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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Liberty 9-year-old battling cancer competes for national title
LIBERTY, Mo. — 9-year-old Atticus Anderson from Liberty landed a spot in the semi-finals of the National Junior Ranger competition. The competition celebrates kids who love wildlife and nature. Atticus was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma in September of last year. Despite his battle with cancer, he wanted to compete for the title of National Jr. Ranger and has excelled to the semi-finals. 'It really motivated him. It boosted his confidence. He wasn't thinking about the cancer treatments that he had to go through every week. He was thinking about this contest and how he could get more votes. He was going out to businesses, taking fliers, asking for votes,' his mom, Veronica Salas, said. Metro school districts react to new Missouri cell phone policy The competition is for kids who love to explore and spend time in nature. 'I was just born in it since my dad explored, and my dad's dad explored, and my dad's dad's dad explored,' Atticus said when asked what led to his love for nature and exploring. Atticus loves rock climbing and fishing. He's also fascinated by ecosystems. 'I like the quietness. I enjoy searching for cool crystals and other interesting items. So, like axolotls,' he said. His mom, Veronica, says the community support has been overwhelming. 'From family to friends, the Liberty Community, his school, and the staff at Children's Mercy. I work at Liberty Hospital, so the staff there as well. Just all around local businesses helping him,' Salas said. Salas says that the same support has been shown since he was diagnosed with cancer. 'Neighbors, friends, and family reaching out, how can I help? Can I give him a ride, or bring you a meal, or how can we support you? Just being there has made this journey very bearable,' Salas explained. The winner of the competition will meet and learn from wildlife expert Jeff Corwin and be featured in the Ranger Rick magazine. They'll also take home $20,000. 'I'll put $3,000 into a cancer charity, especially for my kind of lymphoma. Stage two blood cancer,' Atticus said when asked what he would do if he won. Donors sought for Newton employee facing leukemia Voting in the semi-finals will end on Thursday, July 17th. Atticus needs to be in first place to move on to the final round. You can vote for Atticus here. 'You can vote for free every 24 hours. So I encourage everyone to vote every 24 hours for free or make a donation. A $10 donation would give him more votes, and the proceeds help Junior Rangers and the National Wildlife Federation,' Salas explained. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
💪The saga is over, Salas set to be unveiled at River
💪The saga is over, Salas set to be unveiled at River After weeks of controversy and back-and-forth, today Maximiliano Salas executed the termination clause at Racing. The Millonario paid 8 million euros for the attacker, which caused a lot of annoyance at La Academia. Milito and company claim that there was a gentlemen's agreement that the clauses would not be executed, something that River completely denied, according to them. Advertisement Now, it is expected that tomorrow he will be announced as a reinforcement and join the practice with his new teammates. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 ALEJANDRO PAGNI - AFP or licensors
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
GOP senator threatens to investigate L.A. migrant advocates, saying they are 'bankrolling' unrest
A Republican senator from Missouri threatened an investigation on Wednesday into one of Los Angeles' most established immigrant organizations, accusing it of "bankrolling the unrest." The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights should "cease and desist any further involvement in the organization, funding, or promotion of these unlawful activities," said Sen. Josh Hawley in a letter sent to Angelica Salas, head of the organization. "Credible reporting now suggests that your organization has provided logistical support and financial resources to individuals engaged in these disruptive actions," wrote Hawley, who chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. "Let me be clear: bankrolling civil unrest is not protected speech. It is aiding and abetting criminal conduct. Accordingly, you must immediately cease and desist any further involvement in the organization, funding, or promotion of these unlawful activities." Hawley did not immediately respond to a request to comment. Salas, a longtime immigrant rights activist who pushed for sanctuary state laws and has organized dozens of peaceful protests over the years, said the accusations are false and pointed to the years of peaceful organizing the group has done in Los Angeles. "This is trying to take away the spotlight from the pain and suffering that this administration is causing," she said. "I refuse to make it about anybody else but them." She said the federal government is engaged in a concerted effort to strip immigrants of their rights, in part by undermining the groups that support them. Hawley's letter follows an announcement by a House panel this week that it would investigate 200 non-governmental organizations, including her coalition, "that were involved in providing services or support to inadmissible aliens during the Biden-Harris administration's historic border crisis." In a statement, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green (R-Tenn.) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) wrote that they "are examining whether these NGOs used taxpayer dollars to facilitate illegal activity, as the previous administration incentivized millions of inadmissible aliens to cross our borders." On Friday, federal officials arrested Service Employees International Union California President David Huerta on suspicion of interfering with federal officers. The union is among the groups working with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles Bill Essayli seemed to suggest on Sunday that other union officials and organizers would be investigated. 'We saw union activists and organizers be involved in these efforts to resist our operations," he told local television station KCAL . "We've got lots of video online and both surveillance videos. We have FBI teams working around the clock we will identify you. We'll find you and we'll come get you." Salas said they are doing nothing illegal, but she takes threats seriously. "It's very clear they have an agenda against social justice organizations and anybody in any infrastructure that supports the community rights organizations." she said. "That's why they've not just gone after the immigrant community, but also after organizations, by defunding us, by trying to discredit us, trying to connect us with violent groups. This is not normal." Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Republican senator threatens probe into L.A. immigrant advocates, saying they are 'bankrolling' unrest
