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June 5, 2019 / 6:18 | story:
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Tracy Morgan attends the Los Angeles premiere of "What Men Want" at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles.
The comedian Tracy Morgan was involved in a small road accident while driving his Bugatti 2019 to downtown Manhattan.
Police said the defendant was produced Tuesday afternoon near 10th Avenue and 42nd Street.
Police said the accident involved Morgan and his white Bugatti, estimated at about $ 2 million, and a 61-year-old man driving a Honda CR-V.
A Morgan representative testified that the actor purchased the vehicle one hour before the accident.
Police said both vehicles were slightly damaged and all sides refused to see a doctor, although pictures of the scene show Morgan sitting in an ambulance.
In 2014, the former stars "30 Rock" and "Saturday Night Live" were seriously traumatized in the head when a truck crashed on the back of the van in which he was driving. Actor James McNair, his friend and collaborator, was killed.
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June 5, 2019 / 5:37 am | story:
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Brazilian Neymar participates in a training session of the national football team at the Granja Comary training center ahead of the Copa America tournament in Teresopolis, Brazil on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
Brazilian lawyers, who represented for the first time an unidentified woman who accused the Neymar football star of having raped the press, said on Tuesday that her initial complaint was a victim of "aggression" or "assault". "physical violence" on the part of the player. the authorities could not prosecute the case because she had reported them to the police.
Neymar, who said he had two meetings with the accuser in France, denied any wrongdoing. The cybercrime division of Rio de Janeiro is also investigating him for publishing images of women on social networks without his permission.
The lawyers Jose Edgard of Cunha Bueno Filho, Francis Ted Fernandes and Andre Castello Branco declared in a statement that they felt that their former client had solid evidence of what she had undergone a "physical violence" in a Parisian hotel on May 15th.
Fernandes later added that a private medical report obtained by the woman showed that she had bruises, scratches, anxiety and depression. He refused to show the report.
"With regard to the allegation of rape, it was new to the members of our law firm," says the press release of the attorneys. "The authorities will decide if that happened or not, they could have a different interpretation of ours."
Yasmin Abdalla, the lawyer who now represents the woman, did not answer a specific question about her allegations when she went to the police in Sao Paulo on Friday. She told the Associated Press that the previous lawyers "betrayed my client in every possible way," but did not elaborate.
Jureuda Guerra, who is a member of the Federal Council of Psychology of Brazil and has no connection with the case, said that it was not uncommon for a woman to claim to have been a victim of violence or sexual violence, then add the rape to the charge.
"In Brazil, you stop being a victim and become a co-perpetrator in a matter of seconds," Guerra said.
Women who report rape to the police in Brazil undergo medical examinations by forensic specialists as quickly as possible to detect possible injuries.
Neither the Sao Paulo police nor the current lawyer of the accuser want to know if she has passed a medical examination with a forensic specialist.
In their statement, the woman's initial legal team stated that she had ordered him to obtain a private medical report as soon as she would have taken the case.
They also stated that the woman originally wanted to seek damages in a civil court.
"She has repeatedly stated that she does not want her name to be involved in media scandals that could affect her son," the lawyers said. She wanted the company "to contact the person concerned to cover his medical expenses, his psychological treatment and the damage suffered," they said.
The lawyers also said that they had been invited by the Neymar representatives to discuss an agreement on May 29, but that no agreement had been reached.
"Our attempt at settlement was rejected by the other party, which left it very shaken," the statement said. "From that point on, our former client took a different stance by stating that during an exchange of messages with one of our partners, she had been beaten and raped."
According to the statement, the woman went alone to the police on Friday and filed the rape allegation.
The lawyers said it was "inconsistent with the strategy" that they had agreed with the woman and that the parties ended their legal relationship on Saturday.
Abdalla, the current attorney of the accuser, said that previous lawyers had received threats from Neymar da Silva Santos, the father and the agent of the player. Neymar's original lawyers and representatives deny this claim.
The initial legal team also denied Neymar's father's claim that the woman attempted to blackmail the player before bringing the case to the police.
"The meeting only took place on the invitation of representatives of Neymar Jr.," said the lawyers' statement about their meeting on May 29 with his representatives. They allege that Neymar representatives organized the meeting to discuss a settlement in order to later claim that the accuser was seeking to extort the player.
Neymar spokeswoman Day Crespo told AP that "the secret of the investigation forbids comments on its details and content". She also stated that the player's legal team was ready to cooperate with the investigation, including providing Neymar's testimonials as well as evidence.
