Latest news with #Laurens
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Another sinkhole reported in Laurens
LAURENS, S.C. (WSPA) – The Laurens Police Department reported that another sinkhole has appeared in Laurens. The sink hole appeared at the intersection of East Main Street near the Tractor Supply and Chic-fil-a. Authorities said that first responders are currently on scene with the South Carolina Department of Transportation to assess the damage. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'I expect Liverpool to force PSG to not play their game in second leg'
French football journalist Julien Laurens says Paris St-Germain will "go for it" at Anfield after dominating Wednesday's Champions League round of 16 first leg against Liverpool despite a 1-0 French champions had 27 shots in the match - the second-most on record by a side in a Champions League knockout match in which they both failed to score and lost."This PSG team only plays one way home or away," Laurens told the Football Daily podcast."You can force them to play long because they can't get out of your press and make it difficult but they will always try and play."There were times I didn't really recognise the Liverpool team we have seen this season. Virgil van Dijk, the best defender in the world, doesn't time waste after 15 minutes, he doesn't often play that long. It's not often Mohammed Salah is that anonymous. PSG forced them to play like that."Visiting Anfield next week will be a different proposition for Luis Enrique's side, and Laurens believes the Reds can disrupt their opponents in a similar way to what was done to them."I expect Liverpool to do the same next week to Paris and force them to not play their game," he added. "Liverpool will be in their faces and they also have a lead. They can't attack all the time and leave space in behind."The way both teams approach the game will be really interesting. For PSG they have to go for it. They might lose 3-1 for it because they will give Liverpool spaces, they will attack and try and play in their half like they did in Paris. "It is much more difficult to do away from home, especially in Liverpool, and they might pay for it but they will go for it for sure."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Delta Passenger Who Survived Upside Down Crash Landing in Toronto Sues Airline: 'Drenched With Jet Fuel'
Eighty people aboard a Delta aircraft survived when their flight crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Feb. 17 Marthinus Lourens, one of the passengers, filed a lawsuit against Delta and Endeavor Air, alleging he suffered injuries from the ordeal The lawsuit comes as Delta is offering compensation of $30,000 to each of the 76 passengers from the flight A passenger on the Delta flight from Minnesota that crash-landed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport runway earlier this week filed a lawsuit against the airline company, alleging that he was 'drenched with jet fuel' during the ordeal. In a complaint filed on Thursday, Feb. 20, in the U.S. District Court in Georgia, and later obtained by PEOPLE, passenger Marthinus Lourens said he was injured during the Monday, Feb. 17 landing and evacuation from Delta Flight 4819 that carried 76 passengers and four crew members. According to video footage, Delta Flight 4819 landed on the airport's icy runway as snow covered the ground around it. Related: D.C Plane Crash Investigation Explained: All the Answers to Your Key Questions Before the plane could come to a stop, it skidded, flipped upside down and burst into flames. Miraculously, all those aboard the plane survived, although there were at least 18 reported injuries. "All 80 people on board were evacuated," the FAA said in a statement at the time, adding, "The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation and will provide any updates." Lourens, a resident of Texas, said in the complaint that he sustained significant injuries to his head, back, knees and face due to the crash. 'During the crash sequence, Mr. Laurens was belted in his seat, which prevented him from sustaining life-threatening injuries. As the plane rolled upside down, Mr. Laurens was drenched with jet fuel,' read the complaint. 'Experiencing the crash and being suspended upside down by his seatbelt while drenched with jet fuel, in a burning plane, caused Mr. Laurens to suffer severe emotional distress and mental anguish,' it continued. Related: EMTs Reveal Mother and Daughter Who Died in Philadelphia Plane Crash Were 'Excited to Go' Home The complaint also stated Laurens suffered additional injuries 'when he released his seatbelt and fell to the ceiling of the upside-down aircraft.' Lourens alleged Delta and Endeavor Air — a regional subsidiary that operated the flight and was named as a co-defendant in the complaint — 'breached their duty of care' to him by their failure to reasonably operate, maintain and control the aircraft. The plaintiff also claimed that as a result of the incident, he faces current and future medical expenses and was deprived of his enjoyment of life and interests, the complaint added. 'As a result of said accident, Mr. Lourens suffered great pain, agony and mental anguish, and in the future shall continue to suffer from same,' read the document. Lourens maintained that Delta and Endeavor 'are liable to pay full, fair and reasonable damages" to him "pursuant to the Montreal Convention and applicable law,' read the court document. Related: All 10 Alaska Plane Crash Victims Have Been Identified: Authorities According to the International Air Transport Association, the Montreal Convention, a treaty, determines liability for airlines in matters of 'death or injury to passengers, as well as in cases of delay, damage or loss of baggage and cargo.' Compensation for passengers injured on international flights can amount up to $200,000, according to the treaty, CBS News reported—but that figure can go higher if the airline is found negligent. Lourens is seeking in excess of $200,000 in damages, according to the complaint. 'As a result of Delta's negligence, Marty Lourens suffered significant physical injuries," Lourens' attorney Andres Pereira said in a statement to PEOPLE. "During the crash sequence, Mr. Lourens was belted in his seat, as the plane slammed to the runway then rolled upside down. Mr. Lourens was drenched with jet fuel in a burning plane, and when he unbelted, fell to the ceiling in the upside down plane and had to assist opening the cabin door as the flight attendant could not open it. He then assisted getting the passengers out of the plane despite his physical injuries and trauma.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. PEOPLE contacted Delta for comment on Friday, Feb. 21. The lawsuit comes as Delta announced its compensation for the 76 passengers from the flight. Each of them would be given $30,000. 'Delta Care Team representatives are telling customers this gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights,' a spokesperson for the airline told PEOPLE on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The airline also announced in an update shared the same day that it was working 'to secure, identify and sort customers' bags that were removed from the aircraft.' Delta also stated in its update that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and other stakeholders were starting its investigation into the incident. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What I saw at the Revolution: A South Carolinian who deserves greater recognition
Elijah Malcomb (second from right) played John Laurens in the 2021 national tour of 'Hamilton.' (Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus) It was great to see John Laurens on the Peace Center stage in Greenville the other day. For a man who's been dead for 243 years, he looked terrific. Laurens, a South Carolina hero of the Revolutionary War, occupies an important place as a character in Lin-Manuel Miranda's blockbuster musical 'Hamilton.' I'm not sure, however, that the real-life Laurens occupies a prominent place in the hearts of South Carolinians. He's often been relegated to a 'footnote' in the revolution, his biographer says. And that's a shame. The man was extraordinary. Laurens, born in Charleston in 1754, was a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and aide-de-camp (a special assistant) to Gen. George Washington. Washington said of Laurens, 'No man possessed more of the amor patria (love of country). In a word, he had not a fault.' Washington trusted him to the extent that he appointed Laurens as the American commissioner for drafting formal terms of the British surrender following the decisive battle of Yorktown. Laurens was recklessly brave in battle. After the Battle of Brandywine, the Marquis de Lafayette quipped about Laurens, 'It was not his fault that he was not killed or wounded. He did everything that was necessary to procure one or t'other.' Perhaps most impressively, Laurens was also a fierce abolitionist in fiercely slaveholding South Carolina. In 'Hamilton,' Laurens (played by Nathan Haydel, 22), raps on stage: 'But we'll never be truly free/Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me.' That closely follows the real-life Laurens' own words: 'We Americans at least in the Southern colonies, cannot contend with a good grace, for liberty, until we shall have enfranchised our slaves.' Laurens spoke out against slavery 80 years before the Civil War when 60% of the population in South Carolina were enslaved people of color. That jumped to 90% in some parts of the Lowcountry, according to historian Robert Allison. Lauren's own father, Henry Laurens, was a slaveholder and a partner in the largest slave-trading establishment in North America. In 1779, John Laurens gained approval from the Continental Congress for his plan to recruit a brigade of 3,000 South Carolina slaves by promising them freedom in return for fighting. However, South Carolina's conservative leaders rejected the plan. Elected to the S.C. House of Representatives, Laurens tried three more times to put his plan into action, but it was overwhelmingly opposed by state leaders. It took uncommon guts, in other words, for John Laurens to openly advocate for freedom for Blacks rather than merely acquiescing to colonial popular opinion in South Carolina. 'John Laurens was the most militant opponent of slavery in this band of brothers (the other revolutionaries),' Miranda said in his book 'Hamilton: The Revolution.' Some argue that Laurens was the most forward-thinking and modern of the revolutionaries and founding fathers — a group, of course, that includes Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, Madison and the rest. 'Laurens speaks more clearly to us today than other men of the American Revolution whose names are far more familiar,' his biographer Gregory D. Massey wrote in 2003. 'Laurens believed Blacks shared a similar nature with whites, which included a natural right to liberty. To that extent, at least, his beliefs make him our contemporary, a man worthy of more attention than the footnote he has been in most accounts of the American Revolution.' A 'footnote' indeed: There's not one statue of Laurens in the entire state of South Carolina. Laurens merits only a passing reference in Walter Edgar's authoritative 'South Carolina: A History.' If Laurens is only an asterisk in accounts of the revolution, it's probably because he had the misfortune to be killed at the age of just 27, before he had the opportunity to obtain the higher office for which he seemed destined, much like his good friend Hamilton. On Aug. 27, 1782, Laurens was shot from his saddle during the Battle of the Combahee River in South Carolina. He was one of the last casualties of the Revolutionary War. 'To me, his death is the greatest 'What-If' in American history,' Miranda wrote. 'A voice for emancipation from a surviving Revolutionary War veteran and a favorite of Washington: We'll never know what could have been.' I think Miranda decided to include Laurens in his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical for the same reason that he wrote about Hamilton: He believed that Laurens, like Hamilton, had been neglected by history. Hamilton and Laurens were also the best of friends. Some speculate they were lovers. They wrote affectionate letters to each other at a time when it was not uncommon for men to express such sentiments. It's true, of course, that Laurens County and the city of Laurens in the Upstate bear his family's name. There are streets named after Laurens and his father in Charleston, Greenville, Aiken, and Beaufort. But I hope that John Laurens will earn a prominent spot in South Carolina's 2026 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. We need to do far more to honor this South Carolina hero. The musical 'Hamilton,' by the way, continues at the Peace Center through Feb. 16. At a time of chaos and deep division in contemporary Washington, 'Hamilton' reaffirms fundamental American values to a throbbing beat of rap and hip-hop. Spending time with revolutionaries like Hamilton and Laurens offers a gale-force breath of patriotism and inspiration.
