Officials say a South Florida synagogue was vandalized on the eve of Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah.
Local news organizations report that someone spray-painted expletives on the building of the Chabad of Parkland on Saturday. The person or people responsible also wrote graffiti that read "Free Palestine" on the synagogue"s front sign and spray-painted the number "12" on the building, which is often used as a derogatory term for police.
Rabbi Shuey Biston calls the act a hate crime and says the graffiti was written to try to intimidate the Jewish community.
Parkland Mayor Michael Udine says graffiti with hateful language also was found in other parts of the city.
ROSH HASHANAH TREATS: Not everybody who wants to celebrate the Jewish New Year with the sweetness of an apple dessert, a honey cake or round challah can bake their own. This Rosh Hashanah, Osteria Morinis executive pastry chef promises to up the ante on whatever theyve been buying.
Alex Levin is taking orders for honey raisin challah ($15), caramelized apple pie with oat streusel topping ($35) and a honey cake ($25) he worked on to solve that quick breads typical taste and texture issues. (The key ingredient: his house-made apple butter.) Levins acclaimed chocolate tortino cakes, rosemary foccacia and dark chocolate toffee with fleur de sel can be ordered as well.
Rosh Hashanah pickup at the restaurant, 301 Water St. SE, is on Oct. 1 between 3-5 p.m., and Oct. 2, between 1-5 p.m. Inside the Beltway delivery is available for a $10. For information on ordering, click here.
The Georgia State Patrol and local law enforcement officers in the Athens area are warning impaired drivers to be prepared to go to jail if they choose to drive this weekend.
Specifically focused on motorists traveling to and from the Tennessee-Georgia football game in Athens, which kicks off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, authorities said they will increase efforts through their Nighthawks DUI Task Force. In a press release announcement, the Governors Office of Highway Safety said troopers have zero tolerance for drunk driving and will take any driver who is legally impaired to jail.
Keeping the roads safe for all who will be traveling to and from the game in Athens this weekend is the goal of troopers patrolling there this weekend, said Colonel Mark W. McDonough, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety. If alcohol consumption will be part of your weekend plans, prepare in advance by designating someone to handle the responsibilities of driving. Designating someone who will not be consuming alcohol to drive will save you the costs associated with an impaired driving charge and the consequences of a traffic crash.
The Nighthawks Task Force was formed in 2004 to patrol the metro Atlanta area during peak times when impaired drivers were on the roads. The unit has been expanded to cover other cities in the state including Athens, Savannah, Statesboro, Albany and Columbus. Troopers assigned to the Nighthawks Task Force are the most highly trained DUI enforcement officers in Georgia. The Nighthawks Task Force is funded with a grant from the Governors Office of Highway Safety.
The Governors Office of Highway Safety said alcohol is a factor in one out of every four fatal crashes in Georgia. The Georgia State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies around the state are stepping up traffic enforcement efforts as the number of people killed in traffic crashes in Georgia continues to climb. More than 1,100 people have already died in traffic crashes in the state this year. Georgia is on pace to surpass the total number of traffic deaths last year when 1,432 people were killed in crashes.
The Georgia/Tennessee rivalry is one of the best in the SEC, and we hope Bulldog fans and our guests from Tennessee enjoy spending the weekend in the best college town in the nation, said Harris Blackwood, director of the Governors Office of Highway Safety. If your plan this weekend includes alcohol, then avoid spending a night wearing an orange jail jumpsuit by planning to have a sober driver take you home.
Football fans in Athens and across the state can find a safe ride home on the Drive Sober Georgia app. The free app not only offers a list of cab companies and ride services around the state, it will also dial the number of the cab company or ride service listed in the app.
If nothing else, TCU football coach Gary Patterson proved to be a man of his word Saturday. Patterson promised he would have a couple of surprises in store for Iowa State in his teams Big 12 conference opener at Amon G. Carter Stadium but did not elaborate during his weekly news conference.
Instead, he trotted out one of his team leaders, receiver Deante Gray, as a starting cornerback in place of Ranthony Texada. He had last weeks leading tackler, linebacker Sammy Douglas, yield his starting spot to Travin Howard before getting into the flow for something other than special teams duty late in the second quarter.
Perhaps the most welcomed fresh wrinkle: quarterback Kenny Hill did not punctuate his second-quarter touchdown run in Saturdays 41-20 victory with an end-zone celebration that could be viewed as an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Instead, Hill tapped a few teammates helmets after putting the Horned Frogs ahead 17-7 with 7:22 remaining in the first half.
Just be smart. That was really it. Just be smart and understand the situation. He really has had my back this week, so I appreciate that.
