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Top News Stories for Wednesday, May 8th 2024
"He was bigger and blocking the way": Stormy Daniels takes the stand and reminds people who Trump is
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
" The people call Stormy Daniels ." Even though Donald Trump's former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen is a more important witness in the former president's ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan, the press is just as interested in Tuesday's testimony from the adult film actress at the center of his election interference case. No doubt much of the fascination is salacious, due to the nature of her job and her ...
Source: salon.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Gaza's vital Rafah crossing remained closed Wednesday after Israeli forces seized it the day before. Associated Press journalists heard sporadic explosions and gunfire in the area overnight, including two large blasts early Wednesday. Rafah has been a vital conduit for humanitarian aid since the start of the war and is the only place where people can enter and exit. Israel now controls all of Gaza's border ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
A broken ankle. Concussions. Tasered. Pepper sprayed. These are some of the claims of injuries stemming from police conduct -- and inaction — from students and university faculty involved in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses in New York and Los Angeles. Aidan Doyle, a 21-year-old junior at the University of California, Los Angeles, told NPR that the slow response from police, decisions ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance launched legal action against the US government on Tuesday after it passed sell-or-ban legislation targeting the short video app. TikTok argues that the law signed by president Joe Biden in April that forces its Chinese owners to divest in nine months violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution. According to the lawsuit, TikTok said "for the first time in history, ...
Source: technode.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
TOPICS: NASA 's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station has been postponed to no earlier than May 17 due to a faulty valve in the Atlas V rocket's upper stage. The United Launch Alliance will replace the valve after discovering issues during prelaunch checks. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams remain in quarantine at NASA Kennedy, awaiting the next launch opportunity. NASA's Boeing Crew ...
Source: scitechdaily.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Severe storms continued to barrel through the Midwest early Wednesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes that forecasters warned could spill out of the region. The tornadoes were first spotted after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service. As the ...
Source: wpbf.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The biggest mistake companies of all sizes could make is to put conformity before innovation, according to EU AI Act co-rapporteur Dragoș Tudorache. The European Union's AI Act , a regulation aiming to ensure AI is human-centric and trustworthy, is one step away from becoming reality. The document is expected to be published in the Official Journal at the beginning of June, and will come into effect 20 days ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
DALLAS – After more than a century, Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America , another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change. Founded 114 years ago, the Texas-based organization has recently been mired in turmoil over a flood of sexual abuse claims and bankruptcy. Now, the organization is leaning into a more inclusive message as girls have been joining throughout ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday condemned a "ferocious surge of antisemitism" in the United States following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel and said people were already forgetting the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Speaking at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Days of Remembrance, Biden tied the anti-Jewish sentiment that led to the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews directly to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Panera Bread is discontinuing its controversial, highly caffeinated Charged Sips range that was linked to at least two wrongful death lawsuits in the US. The sandwich and coffee chain is phasing out the three drinks and replacing them with other beverages in the next two weeks, Bloomberg first reported, citing a company memo. Business Insider has approached Panera for confirmation. Panera told Bloomberg that the ...
Source: insider.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The Google Pixel 8a is a budget-friendly phone with powerful performance and AI features like the higher-end Pixel 8 series. Google, one of the leading names in the technology world, has finally unveiled the Google Pixel 8a , the newest member of the long-awaited Pixel 8 series. It was introduced as a phone equipped with both budget-friendly and productive artificial intelligence capabilities. Despite being in the ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON – When Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her plans to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership, the conservative agitator committed to follow through on her threats and call a vote on the speaker's future. But it's been more than a month since then and Greene, R-Ga., has yet to force a House vote on removing Johnson, R-La., despite her repeated statements that she will do so – whenever that is. ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 7.18% from 7.29%. Refinance demand increased to 5% for the week, although it was still 6% lower than the same week one year ago. Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home rose 2% for the week but were still 17% lower than the year-earlier week. A sign advertising a home for sale is ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The Boston Celtics continued to put on a show in the NBA Playoffs , dominating the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 in Game 1 of their second-round series. Star wing Jaylen Brown scored 32 points in front of the home crowd at the TD Garden as the No. 1 seed Celtics showed why they are considered a favorite to win it all this season. Boston finished with an NBA-best 64-18 regular season record to earn the top seed. A Game ...
