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A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years. Rex Heuermann, 62, is charged with murdering seven women, many of them sex workers, …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department for an officer’s fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a clothing store is set to begin trial Wednesday. Valentina Orellana-Peralta was shopping for Christmas clothes with her mother at a Burlington store in the San Fernando Valley’s North Hollywood neighborhood …
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, the United States and Israel reached a tentative, two-week ceasefire Wednesday in the war that tore across the Middle East and disrupted the global energy market, with U.S. President Donald Trump pulling back from his threats to destroy Iranian “civilization.” But questions immediately emerged over what appeared to be dueling …
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum knew it would happen eventually. It still won’t make his return to Madison Square Garden for Thursday’s matchup with the New York Knicks any easier for him. “Nah, not really,” Tatum said Tuesday following Boston’s win over Charlotte. “I mean, yeah, I thought about it. Not, like, thrilled to go …
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Atlanta pitcher Reynaldo Lopez and Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler were ejected after a brawl between the two players on Tuesday night. Soler charged the mound after Lopez threw a high inside pitch that tipped off Jonah Heim’s glove in the bottom of the fifth inning. At first Lopez …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire that he expects to pave the way to end the nearly six-week-old war. The dramatic …
NASHVILLE (AP) — Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ray Stevens broke his neck and is recovering at home after being briefly hospitalized, according to a statement published Tuesday. The 87-year-old country star, who is known for his topical satire, fell late last month, according to the statement released on his X account. He will need to wear a …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored twice and Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Tuesday night to clinch the Central Division and the top seed in the Western Conference. It is the third time in five seasons, and first since 2023, that the Avalanche finished as the top team in the …
By Supantha Mukherjee and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM, April 8 (Reuters) – TikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) to build a second data centre in Finland in less than a year as it moves data storage for European users to the continent, company officials said on Wednesday. The announcement comes as TikTok’s Chinese …
April 8 (Reuters) – Israel supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but said the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday. The office said Israel backed the U.S. move provided Tehran immediately opens the straits and stops attacks against the United …