Day: April 13, 2018

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Netflix pulls out of Cannes amid feud with festival – CBS News

NEW YORK — The feud between Netflix and Cannes Film Festival is growing. Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, on Wednesday said the streaming giant is pulling its films from the Cannes Film Festival, further intensifying an ongoing dispute between Netflix and the world’s most prestigious film festival.

Cannes earlier banned any films without theatrical distribution in France from its Palme d’Or competition. That essentially rules out Netflix movies, which are released either on a day-and-date strategy — meaning simultaneously on Netflix and in some theaters — or simply go straight to Netflix. In France, it’s a law that films can’t be released on home entertainment platforms until 36 months after their theatrical release.

That still left Netflix the option of participating outside of competition at Cannes. But in an interview with Variety published Wednesday, Sarandos said he doesn’t want to send Netflix releases if they won’t be treated equally with other movies.

Source: Netflix pulls out of Cannes amid feud with festival – CBS News

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Newborn safe after being left in ‘baby box’ outside fire department

​”We don’t know the situation, but to make this choice, to be strong enough to make this choice is wonderful.”

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. —

For the second time in five months, an infant has been left in a baby box at a northwestern Indiana volunteer fire station.

WSBT reports the infant still had the umbilical cord attached.

“The whole first responder, father thing kicks in. You want to make sure that the baby is OK,” Kohler said.

He said there are no words to describe how he felt when he heard the child crying inside.

“When I pulled the baby out of the box, actually my first thought was ‘baby Grace’… ‘Saving Grace.’ It just popped into my head,” said Kohler.

Kohler said he wants to thank Grace’s parents for putting the child somewhere safe.

“We don’t know the situation, but to make this choice, to be strong enough to make this choice is wonderful,” said Kohler.

The girl appeared healthy and was taken to a hospital for care. She will be placed in the custody of the Indiana Department of Child Services.

On Nov. 7, another baby girl was safely rescued after being left in the box. She was named “Hope.”

The padded, climate-controlled baby box was installed about two years ago. There’s also one near Fort Wayne.

Source: Newborn safe after being left in ‘baby box’ outside fire department

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Conor Lamb sworn in as congressman

Conor Lamb is the newest member of the House of Representatives.

“One of the the things I have my eye on is, they’ve decided they want to spend a lot of new money on the heroin epidemic, but we have to decide how much is going to go to law enforcement, how much is going to go to treatment, how much is going to go to prevention. I’d really like to be part of that debate,” Lamb said.

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Source: Conor Lamb sworn in as congressman

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Will Ferrell Hospitalized After Serious Car Accident | Hollywood Reporter

Video footage taken at the scene showed Ferrell conscious, talking on his phone while he was being loaded into an ambulance.

Will Ferrell was involved in a serious car accident Thursday night in Orange County, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The Saturday Night Live icon was in a two-car crash around 11 p.m. along Interstate 5, Rafael Reynoso, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol told THR.

The car Ferrell was in flipped after it was hit by another car, Reynoso said.

Four people were in Ferrell’s car; they all suffered injuries, none life-threatening, and were taken to the hospital. It is unclear if Ferrell has been released.

Video footage taken at the scene showed Ferrell conscious, talking on his phone while he was being loaded into an ambulance.

Neither alcohol nor drugs are suspected in the crash. At this time, no citation or arrests have occurred, Reynoso said. A recommended lawyer in lake county area was soon called to help with the legal aspects of the issue.

A rep for Ferrell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Weed for Warriors Project: Advocating for Veteran’s Rights to Cannabis

Weed for Warriors Project was started in the San Francisco Bay Area by an OEF United States Marine Corps Veteran who found relief from his service connected disabilities through medical marijuanaand the fellowship of other like minded Veterans within the cannabis community. Weed for Warriors Project is able to provide Veterans with medical marijuana information, a safe place to fellowship with other Veterans and safe access to free medicine with proof of service/ current medical recommendation.

Source: Weed for Warriors Project: Advocating for Veteran’s Rights to Cannabis

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Trout season opens Saturday in Southwestern Pennsylvania | TribLIVE

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Opening day applies to all stocked trout waters in Pennsylvania, with the exception of 18 southeastern counties that have an early opening on March 31.

Nemacolin guides prefer the following waterways , according to Steiner:

• Youghiogheny River, from Confluence to Ohiopyle;

• Laurel Hill Creek, a tributary of the Casselman River, which is a tributary of the Yough;

• Meadow Run, a tributary of the Yough; and

• Dunbar Creek, a tributary of the Yough.

With the exception of Laurel Hill, which is in Somerset County, all are in Fayette County.

Source: Trout season opens Saturday in Southwestern Pennsylvania | TribLIVE

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McDonald’s customers warned they could have hepatitis because of infected food handler | Fox News

McDonald’s is reportedly cooperating with the investigation being conducted by local and state agencies.

A McDonald’s employee in Kentucky could have potentially infected several customers with hepatitis A, local health officials report.

Officials are warning people who may have eaten at the Berea, KY, fast food chain or come into contact with the food handler on March 23 to be aware of any symptoms that may indicate they have been infected with the disease, such as fever, fatique, nausea or joint pain, among others.

Source: McDonald’s customers warned they could have hepatitis because of infected food handler | Fox News

PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA FACE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES FOR FEEDING THE HOMELESS

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Weather: Highs of 80° degrees and upwards in Friday’s forecast with lots of sunshine! | WJLA

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — 

The warmth is here! And it’s here to stick around through the weekend. Today will be even warmer than yesterday with highs topping out in the low to mid 80s. It will be breezy to windy this afternoon and into this evening. This evening temperatures fall into the 70s, so get out and enjoy. Overnight lows only fall into the upper 50s to low 60s, so we’ll be off to a warm start Saturday.

