Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInMADISON WMTV Morning Show Anchor Gabriella Rusk and her husband Mark are thrilled to announce the birth of their first child “Thank you to everyone who has reached out with kind words and well wishes,” Gabriella said Gabriella shared the happy news on her Facebook page that both mom and baby are doing well “Mark and I want to say a special thank you to the team of doctors who helped us bring Lydia safely into this world and all of the nurses who took such good care of us during our hospital stay,” Gabriella said “Health care workers are incredible people!” WMTV wants to wish a big congratulations to Gabriella and her growing family Gabriella will be taking some time off-the-air to spend time at home with Lydia over the next few weeks to learn all about the joys of motherhood “We are enjoying this special time as a family and will be tuning in to WMTV from the couch over the next few weeks with The Morning Show’s youngest fan,” Gabriella said Gabriella will rejoin The Morning Show team later this summer Click here to download the WMTV15 News app or our WMTV15 First Alert weather app Wolves were edged out and Huddersfield picked up first win but biggest victory is word that Newcastle will host again Last year it was much more decisive given how it was played in mid-August, just weeks before the playoff began: but even here, on the May bank holiday weekend, Magic’s return to Newcastle felt hugely significant. That was in part because it provided the sport with a welcome tonic from the endless boardroom politics, with the public also voting with their feet on how Newcastle should remain the permanent home of Magic into 2026 and beyond, with a crowd of 64,156, the biggest since 2018, in attendance: and the highest ever Sunday figure too. Read moreBut there were plenty of storylines on the field too, as the regular season hurtles towards the midway point in 2025. There is now a clear trio at the summit, with the reigning Super League champions solidifying their place in that leading pack with a hard-fought win over Warrington It is still slightly too early to suggest that trio are the only contenders for the Grand Final: but right now the Leopards and the Warriors compared to their next closest rivals Magic is a stage built for the biggest and best players to showcase their talent – and Wigan’s dynamic duo of Jai Field and Bevan French both crossed for wonderful tries here. That ultimately helped Wigan to have just enough against a Warrington side hit by injuries but who showed plenty of spirit here but fell short are one of a number of teams now falling behind the leading pack – three wins behind the trio already the Wire are firmly entrenched in a battle for the other three playoff spots with six teams: who are now just split by a solitary victory The debate over the strength of Super League’s high tackle laws has also begun to resurface emphasised by the opening game of day two on Sunday Huddersfield claimed their first win of the season at the 10th attempt with a 12-10 triumph over Hull whose early-season promise is starting to falter slightly It left Hull’s coach, John Cartwright, calling Knight and his side “dumb”. His counterpart, Luke Robinson – who had two players put on report for contact with the head – joined the growing calls for a greater level of understanding and common sense over the finer points of tackling in the modern era. Whether he is listened to remains unlikely. Free weekly newsletterThe best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend’s action But what of Magic in general? It is at this point in proceedings that we raise the question about what could or couldn’t happen next year. Murmurings of Super League potentially going to 14 teams in 2026 will not go away – but even then, Magic will remain on the calendar. The Guardian understands that talks between Super League and officials in Newcastle had started even before this weekend. The healthy crowd will have only added further weight to the fact that the game will be back at St James’ Park in a year’s time. In fact, this was the sixth-highest Magic Weekend crowd in history – and RL Commercial’s CEO, Rhodri Jones, revealed to the Guardian on Sunday afternoon that a decision to bring the event back to St James’ Park next year is a long way towards being finalised already: with no other venues under consideration. “Fans wanted to come back to Newcastle and the stakeholders here have been great,” Jones said. “The stadium is great and we’re delighted with the weekend and the attendance. “It’s fair to say that positive conversations have already happened for next year.” In truth, it is difficult to imagine this event being anywhere else. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved the Spurs held an introductory press conference for Johnson during which Popovich made his first public appearance in front of cameras since his stroke he took to the podium and thanked everyone for all their well wishes and noted that he's getting better by the day but that it hasn't been enough to get back to where he needs to be to coach the team Gregg Popovich speaks for the first time. He has all the confidence in new @spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson. What a moment pic.twitter.com/5nEJAwvrM6 but there's a lot of thank yous after 25 or 30 years," Popovich said I can never express the gratitude I have for so many people caring about our organization and sending me thoughts and prayers but it's not good enough for what we plan ahead people from the ticket office and people who put on a show during timeouts everybody that has been dedicated to do their part to make us a successful and thriving organization And that starts at the top with the Holt family We will continue to do our best to do this with class It's one of the reasons why Mitch Johnson will be taking over because we have total faith in him to continue what's been started a long time ago." He also made sure everyone knew what his new job title was taking off a jacket to reveal a shirt that simply said "El Jefe."  "I'm no longer coach. I'm El Jefe."Gregg Popovich 😂 pic.twitter.com/AxVxqKTqzX "I wanna make sure everyone understands what my new job is," Popovich said as he removed the jacket He then turned around to show off the back of his shirt that said "Señor Popovich President of Basketball Ops" while Duncan and Ginobili chuckled cracking jokes and in good spirits and seemingly fairly good health He is six months removed from his stroke and clearly he's still working his way back physically but it's obvious his wit and dry sense of humor hasn't changed a bit He may no longer be prowling the sidelines in San Antonio but he left no doubt who the boss remains in the Spurs organization going forward This work, OREGON NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WELCOME VETERANS HOME FROM HONOR FLIGHT, by MAJ Wayne Clyne, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright A Daily News Service of the North Carolina Coastal Federation More Articles More Articles More Articles More Articles More Articles 05/05/2025 by The public will have a chance to see what happens at the Coastal Studies Institute and East Carolina University Integrated Coastal Programs during an open house later this month The event is offered at no charge from 12:30 p.m The campus is about a mile from the intersection of U.S Research and education initiatives on the campus span a range of coastal topics from nearshore estuaries to the offshore waters along the continental shelf ECU’s Integrated Coastal Programs focuses on coastal and marine research and engagement using an interdisciplinary approach and scientific advancements to provide effective solutions to complex problems The Coastal Studies Institute is a multi-institutional research partnership led by East Carolina University in collaboration with North Carolina State University University of North Carolina Wilmington and Elizabeth City State University Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the campus learn about current research and educational programs and interact with faculty and staff from East Carolina University Coastal Studies Institute and partner organizations Organizers said that visitors will have the opportunity to meet the following: The North Carolina coast is spectacular! When you purchase a North Carolina Coastal Federation license plate, you help keep our coast healthy and beautiful, and support the nonprofit journalism you’re reading now. Learn more The story was compiled by staff members of Coastal Review Winner of seven North Carolina Press Association awards in 2024. © 2025 North Carolina Coastal Federation. All rights reserved.↑ LinkFacebookLinkWe’re thinking a lot about bodies this month It’s not a hypothetical question — emerging research shows the potential of delaying We also have a look at how much protein you really need to eat how much hair (and hair loss) is tied to confidence (or lack thereof) The rest of the issue is devoted to the world around We dive into how men and women are diverging politically all over the globe and also explore a policy solution that could bring about much-needed housing And how can you compel the well-off people in your life to give away their money The HighlightMy family has money but doesn’t give to charity. How do I challenge them without being weird?How to get parents and friends to get serious about doing good. Nothing will cure you of perfectionism faster than trying to grow living things. Astrology’s enormous appeal, explained for believers and skeptics. I want to believe I can make a positive impact from the inside, but maybe I’m deluding myself. The world feels more menacing, even if it isn’t. Who are the cybersecurity innovators and practitioners who are forging the cutting edge of protection in the defense of networks and infrastructure across the government and private sector Breaking news! MeriTalk is delighted to celebrate the 42 technology security stalwarts that make up the 2025 class of Cyber Defenders! Nominated by their peers across the Federal government and industry this year’s class of Cyber Defenders is making crucial contributions to defend the tech infrastructure that is  foundational to modern government and society and engineering the security breakthroughs that will keep us all ahead of cyber adversaries “These leaders are driving forward-thinking strategies and innovations that are vital to our nation’s digital resilience,” said Caroline Boyd “We’re proud to honor their commitment to securing the future of government cybersecurity and their role in building a stronger Department of Homeland Security Office of the CISO Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; former Director for Federal Information Security Modernization Act and High Value Asset Special Assistant for Cybersecurity Innovation Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer; Director for Information Technology Security and Chief Information Security Officer Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Chief Information Officer Branch Chief and Joint Collaborative Environment Co-Lead Field Chief Technology Officer and Cyber Security GTM Lead For more information on the awards and winners, please visit: https://www.meritalk.com/award/cyber-defenders-2025/ Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" A pair of storm systems could fuel heavy rain and flooding across sections of the nation from the Desert Southwest to the East Coast this week and some areas are bracing for the possibility of tornadoes or hail the size of tennis balls “A slow-moving storm over the Central United States this week will act as the catalyst for a risk of severe thunderstorms and flooding rainfall,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said shaped like the Greek letter omega − Ω − and can bring havoc to weather conditions Some of the areas facing storms are already sodden from days of rain The storms could tap into moisture out of the Gulf prompting a risk for flooding and severe thunderstorms from Texas to the central Gulf Coast An 'omega block' in atmosphere: Could bring chaotic weather for millions in US ∎ New York City could get more than 2 inches of rain through Tuesday and flash flooding is possible ∎ Houston could see thunderstorms and wind gusts of up to 30 mph. "A few storms could become strong to severe, mainly west of I-45," the weather service said in a post on X ∎ New Orleans faces a "significant" threat of flash flooding Tuesday because