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King Charles III to speak to German parliament, meet Scholz
By The Associated Press on March 30th, 2023
BERLIN (AP) – Britain’s King Charles III met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and is preparing to become the first monarch to speak before Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday as part of a high-profile visit aimed at bolstering ties between the two European powers. Charles, 74, is on his first foreign trip since becoming king. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow’s widely watched ski crash trial nears end
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – The closely watched trial over a 2016 ski collision between Gwyneth Paltrow and the retired optometrist suing her for the injuries he sustained is expected to draw to a close Thursday, when attorneys give closing arguments and send the case to the eight-member jury. Terry Sanderson, 76, is suing Paltrow, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial defense leans heavily on experts
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys came close to wrapping up their case on Wednesday by relying on more experts to mount their defense on the seventh day of trial over her 2016 ski collision with a 76-year-old retired optometrist. Paltrow’s defense team called to the stand a radiologist, a neurologist, a neuropsychologist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Mexico’s new film training academy finds a home
By The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s special academy for training workers in the film and television industry is a step closer to fruition, with top state officials announcing Wednesday that it will be headquartered in Albuquerque. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others gathered at the Albuquerque Rail Yards to announce that the location will serve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow’s defense leans on experts in ski trial
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys came close to wrapping up their case on Wednesday by relying on more experts to mount their defense on the seventh day of trial over her 2016 ski collision with a 76-year-old retired optometrist. Paltrow’s defense team called to the stand a radiologist, a neurologist, a neuropsychologist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Graphic novelist, 9 other writers win $50,000 Whiting Awards
By The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – A graphic novelist based in Hawaii, a reporter for an offshoot of The Economist and a contributor to The New Yorker are among this year’s winners of the Whiting Award, a $50,000 honor given annually to 10 emerging fiction and nonfiction writers. R. Kikuo Johnson is the first graphic novelist to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adnan Syed case pits victims’ rights against justice reform
By Lea Skene, The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) – When Baltimore prosecutors asked to vacate Adnan Syed ‘s murder conviction and have him freed after 23 years behind bars, their request exemplified a growing movement within the American criminal justice system to acknowledge and correct past mistakes, including police misconduct and prosecutorial missteps. But a Maryland appellate court ruling released Tuesday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Melissa Joan Hart says she helped ‘tiny kids’ flee shooting
By The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Actor Melissa Joan Hart said she and her husband helped a class of kindergartners that was fleeing the Nashville school shooting earlier this week. Hart said in a video posted on Instagram Tuesday that her children attend a school next to the private Christian Covenant School. She said she and her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special prosecutors appointed in Baldwin set shooting case
By The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Santa Fe’s district attorney has appointed two veteran New Mexico lawyers to serve as the new special prosecutors in the manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin and a weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 movie rehearsal. The appointment of Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DeSantis’ board says Disney stripped them of power
By The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Board members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the governance of Walt Disney World said Wednesday that their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers. The current supervisors of the Central Florida ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski collision trial spawns memes, intrigue
By Sam Metz And Anna Furman, The Associated Press on March 29th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – When two skiers collided on a beginner run at an upscale Utah ski resort in 2016, no one could foresee that seven years later, the crash would become the subject of a closely watched celebrity trial. But Gwyneth Paltrow’s live-streamed trial over her collision with Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired ... Read More »
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