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Miami Herald
a day ago
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Driver using vise grips as steering wheel slams into highway wall, OK cops say
Police and firefighters responding to the scene of a highway crash were surprised to discover the driver had no steering wheel, but was getting by thanks to an unsafe workaround, Oklahoma officials say. Maybe the Okie motorist was too busy, or a little strapped for cash to buy a replacement for their missing steering wheel, so instead it seems they dug around in their tool bag and pulled out a very questionable solution — a pair of vise grips, photos show. 'There are all kinds of cars and trucks on the road today—different makes, models, and styles. But no matter how unique, every vehicle needs the same basic parts: a body, wheels, mirrors, a motor… and a steering wheel,' the Oklahoma City Fire Department said in a July 26 Facebook post, sharing a photo of a pickup truck stuck on top of a highway wall. 'One vehicle involved in a recent multi-vehicle crash was missing that last part. Instead of a steering wheel, it had vise grips attached to the steering column,' the department said. Nobody was injured in the collision, firefighters said. Is it silly? Is it sad? Seems like it's a bit both. But more than anything it's dangerous, and against the law, Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. 'For those who may not know, operating a vehicle on public roadways with vise grips instead of a steering wheel is not just a bad idea, it's illegal. Under 47 O.S. § 12‑201(1)(a), it's a misdemeanor to drive a vehicle 'known to be in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person,'' OHP said. 'While (vise grips) are known for their versatility, steering a two-ton vehicle on public roads isn't one of their intended uses.' One big question remains, and apparently not even state troopers have the answer. 'And seriously… where did the steering wheel go? How do you lose a steering wheel?' troopers said.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
OHP: Kasey Alert issued for 50-year-old Garfield County man
GARFIELD COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Kasey Alert for a 50-year-old Garfield County man. According to OHP, 50-year-old Donald Brasher was last seen driving a White Chevy Pickup truck with Oklahoma tag JSS555. The truck has large orange blinkers on the front and a silver toolbox in the back. Brasher is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 210 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. OHP says he is believed to be suicidal and is possibly armed with a handgun. If you see Brasher, please call 911. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Spectator
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Summer opera festivals have gone Wagner mad
Another week, another Wagner production at a summer opera festival. This never used to happen. When John Christie launched Glyndebourne in the 1930s, he hoped to stage the Ring. So he gathered a team of refugee musicians from Germany, who quickly assured him that it was impossible and he should stick to Mozart. The man who changed all that was Martin Graham, the plimsoll-wearing founder of Longborough Festival Opera, who died in April at the age of 83. Graham was irrepressible; a self-taught enthusiast. With no one around to tell him it couldn't be done, he pushed ahead regardless, staging the Ring cycle twice in as many decades. And now look. We've got Parsifal at Glyndebourne (its third Wagner staging), a chamber-sized Tristan coming up at Grimeborn and a full Ring cycle starting next year at Grange Park Opera – which, having built its own back-garden theatre, has followed the Martin Graham playbook still further by importing Longborough's music director Anthony Negus. Meanwhile in Notting Hill, Opera Holland Park has taken a first step into the Bayreuth club with The Flying Dutchman, Wagner's shortest opera, and the least Wagnerian that actually sounds Wagnerian, if that makes any sense. It certainly makes sense for OHP, which is still operating on a Covid-era stage that places the orchestra in the middle of the performance space. That's not invariably a bad thing: the orchestra is the sea on which this drama sails, and with Peter Selwyn conducting, the City of London Sinfonia went at Wagner's (moderately reduced) score with suitably salty vigour. The apron stage thrust the singers towards the audience, the roof of OHP's tent was configured to suggest sails, and out among the shrubs and the five-a-side pitches, the peacocks gave their best impression of seagulls. There was plenty to admire in Julia Burbach's production, too, plus a few things that weren't so great. Senta (Eleanor Dennis, bright and austere) was on stage almost throughout and her rusty skeleton of a house is tilted like a shipwreck. When Daland (a bluff Robert Winslade Anderson) brings the Dutchman (Paul Carey Jones) home to meet her, gravity propels her towards him – a neat visual metaphor. Neal Cooper as Erik, and Angharad Lyddon, as Mary, found more (both musically and dramatically) than you'd have thought possible in these thankless roles, while the masked ghost crew stalked the action in silence. The Holland Park set-up gives the big choral scenes a real physicality. The negatives? OHP performs the opera in its three-act form, which is unusual these days but valid enough. A pity, though, to lose the orchestral postlude that Wagner added in a later revision, and there was some curious textual jiggery-pokery