KEY witness Helge Busching has been diagnosed with cancer, the court heard yesterday — delivering a potential blow to the prospects of the Madeleine McCann case. The 53-year-old reported Christian Brueckner to police after asking him about the missing youngster …
Madeleine McCann case faces setback as key witness diagnosed with cancer Read MoreDOES anyone really believe that the strikes paralysing the railways this weekend, the National Education Union’s threat to strike in September, and the continuing junior doctors’ walkouts are independent of each other? It is beginning to look like one big, …
Shameless unions’ coordinated strike blitz aims to topple Tories – but Labour would give them exactly what they demand Read MoreCAB passengers will be charged an extra £4million every day unless the Chancellor scraps his taxi tax, critics have warned. They want Jeremy Hunt to axe the proposed 20 per cent hike in fares. Jeremy Hunt has been urged to …
Minicab passengers ‘face paying extra £4million a day’ unless taxi tax is scrapped by Chancellor Read MoreISRAEL yesterday revealed details of the drone strike which killed seven aid workers in Gaza and called it “a serious mistake and violation of orders”. An initial inquiry concluded commanders broke their own rules of engagement — and that an …
Israel reveal details of drone strike which killed seven aid workers in Gaza and called it ‘a serious mistake’ Read MoreThe area immediately south of Soldier Field includes a parking garage (center) and surface lot (lower left). The Bears are looking at that land as the potential site of a new lakefront domed stadium. Brian Ernst/Sun-Times Bears President Kevin Warren …
Bears in a rush to build domed lakefront stadium, but Friends of the Parks says, `Not so fast’ Read MoreBy WILL WEISSERT BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to …
Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge and declares ‘your nation has your back’ Read MoreIn the spirit of a music profile, I’ll tell you what Amir Ekbatani was wearing during our Zoom interview: 1960s-style Clubmaster eyeglasses and wavy hair shoulder-length hair, a neatly trimmed beard. And where he was seated: At home, in Montana, …
Swanson: Former UCLA lineman Amir Ekbatani living a life he loves Read MoreThe growing popularity of social media campaigns like the “anti-diet” movement that aims to push back against “food shaming” and normalize being overweight and obese — is setting people who struggle with their weight up for failure. And with that, the Court …
The anti-diet movement: Eat now, pay later Read MoreIt would be unsafe to look directly at Monday’s total solar eclipse, but Krispy Kreme’s deep-fried depiction of it doesn’t pose a threat, unless you’re concerned about the 450 calories it packs. The chain’s Total Solar Eclipse Doughnut is available …
Total solar eclipse inspires a special doughnut from Krispy Kreme Read MoreBy Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow | Bloomberg Tesla shares pared a steep drop in intraday trading after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk denied a report saying the carmaker had canceled plans for a less-expensive vehicle. The stock fell as …
Musk denies report Tesla is scrapping less-expensive car Read MoreThis year’s nominees from the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy were announced Friday, with the Kings’ Viktor Arvidsson and the Ducks’ Urho Vaakanainen joining the field of 32 honorees, one from each NHL franchise. The award recognizes “the National Hockey League …
Kings’ Arvidsson, Ducks’ Vaakanainen nominated for Masterton Trophy Read MoreThe New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision will no longer require some of its prisoners to remain in their housing units during the solar eclipse (Picture: CC) Among the droves of people seeking to watch the total solar …
Prisoners win fight to watch solar eclipse and will be given viewing glasses Read MoreJoanna and Aliannah haven’t been seen since February (Picture: Bedfordshire Police/PA Wire) A mother and daughter vanished three weeks ago and haven’t been seen since. Joana, 39, and her four-year-old daughter Aliannah were last seen at their home in Luton …
Police hunt for missing mum and daughter, 4, last seen in February Read MoreBy Will Weissert | Associated Press BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving …
President Biden tells Baltimore ‘your nation has your back’ Read MoreREDWOOD CITY — A Southern California man was convicted on Friday of all charges in a case where prosecutors said that he had scammed a Bay Area resident into selling him her home for far below its market value. Justin …
Jury convicts man in San Mateo County real-estate swindle Read MoreThe Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on Twitter/X: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. What’s the Over/Under on the number of years …
Mailbag: The Super League’s big flaw, the NFL threat, the ‘Pac-2’ and the Big Sky(?), Power Four irony and more Read MoreAttorneys for the man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas pleaded with a Santa Clara County judge on Friday to reconsider their client’s decades-old death sentence, arguing that a new state law mandates he be …
Attorneys for condemned killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas ask judge to reconsider death sentence Read MoreBy Michelle L. Price | Associated Press NEW YORK — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him “unfit to be president.” And former Vice President Mike …
Some of the most vocal Trump opponents worked in his White House Read MoreBy Will Weissert | Associated Press BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving …
President Biden tells Baltimore ‘your nation has your back’ Read MoreREDWOOD CITY — A Southern California man was convicted on Friday of all charges in a case where prosecutors said that he had scammed a Bay Area resident into selling him her home for far below its market value. Justin …
Jury convicts man in San Mateo County real-estate swindle Read More