of several rounds of heavy rainfall expected to slam the area An omega block is ruling our weather: When will it finally budge? Pennsylvania recovering from deadly stormsResidents in Western Pennsylvania were bracing for a line of powerful storms forecast to move through the region later Monday Over 20,000 homes and businesses in Allegheny County remained without power from brutal storms last week that left three people dead and more than 400,000 power customers in the dark "The main threats will be damaging winds and large hail," the weather service office in Pittsburgh posted on X "With the heavy rainfall over the past few days Portions of West Texas and far eastern New Mexico could see large hailstones and possibly isolated tornadoes late Monday Travelers along interstates 10 and 20 in Texas could face travel delays as storms ignite across the region a heavy rain and thunderstorm pattern will sweep across eastern Texas isolated tornadoes and flash flooding are possible Tuesday and Tuesday night The city of Midland has only recorded 0.66 of an inch of rain so far this year Normally the city has seen four times that amount by now AccuWeather notes that any rain hitting West Texas will be beneficial but may run off the hard-baked soil are bloated from heavy rainfall along the Mississippi Valley in recent weeks that has inundated some low-lying areas May 5, 2025 | , | 6 my Mom reached out from Florida to let me know that it’s “my sister and me I stand corrected and apologies to my readers The way to test the sentence is to take the other person out and see if it sounds correct It would not be correct to say “and give I that beauty” I must say I did not hear much support for the Hamlet ( at least not in its current iteration) at the Town Hall It seems that those few who may lean toward it are worried about the alternative option of affordable/ low income housing Why the citizens are being forced to accept such a choice is the real question here Hartford now gets to tell every town in CT It is not enough for the laws to protect people from unfair discrimination ( which is now you may not discriminate based on ability to pay the market rates the restaurants should have to feed anyone who wants to eat and the clothing stores should have to give you “affordable” designer clothes I am still waiting for my waterfront mansion to provided I do not agree that the needle is moving in favor of the development as proposed I believe there were far more who spoke against the project AS PROPOSED and many elected officials expressed many varied and significant concerns I did hear nearly universal agreement to redevelop— but to do so differently In my own comments I spoke favorably to the idea and intention of remediating this brownfield site and redeveloping too complicated for an area that is contaminated and serves as the main transit hub for the town Anyone who hopes to develop this area will have to remediate the contamination and is likely to get significant pass-through state funding to do so Our town does not need to be coerced by the threat of 8-30g development to get this right And were the area not to be developed why is it ok to have contaminated soil beneath what is presently there You must be logged in to post a comment I agree with the Comment Policy Copyright © 2025 Westport Journal, Bridge Street Media, 16 Bridge St., Westport, CT 06880. 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opportunity and community come together to create something extraordinary View All City Manager's Office Events the Pettis County Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was executing a narcotics-related search warrant in the 27000 block of Route BB in the Longwood area Deputies Mike DeHaven and Deputy Jacob Brown were injured and sent to area hospitals Brown was treated and released at Bothwell while DeHaven spent the weekend at MU Medical Center in Columbia The case was investigated by the  Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control A Hero’s Procession was held Sunday afternoon  to welcome both of them home with a meet & greet held outside the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office We asked Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders to share his thoughts with us: “We have two heroes who just came home very thankful to have them here,” Anders said adding that he can’t remember when the last time a Pettis County Deputy was shot in the line of duty DeHaven and Brown received prompt medical care due to having paramedics on scene at the time of the incident “They really got inside the hot zone and started applying all the lifesaving measures they can and they did that fearlessly,” commented Sheriff Anders The sheriff said that he witnessed phenomenal community support as the two deputies were escorted into Sedalia by dozens of law enforcement vehicles and you see all of those people on the side of the road We’re just absolutely honored to be in this community,” Anders told KSIS He noted that Deputy Brown went full time with the department when Anders became Sheriff Deputy DeHaven was a reserve officer at the time making their injuries a personal one for him “It’s that way with every deputy,” Anders stressed “I was talking with some people the other day and it’s like having 56 children who decided to get into law enforcement Then every time something like this comes up it takes years off your life worrying about them and hoping everything’s going to be okay I’m honored to be able to go with them a lot just to be sure they’re going to be okay It makes me feel better to be there.” As for the injured deputies returning to duty “They both have a long road ahead of them We’re going to stand beside them and do everything we can to make sure they’re okay,” Sheriff Anders said “From the moment we went down ‘til arriving here we’ve been nothing but taken care of,” remarked DeHaven to the crowd from the ambulance crews who took us to the hospitals the hospital crews that were there day and night for us There’s not a bad thing I can say about this experience other than the actual event,” DeHaven stated “We have felt the love of the community we’re very fortunate to liv and work (here) and very fortunate to have the friends and family that we have and we really appreciate everyone’s love,” DeHaven said Deputy DeHaven estimated that only three minutes elapsed between the time he was shot and the time a paramedic placed a tourniquet on him a lot of good was seen in it,” DeHaven concluded Deputy Brown credited the extensive training he received helped him get through this terrible experience it could have been a lot different,” Brown told the crowd “Everyone’s been extremely helpful.” Sheriff Anders added that there were dozens and dozens of absolute heroes in the crowd gathered to honor DeHaven and Brown on Sunday afternoon A Hero’s Procession was held Sunday afternoon to welcome both of them home, with a meet & greet held outside the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office.