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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois school resource officer is being honored for stopping a gunman who fired shots inside a school while seniors gathered for graduation rehearsal. Dixon police Officer Mark Dallas attended a ceremony Wednesday in Springfield, where Gov. Bruce Rauner declared it was “Officer Mark Dallas Day” in Illinois. Dallas’ family and fellow officers also attended. U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger recognized Dallas on the House floor last week. Kinzinger says “Officer Mark Dallas is an American hero.” Dallas was in his office May 16 when he heard shots fired in a hallway. Authorities say he exchanged gunfire with senior Matthew Milby Jr. and chased him outside. He arrested the 19-year-old after shooting him in the shoulder. No one else was injured. Milby is being held on $2 million bail. Web Only Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Back to Top The post Officer honored for stopping gunman at Illinois school appeared firs...

Plum Kettle (Joy Nash), a 300-pound woman who has tried every fad diet available to her, ghostwrites the letters to the editor for Kitty Montgomery (played by Julianna Margulies and her latest in a long line of amazing wigs), the deliciously evil editor-in-chief of Daisy Chain, a Cosmopolitan lookalike that promises scarves to make you look slim and sex tips to get your way. The show opens in a world much like our own: a series of men are being taken down for their sexual crimes. But in “Dietland,” everything goes a step further, with a shadowy group called Jennifer that’s murdering rapists and tossing them off bridges and out of planes. KATE FELDMAN The post ‘Dietland’ wages war on those in power in busy new drama that takes on sexual assault, weight issues appeared first on Breaking News, World News, US and Local News .

“I think I can do a lot of things,” said Enunwa, who is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent in 2019 after signing a one-year, $2.91 million restricted free agent deal. “For one, what I can do with the ball in my hand (with yards after the catch). I’m different from a lot of guys. I’m a big guy, but I can move well with the ball in my hands. I think that will give us an opportunity to do some things. I’m just excited to what whatever they want me to do. Whatever role they want me to play, I want to go out there and do it.” Manish Mehta The post Mehta: Jets WR Quincy Enunwa reveals truth behind neck issues. As for 2018: ‘I want to be a difference maker’  appeared first on Breaking News, World News, US and Local News .

Shaw Industries and BBH to present at Gartner Project & Portfolio Management Summits in the U.S. and U.K. SAN MATEO, Calif. and LONDON – May 31, 2018 – Clarizen, the global leader in enterprise collaborative work management, today announced it will demonstrate its new product enhancements including an interactive workspace for resource and capacity planning at the upcoming Gartner Project & Portfolio Management Summits June 6-7 in London and June 12-14 in National Harbor, Md. Additionally, executives with global flooring provider Shaw Industries and Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) London, an international advertising agency and part of the world-renowned Publicis Groupe, will deliver presentations on how they use the Clarizen platform to improve business agility. During the London summit, Ekin Caglar, Head of AgencyTech at BBH, will present the ROI the agency has realized after implementing Clarizen. “Clarizen serves as our single point of truth for all project and resource man...

NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t tell 20-year-old Nestor Aguilera he can’t effect change in politics. The Indiana University business major protested outside President Donald Trump’s recent appearance in Aguilera’s home of Elkhart, Indiana. And while he says he didn’t vote in 2016, he’s promising to show up for this fall’s midterm elections. “If young people decide to go out there and vote, we have the power to affect what the government does,” Aguilera said. “We could have a big impact.” Aguilera is among a small — but significant — surge of young people who say they feel politically empowered in latest Youth Political Pulse survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV. It’s a change from a past survey that comes after a school shooting in Florida that elevated the voices of high school students in American politics, and five months before Americans will decide whether Trump’s Republican Party will maintain control of Congress for another two years. A s...

