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A police officer and another motorist are dead after they were struck by a vehicle following a multi-car crash on a San Diego highway late Monday night.

Authorities said the first crash happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. when a vehicle hit another one and overturned in the eastbound lanes of I-8. A third vehicle then struck the overturned vehicle.

La Mesa police said Officer Lauren Craven was driving back from the San Diego Central Jail when she saw the crash and stopped to help. Craven eventually exited her vehicle.

California Highway Patrol Captain Reggie Williams said that a fourth vehicle then struck Craven and the driver of the overturned vehicle, killing both.

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Authorities in Atlanta said they averted a tragedy Monday after a man’s family told police that he was headed to the city's airport to “shoot it up.”

Police found an AR-15 assault rifle with 27 rounds of ammunition in the man’s truck, which was parked outside ​​Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to the city’s police chief, Darin Schierbaum.

“There were 27 rounds that could have been fired from this weapon inside the airport,” Schierbaum told reporters.

Billy Cagle, 49, was arrested on suspicion of terroristic threats, criminal attempt to commit aggravated assault and firearms charges, the police department said.

Atlanta Police found an AR-15 assault rifle with 27 rounds of ammunition in Billy Jo Cagle's truck, which was parked outside ​​Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

It wasn't immediately clear if he has a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

Schierbaum said investigators are working to identify a possible motive. Officials said Cagle has "mental challenges" but declined to provide additional details.

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Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at 29, the Charlotte Chess Center announced on Monday, Oct. 20.

In a statement shared to social media on behalf of the Naroditsky family, the center called the former World Junior Champion's death "unexpected."

"Daniel was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator, and a cherished member of the chess community, admired and respected by fans and players around the world," it said. "He was also a loving son and brother, and a loyal friend to many."

The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.

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I will not just shut up and dribble… I get to sit up here and talk about what’s really important.” So proclaimed LeBron James in 2018 when confronted with the question of whether athletes have the right to speak about the political and social justice questions of their time.

Yet since 7 October 2023, elite athletes in North America have had startlingly little to say about what most human rights groups in the world, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and the United Nations have characterized as Israel’s genocide in Gaza (a situation currently in flux due to a mutually agreed upon ceasefire and prisoner exchange).

To be sure, there have been some exceptions, including the righteously incandescent commentary of the WNBA’s Natasha Cloud, the organizing of Athletes for Ceasefire, Olympic medalist Moh Ahmed’s decision to sign a letter opposing Israel’s involvement in Davis Cup tennis, some oblique references from the NBA’s Kyrie Irving and Jaylen Brown, a symbolic gesture from NFLer Azeez Al-Shaair, and the recent decision of Canadian cyclist Derek Gee to end a contract with an Israeli-affiliated team.

In fact, the most significant moment in North American sport may not come from an athlete at all, but, rather, a courageous dancer at the Super Bowl half-time show in 2024.

Still, in sum, the silence of athletes has been rather deafening. Indeed, for his part, James’ only contribution to the discourse has been a statement of support for Israel. Otherwise, athletes have largely chosen to shut up and dribble.

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A driver rammed into a group of people at a children’s birthday party outside of Washington DC late on Saturday, killing a woman in her 30s and injuring at least 14 others, eight of whom were children.

In a statement released by the Bladensburg police department in Maryland, they announced that the driver of the striking vehicle had turned himself in and had been identified as a 66 year-old man from the surrounding area.

“The hit and run vehicle collision has been updated to a fatality,” they announced in an update on Sunday.

Officers were called to the scene shortly after 10pm, where the vehicle had struck several people gathered outside a home for a child’s birthday party. Eleven people were taken to local hospitals, including children ranging in age from two to nine.

The driver fled the scene of the incident on foot but eventually handed himself in to authorities.

In a statement on social media, the Prince George’s county fire and emergency medical services department confirmed that one woman and child had been transported in critical condition.

The police confirmed on Sunday that one of the women being treated had succumbed to her injuries, and identified her as 31-year-old Ashley Hernandez Gutierrez.

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A new study released Friday says President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies will decrease the country’s workforce by 15 million people over the next decade.

“The Trump administration’s policies on illegal and legal immigration would reduce the projected number of workers in the United States by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035 and lower the annual rate of economic growth by almost one-third, harming U.S. living standards,” the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) wrote in its analysis of deportation efforts led by the White House.

“The reductions in legal immigration include suspending and reducing refugee admissions, the travel ban enacted in 2025, ending Temporary Protected Status and humanitarian parole programs, prohibiting international students from working on Optional Practical Training and STEM OPT after completing coursework and other changes, such as an expected public charge rule, to restrict legal immigration,” researchers wrote. 

“The analysis does not include the likely significant economic impact of restricting U.S. companies’ access to high-skilled foreign nationals through regulatory and administrative action, which could affect productivity growth,” they added.

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