Worldwide Movie Competition subsequent month, exhibits the disillusionment of some Russian troopers on the entrance traces of the battle in Ukraine.

TVO had deliberate to air the documentary within the coming months, however the community’s board of administrators withdrew help for the movie on Tuesday, citing suggestions it acquired. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Ukraine’s consul-general in Toronto and others have known as the movie Russian propaganda and a “whitewashing” of Russian navy battle crimes in Ukraine – claims the movie’s producers and TIFF have rejected.

The TVO board’s announcement got here simply days after the community defended the movie as “antiwar” at its core. It was an about-face the Documentary Group of Canada stated “poses a critical menace” to media independence and raises questions on political interference.

TVO has not responded to requests for remark and board chair Chris Day declined to elaborate on the choice to drag the movie.

“Suffice it to say, we heard important considerations and we responded,” Day wrote to The Canadian Press in an emailed response to an interview request.

Arsenault, who has not seen the documentary and couldn’t touch upon its content material, stated he is nonetheless nervous concerning the spectre of board intervention in impartial editorial choices, which he stated “opens the doorways” to additional meddling within the manufacturing of documentaries and journalism.

“Russians at Warfare,” a Canada-France co-production, was funded partially by the Canada Media Fund, which offered $340,000 for the mission by its broadcaster envelope program. A spokesperson for the fund stated TVO independently selected to make use of that cash to help the manufacturing of the documentary.

One of many movie’s producers, Cornelia Principe, stated that TVO additionally needed to pay a licensing price to air the documentary. Such charges can vary from $50,000 to $100,000, she stated.

Principe, who has defended the documentary and its Canadian-Russian director Anastasia Trofimova, stated she was shocked by the TVO board’s determination.

“Anastasia and I’ve been working with TVO on this for 2 and a half years.… I used to be a bit bit out of it for hours. I simply couldn’t imagine it.”

What occurs subsequent, she stated, is “uncharted territory” for TVO.

“This has, so far as I do know, by no means occurred earlier than,” stated Principe, who has labored with the broadcaster on varied documentaries through the years.

TVO’s board has stated the community will likely be “reviewing the method by which this mission was funded and our model leveraged.”

Charlie Keil, a professor on the College of Toronto’s Cinema Research Institute, stated the TVO board wants to clarify why it took “sort of a sledgehammer” to a movie that appears to have been adequately vetted on the editorial facet.

“It appears to me in the event that they have been being trustworthy, what (the) TVO board could be saying is: “There’s plenty of stress now. We do not actually like this … We’re simply going to bail,” Keil stated in an interview.

Ontario’s Minister of Schooling Jill Dunlop stated in an announcement that the choice made by TVO’s board of administrators “was the precise factor to do,” however didn’t elaborate.

As a non-profit authorities company, TVO has a mandate to distribute academic supplies and applications however the ministry will not be concerned with its broadcasting arm as a result of CRTC licensing guidelines.

One other public broadcaster, British Columbia’s Information Community, has confirmed that it made a licence price contribution of $15,000 for “Russians at Warfare” in order that it may be a “second window” broadcaster for the movie.

Requested whether or not the documentary will nonetheless air sooner or later in British Columbia, a spokesperson for the community stated it is “engaged on a public response.”

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has denounced using public funds for “Russians at Warfare,” saying she shares the “grave considerations” Ukrainian officers and group members in Canada have raised concerning the movie.

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has stated it is going to hold protesting “Russians at Warfare” since TIFF has stated it is going to nonetheless display the doc sooner or later. A peaceable march and demonstration that wound its technique to the TIFF Lightbox on Friday afternoon included individuals who laid sunflowers and images of Ukrainians killed within the battle on the sidewalk.

“Russians at Warfare” is scheduled to display on the Windsor Worldwide Movie Competition, working from Oct. 24 to Nov. 3. The competition introduced Friday that the documentary is amongst 10 nominees for its WIFF Prize in Canadian Movie, price $25,000.

“We hope that each one our nominees – and all movies at WIFF – generate significant, important and clever dialogue in an setting that’s secure, respectful and civil,” competition organizers stated in an emailed assertion.

