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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Yahoo
Hammond man accused in child's hot car death investigation
HAMMOND, La. (WGNO) — A child is dead and a man is in police custody accused of her death. According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office , around 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, deputies were alerted of a child being found unresponsive inside a vehicle. Woman struck, killed by vehicle on Laplace highway An investigation revealed, at 2:30 a.m. 35-year-old Joseph Boatman had picked up his 21-month-old daughter from a family member's home, strapped her into the car seat, went inside but did not return. STPSO detectives said the child was in the vehicle for over nine hours. They add that prior to the incident, Boatman allegedly consumed multiple alcoholic beverages. 'This is a devastating loss that no family ever wants to face,' Sheriff Randy Smith said. 'When a child is left in a vehicle, especially on a day when the heat index climbs over 100 degrees, the outcome can turn deadly in a matter of minutes. This case involved compromised judgment, and the result was heartbreaking.' New Orleans crash leaves two people dead Boatman was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on a charge of second-degree preparedness supplies you should have for hurricane season Communities in Schools – Gulf South WGNO to volunteer with Giving Hope NOLA for Nexstar's Founder's Day In deploying National Guard, Trump critics see 'run around' of Insurrection Act Fungi concerns spark nationwide recall of Zicam and Orajel products Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Miami Herald
9 hours ago
- Miami Herald
Toddler dies when dad leaves her in hot car overnight, Louisiana deputies say
A dad is accused of leaving his young daughter in a hot car for over nine hours, leading to her death, according to Louisiana authorities. Joseph Boatman is now charged with second-degree murder, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said in a news release June 9. Deputies said Boatman had been drinking before he picked up his 21-month-old daughter from a family member's home at about 2:30 a.m. June 8. 'After strapping the toddler in her car seat, Boatman went back inside the residence and never returned to the vehicle,' deputies said. Shortly before noon, about nine hours later, another family member found the girl in the car and called 911, according to investigators. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said the situation 'involved compromised judgment.' 'This is a devastating loss that no family ever wants to face,' Smith said. 'When a child is left in a vehicle, especially on a day when the heat index climbs over 100 degrees, the outcome can turn deadly in a matter of minutes.' Boatman was booked in jail June 8, records show. St. Tammany Parish is about a 50-mile drive north from New Orleans. Hot car deaths More than 1,000 children have died in hot cars since 1998, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 'About 40 children a year die from heatstroke, either because they were left or became trapped in a car,' officials said. 'That's about one child every 10 days killed in a hot car.' Hot car deaths are most common in the summer, but they can happen at any time, according to the administration. The first 'vehicular heatstroke' of the year typically happens in March. 'Leaving a window open is not enough – temperatures inside the car can rise almost 20 degrees Fahrenheit within the first 10 minutes, even with a window cracked open,' the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. If you see a child alone in a vehicle, officials said you should make sure the child is responsive and if not, immediately call 911.
Daily Mirror
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'My first £1million win took 25 years - it's not just a young person's game'
Barny Boatman is one of the most recognisable faces from poker's early days and secured the best score of his career after a quarter of a century playing around the world If you followed poker in the late 90s and early 2000s, you're probably familiar with Barny Boatman from his appearances on the iconic Late Night Poker show. While some of his poker opponents from those days have taken on different endeavours, with Victoria Coren Mitchell carving out a TV presenting career and Tony Bloom now the owner of a successful Premier League football club, Boatman has shown he can still compete with the best on the felt. Boatman was part of a quartet known as the 'Hendon Mob' alongside his brother - EastEnders actor Ross - and their friends Ram Vaswani and Joe Beevers. All four enjoyed six-figure scores during the 2000s, when poker experienced a period of mainstream growth known as the 'boom' era, with Beevers winning $1m when it was worth a little over £500,000, but they might have all given up on a million pound payday until Barny made a stunning comeback last year. Over the past decade, the godfather of British poker - now 69 years of age - has been more selective with which tournaments he plays. He spent a few years living in Spain before returning to London to care for his mother, though there were a few poker trips, usually to Las Vegas and Dublin, mixed in. Things changed when he won a little over £80,000 in a tournament in the Czech Republic at the end of 2023 and decided to head back out on the circuit. Two months later, he entered a PokerStars European Poker Tour event in Paris and finished first out of 1,224 entries to win £1.1million. A little over a year on from that experience, Mirror Sport sat down with Boatman at another EPT event in Monte Carlo. There, he explained his journey back to the top - and offered up his theory on why he can still more than hold his own against opponents young enough to be his grandchildren. "I think that one of the things I hope i'm reminding people of is that this is still the game that you love, that you play around the kitchen table, that you got involved in because it was exciting," he says. "And there's still a place for using your personality, using your people skills. "Of course you have to adapt, there are old-school players who kind of give up because they've got their game, i'd say it's a bit like somebody who's learned a bit of French and can get by and ordeer a drink and ask directions, and they go 'Alright, that's all the French I need'. That's never going to get you into a conversation about philosophy. "But why [poker] is fun is because there's always stuff to learn, there's always a new situation every day. You can learn a lot from solvers [poker strategy software], but things really stick in your head and you really understand them when they happen to you. And I have got a big database of experience, and that does count." Boatman points to poker as an equal-opportunities pursuit - as long as you're of legal gambling age and can afford to buy into a tournament, you can play against some of the best and most successful in the world. He is one of more than 1,000 players to do that in the main