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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Wild moment Premier Sports Cup match delayed as a SEAGULL causes chaos on the pitch
It's the second time this week a big game in Scotland has been disrupted by a gull WINGING IT Wild moment Premier Sports Cup match delayed as a SEAGULL causes chaos on the pitch Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SEAGULLS have certainly been making an impact on the Scottish football scene over the past few days. And one appeared to be trying to upstage what went on at Tannadice on Thursday night with a dramatic intervention in the Premier Sports Cup! Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 6 A seagull took residence on Raith Rovers' pitch Credit: X / @RaithRovers 6 It started to scamper away when a staff member approached Credit: X / @RaithRovers 6 It wasn't an easy task to get rid of the gull! Credit: X / @RaithRovers A seagull took centre stage during Dundee United's Conference League qualifier with UNA Strassen on Thursday night. The gull caused chaos by flying around and over the pitch - before settling near a corner flag. As fans chanted 'seagull, seagull, seagull' at the bird, it took flight again and just didn't seem to want to go away! Less than 48 hours later, another gull was wreaking havoc! Just 32 miles from Dundee United's Tannadice home, Raith Rovers were in action at Stark's Park against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. It was the side's final Premier Sports Cup group stage clash and ended in a thumping 5-1 win for the hosts. But while there were plenty of goals in Kirkcaldy, it was another seagull that had punters talking! The match was briefly delayed as a stubborn bird decided to plonk itself near the centre circle. In a short clip posted by Raith on X, players could be seen looking a little uneasy as the gull awkwardly lingered. The referee stopped the game - and on came the man of the moment! Barry Robson ponders whether he deserved the sack after a hectic year at Aberdeen - plus his message to ex-Celtic pal turned rival Scott Brown Raith Rovers' head of sports science Mac Kenney sprinted onto the pitch. The unsuspecting gull appeared taken by surprise as Kenney approached it and attempted to scamper away. The Raith staff member managed to then carefully lift the gull before removing it from the pitch to the applause of the fans in attendance. Stunned punters could be heard laughing as he carried it all the way up the stairs to the exit, where the bird could then be seen flying off. The referee was able to restart the game as Kenney made his way back down towards the pitch - appearing to have one final glance back to make sure the gull had departed! Alongside the video, Raith simply said: "Never change, Scottish football." 6 Mac Kenny safely got the gull off of the park Credit: X / @RaithRovers 6 He took it to the exits! Credit: X / @RaithRovers 6 The seagull flew away after being taken away from the pitch Credit: X / @RaithRovers Have YOU got a point for Kris Boyd? Kris Boyd and Roger Hannah chew over the big talking points each week SOMETHING you've just got to get off your chest from the weekend action? A burning Scottish football talking point you can't wait to bring up with Kris Boyd and Roger Hannah? SunSport's GoBallistic show wants to hear from you! So why not help set the Scottish football agenda for the week ahead! Have your say on the game's big topics by emailing us on: GoBallistic@ It's YOUR turn to Go Ballistic! Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Chicago Tribune
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Residents air fears, frustrations at congressman's town hall; ‘Abuses we're seeing … are significant and appalling'
Most calls to the office of U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, concern what he terms the 'big bad bill,' otherwise known as the 'big beautiful bill' signed by President Donald Trump on July 4. But questions at Schneider's most recent town hall, like those from Andi Kenney of Deerfield and Dr. Sarah Kelly, also focused on healthcare or fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Kelly said she was concerned about cuts to funding for low-income medical students creating exorbitant student debt, and Kenney wanted to know how to curb the alleged abuses of ICE personnel and the treatment of the people they arrest. 'Abuses we're seeing day in and day out are significant and appalling,' Kenney said. 'From the masked people who are not showing badges (and) not wearing badges to the detention facilities that are being constructed all around this country.' Kenney and Kelly were among approximately 180 people who attended Schneider's town hall Saturday in Lake Forest eager to learn what their congressman is doing to allay some of their concerns and fears. After Schneider gave an update on the past few weeks in Congress since the signing of the controversial bill and its impact, 14 questions were asked with five about ICE, another handful about healthcare and the rest on a variety of other topics. Schneider was not surprised at the criticism and fear of ICE. He said that after the event the officers' behavior is not geared at law enforcement, but creating fear among people whether they are undocumented or not. 'ICE is terrifying people,' he said. In response to Kenney's concerns about ICE officers' use of masks and an alleged lack of warrants, Schneider described the behavior he believes should be expected from all law enforcement officials. 'If there's a knock on the door and it's a police officer, you see the uniform, you see a badge with the name and the number, and you see his or her face,' he said. 