The man suspected of placing bombs in Manhattan and New Jersey is in custody after a shoot out with police in Linden, N.J.
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As we heard, this morning"s shootout and arrest happened in the city of Linden, N.J. That"s just west of Staten Island, N.Y. NPR"s Jeff Brady has more on what happened there this morning.
JEFF BRADY, BYLINE: Ahmad Kahn Rahami, the suspect, was the target of a regional manhunt. He was discovered at around 10:30 in the morning. Linden Mayor Derek Armstead says the owner of a local bar called police and reported that someone was sleeping in his doorway. Armstead explained to ABC News what happened next.
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DEREK ARMSTEAD: One of our police officers went to investigate and to wake him up and realized that he was the suspect that has been - being sought.
BRADY: Linden Police Officer James Sarnicki told ABC that the officer then ordered the suspect to show his hands.
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JAMES SARNICKI: And the suspect had his hand, like, on the side in a valise. And he pulled out a handgun, and he fired a shot at the officer, striking him in his bulletproof vest in his abdomen. At that point, the officer returned fire.
BRADY: Sarnicki says, the suspect got up and started walking down the street, firing his handgun. Officers returned fire. Sarnicki says Rahami was shot several times but was conscious as he was taken into custody. In total, two officers were wounded but didn"t appear to be seriously hurt.
Kenneth Robinson lives just a few hundred feet from the bar, but he"d learned about the shoot-out on TV at a car dealership where he was getting his oil changed.
KENNETH ROBINSON: And News Flash - and they said, well - they arrested the guy. Shots was fired - East Elizabeth Avenue. I"m like, what? East Elizabeth Ave - that"s where I live.
BRADY: Robinson stopped by the store on the way home, thinking by the time he got there, he"d be able to get back into his house. But when I met him, he was standing next to yellow police tape, holding two grocery bags, his house on the other side.
ROBINSON: So they said I can"t get in there. I have to stay out. Anybody that leaves out can"t get back in. So got the whole street taped off, so I have to wait out - wait it out and see what happens.
BRADY: Down the street, Melvin and Vernell Carter were sitting on their front porch. They say most people around here were at work when the shoot-out happened.
MELVIN CARTER: I had family in Virginia calling and wanting to know if we were alright because they recognized the area from visiting us. And we told them, yeah, we all right.
BRADY: The Carters say, when they think of anything related to terrorism, their small town of Linden doesn"t come to mind.
VERNELL CARTER: It"s scary, you know? But we just have to stay prayed up and hope for the best.
BRADY: Something that"s a little bit easier for the Carters now that a man authorities considered armed and dangerous is in custody. Jeff Brady, NPR News, Linden, N.J.
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Auurrgh! Its Talk Like a Pirate Day,so heres a pirate tutorial from noted stage actor Steven Epp.
Epp was in the Bay Area earlier this year starring as Long John Silver in Berkeley Repertory Theatres adaptation of Treasure Island. And he filmed this video on how to be a pirate.
The production is over, but his advice on how to be a swashbuckling scourge of the sea is timeless. Enjoy. And happy #TalkLikeAPirateDay.
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The Destiny: Rise of Ironexpansion rolled out this morning at 5AM ET.
Well, it was supposed to at least, before it was hit by hundreds of thousands of players attempting to get in at once, resulting in crashes. A few people I know were able to circumvent the bottleneck by staying logged in from earlier this morning, which allowed them to obtain their new rewards from the Postmaster, but then they were promptly kicked and placed into a queue.
A queue, mind, that"s over 200,000 strong, and also has its own set of disconnects. Just a few moments ago I was roughly 500th in line and ready to go until I was kicked and placed at the back. Several folks have gotten in, but for now, I wouldn"t call out of work until all this dust has settled.
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Robin Lord Taylor , Richard Kind and Michael Chiklis in Gotham.