A Republican senator from Missouri threatened an investigation on Wednesday into one of Los Angeles most established immigrant organizations, accusing them of 'bankrolling the unrest.' The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights should 'cease and desist any further involvement in the organization, funding, or promotion of these unlawful activities,' said Sen. Josh Hawley in a letter sent to the head of the organization, Angelica Salas. 'Credible reporting now suggests that your organization has provided logistical support and financial resources to individuals engaged in these disruptive actions,' wrote Hawley, who chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. 'Let me be clear: bankrolling civil unrest is not protected speech. It is aiding and abetting criminal conduct. Accordingly, you must immediately cease and desist any further involvement in the organization, funding, or promotion of these unlawful activities.' Hawley did not immediately respond to a request to comment. Salas, a longtime immigrant rights aactivist who pushed for sanctuary state laws and has organized dozens of peaceful protests over the years, said the accusations are false and pointed to the years of peaceful organizing the group has done in Los Angeles. 'This is trying to take away the spotlight from the pain and suffering that this administration is causing,' she said. 'I refuse to make it about anybody else but them.' On Friday federal officials arrested Service Employees International Union California President Huerta on suspicion of interfering with federal officers. The union is among the group working with the CHIRLA. The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles Bill Essayli seemed to suggest on Sunday that other union officials and organizers would be investigated. 'We saw union activists and organizers be involved in these efforts to resist our operations,' he told local television station KCAL . 'We've got lots of video online and both surveillance videos. We have FBI teams working around the clock we will identify you. We'll find you and we'll come get you.' Salas said they are doing nothing illegal, but she takes threats seriously. 'It's very clear they have an agenda against social justice organizations and anybody in any infrastructure that supports the community rights organizations.' she said. 'That's why they've not just gone after the immigrant community, but also after organizations, by defunding us, by trying to discredit us, trying to connect us with with like violent groups. This is not normal.'
Daily Mirror
10-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
'Truth' behind Area 51 UFO conspiracies unveiled in bombshell US report
Area 51 conspiracy theories and fake UFO sightings were deliberately planted to conceal Cold War-era military projects including stealth fighter jets, a bombshell report has found A bombshell US Government report has shone new light on Area 51 conspiracy theories after decades of UFO sightings. Believers have long claimed that extra-terrestrial life is being hidden at the high-security base in Nevada, with fantastical stories of alien autopsies and secret otherworldly technology fuelled by repeated sightings of unexplained flying objects. The US government has always maintained the Area 51 is merely a flight testing facility. Now, a new review from a US Department of Defense taskforce has revealed that both the Pentagon and the Justice Department deliberately fuelled UFO conspiracy theories - including those about Area 51 - to conceal Cold War -era military projects, such as stealth fighter jets. According to The Wall Street Journal, the report states that an Air Force colonel was sent on a mission to spread false information about Area 51 in the early 1980s. This included visiting a nearby bar and handing owner fake photos of flying saucers, sparking a new frenzy of rumours about the base. The since-retired colonel later told Pentagon investigators that the purpose of mission had been to distract the public from the development of the then-secret F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft. Officials hoped this would help shield the project from surveillance by the USSR, he said. Sean Kirkpatrick, a former head of Pentagon's UFO office who now heads the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) taskforce, trawled through decades of military reports on unidentified aerial phenomena for the new report. He found that on several occasions, alien conspiracy theories were planted by the Pentagon themselves. This included a bogus alien-hunting squad, known as 'Yankee Blue', which recruited serving members of the Air Force through a hazing ritual. Candidates for the project were shown pictures of flying saucers and told they would be helping to 'reverse-engineering alien aircraft' while being sworn to secrecy. Servicemen involved in the programme would only find out it was fake decades later when it was officially declassified in 2023. Mr Kirkpatrick's review also evaluated one famous incident from 1967 involving former US Air Force captain Robert Salas, who described seeing a 'UFO' disable ten nuclear missiles at a base in Utah. Mr Salas said he was ordered to stay silent about the incident. But the report found that the technical issues likely resulted from a secret electromagnetic pulse (EMP) test used to gauge the base's resilience to interference, which Mr Salas and his colleagues had not been told about. Some parts of the AARO's first public report were withheld last year at the request of the US Air Force, with a full follow-up containing all redacted details expected to be released later this year.