Source: cnn.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
created a secret AI model for US spy agencies that is not connected to the internet. William Chappell, its strategic missions and technology CTO, told Bloomberg that Microsoft spent 18 months working on the model, which is "air-gapped" so it's secure and can only be accessed by the US government. Chappell told the outlet that the model based on GPT-4 is now live, can answer questions, and will be able to write ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
UK-based autonomous vehicle (AV) technology startup Wayve announced on Tuesday (7 May) that it had raised $1.05bn in a funding round led by SoftBank Group . The funding will be used to boost the development of its Embodied AI technology, which Wayve has claimed can learn from human behaviour. The Series C funding round also included Nvidia as a new investor and returning investor Microsoft . ...
Source: verdict.co.uk
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri — A Missouri man is accused of strangling his ill wife to death in her hospital room, reportedly telling investigators he did it because he could not care for her anymore and he could no longer afford to pay her medical bills. Ronnie Wiggs, of Independence, was overheard by medical staff at Centerpoint Medical Center saying "I did it, I killed her, I choked her," according to a charging ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, official media said on Wednesday. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim at 2 a.m. on Wednesday to pay tribute "with bitter grief over the loss of a veteran revolutionary who had ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
"New car smell" is a beloved benefit of buying a new vehicle. However, at least part of that scent could be due to toxic carcinogens released by flame retardants, a new study says. Flame retardant chemicals added to seat foam and other car components pollute the cabin air inside all personal vehicles, according to findings published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Further, these chemicals are ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing an anti-abortion group and nearly a dozen pregnancy centers in the state for false and misleading statements promoting an unproven procedure they claim can reverse the effects of the abortion pill. James alleges in the civil suit filed Monday that Heartbeat International and 11 of the anti-abortion pregnancy centers linked to it have engaged in fraud, deceptive ...
Source: cnn.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Australia may have shivered through its coldest April since 2015, but the rest of the world continued to break heat records for the 11th month in a row. The global average temperature for the last 12 months — May 2023 to April 2024 — has once again reached a new record, at 1.61 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average, according to data released by the European Union's Copernicus ...
Source: abc.net.au
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it was withdrawing Covid vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the deadly pandemic, citing "commercial reasons" following a slump in demand. "As multiple, variant Covid-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated vaccines. This has led to a decline in demand for Vaxzevria, which is no longer being manufactured or ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Mike Grier was so elated over winning the NHL draft lottery on Tuesday night, the San Jose Sharks general manager dispensed with tradition by coming out and stating exactly who he expects to select with the No 1 pick: Boston University center Macklin Celebrini. Where past GMs in Grier's position have kept their choice under wraps until they step to the podium on draft day, Macklin's abilities and ties to San Jose ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A Midwestern candy company has issued a massive recall due to the risk of salmonella tainting some of its products. Palmer Candy Company of Sioux City, Iowa, is recalling "white coated confectionary items" because they could be contaminated with salmonella, the company announced this week. The products are sold in bags, pouches, tubs and other retail packaging. Brand names ...
Source: healthday.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Mounting evidence suggests adding just a spoonful of olive oil to your diet each day can have powerful health benefits . A new study from the US suggests this includes protection against dementia. While healthy 'Mediterranean' diets in general tend to include a dash of olive oil, the researchers claim the ingredient itself stands out for its beneficial qualities. "Typically, people who use olive oil for cooking or ...