If you caught Sundays 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, you were treated to a truly delightful celebration of the finest modern TV has to offer; the stellar performances that genuinely moved us; the daring directing choices that continually wowed us; the tight, focused writing that made these talented, diverse voices sing. Hi, my name is Vinnie Mancuso and Im here to say: Never mindthat s**t, here comes Gotham.
Yes, ladies and gents, FOXs beautiful baby Bat-quel returned with its third, THIRD, season premiere, Better to Reign in h**l, which is a reference to John Miltons Paradise Lostthat has no connection, allegorical or otherwise, to the plot of Gothams third season premiere. Unless, of course, you equate Satans rebellion against G*d and subsequent fall from grace to buying a fitted black polo from Kohls and calling yourself a bounty hunter. Thats the driving force of Gotham now, by the way; Jim Gordon hired someoneto film him with the sepia filter onso he could surprise Leslie but double-swerve shes moved on to someone else. Jim, despite the fact that he let Leslie think he was rotting away in jail even after the miscarriage of their child, is just Hot Topic-d by this development into quitting the GCPD, throwing out every article of clothing he owns that isnt fit to brood in, and hunting the monsters plaguing Gotham City off the grid for 5 grand a pop.
And you know whatI love it. Thats the thing with this show; after three years together, Ive grown to enjoy it for its Captain Barnes head-sized flaws. Yes, Gotham is a series so tonally, narratively and straight up logistically inconsistent that Im genuinely shocked when the title is spelled correctly every week in the opening credits, but thats what makes it fun. Asking me to review Gotham at this point is like asking a legitimate food critic to review Taco Bells menu as if it was anything other than a choice between some old, boring nachos and a bloating sack of melted cheese, or like asking a respected political analyst to review the 2016 Presidential election as if it was anything other than a choice betweensome old, boring nachos and a bloating sack of melted cheese.
Whoa boy. Call this recap a poo-scented hand-cream because this s**t just got topical. But if youll allow me to get serious for a moment
Better to Reign in h**l, for all its amazingly Gif-worthy moments of chubby low level gangsters angrily swiping bottles off of tables, was not much more than a game of catch-up, an hour to explain where everyones been since the season two finale while setting the stage for things to come. Episode writer John Stephens accomplished this by loading exposition into a nuclear bomband firing it into the sun. A SANDWICH? I half-expected someone to yell, at any point. You know I havent eaten a sandwich in SIX MONTHS, roughly since the conclusionof last seasons events! So, as long as were treating subtly like the time Bullock legit almost murdered Jim in season one bypretending it doesnt exist, I too will quickly explain where we find our major players, and how we got here:
JIM GORDON: Like I said, Jim is in a rough place, as is Gotham itself. Crime is rampant, Godzilla is robbing pharmacies, Leslie is living with someone who looks a h**l of a lot like Jim in shadowy lighting, in an idyllic suburban house with windows definitelylarge enough so that this does not count as being conspicuous:
So, yeah, Jimbos not doing so hot. Hes making great money though, charging top dollar to catch Hugo Stranges basket of deplorables or whatever that are running around tearing apart the city. Like me, hes doing the same exact thing he was doing for the last two season of Gotham, except way drunker.
BRUCE WAYNE AND ALFRED: These two return from a quick sojourn to Switzerland, because apparently its easier to research a shadowy, all-powerful cabal whenyoure wearing clogs. Bruce wastes no time calling a Wayne Enterprises board meeting to, essentially, challenge the Court of Owls to fight me IRL. I could genuinely watch Sean Pertwee scold the smirk off businesses executives for a full 40 minutes, so no complaints here, and the on-screen chemistry between this pre-Batman and an unsure-about-all-this Alfred remains rock steady.
Meanwhile, Bruces doppelgnger is lumbering around the streets of Gotham, eating garbage (I assume) and just generally looking like Edward Scissorhands circa freshman year of high school.
FISH MOONEY: Fish is pulling a Theo and galavanting around Gotham wearing a costume I assume was in the original sketchesfor X-Men: Apocalypse before Bryan Singer told his designers to dial it down around 15 to 20 notches.
