Teacher dead, a man in serious condition Phoenix

A man died while in Phoenix police custody on Sunday morning, when cops responded to a call to fight at a convenience store in the West Valley.

Officers say they received a report that a 49-year-old man was "pushing customers acting erratically and making paradoxical comments." At one stage, police said he locked the store's front doors with customers and staff inside.

"The victims were able to escape unharmed, and the police came in contact with the suspect said Sgt. Vince Lewis, Phoenix Police Spokesman, in a Sunday statement

The police came to Circle K at 51st Avenue and McDowell Road at about 5:45 a.m. The police said the man initially resisted arrest but was ultimately taken into custody.

When seated in the patrol car, the police said the man had started to hit his head inside the vehicle Police asked the Phoenix Fire Department to respond due to its actions and physical signs."

"While he was being checked, he was not responding and was removed from the patrol vehicle," Lewis said. The man who was not named by the police until his of kin was informed was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

No police or customers are injured. The officers involved wear body cameras and the investigation is ongoing, Lewis added.

"You're a mysterious man, will you agree?"

So the talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel questioned his guest, Joaquin Phoenix, during Tuesday night's session of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"But an actor could be observed at any given moment. Phoenix is known for his off-screen ambiguity almost as much as he is for his on-screen volatility, and it is often difficult to determine when he is, or is not, sincere. For proof, we need only point to the interaction between the two men that took place later in the episode, after Kimmel had played what he believed to be the exclusive outlet of Phoenix's latest film, "Joker."

The clip said to have been courtesy of director Todd Phillips, consisted of Phoenix in the clown makeup of his character, taunting filmmaker Lawrence Sher for "constantly whispering" during filming. At one point, the actor seems to respond to Sher's comment about him acting like a diva, saying, "This isn't even an apology. Cher, really? She's a musician, actress, actress, fashion icon.

Phoenix shifted to his chair and laughed nervously at the clip, telling Kimmel, "Yeah, look, sometimes movies get severe because you are a lot of people in a small space, and now you're trying to find something that can make you feel intense. Well, that was supposed to be private. I'm a little embarrassed. "Kimmel's cracking remarks about what Phoenix said in the video only intensified the embarrassment of the situation and after hitting YouTube the next morning, the show came round.

Good news for all those who suffered the anxiety of second hand: the outbreak of Phoenix was fake! His reps revealed to The Wrap that it was recorded as a comedy, which also proves to us that Phoenix is a great actor and that Kimmel, who seemed suspiciously okay with the palpable annoyance of his guest, is not. 

Those familiar with the antics of Phoenix could recall a similar incident that occurred over a decade ago. Sporting sunglasses and a hardy beard, Phoenix featured on a channel of "Late Show With David Letterman" on February 2009 and informed the presenter in a slurred speech that he was dabbling to jump-start a rap profession. 

"UNITED IN CHRIST A CALL TO PRAYER," reads a peculiar flyer that announces the Christian vigil and reveals Phoenix Chief Jeri Williams and other policemen with their heads bowed and their hands folded. The police-themed vigil, allegedly starring Chief Williams, was scheduled to be conducted outside the Phoenix City Council Chambers on Friday, October 4.

But the event has been postponed since the American Civil Liberties Union in Arizona argued that the Constitution prohibits government agencies from holding such prayer services. The newsletter promoting the event indicates that this is not the first Phoenix police-led prayer vigil, but the sixth.

The event is being promoted and organized by the BridgeBuilders International Leadership Network, a Glendale-based organization whose mission is to "promote God's honoring relationships that mobilize the body of Christ."

BridgeBuilders ' website is packed with advertisement posts such as "Pray for Our President in Turbulent Times" and "Will Kavanaugh Verify to the Supreme Court? How to Hope!"

Since September 20, the flyer and the event have been shared on Facebook, the MailChimp newsletter and the City of Phoenix Employees for Christ website.