at the end of Act One, introducing a female chorus into an act where Wagner's sonic palette is built around the darkness of male voices. Possibly it's authentic – Wagner tinkered with The Flying Dutchman a lot, and it'd take a musicologist to unpick all the variants – but it rang false, even if the score as presented was a better fit for Burbach's vision, which was more concerned with obsession and social isolation than transcendence. The City of London Sinfonia went at Wagner's score with suitably salty vigour Again, that's a valid approach, but it meant that the ending of the opera was confusing. Senta simply wandered off stage. And it was a bumper night for 21st-century-opera-director mannerisms (chilly, distant lovers; domestic violence; silent doppelgangers populating the overture) though if you're a regular operagoer, you price that in. Overall, though, the energy and atmosphere won through, crowned by Carey Jones's weatherbeaten Dutchman: rough in all the right places and positively sulphurous in the depths. Carey Jones was a formidable Wotan at Longborough. Clearly, a rising tide lifts all boats – even ghost ships. It's not every year, moreover, that the UK sees two different but comparably fine productions of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Close on the heels of Opera North's touring production, Grange Park Opera has opened its season with what turns out to be a revival of David Pountney's 1997 staging for Welsh National Opera; complete with costumes in the colours of renaissance frescos and shifting, sea-dappled abstract sets by the great Ralph Koltai. Insert your own bitter aside about how a national company has been defunded by the Arts Council (Welsh and English: both are culpable) to the point that only private festivals can now afford to revive classic productions that were once public property. What matters here is that Grange Park has done it proud, with excellent singing in every role. Otar Jorjikia, as a purposeful Gabriele, made a particularly strong pairing with Elin Pritchard's Amelia: a performance in which pathos burned as bright as passion. Gianluca Marciano conducted vividly, and Simon Keenlyside was a noble Boccanegra – by turns expansive, belligerent and vulnerable in one of Verdi's most Shakespearean title roles.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Lower costs for lifesaving treatment coming to Oregon in 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Lifesaving cell and gene therapy will be offered at lowered costs to people on the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) in 2026. The OHP is Oregon's Medicaid program, offering coverage for healthcare services. The implementation of this new cut to costs will help those who are covered under OHP and are seeking treatment for a rare or severe disease. 35 states, including Oregon, applied to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) 'Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model' (CGT), designed to lower costs to patients in need as well as the states offering these services. The plan intends to begin by focusing on sickle cell disease, a condition in which red blood cells are misshapen due to a gene mutation. OSU falls victim to budget cuts, putting a damper on scientific research This disease is genetic and disproportionately affects those with African ancestry, with 9 of 10 of those affected by the disease identifying as Black. The condition can cause extreme health difficulties. Emma Sandoe, Medicaid Director for Oregon Health Authority, said, 'The cost of cell and gene therapies for sickle cell disease is a real barrier that prevents Oregonians from living longer, healthier.' The CGT program will also help patients in preparation for cell therapy. Before the therapy, patients undergo myeloablative chemotherapy, a process that can affect future fertility. CGT will cover, or drastically reduce the cost of, fertility preservation treatments as well as travel expenses and much more. 'This initiative is a big step forward in promoting innovative treatments and increasing access to lifesaving treatment,' Sandoe said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Thousands of drivers cited for seatbelt violations in multi-state safety initiative
Over 6,800 drivers were cited for safety belt violations in a 6-State Trooper Project to focus on safety belt enforcement. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] State police from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia joined forces for an eight-day initiative to focus on safety belt enforcement, according to a media release by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. From Monday, May 19, through Monday, May 26, the Ohio State Highway Patrol issued 2,631 citations for safety belt violations, according to the release. TRENDING STORIES: 'Hard to just stand and watch;' Large fire destroys historic Catholic church 22-year-old man killed in head-on crash in Northern Miami Valley Area police chief placed on paid leave pending misconduct investigation Another 83 citations were issued for child safety seat violations in Ohio. In total, across the six states, 6,863 citations were issued, plus another 401 for child safety seat violations. 'The 6-State Trooper Project is a multi-state law enforcement partnership aimed at providing combined and coordinated law enforcement and security services in the areas of highway safety, criminal patrol and information sharing,' OHP Sergeant Brice Nihiser said in the release. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