— With information from Queen’s Park correspondent Allison Jones in Toronto.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Sept. 13, 2024.

Sonja Puzic, The Canadian Press

Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area, Centered Near Malibu

Los Angeles Was Jolted Awake This Morning By Earthquake 

An earthquake of a 4.7 magnitude shook Los Angeles on Thursday morning. In response to the US Geological Survey, the 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 7:28 a.m. in a location roughly seven miles north of Malibu at a seven-mile depth within the earth. On social media, individuals as far-off as Northridge and Orange County reported feeling the quake in addition to individuals in Hollywood and Central Los Angeles. 

Initially, the quake was reported as 5.1 magnitude, however preliminary estimates are incessantly downgraded. Aftershocks to the 4.7 earthquakes have continued to happen since 7:28 a.m. with  2.8, 2.4, 1.8, 1.5, and a couple of.1 quakes following quickly after. That is to be anticipated after a seismic occasion. Los Angeles is a seismically lively space with seismic exercise taking place almost daily that most individuals don’t discover. 

The Los Angeles Fireplace Division has entered Earthquake mode the place members of the LAFD will survey their districts by land, sea, and air to find out if any harm has occurred to native infrastructure. 

CAL OES Spokesperson Diana Ibrahim stated in an emailed press assertion, “At this time’s earthquake in Malibu is a reminder that California has an ever-present threat of earthquakes, and nobody is aware of when or the place the subsequent Large One may hit. However we all know older properties close to faults like in Malibu and Santa Monica are at higher threat in the event that they haven’t been strengthened with a seismic retrofit.  The commonest is bracing and bolting a house to its basis,” stated Janiele Maffei, the Chief Mitigation Officer of CEA and Government Director of CRMP. “For householders in constructions constructed earlier than 1980 they could be a candidate for a brace and daring retrofit.  If they’re in properties constructed earlier than 1940, they’re undoubtedly a candidate.”

Extra details about grant packages out there to California householders is out there at https://www.californiaresidentialmitigationprogram.com/our-seismic-retrofit-programs 

The Nationwide Climate Service reported that “NO tsunami anticipated from the current earthquake in Malibu.  Repeat, a tsunami is NOT anticipated.” We are going to replace this breaking story if any additional occasions develop. 
In the event you felt the quake, you possibly can report it to the USGS on their web site. Such information is useful in long-term monitoring of earthquakes and their aftereffects. It’s also possible to obtain the My Shake app right here. It’s an app developed and up to date by UC Berkeley that’s secure and doesn’t promote your information.

2024 Solheim Cup Friday TV coverage, streaming: Watch Day 1

Nelly Korda is hoping to guide the U.S. Solheim Cup staff to victory on house soil.

Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs

The 2024 Solheim Cup kicks off Friday, September 13, with the opening day of matches at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in Virginia. Right here’s all the things it’s essential know to observe the Solheim Cup on Friday, together with full TV protection, streaming information and Day 1 matchups and tee instances.

How you can watch Solheim Cup on Friday

Only one 12 months after the dramatic occasion in Spain, the Solheim Cup returns Friday morning. Final 12 months, the rating ended knotted 14-14, with Europe retaining the Cup due to their back-to-back victories in 2019 and 2021.

However this 12 months’s occasion heads again to U.S. soil, the place American stars Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will attempt to take the Cup again in entrance of boisterous American followers.

Solheim Cup housing controversy results in ‘awkward’ state of affairs

By:

Josh Berhow



Friday’s opening day of motion will function eight matches in complete, every that includes two gamers from the U.S. and two from Europe. The matches might be break up into two four-match classes. One session might be beneath the four-ball format, with the opposite session following foursomes guidelines.

You may watch Friday’s matches on the Solheim Cup on TV by way of Golf Channel, which is able to air unique protection starting at 7 a.m. ET. NBCSports.com will present a dwell simulcast for viewers with an energetic cable subscription.

Beneath you will discover all the things it’s essential watch Day 1 of the 2024 Solheim Cup on TV or on-line.

How you can watch Solheim Cup on TV Friday

Golf Channel will air first-round TV protection of the 2024 Solheim Cup from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. ET on Friday.

