Wednesday, May 18 top stories
It is Wednesday, May 18. Here are today’s top stories.
U.S. Soccer to pay men and women players equally
The U.S. Soccer Federation (USF) said it has reached agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally. This ends the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s long battle for equal pay. The women’s team has been far more successful than the men’s team on the international stage, winning the past two FIFA Women’s World Cups
The USF said in its new collective bargaining agreements, it would pool prize money from FIFA tournaments — such as the World Cup, which pays men players with far more money — to be able to pay both men and women equally. For lesser tournaments in North America, both men and women players will receive identical game bonuses.
The agreement also extends child care payments for the U.S. men’s soccer team, which was provided to the women’s team for over 25 years.
Report: China Eastern flight crash was intentional
The Wall Street Journal reported that the China Eastern flight that crashed in a mountainous area in China in March, killing all 132 on board, may have been intentional. Black box data shows that “human input orders to the controls sent the plane into its deadly dive.”
So if this report is accurate, it means that someone on the plane sent it in a nosedive, which would make it a mass murder-suicide type of incident rather than a plane that was dealing with mechanical or software problems.
The report said investigators are focusing on the actions of the pilot but that it is also possible that someone broken into the cockpit and caused the plane to crash.
Minneapolis cop pleads guilty in George Floyd case
Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was one of the four police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter. Lane’s plea deal says he will serve three years in prison.
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Suspect arrested in Dallas hair salon shooting
On May 11, a gunman entered an Asian-owned hair salon in Dallas and shot at the salon owner, an employee, and a customer before fleeing. All three who were shot were Korean and recovered from their injuries.
Dallas police said they’ve arrested a suspect, Jeremy Smith, and said the police and the FBI are investigating the shooting as a hate crime. The Dallas police chief said the suspect was in a car crash with an Asian male two years ago and since then he’s had panic attacks and delusions when he is around anyone of Asian descent.
Police said there are two other recent shootings at Asian run businesses that may be connected and are investigating.
Highlights from Tuesday primaries
Here are some highlights from Tuesday’s primaries.
In North Carolina, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R) lost his bid for re-election to state Sen. Chuck Edwards. He was once a GOP star but a series of scandals tanked him.
In North Carolina’s primaries for an open Senate seat, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley won on the Democratic side and Rep. Ted Budd won the Republican primary. They will go up against each other in November for the senate seat.
In Pennsylvania, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman won the Democratic Senate primary. On the Republican side for the Senate primary, the contest between Mehmet Oz and David McCormick was too close to call as of the time of signing this news. The winner will go up against Fetterman for the open Pennsylvania Senate seat in November.
Ringling Bros. to resume performances without animals
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey said it would resume giving performances in the U.S. and around the world in 2023 but without any animal acts. The company stopped performances five years ago after it was criticized over its treatment of animals such as elephants or tigers in its performances. The company is now holding auditions for performers and will start a 50-city tour across North America in September 2023.
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://apnews.com/article/us-soccer-equal-pay-65070ae0dfb82598b2815295039dfd2d
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/18/us-soccer-equal-pay-agreement
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/china/china-eastern-crash-wsj-report-inlt-hnk/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-eastern-black-box-points-to-intentional-nosedive-11652805097
https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-arrested-dallas-salon-shooting-fbi-opens-hate/story?id=84776375
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/politics/pa-nc-may-17-primary-election-takeaways/index.html