Premier League to publish verdicts on referee and VAR decisions
Premier League to publish verdicts on referee and VAR decisions. The KRAK 11 News hour: The World Desk, Criminal Intent, Happy Animals, Sports. Real stories from named sources, read by Chip Marlowe and Deb Sarkissian.
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KRAK 11 NEWS
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Welcome to KRAK 11 News at the top of the hour.
This hour we're covering four continents and five segments. On The World Desk, Russia warns Britain will pay a price for supplying drones to Ukraine. In Criminal Intent, a Portland soap box derby where the cars look like cartoon characters and the speeds reach forty miles per hour.
Happy Animals tonight is about law students in India who don't want their own chief justice at graduation.
That is a student story, not an animal story.
It's what we have.
And in Sports, a federal judge's ruling means part of the National Firearms Act has lapsed, and we'll explain what that means for gun owners across the country. The World Desk is next with Russia's warning to the UK over drone strikes inside its territory.
The intern needs to go.
She's been here two days.
She corrected me.
She was right.
That's not the point.
You said Herrera wrong.
I said it my way.
Your way is wrong.
I've been saying it that way for six years. If it was wrong someone would have mentioned it.
we have all mentioned it, and you have been a dick every time. so don't worry. She will most likely never mention it again.
THE WORLD DESK
Welcome back.
I've been timing the segment opens and we're running six seconds long on the stinger.
The stinger is two seconds.
Plus the four seconds it takes to settle. That's six.
From London tonight, the Premier League will begin publishing official judgements on controversial referee and VAR decisions for the first time this season.
This is a transparency initiative aimed at the league's European operations, where most of the criticism has originated.
The Premier League plays in England.
With teams from across the continent.
Twenty teams. All of them English.
The Key Match Incidents Panel will review decisions from each weekend and release findings to the public within forty-eight hours.
Also from Beijing tonight, Chinese authorities censored public mourning today as they held a state funeral for former Premier Li Keqiang, who died last October.
Li served as premier from twenty thirteen to twenty twenty-three and was widely respected for his economic reforms during China's period of rapid industrial expansion.
Li served until twenty twenty-three. The expansion ended in the nineties.
During his tenure.
State media praised Li's legacy while authorities blocked online tributes and restricted access to memorial sites, concerned that public nostalgia could lead to criticism of current leadership.
And from the eastern Mediterranean, Russia has again warned the United Kingdom that it will face consequences for supplying long-range attack drones to Ukrainian forces.
The drones were used in strikes this week on Russian military positions. The UK Ministry of Defence says it stands firmly against Russian aggression and will continue to support Ukraine's defense.
This is part of a broader pattern of military support from NATO allies in the Black Sea theater.
Ukraine is not in NATO.
NATO allies are supporting Ukraine.
The allies are in NATO. Ukraine is the country being invaded.
Yes.
And from the Aegean Sea, Greek authorities are investigating this morning's helicopter crash that killed a British couple on their honeymoon and their pilot shortly after takeoff from a resort island.
The newlyweds have been identified as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert. The cause of the crash has not been determined, but witnesses reported the aircraft losing altitude rapidly within minutes of departure.
The helicopter went down near the coastal resort where the couple had been staying. Both victims and the pilot were pronounced dead at the scene.
Greek aviation authorities have opened an investigation into the incident and are reviewing flight data and weather conditions at the time of takeoff.
Still ahead tonight, a Wexler County man has been arrested for the third time in as many weeks, and prosecutors say this time the charges include something they have never seen before.
That story is next in Criminal Intent.
We'll be right back.
So.
So what.
Nothing. Just a day. Like any other day.
Okay.
Although some days are more significant than others.
Is today significant.
I didn't say that.
Happy birthday, Chip.
How did you know.
You do this every year. I hope you have a wonderful day..
CRIMINAL INTENT
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian.
Gordo, is the camera favoring my left? I need it favoring my left.
We're on air in nine seconds.
Which is why I'm asking now.
A Portland soap box derby has drawn complaints after participants mounted what authorities are calling oversized and potentially dangerous decorations to motorless vehicles.
The vehicles in question included a twenty-foot subway car replica, a giant inflatable chicken, and what organizers described as a cartoon character that police say obstructed the driver's view during the downhill run.
No citations were issued. The event concluded without injury.
The giant chicken, in particular, reached speeds authorities estimate were in excess of thirty miles per hour before crossing the finish line and colliding with a hay bale barrier that was, frankly, doing all the work.
Police said the hay bales were doing all the work.
Correct.
In Florida, a crowded Republican primary for the state's nineteenth congressional district has drawn national attention after two candidates revealed they had received presidential pardons.
Both pardons were issued by President Trump. The candidates are among seven seeking the nomination in a district that includes parts of Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
Neither candidate had lived in Florida prior to entering the race.
That is not uncommon in competitive primaries.
It's carpetbagging, Chip.
It's a staffing opportunity.
Authorities in California are investigating the death of a twenty-nine-year-old woman who prosecutors say confided suicidal thoughts to an artificial intelligence chatbot in the days before her death.
The woman did not tell her therapist, her parents, or her friends. Investigators say the chatbot logs are now part of an ongoing inquiry into AI mental health risks.
No charges have been filed.
Young job seekers say artificial intelligence is making it harder to find employment. Recent college graduates report unemployment rates higher than the national average, according to data from the New York Federal Reserve.
Economists say the causes are more complicated than automation alone.
Complicated or not, the data shows a person of interest: artificial intelligence.
The data shows correlation, Chip. Economists said correlation.
Still ahead, HAPPY ANIMALS. A story about animals, which are happy, which is the entire point of the segment.