How you can stream Solheim Cup on-line Friday

You may stream Day 1 of the 2024 Solheim Cup on Friday by way of NBCSports.com, which is able to stream a dwell simulcast of Golf Channel’s TV protection for cable subscribers.

2024 Solheim Cup Friday matchups, tee instances (ET)

Foursomes

7:05 a.m. – Esther Henseleit & Charley Hull (EUR) vs. Nelly Korda & Allisen Corpuz (USA): USA WINS 3 AND 2
7:17 a.m. – Celine Boutier & Albane Valenzuela (EUR) vs. Rose Zhang & Lauren Coughlin (USA): USA WINS 3 AND 2
7:29 a.m. – Emily Pedersen & Maja Stark (EUR) vs. Ally Ewing/Jennifer Kupcho (USA): EUROPE WINS 2 UP
7:41 a.m. – Linn Grant & Carlota Ciganda (EUR) vs. Lilia Vu & Sarah Schmelzel (USA): USA WINS 3 AND 2

SCORE: 3-1 USA

4-ball

12:05 p.m. – Georgia Corridor & Leona Maguire (EUR) vs. Nelly Korda & Megan Khang (USA)
12:20 p.m. – Anna Nordqvist & Madeline Sagstrom (EUR) vs. Alison Lee & Lexi Thompson (USA)
12:35 p.m. – Emily Pedersen & Maja Stark (EUR) vs. Lauren Coughlin & Sarah Schmelzel (USA)
12:50 p.m. – Linn Grant & Charley Hull (EUR) vs. Andrea Lee & Rose Zhang (USA)

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Kevin Cunningham

As managing producer for GOLF.com, Cunningham edits, writes and publishes tales on GOLF.com, and manages the model’s e-newsletters, which attain greater than 1.4 million subscribers every month. A former two-time intern, he additionally helps hold GOLF.com buzzing outdoors the news-breaking tales and repair content material supplied by our reporters and writers, and works with the tech staff within the growth of latest merchandise and revolutionary methods to ship an enticing website to our viewers.

Tua Tagovailoa urged by Dolphins coach to be ‘quarterback of his family’ after latest concussion

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa will doubtless be sidelined for the staff’s subsequent sport and maybe longer, his coach stated Friday, because the Dolphins QB was advised to focus on being the “beginning quarterback of his household.”

Tagovailoa was injured in a tough collision with Payments security Damar Hamlin within the third quarter of Thursday evening’s 31-10 loss to the visiting Buffalo Payments. 

The Dolphins’ subsequent sport is per week from Sunday as they journey northwest to play the Seattle Seahawks. The choice to play can be within the arms of Tagovailoa and his physician, Miami coach Mike McDaniel stated.

“I do not see how he would play within the subsequent sport. I do not see it,” McDaniel advised reporters.

And additional signaling that the Dolphins are ready to go longer with out Tagovailoa, McDaniel stated the staff is available in the market to choose up one other quarterback to again up Miami’s now-presumptive starter Skylar Thompson and apply squad QB Tim Boyle.

“The staff and the group are very assured in Skyler,” McDaniel stated. “That being stated, we are going to herald (one other quarterback).”

Tagovailoa, scrambling to transform on fourth down, handed the road to achieve the primary down earlier than reducing his helmet and going exhausting into Hamlin’s torso. The QB hit the bottom and appeared unable to stand up as gamers on each groups instantly referred to as for medical consideration.

As Tagovailoa left the sphere, McDaniel appeared to whisper him a message.

“I advised him he is the beginning quarterback of his household, to go to the locker room, take a deep breath and I am going to see you quickly,” McDaniel stated Friday.

The tackler, Hamlin, almost died about 20 months in the past when he went into cardiac arrest throughout a “Monday Night time Soccer” sport and needed to be resuscitated on the sphere in Cincinnati. 

Hamlin didn’t quit his profession regardless of that near-death incident, and McDaniel stated he was in no place to advise Tagovailoa on his subsequent transfer.

“I feel it might be so, so incorrect of me to to even sniff that topic,” stated McDaniel, fearing he’d add undue stress to Tagovailoa for making such an opinion recognized.

