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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez sentenced to 45 years in US prison for conspiring with drug traffickers.

Elie Saab again transported his VIP guests, including Avril Lavigne and Ellie Goulding, to Paris’ Musee des Arts Decoratifs, to a realm of magic and splendor. With silks and velvet, the Lebanese couturier once again conjured a fantastical, almost fairytale world of bridal queens, gleaming foliage and midnight shadows. The Lebanese designer’s fall collection came with dramatic flair, strikingly at midnight, enveloping the audience in a welcome dark mood. Models in black leather opera gloves and graphic bands of black satin set the tone. Читать дальше...

One San Francisco mayoral candidate keeps making waves when it comes to debates.

The lights were out across a vast swath of Sonoma County on Wednesday morning. 

 "A lot of areas are 5 degrees cooler today than they were yesterday."

The man accused of opening fire at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 has rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder in the attack. Twenty-three-year-old Robert E. Crimo III on Wednesday rejected the deal that prosecutors said would have come with a life sentence. The attack killed seven people and wounded more than 40. Prosecutors have said Crimo admitted to the shooting once police arrested him following an hourslong search. The gunman opened fire... Читать дальше...

British police say the driver of a 4x4 who suffered a seizure and plowed into a school in London, killing 2 children, will face no criminal charges. London’s Metropolitan Police say in statement Wednesday that they had been advised by the Crown Prosecution Service that no charges would be filed in the incident at The Study Prep School in Wimbledon. Authorities concluded that the seizure could not have been predicted. “This was a deeply tragic incident, the circumstances of which caused widespread... Читать дальше...

Man charged in July Fourth parade shooting rejects change to guilty plea for seven murders in stunning courtroom scene.

British police say the driver of a 4x4 that plowed into a school, killing 2 children, will face no criminal charges.

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The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. The justices in a 6-3 vote on Wednesday threw out lower-court rulings that favored Louisiana, Missouri and other parties in their claims that officials in the Democratic administration leaned on the social media platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view. Читать дальше...

A report by a U.N. expert on human rights charges that Thai banks have become the main supplier of international financial services for Myanmar’s military government, enabling its purchases of goods and equipment used to carry out its increasingly bloody war against pro-democracy resistance forces and armed ethnic minority groups. The report by U.N. special rapporteur Tom Andrews tracks how that country’s ruling military council has been able to continue procuring arms by shifting suppliers of financial... Читать дальше...

Authorities say a suspect in a killing has been mistakenly released from an Ohio jail because of a typo. A warrant was issued Tuesday for 22-year-old Amarion Sanders. He is charged with aggravated murder and was awaiting trial in the Cuyahoga County Jail on $1 million bail. Sanders was mistakenly released Monday after charges were dismissed against a man in an unrelated case, and that defendant’s court case number was somehow entered incorrectly. Sanders’ trial was due to start Aug. 19. He is charged... Читать дальше...

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country in the world to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reach a 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990 levels. Although carbon dioxide typically gets more attention for its role in climate change, scientists say methane traps about 87 times more heat on a 20-year timescale. Читать дальше...

Ollie Robinson has re-written the English Championship record books in the wrong way after the test cricketer conceded an astonishing 43 runs off one over. Leicestershire batter Louis Kimber dispatched Robinson for a flurry of sixes and fours, with the punishment made worse because of three no-balls in the over at Hove, near Brighton. Robinson’s unwanted feat came just two days after England spinner Shoaib Bashir conceded 38 runs for Worcestershire, with Surrey's Dan Lawrence blasting five straight sixes. Читать дальше...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader of the religious persecution and torture of prisoners in Mali in 2012-13 when he headed the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu.

WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — UniFirst Corp. (UNF) on Wednesday reported earnings of $38.1 million in its fiscal third quarter.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lauded the European Union’s proposed leadership for the coming years as the basis for “a good European future” and urged his fellow national leaders to agree on the package at a summit this week. Three mainstream political groups have agreed that German conservative Ursula von der Leyen should get a second term as the president of the EU’s executive Commission, while former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, a socialist, should take the helm of the European Council... Читать дальше...

The Episcopal Church — at its General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky — is about to elect a new leader to replace Bishop Michael Curry. For the past nine years, Curry has served as the first African American presiding bishop of the 239-year-old denomination. There are five nominees for presiding bishop, who serves as the Episcopalians’ chief pastor, president and CEO. The nominees include two bishops from Pennsylvania, and one each from Georgia, Nebraska and New York. One of them — Daniel Gutiérrez... Читать дальше...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Daktronics Inc. (DAKT) on Wednesday reported earnings of $2.5 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.

The Vatican is standing trial in a London court over a property deal. It is believed to be the first time the Holy See has been forced to stand trial in a foreign court. The trial concerns efforts by a British financier to recover from the harm he says he suffered to his reputation as a result of a Vatican investigation into its 350 million euro investment in a London property .A Vatican tribunal has already convicted him of some criminal charges and sentenced him to prison. But he lodged a counter civil claim at London’s High Court.

"We just want to keep the magic and wild character of Big Sur."

The Island of Hawaii tops the state in terms of percentage increase.

Jewel’s Catch One was a club, a place to organize and much more.

"Walking down the lawn is no longer a life defining moment."