RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — On paper, Vince Gilmer was granted freedom more than two years ago. Later this week, he may actually leave prison. The former small-town North Carolina doctor and convicted murderer whose medical mystery captured widespread attention after being documented in a popular radio program and a book, was conditionally pardoned in January […]
Who says you have to wait to snag the best deals this Memorial Day? The holiday is already shaping up to be a sales spectacular, with major retailers including Amazon, Walmart and Target dropping some serious discounts way ahead of time. So while you’re welcoming the unofficial start of summer with a backyard barbecue or […]
Who says you have to wait to snag the best deals this Memorial Day? The holiday is already shaping up to be a sales spectacular, with major retailers including Amazon, Walmart and Target dropping some serious discounts way ahead of time. So while you’re welcoming the unofficial start of summer with a backyard barbecue or […]
By Maximilian Heath PERGAMINO, Argentina (Reuters) – In the fields of Pergamino in Argentina’s grain heartland, farmer Adrian Farroni is revving up his soybean harvest late, delayed by rains that along with low prices have led to the country’s slowest soy sales in a decade. The South American country’s slow pace selling the oilseed could […]
Chelsea Lauren / Shutterstock / Chelsea Lauren / Shutterstock The post-pandemic housing market in the U.S. has ushered in sky-high mortgage rates and a massive spike in home prices not seen in years. Many current homeowners aren’t willing to sell their homes, exacerbating the lack of housing supply and driving up prices further. Meanwhile, buyer […]
MAY 12, 2024…..The judicial front in the long-running battle over Uber and Lyft’s treatment of Massachusetts workers has been a flurry of paperwork for nearly four years. That’s about to change. Monday marks the start of a massively impactful Suffolk Superior Court trial about whether the companies that redrew the transportation landscape, both here and […]
A lottery player opted for a new scratch-off game when his favorite was sold out — and it was a good thing he did. Because the Monopoly 20X scratch-off ticket purchased by Jonathan Rasler, of Princeton, Iowa, was one of the game’s jackpot winners. “I was going to get the (Iowa) State Fair ones and […]
After months of inactivity, the docket is coming to life again in the $22 million federal fraud case against the Erie-based Hertel & Brown physical therapy practice. A judge has scheduled a long-awaited evidentiary hearing in the case, which started with an indictment in November 2021 against Hertel & Brown Physical & Aquatic Therapy as […]
After months of inactivity, the docket is coming to life again in the $22 million federal fraud case against the Erie-based Hertel & Brown physical therapy practice. A judge has scheduled a long-awaited evidentiary hearing in the case, which started with an indictment in November 2021 against Hertel & Brown Physical & Aquatic Therapy as […]
A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia isn’t on the cards until 2025, says Jake Sullivan. Russia will make advances in the “coming period” even though US aid to Ukraine is coming, he said. “You can’t instantly flip the switch,” Sullivan said. Ukraine may have gotten their long-awaited US aid last month, but a counteroffensive against Russia won’t […]
A man was arrested after he allegedly fired a gun outside Buffalo Trace Distillery Saturday morning, as patrons were lined up waiting to buy special bottles of bourbon. The Frankfort Police Department said they were called to the distillery at 6:56 a.m. about a single shot fired at the distillery. When they arrived at 6:59 […]
Spring meets summer this month. May is when we start to lean into summer mode, thanks to longer stretches of sunshine and lots of celebrations along the way, from Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby (on the same weekend this year), to Mother’s Day, spring birthdays, end-of-school events, and more. Then at the end […]