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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida deputy shot and wounded a man who was firing a handgun in a grocery store. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon at a Grocery Advantage in Pensacola. Deputies responded to the store following reports of an active shooter. Officials say the man was inside the store and firing his gun when deputies arrived. At least one of the deputies opened fire on the man. The man was taken to a local hospital. His condition wasn’t immediately available. No injuries were reported to anyone else in the store. Officials didn’t immediately release the names or races of the deputy or the shooting suspect. Credit: Source link The post Deputy shoots, wounds armed man at Florida grocery store appeared first on Fox USA Live . from Fox USA Live https://ift.tt/2YUBaZR

Interpret the stench coming out of a silent Yankee Stadium, where the Indians whipped the Yankees from foul pole to foul pole Thursday night and spit out the reasons. Not allowed among them is the Yankees moving Mike Ford from first base to the mound for the final two innings. After beating up on the Orioles, the Yankees crumbled against the far stronger Indians. If the teams meet in the postseason the Yankees are dead. If the Yankees can’t do better than three runs off Adam Plutko, their stay in October won’t be an extended one. And in the middle of August, here is what the Indians’ overwhelming 19-5 victory in front of 44,654 really means: the Yankees got their butts whipped because pitchers Chad Green, Jonathan Loaisiga and Chance Adams were awful. Ford giving up five runs and six hits (two homers) doesn’t count. The 24 hits were a season high against the Yankees, as were the seven homers. The 19 runs tied the season high. Green is a strong candidate to be part of the Yankees’...

The mayor of El Paso claims that President Trump referred to him as a “RINO” — aka “Republican in Name Only” — during his visit to the grieving Texas city last week after the Walmart shooting. The condemnation allegedly came during a private meeting and stemmed from a disagreement the two had back in February over Trump’s proposed border wall. “He said, ‘You’re a RINO,’ and I said, ‘No, sir. I am not a RINO,’ ” recalled Mayor Dee Margo in an interview for PBS’ “Frontline.” “I said … ‘I simply corrected the misinformation you were given by [the Texas] attorney general, and that’s all I did,’ ” Margo explained. The term RINO is typically used by Republicans to blast people within the party who do not always agree with conservatives. Margo and Trump had gotten into a dispute over the border wall following the president’s State of the Union address — in which he claimed El Paso saw a dip in crime after the installation of a border fence. “Now, with a powerful barrier in place, El Pas...

ATLANTA — A few of the Jets problem areas looked exactly like that — problematic — Thursday night in their preseason matchup with the Falcons. While a few others actually looked OK in a 22-10 Jets win. If you are Jets general manager Joe Douglas and head coach Adam Gase, the depth at cornerback and the search for a kicker has to cause some sleepless nights with the regular season just three weeks away. Cornerback has been a focal point all offseason after former GM Mike Maccagnan did nothing to upgrade the position in free agency or the draft. Then, starting corner Trumaine Johnson injured his hamstring in training camp. That was followed by his backup Kyron Brown, an undrafted free agent, also suffering a hamstring injury. With those two out against the Falcons, Arthur Maulet started opposite Darryl Roberts and Falcons cornerback Matt Ryan took advantage. He targeted Maulet on a 27-yard pass to Calvin Ridley and then threw his way again on an 11-yard completion. Falcons receivers...

A Florida woman who was arrested for pulling a small alligator out of her yoga pants during a traffic stop pleaded guilty to illegally possessing animals and was sentenced to probation, authorities said. The woman, 25-year-old Ariel Machan-Le Quire, was arrested in May when she and 22-year-old Michael Clemons were pulled over by Charlotte County cops after Clemons ran a stop sign, according to police. The pair told the officers they were collecting frogs and snakes underneath an overpass and gave them permission to search the car and bags they had, authorities said. Cops discovered 41 turtles in a “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” backpack, and asked Machan-Le Quire if she had anything else unusual on her. She then pulled a one-foot-long gator out of her yoga pants and handed it to the officers, police said. Machan-Le Quire was sentenced to probation Thursday for possessing the animals. Charges against Clemons were pending. Credit: Source link The post Florida woman who pulled al...

Lately, every step along the rehab program trail has left a smile on Luis Severino’s face, and Thursday wasn’t different. “Today went well, hopefully Sunday goes well,’’ Severino said following a 30-pitch afternoon bullpen session ahead of the Yankees and Indians opening a four-game series in The Bronx. Severino showed increased intensity with his pitches and said he threw all his pitches. With Aaron Boone watching, the former staff ace was pleased. “I am glad and happy the velocity is there,’’ said Severino, who hasn’t pitched in a game at any level this season with an inflamed right rotator cuff that developed in spring training and a right lat problem that surfaced later. The next step for Severino is facing hitters in a simulated-game setting Sunday at the Stadium before the Yankees travel to Oakland for a three-game series against the A’s. “After that head to Tampa,’’ said Severino, who wants to build up to 60-75 pitches to be ready for big-league work. “Right now I feel bet...