Source: sciencealert.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
GEORGE – Nearly 40 construction workers were still missing Wednesday in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday as rescue teams continued to search for survivors for a third day in the wreckage of the unfinished five-story apartment complex. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, while authorities in the city of George on South Africa's south coast released new information on the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
In a surprise new song , rapper Macklemore praises college students across the US who are protesting Israel's war in Gaza, vowing that he will not vote for President Joe Biden come November. The song, released Monday, is titled "Hind's Hall" in reference to the new temporary name pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University gave to a building they occupied on campus . With its release, the ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Apple started its Tuesday iPad event with an accomplishment related to another one of its product lines: The MacBook Air, which the company claimed was the world's bestselling 13-inch and 15-inch laptop. When Apple began announcing the new iPad Air and Pro, it was easy to tell why the tech giant led with the MacBook win: The new iPad models are larger, more powerful, and more MacBook-like than ever. The iPad Air ...
Source: entrepreneur.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
FAA examining whether employees may have falsified records after firm said it might not have properly carried out checks Boeing faces a new investigation after the planemaker told US regulators it might have failed to properly carry out some quality inspections on its 787 Dreamliner planes. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was "investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents case, punting some court dates into late July while declining to set a trial date. The Tuesday order — issued less than two weeks before Trump's trial was still on the books to kick off on May 20 — leaves unclear when Trump's case will ever come before a jury. Cannon pinned the delay on the need to ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Moscow — A Moscow court said Tuesday that it had sentenced a U.S. citizen to 10 days in detention for petty hooliganism after he stumbled drunkenly into a children's library and passed out. News of the American's detention came just hours after Russian and U.S. authorities said a U.S. soldier was being held in custody in the far eastern city of Vladivostok on suspicion of theft in a separate case. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Nintendo has thrown Switch players a long-awaited bone alongside announcing its end-of-year financials results , confirming the console's successor will be unveiled before April, 2025. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that a next-generation Nintendo Switch console will be announced "within this fiscal year" — giving the Japanese gaming giant a deadline of March 31st, 2025. That aligns nicely with its ...
Source: theverge.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Several factors contributed, including a change correcting the way medical education expenses are accounted for in MA rates. It's now projected that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be able to pay 100% of total scheduled benefits until 2036, five years later than reported last year, finds an annual Medicare Trustee report . At that point, the fund's reserves will become depleted, and continuing program income ...
Source: healthcarefinancenews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Shares of Palantir Technologies fell like a rock on Tuesday, tumbling as much as 15.3%. As of 2:58 p.m. ET, the stock was still down 14.4%. The catalyst that sent the artificial intelligence (AI) and data mining specialist plunging was the company's quarterly report. When good isn't good enough For the first quarter, Palantir generated revenue that grew 21% year over year and 4% sequentially to $634 million. The ...
Source: fool.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The 24-year-old won the beauty pageant last year and represented the US at the Miss Universe competition in November. Competition organisers say they are reviewing plans for "the transition of responsibilities to a successor". The current Miss USA has said she is relinquishing her title to prioritise her mental health. Noelia Voigt, 24, won the beauty pageant last year and represented the US at the Miss Universe ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Authorities in the U.K., U.S., and Australia today revealed new sanctions against the infamous Russian hacking gang LockBit and named a Russian man believed to be the group's administration and lead developer. The man alleged to lead LockBit is Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev. Known online as LockBitSupp, Khoroshev is claimed by the U.K. National Crime Agency to have thrived on anonymity and had ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Light famously cannot escape the event horizon of a black hole, leaving astrophysicists to theorize and speculate what it's like beyond the limits of human perception. Now, NASA researchers take that theorization a step further, in the form of an animation that takes you (the viewer) into the black hole. Black holes are some of the densest objects in the universe. Light cannot escape their event horizons because ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
UPDATE—May 7, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect additional information about Disney's outlook and more recent share price values. After Disney ( DIS ) reported a net loss for its fiscal second quarter despite returning a surprise profit in its direct-to-consumer entertainment segment and gave weak guidance for the third quarter, CEO Bob Iger and other executives joined the company's earnings ...