\nRead More a victory of sorts for the notion of constitutional rights and due process and basic human decency The United States (meaning: us) didn’t summarily toss a new mother and her newborn U.S. citizen infant out of the country without first giving her a chance to be heard You will recall that President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to close the border and “launch the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of America.” that program had the Trump administration making plans to quickly deport a 24-year-old Guatemalan woman straight from the hospital maternity ward gave birth in Tucson under federal guardThe woman illegally crossed the border early last week in a desolate stretch of the Sonoran Desert carrying only a water bottle and her unborn child taken to Tucson Medical Center where she gave birth to a 6-pound baby girl she named Emily as Customs and Border Patrol agents stood guard outside her door with federal agents telling Tucson attorney Luis Campos on May 1 that she was targeted for fast-track removal — with or without her newborn — and thus had no right to legal counsel who had been alerted to the case by someone who knew what was going on said he was advised by federal agents that he couldn’t speak with the woman without a signed G-28 form But the agents also wouldn’t let Campos or a member of the hospital staff give her the form to sign That same day, a CBP spokesman told the Arizona Daily Star that the woman was facing expedited removal and would be given the choice to take her newborn daughter with her when she was deported or leave the baby in the country Erika was discharged from the hospital on the afternoon of May 2, without her child and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Things changed when Democratic politicians and the public got wind of what was going on have a fundamental right to due process that has been reaffirmed by the Supreme Court as recently as April 7 2025,” Tucson Mayor Romero said in the statement to the Star “Denying this mother access to legal representation is both inhumane and a violation of her basic rights.” “The office is actively engaging with federal and local officials to gather further information,” Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office said in a statement to KOLD Governor Hobbs has been clear in her opposition to inhumane immigration enforcement practices.” and over the weekend when CBP placed Erika into normal deportation proceedings and Campos was allowed to talk to her to get her story How she fled violence in her home country and entered the country near the Tres Bellotas Ranch How she walked for two days in the desert before being apprehended about 50 miles south of Tucson Erika was reunited with Emily and released from custody “The woman was transferred to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations with a court date to appear before an immigration judge,” a CBP spokesman told reporters on May 3 who in January declared an “invasion” at the border and suspended the right of immigrants to request asylum as well as those arrested elsewhere who can’t prove they’ve been here at least two years now get the bum’s rush out of the country — no court hearings needed Opinion: Kari Lake says no one is above the law, except Trump about what would prompt a heavily pregnant woman to risk both her own and her unborn baby’s lives in search of an asylum she surely knew would never be granted in the not-quite United States of Trump That is the law of the land until Trump decides that the “invasion” is over Or until America wakes up and understands what is really happening here Like this column? 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Become a KWOS News Insider Site by Zimmer Communications Zimmer Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer LadiesGamers Meow Moments: Welcome to Campus is a new DLC for Meow Moments: Celebrating Together, and yet another fun addition to the  Hidden Animals (well In Welcome to Campus, the new DLC for Meow Moments: Celebrating Together We have a fun and detailed scene from a school campus where we can see different school and university activities – study sessions and students rushing to class or mingling around humans and other critters engaged in the pursuit of knowledge from deep discussions under shady trees to celebrating new discoveries in the lab The art is beautiful as usual and has plenty of Easter eggs to look out for finding everything is still plenty of challenge you can use one of the three magnifying lenses on top of the screen: one for kittens one for people and critters and one for balloons so you only need to wait a few seconds for them to recharge you can click on the clue and change the object you are seeking to another There are basic settings like audio and video A new option is choosing the style of the clues – should they include details from around the object you are seeking Meow Moments- Welcome to Campus doesn’t add any new Steam achievements or trading cards Welcome to Campus is a fun addition to an already fun game. 