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Spain-Austria Preview: Which Austrian team will show up?

Alexis Guerreros·Christian PolancoWed, July 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM UTC

Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros of The Cooligans break down Austria’s chances in the Round of 32 against tournament favorite Spain. Check out the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.

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Here's what I'll say about Austria.

I'm very high on Austria every international tournament, since they've brought in Ralf Rangnick.

Yeah.

I like the way they play.

I like the fact that they remind me a lot of Japan in the sense where they play as a unit and all 11 play together.

We're looking at them now.

you know, look Laimer, Schlager, Sabitzer, Arnautovic.

You've heard of some of these names, right?

Can they put it all together?

I think Alaba in the back line.

I think so, just not against Spain.

I think Spain is a level above.

So- Yeah look, I, I expect Austria's gonna put a lot of respect on their name in this game.

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I don't think it's gonna be a 3-0.

I think it could very easily be a 3-1 or a 3-2, possibly even a 4-2 for Spain.

But I think at the end of the day, Spain is just a little bit too strong, a little bit too quick, a little bit too techy for them, and I think they're gonna, I think they're gonna, you know, run, run around them a lot more than I think, any other team has.

To need a 96-minute, winner against, Nigeria, no disrespect to Nigeria, doesn't leave me with a lot of confidence that you'll be able to handle Spain.

It, it was an equalizer, right away.

Sorry, an equalizer.

Good point, yeah.

But yeah, it, it look, they've, they scored, six goals, but they've also conceded six.

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and, and that, you know, that's the You can clearly see the- their, their weaknesses.

So, yeah, you gotta obviously favor, Spain here.

Even though I don't, like you said, I don't think it's gonna be a thrashing.

I, Spain have not, like, l- really looked that impressive, even in the games that they've won.

Ohio: 116 School Districts Now Allow Armed Employees

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AWR Hawkins1 Jul 2026

Four years after Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed legislation allowing school boards to choose to allow teachers and other employees to be armed, 116 school districts have chosen to allow armed employees for classroom defense.

WOWO reported that the figure of “116 school districts” is derived from state data “as of June 17.”

The Ohio Capital Journal noted that the 116 districts include “more than 70 Ohio school districts and 15 Christian schools…[with] staff members who are authorized to carry weapons on school grounds.”

Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper criticized the training requirements for the growing number of armed school employees, saying, “It’s not a sufficient amount of training. We’re talking about highly intense situations that require a lot of not only tactical training on how to use weapons, but how to deal with making split-second decisions.”

She did not provide an instance where an armed teacher or employee has harmed someone since the law was signed by DeWine.

Antwerp district superintendent Marty Miller explained that his district chose to arm teachers and employees because they are in a rural setting with a longer police response time.

He said, “It’s just letting the public know that your children are protected.”

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He holds a PhD in Military History with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. He enjoys reading Philosophy and novels by Jack Carr and Nelson DeMille. He is a lever action man in an AR-15 world. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].

10-year-old charged with murder in shooting of infant niece

The infant's father is also facing multiple criminal charges.

ByNadine El-BawabVideo byJessie DiMartino and Cristina CorujoJuly 1, 2026, 2:43 PM

A 10-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his 7-month-old niece, according to court officials.

The young boy allegedly picked up a firearm that was stored under a mattress and shot the 7-month-old infant in the head, according to court documents.

Another child, a 7-year-old, was also home at the time of the shooting, according to court documents.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police responded to a report of a shooting on Friday to find that the infant had been shot inside the house.

The 7-month-old was rushed to an area hospital, but despite life-saving care, died of her injuries, according to police.

Detectives investigating the incident determined that the 10-year-old had allegedly shot the baby, and he was taken into custody, police said.

The Mel Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis, Feb. 16, 2001. The 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri is located within two landmark buildings in downtown St. Louis: the Clyde S. Cahill Courts Building and the Mel Carnahan Courthouse.James A. Finley/AP

After questioning, the infant's father, identified as 19-year-old Ca’Marion Pawnell, was also arrested, according to police.

Pawnell was charged with second-degree murder and multiple child endangerment charges, according to court documents.

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The father is accused of endangering a child "by allowing a firearm to be within access of other children in the home and this resulted in death" of the infant, prosecutors alleged in court documents.

Pawnell allegedly told police the gun belonged to him and he stored it under the mattress, according to court documents.

The 10-year-old told investigators that he knew where the firearm was and that it was "accessible to him for an extended period of time," saying he had even taken it out and touched it previously, according to court documents.

The 10-year-old is in the custody of the Missouri Children’s Division and was taken in for psychiatric evaluation, according to Missouri’s 22nd Circuit Court.

Missouri law states that a child under 12 years old cannot be tried as an adult, so the 10-year-old will be tried through the Juvenile Division of the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, according to a communications officer for the court.

No attorney information was listed for Pawnell. It was not immediately clear if the 10-year-old had an attorney.