“If I might reply that query, I might be like, ‘All proper, that is my ideas on his profession’ and he learn it, if he agreed with it or he disagreed with it, both means, I’ve simply made it worse.”

The scary second on “Thursday Night time Soccer” drew the eye of Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce. And in mild of earlier head accidents suffered by Tagovailoa, the previous New York Giants linebacker supplied some unsolicited recommendation to the Miami QB.

“I’ll be sincere, I’d inform him to retire. It is not price it,” Pierce advised reporters on Friday. “It’s not price it. Performed the sport, I haven’t witnessed something like I’ve seen that’s occurred to him thrice. Scary. You’ll be able to see immediately (on Thursday evening), the gamers’ faces on the sphere. You’ll be able to see the sense of urgency from all people to get Tua assist.”

Pierce shared McDaniel’s family-first message to the 26-year-old Tagovailoa.

“I simply assume that sooner or later, he’s going to stay longer than he’s going to play soccer,” the Las Vegas coach stated. “Handle your loved ones.”

Tagovailoa missed a number of video games of the 2022 season, struggling two scary concussions that yr.

He loved a banner 2023 season, throwing for a league-high 4,623 yards. The Dolphins rewarded Tagovailoa in July with a four-year, $212.4 million contract, with $167 million assured.

Jesse Kirsch reported from Miami Gardens, Florida, and David Ok. Li from New York Metropolis.

Québec redemande la démission d’Amira Elghawaby

La représentante spéciale du Canada chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie, Amira Elghawaby, se retrouve encore sur la sellette, cette fois pour avoir invité les collèges et les universités du pays à embaucher davantage de professeurs « musulmans, palestiniens et arabes ». Résultat : Québec réclame une fois de plus sa démission.

La polémique découle cette fois d’une lettre que la principale intéressée a fait parvenir il y a deux semaines aux établissements d’enseignement supérieur du Canada.

Datée du 30 août dernier, la missive, dont le contenu a d’abord été révélé vendredi par Le Journal de Montréal, visait à mettre la desk au retour des étudiants sur les campus dans la foulée des manifestations propalestiniennes qui ont marqué la fin de la session dernière.

Mme Elghawaby formule dans sa lettre cinq recommandations, dont celle d’accroître la représentation des professeurs musulmans, palestiniens et arabes, faisant sienne une proposition mise de l’avant en 2023 par le juge à la retraite Michael MacDonald dans un rapport rédigé pour l’Université métropolitaine de Toronto.

Le juge MacDonald recommande que les établissements utilisent les mécanismes disponibles pour accroître la diversité du corps professoral à temps plein afin de mieux refléter le corps étudiant, y compris une représentation accrue des membres du corps professoral musulmans, palestiniens et arabes.

Une quotation de Extrait de la lettre envoyée aux collèges et aux universités du pays par Amira Elghawaby, représentante spéciale du Canada chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie

La suggestion, toutefois, a piqué au vif les membres du gouvernement Legault, à commencer par la ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, Pascale Déry, qui s’est tournée vers les réseaux sociaux pour exprimer son indignation, vendredi.

Amira Elghawaby doit se mêler de ses affaires, a lancé Mme Déry dans une publication relayée à la fois sur X et Fb. Le easy fait de suggérer l’embauche de professeurs sur la base de la faith va à l’encontre des principes de laïcité, mais aussi des critères liés à l’excellence dans nos établissements, a-t-elle affirmé.

Selon la ministre Déry, Mme Elghawaby a insulté les Québécois à plusieurs reprises par le passé. Elle n’a aucune légitimité de demander à nos collèges et universités quoi faire, a-t-elle déclaré, réitérant que la principale intéressée devait démissionner.

La ministre s’inquiète en outre dans son message que les cégeps et les universités soient devenus le théâtre d’une recrudescence de l’antisémitisme.

Je ne ménagerai aucun effort pour que nos établissements mettent tout en œuvre pour rétablir un climat sain et sécuritaire pour tous les étudiants et pour contrer l’intimidation et la haine, a promis Mme Déry, qui s’était déjà engagée à tout faire pour ramener le calme sur les campus après un printemps pour le moins mouvementé.

