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Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son s death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movemen stanley water bottle t, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk after marching along the pedestrian stanley polska walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police warned them thre stanley cup usa e times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests.Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She stood up and was led to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, The whole world is watching. Sheehan s 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in an ambush in Sadr City, Iraq, last year. She attracted worldwide attention last month with her 26-day vigil outside President Bush s Texas ranch.Sheehan was among several hundred demonstrators who marched around the White House on Monday and then stopped in front and began singing and chanting Stop the war now! The demonstration is part of a broader anti-war effort on Capitol Hill organized by United for Peace and Justice, an umbrella group. Representatives from anti-war groups were meeting Monday with members of Congress to urge them to work to end the war and bring home the troops. The protest followed a massive demonstration Saturday on the National Mall that drew a crowd of 100,000 or more, the largest such gathering in the capital since the war began in March 2003. On Sunday, a rally supporting the war drew roughly 500 par Yjca Jersey Shore shop owners reopen for Memorial Day
The US Open has fined Serena Williams $17,000 for three code violations during her loss in Saturday s women s singles final, the United States Tennis Association said.Saturday s match between Williams and Naomi Osaka was marred by controversy in the second set after umpire Carlos Ramos penalized Williams a point and then an entire game. Osaka beat Williams in straights sets to win her first Grand Slam title.Ramos first issued a warning to Williams after ruling that her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, gave her hand signals that Ramos said constituted illegal coaching. Williams denied the accusation and could be heard repeatedly demanding an apology from Ramos.Later in the match, Ramos docked Williams a poin adidas campus damen t after she smashed her racket upon misplaying a shot. Ramos then issued Williams a full game penalty after she called him a thief, saying the comment amounted to verbal yeezy abuse.Williams claimed during and after the match that her male counterparts in the sport hav salomon xt e gotten away with far worse.US Open tournament referee Brian Earley administered fines of $4,000 for the coaching violation, $3,000 for racket abuse and $10,000 for the verbal abuse, the USTA said.The money will go to the International Tennis Federation s Grand Slam Development Fund. |