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Required fields are marked * Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishGENERALKing Philippe receives ceremonial welcome in Czech Republic5 May 2025 King Philippe of Belgium was given a red carpet welcome and a military ceremony in Prague on Monday afternoon The King is visiting the Czech Republic to take part in a ceremony commemorating the liberation of the city of Pilsen the King was greeted by Czech president Petr Pavel and dozens of Czech soldiers at a formal reception at Prague Castle a monumental palace complex that overlooks the centre of Prague from a hilltop which was closed to tourists for the occasion is also the official residence and workplace of the Czech President which included the national anthems of both countries was followed by talks between the two leaders The King was also presented with a framed photograph of his meeting with Vaclav Havel the country's first president after the fall of the communist regime King Philippe travelled to the Czech Republic to take part in a ceremony commemorating the liberation of the city of Pilsen Tuesday marks exactly 80 years since a Belgian battalion helped drive Nazi troops out of the city It is also the first time that a Belgian and a Czech head of state will attend the commemoration of this event together the city was liberated by the American army with the assistance of the 17th Belgian Fusilier Battalion This battalion consisted of volunteers from the province of Liège all former members of the Secret Army resistance group Pilsen is one of the few Czech cities not liberated by Soviet troops at the end of the Second World War following the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia that the liberation began to be celebrated The last Belgian veteran passed away in 2023 but family members of the 17th Battalion veterans are expected to attend the commemoration in Pilsen on Tuesday King Philippe's visit partly coincides with a two-day visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to the Czech Republic the Ukrainian flag at Prague Castle had to be replaced by the Belgian flag shortly before 14.00 on Monday King Philippe of Belgium and Czech president Petr Pavel in Prague on 5 May 2025 © BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu The Waimea High School girls flag football team and coaches were welcomed home from the state tournament by Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami, Council Chair Mel Rapozo, Council \member Fern Holland, and a lot of happy and excited parents, relatives and friends at the Lihue Airport on Sunday, May 4, 2025. The Waimea High School girls flag football team, garbed in the official state tournament shirt, get together to render the Waimea alma mater as Coach Jason Caldeira and his coaching staff watch and Council member Fern Holland films at the Lihue Airport on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Members of the Waimea High School girls football team arrived home on Sunday from the 2025 Hawaii Dental Service Hawaii High School Athletic Association Girls Flag Football State Championships that wrapped up Saturday night on Oahu, where the Campbell Sabers edged Leleihua, 6-0, for the first state championship since the program inaugurated. The Menehune, under head coach Jason Caldeira, received the No. 5 seed to the state tournament after clinching the Central Pacific Bank Kauai Interscholastic Federation by a single point, 7-6 over a powerful Red Raider squad. Waimea ran head-on against Punahou that shut out the West Side girls, 20-0, sending the Menehune to the consolation bracket where they faced Hilo in the first match in that bracket play. (function(d,s,n){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js=d.createElement(s);js.className=n;js.src="//player.ex.co/player/bdc806f4-0fc1-40a1-aff0-a3d5239c169c";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,"script","exco-player")); “The girls were good,” said a Waimea fan who accompanied the team from Kauai. “They always had the largest fan base. Every family and relatives living on Oahu must’ve come out to support the girls!” Moving through the consolation bracket, Waimea shut down the Hilo Vikings 19-0 to stay alive in the double elimination tournament. They continued on the ladder with a 19-13 victory over the Hawaii Preparatory Academy before being shut down, 25-0, by Waianae High School on Saturday. “The girls were strong,” said the Kauai fan who came home Saturday night. “Against two schools, they looked like a big school. People were surprised they came from a small school on Kauai’s West Side.” Included in the crowd greeting the first-ever Kauai girls football team, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami came with his construction hardhat emblazoned with a “W” and Council Chair Mel Rapozo, and Councilmember Fern Holland blended in with the armload of lei and posters. “These girls have played their hearts out and deserve to be recognized for their incredible win on Kauai,” said Therilynn Martin-Haumea with the Office of Economic Development. “Whether they win or lose on Oahu, they will always be the first Kauai champions!” Kawakami presented Caldeira with a proclamation that read in part, “2025 marks the historic launch of Girls’ Flag Football as an official sport in the Kauai Interscholastic Federation (and the HHSAA), offering a new and meaningful opportunity for young women to showcase their athleticism, leadership and team spirit.” “The Waimea High School Girls’ Flag Football Team has made history by becoming the inaugural KIF Girls’ Flag Football Kauai Island Champions, representing excellence on and off the field,” Kawakami said. The proclamation said the team was a source of inspiration for what can be accomplished when women are given equal opportunities to compete and excel in sports. “This historic achievement marks a significant step forward in the growth of girls’ sports on Kauai, fostering a spirit of inclusivity, empowerment and leadership for women in our community and in the world of athletics,” the proclamation read. After firing a one-under par 71 on the opening round of the David S. Ishii Foundation, Haw... Kapaa High School softball, finishing the Kauai Interscholastic Federation season as Centr... The Hawaii High School Athletic Association announced on Saturday that the Kapaa High Scho... The couple is set to welcome their third baby together in a few weeks Kristen O'Brien is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been writing entertainment, celebrity and human interest stories since 2015. The web server reported a bad gateway error. They were raised on stories of spaceships soaring between the stars and