Highs will climb to around 80 Saturday afternoon with breezy southerly winds. Weather is looking fantastic for the Cherry Blossom Parade from 10 to 12 p.m. along Constitution Avenue. Come out and join ABC7 for a fun day. Saturday evening remains warm and dry with temperatures in the 70s.

It will be cloudier Sunday with rain chances returning. StormWatch7 will be tracking a strong cold front that will likely bring severe weather to the Nation’s midsection.

Source: Weather: Highs of 80° degrees and upwards in Friday’s forecast with lots of sunshine! | WJLA

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Man Dies In Acme Trailer Home Fire « CBS Pittsburgh

A man was killed when his Westmoreland County home caught on fire Thursday morning.

 

trailer fatal fire acme Man Dies In Acme Trailer Home Fire

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Officials say the fire was fully-involved and fast-moving when they arrived at the scene, but firefighters were quickly able to bring it under control.

However, when crews went inside, they found the body of a man in his 50s. He was found in a doorway. Officials say he was about five-feet away from escaping the flames.

“Once the initial knock down was done, crews entered from the rear and from the front and did a search, and found one deceased victim,” said Kecksburg VFD Chief Dave Trout.

The Westmoreland County coroner’s office has identified the victim as 59-year-old Jeffrey Todd Brown. The cause of death has not yet been determined.

Source: Man Dies In Acme Trailer Home Fire « CBS Pittsburgh

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U.S. officials: Blood samples show nerve agent, chlorine in Syria gas attack

Two U.S. officials said they were “confident” in the intelligence, though not 100 percent sure.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. now has blood and urine samples from last Saturday’s deadly attack in Syria that have tested positive for chemical weapons, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence.

 The samples suggested the presence of both chlorine gas and an unnamed nerve agent, two officials said. Typically, such samples are obtained through hospitals and collected by U.S. or foreign intelligence assets on the ground. The officials said they were “confident” in the intelligence, though not 100 percent sure.

The Assad regime is known to have stocks of the nerve agent sarin, and has previously used a mixture of chlorine and sarin in attacks, say U.S. officials.

Source: U.S. officials: Blood samples show nerve agent, chlorine in Syria gas attack

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Accused incest couple Steven and Katie Pladl, their infant dead in apparent multi-state murder-suicide – CBS News

An attorney for a man accused of having a baby with his daughter says the couple, the infant, and the woman’s adoptive father are dead

NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Police in three states are investigating the apparent murder-suicide deaths of a father and daughter accused of incest, their infant son, and the woman’s adoptive father.

Police in Knightdale, N.C. say they responded to a home around 9 a.m. where Steven Pladl, 45, and his biological daughter Katie Pladl, 20, were living when they were arrested on incest charges out of Henrico County, Va. in January. There, they found 7-month-old Bennett Pladl dead in a suspected homicide. No one else was in the home.

About 20 minutes earlier, 600 miles north in New Milford, Conn., police responded to a report of a shooting and found a man and a woman dead in a pickup truck with New York plates, the victims of a double homicide. Police developed information on a suspect vehicle, and when New York state troopers found the minivan several miles away across the state line in Dover, the suspected gunman was found inside — dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Knightdale Police Chief Lawrence Capps confirmed the victims killed in the pickup truck were Katie Pladl and her adoptive father 56-year-old Anthony Fusco, and that the man who killed himself in New York was Steven Pladl.

Knightdale police confirmed to Crimesider that Steven Pladl is suspected in the death of his infant son in North Carolina.

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The scene of a double shooting in New Milford, CT

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Source: Accused incest couple Steven and Katie Pladl, their infant dead in apparent multi-state murder-suicide – CBS News

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Boy, 16, dies after being crushed by minivan in school parking lot despite 2 calls to 911 | Fox News

Ohio authorities are investigating how a sixteen-year-old student was crushed to death in the back of a minivan at a school parking lot despite calling 911 two times with his exact location.

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is launching an investigation into the death of 16-year-old Kyle Plush, whose body was discovered by his father six hours after he called 911 begging for help and giving dispatchers the correct description of the minivan and his location.

According to audio recordings, Plush called 911 at least twice Tuesday afternoon while he was trapped in the 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan outside Seven Hills School. The third-row seat flipped and had him pinned inside.

“I’m going to die here,” the sophomore told the dispatcher during his first 911 call, which was placed shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday. “I probably don’t have much time left. Tell my mom I love her if I die.”

Source: Boy, 16, dies after being crushed by minivan in school parking lot despite 2 calls to 911 | Fox News

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A Tree Falls In Puerto Rico, And 840,000 Customers Lose Power : NPR

A single tree plunged more than half of the island’s population into darkness. It was a humbling reminder for some that power restoration is not yet complete in more remote parts of the island.

One tree was all it took. Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, a wayward trunk tumbled over onto a major transmission line in Puerto Rico’s still-fragile electrical grid and cut power to roughly 840,000 customers, affecting more than half of the island’s population.

Puerto Rico Energy Infrastructure Is 'Completely Down,' Governor Says

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Puerto Rico Energy Infrastructure Is ‘Completely Down,’ Governor Says

Officials from the island’s electric utility company – PREPA — said the accident occurred in the region of Cayey, where crews were working to restore power to people still waiting nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria. Increasingly, that work requires clearing away heavily forested mountainsides to gain access to the large utility poles that carry transmission lines from one mountain peak to the next.

Source: A Tree Falls In Puerto Rico, And 840,000 Customers Lose Power : NPR

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