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Chicago Tribune
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Morton freshman Analiya Feliciano is ‘just doing my thing.' Like hitting over .700 in her high school debut.
Morton's Analiya Feliciano sets high standards for herself. Although the freshman shortstop didn't know what to expect in her debut with the Governors, she knew she wasn't going to settle for anything. 'I know I have potential, and I can do better, so I'm really hard on myself,' Feliciano said. 'When I came in, I was a little bit nervous because I was the freshman on the team. I had no experience with a high school team. But now that I'm on the team, I'm super comfortable with the girls. So I'm just doing my thing. I'm just showing all of my skills and talent.' And how. Feliciano was hitting .718 with seven doubles, two triples, three homers, 21 RBIs, 32 runs scored and 29 stolen bases, topping the team in each category, before Great Lakes Athletic Conference champion Morton (9-5, 3-0) played Griffith on Tuesday. Feliciano has impressed veteran coach Lisa Owens-Korba, who is in her first season leading the Governors after two as an assistant. 'She's a great kid,' Owens-Korba said. 'She's also a straight-A student. She's fantastic all around. She's supportive of everybody on the team. She's the one who makes sure everybody is up. She keeps on them, makes sure they're part of it, working. She takes everything as if it's a game situation. When we're out here practicing, she never goes half at anything. 'She very much takes a leadership role on our team. She's very much the first person to say, 'Let's do this, let's do that,' without having to be tapped. It's big to step up when you're 14, 15 years old.' Feliciano tends to meet hurdles head on. She was asked about Morton playing perennial power Crown Point in a Class 4A Crown Point Sectional opener next week. 'It's OK,' she said. 'I like the competition.' Feliciano also played volleyball for the Governors. 'It was way different from middle school volleyball, way more competitive,' she said. 'But I like the challenge.' Owens-Korba hasn't been too surprised by Feliciano's performance. 'I had heard good things about her, and then I saw her at volleyball games, so I knew she was highly athletic,' Owens-Korba said. 'Her reputation does her justice. She's fantastic.' Feliciano credits her older sister Angelyna Lopez, a former standout for the Governors who graduated in 2023, for helping pave the way. 'She got me into softball because she played before me,' Feliciano said. 'She brought out my love for the game. Watching her made me determined to play.' Feliciano hasn't looked back. 'Softball is my sport,' she said. 'I've been playing since I was 7 years old. I work to improve every day. It's fun playing the game. 'It's about having a positive mindset. I always have a good attitude. I'm always willing to play wherever. I don't care where I'm put. I just live for softball, so as long as I'm on the field, working hard, that's all that matters.' Feliciano also helps coach her younger sister's team, and her father Angel Feliciano is in his first season as an assistant with the Governors. 'Softball is life in our household,' Angel Feliciano said. 'Ball is life. All year round, not a week off.' Morton junior pitcher Ei'lani Herrera sees the fruits of Analiya Feliciano's labors. 'She's a great player, talented, all of the above,' Herrera said. 'What she's doing as a freshman, that's really amazing.' Feliciano plans to keep moving forward. 'If people don't know if they want to keep doing a sport or not, just keep it up,' she said. 'In the end, you never know what results you're going to get. You should just keep trying no matter what. A little work pays off a whole lot. 'I never thought I'd be super great at softball when I started when I was 7. But now that I'm here, I feel great.'
Epoch Times
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Supreme Court Sides With Reservists in Dispute Over Active Duty Pay
The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 on April 30 that federal employees who also serve as military reservists have to receive pay equivalent to their civilian salaries when they serve on active duty during national emergencies. The ruling may have an impact on tens of thousands of government employees or more. The majority Justice Clarence Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Air traffic controller Nick Feliciano argued that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is part of the Department of Transportation, should have provided him full pay after his two years of involuntary work as a reservist for the U.S. Coast Guard was completed in 2014. Feliciano was required to perform work as a reservist, escorting military vessels in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor during national emergencies related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to his Related Stories 4/30/2025 4/30/2025 Reservists' pay is often lower than the pay they receive for their federal civilian jobs. To make sure reservists do not suffer a financial disadvantage for their active-duty service, a differential pay statute states that the government must pay them their salary for the federal civilian job during reserve service. For the two years after he was called up in 2012, Feliciano's pay was topped up under the differential pay law. In 2014, Feliciano extended his work as a reservist until 2017, but for those three years, he received only reservist-level pay, according to court papers. Feliciano argued he should have received the higher pay for the three years because the Reservists Pay Security Act requires it when a reservist has to go on duty 'during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress.' Feliciano argued he should receive the higher pay because he served during the national emergency that was declared at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In its new ruling, the Supreme Court found that the pay of reservists called to active duty during an emergency should be equal to the pay they would have received from their federal civilian jobs. 