La ministre Déry invite Amira Elghawaby à « se mêler de ses affaires ». (Picture d’archives)

Picture : Radio-Canada / Sylvain Roy Roussel

Ce n’est pas la première fois que la représentante spéciale du Canada chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie suscite la controverse.

Après sa nomination, en janvier 2023, Mme Elghaway avait notamment dû défendre une chronique rédigée en 2019 dans laquelle elle avait écrit que les Québécois semblaient influencés par un sentiment antimusulman. Le gouvernement Legault, notamment, avait alors demandé sa démission, mais en useless.

Mme Elgahwaby s’était malgré tout excusée dans le cadre de cette affaire, qui avait placé les libéraux de Justin Trudeau dans l’embarras.

Le choix revient aux universités, dit Trudeau

De Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, où il tenait une conférence de presse sur le financement du réseau de satellites Lightspeed conjointe avec le premier ministre du Québec François Legault, M. Trudeau a déclaré qu’évidemment, chaque université va faire ses choix.

Il a expliqué que Mme Elghawaby est une personne qui fait un travail indépendant, qui fait des recommandations et surtout, qui essaie d’encourager le dialogue entre différents groupes.

Je pense qu’on est en prepare de vivre [une] montée de pressure. En tant que Canadiens, on doit et on peut avoir toutes sortes de conversations qui vont nous rapprocher, a ajouté M. Trudeau.

Le premier ministre du Canada, Justin Trudeau, et son homologue du Québec, François Legault, lors d’une conférence de presse conjointe.

Picture : Radio-Canada / Ivanoh Demers

À ses côtés, M. Legault a dit trouver totalement inacceptable l’incursion de Mme Elghawaby dans les champs de compétence du Québec et de ses cégeps et universités.

Je trouve ça inacceptable que quelqu’un vienne suggérer de favoriser un groupe religieux alors qu’on est dans un état laïc, a déclaré M. Legault.

Patrimoine canadien a indiqué vendredi que Mme Elghawaby n’était pas disponible pour répondre aux questions des journalistes.

Le Bloc et le PQ exigent l’abolition du poste

Le chef du Bloc québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, demande l’abolition pure et easy du poste de représentant spécial du Canada chargé de la lutte contre l’islamophobie.

C’est un outil de sollicitation électoraliste qui divise et braque les gens contre la très calme, importante et souvent francophone communauté musulmane du Québec – ils sont 350 000 – et qui est harmonieusement intégrée, a écrit M. Blanchet sur X.

À son tour, le député du Parti québécois, Pascal Paradis, appuie la demande de la ministre Déry exigeant la démission d’Amira Elghawaby. Il demande aussi l’abolition du poste.

Amira Elghawaby n’a aucune autorité pour se prononcer sur les campements ou les manifestations au Québec, écrit-il. Le Québec est un État laïc. Le recrutement des professeurs doit se faire sur la base de la compétence et non de la faith.

Avec les informations de La Presse canadienne

Calls grow for Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa to retire as he sustains another concussion

It was a routine run for a primary down, the type that quarterbacks do each week within the Nationwide Soccer League.

However Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins leaned headfirst into the deal with, and the impression in opposition to the defender’s chest despatched his head sharply to the left. Afterward, he collapsed to the bottom, together with his proper fist balled and raised into the air in what gave the impression to be a telltale signal of mind damage.

Later through the Thursday-night sport, the Miami Dolphins made it official: Tagovailoa had suffered a concussion, the newest for the 26-year-old whose profession had already come to be outlined by his worrying historical past of mind damage.

Now, Tagovailoa’s concussion has prompted a dramatic response by followers and former gamers alike who’ve urged him to retire — a mirrored image of a rising consciousness among the many American public of the dangers of the long-term mind harm that may observe hits to the pinnacle. Even a present coach has known as for him to retire.

“I will be sincere, I might inform him to retire. It is not value it,” stated Antonio Pierce, the pinnacle coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, talking at a press convention Friday. “I simply suppose sooner or later, he will stay longer than he will play soccer. Deal with your loved ones.”

Throughout broadcast and social media, former gamers and followers alike shared the identical sentiment. “If I am him, at this level, I am severely contemplating retiring from soccer. If that was my son, I might be like, ‘It could be time.’ These items will not be what you mess around with,” stated Tony Gonzalez, a Corridor of Fame tight finish for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Atlanta Falcons, talking after the sport as an analyst on Amazon Prime’s broadcast.

“Actually hope Tua is okay, however he’s gotta severely take into consideration shutting it [down],” stated Shannon Sharpe, the previous Denver Broncos tight finish. “His concussions are getting worse and worse and he’s a younger man together with his complete life forward of him.”

Concussions and repeated blows to the pinnacle are key threat elements in long-term mind accidents, together with power traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a severe situation that may trigger early dementia and loss of life.

“There isn’t a magic variety of concussions to require retirement,” stated Chris Nowinski, a former soccer participant {and professional} wrestler who later pursued neuroscience and now heads the Concussion Legacy Basis.

“All of it is determined by how he recovers from this one, however having too many concussions can result in power signs and psychological well being issues,” Nowinski continued, writing on the social media web site X. “He is in a really robust spot.”

A small variety of NFL gamers have left the game early over considerations about their neurological well being, together with the Carolina Panthers All-Professional linebacker Luke Kuechly and the San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland, who retired after just one season within the NFL.

“With Tua, there’s the added stress of being the star of the franchise, the participant that they are constructing round,” Borland informed NPR in 2022. “It is vital that gamers are higher protected as a result of, if left to their very own units, for 100 totally different incentives, we’d do something to get again on the sector.”

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Tagovailoa walked off the sector below his personal energy after sustaining a concussion throughout Thursday evening’s sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments.

In 2022, the NFL revised its concussion analysis protocol after Tagovailoa was allowed to re-enter a sport after sustaining what gave the impression to be a head damage when he was cleared by medical analysis. In one other sport simply 4 days later, he hit his head once more, this time with a proper prognosis of concussion. Weeks later, he sustained yet one more concussion and missed the remainder of the season.

After that, he consulted docs and household about whether or not to proceed taking part in. In a podcast interview final month, Tagovailoa stated some members of the family, particularly his mom, had requested him to contemplate quitting.

“It was simply introduced up right here and there, like, ‘I do not suppose it’s best to proceed to play and whatnot, however we’ll all the time help what you need to do,'” he informed The Dan Le Batard Present with Stugotz podcast. “I get it. I obtained youngsters too, now, and you may perceive why the moms are the best way they’re.”

However he determined to stay with soccer. Forward of the next season, Tagovailoa devoted his offseason to change into much less susceptible to concussions. He took jiu jitsu courses and skilled in methods to roll his physique when falling, quite than permitting his head to hit the turf.

The 2023 season that adopted was the perfect of his profession. He led the league in passing yards and steered the Dolphins to an 11-6 file, their most wins since 2008. In July, he was rewarded with a $212 million contract extension.

Now, ought to he select to retire, how a lot of that compensation he’ll obtain will depend upon whether or not he’s medically cleared to return to soccer.

If he’s cleared to play however retires anyway, Tagovailoa will forgo $124 million. If he’s medically compelled into retirement, he’ll accumulate that cash, in line with Spotrac, a service that tracks skilled sports activities contracts.

After the hit throughout Thursday’s sport, Tagovailoa walked off the sector with out help, and the Dolphins reported that he was in a position to converse with medical employees within the locker room.

On Friday, head coach Mike McDaniel declined to take a position a couple of timeline for Tagovailoa’s return. “The most effective factor I can do will not be attempt to assess what this even means from a soccer standpoint,” McDaniel stated. “Making an attempt to satisfy [timelines], attempting to evaluate what this implies for enjoying — that is heavy stuff.”

As of Friday afternoon, Tagovailoa had not commented publicly on his choices.

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Lutte contre l’islamophobie | Québec demande la démission d’Amira Elghawaby

Les critiques de la représentante d’Ottawa chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie ont fusé de partout au Québec, vendredi. Si le gouvernement Legault a réclamé sa démission, le premier ministre Justin Trudeau ne s’est pas avancé sur la query.



Dans une lettre destinée aux cégeps et universités du pays, la représentante d’Ottawa chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie a recommandé d’« accroître la représentation des professeurs musulmans, palestiniens et arabes » pour faire face aux répercussions du conflit israélo-palestinien sur les campus.

