Tearful Russian billionaire who spent $2 billion on art tells jurors Sotheby’s cheated him
NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian billionaire who accused Sotheby’s of teaming up with a Swiss art dealer to cheat him out of tens of millions of dollars became tearful Friday while testifying about discovering he’d been part of a con game too common in an “art market that needs to be more transparent.”
The emotional moment came as fertilizer magnate Dmitry Rybolovlev, speaking through an interpreter, completed two days of testimony in Manhattan federal court to support his lawsuit against Sotheby’s.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Starbucks appeal in Memphis union case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over efforts by workers to unionize at a store in Memphis, Tennessee.
The case has been among the most closely watched in the more than 2-year-old effort to unionize Starbucks’ company-owned U.S. stores.
Starbucks in February 2022, citing safety. The Seattle coffee giant said they violated company policy by reopening a store after closing time and
Woman injured after being struck by police cruiser in Brampton: PRP
A woman is recovering in hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was struck by a police cruiser in Brampton, Peel Regional Police said on Friday.
The collision happened around 6:15 p.m. on Central Park Drive near Hilldale Crescent.
The woman was crossing Central Park Drive when she was struck by the police cruiser and suffered life-threatening injuries.
Const. Tyler Bell said the officer was not responding to a call for service at the time of the collision.
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Prosecutors urge rejection of ex-cop’s bid to dismiss civil rights conviction in George Floyd murder
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors urged a judge Friday to reject former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s attempt to overturn his civil rights conviction in the 2020
Chauvin in November, saying new evidence shows that he didn’t cause Floyd’s death, and alleging ineffective counsel by his defense lawyer. He said he never would have if his attorney had told him about the idea of two doctors, who weren’t involved in the case, who theorized that Floyd did not die from Chauvin’
Lawmakers may look at ditching Louisiana’s ‘unique jungle’ primary system for a partisan one
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In what would be an overhaul to Louisiana’s unusual open system, which has been used for most of the past 50 years, lawmakers next week may consider shifting the state toward a closed primary — a move political experts say in theory would produce stronger partisan candidates, but could also disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters.
The has often led to split opinions among leaders within the same political party. Opponents argue the change would result in a myriad of issues, from
The avalanche risk is high in much of the western US. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., some hardy winter sport enthusiasts headed to ski resorts and backcountry slopes despite frigid temperatures during the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.
But in many areas, brought a high risk of avalanche conditions along with the wind and snow, with fatal results.
, two men were rescued after they were caught in an avalanche Thursday afternoon, while the body of a third man in their backcountry skiing group
Polls open as Taiwan voters choose next president, weighing China’s threat and island’s stability
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ruling-party candidate emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s over the next four years.
China had called the poll a choice between war and peace. Beijing strongly opposes Lai, the current vice president who abandoned his medical career to pursue politics from the grassroots to the presidency.
At stake is peace, social stability and prosperity on the island, 160 kilometers (100
Los Angeles man pleads not guilty to killing wife and her parents, putting body parts in trash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man accused of killing his wife and her parents and then stuffing their dismembered body parts into trash bags pleaded not guilty Friday to murder.
Samuel Bond Haskell IV, 35, entered pleas to three counts of murder with special circumstances of committing multiple murders. If convicted, he could face life in prison without the possibility of parole.
An email seeking comment from his attorney, Joseph Weimortz, wasn’t immediately returned.
Haskell is the son of Emmy-winning producer Sam
Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday that Fox News has stopped running his company’s commercials, disputing the network’s assertion that it is simply because he hasn’t paid his bills.
Lindell went public by tweeting that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. He said in his tweet that he didn’t know why but that he suspected that the network was trying to silence him. Fox denied that.
Blinken meets Chinese and Japanese diplomats, seeks stability as Taiwan voters head to the polls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait during a meeting with a senior Chinese diplomat on Friday, as the Biden administration seeks to mitigate while the island holds its presidential election.
Blinken sat down with Liu Jianchao, the Chinese Communist Party’s international minister. Hours later, he met with Yoko Kamikawa, the foreign minister of Japan, one of the United States’ strongest allies in Asia.
The Biden administration is seeking to keep down tensions in the