The police asked to speak with the player himself about the rape allegation and the posting of photos of the woman on social media. The Brazilian football confederation asked that the depositions be postponed to next week in Rio de Janeiro.
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June 5, 2019 / 5:28 am | story:
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Beverly Hills became the first US city to end most tobacco sales.
The city council voted unanimously Tuesday to extinguish sales of cigarettes, cigars, electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products from 2021.
The ban applies to sales at gas stations and pharmacies, as well as in convenience stores and grocery stores. However, it exempts hotels and three lavish cigar lounges from the rich and glamorous suburbs of Los Angeles.
The hotel waiver was designed to accommodate tourists, who could ask a concierge to deliver their cigarettes, although they are forced to smoke outside.
Service station owners objected to the measure, claiming it unfairly targeted their businesses and could lead to layoffs of employees.
Advocates of public health have argued that the cost in terms of health is higher.
The Canadian press –
June 4, 2019 / 7h11 | story:
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump are waiting to enter 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in London.
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed significant new restrictions on travel by US citizens to Cuba, including a ban on many forms of educational and leisure travel.
The Treasury Department said in a statement that the United States would no longer allow groups of educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" to visit the island. Thousands of US citizens used these trips to visit the island even before the United States restored its diplomatic relations with the communist government in December 2014.
Treasury said it would also refuse permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats. However, airline flights do not seem to be affected and travel for university groups, academic research, journalism and business meetings will continue to be allowed.
"It kills the person-to-person category, which is the most common way for an average American to visit Cuba," said Collin Laverty, director of Cuba Educational Travel, one of the world's largest travel agencies. in Cuba in the United States.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the measures responded to what he calls Cuba's "destabilizing role" in the Western Hemisphere, including support for the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
"Cuba continues to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, offering a communist point of view in the region and supporting US opponents in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law and repressing democratic processes, "he said. "This administration has made the strategic decision to put an end to the relaxation of sanctions and other restrictions imposed on the Cuban regime, which will help keep US dollars out of the Cuban military, intelligence and security services."
National Security Advisor, John Bolton, had planned the new restrictions during a speech in Miami in April to veterans of the 1961 missed invasion in the Bay of Pigs, but details of the changes made were made public until Tuesday. The Treasury announced that the sanctions would come into effect on Wednesday after their publication in the Federal Register.
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The noted jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers was found dead in front of a Bronx apartment.
Police said Leathers, 37, was found Sunday in a stairwell in front of the apartment he shared with 41-year-old Lisa Harris.
Police said Leathers was involved in a physical conflict with Harris and a man. They say that Harris hit him and that the 28-year-old man, Sterling Aguilar, of Brooklyn, placed him in a choking.
Leathers was declared dead on the scene.
Harris and Aguilar were arrested Monday on charges of assault. It was not clear if they had lawyers.
Leathers, from Lansing, Michigan, has worked on two Grammy Award-winning Cecile McLorin Salvant albums, which posted a link on Leathers on Instagram.
Drummer E.J. Strickland remembered Leathers on Instagram as "one of the most musical, swingers and the most honest drummers out there."
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Sen.Bob Casey, D-Pa.
For years, the US federal government has kept secret the names of hundreds of retirement homes in the country, deemed by inspectors to have serious health, safety or hygiene problems.
According to a Senate report released Monday, nearly 400 institutions across the country presented a "persistent record of poor care" in April, but they were not included, as was a shorter list of homes benefiting increased surveillance by the federal government and wearing warning labels.
Budget cuts appear to be contributing to the problem by reducing the funds available for the targeted inspections required for nursing homes on the reduced list, according to documents and interviews.
The secret undermines the federal government's commitment to ensuring transparency for families who are struggling to find homes for loved ones and raises questions about why names of certain homes are not disclosed while others are publicly disclosed, according to two senators who released the report Monday.
"We need to make sure that any family member or potential resident of a nursing home can get this information, not just in advance, but continuously," said Sen. Bob Casey , D-Pa. Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Released the report.
"When a family makes the difficult decision of looking for the services of a retirement home for a loved one, it deserves to know if an institution in question suffers from systemic deficiencies," said Toomey.
Senators have published a list provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, of nursing homes with documented problems whose names have not been publicly disclosed by the government.
About 1.3 million Americans are residents of retirement homes, supported in more than 15,700 institutions. The Senators' Report noted that problem day care homes on both lists represent approximately 3%.
CMS publicly publishes the names of a smaller group of approximately 80 homes of care that are under special control to help address documented quality issues. They are part of what is called the Special Fund Program. Nursing homes that do not improve can be cut by Medicare and Medicaid.