"BridgeBuilders, Phoenix Police Officers, their families, and our partners invite you to join us in the 6th Annual Phoenix PD Prayer Watch," the newsletter says. "It is a night dedicated to praying for those who sacrifice so much to keep us safe on the streets and in our homes."

"Please make plans to be part of this powerful evening of prayer leading by Phoenix police officers," said the bulletin signed by BridgeBuilders founder Hal Sacks. "Together we publish strong vows of the covenant, calling upon God to safeguard and defend our law enforcement staff in Phoenix and across our state."

PHOENIX — Phoenix police say they have caught a telemarketing scam ring that has scammed thousands of senior citizens out of more than $40 million. Thirteen people had been arrested. In 2014, the investigation began with a 75-year-old woman from Iowa.

Phoenix Police Detectives of Commercial Crimes The details say that the woman was scammed by a criminal organization working as a telemarketing company or named WyzeMoney for thousands of dollars.

The telemarketer convinced her to invest money in the company, promising no risk and guaranteeing money back.

Phoenix police officers, collaborating with the Arizona Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau, identified new victims who had lodged a complaint.

The victims, who numbered in thousands, ranged from the late 60s to the 90s and lived out of the state. The total monetary damage is estimated at more than $40 million.

"We identified 9,000 victims," said Jeri Williams, Chief of Police for Phoenix. "We estimate that $40 million was stolen from these vulnerable adults, all of whom were over 65 years of age and some of whom were people with disabilities."

WyzeMoney, which has changed names many times, has set up call centers in different cities within Maricopa County.

Police say the company made a range of fake promises to persuade victims to provide their debit or credit card numbers over the phone. The victims were promised thousands of dollars in returns as well as a 100% money-back guarantee, making it seem risk-free.

Police continued to investigate the allegations, and the suspects were identified and interviewed in 2016, which shut down their operation.

Furthermore, the Federal Trade Commission partnered with the investigators and recognized and recovered about $7 million of the illegally obtained money for transfer to the victims.

PHOENIX – When deciding whether to relocate to one of several cities in the Phoenix metro area or to the city of Phoenix, the United States' 6th largest city by population, one top consideration might be the worker's commute time to Phoenix. Nearly 90 % of the Phoenix metro area workforce drives a car to work, resulting in those rush hour stop-and-go traffic crawls. Accordingly, a new study released by Commercial Cafe ranks the top ten cities near Phoenix for commuters to consider residing in. In addition to commute times, the study also examined the local housing market, crime rates and school ratings. The best ten commuter cities chosen on the list are all 5 to 50 miles away from Phoenix.

In the study, commute times were weighted at 40 %, and home affordability was weighted at 30. School ratings and crime rates were both weighted at fifteen percent. The top total score possible per city in the study is 100. Drivers from the top ten cities listed in the study spend an average of 29 minutes driving to their Phoenix jobs, and the longest and shortest commute times were separated by a twenty-minute margin. Driving times were calculated using data from Google driving directions and were based on a Monday 8 a.m. arrival in Phoenix.

Housing values were calculated from 2013-2017 census estimates of median housing costs. Crime rates were gathered from FBI statistics on violent crimes per 100,000 residents. Only cities with a violent crime rate less than the average for the state were considered. School ratings were derived in August 2019 from average scores by town data on GreatSchools.org. Only cities in 2017 census estimation with a population of at least 10,000 residents were considered for the study's top 10 lists:

1. Scottsdale – The city had a total of 83.1 points out of 100, and had the shortest commute time of around twenty minutes to Phoenix. Scottsdale came in third place of the list's top ten for its schools, including its BASIS Scottsdale high school, which was recently named the nation's third best high school by U.S. News & World Report. However, Scottsdale fell behind 8 of the other 9 cities when it came to house values, with $433,500 as the median home price.

2. Peoria – Earning a cumulative score of 79.4 of 100, Peoria scored 36.4 of forty points in commute time and 26.8 of a possible 30 points in housing. It earned 6.7 for its crime rate and 9.5 for its schools out of a possible fifteen points each.