they grew up to see the space shuttle explode and humankind abandon the moon They grew up expecting flying cars and robot servants but as they reached middle age they were still trundling along the ground and doing their own laundry Source: Jason CrawfordLimited by energy scarcity, humanity’s innovative efforts switched from atoms to bits; “technology” in 1970-2010 was defined by computers, software, and the internet. In 2011, Paul Krugman and Tyler Cowen were writing that the appliances in their kitchen hadn’t changed since they were children Science fiction writers anticipated this shift quite early on The “cyberpunk” writers of the 1980s and 1990s — William Gibson and many others — didn’t envision a future entirely devoid of hardware innovations but most of what they envisioned for the 21st century centered around advances in the internet That was the future I grew up expecting — a neon-drenched mostly earthbound world where humans would mingle with robots Instead of bold space explorers firing ray guns at alien conquerors the heroic figures of my fantasies were hackers and street samurai battling the nefarious plots of shadowy corporations I actually lived to see the future I imagined as a kid reality began to conform to the cyberpunk visions I grew up with Though I’ll still go back and read some stuff from the 80s and 90s I stopped reading new cyberpunk about a decade ago Around that time it became clear that the pace of real technological change had overtaken authors’ imaginations; newly written cyberpunk fiction began to feel retrofuturistic like someone writing about the present and getting it wrong Meanwhile all I had to do to see fantastic techno-futures unfold around me was to read the news a giant animated sphere has loomed over the city of Las Vegas occasionally taking the form of a titanic blinking eyeball: Open up the video app on your pocket computer and you can see videos of humanoid robots shooting machine guns at a metal-coated “cybertruck”: (The video is CGI. But you can see real humanoid robots walking around our college campuses.) Meanwhile, self-driving robot cars increasingly fill our streets. Here’s a photo I shot from the window of my own robot car, of a very different-looking type of robot car that I had never seen before: It has become absolutely normal to see security robots of all shapes and sizes rolling through parks and shopping centers, mute sentinels with their camera eyes spinning Police departments are beginning to use robots too — the Denver Police Department has a bomb-sniffing robot dog that also tries to get criminals to surrender to it: Except in a few cities, robots aren’t ubiquitous yet, but they’re already generating some pretty cyberpunk stories. In Moscow, there were reports of a dog robot that was found selling drugs on the street, and shut itself down and wiped its memory when the police grabbed it . And here was an alert from a couple of years ago: the skies of our world have come alive with new kinds of low-flying aircraft People are getting packages delivered by drones: I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more cyberpunk video than this documentary about a Ukrainian drone pilot: The Ukrainians are even offering video-game-like incentives for drone pilots Drones are currently winning the war against electronic countermeasures, and when they become autonomous in the near future Here’s an impressive-looking video (which still falls far short of what’s actually coming in terms of actual capabilities): (Meanwhile, I don’t know if they’ll be useful, but China has military drones that look like birds — something right out of the opening scene of John Shirley’s Eclipse.) And the new aircraft are carrying humans around as well Air taxis are soaring across the skyscraper forests of Chinese cities: And at least one company will sell you a hoverbike that you can pilot yourself: But if robots and drones are bringing cyberpunk to life in the streets around us, the advent of AI has turned the online space weirder than any except the most creative among us could have imagined.2 But the most cyberpunk AI story I’ve seen so far is probably when a man’s AI girlfriend was named as his accomplice in a plot to assassinate the Queen of England As for body modifications, those are arriving more slowly than cyberpunk predicted. But a paralyzed man has a Neuralink implant that lets him multitask with a bunch of brain-controlled devices: And an engineer named Ian Davis made himself a prosthetic hand: Neural interface technologies are proliferating, as are new generations of wearable computer interfaces. Bionic eyes are getting better and better It’s not just that cyberpunk predicted the ways we’d use technology It did an amazing job at anticipating the aesthetics and the feel of a world in which Anyone who read cyberpunk as a kid probably knew that there would be people who looked like this (I recommend clicking through to the video): There are plenty of other examples around it was Japan that was the neon-drenched “country of the future” Wells and Jules Verne have science fiction fans gotten to live to see their dreams come alive like this That’s pretty amazing, if you think about it. For that world to materialize required a lot of key breakthrough inventions — deep learning, generative AI, lithium-ion batteries, rare-earth magnets and others — that were in no way preordained The cyberpunk writers got very lucky — and they also probably got some help from technologists themselves who strove to create the wonders they read about as kids But while I’m grateful to be able to see all of those marvels come to life The “punk” in cyberpunk comes from the gritty compromised feel of the future the writers envisioned Mid-century authors had usually imagined an “onward and upward” path of ever-increasing state capacity — galactic federations and empires But the cyberpunks usually depicted worlds where governments were either hapless and weak — sharing power with corporations And where mid-century authors often depicted thriving middle classes who could afford to access futuristic wonders cyberpunk worlds are typically rife with inequality where the best tech is only available to a select few Cyberpunk worlds are not necessarily fun ones to live in even if you’re