TCU quarterback Kenny Hill, on what coach Gary Patterson told him about TD celebrations after last weeks pivotal penalty against Arkansas
Asked what Patterson told him about celebrating against Iowa State, Hill said: Just be smart. That was really it. Just be smart and understand the situation. He really has had my back this week, so I appreciate that.
In another new move, TCU (2-1, 1-0 Big 12) unleashed a consistent pass rush. The Frogs collected five sacks against the Cyclones (0-3, 0-1) after combining for five in their first two games.
About the only surprise that didnt work Saturday was a second-quarter series involving three consecutive runs for power back Derrick Green, a graduate transfer from Michigan. That three-and-out series resulted in a punt shortly before Green found the end zone for the first time as a Horned Frog in the final minute of the first half.
20 Points allowed by the TCU defense against Iowa State after the unit surrendered 41 in each of the first two games this season.
But most of Pattersons wrinkles worked, though the coach hardly seemed pleased in the wake of a victory that pushed TCU to the top of the Big 12 conference standings for at least one week.
Im not happy about it, but its a win, said Patterson, who watched three key players leave the contest with injuries (receiver and return man KaVontae Turpin, defensive end Josh Carraway, cornerback Jeff Gladney). Too many people got banged up and not enough emotion.
But there were bright spots among the fresh wrinkles. Gray, a fifth-year senior, made two tackles (one for a loss) and broke up a pass in his first appearance at cornerback since the 2013 season. He said he learned Sunday that he would be shifting positions and worked exclusively at cornerback during practice last week, earning the start ahead of Texada, who also finished with two tackles against ISU.
Gray said he considered it a huge deal that coaches asked him to make the move in an effort to stabilize a defense that allowed 41 points in each of its first two games.
Whatever Coach P wants me to do, Im going to do it and be full-speed about it. As a senior, he expects us to set an example for the younger people, Gray said. With me, he sees Im a very selfless player and Im going to do whatever to make the team win.
Although safety Nick Orr credited Gray with being a main reason why the defense played better this week, Gray acknowledged he missed too many tackles and has some things to sharpen up, for sure, if hes going to remain a part of Pattersons defense.
Patterson remained unsure about that, perhaps in response to Turpins injury and its potential impact on the receiving corps.
I dont know if h**l play [defense] next week. h**l probably have to move back to offense, Patterson said, adding that Grays shift of positions Saturday was designed to help TCU get better at corner.
Howard, who received Saturdays start over Douglas, posted seven tackles against ISU. So did Douglas. Fellow linebacker Ty Summers led the way with 16 as the defense held ISU to 355 yards, the lowest total by a TCU opponent this season. But Patterson was not pleased because ISU entered the contest averaging only 299 yards and 11.5 points per game.
Whatever Coach P wants me to do, Im going to do it and be full-speed about it. As a senior, he expects us to set an example for the younger people.
TCU receiver/cornerback Deante Gray
We gave up too many yards. Against that offense, we probably should have played less than 60 plays [on defense], Patterson said, reflecting on ISUs 83 plays (11 more than TCU). We did some good things. We got better than we were last week. Weve got to start acting like were older to be better.
Sounds like more tweaks may be in order for next weeks game against SMU.
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Margot Robbie kicked off the season 42 premiere of Saturday Night Live by bringing a bit of honesty to election season.
I mean, this is how you guys really do it, the Australian actress said in her opening monologue. Its nuts! I mean everybody just lies. Its crazy. Which is why tonight I am going to be 100 percent honest with you. And just in case I ever do lie, I will be fact-checking my own monologue. But dont worry. I never lie.
Then, she turned to face another camera and added, I lie all the time. My name isnt even Margot Robbie. Its Margot Robert.
Robbie went on to poke fun at her Suicide Squad costar, Jared Leto, the method actor who made headlines during the films production for sending his castmates various unwanted gifts (think used condoms, a**l beads, a live rat, and a dead pig) in character as the Joker.
Jared Leto stayed in character like the whole time, which was so, so fun, Robbie said, before fact-checking herself: Not fun. It was kind of uncomfortable.
See the full monologue below, and check out the season premiere recap here.
SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Channel 2 Action News has confirmed the victim in a crash in South Fulton County has been identified as Carlos Walker, also known as Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo.
Fulton County police say the crash happened around 2:20 a.m. when the 2016 Audi that Walkerwas driving crashed over a guardrail, hit several trees and caught fire at the Cascade Road exit.
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The police department says the 40-year-old was ejected and died at the scene. Two women in the car were injured and taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The rapper"s manager confirmed the news and Shawty Lo"s Twitter account put out a statement.
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After initially describing the crash as a hit-and-run, it has been confirmed now that it was a single car accident, Fulton police spokeswoman Cpl. Maureen Smith said.