Phoenix Sweep Giants at the CSAC Opener

CHAMBERSBURG (September 29, 2019)–The Phoenix women's volleyball team opened the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) on Saturday with a sweep over the Giants of Keystone College. The Phoenix (8-6, 1-0 CSAC) beaten the Giants (1-6, 0-1 CSAC) with a score of 25-21, 27-25 and 25-17.

How It Happened:

Keystone pushed the score out to an early lead of 7-2 before Wilson jumped on a 10-5 run to tie the first set up at 12-12. It was dubbed by the two opponents until the match was evened again, 17 apiece this time. That's when the Phoenix would start an 8-4 run to close the set with a final score of 25-21.

Wilson was the one to jump to an early 7-2 lead in the second set. Keystone's going to respond home and record five unanswered goals, touching the count 8-7. Both teams were fighting in this one because in this set alone there were eight ties and lead changes. The Phoenix, scoring two unanswered points, evened things up at 25 pieces. That gave Wilson the set with a 27-25 score.

Inside the Score Box:

Sophomore Tioleaouli Posiulai (Waipahu, HI., University Laboratory School) resulted in both players with 13 hits. Freshman Anika Eigen-Zucchi (Washington, D.C., St. Johns College High School) was followed by 10 and freshman Madison Coy (Indiana, PA., Penns Manor) was able to add four.

Junior Lizzy Farnes (Coconut Creek, Fla., Coral Springs) scored five blocks in the match. Sophomore Jenna Mongold (Mercersburg, PA., James Buchanan) numbered 24 contributions. All in all, Wilson had 32 kills on 78 tries against 12 bugs for a hit percentage of.256.

The Giants completed with 25 kills on 87 tries against 23 bugs for a catching percentage of 0,023. The Phoenix also completed with 12 aces and a total of 4 blocks.

Up Next: 

The women's volleyball squad will be home in practice this Thursday, October 3rd, hosting Notre Dame of Maryland University (11-2, 0-0 CSAC) in another CSAC match-up. The match starts at 7 p.m.

NBA is scrambling after China's rage with Houston Rockets ' ' regrettable ' pro-democracy tweet

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tried to defuse the rapidly growing fallout from his deleted tweet which showed support for Hong Kong anti-government protesters stating that he had no intention of insulting any Chinese fans or sponsors of the team.

Soon after Morey made the comment, the NBA said it was "regrettable" that many in China were upset by the deleted tweet. This was followed by a number of companies in China, including some of the NBA's major business partners, lashing out Morey's original tweet.

The controversy erupted after Morey posted a photo that said, "Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. "This related to the four-month-old movement of resistance that sparked inChina's semi-autonomous region. That caused Houston owner Tilman Fertitta to switch to Twitter and say that Morey did not speak for the Rockets, and to the uproar that included the Chinese Basketball Association, whose chairman is the former Rockets Center Yao Ming, that he was terminating his relationship with the team.

Other criticism came from Tencent, a major media affiliate of the NBA in China with a streaming deal worth $1.5 billion over the next five years, and Chinese state television also said they would not be showing Rocket games. It wasn't immediately clear that Morey's latest tweets or the NBA announcement that followed would be enough to save those relationships Chinese athletic clothing designer Li-Ning also made a statement that he was unhappy with Morey's tweet.

"I didn't intend my tweet to hurt Rocket fans and friends of mine in China," Morey tweeted early Monday from Japan, where Houston is playing this week. "I was just voicing a thought focused on one interpretation of one complicated event Since that tweet, I've had a lot of opportunities to hear and consider certain perspectives

"I have always valued the significant support that our Chinese fans and sponsors have provided, and I would assume that those who are offended would realize that it was not my intention to offend or to confuse them. My tweets are my and they don't represent the Rockets or the NBA in any way."

A 12-year old child is safe after he was shot while riding in his family's truck early Sunday morning in Houston, Texas, police reported.

