Blick said that the airport’s owner called authorities around 9:20 a.m. Friday to report hearing multiple gunshots. Officers soon arrived on-scene and were able to confirm that shots had been fired at the location, but nobody had been shot or killed to their knowledge. Blick told Newsweek that it didn’t appear to be a traditional active shooter situation “Someone was shooting on-scene, but we can’t even determine at this moment if they were shooting at anybody,” Blick said....

But Charlie Manuel won’t leave baseball, not yet. Not at the age of 70. Not even after the Phillies let him go as manager last year. And certainly not as he takes in a brand-new ballpark — the Charlotte Knights’ BB&T Ballpark — and celebrates the 45-year anniversary of winning a championship in the city, in a different park. The Charlie Manuel that former teammates from the 1969 Charlotte Hornets said could “hit the ball like no other” is the same one who has adjusted to his new role as a senior adviser to Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr....

Is it right to put a price tag on survival? South Africa’s government thinks not. It wants to bypass Western pharmaceutical firms and produce AIDS drugs on its own, or to import them at the cheapest possible cost–perhaps from so-called patent-pirate countries. That, in turn, has whipped up emotions in Washington, where trade officials and corporate lobbyists are determined to protect intellectual-property rights. AIDS activists have taken up the South African cause: protesters from ACT UP, the confrontational AIDS lobby group, are now dogging the campaign of Al Gore, casting him as the leading villain in the dispute....

In the postwar era, the Arabs have endured successive cycles of humiliation and rage. Demagogues raise hopes of restoring past Muslim glory. These hopes then perish: in 1948 and 1967 they were crushed by Israel; now U.S. led forces have done the job. The cherished myth of Arab unity has been shattered once again. In the wake of Iraq’s defeat “there will not only be disappointment and sadness,” says a Jordanian history professor....

But Mudiay is playing for an outfit called the Guangdong Southern Tigers, 7,800 miles away in Dongguan, China. Kennedy is not currently eligible to compete for the Mustangs because, as the Dallas Morning News reported, he was not on track to earn his degree. “We’re SMU. You ever been there?” Brown asked Sporting News. “We do things a little bit differently, but he’s trying. We’re all hopeful. He’s got a lot of support, a lot of people trying to help him, and he’s worked pretty hard....

Ronaldo came through the ranks at Sporting CP before joining Manchester United in 2003, developing into one of the world’s best under Alex Ferguson. He claimed his first Ballon d’Or while at United in 2008, but he has undoubtedly enjoyed the best years of his career in Madrid, creating an incredible legacy at the club. His long personal duel with Lionel Messi has become a hot topic of debate, particularly since moving to LaLiga, where the Portugal star has won everything there is to win with Los Blancos, while he has also collected four more Ballons d’Or....

The New York Post reported Monday that the 27-year-old right-hander met with team management over the weekend to vent his frustrations after he saw Ramos was scheduled to catch his start. Syndergaard addressed the report during a press conference one day later. “First and foremost, the whole idea that we had a livid (discussion) or I was livid with the conversation was completely false,” Syndergaard said Tuesday. “We had a very cordial and adult conversation about the matter....

The lawsuit, according to the New York Daily News, claims Syndergaard signed a lease in February covering March through November for a total of $225,000, plus a $17,000 broker’s commission. In the lawsuit, Syndergaard is accused of treating “the binding lease like an option.” The lawsuit also claims the apartment remains vacant and the company who owns the building is seeking damages in excess of $250,000. After the lawsuit was covered through a number of outlets, Syndergaard offered his response through Twitter....

Upon first meeting Suu Kyi, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, Cameron was complimentary. “I met the pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi, who would soon run for the presidency, and reflected on what an amazing story hers could be: from fifteen years of house arrest to transforming her country into a real democracy.” But when Cameron met Suu Kyi a year later in London, he felt differently about the interaction....

Published in 2017, the video features VanVleet playing a one-on-one-on-one tournament against Marcus Posley, then a guard for the G League’s Sioux Falls Skyforce, and Warriors microwave scorer Jordan Poole, who was entering his freshman season at Michigan at the time, in an empty gym. Spoiler alert: VanVleet smoked the two of them, scoring 19 points to Posley’s seven and Poole’s three. VanVleet was a man among boys. He put his entire arsenal on display — silky midrange pull-ups, herky-jerky sidestep jumpers, crafty finishes around the basket, you name it....

“Federal officials should continue to thoroughly investigate the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City,” Cooper said in a statement. “Public confidence would have been better served with a special prosecutor and by quickly making public the incident footage. Our state should pass specific laws to increase transparency, confidence and accountability in the justice system.” The FBI confirmed last month it had opened a federal civil rights investigation into the killing of Brown, a 42-year-old Black man who was killed on April 21 while officers were executing search and arrest warrants at his home....

The Winston-Salem Journal published an op-ed titled “Our view: Cawthorn is deplorable,” in which they blasted the North Carolina Republican for calling Zelenksy a “thug” and “evil.” He also claimed that the Ukrainian government is “incredibly corrupt” and that Zelensky pushes “woke ideologies.” “Of all the many, many, many reasons we could find to legitimately criticize North Carolina’s gift to Crazytown, Rep. Madison Cawthorn…it’s perhaps his latest exploit that has us truly seeing red,” the Journal wrote in its op-ed....

The Asheville Police Department shared a video of the incident on Twitter on Tuesday, with the caption, “Driver tried to run over man on side of the road, hit his cart containing his belongings & cat.” In the video, which, according to police, was captured by a witness, a white pickup truck can be seen speeding off of the road and onto a grassy area. The truck can then be seen heading towards the man, who is walking on the grass with a cart a few feet away from him....

One of the design cues the shoe carried through its run has been big, bold imagery on the side, starting with a massive Jumpman logo on the earliest release and even into the recent “Photo Reel” colorway. MORE: LeBron James “Cereal” shoes | Damian Lillard calls out fan over shoe sale The North Carolina Tar Heels get the latest “big and bold” version of the Air Jordan XX9 for the Sweet 16 featuring Rameses, UNC’s mascot, on the side of the shoe....

The unanimous ruling from the three judges allows a trial court to hear the case against the Pat McCrory Committee Legal Defense Fund and the Virginia-based Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky law firm. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice lodged a complaint in 2017, concerned with how lawmakers and their supporters should be penalized for making inaccurate voter fraud claims. McCrory, who is running for an open U.S. Senate seat, is not personally named as a defendant, but his backers can appeal Tuesday’s decision to the state Supreme Court....

With the win, the Bison capped off their first undefeated season since 2013 and extended their current win streak to 21 games. NDSU quarterback Easton Stick finished the game on 13-of-19 passing for 198 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He also added 121 yards and three more scores on the ground to finish the day with all five of the Bison’s touchdowns. Eastern Washington’s Eric Barriere finished the game completing 13 of 25 passes for 198 yards and two interceptions....

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, who has served as the special envoy to North Korea since 2018, said Thursday that Pyongyang had chosen “obstacles” over “opportunities” during Trump’s term. Biegun made the comments at a think tank event in Seoul during a visit to meet with South Korean security officials. Biegun said he was disappointed at the failure to push forward on denuclearization, but said he would encourage President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to continue engagement with Pyongyang....

The warnings were reportedly issued Sunday through Monday, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported, citing anonymous military sources, but so far, no missile launches or other types of weapon testing have occurred. “Such an advisory is usually issued ahead of missile launches or other weapons tests to warn vessels to stay clear of certain areas expected to be affected,” Yonhap reported. “But no actual ballistic missile launches, or artillery firings took place during the period, according to officials at Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff....