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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Judge Reportedly Claims 'Teen Mom 2' Alum Will Eventually 'Kill Someone'
Judge Reportedly Claims 'Teen Mom 2' Alum Will Eventually 'Kill Someone' originally appeared on Parade. Teen Mom 2 alum Nathan Griffith will serve up to four years in prison after allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend, a violent act that violated his probation — which he was on for allegedly strangling his sister years earlier. Jenelle Evans' ex — with whom she shares 10-year-old son Kaiser — will serve a "maximum of 48 [months] with a minimum parole eligibility of 14 months in the Nevada Department of Corrections," according to the sentence filing obtained by The Sun on Thursday, May 29. Griffith reportedly received 11 days already served. According to an eyewitness in court, the judge told Griffith: "You are a danger to others and you're going to kill someone.'" Griffith allegedly sobbed as the sentence was handed down. Per multiple outlets, the former Marine pleaded guilty to the felony charge of "Battery Constituting Domestic Violence- Strangulation" in the alleged April assault of Biddle, 21. Per The Sun, Biddle was in court at Griffith's sentencing, as was his estranged, but still legal, wife, May Oyola — who recently shared an Instagram photo of a large bouquet of flowers from Griffith, signed "Your Husband." Griffith's sister, who accused him of strangling her in 2023, was also in court. Though Evans was not present in the courtroom, she caught major heat from Teen Mom fans after defending Griffith on TikTok following the altercation with Biddle. At the time, she claimed that Griffith and Biddle were both at fault, and offered her ex stay at her house — specifically, in Kaiser's room. (Evans previously claimed that Griffith hadn't seen his son in two years.) Evans' estranged husband, David Eason, has his own strangulation charge against him. He was charged with felony 'Assault by Strangulation" after allegedly strangling Evans' 15-year-old son Jace. Eason has denied the claims. In addition to Jace and Nathan, Evans is also mom to 8-year-old daughter Ensley, whom she shares with Eason. If you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence, help is available 24 hours a day through the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or visit their website. Judge Reportedly Claims 'Teen Mom 2' Alum Will Eventually 'Kill Someone' first appeared on Parade on May 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'One hell of a pilot': 84-year-old emergency-lands plane in Phoenix-area cornfield
A seasoned aviator was forced to take quick action to avoid disaster while flying over the West Valley. On the morning of May 23, the carburetor on Jim Stark's 1978 Cessna 172 began to fail as he flew near 99th and West Southern avenues. Stark, 84, knew he and his copilot and friend, 78-year-old Pete Biddle, needed to quickly find a safe place to land — they were about 9 miles east of the Phoenix-Goodyear Airport. In that moment, Stark recalled the advice he often gave to others in similar emergencies: 'Stay cool.' More specifically, Stark said, "it was abundantly clear that we weren't going to make it back to Goodyear. So, we just looked around" and located a tractor trail nestled between cornfields. "I mean, that's what you got to do," Stark added. There were no injuries in the landing. The cornfield was 6.35 miles southeast of Goodyear on 95th Avenue, just south of Baseline Road, Stark said. He said cornstalks were unharmed in his impromptu landing, but he "did clip a little bitty tree" on the field's edge that dinged a wing. The plane should be good to hit the skies again, he said. His insurance sent someone to haul the aircraft out of the field at dawn on May 24 and get it to the Goodyear Airport. Repairs were expected to take a week. Stark has been a licensed pilot for about half a century and served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. Prescott-raised, he grew up around planes on account of his father being an engineer for Boeing. He has owned this plane — his seventh ever — for more than a decade and has flown it over such remote places as the mountains of Australia. "This airplane is an absolute jewel," he said. "I love it." This was not Stark's first emergency landing among crops. A little more than 10 years ago, he said he landed in a Nebraska soybean field when the plane appeared to be running low on fuel. Biddle, the copilot, said he was reassured by Stark's experience when they ran across trouble while returning from breakfast in Chandler to Sun City where they are neighbors. A licensed pilot since 1976, Biddle likened the landing to those made at what he said are the "dirt strips" found at Red Creek Airstrip near the Verde River. Besides, Biddle said of his longtime buddy, "he's one hell of a pilot." In the works: What's being built near Goodyear Ballpark? This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 'One hell of a pilot': Man lands plane in Phoenix-area cornfield
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Is Florida's Elevate Florida program in jeopardy?