The family was driving on the Gulf Freeway feeder road around 1 a.m. Sunday, when a red sedan pulled along the truck and fired multiple bullets, hitting the boy in the leg Houston Police Spokesman John Cannon stated.

The child has been admitted to the hospital and is in a secure condition. Video from the incident reveals multiple bullet holes on the side of the truck.

"Road rage or not, shots being fired into a car you don't realize whom you're going to hit, that's not planned for," Houston Police Assistant Chief Henry Gaw said, "It's immoral, and we just can't have it."

KTRK reported that along with the parents of the boy there were other kids in the truck.

Investigators are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting and said that road rage could be one possible motive. They are asking anyone with information to contact Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.

Two young kids and their parents were injured in July when a person in Houston shot a gun inside the family car during an alleged "road rage incident" that sparked fireworks inside.

Are we really going to force even more potentially dangerous ugliness on the people of Chelsea and East Boston? Don't they already host enough of the horrible infrastructure that others don't want to see without a new electrical substation as well?

Along Eastie's Condor Road, it's easy to see both the mess we've brought on these communities and how much better it could be.

Every few minutes, low-flying jets blast out of Logan. A few measures upstream, the unsightly back-of-house activities that make the metropolis run are being deposited along the banks of Chelsea Creek: massive salt dumps that service hundreds of cities, enormous fuel tanks, factories, parking lots, rusty metal outcroppings.

But turn away from the water, and you'll find the Condor Street urban wilderness, a pretty little piece of meadow grass and salt marsh set on the edge of the water, and the American Legion Playground, with its gorgeous ball field, and spots to sit and see the sky.

Eagle Hill has made a lot more of that. Then, it seems possible to have a new electrical substation, because of Eversource. The price of $62 million will be covered by the ratepayers.

The plant is a couple of state approvals to come to pass, despite the efforts of local environmental activists — led by Chelsea's GreenRoots non-profit — to stop it. And the area is receiving no support from City Hall because the mayor is legally required to sit this one out.

आगरा-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस-वे पर सोमवार देर रात भीषण सड़क हादसा हुआ। आगरा एक्सप्रेस वे पर हुए सड़क हादसे में भाजपा विधायक विनय द्विवेदी के चचेरे भाई समेत चार लोगों की दर्दनाक मौत हो गई। उनकी कार देर रात सड़क किनारे खड़ी कंटेनर में घुस गई। घटना के बाद कार सवार लोगों को यूपीडा की एम्बुलेंस से अस्पताल लाया गया। जहां डाॅक्टर ने मृत घोषित कर दिया।

कार में एक ही परिवार के चार लोग सवार थे। परिवार के चारों सदस्य रविवार देर रात कार से दिल्ली से गोंडा वापस लौट रहे थे। रास्ते में हादसा हो गया। हादसे में कार में सवार चार लोगों की मौके पर ही मौत हो गई।एक ही परिवार के चार लोगों की मौत की सूचना मिलने पर मृतक के घर में कोहराम मच गया है. पुलिस ने शव को कब्जे में लेकर पोस्टमार्टम के लिए भेज दिया है. वहीं कार बुरी तरह छतिग्रस्त हो गई ।

कार विधायक के भाई ब्रजेश द्विवेदी चला रहे थे।इसी दौरान कार के सामने आचानक कंटेनर आने से उसमें घुस गई। हादसे में सुनीता पांडेय, निष्ठा पांडेय, साक्षी पांडेय और ब्रजेश कुमार द्विवेदी की मौत हुई है। बृजेश कुमार द्विवेदी विधायक के चचेरे भाई थे। कार में सवार चारो सदस्यों की मोके पर ही मौत हो गई ।पुलिस ने शवों को पोस्मार्डम के लिए भेज दिया है ।

Осенний лес красив, словно в сказке. Природа буйствует яркими, весёлыми красками. В воздухе пахнет грибами и последними осенними цветами.

Вокруг невероятная красота. Так и хочется наслаждаться этой тишиной и красотой.