Consumers can identify specialty institutions in the government's retirement home comparison website by looking for a small yellow triangle icon that looks like a "caution" sign. The website does not display star quality ratings for special focal installations. Usually, long-term care homes receive a star of at least five stars.
The nearly 400 shortlisted institutions "qualify for the program because they are identified as having a" persistent history of poor care "but are not selected to participate due to limited resources at (CMS) "said the president. report by Casey and Toomey.
"Although their qualifications are not distinguishable from those of (specialized care homes), candidates are not publicly disclosed," the report adds.
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June 4, 2019 / 6:51 | story:
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The Sudanese ruling army decided to crush the protest movement that seized power as security forces invaded the main sit-in site in the capital on Monday, sparking violent flights. shooting at tents and killing at least 35 people, according to witnesses and protesters. .
With the assault, the generals marked the end of their tolerance towards pro-democracy protesters, who had been camping for months in front of the army headquarters while the two sides had negotiated the question of who would lead the country after the April ouster of the mighty man Omar al Bashir.
The head of the military council said Tuesday morning that the leaders of the protest shared the blame for the violence, accusing them of dragging out negotiations and trying to keep other sectors of Sudanese society out of an interim government. General Abedel-Fattah Burhan also said the council was canceling all his agreement with the protest groups and that he would hold elections within seven months.
After their demonstrations managed to force the armed forces to return al-Bashir, pro-democracy demonstrators remained on the streets, demanding that the generals take a back seat and allow civilians to lead the transition.
The dispersal of sit-in may now provoke an escalation of violence. Scattered by the bloody aggression, protesters vowed to continue their campaign, suspending talks and calling for a general strike and civil disobedience. They asked for night walks across the country.
"This is a critical point of our revolution.The military council has chosen escalation and confrontation," said Mohammed Yousef al-Mustafa, spokesman of the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been spearheading the protests.
"They are criminals who should have been treated like Al-Bashir," he said. "Now the situation is either them or us, there is no other way."
Burhan's statement said the military leaders would investigate Monday's violence. He did not mention the security forces, but said that the leaders of the protest were responsible for the unstable situation because they "prolong the negotiations and seek to prevent other political and security forces" to participate in any transitional government.
The council and the leaders of the protest had made progress in the discussions held in May on a cabinet and an interim legislative body, but they split over the composition and leadership of a sovereign council whose mandate was to to govern Sudan during a three-year transition.
Burhan said the military council would now form an interim government to prepare the elections, which would be overseen by the international community. He said the council was canceling all its agreements with the leaders of the demonstration.
Earlier, the military council said in a statement that Monday's violence erupted when security forces tried to clear an area adjacent to the protest camp. Those pursued by the troops fled to the sit-in site, causing dead and shot injuries.
The Canadian press –
June 4, 2019 / 6:16 | story:
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The actor Kevin Spacey, left, listens to the attorney Alan Jackson to address the court at a preliminary hearing on Monday, June 3, 2019, in Nantucket District Court, in Massachusetts (United States). The award-winning actor is accused of having groped the son of an ex-Boston TV anchor in 2016 in the crowded Club Car bar in Nantucket. (AP Photo / Steven Senne)
Kevin Spacey made an unusual appearance on Monday in a Massachusetts courthouse, where his lawyer requested a swift trial in the trial groped against the actor, claiming that Spacey "was suffering" while he was waiting for him. Opportunity to be heard.
Lawyer Alan Jackson has described as "ridiculous" the case of the former star of "House of Cards" that was targeting a young man in a bar in Nantucket in 2016 and accused prosecutors of 39, withholding information from the defense. Jackson asked for a trial date for this summer, but the judge said it could happen at the earliest in the fall.
"He suffers from it every day," said Jackson, who sometimes put his hand on Spacey's shoulder throughout the hearing in Nantucket District Court. "It's a day when it will not be done justice."
In the meantime, prosecutors accused Spacey's team of lawyers of attempting to pass the case to her in the media by filing motions demanding information she had available. already or about to be. Prosecutors said the defense was simply trying to give the press "something to chew on".
"It seems that providing the media with the defendant's version is the real intention," wrote the first deputy district attorney, Brian Glenny, in a brief filed on Monday.
Spacey, who was wearing a gray suit and glasses, sits at a table next to his lawyers. He sometimes whispered in Jackson 's ear but did not speak during the hearing nor answered questions from reporters as he walked in or out of the courthouse.
