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Month: August 2024

Bookmaker to plead guilty in gambling case tied to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to running an illegal gambling business, U.S. authorities announced Thursday. Mathew Bowyer’s business operated for at least five years in Southern California and Las Vegas and

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Massachusetts governor says Steward Health Care must give 120-day notice before closing hospitals

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey says she is pressing Steward Health Care to adhere to a state Department of Public Health regulation that hospital owners must give 120 days notice before any medical facility can close in Massachusetts. Healey made the comment Thursday, a day after a bankruptcy judge allowed Steward’s decision

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Louisville nonprofit sends $270K of medical equipment to disabled kids in Peru

By Helena Arjona Click here for updates on this story     LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville-based nonprofit is helping disabled children in Peru. SOS and Medical Ministries International are partnering to fill a 40-foot container with medical equipment that will be shipped to Peru on Wednesday. The equipment includes hundreds of wheelchairs and walkers for

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Bookmaker to plead guilty in gambling case tied to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to running an illegal gambling business, U.S. authorities announced Thursday. Mathew Bowyer’s business operated for at least five years in Southern California and Las Vegas and

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Coalition raises civil rights concerns over Brent Spence Corridor project

By Giacomo Luca Click here for updates on this story     CINCINNATI, Ohio (WLWT) — A Greater Cincinnati coalition has lodged a civil rights complaint over the multi-billion-dollar Brent Spence Corridor Project, saying the project significantly impacts neighborhoods in Covington and Cincinnati. The $3.6 billion project will widen lanes interstate traffic lanes and build a double-decker

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

ANÁLISIS | Lo que un histórico intercambio de prisioneros significa para la Rusia de Vladimir Putin

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La liberación por Rusia del periodista del diario The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, del ex infante de Marina estadounidense Paul Whelan y de la periodista rusoestadounidense Alsu Kurmasheva es motivo de celebración. Los tres fueron liberados como parte de un amplio intercambio de prisioneros en el que también fueron liberados

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Robert Courtney, former pharmacist convicted of diluting medications, released from prison

By Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Robert Courtney, a former pharmacist convicted of diluting medications for thousands of patients, has been released early from prison. Courtney, 71, was released from a facility in Colorado and will be transferred to home confinement. Courtney, who admitted to diluting

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