'That's the way it should be. We should be able to see it is an officer of the city, the county, the state, the country.' Though legislation is pending in Congress to require ICE officers to adhere to standard police behavior, Schneider said the Republican majority in both the House of Representatives and Senate will likely prevent it from passage. Another person criticizing ICE agents' tactics wanted to know what guardrails exist to make sure duties are performed as intended, and not to 'terrorize communities.' Schneider talked about the protections contained in the U.S. Constitution which gives 'all persons, not all citizens' the right to due process of law. Explaining how White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller plans to eliminate guardrails, Schneider said everyone in the room, including himself, has a joint responsibility — to continue to make their voices heard. 'Steven Miller is counting on us getting tired, feeling defeated, getting defeated and giving up,' Schneider said. 'We can't get tired, we can't get defeated and we must never give up. We also have the guardrails of the courts. The Constitution is a living document, and we're watching it at a time of great dynamism and threat. We're all in this together. We can't let them beat us down.' Stephen Ladewig of the Round Lake communities said fear is growing and overtaking people where he lives. He wanted to know what Schneider is doing to allay the fear and help those concerned. 'I am a Latino, and the son and grandson of immigrants to this country,' Ladewig said. 'My community is scared. We had ICE in my community yesterday to sweep someone up from a local salon. My community members are not in the street anymore. We're scared to be in the street.' Explaining he has worked on immigration reform since he was first elected to Congress in 2012, Schneider said his office's website contains information on the rights of immigrants, including those who are undocumented. Healthcare advocates concerned that the Affordable Care Act does not give people adequate protection they can afford asked Schneider what could be done. 'We can move to at least a public option that gives that opportunity,' he said. 'Everybody — whoever they are, wherever they live — everybody in the United States should have access to quality, affordable healthcare from providers they trust and know, where they are, when they need it. It's that simple.' Kelly expressed concern about cuts to financial aid or even student loans to low-income medical students. Schneider said the problem goes further than that, with the White House's use of 'ready, fire, aim' cost-cutting. 'The impact it will have is we don't have enough doctors,' Schneider said. 'Rural hospitals are in danger of closing because of the bill. If we had an emergency here in Lake Forest, there would be two, three or four ambulances out there. But in a rural community, it's (at least) an hour.'
Boston Globe
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
With lush surroundings and playful food, Willow & Ivy will grow on you
The capacious dining room and bar are awash in juniper greens and golds; the walls are adorned with embossed upholstery that look like anaglypta wallpaper. The windows are tall; the sunlight streams in; the martinis clink. Everyone appears well-dressed and well-coiffed, right down to our server, with his monogrammed lapel. Advertisement Pineland Farms Beef Carpaccio at Willow & Ivy. Heather Diehl for the Boston Globe What to eat : This is a New England-focused menu, with many ingredients coming from Pineland Farms in Maine: beef carpaccio, skirt steak, filet mignon. Start with the shareable focaccia pie, topped with clouds of burrata, grilled peaches, balsamic, and chili honey ($19). Instead of ingredients baked into the dough, this version is heated and then topped, pie-style, and it's one of the restaurant's most popular items. Another essential: a monstrous lobster roll (market price), cold and tossed in mayo, with a canister of crisp, salty fries. Ask for a side of hot sauce, which comes in a tiny squeezable plastic fish. It tastes like Tabasco, but spicier. Like any good Boston hotel restaurant menu, there's a range of crowd-pleasing, familiar dishes: clam chowder ($19), Cape Cod scallops in a lemongrass ginger broth ($51), apple-brined chicken with whipped Maine potatoes and sweet corn succotash ($35). Advertisement Chef Daniel Kenney at Willow & Ivy. Heather Diehl for the Boston Globe But it's not snoozy. There are also surprises, like the branzino in bacon vinaigrette; a truly majestic iceberg wedge salad topped with pork belly wedges, crumbled Shropshire blue cheese amid an ocean of Great Hill Dairy blue cheese dressing, and some of the freshest, shiniest yellow tomatoes I've spied all summer ($18). For dessert, share a warm double-chocolate brownie sundae, which collapses into rivulets of vanilla ice cream as the sauce is poured tableside, adorned with ice-cold raspberries. (The presentation will earn you looks from neighboring tables.) Garden Strawberry "Shortcake" at Willow & Ivy. Heather Diehl for the Boston Globe Kenney is partial to the raspberry lime rickey crème brûlée. 'It's a play on a traditional New England drink. It's having fun with little things that spark someone's nostalgia. We're trying to have as much fun while having elevated cuisine and giving guests what they want,' he says. What to drink : Cocktails ($17 and up) match the verdant setting. Try a botanic bliss, made with Tito's vodka, St. Germain, lemon, and lavender, a pear martini with pear purée, or a greenhouse margarita with muddled cilantro. There's also a mocktail menu. Customers sit at the bar inside Willow & Ivy. Heather Diehl for the Boston Globe The takeaway : 'We're trying to break away from that stigma of a hotel restaurant, being a local establishment,' Kenney says. They do a good job. I'd gladly return, and I only live a few miles away. 65 Exeter St., Boston, 617-933-4800, Kara Baskin can be reached at