Spacey was not obliged to attend the hearing and stood apart from the courthouse, with the exception of his indictment in January, which he also tried to avoid.
The 59-year-old actor, who pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and assault, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison if found guilty.
This is the only criminal case against the double Oscar winner since his career collapsed into a string of allegations of sexual misconduct in 2017.
The case was revealed that year when former Boston presenter Heather Unruh said that Spacey had taken care of her son and then sexually assaulted her at Club Car, a popular restaurant and bar on the island. off Cape Cod.
Unruh's son told the police that he wanted to have a picture of Spacey and approached him after his shift at the Club Car, where he was working as a street boy. The man said that Spacey had bought him several glasses and tried to convince him to take him home before removing the man's pants and fiddling with him for about three minutes.
The teenage accuser told the police that he had tried to move Spacey's hands, but the trial and error was still going on and he did not know what to do because he did not want to have any problems with drinking. The man said that he had run away when Spacey had gone to the washroom.
The Associated Press does not generally identify people alleging sexual assault.
Spacey's lawyers intensified their attacks on the credibility of the man who had laid the charges. In motions filed Friday, Jackson accused the man of removing text messages that corroborated Spacey's innocence charges.
The prosecutor's lawyer declined to comment on Friday.
Prosecutors deny having hid anything from the defense or mistakenly claimed that they were not in possession of the man's cell phone. Prosecutors say they have already agreed to provide the defense with a copy of the information downloaded from the accuser's phone, but Spacey's lawyers say this is not enough.
They want the phone itself to be able to do their own analysis and try to recover the messages they claim have been deleted. They also want to have access to the messages on Unruh's phone.
Jackson said on Monday that Unruh had told the authorities that she had removed from her phone everything related to the "fraternity boy's activities" before handing it over in 2017. Jackson said that it seemed that the accuser had erased some messages between his phone and his girlfriend at the time before sending screenshots. conversations with an officer in charge of the investigation.
"There is clearly information on this phone that (the accuser) and Heather Unruh do not want us to know," Jackson said.
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In this image made from a video, the police proceed to the arrest of a suspect on the ground next to a white truck on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 in Darwin, in Australia.
An armed man was arrested after killing at least four people and injuring several others Tuesday in Darwin, northern Australia, officials and the media said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that a suspect was in detention and that the incident was not related to terrorism.
"It's a terrible act of violence that has already killed four people," Morrison told reporters in London, where he was visiting to take part in the D-Day commemorations. it is not a terrorist act, there is no reason to believe that this is the case. "
A 45-year-old man was in custody following the shootings, Northern Territory Police Superintendent Lee Morgan told Guardian Australia.
Two people were transported to Royal Darwin Hospital with gunshot wounds and both were in stable condition, said a statement from the health department.
The police contacted by the Associated Press declined to comment. Northern Territory Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw was scheduled to hold a press conference later on Tuesday.
A man fired a gun at the Palms Hotel in Woolner, a suburb of Darwin, in the late afternoon, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Police witnessed three crime scenes in the tropical city of 100,000 people related to the gunman, ABC said.
An ABC journalist said he saw the police attacking with a Taser gun at a busy intersection.
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June 4, 2019 / 5h22 | story:
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While British Prime Minister Theresa May meets with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, thousands of protesters intend to tell the US leader that he should have stayed at home.
Unions, women's groups, peace activists and environmentalists gathered in the capital to condemn Trump's policies – and the British decision to roll out the red carpet of a lavish state visit .
The protests began with the theft of a giant airship representing the president as an angry orange baby who was climbing grass from Parliament Square in central London.
A group came dressed in the red cape and character hats of Margaret Thewood's "The Handmaid's Tale", which takes place in a dystopian and misogynistic coming America.
The leaders of Britain's main opposition party are expected to join the protesters later at a rally in Trafalgar Square, just up from May's office in Downing St. Police have erected barricades to prevent protesters to cross the gates of Downing St.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labor Party, is scheduled to speak at the protest, which will be attended by several senior legislators from his left wing party.
Emily Thornberry, spokesperson for the Labor movement for foreign affairs, said that Trump was "a sexual predator" and a racist who did not deserve the honor of a state visit organized by the Queen Elizabeth II.
Thornberry told the BBC that the leader of Britain's most important ally should be held for "the way you treat a bully" because "if you prostrate in front of them, you get beaten harder".
Everyone in London was not welcoming.
Lewis Metcalfe said that he had gone to the city from his home in the north of England to show his support for the president.
