Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it doesn’t even permit to be used against dying cats and dogs under state law. Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman, 46, was originally set to be executed via the controversial method on Tuesday night, but that … Read more
The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki want Dominican Republican officials to declare their 20-year-old daughter dead, according to reports. The family sent a formal letter to authorities Monday, acknowledging there is no suspected foul play involved in Konanki’s presumed death after she vanished from a Punta Cana beach in the early … Read more
Sean “Diddy” Combs warned Kanye West about people trying to “end” them during a call from prison. “You be careful out there ’cause they definitely trying to end us,” the Bad Boy Records founder told West on the phone in footage obtained by the Shade Room Monday. “They can’t do it and they ain’t gonna … Read more
PITTSBURGH — It all seems pretty quaint now, that big preseason conversation about reducing Ilya Sorokin’s workload. Reality has a way of getting in the way of things, and it’s been a fair few months since you heard the phrase “back surgery,” hasn’t it? Everyone involved would probably acknowledge that it’s less than ideal for … Read more
PITTSBURGH — This was a big-time play by a big-time player in a big-time moment, what Noah Dobson did in the third period Sunday night. The Islanders had just tied the Panthers at 2-2 when Dobson, right from the faceoff, took the puck off Sam Reinhart and skated from just below the red line all … Read more
Theater review PURPOSE Two hours and 50 minutes, with one intermission. At the Hayes Theater, 240 West 44th Street. Plays about families coming home — and coming to blows — are a workhorse of American drama. The dinner-table clashes are reliably entertaining, easy to connect to and, you’d think, totally wrung-out by now. How can … Read more
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was recorded at 7:46 p.m. near Dublin, Calif. (Quakebot) A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported at 7:46 p.m. Monday in Northern California less than a mile from Dublin, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred one mile from Pleasanton, San Ramon and Castro Valley and two miles from Hayward. … Read more
Kings center Anze Kopitar, left, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber, right, compete for the puck during the second period of the Kings’ 3-1 loss Monday. (Matt Krohn / Associated Press) Mats Zuccarello scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:38 left and the Minnesota Wild beat the Kings 3-1 on Monday night. Ryan Hartman had … Read more
1/6 State Treasurer John Chiang, a Democratic candidate for governor, speaks with local resident Kimi Vandyk during a campaign stop at the Summer Solstice Festival in Santa Barbara on June 24. (Mariah Tauger / For The Times) 2/6 State Treasurer John Chiang enjoys the festivities after speaking to locals during a gubernatorial campaign stop … Read more
Tracy Morgan was taken away in a wheelchair after vomiting courtside at the New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat game. A photo shared on X Monday night showed the comedian hunched over and throwing up in his floor seat at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He was seen being attended to by a … Read more
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