NBC News
02-07-2025
- Health
- NBC News
Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia officials have agreed not to fully enforce a 2020 law banning conversion therapy for minors as part of an agreement with a faith-based conservative group that sued over the law, authorities said earlier this week. The Virginia Department of Health Professions, represented by the state's office of the attorney general, entered into a consent decree with the Founding Freedoms Law Center last month, saying officials will not discipline counselors who engage in talk conversion therapy. Shaun Kenney, a spokesperson with the Virginia Attorney General's Office, said on Tuesday his office was satisfied with the consensus. "This court action fixes a constitutional problem with the existing law by allowing talk therapy between willing counselors and willing patients, including those struggling with gender dysphoria," Kenney said in a statement. "Talk therapy with voluntary participants was punishable before this judgment was entered. This result—which merely permits talk therapy within the standards of care while preserving the remainder of the law—respects the religious liberty and free speech rights of both counselors and patients." A Henrico Circuit Court judge signed the consent decree in June. Two professional counselors represented by the law center sued the state's health department and counseling board last September, arguing that the law violated their right to religious freedom. The term "conversion therapy" refers to a scientifically discredited practice of using therapy in an attempt to convert LGBTQ people to heterosexuality. The practice has been banned in 23 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ rights think tank. The practice has been a matter of dispute in several states. A ruling is expected any day from the Wisconsin Supreme Court over whether a legislative committee's rejection of a state agency rule that would ban the practice of "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ people was unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in March to take up a case from Colorado to determine whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ children. According to the law center, the Virginia consent decree applies not only to the two counselors but to all counselors in Virginia. "We are grateful to the Defendants in this case and to the Attorney General, who did the right thing by siding with the Constitution," the law center said in a statement. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, who backed the 2020 bill, blasted the decree. "This was a statute that was enacted to save lives," he told reporters during a Zoom session on Tuesday. "All the research, all the professional psychiatric organizations have condemned conversion therapy. They say it doesn't work, and they say it's counterproductive."
Winnipeg Free Press
02-07-2025
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials have agreed not to fully enforce a 2020 law banning conversion therapy for minors as part of an agreement with a faith-based conservative group that sued over the law, authorities said earlier this week. The Virginia Department of Health Professions, represented by the state's office of the attorney general, entered into a consent decree with the Founding Freedoms Law Center last month, saying officials will not discipline counselors who engage in talk conversion therapy. Shaun Kenney, a spokesperson with the Virginia Attorney General's Office, said on Tuesday his office was satisfied with the consensus. 'This court action fixes a constitutional problem with the existing law by allowing talk therapy between willing counselors and willing patients, including those struggling with gender dysphoria,' Kenney said in a statement. 'Talk therapy with voluntary participants was punishable before this judgment was entered. This result—which merely permits talk therapy within the standards of care while preserving the remainder of the law—respects the religious liberty and free speech rights of both counselors and patients.' A Henrico Circuit Court judge signed the consent decree in June. Two professional counselors represented by the law center sued the state's health department and counseling board last September, arguing that the law violated their right to religious freedom. The term 'conversion therapy' refers to a scientifically discredited practice of using therapy in an attempt to convert LGBTQ people to heterosexuality. The practice has been banned in 23 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ+ rights think tank. The practice has been a matter of dispute in several states. A ruling is expected any day from the Wisconsin Supreme Court over whether a legislative committee's rejection of a state agency rule that would ban the practice of 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ people was unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in March to take up a case from Colorado to determine whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. According to the law center, the Virginia consent decree applies not only to the two counselors but to all counselors in Virginia. 'We are grateful to the Defendants in this case and to the Attorney General, who did the right thing by siding with the Constitution,' the law center said in a statement. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, who backed the 2020 bill, blasted the decree. 'This was a statute that was enacted to save lives,' he told reporters during a Zoom session on Tuesday. 'All the research, all the professional psychiatric organizations have condemned conversion therapy. They say it doesn't work, and they say it's counterproductive.'
