By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — More video in Brazilian media shows retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet using homophobic language and more racial slurs about Lewis Hamilton. The website Grande Prêmio published video late Thursday of Piquet speaking in Portuguese that was apparently filmed last year. The 69-year-old Brazilian uses
Continue ReadingBy Kilee Thomas Click here for updates on this story PONCA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The battle to take a 92-year-old woman’s house went to court Thursday. The Ponca City school board is suing the woman, saying the district needs her property to build a new athletic facility. Many people thought the controversial hearing would
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By Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Since he was a boy, Abraham Luna always wanted to become a police officer. “I respect what they do and the job, the challenges they face every day, what they do for the community. It’s what really drives me and
Continue ReadingBy Kris Ketz Click here for updates on this story SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri (KMBC) — It’s been a family secret for decades, but now the secret is out. Seventy-five-year-old Fern Franco was one of nine people who died 20 years ago at a Chillicothe, Missouri, hospital. Former respiratory therapist Jennifer Hall was charged last month
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former Georgetown University tennis coach has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school. The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the toughest punishment handed down
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By Sula Kim Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Authorities arrested a man accused of stealing a vehicle with a baby inside from the parking lot of a Chalmette business Wednesday. Johnathon Perkins, 21, of the 4900 block of Lafaye Street in New Orleans, was booked with theft of motor
Continue ReadingBy WESH Staff Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A Florida judge has been disciplined after a video showed him cursing out a defendant. A document from the Chair of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission shows that Seminole County Judge Wayne Culver is to be suspended without pay for
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Meredith Click here for updates on this story LAKE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — In Lake County, the four-month-long drug investigation involved nine different agencies and was called operation Sneak-A-Peek named after the first suspect agents learned about–Cliff Johnson. “Mr. Johnson goes by the street name Sneak and our detectives took a peek at
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Llegó julio y con ello el estreno de la continuación de unas de las series más populares actualmente en la cultura pop mundial: “Stranger Things”. Recopilamos algunos de los estrenos más importantes en cuatro de las plataformas de streaming más buscadas: Netflix, Amazon, Disney + y HBO Max. Estrenos de
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Business) — Una fábrica de chocolate en Bélgica cerró temporalmente sus puertas luego de descubrir salmonela en un lote de producción. El productor de chocolate suizo Barry Callebaut detuvo la producción en su planta en Wieze, Bélgica, el lunes, dijo la compañÃa en un comunicado el jueves. La planta de Wieze es
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — to 17 recipients next week, with his first slate of honorees since taking office featuring Olympians, an Academy Award winner, the first American to receive the Covid-19 vaccine outside of trials, lawmakers on both sides
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By Sophie Flay Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Chef Uyen Le is squeezing out every resource to stock up on Sriracha amid the Sriracha shortage. “I’ve personally been going to different markets and stuff trying to gather, and one of my employees recommended ‘Hey why don’t you just post
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By Jay Croft and Randi Kaye, CNN The woman accused of killing an elite cyclist in Texas used someone else’s passport to flee to Costa Rica, where she changed her hair length and color to avoid authorities, according to the US Marshals Service. Authorities say they found Kaitlin Marie Armstrong at a hostel in Costa
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The department posted on Facebook that Pulaski County deputies were sent to the 30000 block of Route AB on Thursday afternoon for a report of a disturbance and a person being held hostage.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A local government in Kansas has agreed to pay $12.5 million to a man and his mother after he spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, approved the settlement Thursday. The government said in
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer Having led Marseille back to the Champions League and united the hard-to-please fans behind him, coach Jorge Sampaoli left the club’s preseason preparations in tatters when he quit. After Marseille announced his departure, Sampaoli claimed his objectives were not met by the club. There was seemingly no bitterness between
Continue ReadingBy Shelley Childers Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A group of educators has suggested to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery be taught as “involuntary relocation” in the second-grade curriculum. “Here we go with another attempt to whitewash the truth,” said Jackie Anderson, president of the Houston
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off a Final Four appearance, Villanova and new coach Kyle Neptune will face Tom Izzo’s Michigan State in one of the major attractions of the seventh Gavitt Tipoff Games. The Big East and Big Ten Conferences announced the eight men’s basketball contests on Friday. The series will run from Nov.
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine is staying with the Chicago Bulls. The two-time All-Star and Olympic gold medalist said Friday he has agreed to a new deal with the Bulls. LaVine will be signing a five-year max contract worth about $215 million, according to a person with direct knowledge
Continue Reading By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning have accomplished one of their top offseason priorities, retaining forward Nick Paul with a seven-year contract worth just over $22 million. General manager Julien BriseBois announced deal Friday, three days after saying the club wanted to re-sign Paul as well as
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