Whether you spread Nutella on your toast for breakfast or drizzle it on your ice cream as a late-night treat is entirely up to you—well, until now. On Tuesday, Nov. 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a request for Nutella consumers to submit their consumption habits of the spread, following a petition from Ferrero (the maker of Nutella) that their product be re-classified as a breakfast item. The responses, which will be collected until Jan. 3, 2017, will determine whether the fat and calories on the nutrition label will be cut in half. Currently, Nutella falls into the “Other Dessert Toppings” category under “Dessert Toppings and Fillings,” as determined by a consumer survey conducted by Ferrero in 1991. The results showed that 27 percent of the grocery shoppers surveyed preferred Nutella with ice cream, while only 8 percent enjoyed it with bread. As such, the spread’s serving size was set at 2 tablespoons (as is the standard with dessert toppings). F...

Google is increasing its focus on India after it released a new social app that’s aimed at building neighborhood communities within cities in the country. The company’s ‘Next Billion’ team in charge of emerging markets has dedicated significant resources to India. Its initiatives include data-friendly versions of YouTube and other popular services, its Tez mobile payment app, a food delivery service and a national WiFi network initiative. Now it is adding one more to the list with the release of Neighbourly, a Q&A app for sharing local knowledge. The basic goal is to give local communities an outlet to seek answers to practical questions about local life, routine and more. Google believes that an increase in urban migration, short-term leasing and busy lives has changed the dynamic of local communities and made it harder to share information quite so easily. “Life happens close to home, in order the of a 1-2km radius, and local questions come up all the time. But as ci...

No matter the opponent, Severino keeps dealing. He stifled the Astros once again Wednesday night in the Bronx, striking out 11 in seven innings in helping the Yankees win, 5-3, and take the rubber game of the series. Severino, who allowed two runs on four hits and a walk, is tied for the American League lead with eight wins and has a 2.31 ERA through 12 starts. The Yankees (35-17) are 11-1 when Severino starts. He was dominant with his slider all night, with eight of his strikeouts coming with the slider in the high 80s and looked unhittable through three innings with seven strikeouts before Jose Altuve singled with two outs in the fourth. Justin Tasch The post Luis Severino dominates Astros as Yankees win, 5-3, to take series appeared first on Breaking News, World News, US and Local News .

In light of the massive data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica around the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a lot of people wondered how something like that could’ve happened. Well, Facebook didn’t see it coming, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said at the Code conference this evening. “If you go back to 2016 and you think about what people were worried about in terms of nations, states or election security, it was largely spam and phishing hacking,” Sandberg said. “That’s what people were worried about.” She referenced the Sony email hack and how Facebook didn’t have a lot of the problems other companies were having at the time. Unfortunately, while Facebook was focused on not screwing up in that area, “we didn’t see coming a different kind of more insidious threat,” Sandberg said. Sandberg added, “We realized we didn’t see the new threat coming. We were focused on the old threat and now we understand that this is the kind of threat we have.” Moving forward, Sandberg said, Facebo...

Men’s Fitness Wednesday, May 30, 2018 – 11:51 Pulseball The Pulseball Vibrating Massage Ball releases knots and reduces pain in sore areas that other foam rollers cannot reach. Its internal three-speed vibrating motor helps to promote better circulation, reduce muscle stiffness and boost your recovery. £89.99, pulseroll.com Moose Juice ExtremeEnergy Want extra energy and focus without the crash? Moose Juice Extreme Energy is ZERO sugar, has added BCAAs and B vitamins, and tastes amazing. When you need extra energy, get a Boost from the Moose! RRP £1.69, musclemoose.co.uk Kick-Start CaffeineGum Kick-Start Caffeine Gum is a gym bag essential for anyone who is looking for an instant energy boost. Caffeine is regarded as one of the most beneficial sports supplements thanks to the potential performance- enhancing benefits it can provide. Each piece provides 100mg of caffeine and is absorbed in as little as ten to 15 minutes – perfect for before or during exercise. healthspan.c...

