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Movie Review: ‘Pain Hustlers' tells a sadly familiar story with a kitchen-sink style 10/26/2023 04:29pm • The wife of a man who nearly died of an opioid overdose comes bursting into the office of the sleazy doctor who prescribed it, wrongly, in exchange for personal gain. She slugs the doctor, in her agony. The scene comes deep into the new Netflix film “Pain Hustlers,” and it feels bracingly real a ‘Grounded,’ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off 10/26/2023 11:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight. With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, “Grounded” tells the story of an F-16 fighter pilot who becomes pregnant and leaves the serv Australian police charge 7 with laundering hundreds of millions for Chinese crime syndicate 10/26/2023 05:22am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have charged seven people with helping launder hundreds of millions of dollars for a Chinese crime syndicate. Police said Thursday the arrests came after a 14-month investigation that involved multiple Australian agencies and the U.S. Department A trial begins for a Hawaii couple accused of stealing identities of dead babies 10/24/2023 08:57pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A trial opened Tuesday for a Hawaii couple accused of fraudulently living for decades under stolen identities of dead babies. Polaroids of the couple wearing jackets that appear to be authentic KGB uniforms were introduced early on by prosecutors, who suggested the case was about m Former reality TV star who was on 'Basketball Wives LA' sentenced to prison for fraud 10/24/2023 03:32pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former cast member of the reality TV show “Basketball Wives LA” was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for 15 fraud-related felonies, including schemes connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brittish Williams, 33, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty in May to five federal count The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power 10/24/2023 02:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Four of the 18 people charged alongside former President Donald Trump with participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia have now negotiated deals with prosecutors, pleading guilty to reduced charges in exchange for their tru Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter? 10/24/2023 11:46am • ATLANTA (AP) — Sidney Powell was present for a now-infamous December 2020 meeting at the White House where participants hatched far-fetched schemes to keep Donald Trump in power and was so tied to the then-president that he once considered naming her a special counsel to probe claims of election f China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact 10/23/2023 11:58pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar Man living in woods convicted of murder in shooting deaths of retired New Hampshire couple 10/23/2023 06:13pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire was convicted of murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk. After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the Apr Lamar Jackson's skills and vision were on full display when the Ravens routed the Lions 10/23/2023 05:50pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson took the shotgun snap, looked to escape to the left as the pocket collapsed, then had to turn around and run to the right. When two defenders chased him over there, he moved a bit back to his left before finally throwing into the end zone to Nelson Agholor fo Hurts passes for 279 yards, throws a TD and runs for one in Eagles' 31-17 win over Dolphins 10/23/2023 12:44am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts needed a brace on his left leg in the second half — then shook off whatever ailed him to stand tall in the pocket and lead a go-ahead scoring drive — before he hobbled off the field after yet another Eagles win. Hurts is hurting, for sure. “I don't want to pu Seahawks get TDs from rookies Smith-Njigba, Bobo and rely on defense to topple Arizona 20-10 10/22/2023 08:59pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Jake Bobo come from opposite ends of the spectrum for NFL rookies. Smith-Njigba was a first-round pick carrying the expectations that come with that spot. Bobo was an undrafted rookie just looking for a shot. The Seattle Seahawks consider themselves fortunat A Guide to Calling in Sick 10/22/2023 08:00pm • Calling in sick can be a source of anxiety for workers who wonder when to call, what to say and how to say it. They may question whether they are truly sick enough to take the day off or worry missing work will reflect poorly on them. "First, there is a worry about the work they are going to miss," Charlottesville City Council suspends virtual public comments after racist remarks at meeting 10/22/2023 03:08pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Charlottesville City Council has suspended virtual public comments during public meetings after anonymous callers Zoomed into a council meeting and made racist remarks. The Daily Progress reports that the decision came after an Oct. 2 council meeting was interrupted Without Van Dyke, Miami rallies and stuns Clemson 28-20 in double OT thriller 10/22/2023 12:37am • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — They were down by 10 in the fourth quarter. They were facing an opponent that always seems to blow them out. They were without their starting quarterback. And they were coming off two losses that left a very distinct sense of here-we-go-again around a program that has sp