OSWALD COBBLEPOT: Penguin, who in my reality is played by 15-time Emmy winner Robin Lord Taylor, has offered $1 million for anyone who can bring him Fish Mooney, dead or alive. Hes obviously not strapped for cash, because in addition to high-value bounties hes also been fueling fanfiction flamesacross the country by sending Eddie Nygma biscuits and sweaters in Arkham Asylum.
BARBARA KEAN: Along with Tabitha Galavan, and despite the constant interference of Butch Gilzeans ever-present erection, Barbara has opened a new nightclub named The Sirens, proving Gotham City will in fact hand out a liquor licenses to a clinically psychotic, convicted serial killer and a leather-clad super-assassin that may or may not moonlight as a dominatrix. It took my uncle, like, two years to get that thing in New York City.
NATHANIEL BARNES: The captain of the GCPD now has a b*m leg, a result of that time Theo Galavan rightfully mistook Barnes for a Halloween pumpkin and attempted to carve him up.
SELINA KYLE: The entirety of Selinas dialogue is still being written solely by this man.
IVY PEPPER: Ivy fell into a sewer pipe, which spoilersis going to double her age because Gothams producers were uncomfortable with you getting seduced by a 14-year-old, ya bunch of freaks.
There we have it, Gotham season 3. Going forward: Bruce was taken by the Court of Owls, Jim is barely a couple steps ahead of a prying journalist in his search for Fish Mooney, and Captain Barnes is assembling yet another special force to be slaughtered next week. Captain Barnes loves assembling special forces that get slaughtered the next episode. If Michael Chiklis ever approaches you to join so much as a softball league, you f*****g run.
As always, lets run down every reference, fact, and nugget of Bat-history brought up in the season 3 premiere, Better to Reign in HellGOTHAM CITY SIRENS
Jessica Lucas and Erin Richards.
The name of Barbara and Tabithas nightclub is a nod to Gotham City Sirens, the title of both a 2011 comic series and the books titular group of villainous, slightly insane femme fatales Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Theres some opportune timing here, as well. I mean, Selina Kyle is still making terrible cat puns and chugging milk every other scene, but Tabitha Galavan basically has the wardrobe, presence and overall deadly slinkiness of an adult Catwoman. We already know Poison Ivy is on her way, as soon as Ivy Pepper crawls out of whatever sewage plant that causes you to fly through puberty. As for Harley Quinn? Well, Gothams producers already promised a forerunner to the role recently blasted onto a big screen by Margot Robbie. For a textbook example of what a forerunner to Harley Quinn would look like, look no further to the mood-shifting, high-cackling way the scene-stealingErin Richards plays Barbara Kean throughout Better to Reign in h**l.
VICKI VALE
Jamie Chung as Valerie Vale.
Vicki Vale, played here by Once Upon a Times, has been a character since 1948 when DC writers decided Superman had a newspaper reporter girlfriend so Batman needed one, too. Since then shes morphed into much more of a badass, figured out that Batman was actually Bruce Wayne roughly twenty times, and notably lasted several decades as a journalist in Gotham City without ever being suspended over a shark tank by a crazy person in tights.
HUGO STRANGES MONSTERS
I applaud the fact that Gotham, never one to shy away from a cheap comics nod, seems to have simply made up their own gang of weirdos for the Arkham Asylum escapees. Theres Marv, the fountain of youth in reverse, that guy with the goggles that Im sure serve some purpose, and what appears to be a massive walking ice-cream cone. The only monster in Hugo Stranges basement crew who is familiar is the only one Jim Gordon manages to capture; thatscreeching, flying dude is clearly a precursor to Man-Bat, a character that is pretty much exactly what he sounds like:
Oh, and that one guy I am 1000 percent is a Jawa from Star Wars.
Last time around, Gotham touted the Rise of the Villains in a season title that was both apt and not. The bad went worse, to be sure, but this city has never been home to sunshine and rainbows. In the end, that title was revealed to be somewhat ironic. The most powerful villains in Gotham took hold long ago and conduct their business in secret. Or at least they did, until their cover was blown by a major jailbreak.
