Maritime safety

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — TCU’s Trevon Moehrig is the highest-rated safety in this year’s draft, but the position doesn’t seem like a first-round option for the Steelers. There are a bunch of players who will be available in the mid to late rounds that are intriguing. Jevon Holland from Oregon opted out this year and is a little undersized, but he is fast and not afraid to get physical. READ MORE: Pine-Richland Head Football Coach Eric Kasperowicz And Entire Coaching Staff Will Not Return In Fall Central Florida’s Richie Grant has moved up draft boards after an impressive Senior Bowl. READ MORE: Johnson & Johnson Vaccine To Remain In Limbo While Officials Seek More Evidence Pitt has two players who the Steelers are very familiar with and could be there late when Pittsburgh potentially targets the position. Paris Ford is a playmaker who is always around the ball and could be a steal late in the draft. Same with Damar Hamlin. MORE NEWS: Multiple Ballot Questions Face … [Read more...] about Steelers Draft Preview 2021: Safety

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci sounded off on the “immediate pause” in the rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine. This comes as six Americans have reportedly developed blood clots after receiving the shot. As some may have vaccine hesitancy as a result of the reported issues, Fauci said the halt could be “quite temporary” and stressed the FDA and CDC just want to gather more information on the vaccines. He added the effort to exercise caution is “a confirmation of how seriously we take safety.” “[T]he FDA and the CDC made a decision based on an accumulating number of cases,” Fauci advised. “Small though they may be, they wanted to make sure they had all the information, and the prudent thing was to say let’s just stop. Very well may be quite temporary, but they just want to take a look and see if they can gather more information or even see if there are more cases that have gone unnoticed.” … [Read more...] about Fauci on Pausing J&J Vaccine: ‘A Confirmation of How Seriously We Take Safety’

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For the fourth consecutive evening, the intersection outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department was the epicenter of calls for justice over the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright. Protesters began to gather outside the building just before 5 p.m. for an official protest, but tensions began to rise a couple hours later as the area became saturated with more protesters. Officials with the public safety coalition Operation Safety Net said some people in the crowd began shooting fireworks and throwing items at law enforcement, while some worked to take down a fence around the police station. (credit: CBS) Just after 9 p.m., law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly and gave the first order to disperse. Three more orders were given, with the fourth occurring just after the 10 p.m. curfew went into effect in the city. The scale of police presence Wednesday was much larger than the previous three nights of protests. Curfew in Brooklyn Center … [Read more...] about Daunte Wright Shooting: Demonstrators And Police Clash For 4th Night In Brooklyn Center

Protests and riots erupted in Minneapolis on Monday morning after a police officer allegedly fatally shot a man, numerous sources reported. The mother of 20-year-old Daunte Wright said her son called her Sunday afternoon and told her that police had stopped him for having air fresheners in his rear-view mirror, which is illegal in Minnesota, NBC News reported . “I heard police officers say, ‘Daunte, don’t run,’” Katie Wright told NBC News. Brooklyn Center police said officers had stopped a motorist at around 2 p.m. Sunday and tried to arrest the motorist after determining the individual had an outstanding warrant, according to the Associated Press . Police reportedly added that officers tried to arrest the motorist, but the individual reentered the vehicle, and an officer shot at the vehicle, striking the driver. The vehicle crashed into another vehicle after traveling several blocks, according to the AP. Police said they attempted life-saving measures but the … [Read more...] about Protests And Riots Erupt In Minneapolis After Officer Allegedly Shoots And Kills Man

To view past editions of The Hill's 12:30 Report, click here: http://bit.ly/1M1mIfw To receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/1Tt4hqN --> A midday take on what's happening in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it.* *Ha. Haha. Hahah. Sniff. Haha. Sniff. Ha--breaks down crying hysterically. The Hill’s 12:30 Report: U.S. health officials call for Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause | Six women developed rare blood clots | White House says J&J pause shouldn’t significantly affect vaccine pace | Pause raises new fears of vaccine hesitancy | Daunte Wright ’s death ruled a homicide | Another night of protests | Obamas call for ‘reimagined policing’ | Increased capacity for Caps, Wizards, Nats games NEWS OF THE MORNING Two steps forward, one step back…: Via The New York Times’s Noah Weiland, Sharon LaFraniere and Carl Zimmer , “Injections of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus … [Read more...] about The Hill’s 12:30 Report: What the J&J vaccine pause means for COVID pandemic