The Color Purple has brought some much-needed cheer to the year-end holiday box office. The musical — whose producers include Oprah and Steven Spielberg — opened to $18.1 million from 3,142 theaters on Monday, the second best showing ever for a movie opening on Christmas Day and the best since 2009. Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. […]
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office released a video last week that offered new details about an early November narcotics investigation that turned deadly. On the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 7, an agent with the Greenville County SWAT team shot and killed Justin Barrett McCarrell, 36, the Greenville News previously reported. Sheriff’s deputies were called to […]
You know what they say about mattresses: You spend one-third of your life on that thing, so don’t cheap out. I’m going to make a similar case for desks: It’s where you spend a big chunk of your day, so it should be attractive, versatile and good for your health — meaning able to raise […]
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported shooting that left one dead in the Arlington area at 1700 Cesery Blvd. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Dec. 26—WILKES-BARRE — The lawyer carousel in representing homicide suspect Natanihil Sanmartin seems to have come to an end. Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas last week reappointed the Luzerne County Public Defender’s Office to represent Sanmartin, 41, when he failed to retain a private attorney to defend him. Wilkes-Barre police detectives charged Sanmartin with […]
At age 40, Ryan Quarles has spent nearly a third of his life in elected office. First elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2010, he served as a legislator until being sworn in as commissioner of agriculture in 2016, a role he leaves in a few days’ time after serving two full terms. […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The administration of Argentina’s new President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that his government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office. The move was part of a sweeping plan of cutbacks and devaluations announced by the right-wing libertarian since he took office […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The administration of Argentina’s new President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that his government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office. The move was part of a sweeping plan of cutbacks and devaluations announced by the right-wing libertarian since he took office […]
(BCN) — Silicon Valley’s offices are rapidly emptying out, as the paradigm-shifting remote work culture brought on by the pandemic continues to affect the commercial real estate market. A December report from the research arms of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and commercial real estate firm JLL Silicon Valley shows demand for office space in the […]
Dec. 25—The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying the suspects in a series of Dec. 23 and 24 thefts after they escaped during a Christmas Eve pursuit. The sheriff’s office responded to reports of two males in a white SUV attempting to access unlocked vehicles around 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 24, the […]
Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a fatal shooting that took place on Christmas Day in Kissimmee. In a news release, the Sheriff’s Office said a victim, identified as Terrell Williams, was found dead around 4:50 p.m. at a business in a retail plaza at 3626 Vineland Road. The release said deputies were called […]
A Plant City man was arrested on charges of DUI manslaughter for hitting a woman riding a motorized wheelchair on Christmas Eve, the Polk County’s Sheriff’s Office said Monday. On Sunday, around 6 p.m., Leslie Stone, 40, was heading east on West Pipkin Road when Howard Bennett, 67, struck her in his 2019 Mazda. When […]