WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed the Super Bowl-champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Friday and said he, too, hopes to run it back. The annual celebration of the NFL’s title team brought a slightly more tense backdrop Friday as White House guests included the Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker, who has become … Read more
Victor Paleologus often portrayed himself as a well-connected figure in Southern California’s entertainment industry — a record company executive, a movie producer, someone with links to the James Bond franchise. In reality, he was a failed restaurant owner and “master manipulator” who faked those credentials and, from 1989 to 2003, lured nine women into vulnerable … Read more
A North Dakota woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing her boyfriend of a decade by poisoning him because she believed he was going to leave her after inheriting $30 million, according to court documents and officials. Ina Thea Kenoyer, 48, was arrested Oct. 30, and charged with killing Steven Edward Riley Jr., 51, the previous month, according to the Minot Police … Read more
Seattle’s embattled police chief has been removed from his post, Mayor Bruce Harrell said Wednesday, just days after an assistant police chief was placed on leave and amid lawsuits from at least six officers alleging discrimination against women and people of color. Harrell said Chief Adrian Diaz has been replaced in the interim by Sue … Read more
ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man received a lethal injection Thursday for the killing of an elderly couple in 2004, the first inmate put to death by the state since it became the first in the nation to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas months ago. Jamie Ray Mills, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. after … Read more
The bee began with eight finalists, the fewest since 2010, and it was clear from the outset that Scripps was trying to fill the 2-hour broadcast window on Ion, a network owned by the Cincinnati-based media company. There were frequent lengthy commercial breaks that allowed spellers to mill about at the side of the stage, … Read more
A Minneapolis police officer was “ambushed” and killed by a gunman he was trying to help, a suspect was fatally shot by police, and a third person was found dead in an apartment as violence unfolded Thursday, officials said Police responded to a report of a double shooting at an apartment on Blaisdell Avenue, and … Read more
Orange juice prices have climbed to fresh all-time highs amid persistent supply constraints, pushing the industry into crisis mode and forcing some makers to consider alternative fruits. Prices of the breakfast staple have been climbing rapidly in recent years, partly driven by declining output in Florida — the main producer of orange juice in the U.S. — and climate-fueled extreme … Read more
A lost guitar played by John Lennon at height of Beatlemania that had been stashed away in an attic for decades has been sold at auction for more than $2.8 million. The sale makes it the most expensive item belonging to a former Beatle and one of the most expensive guitars of all time. The … Read more
Maurie McInnis, a longtime higher education leader and cultural historian, was named the 24th president of Yale University on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to be appointed permanently to the position. McInnis, 58, is the president of Stony Brook University on Long Island in New York. She will succeed Peter Salovey, who is retiring and … Read more