When we last left that dingy metropolis, the monstrous denizens of the Wayne-Industries-funded mad-scientist playground Indian Hill escaped the just kidding! bomb their creator Dr. Hugo Strange kept as insurance and took off into the night. Fish Mooney 2.0 was their de facto leader and still is when we see her again. Master Bruce was made aware that the shadowy Court of Owls is the invisible hand that guides his parents company, though he doesnt know much more about the organization than its name. And Jim Gordon tried to leave his depressive, swimming-against-the-current existence behind in order to find Lee and try to have to a happy life.
That happy life is out there, but Lee is living it with someone else. Even through a windowpane, Lee looks like she belongs in a tastefully decorated living room more than she belongs at the mercy of every gangster and weirdo in Gotham and the father of the child she lost could not look more out of place on her suburban doorstep. Honestly, its like an extra from Donnie Brasco wandered onto the Pleasantville set during lunch. Still, Gordon doesnt even give Lee the chance to see he tried. He leaves, and over a period of time Gotham skips over, reinvents himself as a methodical bounty hunter living off the GCPDs per-goon fees.
NowGordon hangs around the precinct with Harvey, like the dropout who still swings by to smoke a homemade cigarette on the bleachers after school. With the help of Lucius Fox now employed by the department as a scientific analyst of sorts Harvey and Jim begin to note the pattern in the robberies carried out by Indian Hill escapees. Theyre on the hunt for medication and are quite obviously desperate for it. Jim thinks this sounds an awful lot like police work and excuses himself.
Oswald Cobblepot continues to be Gothams strongest character, and I like him best when he and Gordon are working towards some version of the same goal. This particular goal is a throwback to their shared mission in season 1; at least, Oswald would like it to be. The Penguin waddles into the GCPD in the middle of a press conference to demand the capture of Fish, his former boss and forever rival. Gordon is a more effective ally than the cops in that regard, or at least thats what Barnes and the mayor are trying to downplay in front of the press. Oswald knows it. But Gordon isnt about saving Gotham anymore; Fish has to be priced right for him to get involved.
The Rams will play host to an NFL game in Los Angeles for the first time since 1994 when they take on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at the Coliseum. Kickoff is 1 p.m., with the game broadcast on FOX. Check here for live updates throughout the afternoon.
Scoring Summary:
FIRST QUARTER
Rams K Greg Zuerlein makes 39-yard field goal (Rams 3, Seahawks 0)
SECOND QUARTER
Seahawks K Steven Hauschka makes a 23-yard field goal (Rams 3, Seahawks 3)
Rams K Greg Zuerlein makes a 28-yard field goal (Rams 6, Seahawks 3)
FOURTH QUARTER
Rams K Greg Zuerlein makes a 47-yard field goal (Rams 9, Seahawks 3)
Jessie Graff at the National Finals: Stage 2 - American Ninja Warrior 2016
Erin Jensen, USA TODAY 12:25 a.m. EDT September 19, 2016
"American Ninja Warrior" star Jessie Graff thinks she can get to the top of Mt. Midoriyama within three years.
Standing with your legs crossed has been done. So has the peek over the shoulder.
Supergirlstuntwoman Jessie Graff, who has appeared multiple times on American Ninja Warriorand was thefirst woman to conquer the new 14.5 foot Warped Wallin the Los Angeles qualifiers,breathed new life into red-carpet posing with this high kick.
Fierce.(Photo: Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic)
Graff swapped her Wonder Woman costume for thisred flowy ensemble with a plunging neckline, whichallowed herto show off her long lines in this graceful pose.
If you need us, we"ll be practicing this.(Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY)
In a chat with USA TODAY, Graffsaid she wanted to bea testament to the strength of women.
"My first year doingNinja Warrior, I didnt really know what it was about," she confessed."After that, when so many people were like, "I didnt know women could do that," I thought, "Then, we better show you."