an ace hacker with a trenchcoat and mirrorshades The cyberpunks authors’ social extrapolations were a bit more hit-or-miss than their technological visions heavily armed quasi-state actors of 80s/90s fiction Instead they’re all under the thumb of national governments And inequality, while certainly a problem, isn’t as pervasive as the cyberpunks envisioned. Only the rich can afford embryo selection, but the middle class has all the latest gadgets, and poor people in America have smartphones and can use ChatGPT for free. The world, too, has become much more economically equal and much more prosperous; some developing countries are still mired in squalor Worryingly, only authoritarian governments like China seem to have been able to keep a lid on the roiling social conflicts and meme wars that social media has given rise to. That raises the disturbing possibility that the information technologies of the cyberpunk age tip the scales of power toward authoritarianism The dark visions of future politics common to so many cyberpunk novels — weak strong effective government in autocracies — might end up coming to pass after all we’ll do our best to fight against all of these modern challenges just like we fought against the totalitarian governments pollution and alienation of the 20th century there’s no guarantee we’ll win that struggle the Future might end up being just as gritty and nihilistic as the cyberpunks’ darker visions but there’s always another future that comes after that Share P.S. - It’s kind of spooky how much the photo of the Ukrainian drone pilot from the top of this post looks like the cover art from William Gibson’s Neuromancer: 1When I say “fantasy physics” I don’t mean “things we’ll never figure out how to do” Someday we may figure out warp drive or gravity control OpenAI’s o3 model — also helped me write this post in case there were any key works I hadn’t read It helped me do a search for cyberpunk-esque stories in the news And it helped me map various new technologies to the authors who first predicted them This is basically the plot of Geoff Ryman’s novel Air. We got the fictional future, but it was covered in the gross goop of reality, and that made it lame. Edit: We even got nanomachines, but they were just enzymes in our laundry powder, because that turned out to be what nanomachines actually were. ReplyShare10 replies by Noah Smith and others58 more comments...TopLatestDiscussionsNo posts The years of my youth must have been such a disappointment for sci-fi fans of my parents\u2019 generation The \u201Ccyberpunk\u201D writers of the 1980s and 1990s \u2014 William Gibson and many others \u2014 didn\u2019t envision a future entirely devoid of hardware innovations That was the future I grew up expecting \u2014 a neon-drenched Though I\u2019ll still go back and read some stuff from the 80s and 90s Around that time it became clear that the pace of real technological change had overtaken authors\u2019 imaginations; newly written cyberpunk fiction began to feel retrofuturistic and you can see videos of humanoid robots shooting machine guns at a metal-coated \u201Ccybertruck\u201D: (The video is CGI. But you can see real humanoid robots walking around our college campuses.) Meanwhile, self-driving robot cars increasingly fill our streets. Here\u2019s a photo I shot from the window of my own robot car, of a very different-looking type of robot car that I had never seen before: It has become absolutely normal to see security robots of all shapes and sizes rolling through parks and shopping centers, mute sentinels with their camera eyes spinning Police departments are beginning to use robots too \u2014 the Denver Police Department has a bomb-sniffing robot dog that also tries to get criminals to surrender to it: Except in a few cities, robots aren\u2019t ubiquitous yet, but they\u2019re already generating some pretty cyberpunk stories. In Moscow, there were reports of a dog robot that was found selling drugs on the street, and shut itself down and wiped its memory when the police grabbed it . And here was an alert from a couple of years ago: I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve ever seen a more cyberpunk video than this documentary about a Ukrainian drone pilot: The Ukrainians are even offering video-game-like incentives for drone pilots Drones are currently winning the war against electronic countermeasures, and when they become autonomous in the near future Here\u2019s an impressive-looking video (which still falls far short of what\u2019s actually coming in terms of actual capabilities): (Meanwhile, I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ll be useful, but China has military drones that look like birds \u2014 something right out of the opening scene of John Shirley\u2019s Eclipse.) But if robots and drones are bringing cyberpunk to life in the streets around us, the advent of AI has turned the online space weirder than any except the most creative among us could have imagined.2 But the most cyberpunk AI story I\u2019ve seen so far is probably when a man\u2019s AI girlfriend was named as his accomplice in a plot to assassinate the Queen of England As for body modifications, those are arriving more slowly than cyberpunk predicted. But a paralyzed man has a Neuralink implant that lets him multitask with a bunch of brain-controlled devices: Neural interface technologies are proliferating, as are new generations of wearable computer interfaces. Bionic eyes are getting better and better It\u2019s not just that cyberpunk predicted the ways we\u2019d use technology it\u2019s just not evenly distributed.