China on Thursday vowed to retaliate against any new tariffs in the trade war with the United States — even as it said it would be willing to meet the White House “halfway” on trade issues. Beijing’s Finance Ministry said in a statement that Washington’s latest tariffs, set to start Sept. 1, violated an agreement between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve their disputes through negotiations. China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said, “We hope the US will meet China halfway, and implement the consensus of the two heads of the two countries in Osaka.” Xi’s government would likely stall on more talks, believing Trump is eager to end the trade war as soon as possible with the stock market swinging wildly in recent days, Wu Xinbo, director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, told The South China Morning Post. But Trump said later Thursday that any agreement must meet US demands, suggesting the possibility of a protracted sta...

Tigers Woods didn’t help his chances of getting to defend his Tour Championship title. Woods is projected to need a top 10 finish this week in the BMW Championship to advance to East Lake, where he is defending champion. After one round on Thursday, he was tied for 50th in Medinah, Ill. One week after he withdrew with a mild oblique strain at Liberty National, Woods could only manage a 71 that felt feeble compared with everyone else. All but two players in the 69-man field were at par or better on a Medinah course that was soft from bursts of rain earlier in the week. “It’s just not sharp,” Woods said. “I’m trying to make changes in my swing, and it’s just not quite there yet.” The good news for Woods? He says he didn’t feel any tightness in his oblique. “I just need to clean up my rounds and get going,” he said. “Seems like the whole field is under par.” On the other hand, Justin Thomas already is set for the Tour Championship next week and the chase for FedEx Cup and its $15 m...

Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts had a pocketful of receipts on him during his massacre — which were reportedly for mental health services that he had received. The receipts were for $50 payments that Betts, 24, allegedly made for counseling and other services back in April and June, according to the Dayton Daily News. They were reportedly covered in blood and made out on three separate dates. Autopsy photos examined by the Daily News listed two of the dates — April 5 and June 10 — but the third could not be read. Police officials have previously said that Betts retrieved psychiatric treatment, but it was unclear when and for what. Local media outlets have spoken to multiple people close to him who said he had a number of mental illnesses — including depression and possible bipolar disorder. Autopsy results released Thursday, along with the photos that listed Betts’ belongings, showed that he had cocaine, Xanax and alcohol in his system during his Aug. 4 shooting rampage. The you...

The changing of the Nets’ hierarchy continues. It was reported earlier this week that Alibaba co-founder Joseph Tsai is close to signing a deal to buy the remaining 51 percent of the Nets from current majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov. Tsai, as first reported by The Post, is also expected to complete a deal to purchase Barclays Center for more than $700 million. As those purchases move toward becoming official, the Nets and Barclays Center will be looking for a new CEO. Brett Yormark is stepping down from that position at BSE Global, the Nets parent company, according to reports. Yormark has spent 14 years with the team in this his second tour of duty with the Nets where he also worked in the late 1990s. During his most recent tenure he presided over the franchise’s move from New Jersey to Brooklyn and played an integral role in the development of Barclays Center, including operations, event and marketing, among other things. Yormark will stay on as CEO until the sale of the Nets t...

A geeky recession indicator that blared red on Wednesday — freaking out Wall Street and Main Street alike — might be broken, economists say. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 800 points — marking its worst dip all year — after a rare inversion of Treasury market yields sounded alarm bells. But economists like Janet Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve, are cautioning that this indicator, known as the inverted yield curve, may no longer hold water. “Historically, it has been a pretty good signal of recession, and I think that’s when markets pay attention to it, but I would really urge that on this occasion it may be a less good signal,” Yellen told Fox Business. Yellen was referring to the yield on 10-year Treasury notes briefly dipping below the yield on the 2-year note on Wednesday. Such inversions have accurately predicted all seven recessions of the last 50 years. But economists warn that other factors may now be playing a bigger role in driving dow...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said Friday North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said projectiles were twice launched from an area on the North’s eastern coast. The Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say what the weapons were, how many were launched or how far they flew. North Korea has conducted a slew of short-range ballistic tests in recent weeks while expressing frustration over stalemated nuclear negotiations with the United States and continuance of U.S.-South Korea joint military drills that the North sees as an invasion rehearsal. Experts say President Donald Trump’s downplaying of the North’s launches allowed the country more room to intensify its testing activity while it seeks to build leverage ahead of a possible resumption of negotiations, which could happen sometime after the e...

Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai is expecting to sign a deal valued at more than $700 million to buy Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at the same time he acquires the 51 percent of the Brooklyn Nets that he does not already own, sources said. The simultaneous deals for the team and its home arena are expected to be announced as soon as Friday, sources said. The price of the arena is not expected to be disclosed. As The Post reported earlier this week, Tsai is paying a record $2.35 billion for the Nets. That figure includes the $1 billion he paid last year for 49 percent of the team — plus the $1.35 billion he will be forking over for the balance. The total team and arena transaction will cost him more than $3 billion. Unlike the team, which now boasts star players Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the arena has not gone up much in value, if at all, sources said. Still, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is expected to make a killing on the sale. He began buying both the team and arena in 20...

A Russian passenger jet crash-landed in a cornfield outside of Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport on Thursday — injuring more than 70 people, including 10 children and a pregnant woman — following a mid-air collision with a flock of birds, officials said. The Airbus A321 aircraft was carrying 226 passengers and being flown by pilots for Ural Airlines when it “collided with a flock of gulls” shortly after takeoff, according to officials. “Birds got into both engines,” said the airline’s general director, Sergei Skuratov, in a statement to the TASS Russian news agency. “Engines turned off, the crew carried out the landing … one kilometre away from the runway.” The “emergency landing,” as officials called it, left 74 people needing medical attention — 29 of whom had to be hospitalized, according to TASS. Ten children and a pregnant woman were said to be among the injured. Photos and video posted online Thursday showed the plane sitting in a cornfield, with giant skid marks behind it fro...

ATLANTA — The daily challenge of deciding how and when to utilize the Mets bullpen grips Mickey Callaway harder by the day. It was one thing earlier in the season when so many of his relievers had set roles, but the seventh, eighth and ninth innings on any given night can belong to almost anybody. On Thursday, Callaway was still faced with questions based on his decisions from the previous night, when Seth Lugo replaced Steven Matz — who had retired 14 straight batters and thrown only 79 pitches — and allowed five runs in the seventh inning after the Mets had taken a 2-1 lead. The Mets never recovered, losing 6-4 to the Braves in their third straight defeat. Though Lugo had been dominant over the previous six weeks — he was NL Reliever of the Month for July — the decision to insert him was head-scratching in that even if the right-hander pitched two scoreless innings, the ninth would be wide open, as Edwin Diaz continues to struggle. “It can be challenging,” Callaway said before t...

Imagine you own a vintage luxury-car collection. Yes, let’s dream big. You show off your garage to a visitor, describing each vehicle in loving detail. Then you turn to your 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato. “My most expensive purchase,” you say wistfully. “Can’t get it going recently. Brakes, shocks, steering — it’s been one problem after another.” At that point, what do you really have? Similarly, it’s natural to wonder: What do the Yankees have in the can’t-get-going Giancarlo Stanton? “That’s an impact bat, and he’s not just a DH. He’s much more than that,” Brian Cashman said of Stanton on Thursday, before the Yankees opened a series with the Indians at Yankee Stadium. “He’s an athletic outfielder despite the size. So hopefully we’ll be in a position to utilize him. “… He’s also coming back from a serious injury that takes time to heal.” Actually, in his second year as a Yankee — with eight more (yeesh) to go — Stanton has endured multiple serious injuries that have limited ...

Months of dreaming were destroyed in minutes. Nine years after coming nowhere close to landing LeBron James — and 2010’s other A-list free agents — the Knicks again cleared cap space for two max-salary players, then watched another acclaimed crop of All-Stars bypass the long-suffering franchise. Even worse was knowing that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving wanted to be in New York, but wanted to be Nets. “It doesn’t change anything. It’s all about what you have in house and I think we have a very solid team,” former Knicks guard John Starks said of Brooklyn’s signings at a press event Thursday at Madison Square Garden. “The Nets did well last year in making it to the playoffs. This year, I think it’s gonna be our year. As we continue to improve and get on that winning track, we’re gonna be as enticing as any NBA team out there. I’m not concerned about what the Nets are doing. All I’m concerned about is what we’re doing over here and we’re moving in the right direction.” After trading ...

ATLANTA — Yep. The dateline isn’t fake. And it isn’t from out in the suburbs, where the Mets are playing the Braves. This is preseason football, and I am here. And there is only one reason to be here. Because Sam Darnold is also here. And, well, we’d all better get used to the fact that you’re going to see Sam Darnold’s name in the newspaper a lot. His name has already been in the papers a lot — he did start from Game 1 last year, after all — but now he is not a curiosity. Now, the training wheels are off. Now, instead of using “Darnold” and “franchise quarterback” in the same paragraph, they are in the same sentence. And when that happens … Well, put it this way: In Eli Manning’s second year in the NFL, his first as the Giants’ starting quarterback from the first snap, his name appeared in this newspaper 537 times from Aug. 1-Jan. 15. By comparison, Tiki Barber — the best offensive player that season — was mentioned 334 times. Michael Strahan — a member of that team bound for the...