« Je trouve ça totalement inacceptable », a affirmé François Legault lors d’une mêlée de presse avec son homologue canadien, Justin Trudeau, vendredi. Le chef de la CAQ déplore d’une half que la représentante s’immisce dans une compétence provinciale, et de l’autre, qu’elle suggère de favoriser un groupe religieux, alors que le Québec est une province laïque.

« Amira Elghawaby doit se mêler de ses affaires », a réagi la ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec, Pascale Déry, dans une publication X, vendredi matin. « Elle n’a aucune légitimité à demander à nos universités et collèges quoi faire. On le réitère : elle doit démissionner. »

Le ministre responsable de la Laïcité, Jean-François Roberge, a de son côté déclaré dans une publication X que la représentante recommande de « discriminer » et « d’embaucher des personnes en fonction de leur foi ».

La suggestion fait partie d’une liste de cinq pistes de options qu’a proposées la représentante spéciale Amira Elghawaby le 30 août dernier, en marge de la rentrée scolaire, afin de favoriser le dialogue dans les établissements d’enseignement supérieur entourant le conflit Israël-Hamas, même si cela peut provoquer des « conversations inconfortables ».

Pour l’établir, Mme Elghawaby s’est basée sur la recommandation d’un juge, qui veut que la diversité du corps professoral permette de mieux refléter le corps étudiant.

Le parti québécois a aussi appuyé l’appel de la ministre caquiste Pascal Déry à la démission de Amira Elghawaby.

Le fédéral réagit

« Tout d’abord, soyons très clairs, les universités doivent embaucher les personnes les plus qualifiées », a répliqué le premier ministre canadien, Justin Trudeau, sans évoquer la possibilité d’une éventuelle démission.

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Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau

Il a ajouté que la représentante spéciale agit de manière « indépendante », et qu’elle ne souhaite qu’encourager la dialog entre les Canadiens.

Le chef du Bloc québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, demande carrément l’abolition du poste occupé par la représentante. « Mme Elghawaby multiplie, avec la bénédiction des libéraux et du premier ministre, les affronts », dit-il.

La nomination de Mme Elghawaby au poste de représentante spéciale dans la lutte contre l’islamophobie avait semé la controverse, en 2023. L’ex-journaliste avait écrit, en 2019, qu’un « sentiment antimusulman » semblait animer « une majorité de Québécois ».

Le ministère du Patrimoine canadien a indiqué que Mme Elghawaby n’était pas disponible pour répondre à nos questions.

Des mouvements qui ont secoué les universités

Depuis le 7 octobre 2023, la guerre à Gaza a coûté la vie à plus de 40 000 Palestiniens et 1200 Israéliens, a souligné l’émissaire dans sa lettre. Dans les derniers mois, les manifestations et campements propalestiniens se sont multipliés au Canada, notamment sur les campus.

Attaques dangereuses au vitriol, attaques physiques, profilage racial, campagnes de salissage en ligne : ces menaces « ont contribué à créer un climat dangereux pour de nombreux membres de la communauté collégiale et universitaire », d’après la représentante.

« Il ne fait aucun doute qu’en ces moments difficiles, de nombreuses universités n’ont pas bien fait les choses en ce qui concerne la safety du droit fondamental de manifester pacifiquement sur les campus », poursuit Mme Elghawaby, dans sa lettre.

Sur cette query, la Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) a abondé dans le même sens. « On a été particulièrement choqués par la manière dont certaines establishments, notamment l’Université Laval et l’Université McGill, ont géré la scenario des campements », a expliqué Madeleine Pastinelli, présidente de la FQPPU. Mais les recommandations ne sont pas matière à « scandale » pour l’organisation, automotive les universités québécoises possèdent déjà leurs propres politiques en matière de diversité.

La FP-CSN, qui regroupe notamment plusieurs syndicats en éducation supérieure, dont celui des professeures et professeurs de l’UQAM et de l’UQO, a préféré ne pas commenter l’enjeu. La Fédération des cégeps a quant à elle décliné la demande d’entrevue de La Presse.

In brief: Final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance drops and more – WEIS

George Lopez is readying his newest stand-up particular, set to air on Prime Video, the streaming service has introduced. The particular, to be taped on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 as a part of Lopez’s ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT! Comedy tour, will likely be his ninth stand-up particular and first since 2020’s We’ll Do It for Half, which aired on Netflix. A premiere date has but to be introduced …

A launch date and an official trailer for Tyler Perry‘s Netflix drama Magnificence in Black have been revealed. The plot follows a stripper — performed by Taylor Polidore Williams — who turns into concerned with “the rich household behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme.” The sequence will likely be launched in two components, with the primary eight episodes launching Oct. 24. A launch date for the second half has not but been introduced …

Sony Photos has launched the ultimate trailer for Venom: The Final Dance, the ultimate movie within the Venom trilogy, starring Tom Hardy. This day out, Eddie and Venom “are on the run. Hunted by each of their worlds and with the web closing in, the duo are pressured right into a devastating choice that can deliver the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s final dance,” per the studio. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans and Stephen Graham additionally star. The primary two films have grossed $1.36 billion. Venom: The Final Dance hits theaters Oct. 26 …

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Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in Hamptons case | Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake accepted on Friday a diminished degree of visitors offense, resolving his drunk-driving prison case within the Hamptons, the upscale coastal space east of New York Metropolis.

He pleaded responsible to impaired driving.

The singer-songwriter and actor entered Sag Harbor village courtroom late within the morning and was to formally enter a brand new plea.

Law enforcement officials escorted Timberlake as he left his lawyer’s workplace and crossed a road to the courthouse as a crowd, together with journalists, surrounded him.

Through the proceedings, Timberlake remained standing all through and gave a press release wherein he expressed regret for his actions.

“I didn’t dwell as much as the requirements that I attempt to maintain for myself,” he mentioned.

Timberlake mentioned he was “grateful for the chance to maneuver ahead” and use his platform to hopefully assist others make “higher selections”.

“I ought to have had higher judgment,” he mentioned to the choose. “I perceive the seriousness of this.”

The previous boy band star initially pleaded not responsible to a misdemeanor cost of driving whereas intoxicated (DWI) at a listening to final month and had his driving license suspended. The case was being prosecuted by the workplace of Ray Tierney, the Suffolk county district legal professional.

Timberlake was arrested in Sag Harbor, New York, a little bit after midnight on 18 June after police mentioned he ran a cease signal within the village heart, veered out of his lane and acquired out of his BMW smelling of alcohol.

Police in courtroom filings additionally mentioned the 43-year-old Tennessee native’s eyes have been “bloodshot and glassy” and that he had “slowed speech”, was unsteady on his ft and carried out poorly on all sobriety exams.

Timberlake instructed the officer he had had one martini and was following some buddies house, police mentioned.

As a part of the plea deal he was obligated to make a safety-related announcement in public. Timberlake emerged into vibrant sunshine outdoors courtroom, carrying a darkish sweater and, over the noise of visitors and digital camera shutters, urged the general public to study from his mistake.

“I perceive that I’ve a platform … to everybody watching and listening, even when you have just one drink, don’t get behind the wheel of a automobile. There are such a lot of options,” he mentioned.

Timberlake added: “It is a mistake that I made however I’m hoping that whoever is watching and listening now can study from this error, I actually have.”

He thanked the small city and its police division and mentioned: “We will all be extra secure on the market and I’m going to do my half, I hope that everybody else does their half.”

Sag Harbor is a one-time whaling village talked about in Herman Melville’s basic novel Moby-Dick, nestled amid the Hamptons, an space of seaside communities liberally sprinkled with millionaire and billionaire residents, typically dubbed a playground of the tremendous wealthy, about 100 miles (161km) east of Manhattan.

Timberlake’s license suspension in New York seemingly impacts his skill to drive in different states, a authorized professional mentioned this week. Refusing a breath check, because the singer did throughout his arrest, triggers an computerized suspension of the driving license underneath New York state legislation, which ought to then be enforced in different states, in accordance with Kenneth Gober, a managing companion on the legislation agency Lee, Gober & Reyna in Austin, Texas.

The Related Press contributed reporting

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