Commentary —Steve Braden for Education Week If the Trump administration rescinds Obama-era discipline guidance, what’s next? By Michael J. Petrilli It seems pretty likely that the Trump administration will revise or rescind an Obama-era directive intended to address racial disparities in school disciplinary actions. The “Dear Colleague” letter in question, issued by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice in 2014, has been the subject of much debate of late. It stated that school districts could be investigated and found guilty of violating students’ civil rights when doling out punishments, even if the discipline policies were race-neutral and implemented in even-handed ways (in other words, even if there was no evidence of discriminatory treatment of students). Yet, the latest federal discipline data, released earlier this month, show that African-American students continue to be disciplined at higher rates than white students. While U.S. Secretary of Education ...

When Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick responded to the Santa Fe High shooting by calling on schools to reduce the number of entrances as a safety measure, advocates of stricter gun laws panned his comments online. To avoid talking about the role guns played in the shooting that killed 10 people and injured 13 others, the Republican state official was calling for “door control,” they argued. But limiting and fortifying entrances has been a school safety best practice since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., part of a broader strategy of designing schools to promote visibility of doorways and hallways and to limit access, especially to such student-filled areas as hallways or classrooms, experts say. The arguments that followed Patrick’s statements echoed a greater chasm in debates that have intensified since the Feb. 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Should concerns about students’ safety be addressed through broad...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The domination of the Scripps National Spelling Bee by Indian-Americans has gone on long enough that a second generation has emerged. Last year, Mira Dedhia, whose mother competed in the bee three times, finished third. This year, the first child of a former champion is competing. Dr. Balu Natarajan, a physician from Hinsdale, Illinois, won in 1985 by spelling “milieu,” a word that almost certainly wouldn’t be used beyond preliminary rounds today. His 12-year-old son, Atman Balakrishnan, is making his debut this year, and his ultimate goal is to equal his father’s achievement. No pressure, though. “He does help me and try to make me work harder, because he knows that I want this,” Atman said. “If he knew that I did not want this, he would not push me.” The bee began Tuesday with 516 spellers, by far the most in its history. The expanded field means three full days of spelling instead of two. The 50 or so spellers who make the finals will be announced Wedne...

30th May 2018 : Artesian Solutions, the leading AI-powered B2B business intelligence and insight provider, today announced its commitment to helping its sales, relationship management, business development and customer success users comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which came into effect on 25th May. 25th May 2018 felt like GDPRmageddon with The ICO website crashing, some international websites blocking EU visitors and Google and Facebook being accused of misconduct within hours of the regulations coming into force. But it’s not all bad news. Artesian logo Urging B2B professionals to see the light at the end of the tunnel, by embracing the positive implications and opportunities presented by the regulations, Artesian CEO Andrew Yates said: “ We’ve all heard lots about the negative implications of GDPR – the fines for non-compliance and pipeline drought – but not so much has been said about the opportunities. If handled the right way, the GDPR will lea...

News in Brief Travis Brenda, a teacher at Rockcastle County High School in Mt. Vernon, Ky., credits teachers for his primary win. —Wade Payne/AP Weeks after the teacher walkouts in Kentucky, educators scored a surprising victory: High school math teacher Travis Brenda defeated Jonathan Shell, the House majority floor leader, in the state primary election. Brenda, who has never run for public office before, won the Republican nomination last week against Shell, who had co-authored the bill that made controversial changes to the state’s public pension system that covers teachers. The rushed passage of the bill, which moves new teachers to a hybrid pension plan, enraged educators across the state. They stormed the capitol several times this legislative session, leaving their classrooms and forcing dozens of schools to close. In the wake of the widespread activism this spring, teachers across the country have been filing to run for office. Forty current or former Kentucky edu...

