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By Lysée Mitri Click here for updates on this story PLACER COUNTY, California (KCRA) — The daughter of a Lake Tahoe-area couple shot in their own home in 2021 spoke publicly on Monday for the first time since her brother-in-law and a family friend were arrested for the crime. Adrienne Spohr was in a Roseville
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — When 34-year-old Davey Bauer’s lungs stopped working, doctors turned to an unusual tool to help keep him alive: large breast implants. Experts say it was an innovative solution to give Bauer’s body time to fight off a nasty infection so it could accept a lifesaving double lung transplant. It
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — When 34-year-old Davey Bauer’s lungs stopped working, doctors turned to an unusual tool to help keep him alive: large breast implants. Experts say it was an innovative solution to give Bauer’s body time to fight off a nasty infection so it could accept a lifesaving double lung transplant.
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities are seeking an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022 on charges of spreading false information about the military after replacing supermarket
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Art history is filled with examples of the powerful and the wealthy communicating their status through portraiture. Not just sovereigns, but military leaders, aristocrats, and champions of industry. This is particularly true of Western art, at a time when European nations conquered land, peoples and commerce. But what of
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting again Wednesday as Wall Street continues to recalibrate following its sharp recent swings. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged and on track for a third straight day of quiet, mixed trading. Its movements have become much calmer after the index screamed
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats had plenty of good news to celebrate in Tuesday’s off-year elections and more evidence that they can win races centered on the national debate over abortion. Abortion rights supporters won an Ohio ballot measure and the Democratic governor of beet-red Kentucky held onto his office by
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nine-inning World Series games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute, the fastest since 1996, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The first postseason of the pitch clock also included defensive shift limits and larger bases, leading to increased stolen bases and appearing to contribute to higher
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup intentionally discriminated against Armenian Americans when they applied for credit cards, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday, as the bank argued internally that Armenians were more likely to commit fraud and referred to applicants as “bad guys” or affiliated with organized crime. The
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Authorities in Croatia have recommended that people drink only tap water as they investigate reports of several people getting sick or suffering throat injuries allegedly after consuming bottled beverages. Health authorities have ordered the “suspected” products pulled from shops and restaurants, without specifying which products. However, photos on social media from
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN Associated Press The badges said they were there to participate in negotiations to curb climate change. They stated affiliations like the government of Brazil, Indigenous organizations of the Amazon, the Climate Registry. But in reality, the livelihoods of these participants were more aligned with what’s keeping the problem
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s highest court has upheld a controversial media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation.” The legislation, approved last year, calls for three years in prison for journalists or social media users convicted of spreading false news. The opposition had sought its annulment arguing it would
Continue ReadingBy Josie Heart Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — The search is on to find the person responsible for using white paint to vandalize the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton. Deacon Richard Braun says a priest discovered the paint before 7 a.m. Mass on Sunday morning. What he found,
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers is forecasting that the country’s economy will shrink by 0.4% this year and grow only by a relatively modest 0.7% next year. The panel on Wednesday joined several other forecasters in revising downward its outlook for Europe’s biggest economy. Its prediction for this year
Continue ReadingBy LISA NAPOLI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy First-class recreation centers in low-income neighborhoods — dozens of them, scattered around the nation. That was the vision of Joan Kroc, billionaire philanthropist and heiress to the McDonald’s fortune of her husband, Ray. When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — General Motors has entered into a partnership with a small Wisconsin start-up, Niron Magnetics, to develop electric motor magnets that can be made without rare elements that are mostly sourced from China today. In electric vehicle motors, rapidly shifting magnetic fields spin a rotor made with magnets
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Oklahoma City police arrested a woman after court documents say she admitted to giving two dogs drugs, killing one of them. Around 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, police went to a home along Southwest 10th Street near South May Avenue and spoke
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Charges are now filed in a fatal crash that left three women dead Friday, Nov. 3. Twenty-three-year-old Everton Stewart is charged with the following: Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle while having prior intoxicant-related conviction/revocation (3 counts) Homicide by intoxicated use
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An effort to remove Kristina Karamo as the Michigan GOP’s chairwoman is being supported by some of her once loyal supporters who say she’s done little to advance the state party since being elected in February. Karamo was chosen to lead the party after an unsuccessful
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister said the country is setting up an institute to document Serbia’s crimes against its population in the 1998-1999 war. Albin Kurti said Wednesday the institute would document the war crimes so “the Kosovar Albanians’ tragic history suffered at the hands of criminal Serbia is more widely known.” The
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