Source: investopedia.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Sperm whales' clicking communiques include context and combination structures that make their messaging more akin to language than previously known, according to a team of researchers at MIT. Sperm whales ( P. macrocephalus ) have the largest brains in the animal kingdom. Their clicks are how the whales converse with one another. The nonprofit organization Project CETI (a play on SETI, the Search for ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The new capabilities are designed to help brands ramp up their social content strategies without veering from their core messaging and aesthetic. Meta is continuing to accelerate its generative AI investments with new creative features designed for advertisers. The tech giant today unveiled a suite of new AI-powered tools, each of which is designed to help brands quickly create social media marketing content. The ...
Source: thedrum.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
New York State Assembly members from the Bronx branded Ms Hochul's comments 'misinformed' and 'disheartening' New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been forced to walk back her comments after she claimed that Black children in the Bronx don't know the word "computer". Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference in California on Monday about her state's artificial intelligence initiative (AI), Ms Hochul claimed: ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A team of scientists seems to have discovered a previously hidden genetic cause of Alzheimer's. In a new study Monday, the researchers found strong evidence that people carrying two copies of a genetic variation already tied to Alzheimer's risk are practically destined to develop the neurodegenerative disorder as they get older. As much as 2% of the general population may have the same mutation, suggesting that the ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
BEIJING — A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China on Tuesday killed two people and injured 21 others, authorities said. No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People's Hospital in Yunnan province. The suspect is a male from a village in the same county, a Zhenxiong police statement said. The injured were being treated, it said. A witness told Red Star News, an online outlet, that he ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company behind the popular image generator DALL-E, on Tuesday announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting whether digital images have been created by AI. Authentication has become a major concern in the fast development of AI, with authorities worried about the proliferation of deep fakes that could disrupt society. According to the company, OpenAI's ...
Source: france24.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The NHTSA is pressing Tesla for answers about updates to the company's Autopilot driver assistance systems following a voluntary recall in December. The recall impacted about 2 million Tesla vehicles in the U.S. and was supposed to ensure that drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road and remain engaged in driving tasks. If Tesla doesn't provide sufficient information by July 1, it faces fines up to $135.8 ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
KYIV — Ukraine's security services said Tuesday that they had foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top military and political figures. Two Ukrainian colonels accused of participating in the plot have been arrested on suspicion of treason. The Ukrainian domestic intelligence agency, the SBU, said in a statement that the plot had involved a network of agents — ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan , a Republican, is bucking his party and endorsing President Joe Biden over Donald Trump in this year's election. "This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass," he wrote in an opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Duncan wrote that the GOP can't rebuild until it rebukes Trump, who he ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed House Bill 7073 which is expected to provide $1.07 billion in tax relief for Floridians this year. Lawmakers included a series of sales-tax holidays in the package, including two periods when shoppers will be able to stock up on hurricane supplies without paying sales taxes. The tax package will also help homeowners by providing a one-year exemption ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Conservative judges cite a former liberal Supreme Court justice to justify their boycott against Columbia. The problem is... it's a lie. Yesterday, 13 Trump-appointed federal judges took a break from their busy schedule of adjudicating cases and controversies on the taxpayer's dime to write a snarling letter to Columbia University declaring that they would no longer hire any graduate of either the law school or the ...
Source: abovethelaw.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Federal regulators adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on incentive-based compensation requiring large banks to make their executive compensation arrangements "more sensitive to risk." CW Event Spotlight Compliance Week's Financial Crimes and Regulatory Compliance Summit will take place June 10-11 at Fordham Law School in Manhattan, New York. The event agenda includes 40+ speakers, including ...
Source: complianceweek.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Disgraced Theranos founder's release date moved up, prison records show Theranos founder and convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes has had more time cut from her prison sentence, after her original release date was slashed by nearly two years last summer. Holmes, 40, was originally ordered to serve more than 11 years behind bars after she was found guilty in January 2022 of four counts of fraud and conspiracy for ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
T here aren't many easier ways to jump a level of fame than by joining a feud. For centuries, audiences have been captivated by juicy spats, from Capulets vs. Montagues to Hatfields vs. McCoys. But modern-day internet culture in particular thrives on bad blood. Studies have found that social media algorithms reward anger and animosity . Users, as a result, have normalized parasocial relationships and invasive ...