\u201D There are plenty of other examples around it was Japan that was the neon-drenched \u201Ccountry of the future\u201D it\u2019s hard to beat 21st-century Chongqing: That\u2019s pretty amazing, if you think about it. For that world to materialize required a lot of key breakthrough inventions \u2014 deep learning, generative AI, lithium-ion batteries, rare-earth magnets and others \u2014 that were in no way preordained The cyberpunk writers got very lucky \u2014 and they also probably got some help from technologists themselves But while I\u2019m grateful to be able to see all of those marvels come to life the real world isn\u2019t like a storybook The \u201Cpunk\u201D in cyberpunk comes from the gritty Mid-century authors had usually imagined an \u201Conward and upward\u201D path of ever-increasing state capacity \u2014 galactic federations and empires But the cyberpunks usually depicted worlds where governments were either hapless and weak \u2014 sharing power with corporations and AIs \u2014 or domineering and totalitarian even if you\u2019re an ace hacker with a trenchcoat and mirrorshades The cyberpunks authors\u2019 social extrapolations were a bit more hit-or-miss than their technological visions Modern corporations aren\u2019t exactly weak Instead they\u2019re all under the thumb of national governments And inequality, while certainly a problem, isn\u2019t as pervasive as the cyberpunks envisioned. Only the rich can afford embryo selection, but the middle class has all the latest gadgets, and poor people in America have smartphones and can use ChatGPT for free. The world, too, has become much more economically equal and much more prosperous; some developing countries are still mired in squalor Worryingly, only authoritarian governments like China seem to have been able to keep a lid on the roiling social conflicts and meme wars that social media has given rise to. That raises the disturbing possibility that the information technologies of the cyberpunk age tip the scales of power toward authoritarianism The dark visions of future politics common to so many cyberpunk novels \u2014 weak strong effective government in autocracies \u2014 might end up coming to pass after all we\u2019ll do our best to fight against all of these modern challenges there\u2019s no guarantee we\u2019ll win that struggle and nihilistic as the cyberpunks\u2019 darker visions but there\u2019s always another future that comes after that Subscribe now Share P.S. - It\u2019s kind of spooky how much the photo of the Ukrainian drone pilot from the top of this post looks like the cover art from William Gibson\u2019s Neuromancer: 1When I say \u201Cfantasy physics\u201D I don\u2019t mean \u201Cthings we\u2019ll never figure out how to do\u201D OpenAI\u2019s o3 model \u2014 also helped me write this post in case there were any key works I hadn\u2019t read This is basically the plot of Geoff Ryman\u2019s novel Air If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement Happy Monday the A’s return to Sacramento looking to do damage against the AL West leading Seattle Mariners The A’s have played very well since mid-April and are now in second place behind the Mariners so there’s much for A’s fans to celebrate at the moment But if you’re a worrywart, you might still be in shock from Saturday’s disastrous finish from Mason Miller; that’s not a good state of mind in which to calmly regard the very brutal stretch the A’s have ahead of them this month: their next three series are against current division leaders but I believe the A’s will put up a good fight—and there are plenty of reasons for optimism about this team even if their star closer has proven less than invincible First off, the A’s starting pitching is trending up again: Jeffrey Springs was brilliant in his most recent start as was newcomer Gunnar Hogland in his MLB debut JP Sears is pumping strikes as consistently as ever and has possibly leveled up a bit as well: he’s posted a 2.94 ERA through six starts and is issuing walks at well below his career average rate The bullpen may have shown some cracks recently but Justin Sterner has also continued to emerge as a terrific setup man; he’s yet to allow a run this season It is a bit dissapointing to see Miller stumble just as Sterner is arriving as the closer’s perfect companion His 4.97 ERA ain’t pretty but I think we can all agree his 2.35 FIP is more representative of his caliber The Reaper was 10-for-10 in save opportunities before Saturday Oh yeah—and Nick Kurtz finally got an extra base hit there is much to like about this year’s Athletics so far But keeping up the pace through the rest of the month will definitely be a challenge Pitching probables for A's vs. Mariners M-W: pic.twitter.com/LKDJVtHnwv Rams Welcome Highly Rated Transfer Class5/2/2025 9:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball Ali Farokhmanesh signs the highest-rated transfer class in program history Plans are already underway to welcome our new class of students this fall nearly 8,000 new students and their families will arrive on campus marking the start of Fall Welcome and the new academic year Faculty and staff play an essential role in helping campus operations run smoothly All incoming students are required to attend New Student Orientation in June or July this year Faculty and staff will see more new students and families on campus this summer with in-person options available Students and families will spend two days on campus learn about life at CU Boulder and explore campus resources Students will also register for fall semester classes Move-in for students participating in pre-arrival programs will be Friday International students will move in on Saturday and first year and returning students will move in on Sunday Faculty and staff should plan for parking restrictions on Friday 16 in the parking lots near residence halls Significant on-campus parking and traffic disruptions can be expected from Sunday Campus event planners should also consider the impacts on guests if events are hosted Aug With increased traffic around Boulder during move-in parking closures help create a more efficient move-in experience for new students and families by limiting the number of vehicles driving to Closer to move-in, permit holders will receive an email notification of any parking lot impacts from Parking Services Students will participate in Fall Welcome events Aug Students will learn more about campus resources and support services while making valuable connections with fellow Buffs Parent and family engagement opportunities will also take place during this time These opportunities will help welcome them to our CU community and share resources and services to help with their student’s transition to CU Boulder Campus departments are invited to submit programs, events and opportunities to be included in the Fall Welcome schedule. 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