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Day: August 8, 2022
Rose shirks statutory rape query at Phillies fete
Pete Rose dismissed questions about his first appearance on the field in Philadelphia since the franchise scrapped plans in 2017 to honor him because of a woman’s allegation that she had sex with baseball’s hit king when she was a minor.
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Storm honor Bird in home finale; Aces spoil show
A franchise-record crowd of more than 18,000 packed Climate Pledge Arena to celebrate Sue Bird in her final regular-season home game.
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Missing Massachusetts woman found dead at Lake Whittemore in Spencer
A woman who was reported missing in Massachusetts has been found dead in an area lake.
The grim discovery forced officials to close Luther Hill Park in Spencer on Saturday after the body was spotted in Lake Whittemore.
“The lifeguard saw something unusual in the water and kayaked to it,” Spencer Police Chief David Darrin told the Worcester Telegram.
Spencer Police said the 51-year-old female was “found this afternoon deceased, floating near the shore” and that its detectives and Massachusetts State Police are investigating.
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The woman – whose identity has not been released – was reported missing earlier Saturday morning, according to Boston 25 News.
Images released by police showed first responders searching the edge of the lake.
Darrin said investigators had reason to believe the local woman could be in the area of the park, which is outside the Massachusetts city of Worcester.
Massachusetts State Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on Monday.
China to ramp up military drills around Taiwan after island hosts foreign head-of-state
China will ramp up its military exercises around Taiwan well into this week after the island hosted a foreign head of state Monday
China has been holding live-fire drills surrounding Taiwan for nearly a week since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island. Taiwan hosted St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, who insisted on flying to the island despite China’s ongoing show-of-force, on Monday.
“Prime Minister Gonsalves has expressed in recent days that the Chinese military drills would not prevent him from visiting friends in Taiwan. These statements have deeply touched us,” Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a welcoming ceremony.
Gonsalves ripped China as a “bully” in his own remarks. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is one of just over a dozen countries that has formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
“As in our own hemisphere, the Western hemisphere, we do not like it and we do not support it when any powerful neighbor seeks to intimidate us or bully us,” Gonsalves said. “Wherever there are differences, we must settle them peacefully in a civilized manner.”
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China’s ramped-up drills come days after the country announced it would hold “regular” military exercises on the Taiwanese side of the Taiwan Strait.
Chines leader Xi Jinping’s regime was furious with Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, arguing it broke the U.S. One-China policy.
The policy states that the U.S. acknowledges, but does not condone, China’s claim of sovereignty over the Taiwan. It also states that the U.S. will not keep formal diplomatic ties with the island’s government.
While President Joe Biden’s administration had advised Pelosi not to take the trip, the U.S. has made no apologies for her visit.
The U.S. has urged China not to overreact, however. South Korean airlines canceled flights to Taiwan this weekend as a precaution given China’s extensive military drills.