The rapper formed the hip hop group D4Lwith fellow Atlanta rappers Fabo, Mook-B and Stoney. The group released the popular songs "Betcha Can"t Do It Like Me" and "Laffy Taffy."
He was born in Moultrie, Georgia in 1976.
Channel 2s Audrey Washington met with Shawty Lo"s group D4L and his manager after they spoke on the Ryan Cameron Morning Show with Wanda Smith.
His friend broke down in tears when he explained he invited the rapper to hang out with him Tuesday night.
"I called him and asked him to come out, you know? And he came out and my buddy didn"t go back home, you know? Shawty Los friend said.
Shawty Lo made news in 2013 when the Oxygen network announced plans for a special about his blended family, which includes 11 children with 10 women. After outrage and online petitions, the special entitled All My Babies Mamas was scrapped before it even aired.
No other details about the crash were released.
Artists, neighbors, friends and family mourn loss of Shawty Lo
Artists, neighbors, childhood friends and family have gathered along Donald LeeHollowell with the sound of Shawty Lo"s music blasting through the doors of the ORG studio.
His death has made national news, but there"s only one place where you"ll find people who truly knew Shawty Lo.
"We just stunned right now, D4L co-founder Marcus Smith said. The community is just stunned."
Shawty Lo is memorialized in so many personal ways once you cross into Donald Lee Hollowell.
"And for him to leave today? friend Shawn Robinson asked. I"m crushed. It"s hard. It"s very hard for me. And everybody just left Yung Joc party last night, you understand me?"
On every corner, you"d find people mourning the loss of the 40-year-old who rose to fame in the early 2000s, but never became a stranger to this neighborhood.
"They really looked up to him, especially if you could be one of the ones that make it out, friend Dontavius Dowell said.
"Thanksgiving, Christmas. People needed a lot of things and he came out of his own pocket and gave, Smith said.
Outside the ORG studio off Donald Lee Hollowell, one of Shawty Lo"s 11 children stepped out to speak with us.
"We trying to strong, but we can"t. You know, we can"t bring him back, but he in a better place, though, son Michael Robinson said.
The two unidentified female passenger are being treated at Grady as the cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Channel 2 Action News has not heard anything about funeral arrangements at this point.
As much as people are talking about the SEC West, there"s still that division called the SEC East that"s still important. The East hasn"t looked pretty, but Saturday"s game between No. 11 Tennessee and No. 25 Georgia is important for whoever meets the West winner in Atlanta for the SEC title game.
Tennessee got its first win over Georgia in five seasons, beating the Dawgs 38-31 in Knoxville in 2015. This year, Tennessee is coming off a thrilling victory over Florida, coming back from a 21-point halftime deficit to beat the Gators, 38-28. Meanwhile, Georgia looks to rebound from a tough road game against Ole Miss -- the Rebels crushed the Dawgs, 45-14, in Oxford last week.
With Tennessee"s win over Florida and Georgia"s 28-27 win over Missouri two weeks ago, these two are still close in the SEC East race. The Vols lead it, followed by a tie between Florida and Georgia, who are both sitting 1-1 in conference play.
How to watch, stream, and listen
TV: 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS. Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson will be on the call, with Allie LaForce on the sideline.
Radio: Tennessee |Georgia
Online streaming: You can catch the game throughCBS Sports.com.
Spread: Tennessee is currently favored by 2.5 points.
Make friends: Get to SB Nations team blog chats for this game atRocky Top Talk for Tennessee fans andDawg Sports for Georgia fans.
Three big things to know
1. The Vols have a win streak at stake: Tennessees thrilling 38-28 comeback win over Florida last week brought the Vols winning streak to 10 games, dating to the 2015 season. This is currently the longest win streak Tennessee has had since the Vols won 14 in a row, in 1998 when they had a 13-0 season. A win over the Dawgs would give the Vols the fifth-longest win streak in program history
2. These two have a habit of coming from behind: The Bulldogs have rallied back from 10-point deficits twice this season -- they were down by 10 points in wins over No. 22 North Carolina in Atlanta and at Missouri, while the Volunteers have done it against Appalachian State, Virginia Tech, and most recently against Florida. However, the comeback against the Gators was after trailing 21-0. It was like the Georgia game last October in Neyland Stadium when the Vols fell behind 24-3, and came back for a 38-31 win.
3. Georgia let a 21-point lead slip away last season: See, Florida, you aren"t the only ones. By halftime, the Vols were able to pull within a touchdown, trailing 24-17. The Volunteers opened the second half with two to take a 31-24 lead, their first of the game. The Dawgs were able to tie things up on a 48-yard TD pass, but then Tennessee went on a 78-yard scoring drive to score the game-winner with 5:48 left to win 38-31.
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