If you're eating Paleo, then you've taken a pass on most packaged snacks, which tend to be full of Paleo no-nos like sugar and artificial ingredients. (And if you're still not clear on what it means to eat Paleo, here's everything you need to know about this diet.) So what's a primal person supposed to gnaw on between meals–especially when they can't be home to prep something from scratch? Read on for delicious bites to keep the munchies at bay. Meat:   The New Primal Meat Sticks ($40 for 20; thenewprimal.com) Remember those scary gas-station mystery-meat sticks? (Or is it just us?) Here's a decidedly grown-up, much cleaner version made with pastured, grass-fed beef flavored with honey, lemon peel, salt and spices. It has all the primal satisfaction of chewing on a well-seasoned beefy stick, and the convenience of easy-to-toss-in-a-purse packaging, but without the mile-long ingredient list. Plus, it has a respectable 90 calories, 6g fat and 200mg sodium ...

CB Trumaine Johnson, whom the Jets signed to a five-year, $72.5 million contract, was not in attendance for Tuesday’s voluntary practice. He participated in last week’s session open to media. Bowles said he knew Johnson would be absent and that Johnson isn’t injured. … LB Jordan Jenkins didn’t do much in practice because he was “nicked up,” per Bowles. … S Marcus Maye (ankle) will be held out through the spring but should be ready for training camp. … WR Devin Smith (knee) is out through the spring and his level of participation won’t be known until the start of training camp, Bowles said. JUSTIN TASCH The post Sam Darnold ‘getting more comfortable’ as Todd Bowles likes chemistry developing among Jets QBs  appeared first on Breaking News, World News, US and Local News .

England’s grammar schools are back on the agenda following a recent government announcement of £50 million for more places for disadvantaged pupils at selective schools. But the odds are still stacked against children who choose to sit the test, with up to four applicants for each place at some schools. How selection impacts on education is explored in Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? on BBC Two at 2100 BST on Tuesday 5 June. Episode one is now available on the BBC iPlayer. The post Grammar school tests: How do children cope? appeared first on Breaking News, World News, US and Local News .

Mourners embrace in front of Christian Riley Garcia’s casket during a funeral service on May 26 in Crosby, Texas. The 15-year-old Santa Fe High School student was one of 10 students and staff slain in a shooting at the school on May, 18. —Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP The comments that went viral and that flashed across cable news screens in the days after a gunman killed 10 students and staff members at Santa Fe High School in Texas mirrored the fractured and emotional national response to the latest eruption of school violence. They also threatened to muddy the debate among educators and policymakers about what to do next. Oliver North, the new president of the National Rifle Association, blamed recent school shootings on youngsters “steeped in a culture of violence” and who have taken the ADHD medication Ritalin since early childhood. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican, said “we have devalued life” through abortion, the breakup of families, and violent vid...

A memorial for Santa Fe High School freshman Aaron Kyle McLeod who was killed, along with seven classmates and two teachers, in a shooting at the school in Santa, Fe, Texas. —Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP Santa Fe, Texas Is this inevitable? It had been just 93 days since the last mass shooting at an American school when 10 people—eight students and two teachers—were gunned down at Santa Fe High School. The mass shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people had unleashed a torrent of rage and a remarkable youth-led movement to change gun laws. Lawmakers in nearly every state have been debating a range of policies to stop school shootings. But on May 18, it happened again. Santa Fe High, about 35 miles south of Houston, has two armed police officers patrolling a campus of 1,400 students. The staff is trained in emergency response, students practice lockdown and active-shooter drills, and the school district has been praised ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The family of one of the students killed in a Texas high school shooting filed a lawsuit against the alleged gunman’s parents, claiming the shooter’s father didn’t properly secure the weapons and were negligent in entrusting him with firearms. Authorities charged Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student Santa Fe High School, with capital murder in the May 18 attack that killed eight students and two substitute teachers. Investigators said Pagourtzis used a shotgun and pistol belonging to his father that had been kept in a closet. Texas law states that guns can’t be made accessible to children under 17, with exceptions such as hunting or when under parent supervision. Parents can be charged with a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and $4,000 in fines if the child fires the weapon and causes serious injury or death. Christopher Stone and Rosie Yanas, whose son Chris Stone, 17, was killed, filed a lawsuit in Galveston County on Thursday. Stone’...