Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson told a teenage girl that he’d “ruin” her and her family if she recalled seeing him at the scene of a 2020 Westlake Village crash that killed two children, according to testimony from an ongoing trial. As reported by the OC Register, Alexis Grossman, 19, took the stand at … Read more
A U.S. Marine who nearly lost his life in Afghanistan got a once-in-a-lifetime gift from a Detroit automaker whose vehicle helped him escape death once more. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, 26, of Virginia, retired from the Marine Corps after losing his right arm and his left leg during a suicide bomber attack in Kabul. He told the … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running and was a top contender for gold at the Olympics in Paris this year, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya. Their vehicle was the only one involved in the crash late … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday. Kiptum was 24 and had the world record he set last year at the Chicago Marathon ratified by international track federation World Athletics … Read more
Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith (24) drives to the basket past New York Knicks forward Julius Randle, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie) MIAMI — The agent for Haywood Highsmith said Thursday night that the Miami Heat forward is … Read more
Sebastián Piñera, the billionaire who brought Chile’s political right wing out from the shadow of former dictator Augusto Pinochet to win two separate terms as president, died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country. He was 74. The helicopter went down in a lake in the Region de Los Lagos, Interior Minister … Read more
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile — VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Sebastián Piñera, the two-time former president of Chile who faced social upheaval followed by a pandemic in his second term, died Tuesday in a helicopter crash. He was 74. Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the death of the former president. No further details … Read more
Former two-time Chilean President Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash, the government said Tuesday afternoon. In a national address, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said Piñera, 74, was killed and three people escaped. “President Piñera governed us and we will remember him for the way he dedicated his life to public service,” Tohá said. It … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has refused Ukrainian requests to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war whom the Kremlin claims were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Kyiv’s forces, a Ukrainian intelligence official said. Andrii Yusov, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence, in televised remarks late Thursday … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Friday to make public the findings of Moscow’s investigation into the crash of a transport plane that he alleged Kyiv’s forces shot down despite having been informed that Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board. In his first public remarks on Wednesday’s crash, Putin repeated previous comments by Russian officials … Read more