"I will obviously be a minority today," said Metcalfe, who wore a "Make America Great Again" hat.
"I do not agree with all his policies.He's not the biggest president in the world, but he really succeeds."
Trump dined with the Queen at Buckingham Palace and had tea with Prince Charles on Monday, the first day of his three-day visit.
Things will probably become more embarrassing on Tuesday when he meets May, who is in the final weeks of his premiership. The two leaders have very different views on issues such as Iran, Brexit and the Chinese telecom company Huawei.
Trump has already criticized Brexit's treatment of May and said his rival, Boris Johnson, would make an "excellent" prime minister.
The Canadian press –
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DOSSIER – In this May 2, 2019, photo of the file, "Jeopardy!" James Holzhauer, sensation, speaks after receiving a key from the Las Vegas Strip in front of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in Las Vegas. (Caroline Brehman / Revue Las Vegas Review via AP, File) / Review Las Vegas Review via AP)
James Holzhauer, the trivia genius who dominated "Jeopardy!" ce printemps, ce n’est pas invincible après tout.
Le champion du jeu télévisé à 32 reprises a perdu pour la première fois dans un épisode diffusé lundi, manquant de records de gains totaux et de règne le plus long, tout en affirmant qu'il était le meilleur pour jouer le jeu le plus populaire de la télévision.
Le joueur de sport professionnel de Las Vegas a mis fin à sa carrière avec la bibliothécaire de Chicago Emma Boettcher, la femme qui l'a battu.
"J'avais vraiment l'impression de jouer avec l'argent de la maison, donc je n'étais pas trop contrarié de voir ma course se terminer", a déclaré Holzhauer dans un entretien par courrier électronique. Il a déclaré avoir rencontré "un formidable adversaire jouant parfaitement."
La série a fait de Holzhauer un nom bien connu et lui a valu des notes à la fois, "Jeopardy!" besoin d'une relance après l'annonce par l'animateur Alex Trebek qu'il était atteint d'un cancer.
Holzhauer a presque doublé le précédent record de la série en ce qui concerne les gains en une journée en gagnant 131 127 $ lors de son dixième match, et il repart avec les 16 meilleurs scores en une journée de l'histoire de la série. Le jeu a été diffusé dans sa forme actuelle depuis 1984.
Il combinait une connaissance du monde savante avec une maîtrise de la sonnerie, ce qui lui permettait de vaincre ses adversaires et d'ajouter l'instinct de sang-froid d'un joueur à miser gros. Souvent, au premier tour de la série, il accumulait rapidement autant d’argent que possible, puis pariait tout s’il atterrissait sur un Daily Double qui lui permettait de choisir le montant d’argent à risquer.
À la fin, il rencontra une femme disposée à être aussi audacieuse que lui. Boettcher aborda la dernière question de la série avec une avance sur Holzhauer et paria 20,201 $ pour s'assurer qu'il ne pourrait pas la battre.
"Quel match!" Dit Trebek. "Oh mon Dieu."
L'indice final de l'émission était: "La phrase" un grand compte dans une petite pièce "dans" As You Like Like "est généralement utilisée pour faire référence à la mort prématurée de cet auteur".
Boettcher et Holzhauer ont correctement répondu: "Qui est Christopher Marlowe?"
Holzhauer avait gagné 2 462 216 $ jusqu'à l'épisode de vendredi, ce qui lui laissait un peu plus de 58 000 $ devant le record de gains établi par Ken Jennings en 2004. Holzhauer n'était pas à mi-chemin de la série de 74 victoires de Jennings.
"J'ai été surpris de voir James tomber, considérant à quel point il avait l'air imbattable, mais cela montre à quel point un" Jeopardy! "Est fragile. strie est ", a déclaré Jennings lundi. "La fin est toujours juste une mauvaise échappée."
Jennings a dit que c'était une course fantastique. "Je ne sais pas si nous verrons de nouveau quelque chose comme ça", a-t-il déclaré.
Holzhauer, qui bourdonnait rarement avec de mauvaises réponses, a déclaré qu'il était fier de ne jamais se battre. "Il a fallu une performance incroyable pour m'assommer", a-t-il déclaré.
La domination intimidante de Holzhauer est devenue tellement routinière qu'un "Jeopardy!" De longue date. les observateurs ont déploré que cela devienne ennuyeux. Holzhauer lui-même semblait subjugué lors de ses dernières victoires. Il a dit qu'il y avait une explication: les épisodes de la semaine dernière ont été enregistrés immédiatement après que Trebek a annoncé son diagnostic de cancer, ce qui aurait pu affecter son humeur.