Source: time.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit against Alabama's Attorney General Steve Marshall to go forward. The decision comes after Marshall filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that several abortion rights groups lacked standing to sue him for threatening to prosecute anyone who helps an Alabama woman obtain an out-of-state abortion. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson declined to dismiss the ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A group of 95 people filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Monday alleging they were sexually abused as children in juvenile detention centers across the state for over two decades. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees "sexually abused Claimants and/or negligently allowed or failed to prevent sexual abuse of Claimants while they were children in the legal and physical custody ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Scientists believe that Venus once looked a lot more like Earth. How it evolved from that point to where it is today is a question with deep implications, not just for our own planet's future, but for the search for life outside the Solar System. Now, researchers think they have solved a significant piece of the puzzle: the mystery of Venus' missing water. "Venus has 100,000 times less water than the Earth," ...
Source: sciencealert.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The American Cancer Society said Tuesday that it is seeking participants for what may be the largest national study of its kind, one that aims to solve the mystery of why Black women have the lowest survival rate of any racial or ethnic group in the US for most cancers. Thanks to new new medicines and better detection, cancer deaths in the United States have been declining since a peak in 1991, but Black women have ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a government agency that protects bank customers from losing their deposits, fostered a toxic workplace rife with harassment and bullying that mostly targeted women or people from underrepresented groups, according to a new report . The findings about the FDIC's workplace culture comes after the Wall Street Journal published a November investigation that alleged male ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Fayette Janitorial Service was also ordered to change practices that the Labor Department said had led to the hiring of at least two dozen children in dangerous slaughterhouses and meatpacking facilities. Listen to this article · 4:11 min A Tennessee-based sanitation company has been fined more than $649,000 after an investigation revealed that it had illegally employed at least two dozen children at ...
Source: nytimes.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Paris — Ukrainian double European champion weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko was killed in the war against Russia, the Ukrainian weightlifting federation announced Monday. Pielieshenko, 30, won European gold in 2016 and 2017, and narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics where he came fourth in the 85kg category. "It is with great sadness that we have to tell you that the heart of the great ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Fraudsters are using generative AI to accelerate certain brute-force card-testing attacks, and Visa hopes to turn the tables on them by using its own gen AI for the first time to alert banks to certain types of this fraud, the card network announced Tuesday. After more than a year of experimenting with gen AI, the San Francisco-based card network has rolled out a new product trained on more than 15 billion annual ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday told Kristi Noem to "stop digging herself in a hole" after the South Dakota governor suggested that President Joe Biden 's dog Commander be put down. (Watch the video below.) Noem turbocharged a rocky rollout of her new book, " No Going Back ," by defending a passage in which she described shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket over behavioral problems. She went further in an interview ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
MELBOURNE – A woman accused of serving her ex-husband's family poisonous mushrooms pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Tuesday to three charges of murder and five charges of attempted murder. Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court by video link from a Melbourne prison, where she has been held since her arrest in November last year. She is accused of killing her ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray threw a heat pack on to the court during his team's playoff loss on Monday night, opening himself up for potential discipline for the unsportsmanlike act. Murray was seated at the far end of Denver's bench when he hurled the object onto the court with about 4:40 left in the second quarter as Timberwolves big man and fellow Kentucky Wildcats alum Karl-Anthony Towns drove ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, May 6th, 2024 -
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama won the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year award, the league announced on Monday, marking the first time a Frenchman has captured the honor. The 20-year-old center, a 7-foot-4 (2.24m) prodigy who was the top pick in last year's NBA Draft, averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, a league-high 3.6 blocked shots and 1.2 steals a game in his impressive debut campaign. ...
Source: france24.com