By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review. Anderson also won best director and the film’s stars Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman picked up awards for their breakthrough performances. The board is an organization comprised
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former housekeeper is testifying that two women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion and that they were summoned by Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Juan Patricio Alessi began
Continue ReadingBy Austin Carter Click here for updates on this story DELRAY BEACH, Florida (WFOR) — Thirty-eight years later, police say they have the person who killed a Pompano Beach woman in Palm Beach County. Carla Lowe, 21, waited for an Amtrak train at the old Delray Beach Station in November of 1983. She never climbed
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Argentina Mauricio Macri calificó el miércoles de “absolutamente parcial” al juez que dictó su procesamiento por el presunto espionaje ilegal a familiares de los 44 muertos en el hundimiento del submarino ARA San Juan, y dijo que ya sabía que “esta persecución política iba a terminar en
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By Tierney Sneed A group of lawyers aligned with former President Donald Trump — including Sidney Powell and Lin Wood — were ordered Thursday by a federal judge to collectively pay more than $175,000 in sanctions-related fees stemming from a bogus election fraud lawsuit they filed last year. US District Judge Linda Parker ordered that
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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Dutcher will be back on the sideline at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday when his San Diego State Aztecs play No. 24 Michigan. Dutcher is hoping his Aztecs can get a resume win against Michigan, which is coming off a 72-51
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By Anna Coren, Rebecca Wright and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Driving through a snow-capped mountain pass, the young mother huddles together with her six children in the backseat of a car after leaving their makeshift camp in northwestern Afghanistan. Carrying only a blanket for warmth, 9-year-old Parwana Malik balances on her mother’s lap beside her
Continue ReadingBy Liam Martin Click here for updates on this story BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — If you live in Brookline, you know the name. And you’ve probably eaten the bagels. Kupel’s is a Kosher bakery renowned since 1978 for its baked goods and award-winning bagels. Farzad Ghorbi started working here in 1984 as an immigrant from
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall is stepping down after the Cavaliers play their bowl game. Mendenhall’s tenure at the school will end after six seasons. The surprising announcement came in a news release Thursday afternoon. Mendenhall said in a hastily organized conference call that he needs “to step back
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Michael Carrick is leaving Manchester United after completing an unbeaten three-match stint as the club’s interim manager. United made the announcement minutes after United’s 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday, which proved to be Carrick’s final game in charge following the firing of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Nov. 21. He also
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state of Texas is offering a glimpse in real time of what would be a striking new national landscape if the Supreme Court drastically curtails abortion rights: GOP-led states allowing almost no access to abortion, and women traveling hundreds of miles
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Like many other Spotify users, I opened the music streaming app on Wednesday and received a cheerful message: “Your 2021 Wrapped is here,” it read, imploring me to explore the top songs, artists, and podcasts I listened to “in a year that was far from normal.” I cringed while tapping
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill that funds the government through Feb. 18 and avoids a short-term shutdown after midnight Friday. But quick passage of the measure in the Senate is in doubt because of a fight over President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill that funds the government through Feb. 18 and avoids a short-term shutdown after midnight Friday. But quick passage of the measure in the Senate is in doubt because of a fight over President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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By Marshall Cohen A federal judge slammed one of the January 6 rioters for waving a 1776 flag while storming the US Capitol, saying his attempt to overturn a democratic election betrayed the values of the American Revolution. Judge Amy Berman Jackson made the comments Thursday at a sentencing hearing for Andrew Wrigley, 51, from
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police said Wednesday night they have made an arrest in the murder of Evelyn Player, a 69-year-old woman found dead in a Baltimore church. Player was found stabbed to death in a bathroom inside the Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley isn’t saying if injured point guard Destanni Henderson will play when the top-ranked Gamecocks face Kansas State on Friday night. Henderson played less than a half Monday night before leaving the game. She had a compression sleeve on her left leg afterwards. Staley says the 5-foot-7
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley isn’t saying if injured point guard Destanni Henderson will play when the top-ranked Gamecocks face Kansas State on Friday night. Henderson played less than a half Monday night before leaving the game. She had a compression sleeve on her left leg afterwards. Staley says the 5-foot-7
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By Emma Tucker, CNN A former Ohio sheriff’s deputy was indicted on murder charges Thursday in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Black man last year that led to large-scale protests against police brutality. Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Meade shot and killed Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus on December 4, 2020, as Goodson was
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — We’ve been here before, with the fate of abortion rights throughout the United States in doubt and awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court. Nearly 30 years ago, the court came within a vote of throwing out the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that
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