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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 5 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The body of 42-year-old Iowa resident Branden Colvin Sr. has been found days after an apartment building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa. Colvin Sr. was one of the three bodies that remained unaccounted for following the tragedy. Ryan Hitchcock, 51, and Daniel Prien, 60, remain unaccounted. Colvin Sr. is the first person to be confirmed dead following the collapse. The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa , has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday. Branden Colvin Sr.'s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah Ott said. Two other men — 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien — are still unaccounted for. Colvin, 42, is the first person confirmed to have died in the collapse. No other … [Read more...] about Missing body recovered from scene of Iowa apartment building collapse, 2 still unaccounted

Roger Craig, who pitched or managed in five World Series and changed the face of pitching in the 1980s as the guru of the split-fingered fastball, died on Sunday. He was 93. His family said the death came after a short illness, according to a spokesman for The San Francisco Giants, a team Craig managed for eight seasons, leading them to the National League pennant in 1989. A family member said Craig died in San Diego, a team spokesman told The Associated Press. For some, Craig was a figure in baseball trivia: He was the starting pitcher for the Dodgers in their final game before moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, and five years later, in 1962, he threw the first pitch in the Mets’ history. He was the loser both times. He lost 24 games and then 22 for the dreadful Mets in their first two seasons, including 18 in a row in 1963. But he had his moments when backed by good-hitting lineups. A lanky 6-foot-4 right-hander who, it was often noted, bore a remarkable resemblance to … [Read more...] about Roger Craig, Teacher of an Era-Defining Pitch, Is Dead at 93

T he bald eagle, a bird that lives only in North America, is sometimes mistaken for an idea. Take the Great Seal of the United States: The eagle clutches an olive branch in one claw, a set of 13 arrows in the other. His wings stretch out tall and wide from behind a shield, and his fulsome beak holds a ribbon inscribed with Latin: “ E pluribus unum .” That is a collage of symbols about peace and war and history and unity, not a bird. A real bald eagle is made of flesh and feathers and talons — a thing of nature, not a pastiche of concepts. Noble virtues do not map neatly onto apex predators, a fact that troubled Benjamin Franklin as early as 1784. In a letter to his daughter, he wrote: “I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly.” But the first time Will Harris saw a bald eagle on his farm, six years ago, Franklin’s lesson was one he had not yet learned. Harris, the owner … [Read more...] about When the National Bird Is a Burden

Illustration: Alicia Tatone In May 2017, Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey , crashing through the first of many important democratic norms. While FBI directors technically can be fired, they generally serve ten-year terms for the express purpose of ensuring their political independence and to ward off the inherent danger of an unscrupulous president turning the bureau into a partisan weapon to protect his friends and harass his enemies. There were banner headlines and special reports invoking Nixon’s infamous Saturday Night Massacre . Conservatives uneasily justified the extraordinary maneuver as a necessary onetime response to Comey’s messy involvement in the 2016 election . “Given the recent controversies surrounding the director, I believe a fresh start will serve the FBI and the nation well,” said Senator Lindsey Graham . Comey had “made himself eminently fireable,” explained National Review . For a while, the national emergency was averted. The … [Read more...] about The GOP’s Authoritarian Acceleration

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Community Corner This year, the Elmhurst Park District is mapping its future by updating its comprehensive and strategic plan. Elmhurst Park District , Community Contributor Posted | Updated Reply This year, the Elmhurst Park District is mapping its future by updating its comprehensive and strategic plan. Part of this process will be hearing from the community and giving residents the opportunity to share their insights and ideas through a website, surveys and in-person events. The Elevate Elmhurst Parks Comprehensive and Strategic Plan process kicked off this past weekend, with the debut of a new, interactive website where the community can give direct feedback to the Park District about parks, programs, facilities and more. Residents will have a number of in-person opportunities to provide feedback in the coming weeks and … [Read more...] about Elevate Elmhurst Parks – Park District looking for community feedback

“Conversion therapy,” a term widely understood to mean bans on clinical attempts to get patients to stop feeling same-sex attractions, has been redefined with the encouragement of transgender activists to include attempts to change a patient’s “gender identity.” Dozens of states have banned conversion therapy for minors under this new definition, leaving therapists concerned that they could be penalized if they don’t automatically affirm and encourage their underage patients’ transgender identities. “I hear from therapists all the time that simply will not work with minors, or will not work with trans-identified/ gender- dysphoric/ questioning people, for fear of the consequences. So the only people who do work with this population are those who ‘affirm’ and a rare handful of thoughtful people who proceed with great caution,” Stephanie Winn, a marriage and family therapist in Oregon who was investigated by her licensing board over a spurious accusation of “conversion … [Read more...] about ‘Chilling Effect’: States Are Cracking Down On Therapists Who Don’t Affirm Kids’ Trans Identities