That's next.
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Stop what.
Whatever you're spraying.
It's called Broadcast. It's its a new cologne.
It smells like dick..
Something you are familiar with?
The booth smells like a taco bells bathroom.
I can taste it when I breathe.
That means it's working.
HAPPY ANIMALS
And now the Good News Desk.
Deb, I want to go on record: the lighting in here feels warmer again tonight.
It's the same lighting.
A wildlife rescue center in Maine has successfully rehabilitated and released forty-three Atlantic puffins over the past six months, the highest single-season recovery rate in the center's thirty-year history.
The birds were treated for malnutrition and exhaustion after being found along the coastline between Portland and Bar Harbor. All forty-three were banded before release.
Forty-three.
Forty-three.
A golden retriever in Ohio has been credited with alerting his family to a gas leak in their home early Sunday morning, barking continuously until the homeowners called emergency services.
The dog's name is Cooper. He is seven years old. Fire officials say the leak originated from a faulty water heater valve and could have been catastrophic.
Cooper's family has adopted a second dog, a rescue named Bailey, who they say will learn from Cooper's example. The fire department presented Cooper with an honorary badge.
A library in Vermont has installed a window perch for its resident cat after patrons requested more opportunities to see her during visits.
The cat's name is Dewey. She has been at the library for nine years and is described by staff as extremely popular with children and seniors.
The perch was funded by a local carpenter who has a library card and visits twice a week specifically to see Dewey.
Chip.
She has been there nine years, Deb. That carpenter has been visiting twice a week for nine years to see a cat in a library.
And now she has a window.
Still ahead on KRAK 11 News: a quarterback nobody saw coming, a defensive line nobody can stop, and one team that has won six straight without making a single national headline. SPORTS is next.
We need one more.
For what.
Fantasy league.
I don't do fantasy football.
It's fun.
It's make-believe. I have a real life.
It's football.
It's pretend football. I deal in reality, Larry. I report actual events.
Calm down guys. Chip.. What are you doing this weekend?
Playing Dungeons and Gragons with some friends
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
What?
SPORTS
And now the KRAK 11 Scoreboard.
Deb, I am sitting exactly four inches closer to the camera than I was during World Desk. Gordo can confirm this if needed.
You've been scooting forward all hour.
Incremental adjustments create a cumulative impression of engagement.
We begin with football. The Los Angeles Rams have moved up three spots in ESPN's Future Power Rankings, now sitting at number five overall for the upcoming season.
The ranking system rewards roster strength, coaching quality, and front office planning. The Rams scored well in two of those three categories.
They're eighteenth in salary cap management.
Which is one of the three categories.
The category they're worst at.
ESPN's system rewards wins over budget discipline.
ESPN's system rewards whatever ESPN says it rewards.
Tennis now. At the U.S. Open in New York, Venus and Serena Williams were eliminated in the first round of doubles competition tonight. They lost in straight sets to Linda Noskova and Katerina Siniakova, six-two, six-four.
The Williams sisters have won fourteen Grand Slam doubles titles together. They had not played doubles at the U.S. Open since twenty-eighteen.
The tournament continues through the weekend.
In the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to change ownership for the first time in forty-seven years. Multiple sources confirm the Buss family intends to sell the team, which will remove Jeanie Buss from her role as governor.
The Buss family purchased the Lakers in nineteen seventy-nine for sixty-seven million dollars. Current valuations put the franchise at seven billion.
That is a ten-thousand-five-hundred-percent return.
Over forty-seven years.
Still impressive.
It is compound interest with a basketball attached.
In soccer, a new documentary about Pep Guardiola's final two seasons at Manchester City has revealed a confrontation between the manager and former captain Kyle Walker. The series includes previously unseen footage from inside the dressing room.
The argument occurred during Walker's final season with the club before his transfer to Bayern Munich.
Guardiola has described the documentary as a complete record of the two seasons. The series is available now on multiple platforms.
And in Formula One, Max Verstappen has now won fourteen of the seventeen races run so far this season. That is an eighty-two percent win rate heading into the final stretch.
Verstappen's nearest competitor in the standings is one hundred forty-three points behind with six races remaining.
Dominance at that level is rare in any era of the sport.
It's mathematical elimination with six races left.
That is the KRAK 11 Scoreboard.
Coming up at the top of the hour on the next KRAK 11 News, a Wexler County family is disputing ownership of a boat dock that has been underwater for three years. Neither side owns a boat.
The dock is on a lake that was drained in twenty-twenty-three.
And yet the dispute continues.
That's the next KRAK 11 News, at the top of the hour. I'm Deb Sarkissian.
I'm Chip Marlowe. Good night, Fairmont.
Why is there a bowling trophy on your desk.
I earned it.
It says Most Improved.
That's a category.
Didn't they ask you to leave the league.
They asked me to consider other recreational options.
Because you are a sore loser.
look, I was not mad that I lost the game, I was walking out of the bowling all tripped and my key dragged across the car of Captain of the other team.
And thats how you got the Black eye, From the Captain?
I said... I fell...
Reporting behind this episode
- Russia warns UK will pay for supplying drones to Ukraine
- British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island
- Premier League to publish verdicts on referee and VAR decisions
- China censors public mourning as it holds former premier's funeral
- In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry
- She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks
- This crowded Republican primary in Florida has drawn a unique cast of candidates
- Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure
- Why Indian law students don't want top judge at their graduation ceremony
- Scotland's state-owned shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce
- Poundland owner plots sale of discount chain a year after takeover
- Guardiola-Walker fallout revealed in new documentary