"Je ne pense pas que je me suis jamais fatigué de jouer", a-t-il déclaré. "J'ai beaucoup apprécié l'expérience."
Le mot que l'épisode de lundi pourrait se révéler spécial pour "Jeopardy!" Les fans ont rapidement diffusé avec une diffusion tardive ce week-end une vidéo de la dernière minute de l'émission. Un représentant de l'exposition n'a pas immédiatement répondu aux questions sur la fuite de ce matériau.
Holzhauer lui-même a offert un tweet cryptique quelques heures avant que la majeure partie du pays ait vu l'épisode, déclarant qu'il "savait que je n'aurais pas dû inviter @Drake à l'enregistrement sur @Jeopardy". Les fans de sport avertis reconnaîtront la référence à une supposée malédiction que la star du rap apporte aux équipes pour lesquelles il a des racines.
Holzhauer a développé une présence active sur les réseaux sociaux au cours de son passage dans la série, un signe dont il pourrait être de nouveau entendu. Il a déclaré: "Je présente actuellement des offres très intéressantes et j'ai encore beaucoup d'appels téléphoniques à revenir."
Jennings voyait déjà des questions lundi pour savoir si "Jeopardy!" l’amènerait ensemble avec Holzhauer pour un match de championnat épique.
"Ce serait difficile de refuser, mais je me sentirais comme si le vieil homme d'armes était mis au défi par le jeune homme de son âge", a-t-il déclaré. "Le bon jour, je suis sûr que je pourrais toujours l'emmener, mais tout dépend de qui a eu les pauses."
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Un porte-avions américain de la Maison-Blanche a ordonné au Moyen-Orient de réagir à une menace perçue de la part de l'Iran qui reste en dehors du golfe Persique alors que des efforts sont déployés pour désamorcer les tensions entre Téhéran et Washington.
L'USS Abraham Lincoln a eu lieu lundi dans la mer d'Oman, à 200 milles des côtes d'Oman.
Alors que les responsables de la marine américaine refusaient à plusieurs reprises de dire pourquoi ils n’étaient pas passés par le détroit d’Hormuz dans le golfe Persique, ils ont insisté sur le fait qu’ils restaient prêts à lancer toute mission dans la région.
Cependant, le capitaine Putnam Browne, commandant du Lincoln, a également confié à l'Associated Press: "Vous ne voulez pas aggraver quelque chose par inadvertance."
En mai, la Maison-Blanche a ordonné au Lincoln et à son groupe de frappe de se rendre jusqu'au Moyen-Orient. Il a également envoyé des bombardiers B-52 et a envoyé des centaines de soldats dans la région.
Les tensions avec l'Iran se sont aggravées depuis que le président Donald Trump a sorti l'Amérique de l'accord nucléaire iranien l'année dernière et imposé des sanctions à Téhéran.
À l'occasion du 30e anniversaire de la mort de l'ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny, fondateur de la République islamique d'Iran, l'USS Abraham Lincoln a accueilli des journalistes de l'AP et d'autres médias. Ils ont passé environ quatre heures à bord du navire après un vol de deux heures au départ des Émirats arabes unis et ont été accueillis par des marins munis d'une caméra qui ont documenté chaque partie de leurs quatre heures à bord.
La veille, l’armée de l’air américaine a annoncé qu’un B-52 organisait avec la Lincoln un exercice d’entraînement qui comprenait des «opérations de frappe simulées».
Des milliers de personnes en Iran marquent la mort de Khomeiny en visitant son sanctuaire doré au sud de Téhéran. Cette année, des responsables militaires iraniens auraient l’intention de le garder avec des missiles sol-air Hawk, du même genre que ceux que les États-Unis ont livrés à la République islamique dans le scandale Iran-Contra.
Cependant, ces derniers jours, le gouvernement Trump a souligné qu'il était prêt à parler aux Iraniens sans conditions préalables.
Interrogé sur les raisons pour lesquelles la Lincoln n'était pas entrée dans le golfe Persique, contre-amiral John F.G. Wade, le commandant du groupe de frappe du transporteur, a déclaré que ses forces pourraient "mener ma mission n'importe où et à tout moment". Il a refusé de discuter des détails de cette mission, bien que l'Iran ait présenté des "menaces crédibles" à la région.
"Ils font peser une menace sur nos opérations, mais aussi sur la sécurité des échanges et des échanges commerciaux passant par le détroit d'Ormuz et c'est pourquoi nous sommes ici", a déclaré Wade.
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