'A federal civilian employee called to active duty pursuant to 'any other provision of law ... during a national emergency' is entitled to differential pay without having to prove that his service was substantively connected in some particular way to some particular emergency,' Gorsuch wrote. In his dissent, Thomas wrote that the court was called upon to decide the meaning of the phrase 'during a national emergency.' 'Depending on the context, that phrase could require only that a national emergency be concurrently ongoing, or it could require that a reservist's service also be in support of a particular national emergency. Given the context here, I would conclude that a reservist is called to serve 'during a national emergency' only if his call comes in the course of an operation responding to a national emergency,' Thomas wrote. This is a developing story. It will be updated.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Yahoo
Southern California mother living in fear as neighbor harasses her daily, hurls racial slurs
A Santa Clarita mother said she and her children are living in fear after being repeatedly harassed and threatened by their next-door neighbor. Alejandra Feliciano lives at a condominium in the Canyon Country area where she said her neighbor terrorizes her family almost daily. Many of the hostile interactions were captured by her front door camera. She said the harassment, which remains unprovoked, has been ongoing for years, but in the last several months, the hostility had escalated. 'I'm terrified,' Feliciano told KTLA's John Fenoglio. 'He'll come out with a belt and antagonize the camera as if he's going to hit us. He has used sticks before. He'll use his Doberman dog without a leash.' Footage shows the man aggressively walking towards the door and flipping off the camera. Feliciano said he constantly shouts racial slurs at her and her children. 'He has this thing where he feels very strongly about us because we're Hispanic,' she said. She said the man waits for her family to exit their front door when timing his harassment. He has even reportedly waited outside her garage door with his dog by his side. One video clip captured him threatening to 'pistol whip' her and her son. Feliciano has filed a police report against the man and said she is in the process of obtaining a restraining order. But outside of the man physically harming her or her kids, she said authorities can't do much about the situation. Although she said the easiest solution would be to move, Feliciano said she can't afford to do so and at this point, feels trapped and helpless. She has tried speaking with him but said she was unsuccessful as the threats and racial slurs continue every day. 'I want peace,' she said. 'I just want him to leave us alone.' Feliciano said she saved all her recordings of the neighbor out of fear for her safety and as evidence to present to authorities. So far, the man has not been charged with a crime, however, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said they are investigating the matter. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Yahoo
Deputies seize five guns, over 1,000 grams of meth during drug bust in Onslow County
ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Two people were arrested after a drug bust in Onslow County. On Thursday, deputies with the Onslow County Sheriff's Office, as well as other law enforcement units, did three-drug related search warrants on Wild Geese Lane and Duncan Road South in Richlands. During the operation, law enforcement seized approximately 1,343 grams of methamphetamine, five grams of fentanyl, five guns, one of which was reported stolen, a 2017 Ford Fusion and $6,792. Investigators made two arrests as a result of the search warrants: William Feliciano was charged with: Felony Trafficking Methamphetamine (x6) Felony Maintaining Dwelling for a Controlled Substance Felony PWSID Schedule II Controlled Substance (x2) Felony Trafficking Heroin/Opium (x2) Felony Manufacture Methamphetamine (x2) Possession Drug Paraphernalia (x2) Feliciano received a $2.5 million secured bond and is in the Onslow County Detention Center waiting for his next court date. Concetta Star Dearborn was charged with: Felony Maintaining Dwelling for a Controlled Substance (x2) Felony PWSID Schedule II Controlled Substance (x2) Felony Trafficking Heroin/Opium (x2) Felony Manufacture Methamphetamine Possession Drug Paraphernalia (x2) Felony Trafficking Methamphetamine (x3) Dearborn also received a $2.5 million secured bond and is in the Onslow County Detention Center waiting for her next court date. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Yahoo
Local couple suing boat manufacturer, seller after baby permanently injured in 2024 boating incident
Local parents are suing a Jacksonville store and Canadian boat manufacturer after they say their 11-month-old received a permanent brain injury during a boating incident. According to the lawsuit, William Grullon and Sheila Feliciano, the parents of the toddler, were boating at Black Creek Marina in Clay County on Aug. 25, 2024. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< The lawsuit alleges that while approaching the boat ramp, the boat 'suddenly and without warning flipped upside down.' Grullon and Feliciano were thrown from the boat, but the baby was trapped underneath. The lawsuit states the child suffered a 'catastrophic anoxic brain injury.' According to the lawsuit, the boat was a 2024 Sea-Doo Switch, which is manufactured by a Canadian Foreign Corporation called Bombardier Recreational Sports, Inc. The boat was sold to the family in July 2024 by Jacksonville Power Sports. The couple alleges the boat was advertised as 'safe, reliable and seaworthy.' [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] The lawsuit states Bombardier Recreational Sports, Inc. knew the boat was 'prone to flipping' based on previous complaints and the design. Grullon and Feliciano are suing for $50,000. The family will hold a news conference about the lawsuit on Thursday at the Black Creek Marina, according to the family's lawyer. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
