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A woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sex assault is now charged with defrauding ex-MLB player
04/16/2024 08:59pm • PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault has been charged with defrauding the baseball player. An indictment unsealed Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court charges the woman with fraud and theft by extortion, both felonies, but doesn
Arrests made a year after gold and cash worth millions were stolen at Toronto airport
04/16/2024 08:48pm • TORONTO (AP) — Police have made arrests in the theft of a cargo container that included gold and other items worth over 20 million Canadian dollars ($14.5 million) that were stolen from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago, authorities said Tuesday. Peel Regional Police and the U.S
Ex-Piston Will Bynum sentenced to 18 months in prison in NBA insurance fraud scheme
04/16/2024 06:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Will Bynum, who played for the Detroit Pistons for six season, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for his conviction in a scandal involving NBA insurance fraud. Bynum, 41, of Bensenville, Illinois, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court, where a jury convicted him in No
Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud
04/15/2024 07:39pm • DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court d
Russian soldiers who quit Putin's war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge
04/15/2024 06:41pm • ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. The pain that followed was the pric
How O.J. Simpson burned the Ford Bronco into America's collective memory
04/13/2024 11:37am • The Ford Bronco initially was conceived and designed for rugged outdoorsy types, a two-door means of escape to nature from the bustling cities of mid-century America. But it had already been tamed and polished for suburbanites, with cruise control and air conditioning, by 1994, when O.J. Simpson co
Why did Yoon's party lose in South Korea's elections and what troubles does he face now?
04/12/2024 02:59am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some experts say the results of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections make Yoon “a lame duck” —
What to know about Elon Musk's 'free speech' feud with a Brazilian judge
04/11/2024 06:14pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Headline-grabbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform Musk bought when it was Twitter. Since his takeover, Musk has upended many of Twitter's policies, gutt
Movie Review: ‘Food, Inc. 2’ revisits food system, sees reason for frustration and (a little) hope
04/11/2024 04:20pm • The makers of the influential 2008 documentary “Food, Inc.” never planned to make a sequel. They figured they’d said it all in their harrowing look at a broken, unsustainable food system — a system led, they argued, by a few multinational corporations whose monopoly squeezes out local farmer
Experts say Wisconsin woman who at 12 nearly killed girl isn't ready to leave psychiatric center
04/10/2024 08:50pm • Two psychologists testified Wednesday that a Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man should not be released yet from a psychiatric hospital. Morgan Geyser, now 21, wants to leave Winnebago Mental Health Institute
Maryland man indicted in attempt to defraud 28 US federal bankruptcy courts out of $1.8M in unclaimed funds
04/10/2024 09:24am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Maryland man accused of trying to defraud 28 federal bankruptcy courts out of more than $1.8 million in unclaimed funds was indicted by a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico, authorities said Tuesday. The alleged scheme targeted courts from Alabama to Wisconsin and
How to tell if you have eye damage after viewing the eclipse
04/09/2024 12:17pm • (CNN) — The total solar eclipse has come and gone after creating a celestial spectacle Monday in the skies over Mexico, the US and Canada. But some people may be experiencing eye discomfort, rather than awe, in the aftermath. You might be wondering if maybe your eclipse glasses were
fake
. Perha
Colorado politics reporter's expulsion from a Republican gathering causes uproar
04/08/2024 09:38pm • DENVER (AP) — Politicians and news outlets in Colorado expressed anger over the expulsion from a Republican gathering this weekend of an experienced politics reporter who was told that the state party chairman "believes current reporting to be very unfair." Journalists and prominent politicians,
Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over
fake
news and obstruction
04/08/2024 03:18pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice has included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of
fake
news, and has opened a separate investigation into the U.S. business executive for alleged obstruction. In his decision, Justice Alexandre
Rockets eliminated from playoffs as Mavericks win in overtime 147-136
04/08/2024 12:34am • DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 48 points, Dante Exum forced overtime with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 22 points down for a 147-136 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday. Luka Doncic had 37 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Maver
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