event in Monte Carlo, where some entrants have put in €5,300 for their shot at the €1m (just under £850,000) first prize and others have come through qualifying tournaments for a lot less. He doesn't make the money in the main event, but he does cash in several other tournaments during the multi-day festival, including a win in a smaller tournament for a first-place prize of around €20,000. It was far from his first cash in Monaco, though. Indeed, he made the money in the first ever EPT Grand Final in the very same city, back in 2005. "What I remember is how different it was and how exciting it was [when the EPT started]," he says. "Up until that time, the Americans had had it all their own way. "If we wanted to play in a really big event, we had to fly over to Las Vegas, probably sleep three in a bed or whatever, be jetlagged and have to deal with different rulings and with people saying 'English only at the table' when we spoke because they couldn't understand what we were saying! It always felt that we were literally playing away. "So to have something on our own doorstep which was of the scale, which was so inclusive, so exciting, it was like all of a sudden they were shining a big light on everything. Up until then we'd been playing small events, going all around Europe, maybe the same 120 people you'd see every week, and it wasn't necessarily particularly welcoming. "All of a sudden, because of the involvement of PokerStars they were bringing in a much wider demographic of people. They were offering people the whole experience of being in a beautiful city and all this, which they hadn't done before. "And also it was run by poker players and conceived of by poker players. [EPT founder] John Duthie was the guy, and he knew what he was doing, he knew what we wanted, so we felt we were in good hands." There's a case that, without that early growth, poker wouldn't be popular enough to still be paying out seven-figure prizes around the world. Boatman has certainly caught the bug once more, making the money in tournaments in four different countries this year alone, but he hasn't forgotten about what got him excited about this game long before his first recorded tournament score back in 1998. "We used to play in a game, the Archway game, where [me and Ross] used to live, and that's recently been revived," he says. "[The playwright] Patrick Marber is in that game and we'd play round his place or around my place, so we do play a bit. "I don't know anybody who started playing poker and then stopped. People love it. It's got everything - it's so social, it's so competitive and you can learn and improve."
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Wichita issued proclamation for Transgender Day of Visibility; the mayor didn't sign it
Wichita Mayor Lily Wu refused to read a proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility at the City Council's first evening meeting of the year. Traditionally, the mayor reads and signs proclamations for the city. City code also says the mayor will sign proclamations. Wu did read and sign proclamations at the meeting for Developmental Disability Awareness Month and Into the Light Day. She did not for Transgender Day of Visibility. 'I respect the will of this council and my four colleagues who voted in favor of the first proclamation; council member (Becky) Tuttle, (Brandson) Johnson, (Maggie) Ballard and (Mike) Hoheisel,' Wu said. 'Since this is a first for the city of Wichita, and I know each of you is passionate about this, I'm going to yield the floor to any of you who would like to have the honor of reading the first proclamation.' Council member Maggie Ballard read and signed the proclamation instead. 'You ran on 'All for Wichita', and it's disappointing you're not showing unity today,' Ballard said before reading the proclamation. Abi Boatman, a transgender military veteran, gave an impassioned speech while accepting the proclamation. 'Time will tell your story, and in fact, it already has,' Boatman said while holding up a picture of a Nazi book burning. Dozens of people came to Tuesday's council meeting in support of the proclamation. Some also showed up in opposition. 'Leave our children alone,' a spectator said as Boatman spoke. Boatman was met with a standing ovation in the council chambers. 'Get to know someone before you hate them,' Boatman said in an interview with The Eagle. 'And even then, I don't think we have the right to hate people that aren't hurting or imposing harm on someone.' Proclamations are requested by residents and then issued during council meetings if approved by the council. Council members vote by email on whether to issue proclamations and only need a simple majority to go forward. Council members Tuttle, Johnson, Ballard, and Hoheisel all voted in favor of the proclamation via email, so it moved forward. Speaking with an Eagle reporter after Tuesday night's meeting, the mayor said she'd like to have votes on proclamations be more public, but said she wouldn't have voted in favor of reading the Day of Visibility proclamation. 'Singling out one specific group, I do not believe I would have voted in favor,' Wu said. Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual event on March 31 that celebrates transgender people and raises awareness about transgender discrimination. The Kansas Legislature recently passed a ban for gender-affirming care for minors in Kansas. Upon re-entering the White House this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned transgender people from serving in the military.
Axios
18-03-2025
- Business
- Axios
Distillery and bar to open in Raleigh's Seaboard Station
Raleigh restaurant and bar veterans are joining forces to bring a distillery and cocktail bar to the city's Seaboard Station development in the coming months. Driving the news: Boatman Spirits Co. is slated to open in May as one of the largest tenants in the $500 million development. What to expect: Boatman will use local grains and oak barrels to produce vodka, gin, single malt whiskey, rye whiskey, seasonal fruit brandies and arak, a traditional Mediterranean spirit, in its 3,000 square-foot distillery. In addition to craft cocktails, beer and wine, Boatman will also serve a Mediterranean street food-inspired menu featuring items like a lamb kebab burger and za'atar-spiced chicken wings in its 4,000 square-foot restaurant and bar. Zoom in: The team behind Boatman brings a wealth of restaurant and bar experience. Zack Thomas, who will oversee the bar, has bartended at some of the region's most iconic spots: Crawford & Son, The Crunkleton, Foundation, Lawrence Barbecue and Killjoy. Aaron Lambert, Boatman's director of operations, currently manages Transfer Food Hall and previously served as the general manager at Whiskey Kitchen. Geremy Prichard, distiller and production manager, studied bioprocessing sciences from N.C. State University and trained as a winemaker in Napa Valley. George Ghneim is a veterinarian, epidemiologist and owner of several vet hospitals in the Triangle who opened Riviera Mediterranean Resto & Lounge in downtown Raleigh in 2006.
