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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cambridge YMCA Gymnastics team excels at Nationals
The Cambridge YMCA Gymnastics team recently traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to compete in the 2025 YMCA National Gymnastics Championships, on the campus of Packer Stadium. A total of 12 young Cambridge athletes turned in a solid performance in the huge event that featured over 1,700 athletes, from 16 states and 78 teams covering all of the levels. The Cambridge Level 2 team consisting of Charleigh Tilton, Lucy Sebek, Abigail Carpenter, Lila Faller and Audrey Graham was crowned national champions for a second straight season, successfully defending their title as they competed against 22 other teams to claim another championship. Skylar Kenworthy, Sophia Johnston, and Shiloh Blasenhauer comprised the Cambridge Level 7 team that finished in third place out of 24 teams despite just having a three-member team, which is the minimal number you can have to field a team. The local team battled for third place despite competing against teams that had upwards of 15 or 20 gymnasts. Also competing for Cambridge were Laighla Boyd and Lillian Willis in Level 3 competition, with Aliza Rosser at Level 6 and Ivy Williams in Level 4 action. More: Summer Fun in Ohio: A list of 10 popular outdoor activities The Cambridge team was accompanied and coached by Cheryl Matthews, Brittany Matthews and January Parrish. This finished off an impressive season for the Cambridge YMCA gymnastics team that consisted of 39 athletes. Finishing with numerous event champions, even more regional event and all-around champions, the team swept all levels in the district championships. KSutton1@ X: @KSuttonDJSports; Instagram: kevinsutton_dailyjeffsports This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Charleigh Tilton ,Lucy Sebek, Abigail Carpenter, Lila Faller and Audrey Graham claim 2nd National title
BBC News
10 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Plan to create supported living facility in Scarborough approved
Plans to convert a large residential house into supported living accommodation have been given the application by Homemore Stay to create eight self-contained units at 30 Trinity Road was approved by North Yorkshire building previously contained a seven-bed house in multiple occupation, alongside three self-contained state the development would be managed by "on-site staff" between 08:00 and 18:00 seven days a week, with CCTV and on-call security outside of these times. Planning officers said the measures were considered to be "an appropriate level of management to serve the proposed facilities".The authority said a communal and training room, included as part of the scheme, would be delivered by registered charity, YMCA North to the Local Democracy Reporting Service an initial scheme had proposed converting the property into 11 units which were "significantly smaller than the nationally described space standards".However, documents showed room sizes in the amended scheme would meet the necessary criteria. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
CTV News
a day ago
- General
- CTV News
Simcoe County to boost affordable child care options with new strategy
Crayons are seen on a table at a new child care facility operated by the YMCA on Thursday, July 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
CBS News
2 days ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Richardson celebrates hometown NBA rookie Liam McNeeley's debut and rising stardom
Just weeks after making his NBA debut, the City of Richardson is recognizing rookie Liam McNeeley. He's just getting his start in the NBA but is already making headlines. "I'm just staying focused," he said. "I know I've got to do it every game and every game just play my best." He was drafted in the first round by the Charlotte Hornets and made his Summer League debut with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists in a win over the Utah Jazz. A "Mr. Ref" moment went viral on social media. "You know I have always called the refs 'Mr. Ref,'" he said. "I feel like it brings a level of professionalism to it. It's a job. I'm working, he's working." The City of Richardson is now celebrating his NBA success with an official proclamation as his entire family cheers him on. "It's such an incredible honor for the City of Richardson to recognize Liam in this way," his mom, Ashley Elsey, said. "I mean he's lived here his entire life. The City of Richardson is our community here." "You got to remember where you're from and where you started," Liam said. Liam got his start at the Richardson Family YMCA at just 3 years old and said coming home now feels full circle. "It's where I first picked up a basketball and basketball is now taking me across the world," he said. "He's worked really hard, he cares so much about winning and I think that just becomes infectious," Elsey said.
USA Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Trump posts fake AI-video showing Obama being arrested with ‘YMCA' and meme turned hate symbol
President Donald Trump reposted a video on Truth Social that showed a fake, artificially rendered scene of former President Barack Obama being arrested. The July 20 post on social was a TikTok video by an account named "neo8171," with a montage of Democratic elected officials saying "no one is above the law." While it is unclear where the clips were from, Democrats have used that phrase when talking about Trump's criminal cases, including an arrest in Georgia and a felony conviction in New York. The video then shows Pepe the Frog, a popular internet meme that was added to a hate symbol database during the 2016 election. As "YMCA" starts to play, the video shows Trump and Obama sitting in the Oval Office, and an artificially rendered scene shows FBI agents dragging Obama out of his chair and cuffing his hands behind his back. The fake video then shows Obama in an orange jumpsuit in jail. A representative for Obama declined to comment about the fake AI video. Trump and Pepe the Frog: 2016 campaign turned meme political. Then it became a hate symbol #ArrestObama trends on Truth Social after Tulsi Gabbard claims On July 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a press release saying she had evidence that the Obama administration after the 2016 election produced "politicized intelligence that was used as the basis for countless smears seeking to delegitimize President Trump's victory." In 2020, a Republican-led, bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee backed the conclusion of the intelligence agencies that found Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in favor of Trump. Trump had long said the investigation into his campaign was a hoax. Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, said Gabbard's new claim is a "dangerous lie," while speaking on CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," on July 20. He said Gabbard is using a "sleight of hand" by focusing on intelligence about Russia's failed voting infrastructure manipulation rather than Russia's meddling to discredit Trump's 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Appearing on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," Gabbard said she intended to send her findings to the Department of Justice and the FBI for criminal referral. Trump also shared excerpts from Gabbard's interviews to Truth Social. 'As is always the case, President Trump was right about the Obama-Biden administration's clear involvement in the greatest witch hunt in American history and the genesis of the decade-long hoax saga that tore our nation apart and undermined the will of the people," White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said in an emailed statement. "The President and his entire administration are committed to unearthing wrongdoing and holding any individual accountable for this gross abuse of power and blatant conspiracy against President Trump and his supporters.' Pepe the Frog became political, then hate symbol, during 2016 election The frog doodle in clown accessories that flashes in the video is known as Pepe the Frog, and its appearance in Trump's social media posts has sparked interest before. Pepe the Frog started as a character from a comic series, "Boy's Club" by Matt Furie in 2005, according to Know Your Meme. While the somewhat sad-looking frog did not have racist or antisemitic origins, its proliferation through the internet as a meme led to its adaptation into something of a symbol for single men who felt they were on the social outskirts, Know Your Meme editor Brad Kim told the New York Times in 2016. But Kim said it became political when Trump shared a Trump-ified version of Pepe in October 2015. "Pepe plugged into the ideology of the alt-right because it was a reaction against the people they call 'normies,'" Kim told the New York Times. "Pepe had been a symbol of the disenfranchised, social outcasts. It was Trump's natural audience." In 2016, the Anti-Defamation League added Pepe the Frog to its list of hate symbols, though the organization notes many uses of this meme are still not rooted in bigotry or hate. "The number of 'alt right' Pepe memes has grown, a tendency exacerbated by the controversial and contentious 2016 presidential election," Pepe's ADL page states. "However, because so many Pepe the Frog memes are not bigoted in nature, it is important to examine use of the meme only in context." Contributing: Kevin Johnson, Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at kcrowley@ Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @