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — For Floridians who've faced repeated flooding, the state offered a possible solution: make their homes more storm-resistant with financial help from the new Elevate Florida program. But how likely are some of those hurricane-stricken homeowners to get the help they need? Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now The deadline to apply for the Elevate Florida program was in April. People like Nancy Biddle, who owns property in St. Pete beach, are waiting to hear if help is on the way or if funding cuts could leave them high and dry. News article leads to another charge against former New College official: MCSO 'The front two apartments they would become garage and storage, and then the second flood would be built above it which would be the new apartments,' Biddle said. Last year's hurricane season left Biddle with a hefty bill. Biddle owned three apartments in St. Pete Beach. Biddle's sister lived in one; she rented out the other two. Now, she needs to get all three repaired, but because of the damage done, code inspectors have determined she will need to make major changes to stormproof them against future hurricanes. The cost of making those improvements is not cheap. 'Right around $400,000,' she said. That's why Biddle was thrilled to hear about the launch of Elevate Florida — a program designed to help people that need to do more than just fix what's broken. They need to renovate their properties, sometimes even redesign them completely to raise them above flood waters or storm surge. 'I just thought that is fabulous,' Biddle said. 'The state is doing something to help people.' Kevin Guthrie is the executive director for the Florida Division of Emergency Management. In March, Guthrie told 8 On Your Side that the goal of Elevate Florida was to start raising homes in flood-prone areas by this summer. 'Not only is it going to help get people out of the floodway, by getting them out of the floodway, that's going to reduce their flood insurance premiums,' Guthrie said. In Nancy Biddle's case, the program could cover at least 75% of the cost to raise her apartments. If she is approved. Biddle applied Feb. 14 and has been waiting ever since. 'I got an email once it's in process, but I haven't heard anything from the lease at least three months,' she said. The state is relying on $400 million in federal funds to pay for the program. Elevate Florida stopped accepting new applications on April 11, citing funding limitations. That same day, the Federal Emergency Management Agency eliminated $300 million in funding for another program meant to help make communities across Florida less vulnerable to storms. It was called the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, or BRIC. In a statement, a FEMA spokesperson wrote: 'The BRIC program was yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program. It was more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters.' Ethan Frey of the Florida Policy Institute — a non-partisan, not-for-profit think tank — said eliminating programs like BRIC can leave Florida less prepared when the next hurricane comes. 'They've cut numerous programs that fund Florida's emergency response network,' Frey said. Frey said a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to unfreeze federal funding, meaning it's possible the needed funds can flow soon, but Biddle worried that Elevate Florida could face the same fate as BRIC. 'I'm not really sure where this goes,' Biddle said. 'If this, as the government program has ended, we're kind of right back where we started.' 'I think they're right to be worried,' Frey said. 'It's in that same category of funding that the administration right now is labeling as waste fraud and abuse and so it's definitely at risk and a lot of the FEMA funding is still frozen from what we understand. Most of these programs are still held up.' With hurricane season less than a month away, time is running out for Biddle to storm proof her property. She knows she has to adapt. She just hopes she can get some help doing it. 'We live in Florida,' she said. 'It's what happens and there's no denying that we have to be productive in how we change the way we live.' The Florida Department of Emergency Management did not respond to our questions about the future of the Elevate Florida program, but they did issue a statement online that if more funding becomes available, the portal may reopen for more people to apply. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Guardian
05-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
‘Far worse than Morrison': where did the Coalition lose the election?
Peter Dutton's target demographic – mortgage-saddled middle-aged or older Australians, who he tried to court with a fuel cut and tax offset – are among those who abandoned the Coalition at the election, pollsters say. The Liberal party, at this stage, has eight seats to its name that can be defined as urban, and it's likely its next leader will hold a regional seat – the purview of its sister party, the Nationals. Pollsters have attributed Labor's victory to an increase in support from women, younger Australians and some culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Redbridge director Kos Samaras said middle-aged Australians in general also abandoned the Coalition. 'The votes that the Coalition lost over an eight-week period, where we saw the Liberal primary [vote] collapse by about 9%, were mainly people in their 40s and 50s who rent or still have a mortgage, and live in the outer suburbs and regions.' Experts had warned the vote of gen Z and millennials – those born between 1981 and 2010 – were increasing the progressive vote, and were moving away from the major parties. But on two-party preferred votes, those generations, which now outnumber the baby boomers, overwhelmingly supported Labor over the Coalition – on a scale of 60 to 40. 'Amongst gen Z and millennials, the Labor primary is easily around 60% two-party preferred, consistent across all electorates, including regional Australia,' Samaras said. He said women were particularly turned off by the Coalition, and rejected leader Peter Dutton more than former prime minister Scott Morrison. 'The gender split is the biggest I have ever seen, far worse than Morrison,' Samaras said. 'On two-party preferred, Labor's vote amongst women was 55 versus the Coalition's 45, in the electorates we were tracking, and that's amongst areas that we were tracking. That's outer suburban and regional electorates only.' Prof Nicholas Biddle, head of the school of politics and international relations at ANU, said the 'signs were already there'. 'My read of it is that the scale of those shifts were greater than we thought, but the directions were all starting to emerge even late last year and early this year.' Biddle said his research found age, cultural background and gender were all key factors, but also added that education and housing tenure had an impact. 'Where there has been shifts, it would appear that it's in areas with relatively high levels of education, and that's been emerging over a little while, and really it appears the scale has accelerated.' As Coalition support dropped, Biddle said that not all of that, as some had predicted, went out to the minor parties and independents. Labor was able to increase its primary vote across the country, Biddle said. Earlier this year, the shift of support for the Coalition didn't equate to an increase in votes for Labor – but that changed when Australians cast their votes. 'What appears to have occurred is those shifts have gone not just in second and third preferences but even first preferences to Labor,' Biddle said. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email 'It's not just a Coalition loss – it's easy to look at Dutton losing his seat, and the emergence or salience of Donald Trump – but it appears that it is an improvement in support for the Labor party.' Results in Tasmania showed more regional areas left the Coalition for Labor. In Queenstown, in the seat of Braddon, Labor recorded a primary vote of 44% and a swing of more than 20%. Almost a fifth of workers in the area are trades workers and technicians, the kind of voters the Coalition was trying to hold on to. Samaras said voters who spoke a language other than English at home also backed the Labor party over the Coalition. 'That's such a big one, so the two-party preferred for Labor amongst Australians who speak another language at home is 60% across all our research,' he said. 'And of course that is a drastic problem for a party that was trying to win seats in two swing states of NSW and Victoria.' Samaras said it was particularly the Indian and Chinese diaspora who supported Labor. 'This is why they lost Deakin and Menzies [in Victoria].'
CBS News
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Heinz History Center unveils new exhibit revealing rare, unseen artifacts
The Heinz History Center has unlocked its vault to reveal several rarely and never-before-seen objects. The new exhibit, "Pittsburgh's Hidden History," opened on April 26 and tells stories from Pittsburgh's past with a "thematic journey through artifacts, photographs, and documents that connect with our region's history," according to an accompanying news release. Visitors can explore objects from iconic Pittsburgh landmarks like The Original Hot Dog Shop, Primanti Bros., Kaufmann's, and Kennywood. The exhibit also features a getaway sleigh used in a shootout between the Pittsburgh police and the Biddle brothers following a prison break in 1902. The story of prisoners' escape became so famous that a film, "Mrs. Soffel," which starred Mel Gibson and Diane Keaton, was made that details how the inmates escaped the Allegheny County Jail with the help of Kate Soffel, the warden's wife. This new exhibit marks the first time the sleigh has been on public view in a Heinz History Center exhibit. The sleigh the Biddle brothers used to escape Pittsburgh police during a 1902 shootout. Photo Credit: Heinz History Center Other highlights in the exhibit include a "scary Pittsburgh" section, featuring dolls, clown masks, and the green Vampiress from Kennywood's now-shuttered dark ride, Le Cachot. Some of the oldest objects in the collection include an 18th-century key to Fort Duquesne and an unfinished flint tool unearthed at Meadowcroft Rockshelter that dates back 14,000 years. For the Pittsburgh sports fanatic, a 1910 Honus Wagner trading card and the green club jacket worn by Eric Springer, the first African-American member of Oakmont Country Club, are also on display. Throughout the exhibition run, the History Center will host a series of Hidden History Trivia Nights on select Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m., including May 15, June 12, July 10, Aug. 7, and Sept. 4. These special trivia nights are for guests ages 21 or older. The exhibition is on view through Oct. 5, 2025. More information about the exhibit, admission, and the select trivia night programs can be found at this link.
